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- DELTA - Tielt / Architectuuratelier De Jaeghere
- Can Ghalili / LoCa Studio
- The City of ArchDaily: 2017 Building of the Year Awards Exhibition
- Poly House / Farming Architecture
- School of Alfa Omega / RAW Architecture
- Twisting Courtyard / ARCHSTUDIO
- Heavy Rotation House / Parametr Architecture
- Cloverdale Residence / Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects
- 3RW and NORD's Randaberg Healthcare Center is Designed to Feel Like a Norwegian Hamlet
- Pompeii and the Greeks / Bernard Tschumi Architects
- Traffic-Integrated Self-Driving “RoboBus” Line to Launch in Helsinki
- Laura House / ARKITITO Arquitetura
- Auer Primary School / bergmeisterwolf architekten
- MVRDV Breaks Ground on Riverfront Housing Complex in Bordeaux
- 8 Ways We Can Improve the Design of Our Streets for Protest
- C2 House / ARCHITEKTI mikulaj & mikulajova
- As Central London Residential Tower is Subject to Devastating Fire and Loss of Life, Questions Raised About Recent Refurbishment
- Safdie Architects’ Changi Airport Will Host World's Tallest Indoor Waterfall
- Wooden Installation in Logroño is a Tribute to Spanish Wine
- Loud Shadows / Plastique Fantastique
| DELTA - Tielt / Architectuuratelier De Jaeghere Posted: 14 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Stijn Vereeken
 © Stijn Vereeken From the architect. The DELTA project is situated on a seemingly lost and unusual triangular lot in Tielt but it is actually very well-oriented from a commercial point of view. It faces a busy crossroads and thanks to a green area, dominated by a beautiful, solitary oak tree there is enough breathing space to regard the project in its entirety.  © Stijn Vereeken In order to make a connection with the crossroads and the huge oak tree the building is designed as a dynamic composition of white vertical surfaces separated from each other by glass and contrasting metal carpentry. Because of the oblique configuration of the project opposite the crossroads the building seems to rotate around the oak tree, which reinforces the dynamism. The consciously added vertical surfaces allow the remaining zones of the triangular lot to become an extension to the inner spaces, and to function as patios or as open spaces.  Ground Floor Plan The inspiration of Luc Peire's 'Abstract Verticality' is obvious: lines become surfaces and surfaces become lines, so that the architecture of the project presents itself as a three-dimensional sculpture.  © Stijn Vereeken The expressive metal carpentry of the window frames and window parapets are reminiscent of the artisan fineness of the Art-Deco and subtly refers to the ornamental forge of the architect's grandfather.  © Stijn Vereeken Due to its commercial location the project is presented as an office building and comprises four entities. The ground floor accommodates an architect's office with a separate entrance. The central staircase leads to three other entities. A second practice is situated on the ground floor. The two other floors can be organised either as office or as private flat.  © Stijn Vereeken  First Floor Plan  © Stijn Vereeken The vertical surfaces do not reveal what happens inside; only the metal carpentry at the head of the building gives an inkling. The glass volume is surrounded by manipulated solid steel and offers various possibilities of looking inside. The minimalist steel volume rests on a base, bordered by metal, which guides the visitor via the side to the covered entrance. The visitor is immediately surprised by the strong perspective throughout the whole building and the possibility of looking through the building to the courtyard. That is the reason why thin steps made of solid steel were used for the central staircase. The circulation on the stairs is organised around an accentuated vertical wall with the possibility of looking through the vertical blinds.  © Stijn Vereeken The powerful lines in the exterior can also be experienced inside, in the carved out light niches in the ceiling and in the design of the custom-made furniture. Mirror effects and the opportunities of looking through the building reinforce the perspective. The interior decoration consists of parquet flooring, brushed oak marble, dark grey vertical blinds etc. in natural and timeless colours. They were carefully chosen to ensure that interior and exterior go hand in hand.  © Stijn Vereeken This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Pol Viladoms
 © Pol Viladoms From the architect. Some projects start with an idea, others with a view, and other, more specials ones, with a relationship. We met the owner when she was looking for a second home in the city of Barcelona.  © Pol Viladoms Because of family matters she was emotionally attached to the city, and now was the time to have her own place for her and her family.  © Pol Viladoms  Proposal Plans  © Pol Viladoms A place to share, enjoy the holidays and the city atmosphere. The objective of the intervention was to take advantage of the patio and the existing tree, and make the interior 60m2 flexible enough to enjoy and maximize the whole volume of the space. Wood, cement, plaster and the existing walls were the elements to work with in a quest for comfort and warmth.  © Pol Viladoms This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The City of ArchDaily: 2017 Building of the Year Awards Exhibition Posted: 14 Jun 2017 07:30 PM PDT  © Ilya Ivanov The 22nd ARCH Moscow International Exhibition of Architecture and Design was held in Moscow on May 24-28. ArchDaily joined the exhibition's partners this year for the first time, and together with speech: media-project they presented a special exposition during Arch Moscow. Featuring the buildings that received the ArchDaily Building of the Year award in 2017. The 16 sites that received the most votes this year from visitors of the ArchDaily website became the focus of this exposition designed by the architect Sergei Tchoban (together with the architect Andrei Perlich, and curator Anna Martovitskaya – chief editor of speech: magazine). In order to best show the sites' photographs and drawings, the installation was designed in the form of 8 double blocks, whose shape and color reference the ArchDaily logo. Before us are snow-white rectangular blocks with the recognizable blue window-niches, and it is in these niches that the photographs of the best buildings of the year are displayed.  © Ilya Ivanov Each of the blocks has its own configuration and the niche sizes in each of them vary across the facades, creating a sense of a diverse development within a fairly small hall. The rectangular room prompted the architects how to optimally arrange the blocks: they are set up 4 in a row along the 2 long sides of the hall, without touching the walls or one another, resulting in a central street with 2 parallel side passageways and several "side streets". What's more, the niches with photos are distributed in such a way that none of the passageways are empty. "This is a fantasy on the theme of a city formed out of the best buildings created in a single year," commented Sergei Tchoban on the exhibition's concept.  © Vasily Bulanov  © Ilya Ivanov The constructed blocks are made of MDF boards of various thicknesses, and then painted with Caparol matte white paint. The use of thicker MDF boards for the construction's base made it possible to get by without a frame and thereby significantly reduce the cost and time of building the exposition. At the official ceremony summarizing the 22nd Arch Moscow exhibition, the joint exhibition by speech: and ArchDaily was awarded in the nomination The Best Architectural Design of an Exposition. During the exhibition days, the archspeech.com website published a special feature on the 2017 Building of the Year awards which gave Russian readers an opportunity to get better acquainted with the awards and the winning sites.  © Vasily Bulanov  © Vasily Bulanov Curator: Anna Martovitskaya This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Poly House / Farming Architecture Posted: 14 Jun 2017 07:00 PM PDT .jpg?1497413328 "© Kyung Roh") © Kyung Roh
