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- ELDMØLLA Sauna / Arkitekt August Schmidt + Workshop NTNU-Trondheim + Arnstein Gilberg + Ina Samdal
- House Sher / Eftychis Architects
- Backyard House / AD+studio
- Frank Bartlett Memorial Library and Moe Service Centre / fjmt
- Chongqing Central Park Life Experience Center / gad
- The Pool House / Luigi Rosselli Architects
- A New Giant Sets Foot in NYC: Meganom’s Skyscraper Design Unveiled
- VTN Architects Design Stacked Glass Block Headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City
- Wulf House / Pe+Br+Re arquitectos
- MoMA Completes First Phase of Renovations, Reveals Designs for Extension by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Gensler
- Google Unveils Images of its New BIG and Heatherwick-Designed London Campus
- Train Stop U5 Line / Just/Burgeff Architekten
- Snøhetta Envisions Riverwalk Masterplan on Industrial Site at Oregon's Willamette Falls
- House in Achladies / Lydia Xynogala
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- A Library of Downloadable Architecture Drawings in DWG Format
- Spotlight: Norman Foster
| Posted: 01 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Bieke Claessens
 © Bieke Claessens From the architect. Very little has been done to the exterior envelope of this extended farm building in the Pajote district of Belgium, just to the southwest of Brussels. Upon closer examination, though, one can see that a large square window has been added, with a horizontal window cut into the entire façade of the largest shed. These new openings are evidence that a certain amount of tinkering has gone on with these free-standing angular farm buildings which are a familiar element in the landscape, providing home and office of the owner, a veterinarian, and their family.  © Bieke Claessens A few outbuildings were removed but most else was kept. Rough brick facades and angled beams were not treated as defects, but as details that give this architecture its identity. The façade can be read as the development phases of this farm. The low ceiling was raised so that an extra row of window openings brings light into the living room. An existing rear door is provided with a window opening, in order to provide a view of an old tree.  © Bieke Claessens  Floor 00  © Bieke Claessens Very little was added: an external wall was constructed to close off the building to the street and to create a fully-fledged farmstead with a courtyard. This was not simply a case of making the buildings but bringing the house together into a cohesive whole. Like an island in a landscape: a landscape permanently altered by the passing of the seasons.  © Bieke Claessens This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ELDMØLLA Sauna / Arkitekt August Schmidt + Workshop NTNU-Trondheim + Arnstein Gilberg + Ina Samdal Posted: 01 Jun 2017 08:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim
.jpg?1496274166 "Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim") Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim From the architect. The project consists of a small sauna with dressing room in conjunction with a rest stop at the Leirhol summer farm in Vang, Valdres. It has a primary footprint of approximately ve square meters, and a heigth of approximately four and a half meters.  Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim For its main concept, the project draws inspiration from the local typology "Kvern- hus" which is a small, traditional mill in conjunction with a stream or river, where water is channeled inside the structure to turn the millstones and grind grains into our.  Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim The organizational heart of the project is the position of the sauna at the top of the building. By giving the key function the most impressive placement, the lower level can be open and the room that forms on the ground oor is neither entirely enclosed nor fully exposed to the elements, but enters into a relationship with its surroundings, to the water that rushes underneath the building and the impressive mountain views that can be seen through the openings in the supporting frames. The hot air rises to the top, where internal and external cladding blocks out the elements, ensuring an authentic sauna experience. The bridge that stretches across the crack in the rock makes it possible for tourists and hikers to cross the stream  Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim of water, while simultaneously allowing water to ow within it, collecting in a small basin within the changing room of the sauna. The complete expression of the project is a structure that relates to the tall, open spaces between the mountains, and the energetic, rushing water that falls into the valley below.  Cross Section The project was designed and planned by an international student group at NTNU in the period February-May, culminating in a two-week construction period where the students, together with teachers and the owner experienced the challenges of building in a remote location, and learning how to solve the unforeseen issues that arise when drawings and reality are in con ict with each other, as well as providing the students with a real-world relationship with construction and materials. The building is built in timber, with slender timber frames as the primary structural elements of the sauna. The bridge is constructed from massive wood elements fabricated by the students on the building site.  Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim The owner was interested in a structure that could bene t from the natural sur- roundings of the site, its proximity to hiking paths and the posibilities for ice-clim- bing in the winter, to build something that could be enjoyed by tourists and farm workers both summer and winter.  Courtesy of Workshop NTNU-Trondheim This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House Sher / Eftychis Architects Posted: 01 Jun 2017 07:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Eftychis Architects
 Courtesy of Eftychis Architects From the architect. House is defined along an axis which separates the living areas on the south side and the Gym and guest bedroom on the north.  Courtesy of Eftychis Architects The linear axis is pronounced by a tower-like lobby and ends with a natural filtered eco-pool as the focal point. Concrete and facebrick walls flank the space from which a steel staircase hangs from steel dowels defined by the meandering skylight above.  Courtesy of Eftychis Architects The overhanging bedrooms above create covered ,outdoor and shaded spaces below. Large glazed sliding doors and black terrazzo floors throughout expose the interior spaces into a seamless veranda and covered patio which lends itself perfectly to the outdoor lifestyle of South Africa.  Ground floor plan  First floor plan The materials (steel, concrete and facebrick ) remain honest in their form allowing the building to age gracefully in time.  Courtesy of Eftychis Architects The sculpted structural concrete pillars and beams and elegant steel pilotis (gestural in their form and function) ,delicately "carry " the bedrooms above.  Courtesy of Eftychis Architects This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2017 03:00 PM PDT  © Dũng Huỳnh
 © Dũng Huỳnh "Nhà phố" – a kind of architectural feature of Ho Chi Minh city has been built rapidly in bulk in the correspondence with the city's development and the society's need.  © Dũng Huỳnh In addition to the intended use, some of the townhouses are being used as a business base; they come out in a rush and are operated almost the same based on the constructors and investors' using habit and living environment. It has led to the result that there is little change in the building's plan: the atrium and stair are arranged in the middle of the house, dividing the house into two separate parts. This arrangement since then has created many problems in terms of ventilation and lighting as well as the privacy of the surrounding living spaces but there is still no reasonable solution.  Model Located in a closed neighborhood, it is an old townhouse with four floors arranged crosswise with the stair in the center; close to it are high-rise buildings.  © Dũng Huỳnh  © Dũng Huỳnh In the situation that three facades are covered, the basic concept is to move the atrium to the end of the house, creating the main axis for the whole building, in order to satisfy the ventilation and lighting needs as well as establish a connection between spaces.
