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- MAMI House / NoArq
- Open Call: The Best Student Design-Build Projects
- Mountain House / Studio Razavi architecture
- Be Open / Atelier d’Architecture Brenac-Gonzalez
- d+k House / buck&simple
- Power to the Bower: A Bird’s Architectural Method of Seduction
- 6 Endangered World Heritage Sites as Seen from Space
- Casa del Abuelo / Taller DIEZ 05
- The New Yorker Cartoon That Accompanied the Opening of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim
- 19 Emerging Firms Design Prototype Houses for Living Among Nature
- Cuiabá House / Allouchie Arquitetos
- In Seasonal Harmony - The Changing Nature of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
- The Student Hotel The Hague / HVE Architecten
| Posted: 11 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © João Morgado
 © João Morgado  © João Morgado From the architect. I was engaged to design a 160 sqm house for 80.000 €. “It’s impossible” I said. Poetry is not a luxury. I ask to add a little more and I would accepted. After a few days they came back, they reached to 100.000 €. The site (Lot 50) area has 390 sqm and it was predicted an implantation area of 110 sqm (a maximum capacity of 220 sqm on two floors). There is no budget for all that. I proposed a 9 x 9 x 6 m house, two levels, 162 sqm. The town hall rejected.  © João Morgado  Axonometric View  © João Morgado In Portugal is not acceptable to build less (?! …) than the predicted in the Allotment Plan.  © João Morgado We start to work on the request to change the Allotment Plan.  © João Morgado The site has the shape of a slice of pizza. The flat topography didn’t follow the slope of the western street.  Floor Plan The terrain was occupied by vegetable gardens and outbuildings ready to demolish. The level plans divided the program. The social functions and services are on the ground floor and on the first floor the three bedrooms and a toilette. To cut down the budget we identified the more expensive options of a building.  © João Morgado 1. We reduced the number of toilettes (only 2 units serving the two floors, one of them with bath). 2. We prefer to invest on the energy efficiency of the building instead of an expense in finishing materials. I imagine the house as a mini-bunker. 3. The same austerity was used to rationalize the available area. In the centre of the ground floor a block of 5.2 x 3.7 m contain kitchen, toilette service, stairs (in the basement a storage space) and the room shelves. Without using partitions, the remaining space was divided.  © João Morgado This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Open Call: The Best Student Design-Build Projects Posted: 11 Jun 2017 09:00 PM PDT  It's graduation time. As universities around the globe—or at least most in the Northern hemisphere, where over 80% of the world's universities are located—come to the end of the academic year, many university architecture studios have recently closed out the construction of pavilions, installations, and other small educational projects. For the third straight year, ArchDaily is calling on recently-graduated readers to submit their projects for our round-up of the best pavilions, installations and experimental structures created by students from all over the world. Once again, we're teaming up with all of ArchDaily en Español, ArchDaily Brasil, and ArchDaily China, in the hope that we can present the best work from graduating students worldwide to a worldwide audience. Read on to find out how you can take part. Please use the form below to submit a Google Drive Folder containing images and a brief description of your project. Submissions close on Friday, June 30th at 12:00 pm ET. Rules:
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| Mountain House / Studio Razavi architecture Posted: 11 Jun 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Olivier Martin Gambier
 © Olivier Martin Gambier From the architect. In this highly preserved Alpine valley, stringent architectural guidelines allow for very little freedom of architectural expression. Everything from building height/width ratio to roof slope, via building material and window sizes are strictly controlled to enforce what is locally perceived as patrimony protection but de facto creating camp architecture, endlessly mimicking traditional mountain homes.  © Olivier Martin Gambier  Section  © Simone Bossi In order to circumvent these limitations we took great care in analyzing historical buildings as to understand what their forms accomplished and how they shaped the local architectural culture. We then integrated this information into our design, simply avoiding all artificial and/or obsolete elements while making sure that the building was entirely code compliant.  © Simone Bossi This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Be Open / Atelier d’Architecture Brenac-Gonzalez Posted: 11 Jun 2017 07:00 PM PDT Stefan_Tuchila_16_K3_7217.jpg?1496990500 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă
Stefan_Tuchila_06_K3_6206.jpg?1496990378 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă From the architect. Based on a quest for a powerful identity and an e ort to weave important links with the city, this new development stage of the Zac Paris Rive Gauche is designed to complete an urban repurposing initiated almost 20 years ago  © Sergio Grazia Building next to an urban void always poses exceptional challenges. The lot on the city block A11, free of adjacent buildings, faces urban arteries which also struc- ture it, while also o ering views of the railyard landscape, a river of rails and cate- naries bestowing an obvious urban poetry upon the site, in which di erent strata of the city intermingle. Stefan_Tuchila_29_K3_6351.jpg?1496990754 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă Thus, city block A11 has no front or back façade but forms an entity o ering pas- sersby and passengers on trains a series of continuously changing points of view. Stefan_Tuchila_53_K3_7651.jpg?1496991018 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă Stefan_Tuchila_21_K3_5105.jpg?1496990520 