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- Farmers House / Bar Orian Architects
- Community Centre Máj / SLLA Architects
- Seoul’s New Community Art Complex Celebrates Cultural and Artistic Engagement
- Art Jameel Announces New Serie-Designed Arts Center in Dubai
- Zirahuén House / Intersticial Arquitectura
- Denmark's Largest Exhibition Center to Be Expanded by Cubo Arkitekter
- 7 Architectural Solutions for Asylum Seekers Shown by the Finnish Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale
- Stella Maris Chapel / Alejandro Beautell
- Bee Breeders Announces Winners for Kip Island Auditorium Competition
| Farmers House / Bar Orian Architects Posted: 18 Mar 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Amit Geron
 © Amit Geron From the architect. The Farmers' House is an office building in Tel Aviv that was originally planned by the architect Shmuel Rozov and built for the Farmers' Federation of Israel at the beginning of the 1950s. The original building had four stories above a ground floor and its plan was clear and simple as all the floors are identical – rooms adjacent to the building's facade arranged around an internal courtyard, with a corridor around the building's internal perimeter lighted by windows facing the courtyard. The original building has definite architectural values such as the technological and articular treatment of the facade, as well as the structural scheme and the way it relates to the climate and the exposures, the function of which is to regulate the entrance of air and light. This was achieved by designing the western and the eastern facades as triangles that protrude from the facade and triangles that are sunk into it in order to prevent direct light from penetrating into the building.  © Amit Geron In the scope of the building's preservation, three new floors were added to the original building. The contour of the fifth floor is smaller than that of the existing building in order to separate the extension from the original mass and emphasize the layers of time, while the sixth and seventh floors are planned on an area identical to that of the original floor.  Section A double facade of glass louvers filters the direct light and covers the transparent curtain walls of the new floors. In this context, although the extension is completely different from the original building it continues the principle of filtering the light that originally was achieved by windows sunk into and protruding from the eastern and western facades in order to prevent penetration of direct light into the building.  © Amit Geron  © Amit Geron A system of peripheral bridges was planned between the curtain walls and the louvers, enabling convenient access for maintenance of the large windows from outside. The modern building extension completes the general mass of the building while creating a light, airy feeling because of the use of light building materials, the transparent facade and the intervening floor.  © Amit Geron This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Community Centre Máj / SLLA Architects Posted: 18 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of SLLA Architects
 Courtesy of SLLA Architects From the architect. The community centre Máj is located in the biggest 1980s mass-housing settlement in České  Courtesy of SLLA Architects Budějovice, an ethnically and socially mixed neighbourhood. In the Czech Republic, one third of thepopulation lives in prefab panel settlements built during the socialism era; after 1989 (the fall of theSoviet bloc), there has been a lack of activities solving problems in these areas. The Máj settlementhas an increased concentration of the Roma population, who were evicted into the settlement duringthe 80s and 90s; the district has been the site of tension and several riots.  Site Isometric The new community centre building is part of the regeneration of the whole settlement. The new social infrastructure forms part of a future local downtown, with a post office building, public insurance office building, and planned multipurpose buildings, with the Market Square as a main public space.  Courtesy of SLLA Architects The Community centre is designed for social care services aimed at children and youth - a maternitycentre, low-threshold facility for children and youth, the primary prevention centre and senior centre,as well as social counselling and a municipal police station.  Section The aim of the centre is to improve the quality of community life; the project naturally focuses on thebuilding envelope, on the interface which is in direct contact with public space. The compact volumeof the building, with a playground on the roof and climbing greenery on the facades, with semi-publicconnecting and living spaces that are alongside the public space of the new square, is meant to serveas a social meeting point for children and teenagers, as a social information centre and centre forother services for the settlement inhabitants. Programmatic space of different institutions, withentries from different sides and levels, is distributed among five floors above ground. Stairs and othercommunication and sojourn areas on all levels of the building periphery allow the interconnectionof different parts of the building, of the community centre with the public space, as well as directexternal connection of the public square to all levels of the building and to the roof (with the playground).  Courtesy of SLLA Architects  Courtesy of SLLA Architects As this building stands in a colourful environment, because of the multi-coloured insulating facades of the adjacent prefab panel buildings, its expressiveness is only formed by the activities on the border between interior and exterior, and by its greening, which is supposed to become its most dominant building material within a few years, and should form the community centre microclimate. The building is paraphrasing the original materiality of the surrounding prefabricated high-rise blocks, "theordinary" is an important factor. The design, chosen by way of an architectural competition, is user friendly regardless of one's age, beliefs or skin colour. Open, transparent architecture, lots of glass,galleries with staircases, climbing greenery, a rooftop playground - all of this helps with that aim. Afresh and strong building, able to accept and handle the expressions instigated by all of its users.  Courtesy of SLLA Architects This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Seoul’s New Community Art Complex Celebrates Cultural and Artistic Engagement Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Arcbody Architects A competition organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government for the design of a new local art complex has been won by Korean firm Arcbody Architects. The brief called for the development of a new cultural hub revolving around the arts, to capitalize on local historical infrastructure and provide opportunities for creative enjoyment, education, and research. "Art complex, Pyeongchang-dong, Seoul will be a multiplex community hub that connects human, cultural organizations, schools and academic associations with the art archive as the medium and aims to be a space for creative and artistic social activities," explained the architects.  