The ground floor of the atrium is a small garden which is located in the most disadvantage position of the work. The renovation method is to design a block that changes its cote from high to low in order to optimize the nature light for the greenery at this place.  © Dũng Huỳnh From the first floor appears an extra atrium in the middle of the house, playing a role as a buffer zone for the bedrooms in the front and the common space in the back. This common space is closely connected to the main atrium by the vertical route to exploit the ventilation and lighting efficiency.  © Dũng Huỳnh On the top of the house, there is a staircase which can rotate to the roof's slope direction and can flexibly close or open. The whole roof is a combination of kitchen garden, greenery, water and different coted-buffer zones, this roof slope gently down to the lotus pond with glass bottom, where sunlight is diffuse to spaces below.  © Dũng Huỳnh This project is designed for a family of six – three generations living and working altogether. The variety in needs and objects is also a data that need to be handle to make the designing method more abundant and lively.  © Dũng Huỳnh The house is separated into two parts: private and common space by their height. Ground floor is used for clinic and garage performs a role as a lobby lounge at several times in a day.  © Dũng Huỳnh Kitchen and dining room – the most used spaces – are arranged in the center of the house, on the story between the clinic and living room. This is the place where family members communicate with each other directly or indirectly through the sense of hearing, smelling and seeing; it is also a place for gathering at lunch time – a time that light from the pond deeply shines into the space and moves on the raw brick wall surface at the end of the house.
Stairs change from floor to floor, around the main and extra atrium to make a lively adventure through spaces; there, the change of material, the movement of greenery, the variety of light will enrich the user's sensation.  © Dũng Huỳnh This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Frank Bartlett Memorial Library and Moe Service Centre / fjmt Posted: 01 Jun 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Nick Doolan
 © John Gollings "It's clear that the community space …[and] library, [are] both an extension of the town of Moe, and Moe an extension of them. The Community Centre really does belong to the people of Moe." - Sally-Anne Watson Kane, Blogger and local resident  © Nick Doolan Situated in a sweeping valley surrounded by prominent mountain ranges, the small regional town of Moe in Victoria's Gippsland is viewed as the poor cousin of its neighbours. Unemployment is high and there has been no recent development with residents having to travel for key services. There was a real sense of expectation when the hoarding came down at the old car park site on the rail line as the new library and community building were unveiled.  © John Gollings A gently curved and stepped platform of landscape and concrete follows the line of the railway, shielding the noise and impact of the trains while opening up to the town centre to create a new sunlit public square and community focus. Suspended above this curved podium and dramatically cantilevering over the pubic space are two timber clad volumes oriented directly down the main street, and forming a focus for this civic vista.  Ground Floor Plan These wooden portals that frame views to the mountains, placed carefully on a landscaped platform that form the public square have created a new civic heart and identity for the town of Moe. It is truly a place for everyone to feel welcome and included, a place that brings the community together and that marks the shared aspirations of the town.  © John Gollings Moe has a new sense of place and a new way to appreciate its natural beauty. Officially named the Frank Bartlett Library and Service Centre, the project has reinvigorated a town previously bifurcated by the rail line and lacking a central community gathering space. Dubbed simply 'the community centre' by locals, the building provides a strong and vibrant civic heart uniting all demographics and connecting dislocated precincts of the town.  © John Gollings The community is embracing opportunities for markets, festival and public events. Latrobe City Council has invited residents to use the facilities to start community groups based on their personal interests, and enjoy the dynamic space designed to be led and owned by locals. During construction, locally sourced materials and trades were used encouraging sustainable outcomes and boosting the local economy.  © John Gollings Within a modest budget, the architecture seeks an inviting and open monumentality; a significance and dignity; achieved through a sensitive urban transformation and carefully crafted materials and assembly.  © Nick Doolan This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Chongqing Central Park Life Experience Center / gad Posted: 01 Jun 2017 12:00 PM PDT  © Yi Fan
From the architect. The core of the design stands in "Mountains and Waters, the poetic Chongqing" which highlights the spectacular landscape of Chongqing's mountains and waters and the humanity features of the city by scripting in an abstract and emotional way. A sales centre as it is, its design features artistic characters and purity more than its functionality.  © Yi Fan Open | Light Stretch, Close to Nature Site and Strategy In the north of the mountain and south of the Central Park, we try to look for an etheral realm in the city wih the theme of "Floating Realm." Based on the disparties between the building and land areas, it spreads the building on one layer to echo the enormousness of the Central Park. The main entrance is slightly backward. With large waterscape and multi-level green plant, it forms a public open landscape square and a shared city. Determine the basic shape with the crossing angles of the city roads and raise the base for two meters to indicate the presence of the building. Landscape is introduced to get close to nature.
