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- Co-Working Office / APPAREIL
- Touguinhó III House / Raulino Silva
- The Rivesaltes Memorial / Rudy Ricciotti + Passelac & Roques
- House Soboru / TIUM Architects
- Dubai Reaches Dizzying Heights With Possible Rotating Building
- SOM's Inclusive Riverfront Set to Revitalise Detroit
- Prazeres Building / Aurora Arquitectos
- Yvonne Farrell and Shelly McNamara Awarded 2017 Thomas Jefferson Medals in Architecture
- 84.75 Studio Hours: A Week in the Life of a Master of Architecture Student
- Norrtälje Mortuary / LINK arkitektur
- London’s Tallest Building Acquired By Chinese Investors in Record-Breaking Sale
| Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:00 PM PST  © José Hevia
 © José Hevia From the architect. APPAREIL transforms a Barcelona warehouse into a co-working and maker space in the heart of the 22@ Innovation District.  © José Hevia APPAREIL has converted a Barcelona warehouse into co-working office and maker space, on the top floor of a building in Poblenou, the city's former industrial quarter. Currently part of the 22@Barcelona – Innovation District's renewal plan, approved in 2000, the area is evolving into a dynamic, vibrant urban district, brimming with knowledge-intensive activities, from both the professional and academic sectors. The project serves as the studio's new permanent base, but it is also rented out for both long-term use and one-off events to urban planners, city data analysers, digital makers, and as academic research studios for the IAAC and the AA Visiting School.  © José Hevia  Plan - Sections  © José Hevia The refurbishment of this typical warehouse space provides a simple open working space for a group of independent professionals from the architecture world and neighbouring disciplines. It has been designed to propel them in developing their work in a transparent manner, sharing ideas and stimulating potential collaborations. Besides floating tables, the volume remains deliberately hollow, and all functionalities are pushed to two intricate milled-timber multifunctional walls, which house all necessary equipment and can accommodate temporary local working solutions. All furniture can be integrated into the walls to create a polyvalent space to host cultural activities. Within the residual rectangular open space, the distribution evolves according to activities that change on a daily basis, depending on the people and projects that are present at any given time. A simple, functional kitchen and bathroom are located on the periphery, as well as a winter garden that faces the sea.  Axonometric Designed and constructed on site, the refurbishment is a live test for professional interactions in this multidisciplinary melting pot of a district. It embraces the concentrations of makers, designers, architects, entrepreneurs and various crafts, both those which are manually operated and those which it equips with numerically controlled production methods: a swarming creative hub within a hub.  © José Hevia This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Touguinhó III House / Raulino Silva Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:00 PM PST  © João Morgado
.jpg?1488496735 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado From the architect. On the site, that was being used as a planting field, we found the typical granite walls, a stone pit, some fruit trees and bushes. Those walls were recovered and the trees, the bushes and the stone pit were kept in their original place, in order to preserve the identity of the site. The strong slope of the topography of about 5 meters between the street and the top of the site defined the planning of the house in two floors, nevertheless it was sought that both floors had direct connection with the outside garden. .jpg?1488496343 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado In the lower floor, which occupies half of the implantation, we have a porch that allows car parking but can also be used for other activities, like children's parties. From this space, we have access to the laundry, to a toilet, a storage room, the technical area and to the atrium that allows access the upper floor through the stairs. .jpg?1488496448 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado .jpg?1488496838 "Plan - Sections") Plan - Sections On the upper floor, we have 3 bedrooms faced south, one with dressing room and private bathroom, the other two have a shared bathroom. Both bathrooms have a private winter garden that allows its natural illumination and ventilation. In the posterior zone, oriented west, we have the office, the kitchen and the living room, which extend to the outside through the deck zone, connecting to the swimming pool area. In the East zone, we have the stairs and corridor with a book shelf as well as the toilet with and attached patio next to the living room. .jpg?1488496517 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado .jpg?1488496854 "Plan - Elevations") Plan - Elevations .jpg?1488496542 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado About the house finishing's, on the lower floor the walls and the flooring of the toilet and the laundry are covered with polished white marble panels. The outdoor black concrete flooring defines the house entrance and the shale gravel outlines the crawling vegetation areas. .jpg?1488496407 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado On the upper floor, the outside walls and ceilings are covered in ETICS system; through the interior, the solid pine flooring runs through the whole house and shines in the lacquered wood. In the bathrooms, the walls and floors are covered with polished white marble panels. In the kitchen, the countertop and part of the floor are in white silestone "Zeus" slabs from Consentino, and the dishwasher is made with the same material. .jpg?1488496567 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado In the pool, the interior is covered with a white screen and the edges of the walls are covered with dekton plates also in white. .jpg?1488496754 "© João Morgado") © João Morgado This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Rivesaltes Memorial / Rudy Ricciotti + Passelac & Roques Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:00 PM PST  © M. Hédelin / Région Languedoc-Roussillon
