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- Main East Side Lofts / 1100 Architect
- Champs-Meunier South / Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés
- Shimogamo Machiya Villa / Takuma Ohira
- New Map Celebrates Sydney’s Brutalist Architecture
- From Recycled Plastic Waste to Building Material
- N062 House / Orfali & Ehrenfeld
- Wright & Wright's Lambeth Palace Library Consolidates Europe's Second Most Renowned Archive
- Art or Architecture? 13 Projects That Blur The Boundary
- Banorte Financial Group / BROISSIN
- 12 Dynamic Buildings in South Korea Pushing the Brick Envelope
- Upcoming App Promises to Create Basic 3D Models of Existing Spaces in 1 Minute
- Boggestranda / Rever & Drage
| Main East Side Lofts / 1100 Architect Posted: 30 Apr 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Nikolas Koenig
 © Nikolas Koenig From the architect. Main: East Side Lofts is a mixed-use building in a rapidly changing neighborhood near Frankfurt, Germany's East Harbor (Osthafen). The original prewar building was built as a factory; however, due to the outbreak of World War I the design was never fully realized and the building was used instead as a hospital and later as worker's housing. 1100 Architect's design addresses two tasks: the renovation of the historic building and a contemporary addition of equal size that completes the original volume. 1100's comprehensive investigation of the existing structure involved a collaboration with Frankfurt's Landmarks Department, from which the firm developed its strategies to finally realize this building almost a century later.  Site Plan To achieve a cohesive whole, the addition interprets to the volume, rhythm, and proportions of the original building but reimagines the unfinished wing in a modern language and with new materials. The project adheres to two design concepts: the exterior wrapping of the façade and the interior loft layout.  © Nikolas Koenig The façade is inspired by the original mansard roof and conceived as a continuous wrapper. The outer surface of the building seamlessly folds along the height of the façade to ultimately form the roof. All surfaces are uniformly clad in cement fiberboard and highlighted with colored reveals in the depth of the windows. These panels playfully bend to reflect light capturing a range of visual tones as one moves around the building. Modern in character and shape, the new façade establishes a contemporary foil to the landmark structure. In addition to its distinct form, the building envelope employs highly rated soundproofing materials to mitigate noise from the harbor. Central to this strategy are the acoustical double windows which sit deep into the thick walls, deflecting sound vibrations.  Section C-D  © Nikolas Koenig The loft layout of the interiors places importance on flexibility of open space. Key characteristics of the historic structure – like its high ceilings and large windows -- were transposed to the addition. The upper floors utilize the attic to provide continuity of space, creating bespoke lofts with non-traditional floor plans.  © Nikolas Koenig This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Champs-Meunier South / Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés Posted: 30 Apr 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Plans Level 0 + Level 2 From the architect. The Champs Meunier North and South area was built by Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés in two phases on former farmland in Mont-sur- Lausanne, close to Lausanne and its motorway access. The second phase, Champs Meunier South, with a U-shaped design and volumes composed in terraces, is adapted to the area's layout and features 47 dual-aspect flats with 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5 rooms, distributed over 2, 3 and 4 storeys around a large central landscaped area forming a meeting place for residents. is adapted to the area's layout and features 47 dual-aspect flats with 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5 rooms, distributed over 2, 3 and 4 storeys around a large central landscaped area forming a meeting place for residents.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The apartment plans show a clear distinction between daytime and nighttime areas, linked by a compact sanitary core including bathrooms and kitchens. In the larger flats, the circulation space is built around this core, providing fluidity to the layout. The daytime area is extended towards the outside through continuous balconies, with privacy protected by sliding openwork panels reducing the relationship between the interior and the exterior.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The visual expression on the façades is dominated by the lines of the continuous balconies. These horizontal elements highlight the volume division, laying stress on the projection of the buildings that follow the slope of the land, while reducing the divisions of the façades, which are due to the juxtaposition of neighbouring flats. The pure lines of the balconies contrast with the façade finishes, blending metal and wood, whose vertical and horizontal grid pattern underlies the sense of movement.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shimogamo Machiya Villa / Takuma Ohira Posted: 30 Apr 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Taizo Furukawa
