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- Pear Tree House / Edgley Design
- The Cloud / Studio Fuksas
- Collège Henchoz / CCHE
- Da Chang Muslim Cultural Center / Architectural Design & Research Institute of Scut
- Orizzontale Activates the Street with Wooden Intervention in the Azores Islands
- Studio Ossidiana Translates Elements of Persian Gardens Into Lively Materials Exhibition
- La Lobera / WMR arquitectos
- Proposed Station Extension Promotes Urbanism and Social Interaction in Nice
- Adaptable Bamboo Geodesic Domes Win the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Student Category 2016
- House A / Igor Petrenko
- Serie Architects Releases RCA Battersea Campus Proposal
- Tara Theatre / Aedas
Pear Tree House / Edgley Design Posted: 13 Nov 2016 09:00 PM PST
This self-build project for the practice director Jake Edgley's own family home, was initiated, designed and contracted by Edgley Design. The concept began with a 100 year old pear tree, a remnant of the site's history as a Victorian fruit orchard. The house has been built around the tree, creating an internal courtyard that brings light and air to the centre of the plan, while turning the house inward to remain private from the surrounding terraced houses. The site is long and thin, and the layout is arranged around the changing light of the day, with the kitchen looking to the north east for morning light, the living areas looking south west onto the pear tree courtyard for light from midday, and the lowered snug in the centre of the building as a cosy retreat in the evening. In terms of inclusivity, the house is open plan with circulation designed to flow generously as space rather than corridor. The layout and structure allow varied flexibility to provide for future disabled occupants, either with stairlifts or platform lifts. The intention is for the house to blend into its wooded backland context as far as possible. To this end the details emphasise the vertical articulation of the building, and views through the building are defined by slender vertical elements which echo the experience of looking through trees. Product Description. The ground floor walls are cast in concrete with vertical timber formwork, with a natural grain and texture that blends into the surroundings, and a robust finish where the walls meet the ground and are exposed to the weathering of nature and occupants. The internal staircore has a smooth ply finish to give a softer surface where it is touched by the inhabitants. These staircores provide lateral stability and create dramatic, naturally lit spaces from the rooflights above. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Posted: 13 Nov 2016 07:00 PM PST
Located south of the city's core, in the business district of EUR, the complex follows the simple orthogonal lines of the surrounding 1930s rationalist architecture. The spaces surrounding the centre will serve as two public squares. Integral to the new complex and the neighbourhood, these new spaces will provide citizens with places for various leisure and outdoor activities, offering a new meeting area in this busy part of Rome. The New Rome/EUR Convention Hall and Hotel 'the Cloud' comprises three distinct architectural concepts: the basement, the 'Theca' and 'Cloud', and the 'Blade'. The basement is accessed on Viale Cristoforo Colombo, via a staircase that leads into the building's main foyer and information point. Past this area, a large concourse feeds into an expansive congress and exhibition hall that can host up to 6000 people. The 'Theca' is the stunning outershell and façade of the convention Hall and Hotel, which has been made from a combination of metal, glass and re-enforced concrete. Inside the building, 7,800 square metres of new public space will play host to public and private conferences, exhibitions and large-scale events. Suspended inside the 'Theca' is the 'Cloud' - the interplay between these two spaces is essential to the complex – symbolising the connection between the city of Rome and the convention centre. The 'Cloud' is an independent cocoon-like structure that is covered in 15,000 square metres of highly advanced membrane fiber glass and flame-retardant silicone and is supported laterally at points by the 'Theca'. It lies at the heart of the complex and is accessed by the 'Forum' – an artery walkway that fuses the two structures together. Inside the 'Cloud', five levels (supported by escalators and walkways) lead to a 1,800 capacity auditorium. In order to ensure that the 'Cloud' system does not interfere with the rest of the complex, the auditorium is clad in wooden cherry panels. The final architectural concept is the 'Blade' - an autonomous building split into 17 floors and containing a new 439-room hotel built to provide accommodation to visitors to the centre and the city of Rome. Spread over 18,000 square metres, the 'Blade' will also include seven boutique suites, a spa and a restaurant. The building has been constructed from 37,000 tons of steel- the equivalent weight of four and a half Eiffel Towers. Additionally, 58,000 metres of glass has been used for the centre's exterior and interior design, which is enough to cover the surface of 10 football pitches. The centre is fully earthquake-proofed - the stiffness of its vertical structure is able to withstand both small and large seismic waves. In addition, the building's insulators have a horizontal rigidity, which works against the movements of small earthquakes, whilst their low rigidity enables large oscillations with