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- The Hill House / AR Design Studio
- Convention Centre Strasbourg / Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architects + Rey-Lucquet et associés
- Nursery and Primary School “DE TOL” / Dierendonckblancke Architects
- Art Studio of Xu Hongquan / office PROJECT
- Uwo By Workshop / Woven
- Swallow House / UrbanCarve
- Light Box / ANX
- Ennead Architects Breaks Ground on Expansion of the United States' Oldest Museum
- Matiz House / Muñoz Arquitectos
- Bjarke Ingels: "The One Thing We All Share is Planet Earth"
- A/D/O / nARCHITECTS
- 356 Nominees Announced for 2017 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies Van der Rohe Award
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| The Hill House / AR Design Studio Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:00 PM PST  © Martin Gardner
 © Martin Gardner From the architect. The Hill House sits in an area of Winchester that has a hidden and secluded feel yet somewhat paradoxically, has some of the greatest views in the city.  © Martin Gardner Built in the late 70s, the five bed house was recently bought by the current owners from an elderly lady who had not changed the property since its construction. The existing layout was dark, outdated and denied the occupants an appreciation of the stunning views of which the house commands.  © Martin Gardner The client's approached AR Design Studio with a simple brief; increase the area of the living spaces, allow as much natural light in to the house as possible and maximise the views out.  © Martin Gardner Externally, the now linear nature of the house is highly apparent. At the rear, an elongated insertion frames the new aspect of the house. At the front, one now enters the home via a new double height box which has created a visibly welcoming and clear entrance. Both of these new features are clad in fibre cement, defining the property with a bold and contemporary character.  © Martin Gardner The house, split across three levels, has the bedrooms and bathrooms located on both the lower and upper floors. One arrives on a split level landing and is met with snippets of the stunning views that make the location so special.  Proposed Ground Floor Plan Descending a few steps down, one arrives at the central floor which plays host to the kitchen, dining and living spaces where the insertion of the contemporary box has allowed for the exterior wall to be completely removed and replaced with a single expanse of sliding glazing; one cannot fail to appreciate the uninterrupted panorama yet feel complete privacy due to the clever orientation of the house.  © Martin Gardner To make the most of the wide plot and provide a new outlook, AR Design Studio proposed the idea of increasing the width of the central floor. In this new space the kitchen, a clean and seemingly simple space, encompasses clever touches which hide the pantry and utility rooms with 'secret' kitchen unit doors.  © Martin Gardner As keen hosts, the client's wanted somewhere for entertaining. The dining space, now large enough to contain a dining table of grand proportions, allows the client's to enjoy parties.  © Martin Gardner The entire property has been finished with a visibly neutral palette; primarily designed to allow the walls and floors to be decorated by the ever changing play of shadows and dappled light that filters through the trees and dances around the spaces throughout the day.  © Martin Gardner Product Description: The fibre cement cladding was chosen as it provided the clean and contemporary sense that we wanted to achieve, yet still gave a subtle connection to the existing brick pattern and form.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Convention Centre Strasbourg / Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architects + Rey-Lucquet et associés Posted: 22 Dec 2016 07:00 PM PST  © Bruno Klomfar
 © Bruno Klomfar From the architect. The design for the Strasbourg Palais de la Musique et des Congrès by Austrian architectural firm Dietrich | Untertrifaller and French firm Rey-Lucquet & Associés combines the two existing music halls from the 1970s and 80s with new buildings to create a harmonious ensemble with a distinctive architectural identity. The expansion and general renovation of the convention center involves the construction of a 3,000 m² multifunctional hall, a conference hall for 450 people, and a 520-seat auditorium, the expansion and conversion of two existing concert halls, plus a new rehearsal hall for the Strasbourg Philharmonic orchestra. In December 2016, the recently completed project was nominated for the European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2017.  © Bruno Klomfar For their design, Dietrich | Untertrifaller and Rey-Lucquet decided to further develop and expand on the existing central motif of equilateral triangles. They also created a completely new silhouette with the new buildings and stainless steel arcades. The architects integrated as many useful functions as possible into the existing buildings and continued the use of the typical hexagon in the new buildings. A central foyer with air spaces, galleries and bridges unites and connects the concert, conference and exhibition spaces. This clearly arranged and open spatial design simplifies and structures the complex's functional processes and provides visitors with improved orientation. The architectural concept is also visible on the façade: An almost kilometer-long arcade wraps around and encloses the entire building complex, giving it a distinct profile. The fifteen-meter high and six-ton steel columns covered in angularly folded stainless steel sheets form an attractive, dynamic outer shell with their twisting rhythms.  © Bruno Klomfar  1º Floor Plan  © Bruno Klomfar The capacity of the Auditorium Schweitzer was expanded from 900 to 1,200 visitors and the 1,900-seat Auditorium Erasme was optimized for concerts and conferences. Located just to the west of these two buildings is the new hexagonal multifunctional hall that is integrated into the existing structures and together with the old buildings forms the new main entrance and forecourt. The Palais de la Musique et des Congrès now comprises a huge multifunctional hall, three auditoriums, two conference halls, fifteen conference rooms, foyers, staircases, bars, a restaurant, office spaces and a parking garage.  © Bruno Klomfar With a gross floor area of 44,500 m², the Palais de la Musique et des Congrès is an important part of the Wacken-Europe urban development project. The district located in the north of the city center close to the European Parliament receives a new architectural landmark and positions itself as an attractive international business and service destination.  © Bruno Klomfar  © Bruno Klomfar In June 2011, Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten along with French architectural firm Rey-Lucquet & Associés won the international competition organized by the city of Strasbourg by unanimous jury decision. Construction work began in late 2012 and continued uninterrupted until its completion in the summer of 2016.  © Bruno Klomfar  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nursery and Primary School “DE TOL” / Dierendonckblancke Architects Posted: 22 Dec 2016 06:00 PM PST  © Filip Dujardin
 © Filip Dujardin From the architect. The project site is located in the town centre of Herderen, in between church and cemetery, a small park and a day care centre. The site has a 3m level difference, which is exploited to arrange access to the school.  © Filip Dujardin The school exists of two three story rectangular volumes. The shifted configuration of these volumes creates two corners/'armpits' where the entrances are located. By pushing the volumes against the steep level drop, a separate access to each level can easily be organized.  Section The lower level houses the nursery school that has its own playground, adjacent to the day care centre. A wide hall in between class rooms serves as an indoor playground or lunch room for the toddlers.  © Filip Dujardin The primary school's main entrance is located above, at the level of the church, and has another playground. This level houses the school's administration and a multi use hall that serves as a refectory for the primary school.  Level -1 After school hours and during weekends, the hall is used as a neighbourhood centre by various social & cultural associations.  © Filip Dujardin The upper level contains the primary school's class rooms. High up in the trees, they overlook the town's green surroundings. The spacious hall in between the class rooms can be used for communal activities.  © Filip Dujardin An open staircase and adjacent atrium (double height space) provide views throughout the whole school. -  Ground Level  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Art Studio of Xu Hongquan / office PROJECT Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:00 PM PST  © Sun Haiting
 © Sun Haiting Doctor XU Hongquan is painter, and a literati who is good at writing books, calligraphy, literary review as well. Mr. Xu found us through friends this summer, to make this reconstruction of the old factory building, which will be used as his studio and home in future: Hall within the Cloud.  © Sun Haiting Through conversation with Mr. Xu, we clarify the basic function of the studio, which is studio, tea room, bedroom, study room, etc. The typical configuration of an artistic studio. The site is also a typical linear brick factory with slope roof, which was used as factory office before. The height of the building is about six meters, with the triangular steel roof truss structure, overall keep in good condition. For us, what unique about the project is, Mr. Xu is trained in eastern and western education at the same time, he is taking art comments and art history research in college together with young students,. And also had successively studied from Lou Jiye, Huang Yecun, Shi Gufeng about calligraphy, painting and art history. So he is not a "traditional" painter, because he is not only drawing, His literary achievements is even above drawing. However, he is also a traditional literati, who keeps lifestyle in spirit of Chinese traditional culture.  