.jpg?1497413866 "© Kyung Roh") © Kyung Roh From the architect. Poly house was built for a couple with elementary school-age children. Like all families today, they spend a considerable amount of their time away from home, at school or at work. Nonetheless, their living space forms a stage where everyday life patterns are repeated, and this everyday life is an inseparable, organic whole. When designing a dwelling, sharing time and space and respecting privacy are contradictory yet essential rules. Within this, we always seek new stories and look forward to small pleasures and deviations as if they were events in themselves. .jpg?1497413492 "Collage") Collage Poly house poses the question of how a fixed architectural structure can respond to the patterns and desires of the occupants' constantly changing lives, and suggests an answer. It is also a process that shows a new interpretation of the functions and aesthetics of the ideal home. .jpg?1497413616 "© Kyung Roh") © Kyung Roh Poly house has indeterminate "gaps" between personal and family space. These gaps are margins between individuals and between spaces, and are possibilities that connect living space and the lives of occupants.  Model .jpg?1497413373 "Concept Diagram 1") Concept Diagram 1 The complex conditions of the site, including the position of the entryway, the sloping land with a maximum height difference of six meters and the building coverage ratio of just 20%, provided clues for finding the optimum design. Half of the entire building is buried in the ground, while the other half reveals itself above the surface of the yard. Poly house makes active use of ambivalent spaces where interior meets exterior or where such boundaries are inverted. This raises the contact surfaces inside the house and minimizes visual severance between the inside and the outside. In contrast to the simplicity of the form visible from the outside, the irregular elements on the inside create diverse views. Gaps and ambivalent spaces allow users to experience not a flat living environment but an intimate living space. .jpg?1497413578 "© Kyung Roh") © Kyung Roh Gaps and margins are more than spaces of experience through which sight lines and wind can pass; they signify psychological distance between members of the family. The entire mass can broadly be divided into service space, family space and personal space. The lives of the occupants and the relationships between family members permeate these individual spaces as they are. The living room, kitchen, utility room, bathroom and inner courtyard are placed in the family space, while the linear core is a circulatory, open space in the form of a corridor. Use is made of the minimized boundaries between the kitchen, dining room and living room, where spatial hierarchy changes flexibly according to need. .jpg?1497414183 "Model") Model  Section C .jpg?1497414147 "Model") Model  Section B In the upper mass, consisting of private space, the parents' bedroom and children's area are placed independently of each other, ensuring mutual privacy. Intermediate spaces such as free-standing walls and decking between these spaces maintains psychological privacy. Decking and sunken spaces inserted in here and there sever the space; thus created, these gaps and in-between spaces offer various uses and views. The pocket spaces on the left and right sides of the building and the small courtyard in the center of the living room put the lower floors in direct contact with the earth, adding ventilation and lighting that could otherwise have been inadequate. The outer stairs at the front and the spiral staircase in the back yard provide three-dimensional links between the building, the site and the rooftop space. .jpg?1497413738 "© Kyung Roh") © Kyung Roh  Roof Floor Plan .jpg?1497413811 "© Kyung Roh") © Kyung Roh From the outside, Poly house is a solid, square mass, but on the inside it consists of thin layers. Its various elevations, openings and lines of circulation are like a sponge. Light and air flow unimpeded, while the porous architecture, with flexible boundaries, offers a new alternative to monotonous apartments and other living spaces. The surrounding environment and lives are projected into the space, so that the house will accumulate neat layers of people and scenery like a frame. .jpg?1497413987 "© Kyung Roh") © Kyung Roh This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| School of Alfa Omega / RAW Architecture Posted: 14 Jun 2017 03:00 PM PDT  © Eric Dinardi
 © Eric Dinardi From the architect. Alpha Omega school is an educational building with spirit of locality. Located on Tangerang city, it sat on 11700 sqm area with the prior condition of swamp and paddy field. The design responded this unstable soil condition by raising structure to 2.1 m high above the ground. The site itself was chosen as part of design scheme, -corresponding to its natural surroundings, in order to give children sense of closeness to nature, thus invoking outdoor-learning experience.  © Eric Dinardi (The building integrates 4 modular buildings, with efficient access point in one central court yard, due to limitation of local land zoning of what can be built and what can not be built.) The solution to answer the brief of the project is to create an optimum collaboration, or bridge relationship in economic and creative process of construction in two important levels of masonry steel and bamboo construction which can enrich the economic impact of surrounding.  © Eric Dinardi  Ground Floor Plan  © Eric Dinardi Steel structure, not only for its ability to hold structural load effectively, is also chosen for its construction speed and vigorous durability. The whole building based on this framework, from foundation to roof component. Steel in its variation from thickness to treatments, opening chances in versatile details of design. While bamboo, on the other hand, are flexible matter that requires little maintance in long range which always available in that area. This availability also related to brick and concretes in that area.  © Sugiharto Ongko Surya The structure is combined with bamboo for roof to create parabolic shape which enhance the character of Nipah which can be tilted or bent while keeping the cost constraint on budget. The brick is stacked in solid void pattern to allow cross air circulation in the facade. Meanwhile the polished bare concrete is used as floor finishes as its durability for daily school activity.  © Eric Dinardi Local Craftsmanship  © Eric Dinardi The local craftsmanship are the answer of 3 problem, which is: 1. Optimum resource, 2. Time constraint, 3. Manpower. Material resource can be found within 5 km from site to accelerate development while reducing carbon footprint at the same time.  © Eric Dinardi In 4 months range, the craftsman are categorized into two types: (1) Light structure, which is concentrated on roof. Constructed by triangular light steel frame per 600 mm, manpowered by 40 Sumedang craftsman. It's low-cost material had reduced 30 % initial budget, using bamboo and Nipah entirely. (2) Heavy structure is built for modular classrooms by Salembaran craftsman constructing masonry and steel framework. By first 2 months, light structure craftsman had constructed dock, followed by roof and ceiling details. In followed 4 month they joined in heavy structure part. The school is built in 4 months time.  © Eric Dinardi The school designed as passive cooling building, which relied heavily on natural cross air ventilation in its construction. The open high ceiling designed as airing pathway, followed by porous solid-void brick on each side of classroom's wall. This way, interior air flow are circulated optimally without necessity to use air conditioner.  © Eric Dinardi For heat problem, the structure on top of the corridor is cantilevered by 2000 mm to create natural sunshade while providing protection from heavy rain fall. Nipah's roof, brick's solid void facade, bamboo's ceiling and concrete's floor finishes provides low thermal conductivity materials allows building to cool down in average whole year, interior temperature to 27 celsius degree. it the opening in the building designed for 100 percent daylight until afternoon, and 100 percent LED in the night time. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Twisting Courtyard / ARCHSTUDIO Posted: 14 Jun 2017 01:00 PM PDT  Courtyard. Image © Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi
 Courtyard. Image © Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi From the architect. Twisting courtyard is located in Paizihutong, Dashilar Area, Beijing. It used to be a Siheyuan with one single entry. The purpose of the improvement is to upgrade the necessary infrastructure needed for modern life, thus turning this traditional courtyard, which mainly serve as a residence, into an attractive public space of Beijing Inner City.  Reception area. Image © Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi  Plan - mode of public activity  Dining area. Image © Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi Twist within regular layout The design aims at getting rid of the solemn and stereotyped impression given by Siheyuan, and creating an open and active living atmosphere. Based on the existing layout of the courtyard, the undulated floor is used to connect indoor and outdoor spaces of different height. And it is extended to the inside of the house, twisting into walls and roof, thus creating dynamic connection between inside and outside space. What's hidden within the curved wall is necessary auxiliary spaces such as kitchen, toilet and warehouse; while reception and dinning spaces are shown outside the curved wall and connect to the courtyard as a whole. Both indoor and outdoor floors are paved with gray brick. A hawthorn tree in the courtyard is kept and being part of the twisting landscape.  Courtyard. Image © Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi  Concept diagram  Courtyard view at night. Image © Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi Twist between patterns of utilization The small yard is mainly used as urban public space while maintaining the possibility of using as a residence. The four houses can be rented for public events for purposes such as recreation, meeting and gathering. Meanwhile, they could be served as a family hostel with three bedrooms. Integrated furniture is used to enable the flexible switch of space scenes. Furniture boxes are inserted into the existing wood frames of east and west wings. Wood platform with lifting table hidden inside could be used as tearoom or bedroom. Bed wall and partitive soft curtain are also used in the main room on the north to meet multiple use requirements.  Kitchen. Image © Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi For building type "Siheyuan", the courtyard is the core of living fun. "Twisting courtyard" makes micro-adjustment to relations between the parts to change the temperament of the courtyard space and to meet requirements of multiple use without changing the existing housing structure, making the traditional courtyard up-to-date and being integrated into modern urban life.
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| Heavy Rotation House / Parametr Architecture Posted: 14 Jun 2017 12:00 PM PDT  © Ario Andito
 © Ario Andito From the architect. Located at Jagakarsa sub district, South Jakarta city, this house is situated in a typical housing of a developer with similar type of room and facade and coincides with neighboring houses. The homeowner wishes to add some space in his house holding 7x15m land area.  © Ario Andito Added improvement One of the aesthetic measures in a refurbishment project is how old building elements can be reused, and harmonizing new building elements with old ones.  © Ario Andito The global concept of this house refurbishment is by simply adding plates to the necessary space, as at the pre-refurbishment house investigation produces some results / conclusions such as potential, and challenges in the home. One of the potentials of the house, which is a structure that has been prepared for 2 floors, so it can be used and minimize the cost of refurbishment to add a room on the 2nd floor, as well as some things that can still be used is columns and the 2nd floor plates of 33% of the total building area, its structure strategy is not adding a new foundation in the house this impacts on a typology of the 2nd floor in buildings that follow the structure.  Plan Spatial impact With the increased space requirement and the area of the 2nd floor, the space in the heavy rotation house is broken down from its space rigidity and massiveness for it must be a 'breakpoint', the architect using the philosophy of krowakism (krowak = hole), by utilizing the void and skylight and the use of bridge grating on the second floor circulation, so the atmosphere of the first and second floor can be more extensive and bias of the boundary.  © Ario Andito Climate approach The site of a heavy rotation house facing the east-west becomes a challenge itself for the house in the tropics as it faces directly with the sun. The challenge is addressed by turning the private mass / room upstairs by 45° so as to minimize the mass of buildings exposed directly to the sun, the lower level mass responds to the challenge with the addition of the secondary skin, so that the inside of the building becomes colder.  © Ario Andito Utilization of natural lighting and atmosphere, accommodated by making a window opening as high as 3 meters in the facade of the building, and the present of skylight in the middle of the building space, resulting in the creation of cross ventilation.  © Ario Andito Needs & desirable approach In the planning of a heavy rotation house, there is a need and desire of the homeowner that must be fulfilled. Comparison of space requirements before and while refusbishment,  © Ario Andito This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cloverdale Residence / Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects Posted: 14 Jun 2017 10:00 AM PDT  © Matthew Millman
