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- Prices Lane / ODOS Architects
- Teaching Block Arenals / Lola Romera + Marta Clavera + Francisco Mansilla
- The Green House / Sigurd Larsen
- Bell Street House / Techne Architecture + Interior Design
- Media City, Istanbul - From Micro Code to Macro City
- Made With Love, Literally: 3D Printing Your Emotions Into Gold
- EZ Residence / Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados
- Parallax Gap - American Architecture Celebrated on Smithsonian Gallery Ceilings
- Bałtyk / MVRDV
- The Textural, Geometric Surfaces of AL_A's MAAT in Lisbon
- Elevate / DBR | Design Build Research
- Apple Opens its First Flagship Store in Singapore
| Posted: 04 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Ste Murray
 © Ste Murray From the architect. This design of a new family home, located on a tight site off a narrow laneway in Dublin City Centre, responds to its restricted context by creating a central courtyard to maximise natural light and spatial quality. By splitting the plan into two main spatial volumes, the open courtyard allows the linking areas to benefit from dual aspect and a visual dialogue that contains a very carefully considered palette of colours and materials.  © Ste Murray  Plans  © Ste Murray The break up of the the building's main elements, defined in elevation by the horizontal structural lines, help to identify the structure and functions contained behind. The building profile is further strengthened with a deliberately weighted treatment to the openings at first and ground floor level adding to the aura of secrecy as to what's contained within.  Sections The floor plan of the dwelling is conceived as a flexible pattern or weave of built and unbuilt spaces stitched together around the central circulation route linking the split level accommodation. The central courtyard becomes an outdoor room and brings the experience of landscape and foliage into the core of the dwelling and stimulates a strong spatial dialogue between opposing areas.  © Ste Murray This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Teaching Block Arenals / Lola Romera + Marta Clavera + Francisco Mansilla Posted: 04 Jun 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Alejandro Gómez Vives
 © Alejandro Gómez Vives From the architect. The construction of the new teaching block "Arenals" responds to the demand for educational spaces requiring by the Miguel Hernández University Campus of Elche. This is a multipurpose building of 8,671 m², with an extensive program spread over three floors. On the ground floor are concentrated spaces of more general and public use, such as the cafeteria, auditorium, computer and multi-purpose rooms. On the first floor are located the teaching rooms, nine large classrooms with capacity up to 220 people. All these classrooms have a prefabricated staggered system for the arrangement of the tables. On the second floor are located the teaching laboratories.  © Alejandro Gómez Vives  Ground floor plan  © Alejandro Gómez Vives According to the University planning, the building should have a dimension of 90x40 meters. To try not to generate a very heavy volume, it was decided to raise the closed volume of first and second floor over a free and recessed ground floor.  © Alejandro Gómez Vives The materiality of the building should be integrated with outer space, so we'd get minimize their impact within the Campus. We chose to use a prefabricated system of lightweight concrete facade GRC Stud-frame. With this solution for facades and a prefabricated plasterboard interior wall, we had the proper methods to satisfy all thermal and acoustic requirements. The color and texture of the GRC are given by the land where the building is settled, a mix between earth and the ochre colors of the gardens, combined with the roughness of concrete lined footpaths sits.  © Alejandro Gómez Vives This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Green House / Sigurd Larsen Posted: 04 Jun 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Tia Borgsmidt
 © Tia Borgsmidt From the architect. A series of single family houses is designed for Frikøbing near Copenhagen in Denmark. The development plan for the area has high demands on sustainability for construction materials, insulation, energy and air circulation. THE GREEN HOUSE is the first of our typologies to be developed in the area and consists of a simple plan arrangement that allow for low construction costs while offering generous living spaces.  © Tia Borgsmidt THE GREEN HOUSE, though slightly smaller in floor space, offers a large 32m2 winter garden on the south facing façade of the construction. All bedrooms and a bathroom are located on the northern, more intimate side of the building while the living/dining area opens up onto the greenhouse where a south-facing, mono-pitched roof ensures that a lot of light filters into the communal areas. The children's room is prepared for being separated by a wall later. A mezzanine over the kitchen makes the most of the high ceilings to create a cozy cinema room, ideal for cold winter nights. Heat from the sun, retained in the winter garden during the day, acts as a buffer between inside and outside as it slowly releases heat back into the house when it gets dark. The house is naturally ventilated with the help of a three-layered window that regulates temperature and air flow entering the building.  Plans The inside is entirely clad with birch plywood while the external finish is made of vertical, untreated, larch panels which will turn to a lighter silver tone over time, allowing the house to adapt to its surroundings.  © Tia Borgsmidt This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bell Street House / Techne Architecture + Interior Design Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:00 PM PDT .jpg?1496406163 "© Lucy Bock") © Lucy Bock
