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- No. 49, Lewisham / 31/44 Architects
- F Holiday House / bergmeisterwolf architekten
- House in Meerkerk / Ruud Visser Architecten
- Shanghai LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre / OMA
- Liberty Lounge / Simplex Architecture
- E Baking & RenYiHan Café / SAME FINE DESIGN
- Jeju Theraphy Center / KUNWON Architects Planners Engineers
- Avocado Acres House / Surfside Projects + Lloyd Russell
- Architects Think About Space Differently from Other People, New Study Confirms
- Residential Unit at the Paluzza Inner Service / Ceschia e Mentil Architetti Associati
- Scientists Uncover the Chemical Secret Behind Roman Self-Healing Underwater Concrete
- Centro Botín / Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- Casa G / g3arquitectos
- 7 Alternative, Interdisciplinary Graduate Courses for Architects
- Corner House / Nicolás Pinto da Mota + Victoria María Falcón
- Foster + Partners to Transform Major Landfill Site Into Sustainable Innovation Hub in Sharjah
- In Progress: Amatrice Refectory / Stefano Boeri Architetti
| No. 49, Lewisham / 31/44 Architects Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Anna Stathaki
 © Anna Stathaki From the architect. Located on an urban infill site in close proximity to the River Quaggy in Lewisham, No. 49 is a new-build, two-storey single dwelling. Designed by 31/44 Architects for one of the practice's partners, Steven Davies, it is the second self-build that Stephen has built within the same street in Lewisham in five years, following completion of No. 22 in 2011.  © Anna Stathaki The form and arrangement of the house is derived from a response to the immediate context and site conditions. Raised above the street to alleviate the risk of flooding, the three-bedroom dwelling has a staggered rectilinear plan at ground level, with the first-floor mass located towards the northern site boundary. The layout is designed to maximise the scheme's south-facing aspect and establish a close relationship between the internal and external living spaces.  © Anna Stathaki Organised around three courtyards, the west side of the plan houses the main living areas with views into the front and rear gardens. A guest suite opens onto a third courtyard, while a second reception space is located towards the rear. The first floor is accessed via a curved timber staircase with a large picture window overlooking the street. Facing south towards the river and a nearby park, the master bedroom is linked to the third bedroom via connecting doors.  © Anna Stathaki The house has a quiet, dignified appearance. It is constructed from a grey brick sourced from Belgium which was chosen to complement the weathered London stocks of the neighbouring houses. A 4.5-metre- long precast concrete lintel bisects the front elevation and an oversized masonry column accentuates the apparent weight of the building.  © Anna Stathaki  Ground Floor Plan  © Anna Stathaki Inside the house plywood storage units and a curved staircase provide a warmth and tactile finish. Solid cladding panels are hung using French cleats to ensure all fixings are concealed, creating a seamless integrated storage system for home wares and treasured objects collected over the years.  © Anna Stathaki This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| F Holiday House / bergmeisterwolf architekten Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Gustav Willeit
 © Gustav Willeit From the architect. The existing building, the extension and the garden come together as one. vertical sliding windows can be moved downward and disappear, transforming intimate into wide open spaces. a canopy becomes a house and then a canopy again.  © Gustav Willeit  Floor Plan  © Gustav Willeit A terrace on the canopy can be reached through an outdoor stairway connecting the existing structure to the garden. Dyed concrete surfaces build a complementary relationship with the existing plastered stone façade. The extension drifts away from the existing building and comes to light through some interstitial spaces. The pool is located in the garden, between a lemon orchard and century-old palm trees.  © Gustav Willeit  © Gustav Willeit This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House in Meerkerk / Ruud Visser Architecten Posted: 05 Jul 2017 07:00 PM PDT .jpg?1499243033 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit
.jpg?1499242483 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit From the architect. The Tolstraat in the small Dutch village Meerkerk is a historic street with houses built in the early 1900th. On one hand the facades are strictly lined-up making the street formal, but on the other hand the houses in the street are built up by small elements: annexes, sheds, roofs and fascias. Towards the back the houses are situated along a nature reserve. This leads to a totally different atmosphere. The main challenge was: 'how to blend in a new (contemporary) house into this complex historic setting of the Tolstraat? We decided to adapt the local 'messiness' into our design. .jpg?1499242670 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit A retired couple asked Ruud Visser Architects to design their house on a plot in the Tolstraat in Meerkerk. The lady of the house grew up in the former house on the same lot. For her this is a location filled with memories. One of her favourite things was the beautiful view on the backside of the house, almost invisible from the