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă The building has two main levels aligned with the Avenue de France, which house two commercial spaces, and a setback main section and nally an attic section placed above and slightly overhanging main section. Stefan_Tuchila_65_K3_7691.jpg?1496991221 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă  Floor Plans  © Sergio Grazia In the upper oors, the plates are organized according to a framework of 1.35 m, making it possible to create either partitioned or open plan o ces. The slight overhang of the attic section is achieved by the rotation and folding of the various volumes facing the Avenue de France. Stefan_Tuchila_58_K3_7768.jpg?1496991138 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă However, the seeming complexity of the building's geometry takes advantage of its situation which in fact has great structural simplicity and without having to cut away sections of the oors. Stefan_Tuchila_05_K3_6317.jpg?1496990277 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă  Detail Stefan_Tuchila_46_K3_7028.jpg?1496990901 "© Ştefan Tuchilă") © Ştefan Tuchilă This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Simon Whitbread
 © Simon Whitbread From the architect. A throwback to mid-century modernism; classic volumes, lines and details permeate this mona vale residence.  © Simon Whitbread Approached to increase and improve the living areas and connectivity with the outdoors within a beautifully presented coastal home in sydney's northern beaches, our design methodology was to respect the era of the existing structure, while maximising efficiency with a contemporary arrangement and improving the building's environmental credentials.  © Simon Whitbread Driven by our clients' love of gardening and a minimalist but tactile ethos, the design evolved to centre around a deep soil green roof.  Floor Plan 1 The planning process involved relocating the living areas to the lower floor to create greater connectivity to the generous rear yard, and reconfiguring the private spaces upstairs to take advantage of views through the newly created green roof in the foreground. Lightly coloured, textured brickwork is used both internally and externally to define the new volume, while a timber coffered ceiling vaults over.  © Simon Whitbread The palette is sparse and robust, allowing the clients' artwork to form the focal point of each space. Construction focused on traditional building techniques intertwined with contemporary detailing, combining double brick cavity walls with generous sized custom timber-framed glazing. The green roof is structurally supported by an exposed, white, coffered timber ceiling, that provides articulation and a play of light when viewed from the living areas below.  The house is allowed to breathe and take advantage of the favourable climate through a combination of the green roof's dense thermal mass shielding the interiors from heat gain, and high level operable windows generating ample cross ventilation.  Section and Diagram The d+k house is a culmination of context sensitive design and modernist simplicity. With the interplay of tactile materiality and integrated landscaping, inhabitants are connected to the natural environment on an intimate scale, the resulting house sitting comfortably in its surroundings enhancing the daily life of its residents.  © Simon Whitbread This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Power to the Bower: A Bird’s Architectural Method of Seduction Posted: 11 Jun 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Flickr User Will Brown, licensed under CC BY 2.0 Think your decked-out bachelor pad is the slickest on the block? Think again. That reputation now resides in the carefully constructed abode of the bowerbird, which transforms the art of building into the art of seduction. Native to Australia and New Guinea, the bowerbird dedicates months to construct elaborate woven nests, known as bowers, as a means of attracting mates in one of nature's most unique courting rituals. Reaching spans of up to half a meter, the bowers are thatched structures of grass and twigs, some conical in nature and lined with moss. The bowerbirds then embellish these with a variety of colourful objects, including flower petals, bottle caps, charcoal, and berries. Different birds have individual colour preferences, with some opting for vibrancy and others relying on the cool and subtle to attract the eye of prospective mates. Interestingly enough, a plainer bowerbird will create a more complex bower, while those with brighter plumage will generally opt for simpler structures.  © Ella Bleeson, https://www.instagram.com/ellabeeson/  © Ella Bleeson, https://www.instagram.com/ellabeeson/ Complimenting by the bowerbirds' impressive mimicking and tonal ranges, the bowers are inspected by females, lured into the structures depending on the colours present and the arrangement of the bower's components. Facing stiff competition, the male birds also prepare mating dances for the females to witness, as they hop around the constructions. An accomplished bower will often result in a successful mating ritual.  Courtesy of Flickr User David Cook, licensed under CC BY 2.0  Courtesy of Flickr User Brian Ralphs, licensed under CC BY 2.0 Given the uniqueness of these mating behaviors, studies have been conducted to investigate these seductive tendencies. An article published by The Guardian describes one study in particular, which investigates the illusionary tunnels of Male Great bowerbirds. This species creates tunnels that open into a central court, littered with bones and other appealing objects that somehow increase in size as the distance from the bowers increases. In this manner, female bowerbirds view the objects as the same size, thus magnifying the true size of the male in a perspective trick.  Courtesy of Flickr User Seabarium, licensed under CC BY 2.0  Courtesy of Flickr User doug, licensed under CC BY 2.0 See the bowerbirds' incredibly constructed seduction at play in the BBC's video above. It seems that the age of the playboy is over. The age of the playbird is here. Story via BBC and The Guardian.