.jpg?1496406015 "© Lucy Bock") © Lucy Bock From the architect. Bell Street House thoughtfully responds to its homeowners' lifestyles, striking the balance between a minimalist aesthetic and the liveability necessary to its function as a family home. (1).jpg?1496406778 "© Lucy Bock") © Lucy Bock Our client brief called for an understated contemporary space that would accommodate their love for entertaining. What entailed was a full reconfiguration of the existing floorplan comprising new front and rear courtyard spaces and, new external windows and doors. A new staircase with powder room underneath repurposes forgotten space, overcoming the common spatial challenges that present themselves in home refurbishments.  Ground Floor Plan We envisioned a space that would exude a sense of lightness and bring calm to those within it. Maximising airflow and maintaining a strong visual connection to the courtyard spaces was central to achieving this. The monochromatic colour palette is softened by an abundance of natural light, imbuing the space with warmth. Additional textural finishes such as timber, marble, rendered brick and chunky carpet bring tactility to the home. .jpg?1496406343 "© Lucy Bock") © Lucy Bock The result is a contemporary aesthetic that responds to the functional challenges of the family home – especially one with a small child. The project is a testament to Techne's ability to deliver bespoke and authentic design at any scale, where each architectural response is unique to its context and human usage. .jpg?1496406920 "© Lucy Bock") © Lucy Bock This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Media City, Istanbul - From Micro Code to Macro City Posted: 04 Jun 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of GAD Architecture For over ten thousand years, cities have maintained an industrial infrastructure to transform local materials into basic necessities, such as clothing, food, and shelter. Even in the present day, with advances in science, construction, and commercial technology, a need still exists for structures dedicated to industrial-scale production, storage and distribution. However, in this more advanced, environmentally-conscious age, a challenge has emerged to create industrial complexes which are ecologically sensitive, responsible and sustainable. Against this environmental backdrop, Istanbul-based GAD Architecture have unveiled Media City, a multimedia-based industrial complex to serve Istanbul's future airport, projected to be the world's largest upon completion. Recognized with a Future Project Award by the Architectural Review, Media City will incorporate industrial buildings in an urban setting inspired by QR codes, where artistic and cultural values co-exist with a celebration of environmental and technological progress.  Courtesy of GAD Architecture  Courtesy of GAD Architecture The vision behind Media City sees a heavily human-focused, mixed-use approach to industrial areas. In addition to warehouses, factories, and printers, Media City will include management offices, shops, stages and halls for live performances, interactive museums and libraries, schools and workshops, and residential amenities. Central to the masterplan's concept is to place the user in a vibrant, engaging habitat, witnessing the design, production, and application of virtual reality and multimedia products.  Courtesy of GAD Architecture In the development of Media City, GAD developed a planning method of creating self-sufficient smart cities which could lend itself to a variety of landscapes around the world. Having researched the massing properties of industrial-rooted towns such as Rome, Paris and New York, GAD drew parallels with the massing of QR codes, where small, tightly packed shapes are contrasted by massive isolated forms at the perimeter.  Courtesy of GAD Architecture Applying these properties, a modular approach was created for Media City, allowing the placement of buildings, parks, and streets. After proportioning the masses into building functions and usage, GAD allocated greenery, infrastructure and smart strategies such as self-driven electric cars, buses, and commuter rails, whilst in tandem, developing an architecturally unique approach to different areas across the city.  Courtesy of GAD Architecture
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| Made With Love, Literally: 3D Printing Your Emotions Into Gold Posted: 04 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT Brazil-based architects Estudio Guto Requena has launched an app that collects emotions to create a unique piece of jewelry. That, and some 3D-printed craftsmanship direct from the design you generate via their new app. Coined the Aura Pendant, the final product is an intricately woven golden pendant that can be gifted to yourself or a loved one.  Courtesy of © 2016 Estudio Guto Requena
 Courtesy of © 2016 Estudio Guto Requena  Courtesy of © 2016 Estudio Guto Requena The pendant app instructs the user to find a quiet spot to begin the design process. To create the pendant, the user must place their index finger on the camera of their phone, and "tell their love story" by speaking into their phone while the app records. Sensors capture biofeedback from your smartphone: the emotions generated from your voice, as well as measuring the heartbeat from your finger. The emotional data collected controls the behaviour of particles (velocity, thickness, attraction, and repulsion) to shape the pendant. Finally, with the design sent off, the pendant is first 3D printed, then cast into 18k gold.  Courtesy of © 2016 Estudio Guto Requena The app is a new foray into user-generated digital fabrication, and is part of Estudio Guto Requena's Love Project - a series of projects aimed to bridge the gap between digital technology and emotion.  Courtesy of © 2016 Estudio Guto Requena
