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ArchDaily + Architonic: Welcome to a New Era
Beyond Refugee Housing: 5 Examples of Social Infrastructure for Displaced People
Half Cave House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Paris Plans to Maintain Anti-Pollution and Anti-Congestion Measures post Covid-19 Lockdown
AKA Patagonia Hotel / Pablo Larroulet
Paul Clemence Releases New Images of Studio Gang's 11 Hoyt Tower in Brooklyn, New York
Terroir Designs Sculptural Museum and Art Gallery for Tasmania
Schools of the Future: How Furniture Influences Learning
New Generations: A Selection of Young Emerging Practices
Spotlight: Christian de Portzamparc
UNIKATO Residential Building / KWK Promes
Cuitlahuac Building / RE+D
In Absence Pavilion / Edition Office + Yhonnie Scarce
Jinlong Prefab School / Crossboundaries
House in Mimuro / Ohmura Nakamura Atelier
Hillside House / SAOTA
Miura Showroom / Takenaka Corporation
G5 Brewing Company / Cushing Terrell
L’Oreal Innovation Center / Perkins and Will
Pasargada House / Bernardo Horta Arquiteto + Meius Arquitetura

ArchDaily + Architonic: Welcome to a New Era

Posted: 04 May 2020 02:45 AM PDT

Dear architects,

When we started this project 15 years ago, we knew that the expansion of cities would become the biggest challenge for humanity, and that architects, with better access to knowledge, had the ability to radically improve the quality of life of billions of people. That is why we envisioned ArchDaily as a global source of inspiration, knowledge, and tools to help architects face this challenge. Our carefully curated, unbiased, categorized database of projects, materials and knowledge, paired with a stream of globally diverse content, now serves more than 650,000 people every day.

As our industry is on the verge of a rapid digital transformation, it is our responsibility to understand how technology will integrate inspiration, product sourcing, project delivery, construction and even the management of the life cycle of buildings, enabling architects to do more and better, in an efficient and sustainable way, to face the big challenges ahead.

That is why we are happy to share the news that we are joining Architonic, the largest database of curated products, to expand both our value propositions for the architecture and interior design world.

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Beyond Refugee Housing: 5 Examples of Social Infrastructure for Displaced People

Posted: 05 May 2020 12:35 AM PDT

Playgrounds for Refugee Children in Bar Elias, Lebanon. Image Courtesy of CatalyticAction

Throughout human history, the movement of populations–in search of food, shelter, or better economic opportunities–has been the norm rather than the exception. Today, however, the world is witnessing unprecedented levels of displacement. The United Nations reports that 68.5 million people are currently displaced from their homes; this includes nearly 25.4 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of eighteen. With conflicts raging on in countries like Syria and Myanmar, and climate change set to lead to increased sea levels and crop failures, the crisis is increasingly being recognised as one of the foundational challenges of the twenty-first century.

While emergency housing has dominated the discourse surrounding displacement in the architecture industry, it is critical for architects and planners to study and respond to the socio-cultural ramifications of population movements. How do we build cities that are adaptive to the holistic needs of fluid populations? How do we ensure that our communities absorb refugees and migrants into their local social fabric?

This World Refugee Day, let's take a look at 5 shining examples of social infrastructure from around the world–schools, hospitals, and community spaces–that are specifically directed at serving displaced populations.

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Half Cave House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Posted: 05 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT

architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Location: 3-chōme-26-33 Takanawa, Minato City, Tōkyō-to 108-0074, Japan
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Nacasa & Partners Inc.
Area: 2389.0 m2

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Paris Plans to Maintain Anti-Pollution and Anti-Congestion Measures post Covid-19 Lockdown

Posted: 04 May 2020 11:31 PM PDT

PARIS, FRANCE March 22th 2020 : The Cyclist with medical mask on Champs Elysées empty during the period of containment measures due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus. Image via Shutterstock/ By Frederic Legrand - COMEO

Paris, just like Milan, is planning on keeping its streets car-free after the coronavirus lockdown. Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced plans to maintain the anti-pollution and anti-congestion measures introduced during the confinement period, as the city reopens.