 © Kevin Dolmaire From the architect. We cannot remain detached from the history of Camp Joffre through a discourse that is indifferent to the human drama that unfolded on this very site. The memorial is silent and ponderous. It is there to take the hits instead of others. For absentees. It must be something that embodies the responsibility of the memory.  © Kevin Dolmaire  Plan  © Kevin Dolmaire This memorial lies in the earth, squarely facing block F, with a calm and silent determination, untouchable, angled towards the sky. At once buried in, and emerging from the earth, the memorial appears on the surface of the natural landscape as one enters the camp, and stretches to the eastern extremity of the former meeting place, to a height that is level with the roofs of the existing bunkhouses. This arrangement or co-visibility does not hinder a reading of the features of block F. The effects of erosion over time are noticeable in some of the buildings, thereby marking erasure and absence, questioning the visitor memory or oblivion. The Memorial of Rivesaltes, compressed between earth and sky, between past and memory, is located exactly in the present and the life itself. In this desert environment, a few dozen metres away, it no longer exists. Its formal violence demonstrates the impossibility of forgetting! Excavation and petrification of an erased memory.  © Kevin Dolmaire  © Kevin Dolmaire The concrete integral construction is the only structural scripture. The memorial is represented by an ochre- colored concrete monolith casted in place. The massiveness of the material was achieved by a technology allowing to avoid the formwork holes. The memorial is reached by the indirect pathway via a ramp that is partially buried in the ground. This tunnel ends abruptly: the visitor finds himself facing a block that is 240 metres long. The memorial offers no view of the exterior, except for the sky. Three patios structure the organization of the learning labs, social area and offices, all the while providing a certain sense of comfort.  © Kevin Dolmaire This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House Soboru / TIUM Architects Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:00 PM PST  © Yongjoon Choi
 © Yongjoon Choi From the architect. Concept of architecture I had a great deal of talk with the client. Apart from the apartment located in Seoul, the memory of living in a house escapes me. Everything is foreign and unfamiliar. A distinction has been made in this space – the familiar and the unfamiliar, and the necessary and the unnecessary. Passionate restoration and throwing away, on top of such ground contained the client's requirements and lifestyle. The lacking space has been decided to be connected through the new architectural vocabulary, based on the respect and understanding on the current space.  © Yongjoon Choi The main building and the annex The main building has been constructed for the stable lifestyle of the client. The annex is for the lodging of tourists travelling the area. Both of them are met from a different direction. As I have said, the space of the main building is not enough to continue the current lifestyle. The main building, at the same time adding a new space, inserts an architectural lexicon that connects this, and many processes of construction are newly added. As for the annex, the focus is restoring the existing space. This is because the nostalgia for time is important and special to tourists, not the newness. Each will be receiving the fitting design.  © Yongjoon Choi .jpg?1487721004 "First Floor Plan (After)") First Floor Plan (After)  © Yongjoon Choi The main entrance/exit path that cuts across the two spaces located in the new and old, south and north is a bridge that connects the outside to the inside, an architectural promenade that shows its unique charm. Here once stood the main floored room, and you are faced with a scenery that contain the Mount Jiri through the wide window as you enter inside, past the main entrance/exit and inner gate, along the hall that is similar with a long corridor.  © Yongjoon Choi This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dubai Reaches Dizzying Heights With Possible Rotating Building Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:00 AM PST In the upcoming years, Dubai may become home to one of the world's newest radical architectures—the first ever, rotating skyscraper. Designed by Dynamic Architecture's Davis Fisher, the 80-story, 1,273-foot tower proposal features independent floors that can rotate 360 degrees in both directions, in order to provide more comprehensive views. A static central core will connect the rotating floors together, each of which will be prefabricated off-site and attached to the tower afterward. Seventy nine wind turbines located between the floors, in combination with rooftop solar panels, are expected to provide the power needed to rotate the floors.  via OfficialDynamicArch Residential units in the building could range in price from $4 to $40 million, and be available by 2020 if the project does not fall through.  via OfficialDynamicArch News via: CNN and Condé Nast Traveler. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| SOM's Inclusive Riverfront Set to Revitalise Detroit Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PST  The Historic Stone Soap Building will be upgraded to a mixed-use development, increasing density and activity along the riverfront. Image Courtesy of City of Detroit London-based SOM's plans for the redevelopment of the East Riverfront in Detroit, Michigan have been unveiled. The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and City of Detroit Planning and Development Department will work together to deliver SOM's plan to revitalize the former blighted industrial area. The framework plan involves improving community access to the riverfront, the design of a new riverfront parkland, and the conversion of a historic riverfront structure into a mixed-use development.  An upgrade of the urban landscape along the Detroit River will begin in 2017. Image Courtesy of City of Detroit The framework plan sets out a vision of a 'riverfront for all', using inclusive, accessible principles to effect positive urban and economic change. A significant portion of land along the Detroit River will remain free from development, and will instead be dedicated to parks and open green space for the public. Former private developments will also be transformed into public parks, creating almost eight acres of open public space across the East Riverfront.  