 © Matthew Millman From the architect. The site is a vineyard located above Cloverdale on a steep south slope overlooking the valley below. Stands of mature oaks and rock outcroppings frame the existing pool and house site. A 1970s kit log home with few connections to the land or views occupied the ideal location above the pool. Our strategy was to utilize all of the existing site improvements and reuse the wood from the existing kit log structure to build a new 2150 square foot house that would open out to the land and take advantage of the expansive views and south facing exposure.  © Matthew Millman  Floor Plan  © Matthew Millman Committed to sustainable practices, the owners requested a house that would have minimal impact on the site and be easy to use. Memories of growing up with ample screened porches led to a strategy that incorporated the screened-in living space as an integral part of the house. Including the porch in the body of the house allowed it to double as an entry to the guest bedrooms, reducing the need for circulation and the overall footprint of the house. The south facing roof carries a PV array and solar hot water panels which provide much of the energy needed for the house. Concrete floor slabs supported by PV powered heat pumps provide either radiant heating or cooling depending on seasonal need. All of the interior and exterior wood paneling, trim and decking was milled down from the logs of the original kit house.  © Matthew Millman This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 3RW and NORD's Randaberg Healthcare Center is Designed to Feel Like a Norwegian Hamlet Posted: 14 Jun 2017 09:15 AM PDT .jpg?1497471138 "© 3RW") © 3RW Bergen-based 3RW Arkitekter and Copenhagen's NORD Architects have revealed images of their competition-winning design for a new healthcare center in Randaberg, Norway, as construction on the project has broken ground. The center, designed to look and operate like a "modern Norwegian hamlet," will be built over four construction phases ending in 2019. .jpg?1497471171 "© 3RW") © 3RW .jpg?1497471184 "© 3RW") © 3RW The design of the health center draws from the Norwegian vernacular building typology known as a grend, where a small cluster of modest houses is arranged to create an intimate micro community. The center will contain facilities for various healthcare programs and will link to the nearby town and mountain through a series of green courtyards and walking paths. .jpg?1497471685 "© 3RW") © 3RW .jpg?1497471644 "© 3RW") © 3RW "The vision for the project is to create a new typology that will organize one of the most important welfare tasks in society and cover all aspects of the healthcare terminology," explain 3RW. "The idea of a hamlet where the well-being of home and treatment accommodations of a big institution are mixed, will inspire future institutions. The new healthcare facility o ers a broad range of di erent treatments under one roof — from nursing homes to doctors' consultations and therapy." .jpg?1497471421 "© 3RW") © 3RW .jpg?1497471341 "© 3RW") © 3RW "The building measures 5500 m2 but seems much smaller thanks to a design where the building is scaled down into smaller entities. Each unit is built with natural materials and o ers a homely atmosphere. A solid base in natural stone connects the houses like the stone fence in the local west coast landscape. The rest of the materials are almost exclusively built in wood. Between the houses, a myriad of courtyards, recreational gardens and greenhouses de ne a green and welcoming atmosphere." News via 3RW Arkitekter. .jpg?1497471154 "© 3RW") © 3RW
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| Pompeii and the Greeks / Bernard Tschumi Architects Posted: 14 Jun 2017 08:00 AM PDT  © Bernard Tschumi Architects
 © Bernard Tschumi Architects From the architect. A re-conceptualized and renovated "grand palestra" designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects was recently unveiled for the exhibition Pompeii and the Greeks, with an installation designed by the firm, at the site of the excavations of the ancient city of Pompeii.The Palestra Grande, a simple, striking colonnade with an almost relentless linear order, had been enclosed and obscured during previous exhibitions; BTA removed all recent materials and introduced glazing so as to open up and accentuate the length and narrow dimensions of the gallery. In the exhibition installation, suspended screens in the brilliant hues favored during antiquity define each gallery with a different color and provide supports for text, images, and projections. Organized by the Soprintendenza Pompeii with Electa, Pompeii and the Greeks remains on view through November 27, 2017 and will travel to museums in London, Karlsruhe, and Athens, among other cities.  © Bernard Tschumi Architects  Diagram  © Bernard Tschumi Architects This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Traffic-Integrated Self-Driving “RoboBus” Line to Launch in Helsinki Posted: 14 Jun 2017 07:20 AM PDT The city of Helsinki has announced the launch of a self-driving bus line that will integrate into the city's regular transportation service. The service, known as the Helsinki RoboBusLine, is the second phase of a three-year experimentation with autonomous buses as part of the Sohjoa project, an EU-financed venture by the six largest cities of Finland, Finnish universities, and transportation authorities to prepare for new public transit services and autonomous vehicles. The first phase of the project, debuted in August of last year, saw the implementation of two self-driving electric minibuses capable of traveling at just 11 kilometers per hour, and with an operator on board in case of emergency. The RoboBusLine will take the next step, allowing the bus to travel like a more traditional bus.  Sohjoa self-driving bus in Helsinki in 2016. Photo: Matias Lehmusjärvi/Metropolia Metropolia's smart mobility program director Harri Santamala, the current project leader, explains: "RoboBus will allow us to test operation in everyday public transit conditions. It will be used to study the long-term operability of self-driving buses and customer behavior." The RoboBusLine will use and updated version of the electric minibus vehicle, with a competitive bid process for its production currently in progress. A full route and a more specific launch date will be announcer later this year. "One of the factors that make Finland a forerunner in self-driving vehicle operation is Finnish law, which does not state that a vehicle has to have a driver," a spokesperson for the city noted in a press release. "Self-driving buses could offer a solution to the last mile of public transit in Helsinki – taking riders from a regular public transit stop to their homes. Automated, remote-controlled bus service could markedly reduce the costs of the last-mile service and improve access to public transit. The ultimate goal is to increase public transit use and so to reduce cars and needs to drive in the city." Learn more about the Sohjoa project, here.
