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- Haussmann Stories / Chartier-Corbasson architects
- São Lourenço do Barrocal / Eduardo Souto de Moura
- Administration of the Municipal Water Supply / VTria Architects
- The Mod Apartment in Kyiv / Sergey Makhno Architects
- Outré House / Anagram Architects
- BMK – BAAN MAI KHAO / seARCHOFFICE
- Garden Pavilion / Bloxas
- Casa Mezquite / BAG arquitectura
- SO-IL and MINI LIVING Develop Housing Prototype for Resource-Conscious Shared Living
- Containhotel / Artikul Architects
- Dramatic Fire Breaks Out Near Burj Khalifa the World's Tallest Building
- Zaha Hadid Architects Creates Immersive Digital Installation for Samsung at Milan Design Week
- Site Museum of Paracas Culture / Barclay & Crousse
- The Economics Behind New York's Micro-Apartment Experiment
- 160 East 22nd Street / S9 Architecture
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| Haussmann Stories / Chartier-Corbasson architects Posted: 04 Apr 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Romain Meffre & Yves Marchand
 © Romain Meffre & Yves Marchand From the architect. At 85 Championnet there was an empty plot of land, with a plan that was too convoluted to be constructed in a classic way, like the rest of the street, built in the Haussmann era. The rue Championnet is indeed occupied by a long ribbon of Haussmannian facades all more or less identical.  © Romain Meffre & Yves Marchand  Floor Plan Duplex 2  © Romain Meffre & Yves Marchand The building takes place, leaving empty spaces that, in response to the adjoining courses, create views.  © Romain Meffre & Yves Marchand The vertical flows are concentrated in a minimum space, glazed and allow a light supply to the landings. The dwelling plans are optimized to minimize traffic and provide the most spacious, available stays.  © Romain Meffre & Yves Marchand On the facade the building deforms and swells as if to occupy the maximum, to make the space more profitable, to offer the largest possible dwellings. The material of the facade is similar to that of the street. It is a matter of continuing the alignment of the Haussmannian façades on the Rue Championnet as far as the eye can see: To this end, a Haussmannian facade is photographed and reproduced on the panels that cover the facade, in Trespa, with the stone color...  © Romain Meffre & Yves Marchand This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| São Lourenço do Barrocal / Eduardo Souto de Moura Posted: 04 Apr 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Nelson Garrido
 © Nelson Garrido From the architect. The Monte has a core characterized by 7 buildings implanted along a central street, which defines two main sets (North and South). The North complex, with an area of 4.144 m², consists of 2 buildings: the old industrial and officinal building and the storehouse for the farming tools. The South complex consists of 5 buildings: the main house, the agricultural pavilions, the dovecot, the kennel and the pigsty, with an area of 3.810 m². Further south, the vegetable garden area comprises 20.333 m², including the old vegetable garden keeper's house, with an area of 34 m², and the outdoor pool that keeps a firm hold of a granite outcrop (barrocal).  © Nelson Garrido "The first thing that struck me as soon as I arrived was the ambience of this property, which is hard to find. Everyone knows that Alentejo is very beautiful, but I wasn't expecting to have a prehistoric heritage like this.  © Nelson Garrido Then there were two other factors that were also a surprise where views were concerned. What is unusual in Alentejo is to have water on the edge of the property – the famous Alqueva Dam and the views of Monsaraz which is lovely from the outside in. The second question was the urban nature of this monte. This is not just a house. This is truly a mini-universe, a village. It has its own hierarchy: a street, a square, outbuildings, cloisters. This is what we rarely find in such good condition. I see things not for their value as such but always from the point of view of how to handle them. That is, what should I do here? Everyone knows that each historic development is unique and Barrocal is a difficult but very interesting project because we are working on the razor's edge. If we go too far, we'll spoil it, and if we don't do enough it won't work.  © Nelson Garrido The main question here is starting from a position that is theoretically very interesting but actually very dangerous in practice – but it's the only way. The only way to preserve heritage is to live with it and use it, even if it is damaged in some places. Because only everyday life transforms it into something natural and gives it heritage status.  Floor Plan What's fascinating here is the change in usage. A building might be created for a particular purpose, and then evolve to meet different, contemporary needs. There is a process that is very absorbing finding out how an olive press, for example, can become a place for a living room with a bar, how agricultural outbuildings can be made into houses, and how a cowshed can be made into a restaurant. This change in use needs hardly any intervention at all. The challenge is how architecture will responde.  © Nelson Garrido I think that people's first impression will be that they feel at home here, even if they have come just to relax. One is going to read, another is going to write a thesis, another is here for a holiday. People will run into each other and they will go off to buy bread or the paper or they will go out for dinner. They will run into each other and after a few days there will be a connection. I think it is important to form a kind of community. But a fleeting community, because that's the way it's designed. Except that the people will have changed. It won't be the workers anymore, it will be these people drawn from far beyond the monte."  © Nelson Garrido Accommodation & amenities Accommodation units (22 Rooms, 2 Suites, 16 Cottages): 42.729 m² Spa and studio: 575 m² Restaurant with outoor terraces: 599,5 m² Bar: 102 m² Winery: 521 m² Shop with courtyard: 194,50 m² Horse stables and riding ring: 1.060 m² Outdoor adult's pool: 240 m² Children's pool: 21,50 m² Children's playroom with courtyard: 153 m²  © Nelson Garrido This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Administration of the Municipal Water Supply / VTria Architects Posted: 04 Apr 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Dimitris Triantafyllou
