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- Hybrid Tower / CITA - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- PO87 / AWAA for Charly Wittock
- Party Apartment / Nghiêm Phong + Đào Thành
- A Blend of Past and Future - KCAP's Competition-Winning District for Seoul
- Barnard College Releases SOM Design for New Milstein Center
- Skywood House / Nick Baker Architects
- Apeldoorn's Renowned Museum Paleis Het Loo to Be Expanded by KAAN Architecten
- Get to Know the Work of 2017 Pritzker Prize Winners RCR Arquitectes Through These Videos
- BIOBANK / Heide & Von Beckerath
- Openact Architecture Envisages Ecologically-Driven Research Park As Bandirma's Future Hub
- RED ICE / NRJA
| Hybrid Tower / CITA - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Posted: 11 Mar 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Anders Ingvartsen
 © Anders Ingvartsen Multiple Scales in BESPOKE KNITTED STRUCTURES  © Anders Ingvartsen DESIGNING A SOFT TOWER  Development  Elevation  Diagram SIMULATING SOFT ARCHITECTURES  © Anders Ingvartsen  Diagram  © Anders Ingvartsen INTERFACE AND PRODUCTION OF BESPOKE CNC KNITTED FABRIC  Diagram DETAILING AND ASSEMBLY  © Anders Ingvartsen RESULTS 'Hybrid Tower' is a project within the Complex Modelling research framework at CITA (www.complexmodelling.dk) and was exhibited within the Contextile festival in Guimaraes (http://contextile.pt/2016/ ).  © Anders Ingvartsen Product Description. 'Hybrid Tower' is an integrated hybrid structure - made from only two components: Bend GFRP rods and custom-made CNC knit. The unique combination of these two materials creates a very light and yet stiff structure, which balances wind and other external forces through an interdependent combination of compression and tension elements. The structure is extremely light and easy to assemble, but yet strong enough to withstand a 3-month outdoor installation on the world cultural heritage side of the central square of Guimaraes/Portugal: Largo do Toural.  © Anders Ingvartsen The tower was developed in an interdisciplinary collaboration between architects, structural- and textile-engineers (KET, Berlin, Fibrenamics, Guimaraes), material testing specialists (Duisburger…..) and the knitting company AFF (A. Ferreira & Filhos). Together they developed materials and design and fabrication processes, which allowed using knit as structural element in a previously unprecedented scale. The collaboration opens new avenues for textile as building material.  © Anders Ingvartsen This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| PO87 / AWAA for Charly Wittock Posted: 11 Mar 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Nathalie Van Eygen
 © Nathalie Van Eygen From the architect. This private commission for a single family home is located in a wooded residential area in Belgium.The house is a response to strict legislations on implantation and surface occupancy, as well as a municipality desire to promote housing in the neighborhood.  © Nathalie Van Eygen During the development, we proposed to the promoter an added value: a construction that would be energetically addressed, according to the passive house standards.  © Nathalie Van Eygen This ecological approach led us to a compact construction, avoiding energy losses (dimensions of the openings, orientation of these, thermal bridges, etc.). This option generated many exchanges with the engineers (thickness of insulation, type of frames and glass, lifecycle of materials, techn(olog)ical choices, etc.). This lead us to simplify forms & materials and the resulting normative construction process allowed us to counter the additional budget normally associated with ecological passive standards.  © Nathalie Van Eygen The living room extends on the site.Placing it strategically in counterpoint to the road axis and the noise pollution emanating from it, the building dynamically plays with the landscape that surrounds it. Views and openings from & towards the project are drown and oriented to make the most of the surrounding tranquility. Remarkable vegetation that exists is enhanced through the intervention.  Ground Floor Plan  Section  1st Floor Plan While the ground floor glass and dark aluminum cladding blend into the site, the luminous white plastered first floor comes and floats above it. The house dialogues with its environment using this articulation and plays with the shadows that appear on its facades.  © Nathalie Van Eygen Product Description. While the ground floor glass and dark aluminum cladding blend into the site, the luminous white plastered first floor comes and float above it. The simplicity of the shape, the black & white dialogue and the shading of the vegetation on the facades enhance the site.  © Nathalie Van Eygen This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Party Apartment / Nghiêm Phong + Đào Thành Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:00 PM PST  © Quang Tran
 © Quang Tran From the architect. Combined from 2 storeys, this high and large southward apartment has the best advantage of gazing over city.  © Quang Tran It's quite a big element for us to get less involved in what has been there, and a new space would be free and very convenient in use .  © Quang Tran The solution is, bedrooms, technical and supplemental areas should be arranged sidestep, so we have centre space as commonplace.  © Quang Tran Floors are connected by an Y-shaped structure, which was calculated to hooked up each 10 metres while totally independent from others.  1L Plan  2L Plan Present frame had been cleaned first, then covered by a thin concrete layer in order to have stiff gleaming surface and at last left as a part of decoration. By the way, bedrooms, technical and supplemental of glass or gypsum blocks are arranged separately into concrete blocks. Wood lathe was chosen for ceiling in order to hiding all the mess underneath as well.  © Quang Tran Another excellent convenience is cyclic system of transportation. Spaces are endless, people won't have to turned back at any position in house.  © Quang Tran After finishing, flat's owner commented that this would be a very suitable place for party. We totally agree, are there anyone who does not like party? Quite a tale of the name "Party Apartment".  © Quang Tran This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Blend of Past and Future - KCAP's Competition-Winning District for Seoul Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:00 AM PST KCAP-Seoul-front-view.jpg?1488891868 "The scheme's massing responds to the rhythm of surrounding streets. Image Courtesy of KCAP") The scheme's massing responds to the rhythm of surrounding streets. Image Courtesy of KCAP Rotterdam-based KCAP Architects and Planners have won an international competition to regenerate the 'Sewoon District 4' area in the South Korean capital of Seoul. KCAP's proposal, chosen amongst eight finalists, will see the development of a sustainable mixed use scheme blending future adaptability with respect for cultural heritage. KCAP-Seoul-river-valley.jpg?1488891958 "A modular system allows for future adaptation. Image Courtesy of KCAP") A modular system allows for future adaptation. Image Courtesy of KCAP KCAP's scheme will cover 280,000 square meters, providing retail, entertainment, offices, educational facilities, medical facilities, and a hotel. The proposal's massing promotes a subtle integration with the urban context by responding to the rhythm of surrounding streets. Blending past and future, the architects have created a sustainable, adaptable scheme which preserves historic structures. A modular system allows for units to be connected or separated, responding to future needs. Meanwhile, the preservation of historic traces and buildings ensures the scheme retains a sense of place and identity, regardless of future adaptations.
Construction is expected to begin in 2021, with the scheme opening in 2023. News via: KCAP Architects and Planners. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Barnard College Releases SOM Design for New Milstein Center Posted: 11 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PST New York City's Barnard College has announced its newest project, the Cheryl and Philp Milstein Teaching and Learning Center, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM). Serving as a new academic hub at the heart of the Morningside Heights campus, the 128,000-square-foot building will house a "new kind of library that incorporates technologies and learning spaces in an interactive setting and creates an inviting environment that benefits from green spaces."  Courtesy of Barnard College With a base of five floor and a narrow tower of eleven floors, the new building will be nearly double the size of the existing structure. The space will feature a computational science center, digital commons with innovative teaching labs, two of Barnard's signature programs, and a social and study space.  Courtesy of Barnard College  Courtesy of Barnard College The Milstein Center is expected to open in August 2018. Learn more about the project here, and in the video, above. News via: Barnard College. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Skywood House / Nick Baker Architects Posted: 11 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Hamish Park
 © Hamish Park From the architect. In 2013 Nick Baker Architects were commissioned to design a new 5 bedroom residence at Cobblers Hill, in Buckinghamshire. The commission for a private client located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty sought to develop a house that would fit into its landscaped context.  © Hamish Park The design of the residence has taken its prompt from the inherent context of the site. The gentle slope from the level of the existing building to the rear northern boundary identifies a change in level of 750mm. This creates a natural terrace. By introducing a clear line of separation of level from east to west the design locates the 'living' areas to the upper southern section of the site with its wide views and 'warm' aspect and the 'sleeping and guest' areas to the lower northern location. By offsetting the single storey forms from the central north/south axis of the original proposal, the design seeks to add the third area, the garage block, which forms the third side to a courtyard formation to clearly delineate an entrance area to the overall composition.  © Hamish Park The articulation of the external facade has been designed to create a series of layers between the inner and the outer accommodation. Wide external covered terraces are mixed with internally lit corridors to provide continuous connections to the sylvan setting of the site. Natural daylight is brought into the inner areas but is not allowed to dominate. A series of full height screens are used to create a 'colonnade' around the building. This buffer zone works to protect the inner glazed areas from excessive sunlight and glare as well as providing visual screening to bedrooms and from the road. The colonnades also reflect the intermittent shaded character of the trunks of the neighbouring woodlands trees.  © Hamish Park The building benefits from high insulation to ensure excellent levels of heat retention as part of its contribution to the environment. The materials for the design have been selected with care. The upper and lower level edge bands of the colonnade are clad with grey powder coated aluminium panels defining a clear edge of the volumes. The external panels to the screening elements are sawn sandstone and identify a vertical expression between the two bands. The external skin of the building volumes are in vertical clad red cedar and represent a softer more articulate inner layer that is related to the internal finishes.  © Hamish Park The intention has been to build upon the identity of the existing landscaping of the site. The high canopy of the existing trees and the large lawn area to the south of the existing building create a woodland 'glade' character. This simplicity has been kept as part of the landscaping scheme with the retention of the lawn areas and the inclusion of only additional trees along the northern boundary. A 'random pattern' screen similar to the colonnades, this time in Beech hedging, has been added to the south eastern boundary behind the existing perimeter fencing to provide screening from the road.  