 First Floor Plan - Second Floor Plan From the architect. The house is a renovation of traditional Kyoto-style machiya for a Japanese client who lives in overseas. As a vacation house in a home country to the owner, the house was designed to create a space of relaxation and atmosphere of country home.  © Taizo Furukawa The existing house was built in 1920s, so the original plan was designed to be seated on the tatami, which is a traditional Japanese style. So the plan has been drastically modified to fit into modern living style; however, it's also not to blindly pursue convenience and the focus is to feel the sense of tradition which can only be delineated from the house withstanding many years.  © Taizo Furukawa Looking at sunburned and long-standing post-and-beams and fragile Japanese plastering-walls, one feels that concept of memory and time have been capsulated in the building materials. The new design had to pay respect for ancestors and carry as much as possible not to destroy the concept of time captured in the material. In a way, the new design is a collaboration with carpenters from a century ago. And this dialogue through the time-honored architecture surpassing time and space became the central theme of the design.  © Taizo Furukawa The new design inherited good character of machiya directly while any inconvenience was drastically altered even if it means to deviate from a traditional style. A typical machiya has low ceiling, so the new design lowered the floor level and removed the ceiling to secure open space. There's an open ceiling in the living room to reduce the sense of compression. Doma, or the dirt floor which runs through the entrance to the back of machiya, is traditionally a walkway as well as wind's pathway and this layout was left intact and retrofitted to a aproach to the bathroom on the back with sunlight coming from the existing high-side light.  © Taizo Furukawa Machiya is a wooden construction so there's air leakage and feels cold, so the renovation could have constructed western-style doors to make it draft-free but instead kept the shoji-screen and japanese curtains to loosely segment rooms which tend to be seen in a traditional Japanese house. By softly segregating the lines of rooms, there's sense of continuity in wooden structure and plastered walls which broadens the space and reduces the sense of physical narrowness. Old pillars were partly removed and supported by new wooden structure and instead of matching to old coloring, the new material is left untouched. This comparison is visible. The intent is the blend of old and new which is an important theme of the design.  © Taizo Furukawa It is well-known that Japanese small garden has function of physically bringing sunlight and wind into the house. At the same time, it's a critical space to trigger spiritual connection with nature. To connect with nature and attain the sense of continuity from the ground, the level of living room floor is brought down so this continuity lasts while sitting on the sofa.  © Taizo Furukawa Instead of typical tokonoma or recessed alcove, the wooden desk with an open space on the back serves this function where seasonal displays can be made. Selected furniture is not from a traditional Japanese furniture but antiques from England and the U.S. and trying to attain harmony that can only be made in modern era. This can be said to all of architecture materials, interior design and equipment that instead of creating conflicts among different elements, blending these can bring harmony. Japanese culture tends to absorb good elements from outside and blend them into themselves and perhaps this is the way to think about Japanese originality in modern era.  © Taizo Furukawa This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Map Celebrates Sydney’s Brutalist Architecture Posted: 30 Apr 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Sydney Town Hall. Image © Glenn Harper Sydney is the latest city spotlighted by city map publisher Blue Crow Media, with the release of their fourth map of Brutalist architecture. Produced in collaboration with Glenn Harper, Senior Associate at PTW Architects and founder of @Brutalist_Project_Sydney, Brutalist Sydney Map showcases over 50 examples of the architectural style across the New South Wales (NSW) city and suburbs. "This map not only guides the reader to discover many of Sydney's oldest and historically important Brutalist buildings, it enables a unique encounter of Sydney and its varied urban and harbor side landscapes," expressed Harper.  © Glenn Harper A city exposed to generous amounts of sunlight, Sydney was ideal in capturing the textures and details of its Brutalist architecture, which rose to popularity in the mid-1970s and was primarily endorsed by the NSW Government Architect and the Public Works Department. With access to international examples and sources and an influx of architects from Europe, the resultant buildings were notably unique.  Sirius Apartments. Image © Glenn Harper Of these, prominent examples include the Sirius Apartments by Tao Gofers and the former NSW Housing Commission and Bidura Children's Court by former NSW Government Architect. However, the first is yet to receive a heritage status while the latter has been sold and faces an impending demolishing.  Birdura Children's Court. Image © Glenn Harper Hidden gems featured are Buchrich House II by émigré architects Hugh and Eva Buhrich, Mansfield Jarvis and Maclurcan's Eastern Suburbs Railway Vents, as well as the original CBC Bank Headquarters, designed by Kerr and Smith. Work by other notable architects, such as Marcel Breur and Herbert Beckhard, are also included.  Department of Molecular Science and Biochemistry. Image © Glenn Harper Sydney Brutalist Map is Blue Crow's seventh 20th-century architecture guide and their seventeenth overall, following three other Brutalist maps. Priced at $12.50 AUD (£8 GBP) plus shipping, the double-sided guide includes an introduction to Sydney's Brutalist architecture, as well as a map with directions to the 50 photographed examples provided, and can be purchased here.  Reader's Digest Offices. Image © Glenn Harper Stay tuned for the Brutalist Boston Map and the Modernist Belgrade Map, to be released later this spring. News via: Blue Crow Media.