 © Dimitris Triantafyllou From the architect. The building houses the Administration of the Municipal Water Supply of the city of Lamia. The plot is located at the east end of the city on the junction of its two main entrance arteries.  Ground Floor The designing process aimed to create an iconic, interactive and extroverted building that is open, accessible and welcoming to all of its users. The powerful east-west axis that connects the building to the urban centre penetrates into the building's volume and it constitutes the main design axis that turns its orientation to the South.  © Dimitris Triantafyllou The basic characteristic of this project is its sustainable design. By installing a horizontal geothermal system which covers the entire area of the plot, we took advantage of the ground's stable temperature and we reduced the electric consumption needed for heating and cooling to its minimum. Adding to the previous, the placement of solar panels applied on the glass surfaces and on the roof of the building, converts it into a zero impact building governed by sustainable and bioclimatic principles. The architectural synthesis of the building, follows the geometrical archetypes of "stoa", "propylon" and "atrium".  © Dimitris Triantafyllou The volume of the building is composed by a playful rhythm in between massive exposed concrete walls followed by permeable voids. This varied composition creates a vivid perforated space, showing clearly its public character. The level difference of the plot leads to the creation of a two-storey wing to the North and of a three-storey wing to the South. Its Western facade is the one that has a direct visual connection with the city and therefore it is used as the main entrance of the building.  © Dimitris Triantafyllou The existence of a large number of entrances, staircases and ramps gives movement to the synthesis and allows the visitor to enjoy a vast choice of architectural promenades and alternating views of the exterior and the interior of the building and its surroundings. A network of vertical, horizontal and diagonal axes, cuts through the massive volume of the building. This generates multi-shaped surfaces with fissures and gaps and boosts the sense of penetrability of the outer shell of the building.  © Dimitris Triantafyllou  First Floor  © Dimitris Triantafyllou The atrium is comprised of several sitting spaces, water surfaces and falls, vegetation and areas for social activities. At the same time, it contributes to the optimal performance of the sustainable character of the building by creating micro-climate conditions that cool down the working areas during summer.  © Dimitris Triantafyllou One of the main purposes of the designing process was to create areas so that can be used by the public for all kinds of cultural events. The architectural interactivity between the atrium and the amphitheatre, gives the sense of continuity and connects these two areas, adding to the public character of the building.  © Dimitris Triantafyllou The two-storey reception area is located on the west side of the building. It is designed as an open and extroverted area that intends to welcome the citizens and create a powerful link between the building and the city.  © Dimitris Triantafyllou By adding or subtracting pieces of the outer structure, the building's shape is being changed and transformed into creating a vivid and dramatic effect. This stereotomic process molds the project's clear geometric shapes into producing a notional structure that expands the spatial experience. The building constitutes now a portal to the city where the Urban grid penetrates into its mass. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Mod Apartment in Kyiv / Sergey Makhno Architects Posted: 04 Apr 2017 03:00 PM PDT  © Andrey Avdeenko
 © Andrey Avdeenko From the architect. The space of this mod apartment reflects simplicity interpreted with an eye for details and emphasizing textures and tactility. Sergey Makhno team has put no strict boundaries among the first-floor zones in technological and multifunctional interior, in order to keep it airy. They avoided working with a pile of details and focused on the core needs instead. All the storages were built in to keep the visual clarity.  © Andrey Avdeenko .jpg?1490818646 "First Floor") First Floor  © Andrey Avdeenko Despite minimalist mood, the apartment was filled with touches meaning a lot to owners and based on their tastes. Sergey Makhno: We worked with personalities and the context. He likes reading. She likes contemporary arts. Thus, a living room functions as a library, thanks to a giant bookshelf, whilst other spaces serve as a mini gallery containing art pieces.  © Andrey Avdeenko Art objects were as much construction materials as wood. The interplay was important for the project as these objects give a more sophisticated feel and bring emotions to the space.  © Andrey Avdeenko The raw concrete was employed for the primary backdrop and complemented with pure white in the kitchen and decorative copper wall in the main room. The light ash on the floor added the warm feeling. The wooden kitchen and furniture are of similar hues and match the floor.  © Andrey Avdeenko .jpg?1490818628 "Second Floor") Second Floor  © Andrey Avdeenko A spectacular view out of the windows was the additional point to leave the interior laconic. Sunrise and sunsets become the organic part of design. The milk blinds convert the space into the solitary shelter once more privacy is required.  © Andrey Avdeenko This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Outré House / Anagram Architects Posted: 04 Apr 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © André J Fanthome
 © André J Fanthome From the architect. Large urban residences are registries as well as articulations of filial, financial and aspirational value. Catering as much to their inhabitants' needs as to their whims, they are, simultaneously, spaces of private indulgence as also objects of a more socially motivated aesthetic expression.  © André J Fanthome Little wonder then that the luxurious and the exotic are sought in various ways from their design. As processes of globalised supply and demand, impact construction, fabrication and procurement logistics, greater value seems to be drawn from the extrinsic or exotic in terms of materiality and the machined in terms of form and technology. Systems of architectural production also appear to have cleaved apart the relationships between making and material while form seems to rely heavily on geometries that ease the application of industrially produced and preengineered surface renders. Ironically, the search for the unusual in contemporary urban architecture seems akin to a walk in a "walled garden" of ubiquitous aesthetics.  © André J Fanthome OUTRÉ HOUSE attempts a rediscovery of the singular and distinctive, specifically, in the working of humble materials; on site and by hand. It attempts to do so by recentring the umbilical bond between making and material. From bespoke concrete formwork and poured flooring to curved joinery and rhythmically notched masonry, the design releases its handmade construction from the shackles of the straight line, giving it flight. It, thus, allows crafted details to overlay each other and to swarm all over the design rather than be restricted merely to points of material intersection.  © André J Fanthome Induced by the city grid and its volumetric controls, the urban residential form most commonly, and perhaps most simplistically, resolves into rectilinearity. This boxform resolution of the program unavoidably results in spatial compartmentalisation, on top of which real estate imperatives encourage apartment stacks of clunkily laid out cookiecutter floor plates. The curvilinearity of the building creates more fluid spatial formations and helps create smoothly transitioning spaces for social convivialities between the members of the resident family.  Section OUTRÉ HOUSE also rekindles the relationship between the crafted and the natural. The warp of the handmade and weft of the verdant further position this design away from the industrial. The interweaving of precisely turned wooden louvres and vertically installed planters allows the vegetal to enmesh with the structural, coalescing into internal and rooftop gardens. This coupling of craft and foliage also underlines the bespoke floral chandelier designed by Mann Singh for the lounge.  © André J Fanthome This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BMK – BAAN MAI KHAO / seARCHOFFICE Posted: 04 Apr 2017 12:00 PM PDT  © W Workspace