front. .jpg?1499242854 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit  Section 1 and Section 2 .jpg?1499242803 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit The facades of the buildings in the Tolstraat are lined-up very strictly lengthwise to the street. In this way forming a compact wall of individual facades. The entrances of the houses are directly on to the street, making it look like a shopping street of a medium-sized town. Yet at the same time, the Tolstraat feels slightly disorganized. This gives it its rural atmosphere. Small volumes and elements have been built up the houses during the cause of time. Making it a mix of 'variegated concatenation' of annexes, sheds, roofs and fascias. .jpg?1499242305 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit The back of the lot is situated along a nature reserve called 'De Zouweboezem'. This is a 700-year-old excavated water-reservoir to aggregate the water from a huge area. From De Zouwboezem, the water is pumped into the rivers by windmills. The windmills now long have disappeared, yet once there were as many windmills on this location as on the famous Dutch 'Kinderdijk'. .jpg?1499242985 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit The main challenge in this project consisted of 'how to blend in a new (contemporary) house into the complex historic setting of the Tolstraat?' .jpg?1499242435 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit We decided to work with the local village character of the street by not approaching the house as a single stand-alone object. we divided the body of the house into three distinct parts. Every part is made of a different material, each already to be found in the adjacent facades in the Tolstraat. Part 1: The brick front-façade along the Tolstraat. The back façade is opened up completely to optimally enjoy of the view on the water of 'De Zouweboezem'. .jpg?1499242619 "© René de Wit") © René de Wit This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shanghai LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre / OMA Posted: 05 Jul 2017 05:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of OMA
 Courtesy of OMA From the architect. The Lujiazui Exhibiton Centre is located on the northern and most recent development of Shanghai Pudong, along the Huangpu River, one of the most photographed waterfronts in the world. The project site, occupying the former 'Shanghai Shipyard', has a long history of marine industry. The new Exhibition Centre is positioned on the ramp of a former ship cradle and provides a concentrated event space within the surrounding financial district.  Courtesy of OMA  Elevation © OMA  Courtesy of OMA OMA conceived the Exhibition Centre as a "spatial armature," suspended above a plaza and connected to another exhibition space beneath the ramp. The building organizes the open space, adding new programmatic opportunities for lm screenings, fashion shows, and concerts. The new volume transforms the existing ramp into a large-scale theatrical space for events while the covered plaza under the elevated box can be used for more intimate happenings.  Courtesy of OMA  Axonometric © OMA  Courtesy of OMA The building's materiality and architecture establish a dialogue with the site's industrial past; a mysterious object wrapped in a metallic mesh exposes its steel structure, echoing the unfinished ship hulls which used to populate the site.  Courtesy of OMA This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Liberty Lounge / Simplex Architecture Posted: 05 Jul 2017 03:00 PM PDT .jpg?1499213435 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin
_blue.jpg?1499213205 "© Young Kim") © Young Kim From the architect. The site is located in an alley, a few blocks away from Dosandae-ro a busy boulevard in Seoul's Gangnam district. The area used to be a low-rise residential district in the past, but now rapidly transforming into a commercial district full of shops and restaurants. The existing building had a simple rectangular structure with a courtyard in the middle, using concrete blocks and blackened steel as a major finish material. The main interest in designing the building was to keep the existing materiality, yet to make enough alteration to accommodate the new program. The concrete block wall on the north was maintained in order to preserve the original materiality of the building, and the blackened steel was mainly used for the newly built walls. .jpg?1499214174 "© Young Kim") © Young Kim The existing building was a two-story building, with 52.76% building-to- land ratio and 76.98% Floor Area Ratio. The client has requested to extend the building to a three-story building and maximize its building-to-land ratio. The building was extended by 401.16 m 2 to make 59.74% building-to-land ratio (max: 60%) and 118.97% Floor Area Ratio. Due to the height restriction at the north-east corner, the 3rd floor massing was skewed from the 2nd floor massing, creating a triangular balcony in between.  