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| 6 Endangered World Heritage Sites as Seen from Space Posted: 11 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Samarra Archaeological City, Iraq. Image © Deimos Imaging Born between the Tigris and the Euphrates, ancient Mesopotamia, "the land between two rivers," is considered the cradle of human civilization or, at least, one of its main birthplaces. Archaeological discoveries place in this fertile crescent the earliest origins of agriculture, the birth of writing and the first religions, governments and social orders. This historical land corresponds to most of the current Iraq and Kuwait, as well as to smaller parts of Syria, Turkey and Iran. Not only these countries, but the whole Middle East in general, is home to invaluable ancient treasures. However, a great number of the cultural sites there are faced with major threats, as they have been caught up in the middle of ongoing conflicts that are ravaging the region. As a consequence, UNESCO included several sites in the List of World Heritage in Danger, in the hope that the international community could join in an effort to save these endangered properties. To reinforce this message, the Earth Observation company Deimos Imaging has released satellite images of six World Heritage sites in danger in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. The images were captured by the satellite Deimos-2, launched in 2014 and designed for cost-effective, dependable very-high-resolution Earth Observation applications, providing 75cm/pixel pan-sharpened images. Palmyra, Syria Palmyra, Syria. Image © Deimos Imaging Palmyra, also known as the "pearl of the desert," is located northeast of Damascus. Founded in the second millennium BC, the city reached its peak between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD as an oasis of date palms and gardens in the Syrian desert. For 1,500 years, Palmyra remained one of the best-preserved sites from antiquity, until ISIS seized the site in May 2015, razing ruins from it, blowing up the magnificent Temple of Bel and the Temple of Baal Shamin, ancient colonnades, arches, statues and even tombs. Crac des Chevaliers, Syria Crac des Chevaliers, Siria. Image © Deimos Imaging Built for the first time in 1031, this medieval castle was rebuilt and completed again in 1170, after an earthquake damaged it. It is located on a 600-meter ridge overlooking the Syrian plains and it illustrates the exchange of influences between Eastern and Western architectures at the time of the Crusades. UNESCO included it in the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2013. During the ongoing Syrian conflict, it has been reportedly damaged by shelling at least three times. Samarra Archaeological City, Iraq Samarra Archaeological City, Iraq. Image © Deimos Imaging Founded in the year 836, Samarra was the second capital of the powerful Abbasside Empire that extended from Tunisia to Central Asia. It is the finest conserved example of the Abbasside's architecture and city planning, and it preserves two of the largest mosques and the most unusual spiral-shaped minarets. Samarra was included on the list of endangered sites in 2007, given that the state of conflict in Iraq does not allow the responsible authorities to assure its protection and management. Hatra, Iraq Hatra, Iraq. Image © Deimos Imaging Capital of the first Arab Kingdom, Hatra was an ancient fortified city built around the end of the 3rd or beginning of the 2nd century BC. Thanks to its thick walls and towers, it withstood Roman invasions in 116 and 198 AD UNESCO inscribed it on the List of World Heritage in Danger in July 2015, following the damage inflicted by ISIS. The group had bulldozed the place in March, 2015. Old City of Sana'a Old City of Sana'a. Image © Deimos Imaging Located in a mountain valley and inhabited for more than 2,500 years, the Old City of Sana'a became a major Islamic center during the 7th and 8th centuries. Its Great Mosque was the first one built outside Mecca and Medina. Moreover, many of the houses within the old fortified city present a unique architecture with its many-storeyed tower-houses decorated with geometric patterns. During the ongoing conflict, strikes have destroyed some of these historic houses in the old quarter. The Old Walled City of Shibam The Old Walled City of Shibam. Image © Deimos Imaging The Old Walled City of Shibam was the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom after the destruction of the earlier capital Shabwa in 300 AD. Known for its remarkable sun-dried mudbrick-made tower houses, it has been described as the "Manhattan of the desert." Surrounded by a fortified wall, it is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on multi-storeyed construction. Even though it hasn't been damaged by the conflict yet, this precious cultural heritage remains under constant threat. Thanks to Deimos Imaging and UrtheCast Corp. Text provided by Deimos Imaging. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa del Abuelo / Taller DIEZ 05 Posted: 11 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Luis Gordoa
