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- Matola House / Jaime Sepulcre Bernand
- "MAD Works: MAD Architects" Introduced by Sir Peter Cook
- Lion Match Office Park / Dean Jay Architects
- SH House / Paulo Martins
- Y House / Kwas
- Solar Pine / HG-Architecture
- Enabling Village / WOHA
- COBS Year-Round Micro Cabins / Colorado Building Workshop
- Build Your Own Subway System with This New Game
- Reading Rooms / Fernanda Canales
- Cox Architecture Wins Competition for North Queensland Rugby Stadium
- The Auditorium / Paredes Pedrosa
- Inside the Murphy House, RIBA's 2016 House of the Year
- Brackenbury House / Neil Dusheiko Architects
- Call for ArchDaily Interns: Spring 2017
- The 10 Best Global* Architecture Projects of 2016 (*Asia, Africa and South America Not Excluded)
- GAF House / Jacobsen Arquitetura
- Land Lines: Trace an Infinite Path Around the Planet Using Maps
- Adidas' New World of Sports Campus is Star Themed
| Matola House / Jaime Sepulcre Bernand Posted: 20 Dec 2016 09:00 PM PST  © David Frutos
 © David Frutos From the architect. This house is a hybrid of several types of houses: first of all the first thing it wants is to be a "house of the Camp d'Elx", as those still populate the rural districts with its peculiar silhouette, whose traditional architecture makes use of ceramic decks inclined and the deep porches -for shade- oriented at noon; But at the same time it also wants to be a "house-patio Mediterranean", introverted, protected from the outside and purely white; And also has in its genetics a "Californian house", one of those sophisticated houses of the admired modern architecture of Los Angeles -with whom we share Mediterranean climate- that unfold their plants -many L shaped- in open horizontal spaces which overlook the gardens and the refreshing swimming pools.  © David Frutos  First Floor Plan  © David Frutos As a Mediterranean house, a vital piece of this project is the patio. The patio is a space that widens and multiplies the experiences of the house, and contributes to blur the boundary between the inside and the outside. As it is located in the entrance area of the house, it makes the arrival a very special moment, in fact the whole vestibular space is around the patio. In this house also has been used the patio to articulate the transition from one part to the other, clearly separating the common area from the private area of the bedrooms. And finally the most exciting thing about a patio is that it is an 'open-air room' that captures and filters light at different times of the day and year, filling the interior with very different nuances and very changing situations.  © David Frutos Another main part of the house is the kitchen. Around it is generated the whole 'family life' and will undoubtedly become the heart of the house in a multitude of moments and circumstances. That is why the kitchen is completely open to the rest of the house, a decision that also seeks the democratization of domestic roles and, above all, the idea of living and enjoying the entire interior landscape of the house. To reinforce this nuclear idea of the kitchen, it is located in the same baryonenter of the common space to precisely be able to dominate visually from that point all the common spaces -dining room, living room, patio and study-library- and all exterior spaces -porche, garden and swimming pool-.  © David Frutos  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| "MAD Works: MAD Architects" Introduced by Sir Peter Cook Posted: 20 Dec 2016 08:00 PM PST  The skylines of modern China are punctuated by architecture that amazes, inspires, and awes. Many of these towering structures are the work of the Beijing-based experimental practice MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong.