Process Diagram The main façade on the east is covered with a metal mesh curtain, rigid yet flexible material following the curvilinear pattern consisting of multiple semicircles. The metal mesh connecting the two mirrored patterns will create a transitional form. This skin produces a layer of diffusion in front of the solid wall, which needs to completely separate the interior space from outside. It suggests an ambiguous characteristic of the façade, which is diversified by the colorful LED lights installed at the bottom of the façade, emphasizing its curvilinear form during the night time. .jpg?1499215152 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin  Facade Diagram .jpg?1499215033 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin The main entrance was relocated to the north side of the building, while the original east entrance was blocked by the metal mesh. However, people can vaguely see the old entrance and the stairs behind the metal mesh. The concrete stairs at the entrance extends up to the third level, keeping the materiality of the original stairs. .jpg?1499214017 "© Young Kim") © Young Kim  First Floor Plan .jpg?1499214343 "© Young Kim") © Young Kim This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| E Baking & RenYiHan Café / SAME FINE DESIGN Posted: 05 Jul 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Qiyong Zhang
 © Qiyong Zhang From the architect. The purest colour is not the pure white but the light blue with the imaginations of the white.  © Qiyong Zhang Proficiency in craftsmanship is not the most important thing but the comprehension and sense which make you find the soul just like spiritual guidance when we are creating.  © Qiyong Zhang To design a company’s interior about coffee, use one professional to solve another professional’s need and use one kind of creativity to provide the place and atmosphere, we can’t get the expectation without understanding.  © Qiyong Zhang Espresso, the soul of the Italian coffee, to be used the first letter “E” in the “E Baking” coffee company brand. It is because of the Italian coffee, a group of several youngers who have the same goal built their own team and set up the E Baking coffee service company. They put their hearts in kinds of service about coffee and trying their best to operate the company which provides excellent service. The brand “RenYiHan” is the show store of the E Baking company which selected from the manager’s children’s name，when we knew this, we all felt that it was a special business full of sincere love.  © Qiyong Zhang  1F Floor Plan  © Qiyong Zhang Unknowingly, with the permeating and the people’s comprehension of the coffee culture, the style in time maybe changed by another. When we changed minds with the manager at the first time, in fact we wanted to get several information from him about what he like. But he told us more about what he didn’t want just because of he had visited too many places about coffee and know a lot of excellent companies. During the listening, meanwhile we were surprised at the manager’s reason，we also understood what he wanted. He wants to tell the coffee story with a pure environment，he don’t like following and flippancy, he just wants to lead the best coffee fashion with the enough space and imaginations.  © Qiyong Zhang The mellow of the coffee or the machine that makes mellow，dessert or Mondrian, a leisurely afternoon or inspiration, choose your favorite when you are in it.  © Qiyong Zhang This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jeju Theraphy Center / KUNWON Architects Planners Engineers Posted: 05 Jul 2017 12:00 PM PDT .jpg?1498029050 "© AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim") © AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim
.jpg?1498028956 "© AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim") © AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim From the architect. Jeju Theraphy Center is the facility in which the preschool children suffering with the environmental diseases (atopic dermatitis) is healed the dermatitis and rest comfortably with their parents. The concept is to express the symbolism of Aegigudeog, the traditional cradle in Jeju, embracing the nature, and to harmonize with the natural surroundings containing the natural environment of the nutmeg forest growing thousand years. The building, the nature experimental space in outdoor and the nutmeg forest are connected naturally, the building and the outdoor space by the construction at the place where is convenient to approach from the walk way to the nutmeg forest and the parking space.  Site Plan The arrangement of the buildings adapted the site boundary by itself and reserving the existed forest. The streamlined layout in consideration of the seasonal wind directions can block the cold wind in the winter and make the wind blow well and ventilate naturally during the summer. By separating the mass, the nature of the nutmeg forest was involved, and the Vista Point was made to look out the surrounding nature while let it be favorable to ventilate naturally. It is planned to separate the Healing Center, Education and Experience, Accommodation and Business and Study space as the independent cluster, but connected organically by vertical moving lines, and to install the rooftop Healing Garden and the Integrated Healing Center to improve the convenience of the users and to maximize the healing effects. For the architecture, the Aegigudeog for healing in the nutmeg forest was embodied in motif of the Aegigudeog, and use the aluminum louver while the lower part is representing the traditional stone wall in Jeju. In particular, it is planned to have the even natural light and the smooth natural ventilation and to secure the sight through the louver in consideration of the incidence angle of the sun and the sight view. .jpg?1498029030 "© AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim") © AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim The building of high sealing and of high performance is constructed to reduce the load of heating and cooling by blocking the heat leakage at the slab junction with the exterior insulation method and by reinforcing the function of exterior insulation applying the insulating materials of high performance and the double Low-E glasses. The rain utilizing facility and the environment-friendly reusable materials are applied to reuse and reduce to use the resources. New regeneration energies are applied, such as solar heat, sunlight and wind power, to reduce energy for heating water and lighting, and also, the equipment of high performance is applied to realize a passive house. .jpg?1498029084 "© AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim") © AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim  Elevation and Diagrams .jpg?1498028897 "© AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim") © AN NEWS - Hansuk Kim This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Avocado Acres House / Surfside Projects + Lloyd Russell Posted: 05 Jul 2017 10:00 AM PDT  © Darren Bradley
 © Darren Bradley From the architect. The Bold roof profile of Avocado Acres (Aa) House personifies our design collaboration with Architect, Lloyd Russell to inject a dose of creativity + Mod Green Architecture into a coastal infill project. Aesthetic cues originated from the historical LA's Case Study Houses and Eichler's MCM gems. However, this new residence is all about addressing the conditions we face now by incorporating sustainable materials, energy efficiencies and environmental sensibilities.  © Darren Bradley A sloping curved shed roof unifies the three pavilions that define the U-shape plan and courtyard space. Throughout the interior a constant engagement to the outdoors gives the home a grandeur that belies the home's small footprint. It 's single level living spaces, privacy from the street and functional layout for the inhabitants was the soul of the design objectives.  © Darren Bradley  Floor Plan  © Darren Bradley Straight lines with an angular street front geometry sits in stark contrast to the unique curvilinear roof profile. A simple color palette of the open interior space complements the muscular concrete walls and extensive use of natural wood tones on the vaulted ceiling, flooring and cabinetry. Floor plan consists of three defined areas joined in a U shape where each volume programs directly to the outdoor courtyard. 9' tall sliding glass walls vanish into wall pockets and clerestory glazing that entirely wraps above the main living space provides plenty of natural light.  © Darren Bradley A third party, non-biased rating system ( California GreenPoint Rated ) was used to confirm and to certify our best sustainable building practices.  © Darren Bradley This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Architects Think About Space Differently from Other People, New Study Confirms Posted: 05 Jul 2017 09:30 AM PDT  © Flickr user neilconway. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 Architects, as well as painters and sculptors, think about and describe spaces differently from other people, a new study from UCL and Bangor University researchers has found. While the conclusion may sound a bit obvious on its face, the study offers evidence that a person's chosen career may impact the way his/her brain operates. The study, titled Sculptors, Architects, and Painters Conceive of Depicted Spaces Differently, invited 16 people from three professions (architect, sculptor and painter) with at least 8 years experience in their fields, to be compared with 16 control participants. Each subject was shown three images, a Google StreetView image of London, a painting of St. Peter's Basilica and a surreal computer-generated environment. They were then asked a series of questions:
The responses were then analyzed using a technique called Cognitive Discourse Analysis (developed by study co-author Dr. Thora Tenbrink), which aims to map the subconscious thought process linked to a speaker's linguistic choices. "By looking at language systematically we found some consistent patterns, which turned out to be quite revealing," said Dr Tenbrik. Architects were found to describe the thresholds and boundaries of the perceived space, speaking about the scene as if it were a 3-dimensional occupiable reality instead of a 2-dimensional composition. In addition, while painters referred to elements in the rear of the image as the "back," architects preferred to use the more dynamic term "end," as though the space could be viewed along a visual path (like you would use the phrase "end of the road," rather than "back of the road"). Architects also spent more time discussing the materiality of the depicted spaces. The findings may help to determine the way that profession affects spatial cognition, and how recognizing those differences could improve communication between architect and client. 'In their day-to-day work, artists and architects have a heightened awareness of their surroundings, which seems to have a deep influence on the way they conceive of space," said the study's first author, Claudia Cialone (now based at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University). "We hope our research will lead to further studies into the spatial cognition of other professionals, which could help devise new ways of understanding, representing and communicating space for ourselves.' Find the entire study, here. News via Science Daily.