Original building We find his demand on functions for an oil painting room, and a traditional painting room as well. Two separate studios with different atmosphere and scenario. In this unique mission requirement, we find our entry point: Perspective, the biggest difference between east and west painter art.  © Sun Haiting Follow this perspective clue, we designed a nested life scenario. Through a series of psychological analysis. We propose an artist's psychological space diagram. In this chart, we put sleep, diet and other most basic physical need in center position, reception, exhibition these social needs in the middle layer, the outermost layer as the painter's most important art pursuit and demand. If the psychological space relationship directly projected on the layout of architectural space, we can just create a nested progressive space structure. Through the corner of room export, people enter from one room to another, through the open of every corner, form a visual corridors through buildings. Because this kind of nested layout, space of each layer are wrapped in another layer, reach one layer space needs get through another one, Space events in each layer are affected and watched by another layer, this is also thoroughly eliminated the element of the corridor.  © Sun Haiting  Plans  © Sun Haiting This space may let us think of traditional ink painting scenario, such as painting < play chess in multiple screen>from Zhou Wenju in Song dynasty, four men in a circle to play chess. There is a screen behind them,In the screen which shows a person in front of another screen on the couch served by a few servants. This perspective on screen makes people feel like they are in the same space with play chess in front，which makes it difficult to distinguish the screen definitely is a picture or just a real door frame in space. It is interesting to note that the< play chess in multiple interfaces > originally is also mounted on a screen. Thus formed three layers of nested relations about the painting of the painting, box in box, impossible to distinguish which is the real space, which is the reappearance imagination space, a effect " multiple screen". Our this kind of space layout is also intended to reproduce the "multiple screen".  Screen overlapping chess drawing Due to the site is surrounded by a lot of forest land, Mr. Xu hopes to move the bedroom and study to second floor, so that the beautiful scenario outside the window can be caught. So our plan which only do the modification inside the factory has been changed. Under this change, we hope to implant new orders to respond new needs, We took the gradient type slope roof as the treatment. On one hand, because of there is no need to use the slope roof, it will let the height too high and abrupt.Meanwhile this can't connect new added parts and the original factory history form into some kinds of distinction and dialogue relations. The perspective theme from the external form which hints that theme extends to the second floor. On the other hand, We also think by changing slope is a translation of traditional artistic conception, we imagine in the rain, raindrops fall on the slow and steep roof, and then gently sprinkled on the yard. Make the slope roof as a water and gravity acting stage. At first we are going to make the top a purely hyperboloid, but as the limitation of manufacturers craft level and cost, we chose the segmented folding roof form finally. In order to ensure construction quality , we also made an 1:1 scale structure test sample before the construction. Finally this meaningful construction from ideal to reality "translation" complete.  Analysis of visual screens Finally, In addition to "the perspective of layout" and "changing slope roof", We didn't do more big actions during the design, how to treat the outdoor garden, a large number of display interior, the painting on the wall, they all according to Mr. Xu's wishes. This bold design decision finally make a good harmonious fusion from designers and customer's will luckily. Our design is like a stage set, or like "white space" of traditional ink painting technique, make the Chinese traditional culture elements in full display here. Mr. Xu with his students and friends involved in the whole process deeply, after completion of the construction, they will start to do art activities such as kunqu opera the Pony Pavilion. In a demo perform finished complete, we appreciated the shocking scenario of kunqu opera song in the high open studio space.  © Sun Haiting  Section  © Sun Haiting Walking Into the studio which has just completed, We can imagine to watch the lake and snow in next winter; and Mr. Xu and his friends listen to zither in a teahouse next summer under the warmsun; and in the big studio rocking chair with Cricket chirping, a series of touching scene.  Roof model test  Construction diagram of roof  © Sun Haiting  Construction diagram  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2016 12:00 PM PST  © Anna Horčinová