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| From Recycled Plastic Waste to Building Material Posted: 30 Apr 2017 07:00 AM PDT  © Project.DWG / Artwork by Jelle de Graaf Project.DWG and LOOS.FM have unveiled their PET pavilion, a temporary structure in a community park in The Netherlands that focuses on issues of sustainable building, recycling, and waste by rethinking the ways that buildings are developed, built, and used. Specifically, the pavilion is a study of the use of plastic waste as a building material. Using the elevated framework of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, the structure consists of two monumental slabs in a steel framework. "From floor to ceiling, double-walled transparent corrugated sheets hold over 40,000 plastic bottles," with bottle caps attached to bottlenecks supporting the system.  © Project.DWG  © Paul Clason / Artwork by Martin Oostenrijk Rather than aiming to be a "sustainable" solution, the PET pavilion concentrates on exploring new possibilities and being an educational tool. For example, the overwhelming number of bottles used in the project is meant to highlight the extent to which we consume products and produce waste, in the hopes that visitors will question where their waste goes, or how else it could be used for a new purpose.  © Project.DWG / Artwork by Martin Oostenrijk Furthermore, the pavilion "shows that a temporary building can fully serve its purpose, before being reused or recycled, without losing material value," unlike many permanent structures that utilize materials like concrete. Reclaimed glass panels form a winter garden on the sunny side of the pavilion, where seven large pivoting doors open the entire corner of the building to the surrounding park, which is also a temporary space between development plans, and organized by the local community.  © Project.DWG
 © Project.DWG / Artwork by Pim Muis  © Marco van der Ruit / Artwork by André Boone Art exhibitions and interactive events occupy the interior of the pavilion, with the intention of making art accessible without a formal museum visit. Moreover, the space is used as a community meeting place, holding forums for the neighborhood council, and has become a "monumental impact" on the local social realm.  © André Boone / Artwork by André Boone  © Project.DWG / Artwork by Jelle de Graaf
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| N062 House / Orfali & Ehrenfeld Posted: 30 Apr 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of labarq
 Courtesy of labarq From the architect. The exercise consisted in the modification and extension of a house built in the 60's. Located on a flat topography of 289[sqm], the house of one level and 74[sqm] built, had two bedrooms, a small study room, a bathroom, a closed kitchen and a living-dining room.  Courtesy of labarq The owners, a young couple with young childrens, requested that the operation contemplate mainly three things; Programmatic flexibility, that would work both for the life of children's games, and for meetings with family and friends; That the house was full of natural light and that the spaces allowed to have a supervision over the children.  Ground Level With a limited budget, the extension [16sqm] basically contemplated the construction of the loggia and a double bedroom with private bathroom. Then the materiality selected sought that it could dispense with the need to have to be coated. That is why we think for the new structural walls, the fiscal brick of special dimensions, reinforced by a steel frame, of simple and fast confection. This was also done with the floor, where was applied, directly on the floor, a high traffic paint.  Courtesy of labarq The main action focused on designing a new relationship between the house and its yard. To make this, the first thing was that the house could contain a portion of the yard, giving it their own measure. The second was order the program of the house to allow the possibility of generating relations of use [interior-exterior]. The third was to design an element that allowed to link or delimit spaces according to need of their use. For this, a wall was designed whose solid / empty ratio, created through the folding windows made on site, projecting the interior spaces towards the patio, leaving its condition and becoming an area of extension of the inner enclosures. These enclosures vary their condition now in intermediate situation; As a protected space, away from direct sunlight, but in a close relation with outdoor life.  Courtesy of labarq  Elevation With this we generate for the interior illuminated spaces, with a living room that has become the center of daily use and the social activities of the house, while the patio, which can only be accessed through the house, supports In the exterior the vocation of the enclosures with which it connect.  