low accelerations during more violent tremors. An eco-friendly approach underscores the design of the centre, with integrated air- conditioning that will be carried out by a reversible heat pump. This system is capable of achieving high energy performances whilst reducing electricity consumption. A natural ventilation system is also in place - with the cool water of the nearby EUR lake extracted and filtered into the system. The roof's photovoltaic panels(glass and silicon wafer)help to produce energy and protects the building from overheating through the mitigation of solar radiation. When fully operational, the basic power load of the New Rome /EUR convention Hall and Hotel 'the Cloud' will be supplied by the power station of cogeneration as well as any power generated by the buildings' geothermal and photovoltaic network. The mutual interdependence of these systems ensures that the complex is able to function in any instances of a technical failure. The centre's eco features also comprise a rain water harvesting system, where exterior panels collect rainwater and filter it into a storage tank. The water can then be pumped, on demand, from the tank to the internal water system. Fuksas' design for the complex was created with flexibility in mind –spaces are interchangeable and can be amended to accommodate large or small conferences, lectures and events with a maximum seating allowance of nearly 8,000 seats, divided between the auditorium inside the 'Cloud', (1,800 capacity), and large conference rooms in the basement (6,000 seats). The underground level of the building also has more than 600-place parking area. Many of the complex's Interior details have also been realised by Studio Fuksas. In the Auditorium, the red armchairs have been made by Poltrona Frau and specially designed by Fuksas architects. The building's bespoke 'Cloud' lamp has been produced by iGuzzini and conceived by the studio. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Posted: 13 Nov 2016 06:00 PM PST
The project is part of a tenuous and varied social structure of the village. Established in continuity of the existing primary school, volumetric balance is given by the concrete base on which stands a volume of timber. The wooden volume forms the covered courtyard, cantilever that terminates the playground and showcases the panorama and the clearance to the mountains. The set, a simple structural concept forms a box resistant to wind loads and potential earthquakes. It meets prefabrication techniques needed to build an economic project, whose implementation is easy and of quick execution (12 months). The existing plant filter is maintained, forming a buffer zone between the court and the main road. Wooden panels used for interior coverings and facade participate in the warm atmosphere of the school, while meeting the villagers and mountainous character of the place. The design and project materiality contribute to sustainable development. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Da Chang Muslim Cultural Center / Architectural Design & Research Institute of Scut Posted: 13 Nov 2016 12:00 PM PST
From the architect. Cultural architectures have always been academician He Jingtang's "specialty". Project Dachang National Palace is no doubt his another masterpiece. Located in Dachang Hui Autonomous County, Langfang, Hebei province, the project is supposed by the local government to be an iconic design, introducing Dachang's particular culture and enhancing the soft power of the city. The national palace is thus endowed with multiple functions, serving not only as the recreation center of the city, but the essential cultural site for the introduction of local religion and history as well. It has undoubtedly brought lots of challenges to the designer, because of the special ethnic composition, historical context, religious belief, complex functional requirements of the site and the setting of a cultural landmark. In the design of the project, Academician He Jingtang has also carried out his concept of "2 Views" and "3 Characters", with the starting point of holistic view and sustainable development concept, fully considering regionalism, cultural, and epochal character of the architecture, therefore presents us an excellent design. This is a poetic sanctuary that shows people both the brilliant Islamic culture and our vision for a better life. This is also a homelike cultural center that provides a spiritual home for local residents especially Muslims. Dachang County is a Muslim enclave near Beijing. To revive the Islamic culture and improve the quality of culture life, the local government developed Da Chang Muslim Cultural Center, a cultural complex integrating the functions of theatre, exhibition, convention and community center. Based on traditional mosque, the building subtly interprets the spatial structure of mosque with new materials and technologies. The surrounding arches shrink into elegant curves from the bottom up, while the cambering petal-shaped arches of the reflection in the water look even more vivid and graceful. The dome sees the translation and abstraction of Islamic symbols rather than simple mimicking. We constitute the dome with petaloid shells and creatively transform the interior space into a semi-exterior roof garden flooded with sunshine, fresh air and vegetation. Chinese designs towards the world In recent years, Academician He Jingtang and his team have also begun stepping onto the international stage, attracting with their splendid designs more and more attention of internationally renowned architectural media, universities, and critics, and have won their great praise. On the 10th of this month, Academician He Jingtang will be invited to the Venice Architecture University to launch an exhibition with the theme of PLACE, CULTURE, TIME——He Jingtang: Design for Drastically Changing China Opening Activities ,and he will also chair the opening forum. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Orizzontale Activates the Street with Wooden Intervention in the Azores Islands Posted: 13 Nov 2016 08:00 AM PST Orrizontale has constructed "Casa do Quarteirão," a permanent wooden installation developed for Walk&Talk 2016, an annual arts festival in the Azores islands, that reclaims the physical space of the street for "convivial and collaborative use." In 2011, Walk&Talk was founded to "transform the islands into a laboratory for contemporary and transdisciplinary artistic creation, producing experimental projects, in a permanent dialogue with the territory, the culture and the local community, promoting a favorable environment for sharing and co-creation." Collaborating with visual designer NO-ROCKET, Orrizontale builds on this mission with "Casa do Quarteirão." Located in the O Quarteirão neighborhood near the Ponta Delgada historic city center, the project attempts to preserve and enhance an area of the city that has not been invaded by parking lots and cars. "After a first visit in Ponta Delgada, during a public talk at MIOLO Art Gallery, we chose together with the inhabitants to work in the small Travessa da Rua d'Acoa, to materialize a common square, a place for the community," explain the architects on their site decision. Orrizontale refers to the project concept as a Viviero, a collective greenhouse for the community, inspired by the intimacy of traditional Azorian residential architecture. Thus the structure features two program elements: a pavilion for the community gather and hold events (Rua Pedro Homem), and a small structure with a terrace (Rua d' Acoa) to provide a cozy setting for taking in the area. Between these two structures, a new public square emerged. The project is designed to be transformable, using modular frames that can be easily reassembled into several configurations that meet the needs of a variety of activities. The structures were constructed with help from the community in just five days, using wood from the Cryptomeria japonica, an endemic conifer species that grows in the island. For more on Walk&Talk 2016, check out the event website, here. News via Orrizontale. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Studio Ossidiana Translates Elements of Persian Gardens Into Lively Materials Exhibition Posted: 13 Nov 2016 06:00 AM PST Studio Ossidiana, founded by Alessandra Covini and Tomas Dirrix, investigates architectural materials through experimental research projects. Their recent work "Petrified Carpets" explores the "ideal garden" found in Persian carpets and will be showcased at the Dutch Design Festival of 2016 along with other exhibitions.
The exhibition is essentially a collection of concrete architectural objects, which represent or resemble specific components of a Persian garden (i.e. the central fountain, the kiosk, the doorways to the garden, etc). Studio Ossidiana explored various strategies in casting and texturizing the concrete to form specific translations of the acclaimed gardens. Combining pigments, stones, sand and cement in different ratios suggests the multiple contours, tones, and shades of gardens. Each of their objects possesses a stunning expressiveness that attracts the wandering eye. Having collaborated with the high-end prefabricated concrete manufacturer, Hurks, each object was constructed to expose "lively and bright characters of its material." Alongside graphic designers Team Thursday, Studio Ossidiana is currently at work on a publication about Petrified Carpets with the photos from Kyoungtae Kim. Their installation — produced for "In No Particular Order," an exhibition curated by Agata Jaworska — was supported by the Talent Development Program of the Creative Industries Fund NL. News Via: Studio Ossidiana This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Posted: 13 Nov 2016 05:00 AM PST
From the architect. The commission is for a meeting place, for sailing, and kite and wind surf, on a site with perfect conditions for these sports. The idea seeks a shelter in this climate that is very austere, extreme, with strong, cold winds. The project achieved three climates: inside it is 100% closed, another intermediate and another open. It is a waterfront retreat generating a backyard connected to the front thanks to the skeleton-like structure which allows shelter. Allowing to have a space for people who accompany and do not participate in the wind sport. The dock like circulation achieves the travel between the sea (wind) and the backyard, which is protected from the wind (outdoor shelter), allowing to have a fire pit area outside. The wooden structure as a skeleton is the support for different skins, textures, shadows and lights. It was designed in a 3m x 3m wood module where the structure (pillars and beams) are exposed. The structure was impregnated on the outside with carbolineum (black color) and wall linings in dark brown. The ceiling is made with eucalyptus poles, exposing the wooden beams in black. The interior walls and floors were made with pine wood finished in natural primer. A simple materiality was considered (wood, forest area) and local labor (very cheap). This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Proposed Station Extension Promotes Urbanism and Social Interaction in Nice Posted: 13 Nov 2016 04:00 AM PST Clément Blanchet Architecture has released its bid for the international Nice Station Extension competition, which also received entries from Marc Mimram, Jean Duthilleul, and winner Daniel Libeskind. The proposal integrates buildings in the city center of Nice—which is surrounded by railways, a ring road, and the city—including a new mixed-use public complex, retail and office spaces, and a boutique hotel. The architects observed the original site as isolated and without a strong public center. Therefore the design team proposed a simple design to negotiate between infrastructural and metropolitan issues. First, the new mixed-use complex will extend from the existing station, organizing these programs along with a united walkway. The ground-floor retail space connects the building to its site, while mixed-use areas are formed by an undulating three-dimensional facade that connects the project to the northern part of the city. Overall, the exterior view of the complex is aimed at interfacing with residents and travelers alike, bolstering the relationships between interior, exterior, and site. The proposed design includes new entrance points that welcome visitors inside. A primary ambition of the project is to cultivate a rich local architectural history in Nice's city center. The design is also meant to reflect and promote public life by fostering free social interaction. News via: Clement Blanchet Architecture This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Adaptable Bamboo Geodesic Domes Win the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Student Category 2016 Posted: 13 Nov 2016 01:30 AM PST Launched in 2007, The Buckminster Fuller Challenge has quickly gained a reputation for being what Metropolis Magazine once called "Socially-Responsible Design's Highest Award." This year, for the first time, a Student Category was reviewed separately from the general applications, however still based upon the same criteria: comprehensiveness, feasibility, replicability, ecological responsibility, and how verifiable and anticipatory the project is. Students from the Centre for Human Habitat and Alternative Technology (CHHAT) claimed the prize with their adaptable and lightweight modular domes, made from natural, local or recycled materials. CHHAT is a student-led initiative founded at Vadodara Design Academy in Gujarat, India. Participants of their projects span all five years of the academy's architecture program, as well as academic and professional mentors, led by Professor Nirav Hipara. Co-founder Sapan Hirpara, currently a student at CEPT University in Ahmedabad, India, submitted the program to the challenge in the hopes that their designs for rapidly deployable shelters could help to make inadvertent human habitation more functional and economical. Currently, the domes are being used to meet immediate needs on the Vadodara Academy Campus, but are envisioned to serve as temporary spaces for rural and agrarian activities, as well as shelters for homeless migrant workers and people living in informal urban areas. Their short construction time also makes them ideal for emergency shelters after natural disasters, such as floods or earthquakes. In addition to this, the bamboo structures can then continue to be used as communal areas in schools, or as exhibition spaces or medical camps. Steel joints link the bamboo structures, which are then covered in bamboo mats and an insulating Styrofoam layer, and finally covered in a waterproof PVC flex sheet. Spanning the entire perimeter of the dome is a gap nearly the height of a person, providing a well-ventilated environment and open atmosphere. The bamboo skeleton of the larger design can be constructed in about five and a half hours, taking another four hours to be completely covered and ready for habitation. CHHAT has also developed a tent for fewer inhabitants, in addition to the communal dome, that takes only ten minutes to assemble. However, circular canopies remain their focus and expertise, having studied and constructed various dome alternatives over the past six years, culminating in their Fuller Challenge submission. The locally sourced materials and easy-to-use tools have made it possible for the students to involve regional craftsmen that can contribute to the program, demonstrating how good design can bring communities together and give back to society. Hopefully these advantages of the geodesic domes will allow the temporary structures to succeed in areas where craftsmen may not be readily available, widening the possibilities for anyone lacking some of our most basic human needs: safety, protection and shelter. As Buckminster Fuller put it: "All of humanity now has the option to 'make it' successfully and sustainably, by virtue of us having minds, discovering principles and being able to employ these principles to do more with less." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Posted: 13 Nov 2016 01:00 AM PST