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| Laura House / ARKITITO Arquitetura Posted: 14 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Vivi Spaco
 © Vivi Spaco From the architect. The aim of the project was to design a young couple´s first owned house with a very low budget to accommodate the new family´s unit structure: the birth their first child. Residencia Laura, named after their daughter, it’s honest and direct in every way. Its relationship with the street and city is through a very open front façade.  © Vivi Spaco As well as obeying a restrictive budget, the project should not give up on the major concept of integration of spaces through the use of metallic structure in order to accomplish a single-span room.  Ground Floor Plan  1st Floor The materials used in their raw condition reveal an industrial like interior design cocoon for the furniture. Cement blocks, precast concrete slabs, burnt cement floor and external electricity facilities, were chosen for being low cost solutions and speed up the construction´s processes, besides prevailing comfort and wellbeing. For its neutral aesthetic it also loosens the choices of furniture and decoration styles.  © Vivi Spaco The wide glass front and back façades enhance the natural lighting providing direct sunrays incidence in all rooms, yet, them can be blocked through the use of light textile curtains when desired, and helps maintain the privacy indoors.  © Vivi Spaco The living room on the ground floor and the couple´s bedroom on the upper level face the backyard in order to enjoy the quietness and familiy activities that would take place there. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Auer Primary School / bergmeisterwolf architekten Posted: 14 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  © Oskar Dariz
 © Oskar Dariz From the architect. Two white rough-plastered structures silently embrace the early XIXth century school building. These volumes create a courtyard around an old chesnut tree that becomes the central element of the project.  © Oskar Dariz  Ground Floor Plan  © Oskar Dariz  1st Floor Plan  © Oskar Dariz Its leaves touch the facades and become an stylized motif covering them, reinforcing the strong link between old and new as well as the spirit of the new generation.  © Oskar Dariz This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MVRDV Breaks Ground on Riverfront Housing Complex in Bordeaux Posted: 14 Jun 2017 03:45 AM PDT  © MVRDV MVRDV and local architects Flint have revealed designs for a new riverfront mixed-use housing complex in Bordeaux, Ilot Queyries, as the project breaks ground. Located on the east bank of Garonne River, the site will house over 300 apartments, retail spaces, a rooftop restaurant, and a communal park in a densely mixed environment. The complex will integrate into the neighboring ZAC Bastide-Niel masterplan by MVRDV to create a lively urban neighborhood aimed at "combining the virtues of the historic city–intimacy, surprise and liveliness– with the density, ecology, light and comfort of the modern city."  © MVRDV  © MVRDV The form of the complex was determined by following four core principles: abundant daylight, natural ventilation, winter light access, and respect for neighbors. The resulting complex features angled cuts that offer views towards the river and the World Heritage Site-designated city center. Matching the language of the masterplan, the facades have been carved with 45 degree angles to open up the building in response to the climate and to create innovative housing arrangements. Along the riverfront, the complex's largest building will be adorned with a distinctive gold-splashed facade on several faces, as well as ceramic tiles to provide a textured effect. At the peak of the front building, the glass-enclosed rooftop restaurant will offer panoramic views of the city, while further into the site, the large public courtyard will offer a garden of alder and birch trees, intermixed with high grasses.  © MVRDV  © MVRDV "For the Bastide Niel master plan we make an update of the European city: based on the values of the historic city that is intimate, dense and mixed, whilst at the same time proposing new objectives like sunlight for all, even on the ground floor, new energy supplies with solar panels, integrated water system and more green spaces," explains MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas. "The concept of the cuts of the volumes is introduced here at Ilot Queyries which can be interpreted as a pilot project of the master plan Bastide Niel. Cuts in the volume allow the new qualities and allow adapting to the neighbours and mimic the height of nearby buildings. The result is 'a true Grande Dame' which stretches from very low pavilion-like housing towards the neighbourhoods at the back and more ambitious and monumental where the scale permits to do so, for example at the Garonne riverside facing the historic left bank." The Ilot Queyries project was selected as the winner of a competition in 2011, in which MVRDV collaborated with Marc Joubert (JA) on an overall plan for the site. Plot divisions were later made, with MVRDV leading the design of the main building and other plots being designed and developed by both Flint and JA. The landscape design is a collaboration including Sabine Haristoy and Flint.  © MVRDV The development joins a number of ongoing projects helmed by MVRDV in France, including a collective housing development in Rennes, a brownfield site regeneration plan in Caen, a restructuring of the Montparnasse Superblock in Paris, and the Part-Dieu shopping center in Lyon. Ilot Queyries is expected to be completed in mid 2019. News via MVRDV.
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| 8 Ways We Can Improve the Design of Our Streets for Protest Posted: 14 Jun 2017 02:30 AM PDT  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Once largely viewed as a fringe activity belonging to passionate extremists, protest is now—in the wake of a controversial new administration's ascension to power in the US and a heightened interest in politics globally—a commonplace occurrence, with a much broader participant base in need of places to gather and move en masse. This revitalized interest in protest was perhaps most visible on one particularly historic occasion: on January 21st, 2017, a record-breaking 4.2 million people took to the streets across the US to exercise their first-amendment rights. Women's marches took place on the frozen tundra (we have photographic evidence from a scientist in the Arctic Circle) and even in a Los Angeles cancer ward. But for the most part, these protests happened in the streets. In the first few months of 2017, the streets of our cities suddenly took center stage on screens across the world. From Washington to Seattle, Sydney to San Antonio, Paris to Fairbanks, broad boulevards and small town main streets were transformed from spaces for movement to places of resistance. From the Women's March on Washington to April's People's Climate March, protestors are looking for space to convene and advocate for the issues that matter most to them. In a thriving democracy, the need for protest shapes our public realm and vice versa. The design of our public realm informs the way we collectively bear witness to conflict and make our voices heard. The design of our streets, in particular, needs to accommodate a huge range of uses—from the activities of our most pedestrian of days to the influx of millions during extraordinary times. Many designers are asking these questions of each other, reiterating the potential impact design can have on our collective experience of public space during protest events. Just last month, Van Alen Institute held a flash competition inviting designers to come up with new ideas for improving the protest experience in New York City, yielding creative ideas like the use of enormous balloons to signal where protests are happening around the city. Interested in these notions, we reached out to a number of designers (landscape architects, urban designers and planners) who participated in one of the many nation-wide marches on January 21, and asked them about their experience. This included designers that marched in Austin, Boston, Oakland, Houston, Washington DC, New York City, Denver, and Chicago. We asked:
What follows are the recurring themes from their observations and speculative design provocations for each. The There ThereThere is meaning in place. That is to say, each march was intentionally planned to start or conclude in a specific, culturally significant physical setting. Usually, this involved an iconic piece of architecture or monument associated with government—Los Angeles' City Hall or Austin's State House, for instance. One DC marcher noted the powerful moment when the White House Lawn was opened to protesters. At the same time, participants at other marches noted the lack of this focus. For instance, Chicago's Grant Park and Boston's Commons became the epicenter in those cities, but lacked a specific point of arrival or were overwhelmed by crowds in a way that made the focus inaccessible. While seemingly obvious, this tells us that citizens see certain spaces as the place to talk to their leaders, where their voices are somehow more likely to be heard.  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if we expanded the "There There" to be less singular (ie not just "at the monument" but "toward the monument") and more intentionally designed for a procession? This could mean an orchestrated "parade route" replete with strategic plaza spaces—a gathering/launching place, a resting place or two and a finale space—and lined with supporting infrastructure (totems, banners, lighting). This would lengthen and enhance the experience for both marchers and those watching. Mine, Yours, and OursNearly every person, when asked to reflect on their experience, shared some intensely personal or profound moment. One woman recounted a chant for Sandra Bland on the streets of Austin and feeling overwhelmed by the way the sound carried to the sky. A man saw a woman in tears on a corner and had a moment of deep and unexpected empathy. Another person recounted hearing a young boy asking his mother questions about democracy, demonstrating wisdom well beyond his years. For many, the march was as personal as it was collective. For designers, this is a very interesting challenge—both for days of protest and for everyday use of our streets. How can we both enable a grand, civic, and flexible street while also allowing for the smaller, personal interactions? How can our great civic streets be both awe-inspiring, respectful of their role as foreground, while also being great places to hang out?  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if we enhanced the sense of everyday social interaction in ways both flexible and temporary? For instance—much like the famed Parking Day—underutilized spaces could become temporary gardens, dining terraces, recreational nooks and sitting spaces as needed. These could be easily disassembled or made denser on march days. Safety in NumbersSafety was at the forefront of many protesters' minds. Many discussed the challenges of the unexpectedly large crowds. There were moments of concern for personal safety: Will I be able to get out of this situation easily? What if it were hotter? What if I had a medical emergency? There were also concerns for crowd safety. One official in Austin noted a terrifying and fleeting thought: What if the protest becomes a target for some form of attack? Will we be able to protect all of these people? Others observed the historic design intent of these streets: Was this street designed to embrace protest or squash it? Was it made more for protecting the government or for creating a place for its people?  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if we integrated new technology to better visualize, connect and communicate on city streets? Imagine building facades becoming real-time screens for sharing information—tweets, emergency information, or instructions. The Devil is in the DetailsWhile masterplans may be laid out on tolerances of feet, streets are experienced in inches. Many observed the micro-scaled dimensions as critical. Disposition and heights of curbs—hardly noticeable topography on an average day—suddenly had a notable influence on crowd movements. Cross slopes that might feel negligible to a car in motion proved stressful over time to slow-moving human bodies. Participants pointed to medians, material changes, and even potholes as surprisingly disruptive. Perhaps most importantly, many talked about these micro-topographies and shifts as significant challenges for the less able-bodied, the wheelchair-bound, or those with strollers. The location of curb ramps alternately became welcomed moments of progress and unexpected bottlenecks.  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if our streets were designed with universal accessibility in mind? We could eliminate the seemingly small but significant barrier of the curb in favor of a much freer and open platform. Temporary furnishings or site elements could instead serve barrier and crowd control needs and virtually disappear during large gatherings. A Matter of ProportionWhile micro-conditions were noted frequently, more often than not, participants also used words like "grand" to describe the experience of the major march routes. Marchers expressed both gratitude (for civic leadership allowing for these kinds of assemblies to happen) and surprise (noting a kind of renewed awareness of the need for such spaces). More granularly, much discussion focused on the specific dimensions and proportions of the street itself. What is the ideal relationship between widths of sidewalks and street dimensions? Why is so much of the street given over to cars? In a 21st century city, what percentage of the street should "belong" to the bicycle, the pedestrian, the car, or transit?  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if our streets were not uniform from block to block, but instead richly diverse and changing places? Imagine a street where the travel lanes for cars, pedestrian spaces, and planted spaces were intermixed and interlaced. In a future with self-driving cars, a direct open route may no longer need to be our public priority! Getting HighMany respondents noted the value of elevation—both in terms of the ability for marchers to elevate themselves and for larger city-scaled elevation changes. Where marchers in Austin appreciated Congress Avenue's impressive topographic change (allowing an awesome and immediate scan of the crowd), participants in Houston lamented the relative flatness of the downtown streets (which minimized the ability to read the same). Protesters in Chicago celebrated simple street furniture, stairs, and sturdy trees—all of which provided places for rest, but also mechanisms for climbing to get a better view or take a place of prominence to lead a chant. Many noted the energy and excitement offered by upper-level terraces or balconies on buildings along the march routes, allowing a more three-dimensional and immersive participation and experience.  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if the experience of the street became more three-dimensional? Imagine tree houses, elevated catwalks, outdoor terraces, and public bridges—places to perch above and witness the life of the street. At the ground level, tiered seating elements and furnishings could enable more spectator space. The Art of the Long ViewIn places like Washington DC, Chicago and Austin, a series of very intentional relationships between building and open space drove the disposition of the city streets. Civic buildings and monuments of physical and symbolic prominence occupy high points or conclude long vistas. These relationships were noted in many different ways by march participants, but most frequently in a cinematographic way. Marchers used expressions like "turning a corner," "seeing anew," and "a dramatic vista." Beyond pure orientation—which was certainly useful in such large gatherings—these landmarks contributed to the human experience of the marches, buttressing for many a sense of purpose and pride of place. Marchers even noted far less monumental architecture along the route as well—buildings that offered visual interest, engaging ground floor uses, or various forms of integrated shelter (awnings, porticos, etc). These observations reinforce the importance of land use planning and design in creating buildings that reinforce civic identity.  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if our streets were designed as a visual feast, with a focus on the pedestrian as the dominant spectator? Imagine a street where one would promenade down the center, rather than the edges, and where lighting, paving and planting systems were designed to be provocative artful installations rather than purely functional elements. Throwing ShadeAs already noted, marches took place across the world in a wide range of climates—from the snowy sidewalks of Fairbanks, Alaska to the sunny streets of Rio de Janeiro. Nearly everyone we spoke to, regardless of the weather they experienced personally, noted the need for greater consideration of human comfort in the design of our streets. Marchers often struggled with a lack of a wide range of amenities—from drinking fountains, to public restrooms, and seating. Some noted the challenges associated with microclimate, observing strong differences between well-landscaped and treed spaces versus broad expanses of paving. Others described the splendor of unintentional amenities—like staircases intended for building entry becoming a place for sitting and viewing or planters serving as crowd control elements.  © Gina Ford and Martin Zogran Design Provocation: What if we reimagined streets as having ceilings—perhaps covered by temporary or visually porous canopies? These systems could help shade and cool the street while also becoming a canvas of sorts for projections and art. At the human scale, pavilions and small pieces of architecture located strategically along the street could offer other kinds of comforts—shade, restrooms, information, or concessions. In an era that seems poised to embrace new models of urban mobility—whether through the ever-promised driverless cars or a profound revolution in public transportation—the common space of our streets may soon be available for dramatic re-thinking. These provocations hopefully provide inspiration. In the meantime, it seems certain we will continue to see civic activity and protest in our streets. And as we prepare for these future events, we can consider January 21, 2017 positive proof that well-designed, multi-functional city streets are central to a thriving democracy. Gina Ford is a principal and landscape architect in Sasaki's Urban Studio. The Urban Studio is an energized and interdisciplinary group of practitioners solely dedicated to the improvement of quality of life in cities through rigorous planning, exceptional design, and strong community partnerships. Gina's work encompasses a wide range of scales and project types, from public parks and plazas to large-scale landscape planning and waterfront projects. She brings to each project a passion for the process of making vibrant landscape spaces—from the conceptual design to the details of implementation—with a particular focus on the life and use of urban, public environments. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| C2 House / ARCHITEKTI mikulaj & mikulajova Posted: 14 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT
 © Pato Safko From the architect. C2 House represents a family living in a quiet green neighbourhood for people who like spending their free time outdoors all year long. The main idea is the diffusion of spaces within the house and the garden. The atrium with a fireplace and a summer kitchen becomes the core of the family life.  © Pato Safko The project is based on an invited architectural competition. A quiet residential area lying close to the Váh River is a popular relaxation zone. The spacious flatland estate is located at the corner of a calm street in a built-up area of detached houses. The size of the plot makes it possible to divide the functions into two one-storey prisms: while the house communicates with the garden and with its surroundings, the nearby standing objects of the garage and the gym create a barrier from the northern neighbour.  © Pato Safko  Axonometric  © Pato Safko The outline of the house stands in the foreground; the garage is wrapped in the greenery and is pushed to the back. This is how a lovely entry zone has arisen in front of the house where the public and the private spheres intersect. We wanted to break the usual scheme of the street so common in Slovakia: when walking in the street, you just see garages in front and the houses are hidden behind them, what makes the street an unfriendly and anonymous environment.  © Pato Safko  Ground Floor Plan  © Pato Safko The family loves spending a lot of time outdoors. That is why our project offers a variety of spaces for staying outdoors: from the main open garden and the stone garden between two houses, to a spacious loggia with the view to huge trees by the river, and the atrium which becomes the centre of family life and the architectural accent of the house.  © Pato Safko The inner layout of the house logically follows the conditions of its environment and the way of life of its inhabitants. The main living space and the private zone of the parents are both directly connected with the loggia and the garden. The afternoon sun enters the living room through the atrium. With an outdoor fireplace, a summer kitchen and a sun shade, the atrium becomes an exterior living room which can be used all year long. Children's rooms are intentionally located close to the entrance, creating an autonomous space.  © Pato Safko The material scheme of the house evokes the warm atmosphere of family living. We have chosen natural materials which will look even more charming over the years. Siberian larch wood and COR-TEN dominate on the facades. The wood fluently continues into the interior of the house, supporting the idea of the connection between the outside and inside and giving this home a unique and cosy atmosphere. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2017 01:15 AM PDT  Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, pluming smoke. Photograph taken at 06.15 BST on the 14th June 2017. Image © Selim Halulu A 24-storey residential tower—Grenfell House—in North Kensington, London, has been subject to a devastating fire and subsequent loss of life. At the time of reporting, twelve people have died as a result of the blaze (a number which is expected to rise) and, according to the BBC, "more than 70 people [are currently being] treated at five London hospitals" with "20 in critical care." (The London Ambulance Service have since confirmed that 64 people are currently being treated at six hospitals.) 200 firefighters in 45 fire engines attended the scene following reports of fire at around 0100 local time. The building, originally constructed in 1974, underwent a restoration by Studio E [at this time their website is not responding] "less than two years ago," reports the Architects' Journal. In 2012, Building Design reported that Studio E had been appointed to refurbish Grenfell to the tune of £8.6million ($11million). This commission was to involve "energy efficiency improvements and improvements to public space at ground level" – "the tower will be fitted with external cladding to provide a rain screen and flats will receive double glazing. Flats will also be fitted with new heating and water systems." As told to the BBC and reported in the Architects' Journal, Member of Parliament, former firefighter and Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims Mike Penning said that he "believed the cladding used on the exterior of the building [to be] responsible for spreading the fire." Situation at 04.47 BST Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, ablaze and pluming smoke. Image © Selim Halulu Situation at 05.34 BST Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, pluming smoke. Image © Selim Halulu Situation at 05.39 BST Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, pluming smoke. Image © Selim Halulu Situation at 05.48 BST Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, pluming smoke. Image © Selim Halulu Worryingly, it appears that a local activist group called the "Grenfell Action Group", formed in 2010, had raised explicit concerns about the safety of residents in the tower in case of fire – warnings which, in their words, "fell on deaf ears." A blog post from the group, published at 05.00 local time today, reads:
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| Safdie Architects’ Changi Airport Will Host World's Tallest Indoor Waterfall Posted: 14 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT The world's largest indoor waterfall is currently being built in Singapore's new Jewel Changi Airport extension. Designed by Safdie Architects, the spheroid-shaped dome will be a new luxury lifestyle destination for one of the world's busiest airports and is a feat of engineering and sustainability. At approximately 134,000 sqm in size, the Jewel offers a range of facilities including airport services, indoor gardens, shopping and leisure attractions – including a canopy park in the upper levels of the dome.The 40m-tall waterfall is designed by water design firm WET, whose commissions include the Bellagio fountains and Burj Khalifa. Dubbed the Rain Vortex, the ambitious cascade will be the centerpiece for the project's "Forest Valley" urban garden. Check out the video above. Singapore's Changi Airport is currently under construction, expecting completion in early 2019.