 © Anna Horčinová WORKSHOP [1:1] is being organized by WO|V|EN annually since 2013 as a form of a summer school. Last summer's edition (18. - 29. July 2016) took place at a special location, on an island called Lido, splitting and regulating the river Váh in a popular spa town Piešťany in Slovakia. For the first time, it was organized in collaboration with a local NGO Centrum architektúry. The main goal of the WORKSHOP [1:1] is to design and build wooden structures in a one-to-one scale in ten intense days and to broaden the practical skills and experience of architecture and design students.  © Vera Kiseľová The participants do not only gain experience in the field and learn a new set of skills but also their craft work remains on the site and becomes a vital part of the place. Last summer, eight international participants from different architecture schools were led by two tutors, architects experienced in the field of timber construction - Ransu Helenius from Finland and Tobias Foged Permin from Denmark.  © Anna Horčinová The design process was supported by a landscape architect Sebastian Sowa from Germany, architect Lorcan Koethe coming from Switzerland and local architects Benjamin Brádňanský, Vito Halada (n/a architects) and Peter Lényi. Neither the topic nor the site were specified beforehand but emerged on spot from the initial design process that took about four days, while the rest was dedicated to building.  Diagram The students came up with an idea of an object wedged into a forest near the tip of Lido island. Inspired by the view to the sky shining through the wildly growing trees and the ivy carpet, which make this space rather unused, they created an iconic space immediately recognized and attracting people. Its name, UWO (unidentified wooden object), is a playful reference to its "unidentified" function without any recognizable structural sign how to use it and also to its alien appearance intentionally out of the context of local nature, without a direct relationship to the bent trees. People curious to climb in and experience the atmosphere tend to use it to relax, chat and drink, while the children love to just madly run around. On the opening day it became a special stage for a multimedia-dance performance.  © Anna Horčinová The supporting structure is made of layered timber profiles of douglas fir, bent to the required shape by using a jig. Screwed and pegged through they hold the curve. These beams were then assembled into eight wedges and put together straight on site. The resulting object is of a diameter of 5,5 meters and weights about 600 kg.  © Vera Kiseľová  Diagram  © Vera Kiseľová Throughout the years WORKSHOP [1:1] became a movable event of sorts, travelling from town to town, bringing life to forgotten places with potential or faded past. Next year's edition, the fifth WORKSHOP [1:1] is going to bring its experience and experiments to a beautiful scruffy castle park of a small town Stupava, Slovakia.  © Anna Horčinová  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2016 11:00 AM PST  © mwphotoinc
 © mwphotoinc The client is an elderly couple, retired from Taipei, wants to begin their new life at their country hometown, Yilan. They, who grew up at Jhuangwei, Yilan, has great nostalgia for the sloping black terracotta roof, red brick walls, and the scenic view of Gueishan Island's. Their experience, the small road wandering through the rice field and the passage across the watering ditch, has been discussed constantly and become the core of this project's concept, related to home.  © mwphotoinc Design Strategy - Glazed gable void By shifting two solid masses backwards and forwards, a void is generated and set as the core of a "home". It functions as household alter of family's ancestor. And we want to redefind this space's relations in Taiwan's family. -The Rooftop overlooking Gueishan Island Through the ritual of drinking teas and appreciating the sun rising, we want the client to live again in the nature. Architecturally, we create several roof terraces to provide various sceneries, such as the rice field, the mountain in the distance, and the sun rising from the sea horizon.  © mwphotoinc - The portrait of home In architectural design, we imagined the house as an abstract swallows' nest, so the characteristic feature can be identified in the vast rural field, from far away. And more to the function of these two shifting solid masses, which are planned for client's two sons to inhabit, it is generated a flowing space that is more flexible and can be multi-functioned.  Plan - Integrated landscape and spatial experience There are the wandering small country roads, the irrigating ditches amidst the paddy rice field, and the rolling hills in the distant, which we transform into a spatial experience: the curvilinear staircase in the living room, suspended platform along the axis on which one can sit on or lie down, the stairs changing with the gables, and the attic space shaped by the folding walls. All these elements integrate together and generate another spatial experience.  © mwphotoinc - The use of light-well motivating the flow of the space Designed strategically, we shifting the viewpoint to make the space more interesting and have the quality of flowing. Therefore, the light-well on the top of the balcony, the skylight atop the attic, and the clerestory of the household alter all increase the fowling quality.  © mwphotoinc When the night comes quietly, the flowing void of the household alter becomes the safe harbor for the family to come home to.  © mwphotoinc  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:00 AM PST  © Brian Thomas Jones