Cohesion | Quiet Flowing, Free in the Mind Space and Facade Six different functional buildings enclose inward-style courtyard space, and wrap-around dynamic line layout. It emphasizes the interactive experience between the infield and the visitors. With a 27-meter, only 350mm-thin metal eave on the roof, it governs the shape elements, and enhances the light feature of the architecture. The strongly stretching coherent shape relationship, and concise and clear narrative dynamic line, divide the huge site into multiple scene experience. The quiet and restrained atrium space becomes the heart of the park vision and spirit.  © Yi Fan The unevenly transparent vitreous blocks, corresponding to different functional place experience. The modern materials and processes, show a rich scene effect in the light and shadow. The identification of the building structure and components emphasizes the exquisite and delicate sense of space. Between heaven and earth, you can enjoy the floating realm in light and shadow.  © Yi Fan Rich | Gentle and Powerful, Making the Finishing Point Interior Space The original space is quite high and is expected to be adjusted to a height that is more comfortable for living during the process of interior design. Thus "buildings in buildings"-method was adopted not only to adopt the height, but also serve as an abstract reflection of the complicated but intriguing skyline and the dimensional transportation system of Chongqing.  © Yi Fan "Mountains" are mostly presented through the application of polygon blocks including the entity blocks at the entrance; the flowers in the project display area are inverted and hollowed blocks; the partition wall in the discussion area used light and vivid blocks that represent the concept of "virtual". The sales centre itself is connected by the blocks dodging and weaving through the entire space, delivering fascinating variations to the originally wide and open building.  © Yi Fan "Waters", on the other hand, are shown by collaging textured stones material in irregular shapes in the color of grey. The delivered flowing feeling of water makes the sand table in the project display area an island in the water while the stainless-steel institutions act as pebbles, thus picturing a beautiful dynamic landscape that also bears static features.  © Yi Fan The discussion area has two overhead layers inside. Using blocks and wooden partials, the space is divided into different parts in an interesting way. In the meantime, these divides also serve as "bridges", which is an essential element of Chongqing. This "bridge" concept not only separate the space, but also re-allocate the original oversize space in the most possible and appropriate way, providing calming environment for those who live in it. The design of this whole space is light, dynamic and poetic.  © Yi Fan Pure | Ethereal Existence, Boundless Realm Between Scenarios It is public and open with restraint and cohesion, light stretch with rich changes, reserved and ethereal with moderate gentleness. For such an urban architectural opuscule blending into the mountain city life, we hope it reshapes a restrained, reserved and rich cultural space in the changing of time and space; it interweaves the prospects and imagination of the mountain city life in the traditional and regional collision.  © Yi Fan This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Pool House / Luigi Rosselli Architects Posted: 01 Jun 2017 10:00 AM PDT  © Justin Alexander
 © Justin Alexander From the architect. The wraparound swimming pool plays the starring role in these alterations and additions and becomes the architectural pivot that binds one hundred years of history.  Sketch The organic two-storey addition at the back of a single storey 1910 cottage is surrounded by a swimming pool and the water is the focus that holds the two distinct sections of the house together.  © Justin Alexander  Ground Floor Plan  © Justin Alexander By extending the front veranda out to the side of the original cottage it provides a tandem carport, reinforcing the street presence and proportions. Old building techniques were adopted to construct this section, while at the rear cantilevered technology, motorised sliding louvre screens and large plate glass windows give this house a very liveable, comfortable addition The substantial cantilevered first floor master bedroom provides shade and a rainproof cover to the outdoor terrace, an elliptical stair connects the old and the new: the first floor bedrooms and the ground floor spaces.  © Justin Alexander This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A New Giant Sets Foot in NYC: Meganom’s Skyscraper Design Unveiled Posted: 01 Jun 2017 09:30 AM PDT  Courtesy of Meganom Moscow-based architecture practice Meganom has unveiled their design for a supertall luxury skyscraper in Manhattan. The parcel, on 262 Fifth Avenue is located in the city's NoMad neighborhood near Madison Square Park. The developer, Israeli-Russian Boris Kuzinez from Five Points Development is the owner of the parcel and had submitted plans in September 2016. Kuzinez and Meganom have previously worked together on several projects, including the award-winning Tsvetnoy Central Market in Moscow. 262 Fifth Avenue will be the debut project in the U.S. for both, and the skyscraper will be the tallest ever built by a Russian architect in America.  Courtesy of Meganom Rising to a height of 1,001 feet, the residential skyscraper is one of many set to arrive on the Manhattan skyline, such as Herzog and de Meuron's 56 Leonard Street and Raphael Viñoly's Park Avenue. The unique structural system separating the buildings core (elevators, mechanical systems, etc.) from its living spaces allows for flexible full-floor residences views unobstructed by any columns.  Courtesy of Meganom Viewed form the outside, the towers' eastern façade will be made from aluminium and glass, with perforated oversized "porthole" shaped windows. A metal frame perched at the top of the skyscraper will host an arched observation deck for residents. Integration of existing buildings is also incorporated in the design:  Courtesy of Meganom  Courtesy of Meganom
Meganom was founded in 1998, led by founder Yury Grigoryan and co-founder Ilya Kuleshov, with Elena Uglovskaya and Artem Staborovsky. A relative unknown to the West, Meganom has achieved great success in Russia with a number of high profile projects. Recent Meganom commissions in Moscow include the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts extension, the renovation of the Kremlin Museum, the urban redevelopment strategy for the Moscow River, the new masterplan and pavilions for Gorky Park, and the transformation of Moscow's former ZiL auto factory. Demolition has begun on site, paving the way for the tower to set foot as the newest of NYC's slender giants. News via: Meganom.