Courtesy of Arcbody Architects  Courtesy of Arcbody Architects The project location consists of four sites that are connected to Seoul's city center via a main artery, Pyeongchangmunhwa-ro. This district is home to numerous art galleries, museums, and workshops, and is also a residential hub for various types of artists. As a result, it holds great potential for further cultural developments and endeavors – one of the driving forces behind the design team's proposal. While the focal point of the complex is the art archive, this is additionally complimented by related programs, including a library and a museum. These aim to facilitate cultural and artistic research and development, community education and public discourse, through exhibitions based on notions of preservation and collection.  Courtesy of Arcbody Architects  Courtesy of Arcbody Architects Community involvement is integral to the successful functioning of the art complex, and Arcbody Architects have stressed the importance of local art networks, organizations, and the general public, whose engagement will create environments of cultural sharing and learning. "The complex will be a visual art think-lab that contributes to the development of community, cultural environment and connections between artistic activities by providing various events to the artists, citizens, academic researchers and school research organizations," said the design team.  Courtesy of Arcbody Architects  Courtesy of Arcbody Architects Seoul's new art complex is also intended to connect a number of surrounding green spaces and will serve as a regular stopping point for visitors and locals alike.
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| Art Jameel Announces New Serie-Designed Arts Center in Dubai Posted: 18 Mar 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Serie Non-profit organization Art Jameel have announced a new Serie-Architects-designed Arts Center in Dubai that will partner with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to acquire works by modern and contemporary artists from the Middle East. The 10,000 square meter, three-story, multi-disciplinary space is designed to become a "hub for educational and research initiatives, while its wider programming embraces collaboration and partnerships with local, regional, and international artists, curators, and organizations."  Courtesy of Serie  Courtesy of Serie Located at the tip of Dubai's Culture Village overlooking the Dubai Creek, the center will feature over 1,000 square meters of dedicated gallery space, a 300 square meter open-access research center, flexible event spaces, a rooftop terrace for film screenings and events, a café, a restaurant, and a bookshop.  Courtesy of Serie  Courtesy of Serie Inspired by the desert biome, landscape architect Anouk Vogel has designed each outdoor space to represent a distinct desert environment.  Courtesy of Serie  Courtesy of Serie
 Courtesy of Serie  Courtesy of Serie The Jameel Arts Center Dubai will open in 2018. Learn more about the project here. News via: Art Jameel. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zirahuén House / Intersticial Arquitectura Posted: 18 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Marcos Betanzos
 © Marcos Betanzos From the architect. Casa Zirahuen is the first stage of a two twin house project that create a small dwelling in a residential area in Querétaro's periphery. Facing the residential monotony in typology and isolation of the area generated between the 7 meters high adjoining walls, the proposal’s idea based on shaping a different integration to the site, one that dignifies and offers better ways of living in its outside and inside space.  © Marcos Betanzos Some of the principal challenges to solve were to create a product that makes use of passive design strategies, local constructive methods and a commercial competitive scheme which is sensitive to a complex real estate context. The house works around a main guiding axis that splits and distributes the public program in ground floor and the private program in first level. The use of a central patio works as a natural lantern that articulates and ventilates, a witness to the house’s everyday life.  © Marcos Betanzos  First floor plan  © Marcos Betanzos The design of the project is thought to be versatile enough in order to adapt to user’s needs. The study of areas and proportion of living spaces, added to the rational constructive modulation gives the home the option of a flexible and controlled growth (spanned in stages to equip the house with 2 to 4 bedrooms, optional TV/family room and additional outside spaces).  Isometric The exposed materials reveal its constructive honesty, the polished concrete and bare brick reflect the quality of artistry and craftsmanship the region has to offer. Its textures and tones respond to a natural palette found in the local area, Querétaro's semi-desert context.  © Marcos Betanzos This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Denmark's Largest Exhibition Center to Be Expanded by Cubo Arkitekter Posted: 18 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Cubo Arkitekter A competition for the expansion of the MCH Messecenter, Denmark's largest exhibition hall, has been won by the Aarhus based practice Cubo Arkitekter. Given the center's importance within Herning, the competition called for a new approach to the site's physical organization, to provide more coherent and functional relationships with the surrounding context in order to host larger events in the future and serve as an even bigger tourist attraction. Cubo Arkitekter's proposed design incorporates a new distinctive façade, with a homogenous character that directs visitors from the new arrival area to the Jyske Bank Boxen arena, exhibition Hall M, and the arcade that extends towards the rest of the MCH Messecenter.  Courtesy of Cubo Arkitekter Another feature of the dominant façade is interactive lighting, which can give the envelope a sense of transparency, provide crisp illumination, and highlight the building in various hues and tones. Through the use of a foil, the façade can also act as a screen, displaying projected images and text. Together, these options provide flexibility of various visual combinations.  Courtesy of Cubo Arkitekter In its entirety, the proposal's intention is to anchor the exhibition center within its urban and landscaped context, while creating a physically and emotionally memorable space that also exudes a sense of identity, recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally.  Courtesy of Cubo Arkitekter The project is currently in its planning stages, and with a subsidy of 150 million kroner, is planned to be completed in time to host the IIHF World Championship for ice hockey, in 2018. News via: Cubo Arkitekter.