 © Brian Thomas Jones From the architect. On a gritty stretch of Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles, the PSPMLA office sits on a previously vacant 2,500 sf infill commercial parcel. Dubbed the "Light Box" for its simple geometry slotted in acknowledgement of the natural solar conditions, the 2,200 sf office for a boutique property management firm discretely slips into the streetscape of tightly packed auto body shops, neon sign fabricators, digital printers, and various light commercial businesses. The design expands upon the urban texture of the street, while also carving out a bright, naturally illuminated respite for the office staff and their clientele.  © Brian Thomas Jones The project is composed of two primary furniture elements, a double height rift sawn white oak clad spatial volume and a white lacquered cluster of seating modules, inserted into a 25'-0" wide X 66'-6" long X 22'-6" tall building envelope. To maximize the useable area of the narrow lot, the exterior walls were assembled and waterproofing installed horizontally on site and then tilted into position along the property lines with a crane. Following the completion of the envelope, the furniture elements were installed within the space. The office's interior is organized into three zones of program: the double height ground floor area contains the primary circulation and the staff seating; the ground floor of the wood insertion is populated by the waiting room, conference room, two management offices, and the restrooms; and the mezzanine holds additional staff workrooms and storage areas.  Diagram In response to the contrasting goals of an open and naturally lit, yet secure and private working environment, the "Light Box" is fitted with an array of skylights within the ceiling slots at the roof and a perforated steel screen at the Venice Boulevard façade. The skylights register the time of day through the constantly changing light on the wood interior. In addition, the scale and orientation of the façade screen provides diffused lighting in the afternoon and presents an illuminated edifice by night to safely light the sidewalk and bike parking at the street. Ultimately, the "Light Box" serves as a device to both capture and emit the quintessential glow of Los Angeles.  © Brian Thomas Jones  © Brian Thomas Jones Product Description. The rift sawn white oak cladding is used to define the double height furniture element inserted into the overall building envelope. To contrast the purity of the smooth plaster interior, this furniture element is assembled of various sized panels detailed at the scale of furniture. This composition proves an excellent canvas to capture the changing light patterns throughout the day.  © Brian Thomas Jones  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ennead Architects Breaks Ground on Expansion of the United States' Oldest Museum Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:00 AM PST  Street Plaza View. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects Ennead Architects has broken ground on the construction of an addition to the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, the country's oldest continuously operating museum (since 1799). The expansion project includes a new 40,000 square foot wing and 17,500 square feet of renovation to adjacent structures. Upon completion, total gallery space will be increased by 15% for a total of 100,000 square feet, making the Peabody Essex into one of the top 20 art museums in the country.  Entrance. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects "Designed to clarify and strengthen the Museum's current programming, the new wing will enhance the older sections of the museum while providing new gallery spaces dedicated to the presentation of the museum's extensive collection, creating a new, unified sequence throughout," says lead designer and Ennead partner Richard Olcott.  South Atrium. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects The new wing will be located on the northwest corner of the museum complex, linking the East India Marine Hall to the east, the Asian Export Art Wing to the south, and a new 5,000 SF garden to the west. Behind the structure's stone and glass facade, a three-story gallery space will connect to the existing museum through a double-height glass atrium, bringing natural light into the building.  East Atrium. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects  Bridge. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects "This naturally lit, interior atrium brings the historic Salem street fabric into the museum while providing new space for circulation, respite and events," explain the architects in a press release. The project is led by Richard Olcott along with management partner Molly McGowan. The new wing is scheduled to open to the public in 2019. News via Ennead Architects.  North Stair. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Matiz House / Muñoz Arquitectos Posted: 22 Dec 2016 07:00 AM PST  © David Cervera