 © Luis Gordoa From the architect. La Casa del Abuelo is a public day-stay for senior citizens located within the premises of a 4-hectares municipal park in the northeast of the city of Córdoba, in the state of Veracruz.  © Luis Gordoa  Plan  © Luis Gordoa The project starts with the idea of creating a refuge, a place where you can carry out activities in community with the elderly, in a natural, serene, fluid environment, with various interior and exterior spaces that are organized through workshops, outdoor terraces, services, and multipurpose areas.  © Luis Gordoa  Section A  © Luis Gordoa Programmatically, the building is developed on a single floor, to achieve universal accessibility. For this reason, it was sought to locate in one of the less inclined areas of the terrain, allowing one part of the building to be naturally in place and the other to rise slightly, allowing a multipurpose area "embraced" by two existing trees, minimizing the impact in the site and generating direct views of its natural environment.  © Luis Gordoa Based on coexisting with the environment, the architectural scheme is adapted to the layout of the existing vegetation, essential character of the project; likewise, the visual tension generates the main axis of circulation, harmonizing between one of the main historical landmarks of the city and the surrounding landscape.  Details This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The New Yorker Cartoon That Accompanied the Opening of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Posted: 11 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of <a href='http://www.newyorker.com/'>The New Yorker</a> From wonderment to disgust, the opening of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959 was met with a wide range of reactions from the public. This profound cultural moment was distilled in a series of witty cartoons published in the New Yorker that simultaneously lampooned both the innovative architecture and its critics, which were recently shared in a blog post by the Guggenheim Museum. Through detailed sketches, cartoonist Alan Dunn represents the experience of the building, from staring into the exterior porthole windows to walking around the grand ramp. In one drawing he depicts the perspective from the first floor looking up at the dome, giving a sweeping sense of the curvature and geometries of the building.  Courtesy of <a href='http://www.newyorker.com/'>The New Yorker</a> In addition to showing the architecture, Dunn includes dialogue from the museum guests that hints at their astonishment or skepticism about the building. The quips bring a sense of humor to the cartoons along with honest observations: vignettes such as the man peeking around the painting hanging off the curved wall exemplify the disorientation that some viewers felt. Through Dunn's cartoons of the Guggenheim, he reminds us of the timeless combination of excitement and hesitance that comes with first encountering unprecedented works of architecture.  Courtesy of <a href='http://www.newyorker.com/'>The New Yorker</a> To learn more about the New Yorker's Guggenheim cartoon and see more of the original drawings, read the original article by Caitlin Dover here. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 19 Emerging Firms Design Prototype Houses for Living Among Nature Posted: 11 Jun 2017 04:30 AM PDT  As the boundary that separates work and leisure in the 21st Century continues to be blurred by technology, architects Christoph Hesse and Neeraj Bhatia sought out to uncover a tranquil solution. The pair are co-curating an upcoming exhibition at the Kulturbahnhof Kassel in Germany as part of Experimenta Urbana in a show called "Ways of Life," which opens July 5th. This international initiative seeks to discover "a new nomaticism." A gathering of 19 emerging architecture offices each presents a dwelling encompassed in nature. These buildings are often equal parts project and manifesto. The show's overarching theme is the delicate balance of naturally induced relaxation and programmatically encouraged productivity. Each firm must additionally consider constraints that include limited square footage, integration of rapidly advancing information technology, and a strictly sustainable design. In the search for precedent, it's difficult to avoid comparison to the midcentury Case Study Houses. The Arts & Architecture Magazine-sponsored endeavor that spanned from 1945 until 1966 had a completely different programmatic goal but a similar premise. The magazine reached out to a number of burgeoning international architecture firms to design inexpensive housing that would serve as archetypes in addressing the American residential boom following the second World War. The program birthed a wide array of midcentury modernist masterpieces and solidified the legacies of none other than Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and Pierre Koenig. Nearly all of the Case Study Houses were strung across the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains—a chaparral-covered Southern Californian mountain range that comprises the northern border of the Los Angeles basin.  