Sketch This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apeldoorn's Renowned Museum Paleis Het Loo to Be Expanded by KAAN Architecten Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST  © KAAN Architecten KAAN Architecten has been commissioned for the renovation and expansion of one of the Netherlands' most renowned museums, the Paleis Het Loo. Responding to evolving purposes, the project scope involves the restoration and development of over 5,000 square meters of new space, including the House of Orange, the Junior Palace, and a temporary exhibition hall. "The design, inspired by the layout and proportions of the Corps de Logis of Paleis Het Loo, incorporates all required facilities and spaces while expressing a grandeur fitting for one of the Netherlands' most popular and visited museums," announced the firm.  © KAAN Architecten  © KAAN Architecten The four grass parterres of the museum's farmyard, the Bassecour, are to be replaced with glass surfaces of the exact same dimensions, over which a stream of water will flow, in reference to the fountains of the historical gardens. These will be the first sight visitors will be met with, and are the only facades of the expansion underground. Through the entrance pavilions, the lit underground entrance atrium will accommodate the ticket booths, information offices, the museum shop, among other amenities available to the public.  © KAAN Architecten  © KAAN Architecten Central to the project is the Grand Foyer, which serves to connect the entrance to the Palace and leads to the House of Orange in the east wing, and temporary exhibitions to the west. The former, a 1,245 square meter space, will showcase the current and historical Dutch Royal Family, while the temporary exhibitions will be displayed in four interconnected square rooms, each with 5-meter high ceilings.  © KAAN Architecten  © KAAN Architecten In addition to these, the Junior Palace in the west wing will be catered specifically towards children, and all visitors will experience first-hand the Palace's various interior passages, following a rearrangement of the forty royal rooms. Situated on the outskirts of Apeldoorn, the Paleis Het Loo was first built in 1686 as a royal hunting palace in the country's centre. KAAN Architecten's undertaking, expected to be completed by 2021, aims to reinterpret and compliment the building's traditional elements, while simultaneously maintaining its historicity.
News via: KAAN Architecten. KAAN Architecten Integrates Historic School into New Library & Performing Arts Center This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Get to Know the Work of 2017 Pritzker Prize Winners RCR Arquitectes Through These Videos Posted: 11 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST The work of the Catalan firm RCR Arquitectes was, until its founders won the 2017 Pritzker Prize this month, little-known worldwide, with appreciation of their projects largely restricted to the few European locations in which they have built and a number of well-informed academic circles. Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta founded their office in the small town of Olot almost 30 years ago, and most of their work for the past three decades have been built in the surrounding regions of Catalonia. As the Pritzker jury has pointed out, one of their greatest qualities is their ability to show how architects can have "our roots firmly in place and our arms outstretched to the rest of the world." Through the videos presented in this article, it is possible to understand a little more about the work of the office, and more specifically, to appreciate the atmosphere of its built works. The architecture of RCR Arquitectes stands out for its honest materiality, and for its intense use of light and transparency. Although many of their projects display similar characteristics to one another, each project is sensitive to its surroundings, simultaneously merging with and imposing itself upon the landscape. As Glenn Murcutt, chairman of the Pritzker jury, summed up, "The collaboration of these three architects produces uncompromising architecture of a poetic level, representing timeless work that reflects great respect for the past, while projecting clarity that is of the present and the future." In the nine videos shown here, one can note the diversity of typologies that the office works on. There are homes, a museum, a theater, a winery and an exhibition display. The videos make it possible to experience the daily routine of their office - known as the Barberí Laboratory, a renovated foundry - during one of the summer workshops that architects offer every year. Or, they make it is possible to imagine oneself living in an RCR-designed house, visiting the Bell-lloc Winery; experiencing the spaces, observing these buildings' relationship with their immediate surroundings, or feeling the roughness of their Corten steel surfaces. Though the videos are in a mixture of English, Spanish and Catalan, the slow and deliberate unfolding of events they show allow us to understand a little more about the strategies employed by the RCR Arquitectes, and to better understand why their work has received such an important recognition. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BIOBANK / Heide & Von Beckerath Posted: 11 Mar 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Andrew Alberts
