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- Study John Pawson's Interiors of the New London Design Museum
- Boxpark Croydon / BDP
- Caminha Refurbishment / Tiago do Vale Arquitectos
- House with 30,000 Books / Takuro Yamamoto Architects
- The French International School of Beijing / Jacques Ferrier Architecture
- Blemen House / Blemen Architects
- The Black Cabin / Revolution Architects
- 5 Firms Shortlisted for 2017 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
- São Paulo Corporate Towers / Aflalo/Gasperini Arquitetos + Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
- World Architecture Festival Awards 2016 Announces Day 2 Winners
- The Design Museum of London / OMA + Allies and Morrison
- Frank Gehry and Maya Lin Awarded Obama's Presidential Medal of Freedom
- New Laboratory Building for the Municipal Drainage Works / KSG Architekten
- Acne Studios Madison Avenue / Acne Studios + Max Lamb
- A Virtual Look Into Mies van der Rohe's Core House
- Lofthouse I / Marc Koehler Architects
- 20 Details of Stunning Small-Scale Structures
| Study John Pawson's Interiors of the New London Design Museum Posted: 17 Nov 2016 08:00 PM PST  Pawson's sketch of the new London Design Museum This month London's Design Museum will officially open it's new home on Kensington High Street. The project, which has been redeveloped and designed in collaboration with Rotterdam-based practice OMA and London-based studio Allies & Morrison, has seen a Grade II* Listed Modernist monument sensitively restored into contemporary galleries. For John Pawson—who has been commissioned to create "a series of calm, atmospheric spaces" ordered around a large, oak-lined atrium—this scheme marks his first major public work.  © Gareth Gardner According to the Design Museum's own narrative of the spaces, "visitors [will] find themselves in a central atrium with striking views up to [an] iconic hyperbolic paraboloid roof." Here galleries, learning spaces, a café, an events space and a shop are arranged like an "opencast mine" beneath the building's iconic concrete roof.  © Gareth Gardner Two temporary gallery spaces will display up to seven temporary exhibitions per year. According to the museum, a "double-height basement also features a dedicated museum collection store with a glass window, allowing visitors a behind-the-scenes glimpse of pieces not on display." In addition, a 200-seat Bakala Auditorium will "allow the museum to expand its public programme and evening talks."  © Gareth Gardner "Italian terrazzo flooring is used throughout the basement and ground floors, transitioning to warm-toned Dinesen oak flooring and wall panels on the upper floors. A key element of the Pawson vocabulary, a wooden bench with concealed lighting spans one side of the Weston Mezzanine. The bench sits in front of a series of marble panels conserved from the original building, which before that had previously been installed in the Imperial Institute in 1857."  Sketch (John Pawson)  Plan: Lower Basement  Plan: Upper Basement  Plan: Ground Floor  Plan: First Floor  Plan: Mezzanine  Plan: Second Floor  Sketch (John Pawson)  Section B  Section A
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| Posted: 17 Nov 2016 07:00 PM PST  © Nick Caville
 © Nick Caville From the architect. Boxpark Croydon, which is part of the mixed-use Ruskin Square development next to East Croydon station, creates a unique dining experience that focuses on small independent traders.  © Nick Caville BDP's design creates a semi-enclosed market hall – like Covent Garden or La Boqueria in Barcelona – so there is a central focus to the scheme with units arranged around it, as well as outdoor terrace spaces. The change of level between the station entrance and Dingwall Road means people enter from multiple entrances and levels adding spatial interest and animation.  © Nick Caville Shipping containers are an intrinsic component of the Boxpark brand. There's something quite magical about taking this mundane and ubiquitous object and turning it into something desirable and transformational. We used 96 containers in total, four of which are unaltered. The whole assembly is like a giant 3D jigsaw puzzle but the finished result looks deceptively simple.  Model The pared down raw aesthetic of the design integrates into the core Boxpark design language and, with graphic designers Filthy Media and retail designers Brinkworth, a very strong graphic and visual identity is applied rigorously throughout the scheme.  © Nick Caville Boxpark will transform the quality of the retail and leisure offer in Croydon and is expected to draw in customers and new businesses from across the region.  Ground Floor Plan BDP was architect, civil and structural engineer, environmental engineer, acoustic consultant, lighting designer and landscape architect for the £3 million scheme.  © Nick Caville Product Description. The use of shipping containers is an intrinsic component of the Boxpark brand. We used 96 containers in total and only 4 of them are unaltered. Additionally, we introduced new materials such as the polycarbonate roof supported by a steel roof structure and integrated them into the core Boxpark design language.  © Nick Caville  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Caminha Refurbishment / Tiago do Vale Arquitectos Posted: 17 Nov 2016 06:00 PM PST  © João Morgado