 MAD Works is illustrated with 300 photographs, architectural drawings, and renderings that offer a thorough exploration of MAD's international portfolio of completed works, unbuilt projects, and future ideas. The book also features a significant range of buildings including museums, theaters, and residences, as well as commissioned designs for urban planning, urban complexes, and old neighborhood renovations. In 2014, MAD was selected as the principal design architect for the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA), becoming the first China-based architecture firm to design an overseas cultural institution.  Organized thematically, this comprehensive architectural monograph explores the underlying concepts of MAD's architectural works. MAD Works is divided into five chapters based on a series of creative concepts that reveal Ma's attitude toward architecture. Named after his five art pieces—Fish Tank, Ink Ice, Feelings are Facts, Shanshui City, and Beijing 2050—the chapters operate as points of departure and inspiration for his subsequent architectural works. These five concepts categorize and organize the 28 featured works.  Including a foreword by Sir Peter Cook, founder of Archigram, and an interview by Aric Chen, curator of art and design for M+, the new museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, MAD Works is a visually stunning and in-depth monograph that catalogues the awe-inspiring works of one of the most dynamic contemporary architecture firms to emerge in the 21st Century. Foreward by Sir Peter Cook (Extract)This architect is the bringer of the new fluency: clearly they emerge out of a very real sense of structure, weight, substance and, above all, form but they seem to have no fear of the hiccups that European or American architecture often gets strangled by – which then have to be resolved, or 'played' by niceties of articulation or grammar. At this point it remains for one to pick out from his architecture some intriguing characteristics. Of materiality: that one senses the inherited palette of glazed openings and universal white surfaces may be starting to bore him? That he is still happier with some degree of axial formality that in the West, we associate with pomp, but that he has the spirit to scramble all of it at any minute and make an apparently random plan arrangement. The old avant-garde figures often went out so far that in their mature work they either lost their public or had seduced them so far that they forgot there had ever been any other type of proposition or aesthetics. It is interesting that Ma Yansong is a frequent lecture visitor to the West, but what does he need from us? The incentive, with this work is reversed, for he has surely bewitched us. 
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| Lion Match Office Park / Dean Jay Architects Posted: 20 Dec 2016 07:00 PM PST  © Andrew Griffin
 © Andrew Griffin From the architect. The Lion Match Office Park is a redevelopment project, the conversion of commercial and industrial space of approximately 21000 m2 into an office park environment with the addition of approximately 4000m2 of new built space. routes and the city's 'Golden Mile'. Commissioned by JT Ross Property Group, the developing client, it well positioned between Durban's Stadiums, transport included Partial conversion of the premises occurred between 1979-1980, but for the most part the original white envelope and other site elements remained in tact; subsequently placing the original building under the protection of KwaZulu-Natal's provincial heritage agency AMAFA, necessitating that the project have a historical and sustainable underpinning.  © Andrew Griffin Dean Jay Architects' approach to the redevelopment was one of visual harmony; by sensitively removing certain elements of the built fabric, the commercial viability and life of the existing infrastructure could be extended through upgrades and adaptable reuse. Visually distinct and legible additions are reconciled to the existing through the use of a uniform white palette, by echoing the established roof profiles and through sensitive articulation between old and new.  Section The office park is subdivided into 10 different zones, to the most part consisting of offices, with a notable intervention being the conversion of the original Incinerator room into a bistro style restaurant facility that serves both park occupants and the public.  © Andrew Griffin The primary new built intervention houses the head office of JT Ross, who had the express desire to maximize sea views to the East and establish visual ties to the rugby fields below. The notable 20m2 post-tension concrete cantilever is not purely demolish original structures.  © Andrew Griffin aesthetical, but acts to reconcile spatial requirements with the inability to The greatest challenge can be accounted to the massive parking requirements generated by the amount of office space. Through the introduction of green pockets and envelopes, a park continuity was established to soften these hard edges and delineate pedestrian and vehicular circulation from each other.  © Andrew Griffin Facebrick and concrete compliment the predominant white palette. COROBRICK Terracotta Satin facebrick is used in a 'relief' and 'flush' English bond pattern, as well as 'edge' bond pattern.  © Andrew Griffin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2016 06:00 PM PST  © Ivo Tavares Studio