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| Residential Unit at the Paluzza Inner Service / Ceschia e Mentil Architetti Associati Posted: 05 Jul 2017 08:00 AM PDT  © Alessandra Chemollo
 © Alessandra Chemollo From the architect. On a small piece of foundation land where once stood a rural building a small residential unit was built, part of a larger project by the name of "Albergo Diffuso" in the municipality of Paluzza.  © Alessandra Chemollo The project, promoted by the Tourism Department of the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia and co-financed by EU funds, aims to promote the re-use and the recovery of a building heritage which is left to deteriorate with the objective of promoting a new sustainable form of tourism capable, at the same time, of revitalizing highly depopulated areas.  © Alessandra Chemollo The ambition is to increase the welcoming capacity for tourists not thought big hotel infrastructures but thanks to small units widespread on the territory.  © Alessandra Chemollo  Floor Plan  © Alessandra Chemollo  Floor Plan The desired outcome is a touristic offer not only at a low-cost hospitality but also the possibility, offered to guests, of choosing an alternative holiday/break solution to the mainstream offer.Inside, the house offers a domestic geography which is intimately linked to the morphology of the site.  © Alessandra Chemollo A black space with a small window becomes the place for cooking and eating, the big frameless glass window is the place for conversation, while a low window allowing the continuation of the outside landscape sculpts a small wooden intimate alcove for the night.  © Alessandra Chemollo This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Scientists Uncover the Chemical Secret Behind Roman Self-Healing Underwater Concrete Posted: 05 Jul 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Drilling at a ancient Roman marine structure in Portus Cosanus, Tuscany, 2003. Drilling is by permission of the Soprintendenza Archeologia per la Toscana.. Image © J. P. Oleson More than 2000 years ago, the Roman Empire invented a unique marine concrete that allowed for the construction of enormous, durable structures – even underwater. Incredibly, the exact chemical properties of this concrete mixture have eluded scientists to this day – but now, researchers from the University of Utah believe they may have finally cracked the code. According to the findings in the journal American Mineralogist, the secret lies in the chemical properties of two of the mixture's components: lime and volcanic ash, which contained a rare mineral known as aluminium tobermorite. When exposed to sea water, the substance would crystallize in the lime while curing. Rather than be eroded by the water, its presence actually gave the material additional strength. Using an electron microscope, X-ray micro-diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, the researchers were able to map the distribution of elements in remaining Roman architectural works. What they found was significant amounts of tobermorite growing through the composition of the concrete, and a related, porous mineral called phillipsite. Through continued exposure to seawater, the scientists predict, the crystal were able to keep growing over time, reinforcing the concrete and preventing cracks from forming. "Contrary to the principles of modern cement-based concrete," said lead author Marie Jackson. "The Romans created a rock-like concrete that thrives in open chemical exchange with seawater. It's a very rare occurrence in the Earth."  This microscopic image shows the lumpy calcium-aluminum-silicate-hydrate (C-A-S-H) binder material that forms when volcanic ash, lime and seawater mix. Platy crystals of Al-tobermorite have grown amongst the C-A-S-H in the cementing matrix.. Image Courtesy of Marie Jackson The scientists hope that the findings can be used to improve modern concrete techniques – resulting in a longer-lasting and more environmentally-sustainable material. "I think [the research] opens up a completely new perspective for how concrete can be made – that what we consider corrosion processes can actually produce extremely beneficial mineral cement and lead to continued resilience, in fact, enhanced perhaps resilience over time," said Jackson. One current project suggested as ideal for experimenting with Roman concrete is the seawall for the Swansea lagoon in Wales. "There's many applications but further work is needed to create those mixes. We've started but there is a lot of fine-tuning that needs to happen," said Jackson. "The challenge is to develop methods that use common volcanic products – and that is actually what we are doing right now." Learn more about the study, here. News via the Guardian, BBC.