 © João Morgado Built in the 80's, this apartment was in dire need of refurbishment. Both its infrastructures and organization were dated, so the intention was to make the most of its potentialities while bringing its living experience to contemporary standards.  Sketch  Sketch With just over 400 ft2 (40 m2) of surface, this small apartment by the sea was unwelcoming due to a choice of darker materials, 30 years of intense use and a not particularly qualified compartmentation (though in tune with its time).  © João Morgado The client required a functional and infrastructural update while maintaining the original organization (with an independent bedroom) and keeping the costs down.  © João Morgado The practice's strategy was to enhance the perception of the apartment's light and space by utilizing both a very minimal approach and the repetition of the white color.  © João Morgado The central piece of this project, though, is a blue volume that solves simultaneously the apartment's doors and the kitchen cabinets, an integral gesture that brings color but specially a playful, unpretentious tone to the whole apartment. With its blue hue and integrated hooks for the beach accessories, it brings the summer inside.  © João Morgado Half of the dividing wall between bedroom and living room was turned into a sliding panel, while still maintaining the original door placement on the bedroom. This allows for both an open space experience -which quite suits the diminute area of the apartment- or a more conventional one at the clients' discretion.  © João Morgado While this design is clearly contemporary there was always a willingness to keep textured surfaces and detailing that would still give a humanized scale to the spaces. The project achieved that with a wink to the 80's of the original construction, maintaining the ceiling moldings and introducing a surface of patterned tiles on the kitchen area.  © João Morgado This small apartment provides a relaxing experience, bringing the beach inside, and is now fit for 30 more years of simple, joyful use.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House with 30,000 Books / Takuro Yamamoto Architects Posted: 17 Nov 2016 02:00 PM PST  Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects
 Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects House with 30,000 Books is a residence for two families, which has a large library between those two dwelling parts. As the name suggests, the number of books the library can store is about 30,000, which almost equals to the number of books that one small public library can store. The library space, sometimes works for bonding two families, sometimes works as a buffer space, is the common property for them and the most spacious place of this house.  Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects When we design a house for two families, independence of the two dwellings is always a big problem. In the case like this house, using library space to draw two dwellings apart is very effective way for keeping privacy of both families, so naturally the library was inserted between the two dwellings. The unusual point is that the library's layout was rotated 45 degrees from the main axis, because the surroundings around the house happened to have empty space in northeast and southwest directions, so in order to evade crowded views, both ends of the library with windows are facing to those orientations.  Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects  Floor Plans  Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects And to widen the views from the library more, two parts of the building mass were cut away in triangle shapes like two wedges of cheese, and two sunken gardens for the library were made instead. Each of these open-air spaces is facing to a dwelling part at the same time, and works as a small private garden for it. These sunken gardens are buffer spaces between two dwellings, but through those spaces the families can feel the situation inside the library and the other dwelling indirectly. Those open-air spaces are connecting two dwellings while they are also separating them mildly.  Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects Of course, the library is not just for book stock. Having wide views and natural sunlight with high ceilings, this is the most attractive space of the residence. Usually the windows are closed for blocking out ultraviolet light and humidity in order to preserve the books, but they can be widely opened if needed, and thanks to the rotated layout and two open-air spaces, the library can show great transparency though it has complete ability for storage.  Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects On sunny days, they can fully open windows for ventilation, and enjoy bright views with 30,000 Books, both families together. I believe that is the greatest pleasure for book collectors, and this is the scene we tried to be realized through this project.  Courtesy of Takuro Yamamoto Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The French International School of Beijing / Jacques Ferrier Architecture Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:00 PM PST  © Luc Boegly
 © Luc Boegly From the architect. The French School of Beijing, designed by Jacques Ferrier Architecture, has been imagined as a built landscape. It is being developed on a site in the "Orchard" neighbourhood, which takes its name from the old orchards which, until recently, were a defining feature of this stretch of land alongside the road to the airport. Since then, the development of high-end residential blocks and international schools has introduced a new urban character with collections of low rise buildings alongside generous green spaces.  © Luc Boegly The building creates a continuous and unified space on the site, defining the various walkways and in line with the roads. It offers students and teachers a combination of protected and open spaces, with the landscape always present as a backdrop. The ground floor is home to shared spaces and functions: underneath an awning, the communal spaces for the various schools alternate with covered playgrounds. All of the outdoor spaces open towards the canteen's orchard and the sports facilities.  © Luc Boegly  Ground Floor  © Luc Boegly The entrances to the primary school and the secondary school and college are clearly separated, as are the flows of different students. There are, however, connections between the different sections of the school for the staff and teachers. The organization of the space is unambiguous and easy to read: the school hall and library are recognizable as soon as you enter.  © Luc Boegly From the second floor up, the classrooms are organized in a rational and flexible way. They are clad in a wooden lattice which seems to float above the organic surroundings formed by the lines of fruit trees. From the inside, this lattice is porous enough to let through light and not obscure views of the outside. It plays a major role in shading the building from the sunlight and protecting the school's activities from outside eyes. Finally, the lattice creates a serene, innovative and identifiable architectural look, drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese architectural.  © Luc Boegly The canteen and the gym hall have been designed as pavilions in the orchard. Alongside the stadium, they add the finishing touches to a project which combines architecture and landscaping to create a remarkable, environmentally- friendly place of learning. The metals used in the façades of these two buildings set up a game of reflections between landscaped and built environments.  © Luc Boegly The matt aspect of the wooden lattice around the main building interplays with the burnished surfaces of the gym hall and the canteen.  © Luc Boegly With a contemporary character which avoids modish excesses, the French school takes a long-term view of design, leaving open various possibilities for development and new uses.  © Luc Boegly  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Blemen House / Blemen Architects Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:00 AM PST  © Norihito Yamauchi
 © Norihito Yamauchi Young married couple building a house in the city area. As the number of working people in metropolitan area increases, their residential areas are expanded to the suburbs. Commuting takes more than one hour and this is rare compared to other countries. People prefer to live in the convenient area ; close to the station and with good train access to the office yet those land price tends to be higher i.e. the inheritance tax also higher. So when people cannot afford the high inheritance tax, they sell at the timing of inheritance or split the land and sell.  Sketch This is about the young married couple with limited budget seeking for the convenience and habitability of the house confronting the needs of housing in this society.  © Norihito Yamauchi Remake landscape of the town. Site is near by lively shopping street which is called 'Blemen street'. Originally site was split into three sites, and one of them is our planning site which is narrow grounds about 42㎡. Generally, the houses for this kind of site are designed to achieve a large floor area ratio. As a result, there are a lot of same facade house like a box built by housing manufacturers. And the skyline made by boring house is uniformed. Therefore we started to plan our small house to change the skyline and habitability. The roof was folded in three dimensions to get the afternoon sun. With that, we succeeded in removing the feeling of pressure from facade and decreasing the heat load for the house. The balcony was plan to overhang which blur boundaries between house and town. So this house got not only harmony for the town but also positiveness for the region.  © Norihito Yamauchi One room which summarized kitchen, living room, dining room and bed room surrounded by natural light coming into the room.  Plan From Japanese building standards law, the house which can be built in planning site is three story house. There are already three story houses in south site and east site of our site. North site house is two story. And west side of our site, there is three story building across four meter width road. So it was the worst condition for natural lighting plan. But thankfully to our south neighbor, their house planed gable roof because of north side slant line regulation. So we plan the big windows over the hight of their roof, which can capture natural light. Thanks to these windows, the wind flows by the chimney effect in interim period, and the internal space is warmed by natural energy in winter.  © Norihito Yamauchi Truss roof structure against earthquakes. We select steel structure which can realize no column space and free placement of windows. One direction is made by brace structure, another direction made by ramen structure. And the floor which is planned additional hight from 2nd floor level made by horizontal brace. Because of that, it can be flexible to use floor. The folded roof made by truss which has three dimensional rigidity, so it can decrease the horizontal deformation of top of the building.  © Norihito Yamauchi House of Grow The theme of the house is flexibility. This house has no joinery, petition wall, ceiling and receipt, because they can be changed by yourself as the family grows. If the owner wants to have shelf, they can make it. If a new member joins their family, they can add petition wall. Every time they want to change, they can customize their house. So that owner can feel an emotional attachment to their house, and continue to live in their house.  © Norihito Yamauchi Product Description. This house has no joinery, partition wall, ceiling and receipt, because they can be changed by yourself as the family grows.  © Norihito Yamauchi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Black Cabin / Revolution Architects Posted: 17 Nov 2016 09:00 AM PST  © Black Rabbit