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AKA Patagonia Hotel / Pablo Larroulet

Posted: 04 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT

architects: Pablo Larroulet
Location: Puerto Natales, Natales, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, Chile
Project Year: 2020
Photographs: Fernanda del Villar
Area: 300.0 m2

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Paul Clemence Releases New Images of Studio Gang's 11 Hoyt Tower in Brooklyn, New York

Posted: 04 May 2020 10:30 PM PDT

Paul Clemence has just released his latest photographs of the Studio Gang-designed 11 Hoyt tower in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. Almost completed, the residential development is characterized by an eye-catching crafted precast concrete and glass façade.

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Terroir Designs Sculptural Museum and Art Gallery for Tasmania

Posted: 04 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT

Architecture and design practice Terroir has unveiled a new proposal for the North West Museum and Art Gallery in Burnie, Tasmania. Designed to house both the city's Regional Art Gallery and Museum, the project will be sited along the Bass Highway.As Burnie City Council states, the NWMAG will showcase the region's natural environment, its history and heritage, as well as the communities shaping the city's future.

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Schools of the Future: How Furniture Influences Learning

Posted: 04 May 2020 09:30 PM PDT

Woodland Elementary School / HMFH Architects. Image Cortesia de HMFH Architects

It is a student's right to be educated in a safe, healthy, and even aesthetically appealing environment, especially young students for whom these factors are even more important. For example, it has been shown that when the ergonomics of chairs are inadequate, they can greatly affect levels of concentration and the development of skills such as calligraphy. At the same time, the effectiveness of traditional teaching methods is increasingly being questioned and the quality of alternative methodologies increasingly being considered. In other articles, we discussed in more detail the design of Montessori schools and the atmosphere of Waldorf interiors.

Today, we will cover the importance of choosing furniture and address some aspects to consider when organizing them in classroom design for the schools of the future.

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New Generations: A Selection of Young Emerging Practices

Posted: 04 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT

orizzontale_YAP Maxxi 8 1-2 © Alessandro Imbriaco

New Generations is a European platform that analyses the most innovative emerging practices at the European level, providing a new space for the exchange of knowledge and confrontation, theory, and production. Since 2013, New Generations has involved more than 300 practices in a diverse program of cultural activities, such as festivals, exhibitions, open calls, video-interviews, workshops, and experimental formats.

New Generations has launched a fresh new media platform, offering a unique space where emerging architects can meet, exchange ideas, get inspired, and collaborate. Recent projects, job opportunities, insights, news, and profiles will be published every day. The section 'profiles' provides a space to those who would like to join the network of emerging practices, and present themselves to the wide community of studios involved in the cultural agenda developed by New Generations.

Archdaily and New Generations join forces! Every month Archdaily will publish a selection of studio profiles chosen from the platform of New Generations.

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Spotlight: Christian de Portzamparc

Posted: 04 May 2020 08:30 PM PDT

Philharmonie Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Image Courtesy of Wade Zimmerman

Born on the 5th of May 1944 in what was at the time the French Protectorate of Morocco, French architect Christian de Portzamparc had doubts about continuing with architecture while studying in the 1960s, questioning modernist ideals and the discipline's lack of freedom compared to art. Instead, he spent a decade attempting to understand the role of architecture, before returning triumphantly with a new model of iterative urban design that emphasized open neighborhoods based around landmark "poles of attraction" and a varied series of high-profile commissions that combine a sense of purpose and place.

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UNIKATO Residential Building / KWK Promes

Posted: 04 May 2020 08:00 PM PDT

architects: KWK Promes
Location: Katowice, Poland
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Aleksander Rutkowski
Photographs: Juliusz Sokołowski
Photographs: Jakub Certowicz
Photographs: Jaroław Syrek
Area: 1310.0 m2

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Cuitlahuac Building / RE+D

Posted: 04 May 2020 07:00 PM PDT

architects: RE+D
Location: Calle Cuitláhuac 4110, Jardines del Sol, 45050 Zapopan, Jal., Mexico
Project Year: 2019
Photographs: César Béjar
Area: 1580.0 m2

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In Absence Pavilion / Edition Office + Yhonnie Scarce

Posted: 04 May 2020 06:00 PM PDT