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| Centro Botín / Renzo Piano Building Workshop Posted: 05 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Enrico Cano
 © Enrico Cano From the architect. The Centro Botín, a space for art, culture and education, projecting into the Bay of Santander, will restore to the city the immense dockland site of the Albareda mole, used until now as a parking lot. This is a strategic area, overlooking the sea, near the old city centre and enhanced by the historic Jardines de Pereda. The centre was strongly supported by Emilio Botín (1934-2014), president of Banco Santander and financed by the Botín Foundation, one of the most important private foundations in Spain, established in 1964 with the aim of fostering the social, economic and cultural development of Cantabria.  Site Plan  Sketch The project restores the ties between the historical part of the city and the sea. The freeway separating the park from the sea has now been rung underground through a tunnel, making it possible to double the area of the Jardines de Pereda, extending them to the seafront and restoring pedestrian access to the sea for Santander's citizens.  © Enrico Cano Hemmed in between the park and the sea, and on the axis of the public market, the new Centro Botín is half based on the land and the other half suspended over the water on stilts. This avoids obstructing the view of the sea and the beautiful bay landscape for people strolling in the park, as the Centro Botín is cleverly masked by the foliage of trees. A series of light walkways of steel and glass separate the two rounded volumes of the building and create a new square set above grade and fully public. Stairways and elevators then lead up to the two blocks of the cultural centre. From here the "springboard" over the sea projects twenty metres beyond the mole.  © Stéphane Aboudaram  Floor Plan Level 1 The two-lobed form of the Centro Botín is the outcome of a laborious progressive refinement of the design with the use of models. This gave rise to a rounded form that provides better illumination of the ground floor and accompanies the view of visitors and citizens looking out from the park to the sea. The two bodies that make up the building are completely faced with 280,000 small, slightly rounded ceramic tiles, pearl-coloured and vibrant, that reflect the sunlight, the sparkle of the water, and the rarefied atmosphere of Cantabria.  © Enrico Cano The east volume houses an auditorium rising to double height and cantilevered over the sea, and to the north, the educational centre: spaces designed with the maximum flexibility to adapt to multiple activities. The auditorium has been conceived as a multifunctional box that can host concerts, readings, lectures, but also festivals and ceremonies, while the rooms of the education centre are designed to offer spaces of varying sizes to host future workshops of creative art, music, dance and cookery for both children and adults.  © Enrico Cano In the west volume the exhibition galleries unfold on two levels, characterized by a spectacular double view over the sea and the park. The exhibition space on the upper floor is illuminated zenithally by glass roofing consisting of four layers: an outer level composed of small silkscreened glass slats which prevent stray light from entering the gallery space directly; a second layer of double glazing which seals the gallery; a third layer consisting of small aluminium louvers automatically controlled by a system of sensors that can be used to black out the interior and make the lighting flexible; and lastly, under the main beams, a semi-transparent white fabric that creates a uniform space and diffuses the light while revealing the complex structure of the roof.  © Enrico Cano  © Enrico Cano An amphitheatre hewn out of the park runs alongside the Centro Botín, its west façade equipped with a LED screen for screenings and outdoor cinema. On the ground floor a fully transparent façade encloses a multifunctional space animated by a café, restaurant, commercial space and the information centre. Here the ceiling is covered with ceramic and the floor is a continuation of the external blue concrete paving. In this way, the inner and outer space are almost indistinguishable and visitors and citizens can see the sea and landscape of the bay framed by the broad eaves of the building which shelter the tables outside, creating a space for gathering and socializing. Building, park and city are clasped in an intimate bond.  Transversal Section This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2017 04:00 AM PDT  © Yoshihiro Koitani
 © Yoshihiro Koitani From the architect. Located on the edge of a ravine, the house isolates itself from the neighbors and opens to the landscape of the glen. While its thermal and acoustic qualities contribute to its habitability, it is its density and texture that build the tour experience that connects the threshold with the landscape.  © Yoshihiro Koitani  Ground Floor Plan  © Yoshihiro Koitani The plot with its trapezoidal proportion, narrow at the front and wide at the back complicated the access, which is resolved laterally, however the final setup allows the link between all common spaces and bedrooms to the natural protected area.  © Yoshihiro Koitani Handmade blocks made on site are the central material exploration of the house. These blocks are carried to the limit to configure different lighting atmospheres, tactile signals and acoustic ceilings, given the ease of its handling.  Upper Floor Plan The project is designed not to require active cooling and heating systems by using 30 centimeter-wide walls, double-glazed windows and crossed ventilation.  © Yoshihiro Koitani  © Yoshihiro Koitani The garage, the kitchen and the public areas are located on the ground floor. The private and service areas are found on the second story, while the guest room is left on the basement.  © Yoshihiro Koitani  Section 1  © Yoshihiro Koitani This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 7 Alternative, Interdisciplinary Graduate Courses for Architects Posted: 05 Jul 2017 02:30 AM PDT  The Harvard Graduate School of Design offers a "Master in Design Engineering (MDE)" in conjunction with the university's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterhess/5827571398'>Flickr user peterhess</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> As final juries draw to a close, graduating architecture students are left with a crucial decision to make. While some might take a plunge into the scary real world looking to gain professional experience, others might choose to further reinforce their architecture education and skill set. Of the latter, most enroll in an MArch program, or take well-trodden paths into urban design and planning, landscape architecture, historic preservation, or theory and criticism. But in an increasingly complex world faced with myriad problems, what about those graduate architects looking to bolster their education in other related disciplines that will give them a more unique perspective on design problems? Here, we shortlist seven alternative, interdisciplinary graduate programs offered by architecture schools worldwide. 1. Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) in Computation |
| Corner House / Nicolás Pinto da Mota + Victoria María Falcón Posted: 05 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Fernando Schapochnik
 © Fernando Schapochnik From the architect. The house is developed in an urban area. The plot of 9 x 13m is characterized by two very strong conditions, on the one hand the relation to the neighboring park and on the other its position in the corner of the block.  © Fernando Schapochnik The main strategy responds to these conditions with terraces-lodges that are positioned on the upper floors to achieve the greatest visual relation to the park, this desire to maximize the sense of breadth gives meaning to the whole strategy.  © Fernando Schapochnik To strengthen the contact perimeter of the house with the exterior, understanding the full and empty as a continuous whole give meaning to this monovolumen in corner, articulating the void and evidencing the urban vocation of the project.  © Fernando Schapochnik  Section  © Fernando Schapochnik The housing program is divided vertically, placing the public in the middle floor and private spaces at the ends. The services and vertical circulations are compacted against the edge less favored by the visual ones.  © Fernando Schapochnik The brick sums up the whole volume and is incorporated naturally into the fabric of housing that the neighborhood has.  © Fernando Schapochnik This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Foster + Partners to Transform Major Landfill Site Into Sustainable Innovation Hub in Sharjah Posted: 05 Jul 2017 01:00 AM PDT  via Flickr User Utsav Verma. Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0). Foster + Partners have announced plans for the redevelopment of a major landfill site in Sharjah, UAE, belonging to Bee'ah – the foremost environmental energy and waste management company in the Middle East since 2007. Upon Sharjah reaching its "zero waste to landfill" target by 2020, the site is set for redundancy, sparking a proposed sustainable masterplan as an example of a circular economy and a reflection of Bee'ah's vision of clean energy and sustainable innovation. "We believe that this vision, as interpreted through our masterplan, represents a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate just what can be achieved at sites like this which feature in every industrialized nation on the planet," expressed Giles Robinson, Senior Partner at Foster + Partners. "The project will also serve to further showcase Bee'ah's waste management center as a place where innovation, environmental best practice, and good design take center stage." The site is located in the city's Al Saj'ah district, adjacent to the Bee'ah headquarters. Through a model of circular economy in Sharjah, waste diversion, reclamation, and recycling help preserve local resources while also stimulating employment opportunities and locally sourced materials. Sharjah's efforts to become the first city in the Middle East to send zero waste to landfills will be celebrated and manifested with the realization of the masterplan and collaboration between the two firms. In particular, Bee'ah's waste management models and strategies will help educate and inspire other companies and individuals on their paths towards cleaner and sustainable cities. "Through strategic partnerships with some of the world's most innovative, creative and forward-thinking companies such as Foster + Partners we are confident that we can apply this approach elsewhere, bringing sustainable development in new markets and promoting a circular economy in communities that are ready and willing to commit to resource recovery," said CEO of Bee'ah, His Excellency Khaled Al Huraimel. "In this way, we will play a substantial role, regionally and globally, in accelerating the pace of change as we move towards a more sustainable future." Of late, the UAE has been the stage for a number of new environmentally centered projects, such as CBT's Masdar City and Benoy's plans for a sustainable community park, both in Abu Dhabi. Stay tuned for more on Sharjah's future sustainable innovation landmark. News via: Foster + Partners.