 © Black Rabbit From the architect. Site  © Black Rabbit This project is located at Desierto de los Leones woods, in the west part of Mexico City. The terrain is surrounded by nature within the vast city. Here we found great amount of trees, allowing a natural visual filter towards the highway and the near constructions. It is a private space, isolated of visual pollution and acoustic disturbance.  © Black Rabbit Objective The main objective of the project, was to create a space for our clients and friends that could be ready as soon as possible. The haste of inhabit it in so short notice made us think of a constructive system that could be more efficient without raising the cost and handling the balance planned from the beginning.  © Black Rabbit Also we had to design and build exclusively the spaces that were really needed, letting go of any extras and fitting each measure to their style and way of life. A compact and useful project was the best choice because we agreed that the luxury was on the exterior, the woods.  © Black Rabbit Concept This project, being in the middle of the woods, full of trees and nature inspired us to create a cabin. We knew that it could not be an ordinary cabin, and we had the goal of making it a sustainable home, although we had the margin of budget and time.  Diagrams First thing we did was to analize the program that the client asked for, that stood mainly in the way the space should be organized. We created 3 modules: Private, semi-public and public.  © Black Rabbit After deciding the main division, hundreds of variations turned into volumetric diagrams that narrowed down into this three space modules. We studied how they could and should relate with each other and the arrangement towards the free space around, taking advantage of the vast land that offered few limits. We also had to merge certain design rules to fully understand this project.This guides were: Orientation. Views. Privacy.  Ground Floor Plan We concluded that the Private and Public modules had to have the most important views and had priority in the orientation. The Semi-Public would work as a bridge between Private and Public modules, and it could act as a visual barrier as well to produce privacy within the immediate neighbour.  © Black Rabbit Architecture The Cabin is 106 sqm, composed of 3 modules: Private, Semi-Public and Public. The Private module has the main bedroom with a full bathroom and dressing room. In the Semi-Public module is the kitchen, a full bathroom intended for guests and a laundry room. And the Public module has the living room and an exterior terrace.  © Black Rabbit The house floats 60 cm over the floor to avoid natural cold, save humidity on the floor, and dismiss a direct contact with the water that falls from the mountain top. The house has also a green roof that acts as a thermal filter with the exterior, maintaining the house cool during daytime and warm through the night. It is also a space that may be used as an extra piece of garden  © Black Rabbit Materials Time, budget and sustainability were the target, and we had to use precise materials to complete with success these tasks, and to avoid at all cost any work of masonry, excepting the foundation and the retaining wall on the east facade of the house.  © Black Rabbit The skeleton is a metallic structure in the vertical elements, as well as the horizontals. We believe that in this way we were being sustainable because the metal we can be recycled in the future. All the house is cladded with natural wood, black pine planks on the exterior walls, and on the floor and ceiling we left the natural color of the material.  Axonometric For the humid areas of the cabin, such as the bathroom and kitchen, we used basaltic stone to cover the surfaces.Interior walls are covered with gypsum panel painted in white to adjust the cost and give more visual dimension.  © Black Rabbit The green roof system has plastic membrane that works as an envelope insulating and waterproofing between the wood and the natural soil. Water that comes from rain and falls over the rooftop is directed to the natural terrain giving back the area that we took from the land. All the materials we used tu built the house can be recycled, the metallic structure,the wood cladding and the plastic membrane for the insulation  © Black Rabbit We created passive ventilation and natural light through the big windows So we achieved the goal for the client to have a sustainable home.  © Black Rabbit  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 5 Firms Shortlisted for 2017 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Posted: 17 Nov 2016 08:20 AM PST  Escobedo Soliz Studio's "Weaving the Courtyard" - 2016 winner of MoMA PS1's YAP. Image © Rafael Gamo MoMA P.S.1 has named five finalists competing in the 2017 Young Architects Program (YAP). Now in it's 17th year, the competition was founded to offer emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design a temporary, outdoor installation within the walls of the P.S.1 courtyard for MoMA's annual summer "Warm-Up" series. Architects are challenged to develop creative designs that provide shade, seating and water, while working within guidelines that address environmental issues, including sustainability and recycling. The 2017 finalists are:
The winner will be announced in February of next year. Last year's winner was Escobedo Soliz Studio for their colorful installation, "Weaving the Courtyard." Other previous winners include Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation's COSMO (2015), The Living / David Benjamin's Hy-Fi (2014), CODA / Caroline O'Donnell's Party Wall (2013), HWKN's Wendy (2012), Interboro Parners' Holding Pattern (2011), SO-IL's Pole Dance (2010), MOS' Afterparty (2009) and Work AC's Public Farm 1 (2008). News via MoMA PS1.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| São Paulo Corporate Towers / Aflalo/Gasperini Arquitetos + Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Posted: 17 Nov 2016 07:00 AM PST  © Ana Mello