Courtesy of labarq This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Wright & Wright's Lambeth Palace Library Consolidates Europe's Second Most Renowned Archive Posted: 30 Apr 2017 05:00 AM PDT  © Wright & Wright Architects Planning approval has been granted for the design of the first new building at Lambeth Palace in London for approximately 200 years – a new library and archive designed by Wright & Wright Architects. The building is intended to protect the priceless Lambeth Palace Library collection, second only to that of the Vatican and established in 1610 by Archbishop Bancroft, from any potential flooding and consolidate the wealth of rare artifacts and knowledge into a cohesive "portal of knowledge." "Wright & Wright and the whole team have responded to the exacting and challenging brief to achieve an outcome which will protect and preserve the collection; allow us to make them more accessible than ever before; be as environmentally friendly as possible; while creating a beautiful building which will be wonderful to work in and visit," said Declan Kelley, Director of Libraries and Archives of the Church of England.  © Wright & Wright Architects Considering the sensitivity of the Grade 1 Listed building and the borough's historicity, the proposed nine-storey tower forms an "occupied wall", serving as a filter between the garden and the main thoroughfare of Lambeth Palace Road and enlivening the existing buildings. With a double-height reception and display hall that engages the public with the collection, the new library integrates into its context as an inviting cultural institution.  © Wright & Wright Architects With items dating back to the 9th century, the Lambeth Palace Library & Archive holds a globally renowned collection, including a rare 1450s vellum Gutenberg Bible, as well as the only surviving copy of Elizabeth I's warrant for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. Maintaining this sense of tradition throughout the building's design, the materiality incorporates hand-made brick and stone, referencing the original construction onsite and highlighting the Upper Room and Entrance Hall through its varied tones.  © Wright & Wright Architects Situated between the two archive wings for seminars and meetings, the Upper Room overlooks the Palaces of Lambeth and Westminster, while providing a panoramic view from the south bank of the River Thames, "reinforcing the longstanding relationship between Church and State, which epitomises much of the collection." In addition to this, the tower includes a conservation room, seminar and teaching rooms, a ground floor Reading Room and offices overlooking the garden.  © Wright & Wright Architects Efforts have also been made by Wright & Wright to ensure the building is passively controlled and sustainably operated, by reducing energy loads while still ensuring the proper preservation of rare and fragile books and documents. Construction of the new library and archive is set for competition by 2020. For more on the project, see here. News via: Wright & Wright Architects.
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| Art or Architecture? 13 Projects That Blur The Boundary Posted: 30 Apr 2017 02:30 AM PDT  Whether architecture is a form of art or not has often been a controversial topic of conversation within the architecture world. If one goes by the general definition of the word "art," architecture could potentially fit within the umbrella term: "the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power." As anyone involved in the architectural discipline probably knows, there is an abundance of varying definitions of the word "architecture," so whether its primary purpose is to achieve beauty or to organize space is evidently up for discussion. Ask Jay A. Pritzker, founder of the Pritzker Prize, and he may say that "architecture is intended to transcend the simple need for shelter and security by becoming an expression of artistry." Ask The Guardian's Jonathan Jones and he may tell you that "architecture is the art we all encounter most often, most intimately, yet precisely because it is functional and necessary to life, it's hard to be clear about where the 'art' in a building begins." But this ambiguity is part of what makes the field of architecture challenging and exciting. To celebrate this complicated aspect of architecture, below we have collected a list of just some of the works that could be seen as art, architecture or both, depending on who's looking, to provide some context to those blurry boundaries. 1. Your Rainbow Panorama / Studio Olafur Eliasson Courtesy of Studio Olafur Eliasson Built on top of ARoS art museum in Aarhus, Denmark, the rainbow panorama is a permanent space that serves as the building's icon. 2. Steilneset Memorial / Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois © Andrew Meredith This monument to witchcraft found in Vardø, Norway, is made out of a silk cocoon suspended by the coastline in a fantastical rocky landscape. 3. Winnipeg Skating Shelters / Patkau Architects © James Dow Acting as shelters from the minus-40-degree-Celcius temperatures in Winnipeg, Canada, these flexible plywood constructions huddle together in clusters to achieve dynamic relationships with sun and wind. 4. Supertrees / Grant Associates Courtesy of Grant Associates Ranging from 25 to 50 meters tall, these vertical gardens light up in the dark with a variety of dancing colours, and host a restaurant and "treetop" walk in their canopies. 