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| VTN Architects Design Stacked Glass Block Headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City Posted: 01 Jun 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Exterior Night View. Image Courtesy of VTN Architects VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects) has revealed plans for the Nanoco Head Office, a stacked glass box structure that will house the headquarters and flagship showroom for electrical corporation Fortune Electric. Known for their implementation of greenery into their elevations and roofscapes, VTN's scheme introduces a new element into their typical palette, a glass block facade that will allow the building to turn into a neighborhood beacon in the evenings.  Entrance View. Image Courtesy of VTN Architects The 10-story tower is broken down into a 4-story showroom on the lower levels, and office space in the upper 6 floors. Unlike a standard showroom, the space has been designed to integrate a central public space that can serve as a platform for creative community activity. A large glass curtain wall entrance will invite in passers-by, directing visitors to the adaptive community space immediately inside. Along the front of the building, a atrium with spiral staircases will provide vertical circulation, enhancing interaction between the floors and the public space. The landmark facade has been designed to act as a filter to optimize climatic and visual conditions. Its translucency will diffuse the intense direct sunlight during the daytime, while allowing the building to glow softly on the street during the night. Reduced solar heat gain from thermal transmission will allow the building to achieve lower energy consumption levels than buildings will traditional glazed facades.  Exterior Day View. Image Courtesy of VTN Architects As well as enhancing the ambient conditions of the building, the signature use of greenery is specifically targeted toward its wider urban context. "In the center of Ho Chi Minh City, green coverage ratio is only 0.25%, which is remarkably low in comparison to other Asian megacities. This lack of greenery causes various social problems such as air pollution, overheat, and flood," explain the architects.  Interior Showroom. Image Courtesy of VTN Architects "Therefore, we are aiming to bring green space back to the city by accommodating as much greenery as possible in the building. This project has been designed towards a harmony between humans and nature, providing a better working environment. Taking advantage of its high visibility, it is expected to present an exemplary architecture for sustainable development." "Under the rapidly-growing economy, the cities in Vietnam has been developed without long-term perspective or pursuing physical quality. However, in the end, it is extremely uneconomical and gives a huge impact on the environment. The challenge of the project is to improve its maintainability and quality of construction, aiming to the durable architecture that could last for hundreds of years."  Interior Office. Image Courtesy of VTN Architects The project is currently under construction. News via VTN Architects.
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| Wulf House / Pe+Br+Re arquitectos Posted: 01 Jun 2017 08:00 AM PDT  © Nico Saieh
 © Nico Saieh From the architect. Wulf House is a 380 m2 single family home, located in the town of Quilanto, Frutillar.  © Nico Saieh The land and the surroundings gave the possibility of combining aspects related to the view and landscape along with achieving a site that favors energy efficiency aspects in terms of solar exposure, and related to strong rain and wind in winter.  Section The lands steep slope defines a natural balcony towards Lake Llanquihue which was used to define 3 levels that allow to make the most of the land. These levels also allow the distribution and organization of space requirements according to their use and character. The distribution is defined by a central floor with access and common use spaces, from which you can go up to a second floor with bedrooms and roof decks, or go down to a basement with specific use spaces such as offices and a workshop.  © Nico Saieh The definition of levels and sub levels is also extrapolated to the ceilings which are determined as habitable surfaces generating a fourth level viewpoint, where the condition of a balcony viewpoint overlooking the lake and volcanoes is accentuated.  © Nico Saieh These three floor levels are distributed along a circulation structure, defining a floor that is oriented in all its length towards the north, cutting this predominant wind, defining two main facades exposed towards the west and the east.This exposure determines the program distribution according to the light requirements and its daytime use. The main living places and bedrooms are towards the east, and the work spaces and complementary areas towards the west.  © Nico Saieh  1st Level  © Nico Saieh Different construction systems are chosen and combined according to their role and location on the land. The construction grows from a semi-buried reinforced concrete base which determines and serves as base to the rest of the house that is built on a metallic structural skeleton, which is supported and complemented by wooden structures. The insulation systems are thermal and cellulose enclosure. These are relevant in complementing the energy efficient aspects designed for this purpose and are combined with control systems and domotics that coordinate all the specialties.  © Nico Saieh This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT At this morning's press event, The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) unveiled the completed renovations to the east end of its museum campus, while also revealing for the first time the full design of their multi-year expansion project designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. With the completion of the east wing renovation, which began in February 2016, the museum has created two spacious third-floor galleries by reconfiguring 15,000 square feet of space, allowing for better flexibility in installing the collection and temporary exhibitions.  View of the restored Bauhaus staircase, with Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Stairway (1932). Image © Iwan Baan Additionally, the building's historic Bauhaus staircase has been extended to the ground level, enhancing access to the second floor, where Cafe 2 has been renovated and a new museum store and espresso bar will offer visitors views into the The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Gardens. On the ground floor a new first floor lounge will provide indoor seating with visual connections to the sculpture garden, while improvements to amenities including restrooms and a new street level coat check will enhance the overall visitor experience.  View of The Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin Lounge. Image © Iwan Baan  View of the second floor looking east with new Museum Store, espresso bar and The Daniel and Jane Och Lounge. Image © Iwan Baan The first exhibition to utilize the new third-floor galleries will be the upcoming Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive, scheduled to open June 12. The exhibition will take a retrospective look at Wright's storied career on the 150th anniversary of his birth, featuring over 450 architectural drawings, models, fragments, films, furniture and more, including a number of pieces that have never before been publicly exhibited.  