 © W Workspace From the architect. One of the most peaceful beaches in Phuket, Mai Khao beach is quite a secluded on. The site is to develop into hi end property, efficient to the maximum commerce but liberate the most for Architectural design acquaintance.  © W Workspace Phuket town has been known of the particular Architectural style called "Chino Portuguese", which influences planning and Architectural elements of commercial row house of the old town as the port of trading before tourism has replaced.  © W Workspace The Style is deciphered in a contemporary "Vocabulary" as the tool of Architectural approach. By developing this "Vocabulary", the design development has incorporated the concept of space from Phuket's Heritage row house into the project in many scales. From unit plan to the Building Master plan.  © W Workspace The Architecture is overall framed in a simple noble gesture. Despite an abundantly massive volume, the units' voids are full height, and by recessing horizontal elements, the plane seem thinner, thanks to the shadow it cast.  © W Workspace The specialized graphic has been designed and produced by architectural façade material, is used for creating the outer layer skin of the building. This skin also performs as screen for both privacy reasons and shading membrane. Tilted column is another element, interpreted from pine tree existing on the site, has become the Architectural function.  © W Workspace The lobby is design to be open to connect with landscape and also remain the essence of resort living. At the entrance lobby, the element of Architectural façade is interwoven in to interior fabric, which then blankets this space.  © W Workspace The master plan of the project is to create central space, which is landscape of garden, ponds and enclosure seating, whereas the fitness is sunken to the ground not to obstruct the sea view.  © W Workspace The units at the front beach could access to the pool from the living rooms deck, the penthouse of this project in in the lower floor.  © W Workspace The central open space is master planed to hold recreation facilities and personal enclosure space without compromising the view.  © W Workspace This courtyard space of the landscape plays one important role of the project. The Landscape Design stimulates the Architecture to a broader sentiment.  © W Workspace The Architectural design has borrow a style of the past and then re pronounce it to match the new program and restraints.  © W Workspace This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2017 10:00 AM PDT  © Peter Bennetts
 © Peter Bennetts From the architect. The outcome of this project manifests from an attempt to resolve the conflicting attributes of a complex brief: a desire to entertain and a need to retreat, for openness and enclosure, light and dark, sound without noise.  © Peter Bennetts How can a small piece of architecture address an individual's personal neurotic condition juxtaposed with a highly activated and social environment? It was this challenging and specific brief established by the chronic sleeping disorder suffered by one of the clients, that underpinned the success of the 'Garden Pavilion'.  Floor Plan The explorative method of design was heavily anchored through in-depth collaborative discourse, to understand not only the condition itself but all the tendrils and consequences of it.  © Peter Bennetts A curved footprint met the need for isolation without losing connectivity and served to refract sound and control heat gain. This planning strategy provides a place of respite and refuge while sharing a vista of the established garden with the main living space.  © Peter Bennetts The tapered space formed an anchor for the entire project. Designed to control its environment, primarily light and sound. The space's perforated acoustic ceiling panels provide sound clarity and quietening, while heavily insulated walls and double doors with custom seals, form airgaps, strengthening the acoustic condition.  Section Charred timber clad shutters enclose the sanctuary. Shou sugi ban, the process of charring, created an unrefined tactile experience for the client, while creating long-term natural protection. Satisfying the client's need for a sophisticated response with a straightforward/low-tech process, the corner shutters, with the use of industrial tarp straps and carabiner hooks, can be manually sealed.  © Peter Bennetts Connected by a spine of exposed blockwork on the southern wall, the broader house follows a more open and adaptable plan. Directing and expanding itself towards the established garden of olive and lemon trees. Steel window frames form a curved threshold whilst roof pop-ups allow northern light to access the space, subtly delineating program.  © Peter Bennetts In addition to the spatial and atmospheric conditions that respond to the client's heightened spatial awareness, the project's environmental systems were of utmost importance to the client and became a fundamental influence. A number of technical measures were employed for optimised passive heating and cooling, maximising daylight levels and natural ventilation, and minimising disruptive noise levels. Considered a live project, both technical and spatial strategies will be monitored by the client and architect as the project matures.  © Peter Bennetts This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa Mezquite / BAG arquitectura Posted: 04 Apr 2017 08:00 AM PDT  © Oscar Hernández
 © Oscar Hernández From the architect. The building lies on a 507m2 ground, nearly at the center of which grows a mesquite tree that was preserved within the building. Because of this, the entire layout of the house gravitates around the tree, thus making it into the foremost element within the intents of this architectural project, and greatly enriching it.  © Oscar Hernández The main front presents several solid volumes, which feature different color and texture qualities. Steel, quarry and small windows endow the project with security and privacy, both of which were heavily stressed by the client.  © Oscar Hernández  Floor Plan 01  © Oscar Hernández The house is divided in two floors. The ground floor holds all social spaces, which are united by a double-height large lobby that houses the drawing room. All these spaces open widely to the mesquite tree and take great pride from it.  © Oscar Hernández The social-natured main garden, located at the same spot as the mesquite tree, is also united by a small terrace to the private dry-environment garden. The latter is composed of sea stone and a small palm tree, providing the kitchen/dining room with a distinct feeling to that of the larger green area.  © Oscar Hernández  Floor Plan 02  © Oscar Hernández The high floor holds the private spaces: main and secondary bedrooms, homework studio, and TV room. This last room lies on a wood-lined volume that delimits the dining room and enables the view of the living room and garden through a double-height. The main bedroom is isolated from the other areas by a privacy-bringing bridge.  © Oscar Hernández Through sobriety and sheer elegance, the different finishes seek to bestow unique qualities to each space, by simultaneously differentiating and integrating them.  © Oscar Hernández This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| SO-IL and MINI LIVING Develop Housing Prototype for Resource-Conscious Shared Living Posted: 04 Apr 2017 07:30 AM PDT .jpg?1491327845 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu Cities around the world are facing a shortage of attractive housing options that use resources in a responsible, environmentally-positive manner. Looking to solve this challenge, New York-based firm SO-IL has teamed up with car manufacturer MINI to create MINI LIVING – Breathe, a " forward-thinking interpretation of resource-conscious, shared city living within a compact footprint. Now on display at the Milan Salone del Mobile 2017, the prototype structure is constructed of a translucent fabric membrane stretched across a modular metal frame that rises vertically from a previously unused 50-square-meter urban plot. Six rooms and a roof garden provide the space for flexible programmatic arrangements, adhering to the MINI LIVING principles of "Creative use of space" and "Minimal footprint." .jpg?1491327891 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu "MINI LIVING – Breathe calls into question conventional living concepts and introduces a creative problem-solving approach for future challenges in urban areas," said Esther Bahne, Head of Brand Strategy and Business Innovation MINI. "The installation shows what happens when we view houses not only as a space in which to live, but as an active part of our environment – one which plays a positive role for the environment and the people living there." .jpg?1491327860 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327852 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327927 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu The ground floor features a kitchen area that invites in visitors and serves as a "spatial and social interface with the area around the installation." Three stories of living spaces for work and relaxation are located above, with sleeping areas, a potential "wet area" and a roof garden comprising the upper floors. The architects chose the structure's light-permeable textile walls that separate spaces to allow people in neighboring rooms to make out silhouettes and movements of their co-habitants, creating a feeling of connectedness without the sacrifice of privacy. The outer skin, too, is translucent to flood interior spaces with daylight, but also features a special coating that purifies the interior environment by filtering and neutralising the air. .jpg?1491327949 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327898 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu "The approach we took with MINI LIVING – Breathe extends far beyond purely a living concept," explains Oke Hauser, Creative Lead of MINI LIVING. "We view the installation as an active ecosystem, which makes a positive contribution to the lives and experiences of the people who live there and to the urban microclimate, depicted here by the intelligent use of resources essential to life – i.e. air, water and light." .jpg?1491327942 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu The MINI LIVING – Breathe installation gives back to its urban context as well through the exterior skin's purifying coating and the addition to vigorous oxygen-producing plants on the rooftop garden. A rainwater collection system has also been integrated to store and reuse clean water for plumbing purposes. Mobile and adaptable, the structure is able to be disassembled and customized to suit a variety of climates. "MINI LIVING – Breathe brings its residents into direct contact with their environment. By making living an active experience, the installation encourages visitors to confront our tendency to take resources for granted," adds Ilias Papageorgiou, Principal at SO – IL. .jpg?1491327876 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327913 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu MINI LIVING – Breathe will be on display throughout the duration of the Tortona Design Week Milan, from April 4-9. Find out more about events surrounding the installation, here. Photographs courtesy of Laurian Ghinitoiu. .jpg?1491327869 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327920 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327906 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327935 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1491327884 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu
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| Containhotel / Artikul Architects Posted: 04 Apr 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Michal Hurych
 © Michal Hurych From the architect. ARTIKUL architects designed a small mobile hotel from used shipping containers. Its first location is on a surf campsite at the Elbe riverbank close to Litomerice, Czech Republic.  © Michal Hurych  Floor Plan  © Michal Hurych  Floor Plan The task for the architects was to design a mobile, easily demountable, seasonal hotel made from three shipping containers. Additionally, the building was supposed to be ultimately self-sufficient and environmentally friendly.  © Michal Hurych The small hotel with five rooms for a total of 13 guests was finished within four months. It consists of two 20-feet containers and one 40-feet high-cube container placed on top. Downstairs are located the sanitary facilities, a technical room, a storeroom and one four-bed guest room. Upstairs, there are four rooms accessed through a shared terrace with great views over the river and the surrounding hilly landscape. All the rooms have one fully glazed wall, so that despite the small floor area the rooms feel airy and have contact with the surrounding landscape.  © Michal Hurych The wall and ceiling finishing are made of birch plywood, as is all custom-made furniture. The rooms are differentiated by use of various colours of natural linoleum and completed with black industrial lighting and details. In the social facilities the trapezoidal sheet is left bare on the walls, and is combined with thermowood as flooring in the showers.  Elevations The economical and minimalist choice of used materials and design emphasizes the hotel philosophy implicating modern nomadism, maritime beach athmosphere and naval themes. These are further strenghtened by the original dark-blue container paint with original graphics, as well as by the round windows and the railing made of ropes and nets.  © Michal Hurych The containers are placed only on railroad sleepers. They function separately and autonomously, and are connected only to a local electric power source. The container with the social facilities has an inbuilt water reservoir to supply showers and sinks, which are equipped with water-saving taps. Only biodegradable cosmetics are used in the hotel. There are modern waterless, separating toilets installed. To avoid overheating the rooms during summer, an awning is attached above the glazed walls and the facades are covered with sunbreakers made of waste wood planks from a nearby sawmill.  © Michal Hurych This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dramatic Fire Breaks Out Near Burj Khalifa the World's Tallest Building Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:00 AM PDT
A fire has broken out at a construction site near the Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates. At around 6:30 am (02:30 GMT), flames broke out in the lower levels of the Address Residences Fountain Views towers, a complex of three towers, each 60 floors in height, being built by Dubai developer Emaar Properties.
With many firefighters on the scene, the flames seemed to remain relatively contained. Police closed nearby streets, while ambulances stood by, but there were no reports of injuries on site. Building and safety experts have reportedly cited the buildings' cladding as highly flammable, and thus a possible source of the fire.