5. Cirkelbroen Bridge / Studio Olafur Eliasson © Anders Sune Berg In homage to the boats moored in Copenhagen's harbor throughout its history, Cirkelbroen is a pedestrian bridge designed to slow people down and encourage public interaction. 6. Serpentine Pavillion / SelgasCano © Jim Stephenson Constructed out of brightly coloured plastic wrapped around minimal steel frames, this pavilion attempted to replicate the multiplicity of spaces that exists in the London underground. 7. The Cloud / Sou Fujimoto © Daniel Portilla Fujimoto's Serpentine Pavillion was a three-dimensional and transparent light steel grid that users can walk on, under and around. 8. SpaceBuster / Raumlabor © Alan Tansey Transforming existing public spaces, Raumlabor installed inflatable shells to draw attention to the potential social qualities of such areas. 9. Bruder Klaus Field Chapel / Peter Zumthor © Samuel Ludwig The process of constructing Bruder Klaus Field Chapel can almost be seen as an art performance in itself: starting with a wooden structure, masking it in concrete, and burning it away through a hold in the roof to leave behind a charred cavity. 10. Art Science Museum / Safdie Architects © SafdieArchitects Made up of 10 enormous petals that meet at an oculus letting through the pouring rain, Singapore's Art Science Museum is like an enormous white lily rising out of the Marina Bay. 11. Blur Building / Diller Scofidio + Renfro © Diller Scofidio + Renfro A building made out of an artificial cloud of mist, Blur Building was determined by the wind's direction, concealing and revealing views that influenced the movement of people through the architecture. 12. Cloud Arch / Junya Ishigami © Junya Ishigami With construction planned for 2017, the proposed 75-meter-tall steel arch will be placed in front of the Sydney Town Hall, in the hopes of creating another Sydney icon to complement the Opera House. 13. The Colour Inside / James Turrell Skyspace and Overland Partners © Florian Holzherr Taking place in a minimalistic small building, the sky is viewed through an oculus in the ceiling the is lit up with a variety of colors that transform the experience of the sky. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Banorte Financial Group / BROISSIN Posted: 30 Apr 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Alexandre d' La Roche.
 © Alexandre d' La Roche.  © Alexandre d' La Roche.  © Alexandre d' La Roche. From the architect. This privately owned corporate, building is stage III of the modernization of "Grupo Financiero Banorte's" facilities, with a capacity for 1,446 cars in direct response to an aggressive automotive financing program of the group for the employees, at a rate of 8 cars per 10 employees, giving a total of 44,700 m2 contained within 3 basements and 4 floors in the superstructure. Due to the structure's height, the glazed volume contains positions for 1,143 people on two floors of 6,000 m2 each, a surface that required a strong solution to obtain natural lighting near each user. We then decided to have four inner courtyards open to the interior of the offices, which in addition to mitigating the light problem well, also physically ordering and sectioning departments by optimizing each plant functionally.  © Alexandre d' La Roche.  Axonometric View  © Alexandre d' La Roche. There was a prevailing necessity to connect the new building with its predecessors because of the parking space that would remain completely in the new building, giving service to all facilities, we took advantage of this situation by having an open space which would function as a park, as a public square where the employees could cohabitate in a casual or a premeditated way.  © Alexandre d' La Roche. The building transcends in the context as an elegant vanguard volume, with firm character and kind bearing.  © Alexandre d' La Roche. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 12 Dynamic Buildings in South Korea Pushing the Brick Envelope Posted: 30 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT  Bricks are as old as the hills. An enduring element of architectural construction, brick has been a material of choice as far back as 7000BC. Through the centuries, bricks have built ancient empires in Turkey, Egypt, Rome and Greece. Exposed stock brick came to define the Georgian era, with thousands of red brick terraces still lining the streets of cities such as London, Edinburgh and Dublin. Today, brick is experiencing a Renaissance. Architectural landmarks across the world such as Frank Gehry's Dr Chau Chak Wing Building in Sydney and the Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & de Meuron are pushing the proverbial brick envelope, redefining how the material can be used and perceived. South Korea presents an interesting case for the changing face of brick, with a preference for dark, grey masonry striking a heavy, brutalist, yet playful tone. Like many