North/south section-perspective through the new gallery spaces at The Museum of Modern Art, looking east along 53 Street. Image © 2017 Diller Scofidio + Renfro The full expansion plan, which will extend into the currently under-construction 53 W 53 (designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel), will add more than 100,000 square feet to the museum, including 50,000 square feet of gallery space (for a total of 175,00 square feet throughout the campus) and 22,000 square feet of public space (for a total of 109,000). According to MoMA, the project is aimed at addressing three main goals: "to increase gallery space and allow the Museum to exhibit significantly more of its diverse collection in deeper and more interdisciplinary ways, to provide visitors with a more welcoming and comfortable experience, and to better connect the Museum to the urban fabric of midtown Manhattan."  Stacked plans highlighting the new and renovated spaces at The Museum of Modern Art. Image © 2017 Diller Scofidio + Renfro The expansion will allow the museum to completely redesign the circulation path through the campus, opening up the western portion to be nearly entirely dedicated to the display of art. A variety of spaces of different heights will interlock vertically, some of which will be lit naturally for the display of paintings and sculpture, and others equipped for performance or film. "The design optimizes current spaces to be more flexible and technologically sophisticated, and creates more areas for visitors to pause and reflect," the museum explains. "The 50,000 square feet of gallery space being added in the western portion of the building will enable MoMA to realize a long-held aspiration: to present significantly more of its collection through a series of fluid, interconnected narratives of modern and contemporary art across all mediums. The new galleries will provide an opportunity to reimagine the display of the Museum's collection and showcase its depth, breadth, complexity, and diversity through a greater use of interdisciplinary installations, while also having rotating spaces devoted to specific mediums, including photography, architecture, and design."  Elevation of The Museum of Modern Art on 53 Street with cutaway view below street level. Image © 2017 Diller Scofidio + Renfro The expansion will also include a slate of new street-level galleries connecting to the MoMA Design and Book Store, which will feature a full-height glass wall to better connect the museum to the streetscape. The entire first floor of the museum, including the new galleries, will be completely open to the public, free of charge. Elizabeth Diller, partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, said: "This project has called on us to work across MoMA's rich architectural history, incorporating the Museum's existing building blocks into a comprehensible whole through careful and deliberate interventions into previous logics, as well as the construction of new logics that arise from MoMA's current aspirations. This work has required the curiosity of an archeologist and the skill of a surgeon. The improvements will make the visitor experience more intuitive and relieve congestion, while a new circulation network will knit together the expansion spaces with the lobbies, the theaters, and the Sculpture Garden to create a contiguous, free public realm that bridges street to street and art to city." "The design integrates the various facets of the Museum's architectural history, creating a distinct clear-glass façade on 53rd Street that complements the existing Goodwin and Stone, Johnson, and Taniguchi buildings and invites a more open dialogue between interior and exterior spaces."  View of The Louise Reinhardt Smith Gallery, including Lawrence Weiner's SLOW CORROSION LEADING TO A LOSS OF INHERENT DIGNITY OF THE OBJECT AT HAND (1985). Image © Iwan Baan The expansion project is expected to open in 2019. To mark the occasion, the entire Museum will be configured to display pieces from the collection, resulting in the largest individual display of collection works in the museum's history. News via MoMA.
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| Google Unveils Images of its New BIG and Heatherwick-Designed London Campus Posted: 01 Jun 2017 06:30 AM PDT  Courtesy of Google Google has submitted the design for its new London office to Camden Council for planning approval. Designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio, the 11-story "groundscraper" design will be located in King's Cross, and will combine with their existing office at 6 Pancras Square and a third, forthcoming building to create a campus for up to 7,000 Google employees.  Courtesy of Google The images released show a design comprised of stacked layers with shifting heights and protrusions across the long, low-slung building. Materials for the building will be sourced through Google's healthy materials program. The design is a very different take on a campus for the tech giant than the tent-like design proposed by the same design team for Google's Campus in Mountain View, California.  Courtesy of Google "As my home and the home of my studio for more than 15 years, I have a close relationship with King's Cross," said Thomas Heatherwick. "The area is a fascinating collision of diverse building types and spaces and I can't help but love this mix of massive railway stations, roads, canals and other infrastructure all layered up into the most connected point in London. Influenced by these surroundings, we have treated this new building for Google like a piece of infrastructure too, made from a family of interchangeable elements which ensure that the building and its workspace will stay flexible for years to come."  Courtesy of Google "Our design for the new Google Campus at King's Cross is rooted in the local character of the area, taking advantage of the contextually defined building envelope while creating continuously cascading work environments that will connect Googlers across multiple floors," added Bjarke Ingels. "By opening up the ground floor and activating the roofscape, the light and airy workspaces are sandwiched between the terraced gardens on the roof, and market halls, auditoria and shops on the ground." News via Google.  Courtesy of Google This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Train Stop U5 Line / Just/Burgeff Architekten Posted: 01 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Kirsten Bucher