 © Ana Mello Sao Paulo Corporate Towers was developed through a partnership between Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and aflalo/gasperini architects who were responsible for the viability study, project tropicalization and technical development.  Site Plan Situated in the Vila Olimpia neighborhood with entrances from Juscelino Kubitschek Avenue, Chedid Jafet Avenue and Funchal Street, it's therefore an undertaking with ease of access; neighboring the People's Park (Parque do Povo) the buildings have a clear view over the River Pinheiros expressway hub and can be seen in their totality from all angles.  © Ana Mello The vast plot has more than 19,000 square meters of green area with very old native trees that shaped the entire landscaping project. On the site sit two corporate towers, askew, forming a dynamic composition in the urban landscape; one amenities building housing a convention center, a restaurant and a cafeteria which are connected to a staggered basement covered by gardens; and one technical building housing equipment and the power plant.  © Ana Mello The building holds a Leed Platinum 3.0 pre-certification thanks to the efficient management of energy, water and of the users' well-being.  © Ana Mello  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| World Architecture Festival Awards 2016 Announces Day 2 Winners Posted: 17 Nov 2016 06:28 AM PST  The second group of winners of the World Architecture Festival's (WAF) 2016 category awards have been announced today on day 2 of the event, held this year in Berlin, Germany. The 16 Day 2 winners will now go on to compete against the 14 Day 1 winners for the title of 2016 World Building of the Year. The projects will be presented in front of a Super Jury, which includes Kai-Uwe Bergmann (BIG), Louisa Hutton (Sauerbruch Hutton), David Chipperfield, Ole Scheeren, and ArchDaily's co-founder and Editor-in-Chief David Basulto. Check out the Day 1 winners here and view the Day 2 winners after the break. Completed BuildingsCategory: HealthNötkärnan / Wingårdh Arkitektkontor  Nötkärnan / Wingårdh Arkitektkontor. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: Higher Education & Research © Luke Hayes. ImageInvestcorp Building for Oxford University's Middle East Centre at St Antony's College / Zaha Hadid Architects Category: Hotels & LeisureFushengyu Hotspring Resort / Aim Architecture  Fushengyu Hotspring Resort / Aim Architecture. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: ReligionSt. Trinitatis Church / Schulz und Schulz  Courtesy of Royal Institute of British Architects. ImageSt. Trinitatis Church / Schulz und Schulz Category: Shopping © Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee. ImageCrystal Houses / MVRDV Category: SportGrandview Heights Aquatic Centre / HCMA Architecture + Design  Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre / HCMA Architecture + Design. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: TransportLightPathAKL / Monk Mackenzie Architects + LandLab  LightPathAKL / Monk Mackenzie Architects + LandLab. Image © Russ Flatt Future ProjectsCategory: Commercial Mixed-UseKampung Admiralty / WOHA  Kampung Admiralty / WOHA. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: Competition EntriesChengdu City Music Hall / Aedas  Chengdu City Music Hall / Aedas. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: CultureWangari Muta Maathai House / Boogertman + Partners Architects  Wangari Muta Maathai House / Boogertman + Partners Architects. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: EducationSouth Melbourne Primary School / Hayball  South Melbourne Primary School / Hayball. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: HealthShelter for Victims of Domestic Violence / Amos Goldreich Architecture and Jacobs Yaniv Architects  Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence / Amos Goldreich Architecture and Jacobs Yaniv Architects. Image Courtesy of Amos-Goldreich Architecture Category: HouseArthur Residence / 5468796 Architecture  Arthur Residence / 5468796 Architecture. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: Leisure-Led DevelopmentAyla Golf Academy & Clubhouse / Oppenheim Architecture  Ayla Golf Academy & Clubhouse / Oppenheim Architecture. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: Masterplanning FutureNaerheden - Suburb of the Future / Arkitema Architects  Naerheden - Suburb of the Future / Arkitema Architects. Image via World Architecture Festival Category: ResidentialUptown, Mecca, Saudi Arabia / Design and More International  Uptown / Design and More International. Image via World Architecture Festival See the full list of Day 1 winners, here. Check out more of our coverage on this year's event, here, or visit the WAF 2016 website, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Design Museum of London / OMA + Allies and Morrison Posted: 17 Nov 2016 05:00 AM PST  © Philip Vile
 © Nick Guttridge From the architect. In December 2007, along with ve other architectural firms, OMA was invited by Chels eld deputy chairman Sir Stuart Lipton to consider the potential of the Commonwealth Institute site. OMA's proposal sought to save the grade II* listed building by reinjecting life into the modernist monument, the new home for London's Design Museum, while retaining its distinctive copper roof and parabolic form. OMA with Allies and Morrison were the architects responsible for the design of the refurbished structural shell and external envelope of the building. The project required a close working relationship with Design Museum interior architects, John Pawson.  © Luke Hayes  Diagram  © Luke Hayes Significant and complex refurbishment works were carried out, including the wholesale reconfiguration of the structure and basement excavation to increase floor area and organisational efficiency to suit the needs of the Design Museum, while balancing the retention of the dramatic views to the underside as agreed with heritage officers. The refurbishment was realized while retaining the renowned parabolic copper roof in-situ, which required significant engineering skill from Arup and the contractor, Mace.  