In 2015, the nearby The Address Downtown Dubai tower was additionally damaged by fire, on New Year's Eve. News via Aljazeera. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaha Hadid Architects Creates Immersive Digital Installation for Samsung at Milan Design Week Posted: 04 Apr 2017 04:30 AM PDT  © Luke Hayes. Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Zaha Hadid Architects has collaborated with Samsung and digital art and design collective Universal Everything to create an immersive technology installation at the 2017 Milan Design Week, taking place this week in the Italian city. Named 'Unconfined,' the pavilion will showcase Samsung's new Galaxy S8 smartphone by leading visitors through an immersive environment inspired by the device.  © Luke Hayes. Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Centering on the unity of design, technology and experience, the design of the installation draws from the S8's seamless geometries and pioneering engagement technology. Interactive curving screens float within the space, directing visitors through the architectural landscape and displaying an array of digital graphics featured on the new phones. Further along, a second zone will give guests the opportunity to test out the innovative features of the S8 for themselves. "'Unconfined' sets a benchmark in the way materials and technology come together to create a natural flow between device and user and this was the inspiration for our collaboration," said Patrik Schumacher, principal, Zaha Hadid Architects. "We often look at the logic and coherence of nature's systems when we are working to create environments that seamlessly connect form and function using innovative designs and technologies. This research is integrated within every aspect of the installation's design."  © Luke Hayes. Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects  © Luke Hayes. Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects "Milan Design Week represents a unique opportunity to demonstrate the refinement of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ amongst the best minds of the design industry," said Younghee Lee, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. "The Galaxy S8 and S8+ showcase our commitment to meaningful innovation; with the bezel-less surround and Infinity Display we have designed a device that connects with the user like never before, with function not limited by form." The pavilion will be on display at the Tortona Design Week Milan from April 4-9 at Via Tortona 54. Learn more about the pavilion on the event website, here. News via Zaha Hadid Architects. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Site Museum of Paracas Culture / Barclay & Crousse Posted: 04 Apr 2017 04:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Barclay & Crousse
 © Erieta Attali From the architect. An archaeological museum must find the delicate balance between heritage conservation exposed and release to the public. A site museum, as the Paracas, acquires the additional challenge of having to integrate into the landscape that was the cradle of this culture, which is now part of the most important biological and landscaping reserve of the Peruvian coastal desert.  © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma The project is implemented practically on the ruins of what was its predecessor, destroyed by an earthquake in 2006. It retakes its rectangular geometry and compactness. A crack or flaw breaks in this volume, separating the functions of disclosure of the museum as workshops, meeting rooms and services dedicated to the conservation of archaeological heritage. The access to the different spaces of the museum is done by this "crack": open spaces that frame portions of the landscape and create the necessary privacy to live in the vast desert.  © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma  Diagram  © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma Inside the museum, is explored a seemingly contradictory hybridization between the labyrinthine spatiality and spiral path used by the ancient Peruvians and contemporary spatiality, smooth and transparent.  Courtesy of Barclay & Crousse  Ground Floor  Courtesy of Barclay & Crousse Environmental requirements of the Paracas Desert and the museologicals collection requirements are solved with a "device environmental correction", that defines the architectural and museum party. The device consists of a lamppost run, under which are the transition spaces between exhibition halls or circulation spaces, according to the needs and his position in the project. This device allows to control natural light, artificial light, natural ventilation and cooling of the different environments. Its geometry reinterprets the serie and the gap characteristic of the Paracas textiles, which were his most outstanding technological and artistic expressions.  © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma The building is constructed entirely with pozzolan cement, resistant to salt desert. The exposed concrete and cement grinding that constitute its materiality, acquire a natural reddish color that blends with the neighboring hills.  © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma The patina left by builders in the polished concrete that surrounds the museal rooms give to the museum a ceramic look that resembles the pre-Columbian ceramics (huacos) that are exposed inside.  © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Economics Behind New York's Micro-Apartment Experiment Posted: 04 Apr 2017 02:30 AM PDT  Are micro-apartments a revolutionary trend? Or are developers exploiting an out-of-control market? Carmel Place, located in Manhattan's Kips Bay, features 55 units that range from 260 to 360 square feet. Image Courtesy of Cameron Blayock This article was originally published by The Architect's Newspaper as "Are micro-apartments a revolutionary trend? Or are developers exploiting an out-of-control market?" The situation was dire: People were flocking to cities for work, but scarce land and lack of new construction were driving up rent prices. Middle-income residents couldn't afford the high-end housing stock, nor did they want to enter cramped—sometimes illegally so—apartments. Luckily, a new housing solution appeared: In exchange for small, single-occupancy units, residents could share amenities—like a restaurant-kitchen, dining area, lounge, and cleaning services—that were possible thanks to economies of scale. Sound familiar? It should: It's the basic premise behind Carmel Place, a micro-apartment development in Manhattan's Kips Bay that recently started leasing. The development—whose 55 units range from 260 to 360 square feet—was the result of Mayor Bloomberg's 2012 adAPT NYC Competition to find housing solutions for the city's shortage of one- and two-person apartments. Back then, Carmel Place needed special legal exceptions to be built, but last March the city removed the 400-square-foot minimum on individual units. While density controls mean another all-micro-apartment building is unlikely, only building codes will provide a de facto minimum unit size (somewhere in the upper 200 square foot range). What does this deregulation mean for New York City's always-turbulent housing market? Will New Yorkers get new, sorely needed housing options or a raw deal?