Mirroring the Case Study approach, the Ways of Life dwellings all negotiate consistent topography. Each of the firms placed their projects in immediate proximity to Lake Edersee—aUNESCO-protected natural site in central Germany. These projects aren't merely theoretical. After the exhibition this summer, a number of the designs will be slated for construction. Below, ArchDaily presents all 19 projects featured in Experimenta Urbana's "Ways of Life" exhibition. Fachwerk Capriccio / Anna Heringer  Courtesy of Anna Heringer This two-story dwelling is energy independent due to the inclusion of a 19th-century style windmill and photovoltaic solar panels. The timber, limestone, mud, and plaster structure is locally sourced. The project houses a workshop on the ground floor, and a dense living area on the second. Stacked cantilevered beds and a gardening area ensure a self-reliant household. House of Endless Landscapes / Atelier Alter  Courtesy of Atelier Alter This elliptical retreat creates 360-degree views of the picturesque German landscape. A double glass skin informs circulation channels that funnel inhabitants between rooms. The second story is accessible via spiral staircase and contains the master bedroom and observation deck. An extensive use of adjustable semi-transparent shades keeps ideal lighting conditions in the space. Wedge / BIT Boris Bernaskoni  Courtesy of Boris Bernaskoni Placed the in the middle of a field over 50 meters away from the edge of Lake Edersee, Boris Bernaskoni's narrow matte black dwelling almost resembles the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Each element of program is separated by story. As the trapezoidal structure tapers, the use of the building's interior simplifies from kitchen, to bedroom, to contemplative space. The Open House / Christoph Hesse Architekts  Courtesy of Christoph Hesse Architekts A partially subterranean structure, this concrete dwelling possesses exceptional lighting conditions and framed views. The ground floor features an open plan that provides shade and breeze during hot humid summers. The inclusion of a rooftop pond allows vines and foliage to drape down and intermingle with the concrete facades over time. A generous use of skylights preserve the connection to the building's surroundings. One Room House / DOGMA  Courtesy of DOGMA The One-Room House is designed to represent the bare minimum amount of material that's necessary to create a habitable structure. A boxy wooden four-meter wide partition-free "pergola" is somewhat reminiscent of a Southern "shotgun" house as it can be looked through from one end of the building. Embedded in the Northern, windowless side of the plan are the building's storage closets and bathrooms. MH House / Fake industries  Courtesy of Fake industries This minimalistic dwelling is designed to be built for under €5,000. The ultra-simple project is partitioned by prefabricated wooden panels informed by its double pitched roof. Seen by its creators as an "existentialist hut in the black forest" the modest structure aims to emulate the "pragmatic hedonism" achieved by the Case Study Houses in a "temporary magic box." Segments / Jürgen Mayer H.  Courtesy of Jürgen Mayer H. A project driven by its section, Segments is a horizontally stacked series of shifting concrete ribs finished in timber. The dwelling supports 5 residents over two stories in a modest 90 square meters. Much of the seating and desk space of the space is integrated and formed from its structure. As the structure is longitudinally transparent, inhabitants always have a view of the outside world. Living Garden House / KWK Promes  Courtesy of KWK Promes This hyper-transparent shelter uses actual grass in lieu of carpeting. The project consists of a series of steel columns and an undulating roof structure. The roof's steel grid is filled with "intelligent glass," which can automatically adjust to a change of light. The structure filters through a specific level of sunlight, which prevents the house from overheating during the summer. The more private programmatic elements such a bathrooms fold out of large rectilinear boxes located on either end of the structure. From Roots To Crowns / NOA  Courtesy of NOA This radical "hybrid building" is height adjustable. A hydraulic column holds up a living pod equipped with a garage, kitchen, and bedroom and is covered in vegetation. Depending on the inhabitant's preference, the height of the structure can be adjusted to three preset levels: under the Earth, on the fields, and in the tree crowns. This variably adjustable structure is able to submerge and disappear into a pool of water that surrounds the site. Esuoh House / ORG  Courtesy of ORG The Esuoh House is comprised of six robust concrete triangle members that collide to form the upper form of the structure. A ground floor of stiffened vierendeel wooden beams supports the concrete cap. The dwelling is seen as a temporary space not for visiting in, but "camping." The wooden frame gives way to large square glass windows that provide an unobstructed view of the surrounding environment. At night, inhabitants retire to the privacy of a mezzanine level embedded within the concrete of the cap. Yin + Yang House / Penda  Courtesy of Penda The Yin + Yang House intends to return the same amount of land taken