Elevations  © Nick Guttridge  Section The facades have been completely replaced to fulfill contemporary technical building standards. The glazing was redesigned and replaced to retain the pattern of the fenestration and the blue-glass appearance of the original RHWL building. This new system permits controlled daylight into and views out of future museum spaces. Original stained glass panels were removed, refurbished and reinstated to be enjoyed by future visitors to the Museum.  © Philip Vile The setting of the Design Museum has been designed with landscape architects West 8. Original features of the Commonwealth Institute have been painstakingly researched and reinterpreted back into the contemporary design with significant trees retained along the edge of Holland Park and Kensington High Street.  © Luke Hayes The Commonwealth Institute refurbishment project has been realized as an essential part of the adjacent Holland Green development by Chels eld LLP and Ilchester Estates, a striking arrangement of three stone cubes that respond to the geometry and grid of the retained museum building, providing 54 residential apartments placed within a highly sensitive urban / park context and also designed by OMA and Allies and Morrison.  Courtesy of OMA  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Frank Gehry and Maya Lin Awarded Obama's Presidential Medal of Freedom Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:10 AM PST  Louis Vuitton Foundation image © Todd Eberle. Vietnam Veterans Memorial competition image via Library of Congress, released to public domain by Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund President Obama has named architects Frank Gehry and Maya Lin among the 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. Established in its current decoration in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, the award is presented to "individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is not just our nation's highest civilian honor—it's a tribute to the idea that all of us, no matter where we come from, have the opportunity to change this country for the better. From scientists, philanthropists, and public servants to activists, athletes, and artists, these 21 individuals have helped push America forward, inspiring millions of people around the world along the way," said President Obama in a statement. Previous architects to have won the award include Mies van der Rohe (1963), Buckminster Fuller (1983) and I.M. Pei (1993)  via LATimes Blog Gehry was noted by the White House for his role in defining contemporary architecture, citing his well-known works the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Dancing House in Prague, and the Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao, Spain.  © Flickr user wbur licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Maya Lin received commendation for her work in architecture, sculpture and landscape art, notably her design for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., as well as her recent environmental activism, as seen in her ongoing project, "What is Missing?". The complete list of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients is as follows:
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| New Laboratory Building for the Municipal Drainage Works / KSG Architekten Posted: 17 Nov 2016 03:00 AM PST  © Yohan Zerdoun
 © Yohan Zerdoun A design competition initiated by the municipal drainage works in 2013 aimed at determining an architect for the new laboratory and office building of the sewage institute. The design by kister scheithauer gross (ksg) responds to the distinctive surroundings of the works grounds with a detached and geometric volume, which optimally exploits the triangular site. The architects were commissioned with the implementation. "The one-storey building with a circular roof structure housing building services takes up the corporality of the technical buildings and lives up to both its function and its symbolic effect as a prominent technical building," explains the originator of the design, Johannes Kister.  Site Plan The completely encased building with a curved façade rather resembles a metal container and is thus harmoniously blending in with its surrounding. The façade reduces the scale of the building, yet without being distant and lacking character and being a typical example of industrial architecture. The new building derives its identity from its materiality and ornamental façade design, which awakens very different associations. Is it an Oriental screen? No, it looks like the Tetris game. Or maybe it is a Hollerith punch card. "During the façade design I thought of the typical sieve characteristic, which I also connect with conducting analyses and research, the actual procedures in a laboratory," says Kister. "What is behind it? What is inside? We transferred the play with the curiosity of a chemist to the design. From the outside, the viewer only sees parts or components of the whole thing. With every step the viewer takes around the building, the view to the core, the interiors changes." In addition to the creative idea, the front-mounted façade also acts as shading device and manages to harmoniously unitize the different-sized and varyingly arranged window openings in the social, office and laboratory areas. There is no "unsightly rear side", and the employees inside the building can enjoy exciting views to the surroundings.  © Yohan Zerdoun  Plan  © Yohan Zerdoun From a functional and constructive perspective, the building is divided into two parts: a lower section with a single leaf wall built of pumice blocks, providing high thermal insulation, and a reinforced concrete ceiling as well as a taller hall built of prefabricated reinforced concrete elements with a trapezoidal sheet roof. The hall-like, taller section, which provides more than half of the floor area, accommodates the large analytical laboratory with modern laboratory facilities; unlike in conventional cell laboratories, this laboratory type impresses with shorts walking distances and a high level of transparency. It is true: the function of the building – a highly technological analytical laboratory for the sewage institute – and the triangular shape of the site don't seem to be compatible at first sight. However, with the innovative concept of arranging the laboratory benches in rows, the planners were able to break away from the typical internal division of a laboratory and, in a second step, achieve a higher flexibility both in terms of zoning and the basic building shape. In the end, this led to a new laboratory building, which owing to its aesthetic shape, its exceptional façade and the optimal working procedures in the interiors already ranks among the pilot projects in laboratory construction. On 7 October 2016, the building was officially inaugurated after a construction period of approximately 14 months.  © Yohan Zerdoun  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Acne Studios Madison Avenue / Acne Studios + Max Lamb Posted: 17 Nov 2016 02:15 AM PST  © Acne Studios
 © Acne Studios From the designer. Acne Studios new global flagship store on the Upper East Side of Madison Avenue in New York City features gold as its signature tone, with metal interior walls and fittings in aluminum that have been electrostatically gilded. A black asphalt floor and structural columns are dotted with semi-precious coloured stones. The space, entirely wrapped in glass to allow interior visibility, is designed to act as a gallery as well as a clothing store.  © Acne Studios The ceiling—a full lighting surface—creates a homogeneous light through the store. A golden aluminum partition divides the space between the public front and the private back area.  © Acne Studios Furniture and interiors designer Max Lamb has created new bronze furniture around his polycarbonate concept for the store, including a desk, benches and stools. Lamb also collaborated with Acne Studios to create custom rugs that sit like islands throughout the store. Yarns of different weights were hand-dyed in Lamb's studio in London before being tufted at Kasthall in Sweden. There, the tufter used each cone of yarn until it was finished in order to allow chance to dictate the pattern.  © Acne Studios  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Virtual Look Into Mies van der Rohe's Core House Posted: 17 Nov 2016 01:30 AM PST
In 1951, Mies van der Rohe designed the Core House, a participative design structure which could be completed by its inhabitants. This flexible model challenged certain architectural concepts, explored new industrial technologies, and proposed a modular system to improve the quality and affordability of housing. In a 2011 article by Luciana Fornari Colombo, entitled "Mies van der Rohe's Core House - a Theoretical Project on the Essential Dwelling," she states: "The Core House can be considered an outstanding example of a theoretical project, that is, of a project undertaken independently, as a self-imposed challenge. This type of project allows the architect to more freely test and develop generic architectural ideas for no one and nowhere in specific, which are able to inspire future designs. In this sense, theoretical projects are not only unbuilt projects. They provide an appropriate opportunity to put architecture in front of its disciplinary limits." According to Myron Goldsmith, who collaborated in the design of the Core House, as quoted in Fornari's article; "the main ideas that Mies van der Rohe speculated and tested in this project were: architecture as background for people, absolute minimum use of elements, how far one could go in a unified space (what had to be closed, what could be opened), how far one could go in simplifying the unconventional living idea and how to live within it."  Courtesy of Archilogic What exactly is the Core House?In 1945, the magazine Arts and Architecture announced an extraordinary opportunity for experimentation in domestic architecture: the twenty year "Case Study Houses" Program. The aim was to provide solutions for the design and construction of simple, inexpensive architectural models worldwide. Subsequently, the program addressed a need to help people rebuild their lives in the post-war era in the United States, as millions of soldiers returned to their homes after World War II. Six years later, Mies van der Rohe designed the Core House (1951) as a personal research project, without any financial support from a client. Myron Goldsmith and students of the Illinois Institute of Technology were involved in the design process. The project consisted of a square space enclosed with a glass façade with four exterior H-shaped columns supporting the flat roof. The interior space was free to be arranged around the service core, utilizing furniture, partitions and curtains as opposed to installing permanent walls. Fornari states, "The Core House was intended to adapt to different families and sites. To accomplish that, the house could be built with sides in 40, 50 or 60 feet square (12.19, 15.24 or 18.28 meters) and receive different service core arrangements." Fornari also says, "opened in all directions to the surrounding nature through large glass panels, the house has minimal visual obstructions... besides the slender columns. These columns are dislocated from their usual position, the corners, emphasizing the sense of space continuity and creating the perception of the roof as a light floating plane." For a rough idea of how individuals could adapt the design, Mies van der Rohe also proposed some variations in the size of the models and arrangement of the service core. (Now we have Archilogic!) The following year, the Chicago Daily Tribune published an important article on the Core House, written by Anne Douglas (1952) entitled "Dinner in Yesterday's Bedroom – It's Possible in this Flexible