 © Ivo Tavares Studio Established in only 35m2, this house with an useful floor area of 45 m2 is the perfect place for a weekend break.  © Ivo Tavares Studio With the original outline, the only change was in the existing stairwells, through the usage of weathering steel e dimensioning its usage according to the visual weight in order to hierarchize the absence of mass. This way, it was possible to balance the whole building.  Courtesy of Paulo Martins  Floor Plan  © Ivo Tavares Studio  Floor Plan 01 The house is divided in two floors, where the social room, placed in the ground floor, enjoys the direct relation with the outdoor areas, while the suite, located in the first floor, can be reached by indoor stairs used for storage and but also to separate the rooms.  © Ivo Tavares Studio The original outline was as important as the contemporary style added to the building. Clear colours and a minimalist language were used in order to maximize the bounds and give an idea of wider and open area.  © Ivo Tavares Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2016 02:00 PM PST  © Koichi Torimura
 © Koichi Torimura The site is located in Kamakura, one of the ancient city of Japan. Y house is a house for a couple and their three children.  © Koichi Torimura The surrounding can be characterized by gabled roof low rise houses built in high density with lush greenery, narrow street with hedge and clayey wall. Y house is considered as a continuous space to this ambient context supported by treelike structure.  Diagram  Diagram  House Concept The diagonal columns are tied together at the bottom and reaching the roof grid frame at their top. On the ground floor, these columns appear as trunks of trees making the space open and one continuum with the garden. In contrast, on the first floor, they become dispersed and one may feel like surrounded by branches of trees. Daily goods inserted and stored in-between these columns, act as leaves of tree, will gradually define personal space for each family member.  © Koichi Torimura We consider Y house as a case study, an application of more general system that spread columns and their density defining the space. However, in contrast to modern architecture models that is more universal in all direction, this system is pursuing an architecture that blend and respond to ambient context, or gravity.  © Koichi Torimura  Floor Plans  © Koichi Torimura  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2016 12:00 PM PST  © Kyungsub Shin
 © Kyungsub Shin From the architect. Nature is created by the providence of nature itself. The innate ability to expand in size to take in as much sunlight as possible, the nature of splitting up and penetrating into the earth to absorb even a tiny drop of water, and the vertical impetus to go against gravity and soar perpendicularly; as such, nature endeavors to create the optimal forms and arrangements based on the instinctive energy for survival. To this end, nature finds its own beautiful order, and grows according to the optimal proportion, size, and geometric principles between symmetry and asymmetry, between balance and imbalance.  © Kyungsub Shin  Diagram  © Kyungsub Shin This structure is a sunlight generation sculpture that derives from the geometric pattern and form of a pine cone, which are optimized towards natural order and principles, thereby forming a place of rest as a natural creature through cutting-edge digital fabrication. The overall structure largely consists of the roof adorned with geometric patterns, pipes propping up the roof, and materials connecting between them. The roof is built in a shell structure consisting of prefabricated modules designed for the installation of solar panels and electrical wiring. The pipe structure to support the roof forms a three-dimensional structure with two-dimensional arcs that intertwine and support each other without vertical members, resembling vines. Both the installation and assemblage are done through prefabrication, while every component was manufactured in a factory by module and bolt-assembled on the ground, thereby minimizing field work for the optimal use of time and space, as well as maximizing the structural aesthetics of the structure's geometric shapes.  Diagram Installed with solar panels, the roof inclines at an angle optimized to receive as much sunlight as possible, in order to create a resting area within nature decorated by beautiful patterns of shadow on the floor of the interior during daytime, while powering the lighting inside the building and the outdoor lighting in the park around the building during nighttime by generating as much as 1.2kW per hour. This project is a prototype for mass production, and also an attempt to respond to the potential demand for an environmental structure using solar panels, as well as for creating a new market by commercializing this type of eco-friendly structure through the incorporation of design elements.  © Kyungsub Shin  Diagram  © Kyungsub Shin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2016 11:00 AM PST  © Patrick Bingham-Hall