countries, South Korean brick architecture has questioned conformity, experimenting with stepped, perforated, permeable facades, and dynamic, curved, flowing walls. Below, we have rounded up 12 of their most interesting results. MU:M Office Building / Wise Architecture © Yadah 'The Rock' Sangsu-dong office / designband YOAP architects © Namsun Lee The Ziffer / JLArchitects + Solto Jibin © Sun Namgoong Two Courtyards House + Bridge 130 Cafe / Lee.haan.architects © Kyung Roh SJ Office Building / Le Sixieme © Kim Jaeyoon B' house / 100 A associates © Youngchae Park Blooming House with Wild Flowers / studio GAON © Youngchae Park Kangaroo House / Hyunjoon Yoo Architects © Joonhwan Yoon ABC Building / Wise Architecture © Shin Do Keun The Curving House / JOHO Architecture © Chin HyoSook Pixel House / Mass Studies and Slade Architecture © Yong-Kwan Kim Marimba House / ISON Architects © Kim jong oh You can learn more about bricks through our materials catalog and our previous article about brick constructive details. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Upcoming App Promises to Create Basic 3D Models of Existing Spaces in 1 Minute Posted: 29 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT  via screenshot from model on Sketchfab An upcoming app, named Walkabout Worlds, is hoping to drastically simplify the process of creating a 3D model of existing spaces. Designed as both a tool for turning 360 photographs into 3D models and for creating photographic 3D walkthroughs for VR viewing, the app has turned heads for its demonstration that a 360 photograph can be converted into a rough, simple 3D model in as little as a minute by selecting key points in the image such as the corners of the room, as shown in the video below. However, with a little more time, the app can be used to create more refined models and to connect multiple rooms together in a single model: The app's other main function is to offer an easy way to make and publish walkthroughs of existing spaces, similar to services offered by Google Streetview and similar photographic tours. However, while many other such walkthroughs can lack a feeling of real immersion when viewed in VR, "the 360 walkthroughs [from Walkabout Worlds] are meant to be like a real walkthrough, not just a collection of 360 images with big jumps in between," explains the app's creator Kevin Davies. "They are meant to give you a real sense of walking through a place" by reducing the spaces between successive images, adds Davies. These "walkabouts" can then be published online directly from the app and viewed with Walkabout World's own custom viewer (an example can be seen here). The Walkabout Worlds app is scheduled to be released for public beta in early May, and will be free to download and publish a small number of models or walkthroughs. To publish more than 5 models or walkthroughs with more than 3 images will require a monthly subscription. News via Walkabout Worlds H/T 360 Rumors This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Tom Auger
 © Tom Auger  Floor Plan From the architect. The conversion has been made in order to change an old building with a simple cellar and ten very small rooms to a functional cabin. The owners wanted to retain the traditional and representative facade towards the road and other settlement in the village, however, they wished a more open aspect towards the fjord and mountains. The original building comprised a mix of building materials and included both vertical and horizontal panelling. A large glass panel has now been included in the south-east wall, such that the new kitchen has a completely open aspect to the views in this direction. The south and east facades were previously a collage of materials and colors which the new glass panel is now a part of.  © Tom Auger The top of the glass panel extends up past an existing low paneled wall in the loft, such that the woodwork absorbs warmth and sun-rays penetrate between the panels.  Section A new low window has also been mounted in the bedroom to allow views when lying in bed. When standing the view is of the grass fields outside. Internally only the bedroom has been preserved, whilst the majority of the remaining internal walls have been removed, such that the loft and ground floor have been combined to make one airy space. A tiled area with underfloor heating has been included in the floor to allow for drying of wet shoes. A new wind membrane has been include in the walls in order to reduce heat loss. A wooden roof has been placed over the existing corrugated iron roof.  © Tom Auger The result has been better than our expectations. The harmony in the east (south-east??) facade works well in spite of the different windows. The choice and composition of materials and color functions well. Towards the west the original facade has been preserved but includes a simple, covered shelter such that equipment and clothing can be kept dry and one achieves an extra outside room.  © Tom Auger This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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