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| Wooden Installation in Logroño is a Tribute to Spanish Wine Posted: 13 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Concéntrico is Logroño’s Architecture and Design Festival. It is open to residents of the city and visitors from elsewhere, and it aims to discover and rediscover spaces of interest in the city’s Historic Center. The Festival invites attendees to tour these spaces through installations that create a connection between inner courtyards, tucked-away spaces and small plazas that, in the day-to-day, tend to go unnoticed. Since 2015 Concéntrico is being organized by La Rioja Architects Cultural Foundation (Fundación Cultural de los Arquitectos de La Rioja, FCAR), along with Javier Peña Ibáñez, the promotor of the initiative, and in collaboration with the local government of Logroño, Garnica and the Integral Design Center of La Rioja (Centro de Diseño Integral de La Rioja, CEdiR). Its goal is to prompt reflection on the city through architectural and design proposals. In this context, DP Architects presents an ephemeral intervention in the city of Logroño. The aims of "Cada cuba huele al vino que tiene" is to be a tribute to the wine of La Rioja, soil, climate and grapes, but also the wooden barrels used in the wine’s maturation. The intervention at Revellín PlazaConcéntrico 03 open two competitions in 2017, only one opened out of Spain: Design competition and intervention at Revellín Plaza at Concéntrico 03: The competition is open to any creators (individuals or collectives) who propose ephemeral interventions within any of the disciplines of art, design and architecture. We propose the creation of an ephemeral architectural intervention at Revellín Plaza; this intervention will be part of the architectural collection of seven installations and one pavilion; this collection will be set up in different locations throughout the city’s Historic Center for the duration of the Festival. The competition encompasses both the design of the intervention and the subsequent construction and disassembly of the same by the winning team.  © Josema Cutillas Winning designThe competition calls for an intervention within the historic Plaza del Revellin in Logrono, Spain. The Intervention is sponsored by Garnica, who are providing 20 sheets of Poplar Plywood (1.2m x 2.4m) out of which the intervention is to be constructed. We wished for our design to heavily reference the local culture of Logrono, which sits at the heart of Spain’s Rioja region.  © Josema Cutillas "Cada cuba huele al vino que tiene" or The Cooper’s Cabin, is a devotional space dedicated to Rioja wine. It is a pure distillation of the not only the region; its soil, climate and grapes but also the wooden barrels used in the wine’s maturation. Formally, each Cabin has been designed as a deconstructed wine barrel, with 16mm poplar plywood forming the staves and riveted 3mm plywood rings acting as hoops holding the whole construction together. The inside face of the wood has been stained a deep purple with the wine of the surrounding vineyards.  © DP Architects Experientially, each Cabin is entered ceremonially through a low door. Your eyes are directed towards the ground where a wine hued light represents the earth, then as you stand you see the sky above framed in a hooped oculus. As you begin to look about you notice the deep colour of the wood around you and then the scent of the wine soaked wood. It is an all-encompassing sensory experience which makes you a part of Logroño and the Rioja region.  © Josema Cutillas  © DP Architects The 7 Cooper’s Cabins each represent a town within the Rioja region, the three largest are for Haro, Calahora and Logroño, with the smaller towns being represented by smaller Cabins. As you move between each Cabin, you start to get an understanding of the region and the interconnectedness of the different climates, grape varieties and wineries.  © DP Architects As you explore deeper and enter each Cabin, you will notice that they have each been stained with the wine of their area, their colours vary and create an interesting diversity to be discovered whilst traversing the installation. This method of staining also imbues the wood with the wine’s scent and creates a heady and exciting environment which moves beyond the purely visceral, and into a fully immersive sensory space. At this point the Cabins take on a devotional aspect; each one a temple to wine, the land and the communities that made it possible. You enter each pavilion through a low door, bowing respectfully as you breach the interior space. Inside, the space is shaded by the rich, darkened, wine stained wood, shadows play across the surfaces and a wine heavy air pervades the space.  © Josema Cutillas  © DP Architects At your feet is a circular light which glows wine red and casts a ceremonial light about the space. This light represents the earth from which the grapes grew. As you look up, you see the sky framed in a hooped oculus, a reminder of the climate and weather which make the land so fruitful. At night, the whole of Revellín Plaza takes on a reverential glow. The Tempranillo lights shine out from within the large Cabins, and a series of long interconnected shadows intersect the space. This network of light and shadow is at once striking for its dynamism and the abstractness of the forms which it creates, but it also hints at the interconnectedness of systems that make the wine of the region possible. From the fertility of the soil, the warmth of the climate, the rainfall, the ability of the Rioja communities to sustain for generations and to begin anew.  © DP Architects Note from the Jury:
DP ArchitectsFounded in 1967, DP Architects was one of the firms responsible for the urban landscape of Singapore. Now a leading architectural practice in Asia with over 1,300 staff and 17 offices worldwide, the firm provides a range of services from architecture, urban planning, landscape design, infrastructure design, engineering, sustainable design and interior design to project management. DP Architects has a long history in a wide variety of projects with a particular expertise in vast undertakings such as Suntec City, Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay and The Dubai Mall. Current landmark projects include Resorts World Sentosa and Singapore Sports Hub. The firm was founded with a deep concern for the built environment and the need to create architecture of excellence that enriches the human experience and spirit. Sensitive to their context and the environment, DP Architects’ projects aim to improve the quality of life of the people using the buildings and spaces.  © Josema Cutillas Year of Completion: 2017 This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Loud Shadows / Plastique Fantastique Posted: 13 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Marco Canevacci
 © Jelte Keur From the architect. LOUD SHADOWS is a collage made by artists coming from different backgrounds: dance, music, architecture.  © Marco Canevacci  Plan  © Marco Canevacci The architecture of Plastique Fantastique is monumental, yet mobile, soft and transparent. It's ephemeral skin influences the environment as much as its inner space offers a lucid view outwards. It is the preferred place to merge dance (LeineRoebana) and music ( Kate Moore, The Stolz), and challenge the perception of time.  © Marco Canevacci This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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