away from nature by the house's footprint back to the environment though a terraced roofing garden. The residents have access to this green space most of the year, and an interior greenhouse during the white winter months. The house includes a rooftop dining area, and a garage on its rear. Eder / Pezo von Ellrichshausen  Courtesy of Pezo von Ellrichshausen This three-story concrete dwelling is a statement in opacity. The structure is tied together by a centralized spiral staircase that contains a vertical succession of chambers. As inhabitants ascend, the privacy level of the space increases. The building's second level contains four cantilevering balconies that extend the square footage of the kitchen and gathering areas during warmer months. Ten Stories' House / RICA  Courtesy of RICA This four-story residence is inspired by a bookshelf—the section of the structure reveals platforms at various levels that eliminate the horizontal partition between floors, opening up the space. The mixed use of spiraling and traditional staircases give the building a branch-like circulation pattern. The building is intended to be placed in a dense, forested area of the site. Like the canopy of a tree, light filters through semi-transparent slits that remind residents of nature's proximity. Perched House / Somatic Collaborative  Courtesy of Somatic Collaborative The Perched House is work/study oriented dwelling. A bar separates the two wings of the house. One wing is a garden oriented office space that faces the street. The second wing accommodates a kitchen and fireplace. The house is supported by a combination of steel columns and concrete walls. The entire residence is surrounded by a porous envelope that contains a winter garden, allowing the space to remain green the entire year. Life Within The Wall / SsD Architecture  Courtesy of SsD Architecture SsD's translucent residence seeks to drastically reduce a building's literal footprint. Up to 10% of a traditional structure is occupied by walls and dead space. By delaminating each individual layer of a wall and window assembly, SsD were able to create new spatial conditions. The building is an exercise in translucent shades, fly screens, cladding, double glazing, framing, internal linings, curtains and blinds. Combined with a skylight, these lightweight partitioning elements create an ideal condition of indirect light and flexible space. Walden / Stinessen Arkitektur  Courtesy of Stinessen Arkitektur Sharing the same moniker as the Henry David Thoreau retreat, Walden is a dwelling intended to leave no mark on the field it occupies. The entire structure is gently lifted above the grass, with its upper glassy stories pointed towards the surrounding trees. The two-story house is finished in two different types of wood. The entire interior is untreated oak, while the exterior is clad in cedar paneling that will turn silver-grey with time. Ways of Life / Tatiana Bilbao Estudio  Courtesy of Tatiana Bilbao Estudio This project is the addition of six unique dwelling spaces. Each of these areas has spatial qualities that reflect the programmatic purpose of the room. Each volume is arranged in a tapering spiral—the more public spaces are towards the ground, while the private quarters top off the structure. The cantilevered rooms create shaded communal gathering areas and gardens. Depth of Fields / The Open Workshop  Courtesy of The Open Workshop Depth of Fields is a simple distinction between the natural and artificial world through the outline of a circle. While the building itself has a small visual impact on its in environment from its exterior, residents looking outwards are completely surrounded by nature in every direction. The space is programmatically divided by an axis containing a curving triangular plan. Cuts in these intersecting walls create dramatic moments and views through the space. Recovering Humanism / Yamazaki Kentaro  Courtesy of Yamazaki Kentaro This semi-sunken structure is divided into eight staggered rooms that circle a semi-covered courtyard known as a "biotope." Apart from the structure's concrete slab foundation, the building is nearly entirely constructed from rammed earth. The dwelling is sunken a couple feet into the ground in order to minimize its visual impact on the environment. Yamazaki Kentaro sees it as "a proposal to enable us to mature our good image." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cuiabá House / Allouchie Arquitetos Posted: 11 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Thiago Cesar