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| In Progress: Amatrice Refectory / Stefano Boeri Architetti Posted: 04 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT  © Francesco Mattuzzi
 © Francesco Mattuzzi From the architect. After a construction period of only 30 days, the new school refectory for Amatrice has been realized, thanks to the fundraising organized by Corriere della Sera and TgLa7 with the initiative "Un aiuto subito". The school refectory, designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, has been conceived as a multifunctional space for Amatrice's children and it will become a gathering point for the local community, where people can meet, play and, maybe, stop for a while and look at the Sibillini Mountains, framed by the wide window in the main hall.  Elevations It's only a first, small, step towards the recostruction of a completely destroyed territory, but it's also the tangible sign that building with high quality and great attention can go together, even in Italy, with a significant reduction of costs and time.  © Francesco Mattuzzi On one side, it's really important that such a result has been achieved in a short period of time, because to give a prompt answer to the reconstruction emergency was a priority for all the professionals involved in the project. On the other side, the commitment with Amatrice has only just begun: Stefano Boeri Architetti, together with Innova FVG, is already working on the second stage of the project "Amate Amatrice. Besides the wooden refectory, the project includes a food hub that will host eight of the historic restaurants in Amatrice, destroyed by the earthquake. The restaurants, that will be built with wooden prefabricated structures, together with the refectory will give again, a workplace to more than 130 people that, before the tragic earthquake of last August, worked in the restaurant field. Around the refectory, a new public space will take shape. It's a new square for Amatrice, where people can meet and stay together. It's a place where to taste the local specialities, in order to give new force to the food tourism and to the economy of the all territory. It's also a starting point, to re-discover the identity of a town that has lost in a few seconds hundreds of lives and centuries of memories, but that is now ready to build again, piece by piece, its own rebirth.  © Francesco Mattuzzi The intervention is composed of a set of structures built with wooden prefabricated modular elements, which will accommodate a school refectory (Excerpt 1) and 8 restaurants, with different capacities and size. (Excerpt 2).  © Francesco Mattuzzi The project involves the placement of the modules around an open public space, consisting of a pedestrian pavement outside, equipped with seating and lighting, and a central blank space, arranged to green, equipped with chairs to house a temporary installation of urban wooden furniture. The structures will be undertaken partly in the workshop and then assembled on site, according to the deadlines and the procedures defined during detailed design and construction supervision.  © Francesco Mattuzzi The area will also be equipped with parking lots, loading and unloading areas, and with a driveway of around 6m width serving back the modules, to supply the restaurants operations. The whole project area will also be equipped with the infrastructures to provide the functionality of the facilities, as well as connections to existing networks.  © Francesco Mattuzzi MASTERPLAN Excerpt 1: School refectory area about 490 square meters, consisting of a dining room for 150 seats in the open bar area, and a number of service areas for galleys, preparation and storage, bathrooms, locker rooms, local washing and waste, technical rooms. The structure will be realized using wooden prefabricated elements for the outer casing and the supporting elements; modular elements in the insulated metal sheet for the roof; aluminum and double glazing perimeter doors and windows; interior partitions in dry materials; indoor and outdoor flooring in concrete and gres tiles for local service and kitchen.  Site Plan Excerpt 2: Restaurants of different capacity and size, from about 85mq to about 500 square meters, depending on the requirements of different restaurateurs, realized with prefabricated modular elements in wood for the outer casing and the supporting elements; modular elements in insulated metal sheet for to the cover; perimeter doors and windows of aluminum and double glazing; indoor flooring in concrete and rough for the exterior, stoneware finish for the service areas and kitchen. Each restaurant will also be equipped with a lightweight steel and wood structure to use as outdoor area to accommodate tables outside during summer.  © Francesco Mattuzzi The project also involves the construction of interiors, kitchens and service areas, through modular elements. The layout of the dining rooms will instead diversify the restaurants, to give recognizability and customization for users. There will be graphic elements of orientation and communication, which can guarantee the customization for each restaurant, giving at the same time an overall design.  © Francesco Mattuzzi This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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