 © Patrick Bingham-Hall From the architect. Located in Redhill, the project is a demonstration of heartland rejuvenation and community building, through Masterplanning and the adaptive reuse of Bukit Merah Vocational Institute built in the 1970s. The property was re-purposed as the Enabling Village - an inclusive space that integrates education, work, training, retail and lifestyle, connecting people with disabilities and the society.  © Edward Hendricks Before re-development, the property did not contribute to the neighbourhood. The Masterplan re-imagines the Enabling Village as a park/garden destination, and is designed as an integral part of the neighbourhood's pedestrian network.  Master Plan The design scope includes architecture, interior design, signage, lighting, art and landscaping to deliver a holistically integrated environment. The buildings are re-named as "Nest", "Playground", "Village Green", "Hive", "Hub" and "Academy" - based on their characters and programmes. These are seamlessly connected by ramps, landings and lifts.  © Patrick Bingham-Hall The new Nest building is anchored at the main pond and serves as a beacon, drawing pedestrian flow through the new linkways. The architectural expression and finishes are continued at the existing buildings as facade, canopies and surfaces. A timber terrace is laid over the courtyard at the Playground, stepping down as an amphitheatre with integrated ramps. The terrace continues under and past the building as a balcony overlooking activity islands and as a garden trail connecting to the adjacent housing precinct. Pre-cast concrete pipes are inserted below the amphitheatre as resting nooks. The open space between the Village Green and the Hive is reactivated as a garden yard with re-purposed sea containers as bridges, follies and meeting rooms loosely scattered with recycled oil drum planters. 'Up-cycling' continues as interior design features in the Art Faculty and Hive.  © Edward Hendricks Wayfinding is developed as a series of touch-points at entries and strategic junctions to assist with orientation and navigation. Each building is identified by a feature wall with coloured graphics. External lighting is designed to give a serene park ambience. Building facades, drop-offs, cabanas and walkways are accentuated as beacons and connectors in the park. Art is integrated into the garden with building-scale murals, incorporating artwork by autistic artists.  © Edward Hendricks Landscaping and water gardens are designed with a variety of native species, scales and colours, complementing the conserved trees to attract biodiversity and support ecosystems. Verandahs and cabanas extend out from passages as outdoor meeting spaces, bringing nature closer to people.  © Edward Hendricks The Enabling Village champions sustainability and sociability by promoting the learning, bonding and healing of people with varying abilities within a biophilic environment. This creates an inclusive space that enables and values everyone.  © Patrick Bingham-Hall  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| COBS Year-Round Micro Cabins / Colorado Building Workshop Posted: 20 Dec 2016 09:00 AM PST  © Jesse Kuroiwa
 © Jesse Kuroiwa In 2016 the Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS), a not-for-profit organization focusing on outdoor education, continued their partnership with (name withheld). This second group of 28 students designed and built seven insulated cabins for year-round use. The cabins were intertwined within the same village housing boundaries as the 14 seasonal cabins constructed in 2015; deep within a lodgepole pine forest, 10,000 feet above sea level, and accessible only by a narrow dirt road.  Site Plan In the spring students were required to conduct a critical architectural inquiry into materiality, structure, light, context, environment, and program to create innovative solutions to prefabricated, accelerated-build, micro housing. Each 200 square foot cabin was required to house one or two residences and be powered by a single electrical circuit. The circuit provides lighting, heating and a series of receptacles with the capacity to charge technology and small appliances (mini refrigerators, tea kettles, coffee pots, etc). A central staff lodge is accessible to the residences for bathing, cooking, and laundry. With an average annual temperature of 35o Fahrenheit, the seven all-season structures were required to meet the standards of the International Energy Conservation Code climate zone 7&8 (the coldest zone in the United States). Inspired by quinzees, a snow shelter made from a hollowed out pile of snow, the students adapted the logic of "snow insulation" for their structures.  © Jesse Kuroiwa  Morphology  © Jesse Kuroiwa The cabins employ structurally insulated panels (SIPs) for the walls and flat roofs. The roofs are designed to hold the snow in the winter, providing an additional R-20 to R-30 of insulation depending on the depth of the snow. A single electrical circuit powers each structure. This is accomplished by the small cabin footprints, LED lighting, and the super insulation of the SIPs combined with the snow's natural insulation. This efficiency reflects the school's commitment to the environment. The orientation and articulation of each of the seven cabins react individually to the immediate site conditions present in the landscape. No two cabins are alike. Hot rolled steel cladding provides a low maintenance rain screen for the structure. The cladding and the vertical columns of the moment frame below blend with the pine forest, minimizing the visual impact. Cedar clad front and back porches are carved from the main mass to create entry and private outdoor spaces for the more introverted, permanent COBS staff. The cabin interiors are skinned in birch plywood bringing warmth to the structure and evoking a connection with the trees surrounding the site.  © Jesse Kuroiwa  © Jesse Kuroiwa Product Description. Prefabricated structurally insulated panels, manufactured by Big Sky R-Control, served as the primary building enclosure for the cabins. The single panel wall assembly reduced construction time and minimized thermal bridging. This product was combined with 3MVHB glazing tape and Oldcastle Low-E glass to create frameless windows.  © Jesse Kuroiwa  Exploded Axo  © Jesse Kuroiwa  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Build Your Own Subway System with This New Game Posted: 20 Dec 2016 08:15 AM PST In New York City, as in many cities worldwide, residents rely on the subway system to get around. But despite its importance, there are still plenty of locations throughout the city so difficult to get to, it'll leave you cursing, "Who designed this thing anyway!?" Now thanks to a new game from engineer Jason Wright, you have a chance to correct the design flaws of the current system – virtually, anyway. The game, titled "Brand New Subway," starts with either a blank slate, or with preloaded versions of the present map, the planned 2025 system, or the system depicted in the famous 1972 Massimo Vignelli-designed map. You're then able to add new stations off of existing MTA lines, or to create a completely new line of your own. The game will grade you based on your system as you go (the present-day map receives a "B"), based on overall accessibility. You can also input any other city and create your own system from scratch there, using the traditional New York City designations. Check out the game for yourself, here. News via CitiLab.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Reading Rooms / Fernanda Canales Posted: 20 Dec 2016 07:00 AM PST  © Jaime Navarro
 © Jaime Navarro From the architect. The proposal consists of a minimal prototype that occupies the same amount of space than a parking spot for a car: 2.5 x 5.0 meters. It is designed to be built by community members in almost any residual space of a low cost housing project that in Mexico always lack collective services and cultural facilities.  © Jaime Navarro  Isometric  © Jaime Navarro This basic independent module is a cube made of concrete, and can house a reading area and a place of gathering. This prototype can grow combining it with other modules, thereby fostering the appropriation of the exterior space.  © Jaime Navarro The design originated out of the concept of transparency, allowing two main contributions: safe public space, with views onto the surroundings, but also a space sheltered from the weather and always visible from the exterior. Even at night, when it is closed, the module serves as a lamp, exhibiting what is happening on the inside.  © Jaime Navarro The project was undertaken in collaboration with the Infonavit, Mexico’s workers’ housing fund, and the Ministry of Culture (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Conaculta), which donated one thousand books for each unit. The modules function as meeting and recreational spaces for the community. Some are equipped with bathrooms, computer facilities, and exterior furnishings, depending on the needs of each community.  © Jaime Navarro They can withstand flooding of one meter without suffering any damage and have been built in different climates. Chosen for their durability and availability, all of the materials are chosen for their economy and can be obtained in any common hardware store. 15 prototypes have been built during the last year in 15 states in Mexico and they have really changed the life of the communities.  © Jaime Navarro  Plaza in Tepic, Plan  © Jaime Navarro  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cox Architecture Wins Competition for North Queensland Rugby Stadium Posted: 20 Dec 2016 06:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Cox Architecture Cox Architecture has been selected as the winners of an invited competition for the new North Queensland Stadium in Townsville, Australia, beating out finalist proposals from BVN Architecture, Hassell and Populous. With a roof design inspired by the native Pandanus tree, the new stadium will provide seating for 25,000 spectators as the new home to the National Rugby League's North Queensland Cowboys. "Our team is excited to have been selected to deliver this transformative project for the North Queensland region," commented Project Director Richard Coulson. "The stadium design is an expression of tropical Queensland and North Queensland in particular. It combines structural, functional and operational aspects of international modern stadiums with engagement of the environment that is quintessentially Queensland." "The stadium provides an identity for the region and an important contribution to the city. Through the development of a 'fan first' approach to the design of the stadium and its use to create a sense of place and belonging, we have forged a unique architectural and engineering response that can only be 'of this place'."  Courtesy of Cox Architecture The evaluation panel for the competition were impressed by Cox's "elegant design, innovative facility planning and strong local collaboration, including their genuine local input and partnership." The $250 million dollar stadium will be integrated into the urban fabric with generous arrival plazas and landscaped greens, as well as an open grassed terrace on the northern edge that will provide views to the downtown and Magnetic Island.  Courtesy of Cox Architecture Inside the complex, corporate facilities, amenities, permanent concessions and state-of-the-art IT will create a fan-centric atmosphere. The stadium's Pandanus-inspired roof will cover 80 percent of the seating, and has been designed to resist cyclonic wind conditions. The stadium has also been designed to accommodate a future expansion to 30,000 seats. A contractor for the project is expected to be selected in mid 2017, with site work starting later that year. The stadium is hoped to be completed in time for the start of the NRL season in early 2020.  Courtesy of Cox Architecture Credits Local Architect: 9point9 Architects Learn more about the project, here. News via Cox Architecture, Queensland Department of State Development.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Auditorium / Paredes Pedrosa Posted: 20 Dec 2016 05:00 AM PST  © Fernando Alda
 © Fernando Alda From the architect. The Auditorium, as the old roman walls of the city of Lugo, has a strong link to the existing site and to the topography. The project involves rearranging the relationships between the open spaces of the slope and the city. The building is organized between two levels: a lower one related to the city and to the avenue and an upper level related to the existing gardens where the entrance to the music halls is placed. Parallel to the avenue the entrance to the congress area builds up the Auditorium's representative image towards the city.  © Fernando Alda  Exploded Axonometry  © Fernando Alda A long and irregular shaped volume hosts the programme where public areas link a series of different spaces connected by a large continuous lobby. The music halls, for 900 and 300 seats are designed also for theatre and both are placed over the slope overlooking the garden with natural light.  © Fernando Alda The building has a double image, a fragmented small-scale image towards the garden and a continuous glass curtain wall with different transparencies and heights towards the city, conceived as a large vernacular gallery.  © Fernando Alda  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Inside the Murphy House, RIBA's 2016 House of the Year Posted: 20 Dec 2016 04:00 AM PST Last week, Richard Murphy Architects' 'Murphy House' in Edinburgh was named the Royal Institute of British Architects' 2016 RIBA House of the Year. Built into a hillside lot, the unusual site presented the architects with the opportunity to play, loading the house with an assortment of clever architectural details and mechanics, including a hidden bath in the master bedroom, folding walls, sliding bookshelf ladders and operable clerestory panels. To capture all these moving parts in their full effect, the architect himself created a video walkthrough of the house. Check it out below. The design of five-story house was inspired by the work of 20th century Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, known for his own finely crafted, playful details in building such as Brion Cemetery, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, and the Olivetti Showroom in Venice. The House of the Year judges were charmed by the house's ability to blend surprises with beautiful craftsmanship. "Murphy House was a real box of tricks with a unique, playful character," commented judge Philip Thorn from Hiscox. "Although a small property, it was deceivingly large inside due to the clever use of space. Every room contained a surprise and the attention to detail was exceptional. The roof terrace was a real oasis of calm and I loved the long list of environmentally friendly touches. A true pleasure to visit and I would imagine a lot of fun to live in."  © Keith Hunter "The Murphy House is this year's best example of how to overcome challenging constraints – from planning restrictions and an awkward site in an urban location - to build a stunning house. Plus the architect overcame one of the biggest obstacles: a demanding client – himself!" added RIBA President Jane Duncan. "Nearly a decade in the making, this house is a true labour of love for Richard. Part jigsaw puzzle, with its hidden and unexpected spaces, and part Wallace and Gromit with its moving pieces and disappearing walls, this is a model house of pure perfection and a worthy winner of the RIBA House of the Year 2016."  © Keith Hunter Selected from a 20-strong longlist, the full shortlist for the 2016 RIBA House of the Year award included:
You can read more about the award, here. News via RIBA. Murphy House / Richard Murphy Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Brackenbury House / Neil Dusheiko Architects Posted: 20 Dec 2016 03:00 AM PST  © Tim Crocker
 © Tim Crocker Introduction  © Tim Crocker Client's Brief  © Tim Crocker The ambitions for the project were high in terms of achieving open plan, visually connected spaces to allow for a greater sense of communication between the different rooms. The client wanted to make the house feel connected to the outside through framed views to the garden and to allow as much natural light in as possible.  © Tim Crocker Materials and Spatial Strategy  © Agnese Sanvito The conceptual approach was to create a calm atmospheric interior using carefully selected unified palette of materials stitching the modern design into its historic context within the conservation area. Materials work well together due to the inherent relationships between re-used historic materials juxtaposed with modern industrial elements.  Section The new basement area is lit by large skylights cut into the floors above. All levels are opened out to allow the existing rooms of the Victorian house to give way to an open plan interior on the ground floor and tall loft like spaces upstairs. The kitchen and living rooms open out to a south-west facing patio, creating a strong connection between house and garden.  © Tim Crocker All the ceilings in the upper floors were removed, allowing the tall loft-like ceiling spaces to be exposed with large skylights flooding the home with natural light. The bathrooms are top lit by generous skylights linking bathing spaces to the sky above.  © Tim Crocker Product Description. Although one does not often associate home refurbishments with sustainable design; our practice worked hard to embed sustainable principles and products into the design at the early stages in the project. We re-used as much of the existing fabric of the house as possible - the existing bricks of the house were carefully stored during the demolition stage for re-use to construct the new extension. The recycled Hammersmith stock bricks from the existing house are used to create the new extension linking the memory of the old house to the new design. A feature brick wall in the living area extends down to the basement through the skylight visually connecting the two levels. The new rear façade is constructed out of recycled brick and is tied to the existing flank wall with a sensuous curved brick detail. The use of lime mortar ensures future re-use of the brick is still possible.  © Tim Crocker The upgraded insulation and heating systems to the property allowed us to include larger areas of glass to the rear facade. We placed the glazing elements, glass doors and skylights on the south / east to maximise the potential solar gain and reduce the amount of mechanical heating needed during the day as well as cutting down on the need for artificial lighting.  © Agnese Sanvito All the external walls are heavily insulated with robust airtightness details to minimise heat loss throughout the fabric of the building. All glazing was upgraded to high quality thermally broken double glazed argon gas filled units.  © Tim Crocker A walk-on glass floor allows one to see from the ground floor to the basement playroom as well as allowing light to enter the basement through the tall foldaway glass doors. The glass doors fold away completely linking the kitchen, courtyard and living room. Views to the sky are created at the landings to all the staircases. The bathrooms are top lit by generous skylights allowing one to bath under the stars. The large glazed units meant that a house that was previously dark and pokey was now a light filled space.  © Tim Crocker We embedded underfloor heating pipes within the polished concrete floor due to its good thermal mass and heat retention qualities. We also used an air exchange system in the basement that allows for a constant feed of fresh air from the outside and recycled all the heated air back into the house before it is exhausted outside.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Call for ArchDaily Interns: Spring 2017 Posted: 20 Dec 2016 02:00 AM PST  UPDATE: Deadline extended to Wednesday, December 21st at 12:00 PM EST! Interested? Then check out the requirements below.