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| Posted: 18 Mar 2017 02:30 AM PDT  The 2016 Venice Biennale may have officially closed in November, but many of its constituent parts continue to have a life beyond the confines of Venice. From Border to Home, the exhibit hosted by the Finnish Pavilion, showcased the results of an international architecture competition between October and November of 2015 that called for residential solutions for asylum seekers that offer both short-term shelter for refugees and long-term impact on the surrounding community. Three winners and four honorable mentions were featured in the exhibition, accompanied by a blog that offered sustained dialogue on the topic from architects around the world. On March 21st, Finland's contribution to the Biennale will finally be concluded with a review of the Biennale's themes and a seminar on the pavilion, hosted in Helsinki. Read on to find out more about the winners and four mentions from the competition that were featured in Finland's From Border to Home pavilion. Competition Winners:Society Lab (Italy)  Courtesy of Museum of Finnish Architecture Working to prevent the sense of alienation from local culture that often occurs in refugee settlements, the team behind Society Lab has proposed a system that unites architecture and technology to find housing for asylum seekers. They have pointed to 28,000 vacant houses in Helsinki as a residential web that is already built and already completely incorporated into the city. Rather than using state funds for new construction projects, Society Lab suggests financing one year of rent for refugee families in one of these vacant homes. The accompanying app acknowledges the ubiquity of the smartphone, and offers users a chance to seek out and secure housing before entering the country, allowing a smoother transition in a situation that should certainly avoid inflicting any unnecessary trauma. Living for one year in these homes around Helsinki, asylum seekers have the opportunity to meet neighbors and become acquainted with the local language and culture. Enter the Void (Germany)  Courtesy of Museum of Finnish Architecture Similarly to Society Lab, Enter the Void works with existing urban resources to carve out the potential for new housing and communities within our cities. The project operates with the knowledge that migration moves towards urban centers, and those urban centers possess the built remnants of business. The "void" here is made up of Germany's vacant office buildings, which are already physically integrated into functioning cities. Enter the Void enlists the help of governments to clear the office buildings and provide furniture essentials for critical high-traffic asylum seeking time periods. The team has made use of the buildings' verticality to create a program divided by sections of floors, with public spaces such as education centers on the lower floors, and private housing and bathing areas on the upper floors. Over time, the emergency units are transformed into more permanent apartments that still facilitate interaction with the surrounding community as the lower floor public use space offers. Finally, the final product is completed with a green roof for interaction and sharing. We House Refugees (Finland)  Courtesy of Museum of Finnish Architecture The team behind We House Refugees responded to the issues of stigmatization and isolation that occur when refugee housing is built under a separate typology from the local architecture. The goal of this proposal is long-term solution that actively works against prejudice by embedding itself into the existing city and community. The "Donor Apartments" that make up this project appear from the outside like any standard apartment in a desirable urban area, except local tenants are offered a 25% rent reduction. On the inside, each unit has an "embedded refugee room" with its own front door that can be used as the tenant sees fit until times of crisis, in which they may be asked by the government to make the room available for refugees. The co-living situation is temporary, but the infrastructure of openness and relationships it creates are not. Honorable Mentions:IMBY – In My Back Yard (Spain / France)  Courtesy of Museum of Finnish Architecture The team of architects behind IMBY has tackled some of the interpersonal challenges of seeking asylum by proposing a three way collaboration among Finnish homeowners, asylum seekers, and entrepreneurs. Homeowners volunteer their backyards and entrepreneurs their expertise to build "tiny homes" for refugees within the existing developed landscape. IMBY sidesteps the real estate market by asking volunteer entrepreneurs to create a method for wooden home fabrication, and then train asylum seekers in the construction of their own homes. For their work, trainees also receive a diploma and can later seek out additional construction jobs. The network of relationships and local hosts provides a method for integration into Finnish society that ideally creates a sustainable model for the architecture of refugee housing that is fully aware of the economic and social issues of its own reality. Helsinkikasbah (Finland)  Courtesy of Museum of Finnish Architecture Helsinkikasbah envisions Finland's political and economic timeline for the next 25 years. In the