 Courtesy of Cameron Blayock In a way, this deregulation is a return to an old, widespread, and subsequently outlawed, real estate formula. In New York City at the turn of the 20th century, converting hotels into apartments, and offering single-occupancy units with communal amenities, helped alleviate a housing shortage. These "apartment hotels" were wildly successful until legal changes in 1929 largely eliminated them. Now, it seems, the pendulum of history is swinging back: Carmel Place also offers shared amenities and services through a company named ollie (a wordplay on "all inclusive"). The project's developer, Monadnock Development, has brought in ollie to facilitate weekly house cleaning, limited butler service, and more, to the building's 25 market rate units and eight units for veterans with Section 8 vouchers. Those units will also come with space-saving furniture; the other 22 units are affordable but not serviced by ollie.  The ground-floor gym at Carmel Place. Image Courtesy of Cameron Blayock While micro-apartments haven't yet proliferated, there is a fundamental economic formula that makes them appealing for developers. It boils down to the difference between rent per square foot and chunk rent. The former is what developers use as a metric for market demand and revenue. The latter is the monthly rent the tenant pays. "Ollie is a sustainable housing model for attainably [sic] priced, high-quality housing, and we're really exploiting that understanding that the consumer is paying on a chunk rent basis and the developer is driving their model on a dollar per square foot basis," explained Christopher Bledsoe, ollie's cofounder. Furthermore, because rent is less a strain on residents' finances, they become more reliable and long-term tenants. This dynamic isn't just conjecture. Before ollie worked on Carmel Place, it renovated and leased micro units in an old Upper West Side building to demonstrate demand for smaller apartments. (The company didn't offer its standard suite of amenities and services, so the development wasn't branded "ollie.") "One of the surprises is that this [micro unit] market is far broader than Millenials," said Bledsoe. About 30 percent of the building's renters were over age 34; they included empty nesters, retirees, those seeking to downsize or own pied-a-terres, long distance commuters, and many young couples, not all of whom were Millennials. Units in that building ranged from 178 to 375 square feet; demand was so high rent shot up to around $2,250 for the smallest units, $3,000 for the largest. "Over 40 percent of the tenants coming in [to the Upper West Side micro units] opted for a lease longer than 12 months. That's huge," said Bledsoe.  Courtesy of Ollie In light of this, Carmel Place is a more mature experiment in micro-living: What combination of amenities, services, and architecture can upend the long-held real estate belief that square footage determines what people will pay? This is where ollie's pitch comes in: "For every one square foot I can eliminate from the apartment, I can give back $50 a year to the tenant in services," said Bledsoe. Bledsoe sells ollie as essentially doing two things for renters: First, it leverages its purchasing power to provide economies of scale to its residents. Space-savvy products from Resource Furniture, WiFi, cable, Hello Alfred butler service, housekeeping, and social club membership through Magnises, are folded into the tenant's rent. Bledsoe argues that those expenses are frequently hidden in rents, so including them helps tenants save time and keep Carmel Place competitive with nearby comparable units. Furthermore, he added, "It's not just about services and amenities, it's about the community." At Carmel Place, a live-in community manager helps arrange social events ranging from BBQs to lectures by guest speakers. While ollie was hired after Carmel Place was designed by New York–based nARCHITECTS, the building's design facilitated ollie's mission: Carmel Place features a long, open, "main street" lobby, a ground floor gym, and on the top floor, a communal kitchen, dining area, extensive terrace, and outdoor grills. The walls between the top floor's private terraces can even be swung aside, creating one giant shared terrace. ollie's vision for a communal, dorm-like experience also recalls WeLive, WeWork's coliving experiment (which, unlike a true apartment, doesn't offer leases beyond 30 days).  Courtesy of Ollie  A high-quality of life is central to Carmel Place's sell to market-rate renters: Multiple personal services (like housekeeping) and space-saving furniture are included in the rent, and units boast nearly 10-foot-tall ceilings and 8-foot-tall windows to maximize natural light. Image Courtesy of Ollie Rent at Carmel Place isn't cheap: At the time of writing this article, unit 6H, furnished and 265 square feet, is going for $2,720 per month. If and when less expensive micro units are built, don't count on the same quality furniture: Carmel Place's Resource Furniture can quickly transform a studio into a one bedroom, but it'll dent your wallet (a standard Carmel Place Resource Furniture setup costs $13,465). If micro-apartments proliferate, isn't there risk that some won't be able to afford that kind of hardware? "Yeah, absolutely," said Frank Dubinsky, vice president at Monadnock Development, who added that, "In the future what will likely happen is there needs to be more furniture out there that works in these spaces. Resource's stuff is great but it's not inexpensive." And what about affordable housing—will the next generation of New York's affordable units be bare, 260 square foot apartments? Thankfully, on that count, no. When it comes to the city's new MIH (Mandatory Inclusionary Housing) program, where developers must set aside 20 percent to 30 percent of a residential building's floor areas for affordable housing, an affordable studio can't be less than 400 square feet and an affordable one-bedroom can't be less than 575 square feet. Furthermore, the mix of affordable unit types (studios, one-bedrooms, etc.) must match the ratio of market rate units. Combined with density controls, it's very unlikely a residential building would use all its floor area for micro-apartments. MIH policies are currently only in effect in the recently rezoned East New York neighborhood but, overall, the program is a major part of the de Blasio administration's plans to build or preserve 200,000 affordable units over the next decade.  Courtesy of Cameron Blayock There's also the unpredictable law of supply and demand to consider. California may offer some insight: In the 1980s, in a push to increase affordable housing stock, San Diego passed a legislation to allow micro-apartments. The practice subsequently spread to L.A., San Francisco, and beyond. "To a certain extent, you have to let people vote with their wallets," said David Baker of San Francisco–based David Baker Architects. Baker's firm recently designed an upscale condominium development in San Francisco's Hayes Valley; half of its 69 units are micro-apartments. "If it doesn't rent, people won't build them. If you have more competition, they'll be better and rent for less." Monadnock and nARCHITECTS created voluminous, bright, airy interiors for Carmel Place units. "Those things are not required by the zoning code—tall ceilings and big windows—but I think they're part and parcel with this becoming a replicable typology in New York City," said Dubinsky. Only time will tell if New Yorkers avoid less generous micro-units, a fact that isn't heartening to those were excited to see so many innovative housing solutions—including a full-scale, Resource Furniture-equipped micro-apartment interior—at the 2013 exhibition Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers at the Museum of the City of New York. Perhaps mid-tier micro-apartments will appear, along with lower cost furniture to match. Conversely, there's the possibility that micro-apartments will remain a niche market in select cities where housing stock is short and a few urbanites will trade "space for place." "At present, and for the foreseeable future, micro units are such a small segment of the new multi-family housing supply that's coming online in cities that it's highly unlikely they're going to have any material impact on rent," said Stockton Williams, executive director of the Terwilliger Center for Housing at the Washington, D.C.