 © Kirsten Bucher From the architect. The heavily used local train service between Frankfurt city center and the district of Preungesheim is being upgraded to provide barrier-free access. Just/Burgeff Architect's design for the "Glauburgstrasse" stop on the U5 line emerged from a design-and-build competition organized by VGF, Frankfurt's public transport company. Informed by the particular urban situation of this stop, an idea developed that goes beyond simply providing a platform and shelter for the waiting passengers.  Diagrams Separated functionally from the actual roadway, the offset platforms – for inbound and outbound trains – open up to the immediate environment: Steps and ramps unfold from the narrow confines to create an urban landscape, giving dynamism and harmony to the movement of passengers, pedestrians and local residents. Supporting this, the platforms with their subtle layering continue the surfacing of the pavement; green spaces and a tactile wayshowing system further enhance the user experience. The unbroken, owing transitions at this stop culminate in the slender canopies sheltering the waiting passengers.  © Kirsten Bucher Interacting with the triangular folding of the outer envelope of coated steel sheet, the steel frame works like two funnels raised up on stilts. The folded roof surfaces direct the rainwater down inside the columns, a panel of safety glass behind the seats provides additional protection from the elements.  © Kirsten Bucher This dematerialization dispenses with the conventional vision of a shelter with a front and a back, it fulfills its function instead with a sculpture-like presence that has both identity and high visibility. Accessible from all sides, this distinctive new urban furniture becomes part of a newly modulated public space – the stop, the pavements and the immediate environment become a single entity.  © Kirsten Bucher  Section  © Kirsten Bucher This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Snøhetta Envisions Riverwalk Masterplan on Industrial Site at Oregon's Willamette Falls Posted: 01 Jun 2017 04:20 AM PDT  The Woolen Mill Alcove and Public Yard. Image © Snøhetta Snøhetta has unveiled plans for a new riverwalk masterplan located alongside Oregon's Willamette Falls – the second largest waterfall by volume in North America – that will open up the attraction to public access for the first time in over 150 years. Selected to lead the project in 2015 alongside Mayer/Reed and DIALOG, Snøhetta's scheme is the result of a 2-year design process developed as a collaboration with the city and thousands of individual community members. The resulting plan calls for the reutilization and augmentation of existing industrial structures on the 22-acre site, giving visitors the opportunity to experience the falls and its rugged basalt shoreline and reconnecting Oregon City to its historic waterfront.  The Public Yard and Woolen Mill Alcove - Existing Conditions. Image © Snøhetta Focusing on the adaptation of existing structures, the masterplan has been conceived as a "sequence of islands" leading from the entrance of Oregon City's historic downtown to the crest of the falls. Through careful selection and removal of industrial buildings, large portions of the site can be returned to nature – creating habitats for the diverse species of flora and fauna which call the river home – while simultaneously creating a unique visitor circulatory experience. "The riverwalk will serve as a portal to the Northwest's collective history, reviving a former industrial site through its aggregated layers of natural, ecological, cultural, and geological history," explain the architects. "The new design treats the whole site as a single landscape, with a network of promenades and lofted pathways that lace through the physical strata of the site, immersing visitors in a tactile experience that celebrates the changing water level, the feeling of the spray on your skin, the dramatic play of light and the roar and presence of the falls." The overall plan has been divided into four core programmatic sections: The North Riverfront and Flour Mill Foundation; The Public Yard and Woolen Mill Alcove; The Mill Reserve and Mill H Overlook; and PGE Dam, The Clarifier, and The Falls Overlook.  The Mill O Visitor Center and Pipe Chase Porch. Image © Snøhetta North Riverfront and Flour Mill Foundation In the North Riverfront and Flour Mill Foundation section, the section closest to downtown Oregon City, existing platforms and structures will be peeled away to expose the basalt bedrock and foundations of the historic 1890's Flour Mill, referred to as Mill O. The Mill itself will be converted into a visitor's center with a large public hall and a variety of flexible use spaces as well as a "river theater" which will provide a sheltered place for nature viewing that doubles as a venue for concerts and classes.  The North Riverfront and Flour Mill Foundation. Image © Snøhetta  The Woolen Mill Overlook. Image © Snøhetta The Public Yard and Woolen Mill Alcove On the other side of Mill O, a large raised plaza called the Public Yard will serve as "a new civic heart for Oregon City," where a variety of events can be held, including beer festivals, food carts circles, concerts, movie screenings, or even a viewing area for summertime water sporting events when the river flows are low. The Carpentry Shop (Woolen Mill Pullery) will be preserved as a focal point of the Yard, its historic wood structure serving as an informal pavilion or outdoor stage for performances.  The Public Yard and Woolen Mill Alcove. Image © Snøhetta  The Mill H Grove and Overlook. Image © Snøhetta The Mill Reserve and Mill H Overlook This section of the plan will feature access to both the lowest and highest points of the built site, providing a variety of perspectives on the falls and riverfront. The "cathedral-like" space of the boiler plant will be highlighted through minimal intervention, allowing the machinery to take center stage. Next door, Mill H will be divided into three distinct volumes: a conifer grove, a children's play tower, and a lower and upper level overlook structure. Both staircases and elevators will lead to all of these spaces, ensuring ADA-accessibility throughout.  The Mill Reserve and Mill H Overlook. Image © Snøhetta  The Falls. Image © Snøhetta PGE Dam, The Clarifier, and The Falls Overlook The final area will consist of a series of dramatic paths suspended over the river and the PGE Dam, with the ground dropping away entirely as it leads to the final falls overlook. The paths here have been designed to reveal the full height of the falls with 360 degree views, creating a totally immersive experience.  PGE Dam, The Clarifier, and The Falls Overlook . Image © Snøhetta  The Clarifier Landscape and PGE Dam Promenade. Image © Snøhetta "Collectively, the riverwalk sequence opens a new chapter in the life of the site, one that reimagines Willamette Falls in its fullest, most expansive depth in nature, culture, and time," summarize the architects. Construction on the project is expected to begin in June 2018. News via Snøhetta. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House in Achladies / Lydia Xynogala Posted: 01 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos
 © Yiorgis Yerolymbos From the architect. Situated on a sloping triangular site facing the sea, the house is conceived as a series of parallel adjoining rooms. They are created by retaining walls, a common feature in the surrounding Mediterranean landscape.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos Each room sits at a different elevation following the topography and contains a dedicated program. Access to the entry volume is located at the highest level of the site. A stair makes the slope flow into the house. This entry condition constitutes the first interior experience of the house, that of a viewing apparatus onto the sea.  Ground floor plan The public spaces of the house are located in the center, master bedroom and guestrooms are on either side. Each space is focused on a large opening to the south, contemplating the sea. This is complemented by a smaller window to the north, looking towards the slope. These openings also provide efficient cross ventilation for each room.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos The volumes are in shear, a condition that ensures that each outdoor terrace has privacy even if the volumes are adjoining; there are no views from each terrace to the next.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos Sliding doors through the double walls mark the passage from one space to the next. The notion of a "cut" through the solid walls is emphasized by the grey marble of the thresholds. Walls are constructed from solid concrete and provide large thermal mass.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos The east and west facades that face the road and the neighboring buildings have no openings. They protect the interior from the heat of the sun. This creates a barely visible configuration of spaces conveying privacy in its interiors but with maximum views towards the sea.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos In the interior at adjoining walls double up: built-in furniture and storage spaces; within them are desks, bathroom sink, plate dresser, artwork display. These built-in furniture are custom designed and are arranged along the centerline of the plan creating a dynamic sequence.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos The concept of "aggregate" was a generator of form and selection of materials. Aggregation of volumes, aggregate in the raw concrete walls, in the terrazzo floor, roofs filled with gravel and plants.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos Materials were used that are very familiar in older Greek residential interiors such as terrazzo floors, which is present throughout the house inside and outside as well as marble and plaster render, but used in spaces, forms and combinations that are not so familiar.  © Yiorgis Yerolymbos This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What Is It Like to Work at MVRDV? A Video Tour with #donotsettle Posted: 01 Jun 2017 02:30 AM PDT #donotsettle is an online video project created by Wahyu Pratomo and Kris Provoost about architecture and the way it is perceived by its users. Having published a number of videos on ArchDaily over the past two years, Pramoto and Provoost are now launching an exclusive column, "#donotsettle extra," which will accompany some of their #donotsettle videos with in-depth textual analysis of the buildings they visit. "The office has an easy-going mood and relaxing atmosphere. That's why we call it The House," says Jacob van Rijs, one of MVRDV's founders, when he brought #donotsettle into his office. For architecture, an industry that is famous for long workdays, the office can potentially be a stressful environment. Van Rijs explains how the office could have a significant impact upon people's psychology, as they spend a large part of their life there. The MVRDV House has broken the rigid office typology, and made it more entertaining.  © Wahyu Pratomo and Kris Provoost Rotterdam is probably the city that best fits MVRDV. It has young, hipster branding, with the benefits of being surrounded by other creative industries. Despite the location of the MVRDV House near the center of Rotterdam (only 5 minutes' walk from Markthal), the office receives almost zero traffic disturbance. From outside, the building stands calmly disguised between trees and a residential neighborhood. Only the logo of the company on the building's exterior indicates their presence—this is the reason the "house" feels like a house.  © Ossip van Duivenbode Without demolishing the existing building by Hugh Maaskant, the interior was designed according to the original grid. The building expresses the energy of both old and new through visual transparency and bold colors. One of the first things we encountered when stepping into the office was the giant glazed wall, adorned with architectural sketches, that separates the lobby and the Atelier, the central working area. The main atelier has a high-ceiling which makes it spacious and warm, almost like it is outdoors. Initially, we thought this was achieved with blazing interior lights, but instead it appeared that the sunlight cast by the skylight and transom window went deep down, illuminating the entire space.  © Ossip van Duivenbode The attempt to add comfort to the design is seen in the construction of the interior. Here, we do not see the traditional office layout that emphasizes only productivity, rather than communication. To enhance the process of learning from each other, every single room inside the building is oriented towards the "Family Room," where the collective activities take place.  © Wahyu Pratomo and Kris Provoost The team at MVRDV grows fast. It has increased in size from 120 to almost 180 people since they moved last year. There is an urgency to expand in this international creative environment that triggers the creative process. Aiming to facilitate many different creative activities, a wide variety of rooms are provided, each one characterized by a different color. Unusual functions like a game room and a writing room have given additional value to the daily life of employees. When we spoke with some of the architects and designers who work in the office, we asked them to point out their favorite spot. Although the answers were mixed, it was clear that the communal spaces are favored.  © Ossip van Duivenbode The tribune—a sloped seating area used for presentations or lectures—is one of the most popular. It reminds us of a similar structure, which is also the students' favorite space, at The Why Factory facility in TU Delft which is led by another MVRDV founder Winy Maas. Apart from the color and size, both have identical roles as relaxation and public presentation spaces, while extra room is created in the space underneath. Stairs are also seen in other MVRDV projects: The Couch in Amsterdam, Urban Staircase in Rotterdam and Library in Tianjin. Is this becoming MVRDV's most important element?  © Ossip van Duivenbode One of the most fascinating efforts in the design is the commitment to match all items inside the multi-colored rooms with one specific color. Not only the ceiling, wall and floor, but also furniture, plant, light, and even appliances are perfectly matched. The combined furniture, with some pieces from MVRDV's Vertical Village series, which also fit the color, making the whole space more interconnected.  © Wahyu Pratomo and Kris Provoost "Lunch is the coolest activity," says Van Rijs. Every day, most people move from their workspace and eat their lunch on the long Hogwarts-like table in the central living room. This linear group layout stimulates more interaction, and avoids employees clustering into limited groups. From speaking to the team, we also got to know that at MVRDV, office culture is special. Each month, the youngest member of each team presents briefly about a project or piece of research that he or she has been working on, at a Pecha Kucha event. Friday drinks, a Ping Pong Championship, barbecues and soccer games are other regular traditions that bring extra happiness to everyone who works here.  © Wahyu Pratomo and Kris Provoost By visiting the project, we could feel the joy of how people use the space and how the space transforms into a vehicle for interaction. They make it fun indeed—something MVRDV is known for. Unlike a kindergarten with too much child-like fun, The House is more like a form of fresh creative playground.  © Wahyu Pratomo and Kris Provoost We hope our video tour through the MVRDV House could represent what it is like to work there. Thank you MVRDV and Jacob van Rijs for the special tour. See you again! #donotsettle is a project about Architecture and Experience. Watch 100+ more videos related to Architecture on our YouTube Channel, or see what we are up to on Instagram and Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ARV Office / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Posted: 01 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
 Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos From the architect. The project consists in the implementation of customer service offices. They are located in a commercial premise in the centre of the city with a complex geometry, full of turns and structural elements that interfere in the understanding of the space.  Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos In order to organize the interior space and make its functioning effective, the turns are regularised by linked orthogonal geometries. Every one of the regular spaces are assigned to a different part of the programme. Each regular room is defined and distinguished from the contiguous rooms by the use of different tonalities, which go from white to different shades of gray. The ceilings are thus turned into a sort of signage that defines the various uses. The indirect lighting placed in the ceiling reinforces this idea and allowes the use of light fixtures whose length provides service to every workspace. The activity is concentrated in the first two meters of height. The office is organized and disorganized with the daily work, while the ceiling remains always ordered.  Plans 001  Axonometric In the access sequence, the furniture incorporates the technology and informs the people waiting. This furniture hides in its interior the structure of the existing building. The main staircase connects the customer service area with the offices in the upper floor. The unified design of the facade, with horizontal aluminum elements, allowes the ventilation of the building installations and makes the space comfortable.  Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos In this way, the office transforms into a surprise full of anamorphosis and optical illusions that help us understand the functioning of the building.  Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Library of Downloadable Architecture Drawings in DWG Format Posted: 01 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT  Looking for some quick references or ways to spice up your drawings? Fire up Google Translate or brush the dust off your Italian to take advantage of this comprehensive vector/dwg/architecture drawing resource site! archweb provides a number of free CAD blocks, downloadable CAD plans and DWG files, for you to study or use in precedent research. From furniture to north arrows, road detailing to room layouts, the website boasts a vast collection of plans, sections and elevations for you to pick and choose from, across a variety of categories. And what's more, many drawings come complete with closed polylines and shapes for you to fill and hatch to your heart's content. Check out these 20 blocks to add quick and easy details to your drawings: Railways, Trains & Stations via archweb Kitchen Accessories via archweb Parking Lots via archweb Trees via archweb Desks via archweb Transportation via archweb Cycling & Pedestrian Paths via archweb Airports via archweb Hotels via archweb Closets and Clothing Storage via archweb Birds via archweb Assorted People via archweb Beds via archweb Library Reading Rooms via archweb North Arrows via archweb Accessibility Ramps via archweb Chairs via archweb Bridges via archweb Bicycle Parking via archweb For the full collection, check out archweb's index here.
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| Posted: 31 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT  Spaceport America. Image © Nigel Young Arguably the leading name of a generation of internationally high-profile British architects, Norman Foster (born 1 June 1935)—or to give him his full title Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank of Reddish, OM, HonFREng—gained recognition as early as the 1970s as a key architect in the high-tech movement, which continues to have a profound impact on architecture as we know it today.  Foster's architecture is remarkably diverse; he has designed skyscrapers, offices, galleries, airports, stadiums, parliament buildings, city masterplans and even a spaceport. Yet his work is unified by one theme, identified in the jury citation for his 1999 Pritzker Prize: "from his very first projects, it was evident that he would embrace the most advanced technology appropriate to the task." It is this devotion to the latest architectural technology that earned him his place in the High-Tech movement, with buildings such as the Willis Faber & Dumas headquarters and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.  Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Image © Wikimedia user WiNG licensed under CC BY 3.0 Though High-Tech has now largely faded as a "movement," instead being assimilated into multiple other strands of mainstream architecture, Foster's work continues to push the boundaries of architectural technology, earning him commissions such as Apple's futuristic new Cupertino Campus building and one of the world's first purpose-built sustainable "smart cities," Masdar.  Masdar Institute. Image © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners Since it was founded in the 1960s, Foster + Partners has been prolific, earning Foster two Stirling Prizes, an RIBA Gold Medal, an AIA Gold Medal and a knighthood in addition to his Pritzker Prize. Designs such as the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, The Gherkin in London, and The Hearst Tower in New York have ensured that Foster has secured his place as one of the greatest architects of the 21st century.  Hearst Tower. Image © Chuck Choi See all of Norman Foster's (completed) works featured on ArchDaily via the thumbnails below, and a selection of further articles below those. A complete list of all our coverage of Foster + Partners' work, including as-yet unbuilt proposals, can be found at this link. Architecture's Most Inspiring Leaders, Projects & People in 2015 Lord Foster receives the Prince of Asturias award Norman Foster Honored with Louis Kahn Memorial Award 7 Buildings That Show Norman Foster's Architecture Has Always Been Ahead of the Curve Norman Foster's Advice for the Young: "Find Something You Believe In" Norman Foster Explains How Drones in Rwanda Could Lead the Way for New Cities Video: Norman Foster Recreates Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car Norman Foster Revisits New York's Hearst Tower With Drones Norman Foster's Interview with The European: "Architecture is the Expression of Values" VIDEO: Norman Foster on Apple's Cupertino Campus TED Talk: Norman Foster on Green Architecture Norman Foster on Urbanism, Emerging Economies and Airport Design Foster + Partners Declared Largest Practice In The UK This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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