story the team has created, a decade of overcrowding in refugee camps eventually results in the end of state support funding. But the lack of official infrastructure does not stop the influx of people, and the responsibility falls on locals to build and supply settlements. In this informal urban system, a barter economy forms and flourishes, until a change in political thought brings back subsidies, this time for construction of new dense urban neighborhoods. The result of organic urbanism and later subsidies creates a distinctive and lively culture in the area the team has called Helsinkikasbah, kasbah being the Arabic word for a walled tower city in which leadership lives. The team's visuals of the proposed urban villages show a layered and dense environment which abounds in elements of Near Eastern architecture, imagining the area as multicultural point of pride and even an eventual tourist destination. Start with a Roof  Courtesy of Museum of Finnish Architecture Start with a Roof aims to create more space for asylum seekers by building only what is necessary, when it is necessary. For his proposal, Satoshi Ohtaki suggests that when there is a surge of refugees into the country, all that is immediately needed are basic shelters. In times where need is high, robust triangular structures are built. They are livable, but made of prefabricated insulated plywood panels of a standard size that can be quickly assembled on site. Once the influx of asylum seekers slows down, these triangular structures can become the roofs of more spacious permanent homes, by lifting them on top of new units and covering them with more durable materials. Start with a Roof combines the idea of camp settlements and permanency, removing the personal and public stressors that come with transitioning out of segregated housing and into local neighborhoods. From Border to School (Finland)  Courtesy of Museum of Finnish Architecture Is there a way to address local urban issues and the refugee crisis simultaneously? From Border to School has posited yes with a solution that responds to Finland's physically failing public schools and the need for integration of asylum seekers into Finnish daily life. When refugees are relegated for years to camps set up to provide temporary housing, it is difficult to feel a part of the local society. Alt Architects, the firm behind the proposal, has a background in designing public buildings, so schools were a natural starting point for the integration solution. The project proposes to target decaying schools as sites for publicly funded renovation and refugee housing. The decision to use schools as the site of this program speaks to the importance of education in integration into Finnish society, both from the obvious nature of a school's task, and their prime location in central areas. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Stella Maris Chapel / Alejandro Beautell Posted: 18 Mar 2017 02:00 AM PDT .jpg?1487725589 "© José Oller") © José Oller
.jpg?1487725626 "© Efraín Pintos") © Efraín Pintos For years, the neighbors of the fishermen village of El Pris had tried to promote the construction of a proper temple, under the vocation of the Virgen del Carmen (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) who is patroness of the sailors. Despite designating for it several different locations, this construction for various reasons was not possible. The image of the Virgin, for which the neighbors are strongly devoted, was stored in a warehouse belonging to a fishermen association, waiting to be placed in a sacred space.  Sketch  Section The plot located on a rocky headland next to the old pier, was certainly complicated due to its small size and irregular shape. This difficulty was even increased by the significant slope of the base on which the chapel was supposed to be constructed (it was not possible to excavate the rock due to the danger which such works could cause for adjacent poor, self-build houses) as well as the restrictions of the law and limited economical resources.  © Flavio Dorta In an area without architectural references, where dominate self-build constructions, the planned building aims to complete the façade of the houses erected on the headland. The challenge was to integrate the new volume without imposing it, so that the group of houses constituting the background of the chapel did not lose its character.  Axonometric The chapel is designed as a single cylindrical volume, diagonally cut in its upper part. In this way, the interior space rises in height, as we approach the altar. Adjacent to the chapel was designed a small prayer space which resemble a cave for the fishermen of the area, as well as a sacristy. The arrangement of the volumes creates open space between both constructions which forms an access patio, protected from the strong winds. .jpg?1487725749 "© Efraín Pintos") © Efraín Pintos The altar is oriented to the north. The altar table is located on the same level as the space of the nave. A single monolithic bank, which comes from the wall, provides the seats for prayers around the altar table. In the continuity of the wall is incorporated the Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross) which is composed of 14 stars. On the concrete altarpiece, there is an entrance of zenith light, which passing through