–based Urban Land Institute (ULI). But in terms of how micro-housing is already evolving, ollie's next two projects, one East Coast, one West Coast, may presage what form it'll take.  Courtesy of Cameron Blayock The first, in Long Island City, is 42 stories. Floors two through 15 will contain 426 ollie-served micro-apartments. They'll have the same basic suite of amenities found at Carmel Place (Resource Furniture, WiFi, Hello Alfred, etc.). However, the conventional apartments can also opt into ollie's services. The second development, in downtown Los Angeles, involves—in a twist of historical irony—a hotel. Located on a 192,000-square-foot site, the project will feature 30,000 square feet of amenities and retail. The 300 ollie micro-apartments will have access to the hotel's amenities: "Rooftop pool, gym, lounge spaces, food and beverage, essentially what you'd expect to find in a trendy hotel amenities program," said Bledsoe. "We're even talking about putting recording studios in the basement, doing some fun things that are more local." Some of the micro-units will actually be micro suites (micro-units with a shared bathroom and kitchen), a model that a 2014 ULI report identified as being even more profitable for the developer. Maybe cities will find new reasons to dislike micro-apartments—when cities emptied in the 70s, their Single Room Occupancy (SRO) developments deteriorated, became stigmatized, and were vastly cut back. But this time around, there's growing awareness among developers that communal living is marketable and desired by tenants. "For a lot of people home is the happy place, but more home doesn't equal more happy. I think more home equals more money and more maintenance," said Bledsoe. But the exploration of micro-apartments' future is just beginning. As Baker explained, they're popular among seniors, not only for being cheaper, but simply "It's a lot less to clean… and they want the bathroom to be closer." Seniors' micro-apartments with rooftop shuffleboard? Middle-class micro-apartments paired with a Motel 6? Who knows. But if the micro-apartment does indeed take this many forms, maybe the pendulum of history won't know which way to swing. Want more from The Architect's Newspaper? Like their Facebook page here. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 160 East 22nd Street / S9 Architecture Posted: 04 Apr 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Miguel de Guzman
 © Miguel de Guzman From the architect. Located in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, 160 East 22nd Street is a 21-story, 84-unit condominium apartment building. In addition to luxury residences, the building includes ground floor retail space.  © Miguel de Guzman The design is based on a modern interpretation of the timeless classic pre-war apartment buildings in the neighborhood. The limestone clad building's massing is sculpted to incorporate a 24' cantilever, and punctuated with alternating deep set fenestration pattern. The building's dramatic signature cantilever was conceived to successfully include additional development rights purchased by the property; while the required setbacks were incorporated into the composition, allowing the top level apartment units to enjoy access to terraces.  © Miguel de Guzman  Elevations  © Justin Huang As with the exterior design, the interior is comprised of classical proportions and contemporary character. A well balanced variation of noble materials and details throughout the building create a sleek style with a touch of luxury vintage, all executed by local craftsmen. Millwork details in the lobby and apartment units accentuate a sophisticated traditional touch, while the muted natural elements and white spaces stage the perfect backdrop for the owners' eclectic styles.  © Justin Huang Overall, 160 East 22nd Street's design aims to blend classic contemporary lines with historic contextual influences, resolving complex vernacular New York City regulations, while meeting the fine aesthetic tastes and pragmatic needs of its end users.  © Miguel de Guzman This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The 10 Types of Architecture Professor Every Student Has Experienced Posted: 04 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of The Leewardists Professors: for many of us, they're the windows through which we first glimpse the huge breadth and depth of the subject of architecture. They're our guides and our mentors--but they're often also strange, unpredictable and infuriating (although there is a silver lining to even the most frustrating of teachers). Of course, every different person brings their own quirks to the job of teaching architecture students, but the likelihood is that you've come across at least one professor that fits each of the following descriptions:
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| 11 Architecture, Design and Urbanism Podcasts to Start Listening to Now Posted: 04 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT  It can sometimes feel as if the world is divided into two camps: those who do not listen to podcasts (probably because they don't know what a podcast is) and those who listen to podcasts, love podcasts, and keep badgering their friends for recommendations so they can start listening to even more. Unlike other media, it's notoriously difficult to discover and share podcasts – even more so if you're looking for a podcast on a niche subject like architecture, design or urbanism. To help you in your hour of need, Metropolis' Vanessa Quirk (author of Guide to Podcasting) and ArchDaily's James Taylor-Foster (whose silvery tones you may have heard on various architecture and design audio stories) have come together to compile this list of eleven podcasts you should subscribe to. This is, of course, only a preliminary list, and we're just as eager as you are to expand it. If you have a podcast that you love, but isn't listed here, please submit it via the form at the foot of this article. We'll compile the results and share an update in the coming months. Happy listening! This article has been produced in partnership with Metropolis Magazine.  Roman Mars and his team travel the US (and, to a lesser extent, the world) uncovering hidden stories and elevating the apparently banal to new levels of intrigue and delight. No one says "This is 99% Invisible – I'm Roman Mars" quite like, well, Roman Mars. His reassuring radio-age tone has come to define the genre: no discussion about architecture and design podcasting is complete without it. Since Mars "upgraded his bedroom digs to a studio behind his house and an office shared with his staff"—all in "beautiful downtown Oakland, California"—the show has leapt from strength to strength, but its core mission has remained on point. The late, great Buckminster Fuller said that "ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable." In that very same vein, 99% Invisible is about exploring all the thought that goes into the things we don't think about – the unnoticed examples of architecture and design that shape our world. —JTF Keywords: buildings, cities, design, graphics, society  Conversational in tone, this is about depth as opposed to breadth – a rare (and enjoyable) commodity in today's pod-sphere. Lengthy, audacious, and filled with good-spirited camaraderie, About Buildings + Cities is a podcast about—put simply—buildings and cities. Its British hosts, Luke Jones and George Gingell, take the listener on ambitiously intellectual journeys through architectural history, touching from time to time on the contemporary scene. Topics include Aldo Rossi's The Architecture of the City, Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, and Michelangelo. That's right, the whole of Michelangelo's built oeuvre. The most recent episodes have been around an hour and a half long – so be prepared to settle in for the long-ish haul! —JTF Keywords: buildings, cities, history, theory  