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| EZ Residence / Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados Posted: 04 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Guilherme Morelli
 © Guilherme Morelli From the architect. The extensive brief was solved taking advantage of the spacious site, integrating spaces, connecting and turning both floors to the landscape. The main volume was placed merging with the view, respecting the natural site and ensuring the access to the street. Integration was the main concern of the project, both with nature and between spaces.  © Guilherme Morelli  © Guilherme Morelli Thus, the union between living and dining room with a veranda, all in one single space where sliding glass door embedded into masonry walls, opening all social areas towards natural ventilation and illumination.  © Guilherme Morelli The individual and social spaces are slightly separated, where social areas are on the ground floor and individual areas are on the first floor.  Ground Floor Plan The house is mainly built of masonry and concrete, but several materials are used creating a harmonious composition between textures.  © Guilherme Morelli This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Parallax Gap - American Architecture Celebrated on Smithsonian Gallery Ceilings Posted: 04 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt Art is not confined to gallery walls. The concept of art displayed on ceilings stretches back to the Renaissance, perhaps most notably the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. The Renaissance tradition of Trompel'oeil ceilings went further, using an illusionary depth of perspective to depict a volume which doesn't exist; be it a dome that was never built or an attic filled with angels. Four hundred years later, New York and Los Angeles-based architecture firm FreelandBuck has elevated the concept with its upcoming installation 'Parallax Gap', which has been selected by the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum as the winning entry in a competition entitled 'ABOVE the Renwick'. From July 2017 to February 2018, the 2,500sqft canopy will be suspended from the ceiling of the Renwick's largest room, the Bettie Rubenstein Grand Salon, depicting an abstract catalog of American architectural icons. Whilst most ceilings imply shelter by defining the limits of a room, Parallax Gap achieves the opposite, extending the spatial experience beyond its limits. The installation draws out a series of ceilings to project beyond the limits of the gallery, depicting a catalog of notable 19th-century American interiors which date from the same period as the Renwick's construction. The suspended canopy extends FreelandBuck's longstanding interest in applying three-dimensional drawings at building scale, using 21st-century technology and visual culture.  Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt  Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt
 Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt The relatively low, horizontal expanse of the Grand Salon doesn't allow for a singular perspective illusion, but rather requires a series of scenes arranged across the gallery. The nine ceilings of the installation are each drawn in perspective from several static viewpoints, outside of which the volume appears distorted, flattened, and out of scale. Hence, as the user moves through the gallery, drawings appear to resolve, collide and dissolve.  Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt  Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt  Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt Parallax Gap will be on view at the Renwick Gallery from July 1st, 2017 to February 11th, 2018.  Courtesy of Kevin Kunstadt News via: FreelandBuck.
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| Posted: 04 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  © Ossip van Duivenbode
 © Ossip van Duivenbode From the architect. Bałtyk appears totally different depending on what side it is approached from. A linear building with a concrete, entirely glass-fronted façade and clearly exposed aggregate grain, sets it apart from its surroundings and is an example of a balanced combination of "old" and "new" architecture in the context of the neighbouring historic building of Concordia Design and the Haven.  © Ossip van Duivenbode Occupying 16 storeys with an irregular arrangement, and towering over the city centre of Poznań, the building changes its shape depending on the viewing angle. This 25,000m2 building is divided into 12,000m2 office space, 750m2 panorama restaurant with a one room hotel, 1350m2 retail in the plinth of the building and three levels of underground parking. The flexible office space is limited to a depth of seven metres allowing daylight to generously penetrate the workspaces. Bałtyk is also a multifunctional building with innovative interior solutions, and scenic terraces offering panoramic views all across the city. In addition to business-oriented functions, the building will house catering establishments, a fitness club, and an intimate jazz club on the 16th floor. Its close proximity to the reopened Concordia Taste restaurant and Haven square creates social functions that encourage meeting and integrating different communities.  © Ossip van Duivenbode This results in a form which appears completely different depending on the angle it is approached from. Towards the south, a slope of cascading patios offers outdoor spaces to the users of the building. The façade is floor-to-ceiling glass with vertical louvres of glass fibre concrete softening the impact of the sun without losing the vistas over the city and zoo.  © Ossip van Duivenbode This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Textural, Geometric Surfaces of AL_A's MAAT in Lisbon Posted: 04 Jun 2017 02:30 AM PDT  © Joel Filipe After a study of Madrid's exuberantly geometric architecture, Digital Designer and Creative Director Joel Filipe continues his formal exploration in a series of photos of the MAAT by AL_A that celebrates the delicate impression of its undulating white tile facade against the bright Lisbon sky. Situated on the Tagus River, architect Amanda Levete creates a reunion between the river and the city with MAAT's walkable rooftop terrace that draws visitors from the nearby streets of Belem, and with the promenade which steps down to meet the water. The roof provides a gathering space during the day and a place to screen films at night. The low-lying gentle arch of the building allows for a clever play of shadows and light, along with a nod to rippling water.  © Joel Filipe Filipe captures an abstracted view of the building, choosing to highlight the building's playful form and mix of textures rather than its habitable space. Offering a glimpse at intimate moments such as where the steps meet the facade, these photos exemplify the attention to detail that allows the museum to slip seamlessly into the fabric of Lisbon and the waterfront.  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe  © Joel Filipe This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Elevate / DBR | Design Build Research Posted: 04 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Ema Peter
 © Ema Peter From the architect. ELEVATE was a temporary installation of two warming huts for the TED2016 conference, inspired by high-alpine shelters and the backcountry winter experience that BC mountains offer. The unique wood structures were designed and built by local students as part of a three-month design-build course.  © Ema Peter The ELEVATE huts, each 16 feet wide by 30 feet long, were installed on the west plaza of the Vancouver Convention Centre. They provided a special platform and a unique point of conversation for TEDsters to share ideas between various sessions of the conference.  Structure Axonometric The warming shelters were built using Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), an advanced wood product donated by METSA Wood, and sculpted with CNC technology. The structure is enclosed with shrink wrap to shelter TEDsters from the elements and create a warm interior with exposed natural wood. A large table and stools were constructed for each hut to turn the warming shelters into a large seating area where visitors can gather to meet and retreat.  © Ema Peter Inside the structures, TEDsters could discover the story of provincial and national parks with graphics to connect visitors to the great Canadian wilderness. This was intended to encourage TEDsters to get out and see our local mountains during their visit for the TED2016 conference.  Elevation  Section The ELEVATE huts were constructed by a DBR class of 16 architecture, design and sculpture students who began the design-build course in November 2015.Through this DBR design-build course, students have explored wood innovation, technical fabrication, project and client management, hands-on building experience and sustainable design solutions.  © Ema Peter This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple Opens its First Flagship Store in Singapore Posted: 04 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT _Nigel_Young_l_Foster___Partners_2317_FP619882.jpg?1496385984 "Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners") Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners On a tree-lined avenue in Singapore, fittingly named Orchard Road, Apple has opened its first Flagship store in the city-state, highlighting its role as a global center for creativity and innovation. Designed by Fosters + Partners, in collaboration with the design team at Apple, the Orchard Road Flagship seeks to create a new social focus by working in tandem with nature, blurring the boundaries between inside and out. _Nigel_Young_l_Foster___Partners_2317_FP619883.jpg?1496385944 "Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners") Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners The new flagship store embodies Singapore's status as one of the world's greenest cities, taking further inspiration from the nutmeg and fruit orchards which once dominated the site. A street-side public plaza creates a shaded green orchard of eight mature trees, offering a respite from Singapore's dense urban environment. Above a signature Apple glass façade, measuring 46ft high and 120ft wide, a thin, white, cantilevering canopy draws the eye inwards, whilst providing shelter from Singapore's tropical climate. _Nigel_Young_l_Foster___Partners_2317_FP619885.jpg?1496386156 "Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners") Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners
_Nigel_Young_l_Foster___Partners_2317_FP619884.jpg?1496386049 "Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners") Courtesy of Nigel Young l Foster + Partners The interior features two large stone walls with Italian hand-carved, artisan, stone staircases. Flowing towards the mezzanine level, the staircases feature integrated handrails with a tactile, smooth finish. The mezzanine contains the world's largest Genius Grove, with twelve Ficus trees serving to enhance the human experience, enriching the temperature, smell, and aural qualities of the space. Underneath Apple's widest ever video screen, a creative hub plays host to experts from photography, music, app development and art, seeking to educate, inspire and entertain everyday users. Like Singapore, Apple Flagships have come to be recognized as a center for vibrancy, creativity, and innovation. On Orchard Road, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. News via: Fosters + Partners.
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