Protected cycle paths will link the riverfront with neighbourhoods to the north. Image Courtesy of City of Detroit In order to enhance community access to the East Riverfront, existing arterial roads will be upgraded to greenways, with improved lighting, paving, and landscaping. In particular, Jefferson Avenue will be redesigned to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists, enhancing links between the riverfront and neighborhoods to the north. Along the riverfront, the City of Detroit will upgrade the historic Stone Soap Building, transforming it into a mixed-use development to increase density and activity in the area.  Nearly eight acres of land will be devoted to open green space. Image Courtesy of City of Detroit
 Greenways with improved landscaping and lighting will improve access to the river. Image Courtesy of City of Detroit Development works across the riverfront will begin throughout 2017. News via: City of Detroit. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Prazeres Building / Aurora Arquitectos Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Do mal o menos
 © Do mal o menos From the architect. Can one house contain another two? There is a question that is repeated frequently when intervening in an apartment building. In order to have a garden, one needs to renounce the view. In turn, to have the view it means to choose one of the last floors, usually far from where the garden is.  © Do mal o menos  Section  © Do mal o menos In this case, the client acquired a building to turn into his own house and intends to include two separate apartments for rent. The initial idea for the project came from the client himself who didn't want to give anything up. The challenge would then be to combine the overall design of the apartments simultaneously with the desire to have a garden and a view in his home.  © Do mal o menos Thus, the solution was to put the social area of the house at ground level, where the garden is located, and the private areas on the top floor so it can enjoy the view. The private connection between the two floors is made by elevator, while the stairs are shared with the occupants of the middle floors.  © Do mal o menos This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Yvonne Farrell and Shelly McNamara Awarded 2017 Thomas Jefferson Medals in Architecture Posted: 05 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST  Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia Yvonne Farrell and Shelly McNamara, directors of Grafton Architects, have been recognized along with three other individuals as winners of the 2017 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals. The award, presented by the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, recognizes "the exemplary contributions of recipients to the endeavors in which Jefferson excelled and held in high regard", including Law, Citizen Leadership, Global Innovation, and Architecture. "As founding partners of Grafton Architects, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have built an international award-winning practice that has made substantial contributions to culture and education and have embodied their values in profound works of architecture," said Ila Berman, dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture.  © Grafton Architects This happens to be the third honor received by Farrell and McNamara this year, having already been selected as the artistic directors of the 2018 Venice Biennale, as well as winning the inaugural RIBA International Prize for Grafton's Engineering and Technology University (UTEC) in Lima.  © Ros Kavanagh "Their investment in re-imagining a contemporary version of Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village has been exemplified in projects such as the University of Technology and Engineering campus in Lima, Peru and the Universita Luigi Bocconi – each outstanding examples of the capacity of architecture to contribute to the making of public space in service to society as a whole," explained Berman. .jpg?1488337672 "© Shell Arquitectos") © Shell Arquitectos The list of previous winners includes distinguished figures of the architectural world, including Mies van der Rohe, I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Toyo Ito and Zaha Hadid.  © Dennis Gilbert The award is the University of Virginia's most esteemed prize, given the fact that it grants no honorary degrees. To mark Jefferson's 274th birthday, all medals will be presented on April 13th, along with free lectures from the recipients. News via: University of Virginia Grafton Architect's "Modern Day Machu Picchu" Wins Inaugural RIBA International Prize Understanding Grafton Architects, Directors of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 84.75 Studio Hours: A Week in the Life of a Master of Architecture Student Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST  Courtesy of Kurt Nelson This article by Kurt Nelson originally appeared on Medium. After reading through ArchDaily's article on the hours architecture students work outside of class, I was curious. I made it through a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree and I'm currently enrolled in the Master of Architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania, so how does the time I spend on coursework stack up to the average of 22.2 hours per week? Granted, the data they presented only represented first-year students, but it could still be an interesting comparison. With that in mind I set out to log one week of my time, just like you would at a job. Here's what I found.  