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| The 10 Best Global* Architecture Projects of 2016 (*Asia, Africa and South America Not Excluded) Posted: 20 Dec 2016 01:30 AM PST  As the common phrase attests, "history is written by the victors." We therefore know that the story of the West is that of Europe and the United States, while the other actors in world history are minimized or invisible: it happened to the Chinese and Japanese during World War II, to the Ottoman Empire in sixteenth-century Europe, and to racial majorities in the common reading of Latin American independence. The same thing happens in architecture. The current boom of the Global South is based not only on new work, but rather on the recognition of an invisible architecture which was apparently not worthy of publication in the journals of the 1990s. The world stage has changed, with the emergence of a humanity that is decentralized yet local; globalized, yet heterogeneous; accelerated, yet unbalanced. There are no longer red and blue countries, but a wide variety of colors, exploding like a Pollock painting. This serves as a preamble to consider the outstanding projects of 2016 according to the British critic Oliver Wainwright, whose map of the world appears to extend from New York in the West to Oslo in the East, with the exception of Birzeit in Palestine. The Global South represents more than 40% of the global economy and already includes most of the world's megacities, yet has no architecture worthy of recognition? We wanted to highlight the following projects in order to expand the western-centric world view, enabling us to truly comprehend the extent of architectural innovation on a global scale. Lideta Market / Vilalta Arquitectura |
| GAF House / Jacobsen Arquitetura Posted: 20 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG From the architect. We worked with a maximum lot occupation and construction limit in the design of the house for a couple and their three children in São Paulo.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The L-shaped project was built within the frontal boundaries and one of the sides of the ground floor. Therefore, at the same time we created a physical and visual protection toward the street, we released a maximum amount of space for the garden, with complete privacy yet greater sunlight. The square shape of the pool sought to formally represent the importance of this free area, which functions as the spatial core of the house and all of the family's activities.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Ground Floor  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The program demanded by the clients was based on a clear zoning: the garage and service area was to be underground; the living, dining, kitchen and verandas on the ground floor; and lastly, the bedrooms, family room and office on the upper floor.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The ground floor is characterized by the opening into the garden and transparency that imbues it with the character of support pillars. The street access features a covered pergola to the front door, which doubles as porte-cochere for cars entering the garage. Here, the ground floor and upper floors are displaced to avoid a two-story façade facing the street.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The upper floor is entirely enveloped by a wooden skin consisting of mobile and fixed panels structured in metallic frames. The development of this element required several prototypes and special opening systems. In addition to providing visual protection and allowing in natural light and ventilation, the wood panels transfer a unique identity for the project's façade.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Land Lines: Trace an Infinite Path Around the Planet Using Maps Posted: 20 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST Land Lines, a new Chrome Experiment exploiting the satellite image data collated by Google Maps, allows anyone—cartographic aficionado or otherwise—to marvel at the contours of the world through gestures. Intelligently designed to detect dominant visual lines from a dataset of thousands of images, cut down from over 50,000 by using a combination of OpenCV Structured Forests and ImageJ's Ridge Detection, users can simply "draw" or "drag" on a mobile browser or on a desktop to "create an infinite line of connected rivers, highways and coastlines."  Land Lines Chrome Experiment. Image Courtesy of Lines  Land Lines Chrome Experiment. Image Courtesy of Lines Interestingly, by employing "a combination of machine learning, optimized algorithms, and graphics card power," the experiment is able to run efficiently on a web browser without a need for heavy backend servers. The experiment has been made by Zach Lieberman, Matt Felsen, and the Data Arts Team.  Land Lines Chrome Experiment. Image Courtesy of Lines  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Adidas' New World of Sports Campus is Star Themed Posted: 19 Dec 2016 10:00 PM PST  Courtesy of LOLA LOLA Landscape Architects have won the Adidas Competition to design the sportswear corporation's "World of Sports" campus. While Adidas had already chosen a design architect prior to this competition, LOLA will be adding four star-shaped central spaces on the grounds of the campus.  Courtesy of LOLA
 Courtesy of LOLA The stars will act as the connecting fabric in the landscape. LOLA describes them as the center of convergence for sports and work-related activities. Places for bike parking, sports pitches, and seating areas are important components of each star. However, each one will be based off a certain theme or activity. LOLA's lake is the other crucial element in the landscape. Distinguishing the space between HALFTIME and the ARENA buildings, the lake will produce a physical barricade in addition to a view between the southeast public and private area. Additionally, it will provide the lawns and trees with water during droughts while serving the sustainable function of cooling the HALFTIME building.  Courtesy of LOLA
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