 © Thiago Cesar THE FAMILY The family is composed of a young couple house that creates a dog and intends to have some children very soon. He from Recife and she from Cuiabá. They wanted a home that would welcome their family well on a visit as well as their friends and family on weekends. THE PLACE The land is located in a private residential development area, in a bordering the Urban Perimeter of Cuiabá, capital of the state of Mato Grosso. Its topography is practically level and east orientated.  © Thiago Cesar THE HOUSE The Cuiabá House is the result of a desire of the couple to have a totally customized home in a new place that would provide the family with a contemporary home and that would rescue some values of human coexistence that had been lost through time, such as playing in the street, Go to neighbors house etc.  Planta They wanted a single-storey house, with a simple, easy-to-use and above all pleasant program. Practicality has always been the order of the customers. As a main guideline, we created an "open" patio for the south orientation, of lower solar incidence, where we put the pool. It was preferred to "open" the rooms to the South as well, so as to leave them more protected and with a little more privacy.  © Thiago Cesar We always seek to "escape from direct sunlight" within the environments, especially those in the more permanent social areas, such as rooms and rooms. We then chose to place the service spaces facing the North. In the room, front façade, East side, we chose the concrete bricks and projection of the roof slab as protection elements in the weather and search for controlled privacy. What we had to paint we did in white, in order to highlight the truth of materials, especially concrete and glass. These were strategically chosen where to appear, in order to create a certain dynamism to the work.  Elevation "Let us return to Le Corbusier's lesson and protect the outer openings with projections and sunscreens so that, sheltered and shaded, they may remain open." Armando de Holanda – Roteiro para construir no Nordeste  © Thiago Cesar This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| In Seasonal Harmony - The Changing Nature of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/method606pix/4175394667'>Flickr user method606pix</a>. Used with permission This month marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of acclaimed American architect, visionary, and social critic Frank Lloyd Wright -considered by many to be one of the greatest architects of his time. As a pioneer of the term 'organic architecture', one of his most iconic representative works is Fallingwater, set upon a waterfall in rural Pennsylvania. From its unveiling, the scheme has evoked enduring reflection on the relationship between man, architecture, and most prominently in Frank Lloyd Wright's mind - nature.  H. Mark Weidman Photography/Alamy. Image Cortesía de Laurence King Publishing The scheme was completed in 1937, commissioned by merchant Edgar J. Kaufmann and his wife as a weekend home. Foremost in Wright's mind was the intention of integrating the project into the landscape, establishing the scheme as a natural element of the environment. Volumes that levitate on the water, foundations formed from local rocks, and natural materials like wood and brick are only some of the resources used by the architect to achieve a greater harmony between the building and the forest that surrounds it.  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/pablosanchez/3145407730/'>Flickr user pablosanchez</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> The profound changes of the environment during the year play a heavy role in one's experience of Fallingwater, perhaps evoking Wright's vision of a scheme which both influences, and is influenced by the natural world.  © Robert Ruschak - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Today, Fallingwater is considered a national monument of the United States and operates as a public museum. For the architectural community, however, the experience of seeing or entering Fallingwater for the first time far outweighs any exhibit it contains. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Student Hotel The Hague / HVE Architecten Posted: 10 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Bart van Hoek
 © Bart van Hoek From the architect. The Student Hotel The Hague is located in a former nursing home. 306 rooms for students are realized in the Van Limburg Stirum House near the train station Hollands Spoor.  Site Plan Commissioned by City Living, HVE Architects made a design for the redevelopment of the old people's home. The general starting point for the design is "transformation through targeted, clear interventions while maintaining the characteristics of the existing building as much as possible." No pseudo-new building, but the natural combination of old and new elements gave the building its powerful character.  © Bart van Hoek Seen from the Hoefkade, the appearance of the façade changed completely. The balconies are removed during the redevelopment and the building is painted gray. The emphasis in the façade now lies - thanks to the bright yellow color - on the welcoming gateway and the plinth. While the base of the old Van Limburg Stirum House was very closed, now the new semi-public functions and transparent façade on Hoefkade ensure interaction with the city. Thus, the building relates clearly to the public domain.  © Bart van Hoek The Student Hotel offers both foreign and Dutch students fully equipped temporary housing. The rooms are fully furnished. Students get their own bikes and can use community facilities such as gym, lounge, study and relaxation area and coffee shop on the ground floor.  © Bart van Hoek This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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