Technology is all around us: even the most apparently irrelevant discussion in the tech-world can have implications for the real. Now you can get ahead of the curve – knowledge, after all, is power. Chips with Everything (a nod to the 1962 play by Arnold Wesker) is The Guardian's flagship technology podcast. Covering issues ranging from political hacking and digital art to tech-biology and social media, the podcast—hosted by Leigh Alexander—focuses and refocuses on conversations which relate, directly or otherwise, to cities and urbanism ("How do you build a self-repairing city", for example). This podcast understands what it means to live in a digital world—something that we all, whether we want to or not, should attempt to get on board with. —JTF Keywords: cities, technology  Curbed editors interview guests and hold panel discussions on the more light-hearted side of design. Zoe Rosenberg and Asad Syrkett don't just make a point of talking to guests outside the design professions (like filmmakers and podcast hosts), but also do a damn good job of pulling together a diverse range of people. Primarily interview-driven, the show occasionally meanders into the realm of a talk show – and vitally important topics, such as the art of holiday decorating or the rules of museum etiquette, are debated and discussed. —VQ Keywords: architecture, design, urbanism, real estate, arts, culture  Frances Anderton keeps her finger on the pulse of design, architecture, and political happenings. Anderton, who has served as the L.A. correspondent for both Dwell and the New York Times, is a seasoned design journalist who's hosted this show for the Los Angeles station KCRW since 2002. As executive producer and host, she makes a point of interviewing the not-so-obvious guest – from one of the co-creators of the pussyhat project to the owners of a firm bidding to build Trump's wall between the U.S. and Mexico. —VQ Keywords: design, architecture, politics  Be privy to the current projects, research tracks, and obsessions of a diverse group of invited guests from emerging and well-established practices who pass through the venerable doors of Columbia's GSAPP. Produced out of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, these pods "offer a window onto the expanding field of contemporary architectural practice." Most episodes are hosted by someone new, ranging from students to faculty members, who passionately interview a whole host of interesting voices: most recently the likes of Christian Kerez, Sir Peter Cook, and Mabel Wilson. With a focus on "issues of concern to the next generation" it has an ambitious mission statement and plenty of potential to live up to it. —JTF Keywords: education, theory, history, architecture  The American intellectuals behind Design Observer offer their takes on everything from dictator chic to Steven Sondheim. You'd be hard-pressed to find a design podcast with more renowned (or capable) hosts. Yale professors as well as design critics and practising professionals, Michael Bierut (partner at Pentagram) and Jessica Helfand have been podcasting since 2014. The approachably intellectual pair always make sure to integrate the political happenings of the day into their design-focused conversations—they remind us that design intersects with every aspect of our culture today. —VQ Keywords: design, arts, culture  Fast-paced, high-quality interview-based reporting on the goings-on in the worlds of architecture, design and fashion. As Monocle 24's weekly flagship design, architecture, fashion and craft show, Section D consistently reports from the most interesting corners of the globe. Monocle's reporters are often right there, on site, talking to the people who know best, and their studio analysis is top-notch. The podcast's coverage is equally as extensive: episodes have included one-on-ones with Santiago Calatrava, studies of Tropical Modernism and metabolic architecture, and an examination of architectural "white elephants." You can discover a whole range of Monocle 24's podcasts on ArchDaily. —JTF Keywords: buildings, design, society, fashion  Five minutes of neatly-edited narrative focusing on the cities we live in. These little weekly nuggets of audio are part of Monocle 24's larger "guide to making better cities," The Urbanist. Every episode of Tall Stories, each no more than five minutes long, takes one place, building, bridge or park bench and expands the topic to lead the listener on a global journey – while keeping it casual. You can find more of Monocle 24's podcasts on ArchDaily. —JTF Keywords: cities, design, travel  A deep dive into the personal and socio-economic ramifications of gentrification, through the lens of one Brooklyn neighborhood and its residents. Gentrification may be one of the thorniest issues for architects, architectural journalists, and, heck, regular citizens, to try and discuss. Come out swinging against it, and you're essentially saying that lower-income residents (often people of color) don't deserve the same amenities as other communities; come out for it, and you're suggesting that a neighborhood's existing residents can legitimately be sacrificed in the name of progress, and that a place's history and culture can (and should) be erased. Finding middle ground requires grappling with complexity, nuance, and real life-and-death concerns, and this is where There Goes the Neighborhood excels. By interviewing the victims and victors of gentrification in Brooklyn, this podcast may not give us any definitive answers, but it certainly is asking all the right questions. —VQ Keywords: urbanism, cities, gentrification  Car Talk Meets Modernism – a jovial group of middle-aged gents get into the nitty gritty of every design nerd's favorite architectural style. Host George Smart was perhaps destined to create this podcast: this preservationist is the son of an architect and a radio personality. Along with his comedian co-host, Frank King, Smart interviews modernist historians, architecture critics, and Modernist homeowners/realtors. The topics surveyed and the guests interviewed vary pretty widely (from evil lairs to Eames; from Saarinen's daughter to a 15-year old architect), but the tone is always dependably, cheesily, joyfully irreverent. —VQ Keywords: modernism, film, history, architecture Disclaimer: James Taylor-Foster has previously appeared on episodes of Monocle 24's The Urbanist and Section D. He wrote and produced the first episode of GSAPP Conversations. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 12 Offices that Use Collage to Create Architectural Atmospheres Posted: 03 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT
"An image is a sight which has been recreated or reproduced. It is an appearance, or a set of appearances, which has been detached from the place and time in which it first made its appearance and preserved – for a few moments or a few centuries. Every image embodies a way of seeing." - John Berger / 1972 / Ways of seeing Digital tools have given architecture the ability to manipulate information, allowing architects to interact with existing information and reshape it in a different way according to the author's ideals or thoughts about architecture. Representation becomes a project itself; it is a graphic manifesto of what the author wants to deliver, a critical vision of a design intervention in a particular context. In this path, collage has become an active tool to facilitate the reproduction of multi-layered atmospheres made by the curated assemblage of different forms to create a complex stage for an architectural idea. A collage engages all senses to define the experience of a space. The symbolic and tactical associations between fragments of images provide a way to understand all the stories behind a space, transgressing the limits of perception to reach an intuitive process that exhibits the atmosphere of a project. Here we introduce 12 architecture offices that describe atmospheres by using complex collage compositions to express social, cultural and political environments for their designs. OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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