a blue glass creates the ambient of the space. .jpg?1487725905 "© Alejandro Beautell") © Alejandro Beautell  Axonometric .jpg?1487725644 "© Efraín Pintos") © Efraín Pintos On a material level the construction results from great austerity, the simplicity of the used materials and the use of resources such as natural lighting, which provide the building with an ascetic character that seeks the essential. The crushed concrete altarpiece contains blue glasses in its mass, which comes from the bottles of local white wine that was shared by the neighbors of El Pris after the celebration laying of the cornerstone. .jpg?1487726234 "© Alejandro Beautell") © Alejandro Beautell The concrete, in contrast to the rough plaster finish of “tiroliano” (made of crushed volcanic stones from the island), together with the interaction of light on them, constitute the material aspect of the design. Polished concrete was used for the flooring of the nave while crushed concrete forms the altar and the ambon. The door is solid mulberry wood structure with handles of the same material forming letters A and M which stand for Ave Maria.  Elevation Architecture of the sacred The circumference that forms the floor plan of the temple, represents the femininity of the Virgin Mary, the maternal figure who embraces the faithful. Thus, the Virgin del Carmen presides the space, being located in the north like metaphor of its function of guide to the sailors during the night. The Stella Maris or Star of the Sea.  Chapel Plan This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bee Breeders Announces Winners for Kip Island Auditorium Competition Posted: 18 Mar 2017 01:00 AM PDT  First Prize: The Urban Lighthouse / Michele Busiri-Vici, Clementina Ruggieri, Matteo Biasiolo, Pino Pavese; Space4Architecture. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders The winning entries to the Kip Island Auditorium competition have been announced by Bee Breeders, which invited proposals for the addition of a new iconic auditorium addition to the Riga International Convention Centre, in Latvia's capital. The competition asked for alternative approaches to the design of public and civic facilities, while "reinvesting an estranged program in the urban landscape." Here are the three winners of the Kip Island Auditorium competition: First Prize: The Urban Lighthouse / Michele Busiri-Vici, Clementina Ruggieri, Matteo Biasiolo, Pino Pavese; Space4Architecture  First Prize: The Urban Lighthouse / Michele Busiri-Vici, Clementina Ruggieri, Matteo Biasiolo, Pino Pavese; Space4Architecture. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders Revolving around a cantilevered theater space that extends over the site, the winning proposal blurs the lines between spectator and performer. Inside, the arrangement of a series of partitions can connect or divide auditorium spaces, creating stages of varying scales that are wrapped in an envelope of double-mesh. "The iconicity of the auditorium lies in this opposition between object and performance, creating a project in which the archetype of the stage is activated into an entirely new model for spectacle and spectatorship," explained the jury. Second Prize: Kip Island Auditorium / Deyan Saev, Panayiotis Hadjisergis; Technical University Delft  Second Prize: Kip Island Auditorium / Deyan Saev, Panayiotis Hadjisergis; Technical University Delft. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders With a serrated public façade that channels visitors into an aggregated triangular massing, this project unifies the existing exhibition center buildings with a linear arrangement of new programs, contained within a large, non-hierarchical space. Tectonically, the addition uses a repeated post and beam wooden module, along with steel cable and polycarbonate infill to allow for indirect solar gain. This entry was selected by the jury for its "subdued iconicity, evoking the industrial nature of the existing buildings and imposing order on a site characterized by an accumulation of disparate conditions." The project was also awarded the BB Student Award, and the BB Green Award. Third Prize: Agir / Moisés Royo, Carlos Orbea, Gonzalo García-Robledo, Cristina Martín Consuegra  Third Prize: Agir / Moisés Royo, Carlos Orbea, Gonzalo García-Robledo, Cristina Martín Consuegra. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders Focussing on public interaction with the site, this proposal reimagines the solid nature of the typical exhibition center and transforms it into a unifying public plaza, by extending the space to the site perimeter to connect the existing components. Filled with trees, the plaza helps maintain the individual identities of each of the buildings, which serve as both auditoria and a new public promenade. "The project keenly makes use of section to engage pedestrians in the program of the building by elevating and exposing the underside of each auditorium space," stated the jury. "The undulating underside becomes a filtered threshold to the public plaza beyond." Check out the Honourable Mentions and complete winners' bios, on the competition website, here. News via: Bee Breeders. Archhive: Architecture in Virtual Reality Competition Winners Announced This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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