Courtesy of Kurt Nelson Going into this, I expected that I'd come out above the average of 22.2 hours per week, but I was a bit taken back at just how far above the average I was. Using their metric of time spent working on projects for class, I'm at 61.5 hours per week. Altogether, I dedicated 84.75 hours to architecture in what felt like a fairly typical week. Given 168 hours in one week, that puts me at dedicating just over 50% of my time to architecture. Throughout this past week I've never been alone in studio; oftentimes I'm surrounded by the rest of my class as we're all plugged into Spotify and endlessly tweaking whatever happens to be on our screens at that moment, which leads me to believe that the numbers I've gotten are fairly representative of the Penn Design 2019 Master of Architecture class as a whole. At the very least I can guarantee I'm not at the extremes of either end of the spectrum. I'm not entirely sure what to make of the results of this impromptu project yet, but I'm reminded of one of the first lectures on architecture I attended as a freshman. Myself and a few friends looked on somewhat drowsily as Perry Kulper (a professor who currently teaches at University of Michigan) gave an overview of some of the work coming out of his studios. As he started to wrap up the lecture he left us with one quote that immediately caught our attention, mostly because at the time we all found it to be completely absurd:
Even though I didn't crack the 90-hour mark this week, keeping track of my time like this has made it quite clear how much of my life I'm dedicating to this field, and it definitely doesn't feel like a hobby. That being said, I've loved every second of these past 84.75 hours spent in the studio. There's no feeling quite as rewarding as watching your presentation boards slowly inch their way out of the plotter after working tirelessly to get to that point. I have no doubt that architecture is something I'll be involved with for the rest of my life, but after writing this I think I'll shut off the computer for a while, pause Spotify, and just relax for a bit. It's still just a hobby, after all. Editor's Note: ArchDaily editors would like to note that the methodology and analysis used in this article are not necessarily consistent with the NSSE study referenced in the introduction. This article is based on a personal investigation with an effective sample size of 1 student over the course of 1 week, with the results recorded to as very high degree of precision. By contrast, the NSSE study used a sample size of 3,000, but measured time use to a lower level of precision - the authors' section on methodology clarifies that "Students reported time use in discrete ranges on the NSSE instrument which were recoded to their midpoints for this analysis. (The unbounded upper choice was assigned a fixed value slightly above the cut point.)" Therefore, while we hope that Kurt Nelson's introspective analysis will be valuable to readers as anecdotal evidence, it should not be considered to be a scientific data point for master's students that can be compared directly with the NSSE study. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Norrtälje Mortuary / LINK arkitektur Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Lindman Photography
 © Lindman Photography The new mortuary at Norrtälje hospital was completed in February 2015 and is an extension of the existing hospital. Throughout the project, there were two areas of focus; to provide relations with the possibility of saying goodbye in a non-confessional, worthy setting, and creating a good working environment for staff with a functional flow in relation to the existing hospital.  © Lindman Photography  Floor Plan  © Lindman Photography The brick façade is characterised by intricate detailing with pronounced brickwork and window frames and doorframes of polished concrete. Both the outsides and insides of the exterior walls are clad in brick, white stained ash panels encase the viewing room and the floors have limestone patterning. The viewing room has a brick wall relief with a clerestory that enhances the pattern effect. Outside, the viewing room is surrounded by a small garden – a place for reflection. The mortuary's other operations take place downstairs, where the setting is of more traditional hospital character.  © Lindman Photography This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| London’s Tallest Building Acquired By Chinese Investors in Record-Breaking Sale Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PST  © Richard Bryant London's tallest skyscraper, The Leadenhall Building, has been sold to a Chinese property magnate for a price of £1.15 billion, in what has become the second-biggest sale of a UK building in history, as well as one of China's largest acquisitions of UK real estate. The transaction involved developer British Land and its partner Oxford Properties, who sold the tower to CC Land, a Hong Kong based company. Tim Roberts, head of offices and residential at British Land, said: "British Land and Oxford Properties took a bold step at the early stages of the UK's economic recovery to develop the Leadenhall Building to generate a high-quality, long-term income stream," said Tim Roberts, head of offices and residential at British Land. "This sale shows continued investor appetite for best-in-class, well-located property in London."  © Paul Raftery  © Lee Mawdsley Colloquially known as "The Cheesegrater" for its unusual wedge-like form, the 224-meter tall building was completed by Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2014. The tapering design captures and preserves views of St. Paul's Cathedral, capitalizing on the proximity of its location to the iconic landmark.  © Paul Raftery  © Paul Raftery London's Square Mile has been home to a recent crop of new skyscrapers, such as 20 Fenchurch Street, nicknamed the "Walkie Talkie". At 52 storeys, however, The Cheesegrater remains the tallest, while also breaking rent records for the City of London after its four-year construction period.  © Richard Bryant The sale is bested only by the sale of Canary Wharf's HSBC Tower to Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, for a value of £1.18 billion, which remains the biggest sale of a single UK building to date. CC Land also recently acquired Vodafone's Paddington Headquarters for £290 million, continuing foreign interest in the UK markets given a weakened British pound in light of Brexit. While contracts have been exchanged between the parties involved, the sale awaits approval by CC Land's shareholders. News via: The Guardian. Video: The Making of RSHP's Leadenhall Building This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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