Plan," in which Mies is quoted: "...A dozen people have come to us in the last few years and asked for a modern house in the range of $30,000 to $40,000. We told them it was difficult to work out individual houses, for the work has no relation to the cost of the house... Since there seems to be a real need for such homes, we have attempted to solve the problem." Although the project has not gained much attention in the discussion of the Case Study Houses program or architectural theory in general, Fornari concludes her article by stating: "Besides innovating and influencing later designs as much as many built works, the Core House can also be considered a crystalline exemplar of modern architecture, expressing the historical and cultural context in which it was developed. Still, as it happens to outstanding works of art, this project transcends its own generation. After many decades, this house did not lose its innovating qualities, offering, still today, a modern appeal to the daily need of shelter. Besides all the influences and repercussions it had, the value of this work also lies in itself, in its purifying and resolving effect in the fundamental questions of architecture. This unique proposal represents the achievement of a beautiful vitreous apparition, almost immaterial and infinite."  Courtesy of Archilogic ArchilogicOnce the exclusive domain of programmers, code is now being used by a new generation of designers, artists, and architects, eager to explore how software can enable innovative ways of generating form, and translating ideas. Archilogic has built Mies van der Rohe's design on the web. Click through the configurations and choose your favourite layout. And if you're ambitious, using the software's built-in tools, you can alter the interior layout of the house, and even insert furniture or art. Participate in the process of design and show us your ideas! Bibliography
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| Lofthouse I / Marc Koehler Architects Posted: 17 Nov 2016 01:00 AM PST  © Filip Dujardin
 © Filip Dujardin In this corner house, all floors are interconnected in a continuous flow. The house takes maximum advantage of the exceptional views of its rugged, industrial environment. Loft House 1 is the first implementation of a series of durable, wooden loft houses.  © Filip Dujardin The house is based on a reversed principle: its owners decided to sleep downstairs and live upstairs. This allows them to fully enjoy the views of the harbour from the kitchen, the lounge and the dining room. The owners' wish was to connect the areas on the upper floors with the lower floors in one, continuous flow. A solution was found by incorporating a staircase that serves as an atrium and has become a central design element. The atrium has been designed so that each vertical walk becomes an attractive adventure. Another classification principle is the split-level structure: each floor is half a floor higher or lower in relation to the previous or the next. This allows the owners to look easily from one floor to the other. This creates a gradual transition from one floor to the next, unlike the clean break between each floor in a standard terraced house.  © Filip Dujardin Surprising Sightlines  © Filip Dujardin  Section  © Filip Dujardin Sturdy and Serene Atmosphere  © Filip Dujardin Evolutionary prototype  © Filip Dujardin Product Description. Foreco – Nobelwood  © Filip Dujardin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 20 Details of Stunning Small-Scale Structures Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST  Throughout history, simple structures have constituted one of the most common forms of human expression. Small-scale housing, shelters, and viewpoints have been shaped by myriad materials that effectively created - depending on the techniques used - different forms of response to the same need. Here is a compilation of 20 small-scale projects that stand out due to their small size and their simple, practical structures. 01. Buijtenkeuken / Studio Elmo Vermijs via © Studio Elmo Vermijs 02. Garrison Treehouse / Sharon Davis Design via © Sharon Davis Design 03. The "PopCraft Kiosk" / André Vieira + Flávio Serpa Courtesy of © André Vieira, Flávio Serpa, Carlos Vieira e do Centro Regional de Apoio ao Artesanato dos Governo Regional dos Açores 04. Colorado Outward Bound Micro Cabins / University of Colorado Denver via © University of Colorado Denver 05. Pinohuacho Observation Deck / Rodrigo Sheward via © Grupo Talca 06. Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden / People's Architecture Office (PAO) + People’s Industrial Design Office (PIDO) Courtesy of © People's Architecture Office (PAO) + People's Industrial Design Office (PIDO) 07. Cabaña-torre Karadya BIO-RESERVA via © Estudio Borrachia Arquitectos 08. 4x4 Studio / Teresa Mascaro via © Teresa Mascaro 09. Lookout / Angus Ritchie + Daniel Tyler via © Angus Ritchie + Daniel Tyler 10. Beach Modules / Màrius Quintana Creus via © Màrius Quintana Creus 11. Mirrored Beach Hut / ECE Architecture + Creative Forager via © ECE Architecture + Creative Forage 12. 5CUBE Energy Pavilion / de Siún Scullion Architects via © de Siún Scullion Architects 13. Writing Pavilion / Architensions via © Architensions 14. Habitable Polyhedron / Manuel Villa via © Manuel Villa Arquitectos 15. Casa No Muro / Saperlipopette les Architectes + Martial Marquet via © Saperlipopette les Architectes + Martial Marquet 16. 'Noun.1 Unavailability' / Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter via © Gartnerfuglen 17. Renaixement / Pink Intruder via © Pink Intruder 18. Shed / NARTARCHITECTS Courtesy of © NARTARCHITECTS 19. SKY GARDEN / SO? Architecture and Ideas via © SO? Architecture and Ideas 20. Sombras del Salto / Cristián Palma Ramírez Courtesy of © Cristián Palma Ramírez  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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