House A is located near the border of Minsk. The main objective was to project a comfortable and functional home for one family. The house had to be designed without unnecessary decoration with the use of "clean" natural and beautifully-aging materials, such as wood, concrete, glass. Later, the owner of the house has formulated the title of this style as "functional minimalism". The house is a cube, embedded into the hillside. Wall materials are reinforced concrete (the outer walls of the 1st floor) and a brick. Floor slabs are monolithic reinforced concrete. Vertical surfaces between the windows and wooden facades are made of cement-fiber panels with concealed fastening. The main material of the facade finishing is larch saturated with a substance, which protects from ultraviolet radiation, but does not prevent natural aging. This allows the house to appear differently in each of the seasons. In the western part of the site, from the side of the road, there is a guest parking and entrance to the house. On the ground floor is a garage, hallway, storage room, boiler room, exit the sauna room to an outdoor terrace with a swimming pool, which is adjacent to the house on the east side. On the second floor are two bedrooms, living room and kitchen-dining room. Fireplace in the living room with a bar is designed according to the proportions of the facade of the house. The lower part of the fireplace is a sheet of stainless steel, hovering above the floor. On the east side of the house, a living room and a kitchen-dining room have access to an outdoor terrace with swimming pool and barbecue area. Cover terrace made of larch. The sculpture, which combines the functions of a barbecue and a table, was made of stainless steel with a thickness of 10mm with inserts in teak. On the third floor there are two bedrooms and an open library with living room view. Above the third floor is a terrace with a magnificent view of the surrounding area. Product Description. With Schüco Structural Glazing I wanted to create the effect of a solid glass cube held on all four sides with massive wooden surfaces. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Serie Architects Releases RCA Battersea Campus Proposal Posted: 13 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST Serie Architects has released its proposal for the Royal College of Art's (RCA) campus in Battersea, London. Designed for the campus' competition—which was won by Herzog & de Meuron—the 15,000-square-meter project would house the schools of architecture, material, and fine art, as well as specialist research centers and entrepreneurial incubators. In an effort to create a spatial model that encourages collaboration across academic disciplines, the proposal centers on the idea of stacked planes, or "tables," each of which defines a particular space, but which is not enclosed. The resulting space, through the overlapping of tables and double- and triple-height ceilings, creates an open and highly visible environment. A single, five-story volume spanning the length of the site contains individual school programs, and research programs are stacked in a ten-story tower. Between these two spaces is a narrow set of spine-like "shelves," which contain all shared programs like classrooms, faculty rooms, and small workshops. All elements of the project are flexible and reconfigurable, allowing for accommodation of future changes in the school. For instance, table structures can be added and removed, and partitions in the shelves can be adjusted. The entrance to the campus is marked along Battersea Bridge Road, in order to integrate the campus into the neighborhood and form a center for the wider community.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2016 09:00 PM PST
Tara Theatre in London, UK, designed by Aedas Arts Team, has won the 'Project Design of the Year' award at this year's London Construction Awards. Recently reopened, Tara Theatre is the new state-of-the-art home for the acclaimed Tara Arts, the oldest multicultural theatre company in the UK. The new incarnation of Tara Theatre fuses the global and the local, creating an inspirational space for the country's first cross-cultural theatre to create art from the dialogue between East and West. Oriental elements were integrated into the design to pay homage to the history of the theatre being Asian-led and owned - and to express the unique identity of Tara Arts in the English theatre landscape. The motif of the Banyan Tree refers to India's 'tree of life' - and the shade it offers a place to meet as a focus of community life. 'Tara's Tree' wraps around the façade and is pargeted, a traditional English craft, which resonates with Indian decorative techniques. It invites audiences into the theatre to hear and share stories, whilst externally providing a lively and engaging urban marker. Tara Theatre features a superbly equipped and flexible auditorium with a doubled capacity of 100 seats, a new fully soundproof rehearsal room and other supporting facilities to fulfil the contemporary needs of performances and audiences. The performance space features an adaptable earth floor to offer an original, alternative surface as well as to give a tangible expression of Asian culture in London. 7,500 original bricks from the demolition were reclaimed and reused in the new auditorium, whilst materials were sourced locally wherever possible. The 'Tara's Tree' on the façade is composed of 96% recycled ash. The internal spaces enjoy plentiful natural light with glare control by colourful window blinds. Unusual for a performance space, the main auditorium can be naturally lit through the high level windows. The Project Design of the Year award celebrates projects that have been designed in such a way to be sympathetic to the environment and surroundings, functional for purpose and innovative in style. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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