 © Andrew Alberts From the architect. The new research building for the Max Delbrück Centre is situated at the Campus Berlin-Buch. It accommodates an automated cold storage for biological samples, the associated technical facilities and administrative offices plus ancillary rooms. All of these functions are contained within a compact building volume. The development is aligned along a historic central axis in the former Berlin-Buch parish cemetery while spatially interpreting the layout and orientation of existing larger and smaller laboratory buildings. The location, configuration and accessibility of the new building allow for its expansion in two directions at a later stage.  © Andrew Alberts The technical space contains the computer-controlled store with a cold storage cell that is independent from the building. It contains a maximum of five cooling tanks filled with liquid nitrogen that have an interior temperature of -20°C and which can each store approximately 1.3 million samples over a period of 30 years. Before the sample sets are stored they are unpacked, documented and temporarily kept in the space surrounding the cold store. The Biobank's administrative areas contain offices with up to five workstations.  © Andrew Alberts  Plan  © Andrew Alberts The building is mostly single-storey but divides into a higher area for the cooling tanks and a lower interior space. This configuration resulted in the technical installations being placed on the roof. A liquid nitrogen tank which can be refilled from the outside is integrated into the Biobank's building volume. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Openact Architecture Envisages Ecologically-Driven Research Park As Bandirma's Future Hub Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PST  © Openact Architecture Emphasizing a diverse combination of ecological, infrastructural and urban programs in their envisioned design, Istanbul and Madrid-based design practice Openact Architecture has been named the winner of the Bandirma Park Competition, which invited ideas to "introduce Bandirma to the world." Titled 'A Path of the Fields', the winning proposal presents a layered approach to the revitalisation of a former military and industrial brownfield in the industrial Turkish city of Bandirma. The area is defined by Openact as both "an open, interactive, collective and productive focal point locally and regionally" and "an idea factory in the city of factories", allowing for the exchange of ideas between the public and professionals. By centering the park around a Design and Research Institute, the intent is to create an environment that will strengthen Bandirma's socio-economic standing, and offer a new hub for the city's future, while seamlessly integrating into the natural ecological identity.  © Openact Architecture  © Openact Architecture Extending the site's present east-west conduits, the park embraces the urban fabric and provides varying degrees of connected urban and park programs, with a 5-star hotel and retail areas on the westerly side, and a 4-star hotel towards the east. Embedded within the landscape, these buildings cause minimal interruption in the surrounding topography and are used as public platforms, replacing the land they occupy and serving as thresholds into the park. In order to resolve the lack of a continuous waterfront, as a result of the city's prominent industrial sector, the existing port is to intended to be repurposed to accommodate a maritime museum and marine research center, reaffirming the design's ambition for a permanently public hub.  © Openact Architecture  Ground Floor. Image © Openact Architecture
An uninterrupted promenade creates circulation paths between the various available programs and allows for experiences and interactions while integrating the institute into the park as a landscape element. The institute itself, intended as a space for the arts, ecology, and education, offers unique vantage points and perspectives within its spaces, which include inclined auditoriums, outdoor workshops, lecture rooms, and a library.  © Openact Architecture  Plan-Section. Image © Openact Architecture
Preserving the site's ecological character and using it as a means of sustainable production were also key considerations, and the proposed park incorporates bird-friendly wind farms to capitalize on Bandirma's plentiful winds, offering a potential future energy generation source to support the city.  © Openact Architecture  © Openact Architecture Other notable strategies such as rainwater management, re-habitation of local flora and fauna, reforestation, and productive agriculture, envision the park as the heart of ecological research, practices, and education. 'A Path of the Fields' was selected from 125 proposals from 27 countries around the world, by a jury comprised of Odile Decq of Studio Odile Decq, Louis Becker of Henning Larsen Architects, Professor Martin Rein-Cano of Topotek 1, Professor Dr. Celal Abdi Güzer of METU, and Professor Guenther Vogt of Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten. To see the remaining winners and honorable mentions, check out the Bandirma Park Competition page, here. News via: Openact Architecture. How Schønherr is Transforming Aarhus with Experimental Urban Interventions This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Gatis Rozenfelds
 © Gatis Rozenfelds From the architect. The site is located in the territory of a cultural monument of State significance - Riga City historic centre which is part of the protection zone of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The site is on the corner of a block, enclosed by two busy streets.  © Gatis Rozenfelds The design process was suspended due to various economic circumstances and was resumed at the end of 2013. To respect the surrounding context, the color scheme of the facade was changed and the amount of glass panes in the facades was reduced. RED ICE emerges.  Elevation RED ICE was initially planned as an apartment building. As a result of multiple modifications it was redesigned as an apartment hotel with a reception and a restaurant on the ground floor and a kitchen and technical premises in the basement.  © Gatis Rozenfelds Product Description. Cembrit cladding used for the bay windows features a smooth surface which contrasts with the rougher texture of the coloured plaster used for the rest of the exterior walls. The choice of colour for both materials is inspired by the surrounding context. A CNC machined metal gate features a custom pattern inspired by ice cubes; the same pattern is used for the glass railings. Strips of LED lights accentuate the fragmented nature of the building facade.  © Gatis Rozenfelds This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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