 © David Cervera From the architect. We spent a year and a half or more on this project, working with one of the persons I care most in the world and who also happens to know about architecture. Having such clients is a privilege, because they let you do your work with an understanding of the reasons for your decisions.  © David Cervera Developing the plot was not the hardest thing: from the beginning we wanted the house to be positioned at the end of the plot and give priority to the views and breeze in order to make full use of the plot's amplitude 5,000 –square-meters (50 by 100 meters).  Sketch The requirement was to make a garden more than a house. The challenge was creating a setting rather than a container, with a unique program. The house is arranged in two volumes, one sitting firmly on the plot and other one floating above, with a visual connection between both. A special virtue of the project is the diversity of scales in the various areas: double-height spaces, corners with 2.20 meters, open-plan spaces throughout with a cozy slab that is welcoming and level changing on the floors.  © David Cervera  Site Plan  © David Cervera The common and service areas are all on ground level. The second volume contains the bedrooms and at the same time is the roof of a large terrace. Between the two volumes is a reflecting pond, with fish and lilies. It works as a screen which reflects various episodes of architecture throughout the day. I consider that this house needs more time for the gardens to assume the leading role that they had when the project was first conceived.  © David Cervera The one and a half year of developing the project and the two years of construction, were very eventful. Sudden changes, readjustments of the soul and unforeseen absences, all combined to create a house that happened to be a special experience.  © David Cervera  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bjarke Ingels: "The One Thing We All Share is Planet Earth" Posted: 22 Dec 2016 06:00 AM PST
In this interview from the Louisiana Channel, Bjarke Ingels discusses the impact of humanity on the environment, and the role we must take in shaping our global future. Ingels describes cities as "very specific experiment[s]" on how to inhabit each unique part of the planet, and how creating architecture requires both a local approach and learning from the successes of other communities. Via Louisiana Channel.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:00 AM PST  © Matthew Carbone
 © Matthew Carbone A/D/O, the new design space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn founded by MINI, has completed construction, and will open to the public following the holiday season. Designed by Brooklyn based nARCHITECTS - the award-winning firm, founded by Principals Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang, that was behind New York City's first micro-unit building – A/D/O will provide a groundbreaking new kind of space for designers.  Axonometric Occupying a former warehouse at the intersection of Norman and Wythe Avenues in Greenpoint, the new space will be open to the general public, combining spaces for events and exhibitions, design education, free communal workspace, a fabrication lab, a design shop, and the new restaurant Norman, by chef Fredrik Berselius with Claus Meyer. The building will also host Urban-X, an accelerator founded by MINI and SOSV, which supports startups working on products and services to improve urban life.  © Matthew Carbone Reflecting the role of A/D/O in actively encouraging the cross pollination of creative ideas, nARCHITECTS' transformation of the 23,000sf building was guided by a principle of remixing. According to nARCHITECTS Principal Eric Bunge, "This idea of remix - which we applied to both the physical building and its program - involves placing existing and new conditions into varying and often ambiguous relationships."  © Matthew Carbone "Rather than simply dividing the existing warehouse into various zones for different activities, or, on the other hand, creating a continuous and undifferentiated space," says Bunge, "We chose to create variable connections between gastro, event, design, exhibition and retail spaces. Neither rooms nor an open hall, the spaces kind of bleed into each other, allowing people who are curious to see what would normally be going on behind closed doors."  Floor Plan One example of this intentionally ambiguous approach to remixing can be found in the new "porch" at the main entrance. A triangular section at the southwest corner of the building was removed, replacing an opaque facade with full glazing that invites passersby, and offers wide views down Wythe Avenue from within. While this intervention is clearly new, nARCHITECTS has rebuilt the building's modified outline using the original graffiti covered bricks, resulting in "reconstituted graffiti". This approach was applied to all the new apertures that have been introduced into the existing façade. "What was really important to us," says Principal Mimi Hoang, "was to create a project with rich layers of history – of the building, and of the community."  © Matthew Carbone A central feature of nARCHITECTS' design is a large kaleidoscopic periscope that reflects both the Brooklyn and Manhattan skylines, joining these together into a single horizon - a remixing at an urban scale that visually and metaphorically brings the city together and into the space.  Model Extending the principle of remixing, nARCHITECTS has designed custom reconfigurable furniture for the project, including the large X-shaped modular "Crosstalk Table", the "Pie Lounger", functioning as both seating and a stage; the "Design Library" bleacher seating, and custom tables throughout the restaurant. The flexible nature of this furniture will allow these free-flowing spaces to double as platforms for A/D/O programming.  © Matthew Carbone  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 356 Nominees Announced for 2017 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies Van der Rohe Award Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:00 AM PST  The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe has announced the 356 projects from 36 countries which have been nominated for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. Among the countries included, France and Spain are represented the most among the selected projects, with each country featuring 28 times. Meanwhile, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine appear in the prize for the first time, with Georgia offering a commendable 7 listed projects. Among the building types included on the list, as in the 2015 Prize housing and cultural buildings dominated. However, the 2017 Prize sees an increase in the number of educational buildings and mixed use buildings compared to two years ago. The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award was established in 1987 and is awarded every two years, with the winner receiving a €60,000 prize. Previous winners have included the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, designed by the Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen in collaboration with the Islandic practice Batteríið and the artist Olafur Elíasson, and the Neues Museum in Berlin, designed by David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap. The winner in 2015 was the Philharmonic Hall Szczecin in Poland by Barozzi / Veiga. The list will be narrowed to a shortlist of 40 projects in late January, with the winner announced in April 2017. In addition to the main prize, the Fundació Mies van der Rohe is once again running a special mention award for emerging architects, with winners of this award receiving a €20,000 prize. Read on for the full list of 356 selected projects.  Courtesy of Fundació Mies van der Rohe TID Tower / 51N4E Marubi National Museum Of Photography / Casanova+Hernandez Architecten Tiwag KWB Control Center / Bechter Zaffignani Architekten Primary School Dorf / Feyferlik / Fritzer Pfauengarten Development / Pichler Panzerhalle Salzburg / LP architektur ZT GmbH Residential Care Home Erika Horn / Dietger Wissounig Architekten Herberge Refugee Home / STUDiO LOiS Barbara Poberschnigg Walch Elias House Moser / Madritsch Pfurtscheller KAMP Office Building / gerner°gern er plus architects Motorway Maintenance Centre Salzburg / Marte.Marte Architekten Residential building St. Gallenkirch / Dorner\Matt Barn Loft / Georg Bechter Architektur+Design Weingut Högl / Ludescher + Lutz, Architeken Building. School of Arts and Architecture / studio3 - Institut für experimentelle Architektur Erste Campus Headquarters Building / Henke Schreieck Architekten ZT GmbH Vienna, Austria Revitalisation of the Biomedical / Gangoly & Kristiner Architekten NAVEZ - 5 social units as Northern entrance Brussels, Belgium / MSA / V+ Structure and Gardens / BAUKUNST House H / Broekx-Schiepers architecten Keramis - Ceramic Center / Association Coton_Devisscher_Lelion_Nottebaert_Vincentelli OFFICE 119: Villa Der Bau / OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen M Garden pavilion / Vers.A DC L-Berg / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu University Psychiatric Centre Gasthuisberg / Stéphane Beel Architecten bvba Mons Memorial Museum (MMM) / Atelier d'architecture Pierre Hebbelinck - Pierre de Wit TRAX: Redevelopment of a former train / BUUR | bureau voor urbanisme Zwin national park / Coussée & Goris Architects Polyvalent Infrastructure / BAUKUNST House CG / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu Hotel Pino Nature / Studio Zec Cherry Orchard Residence / Events / bureau XII Observation House / I / O a r c h i t e c t s Varna Office Building / MMXX Architects Hotel Amarin / STUDIO UP Vacation Housee on Silba Island / AB Forum Harbour Market Vodice / ARP d.o.o. 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| State Fire Brigade School / gmp Architekten Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:00 AM PST  © Marcus Bredt
 © Marcus Bredt The new building of the State Fire Brigade School in Würzburg has been completed to a design by the architects practice von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The practice had been commissioned with the building in 2012 after a negotiated procedure. During an official opening ceremony, the building was handed over to its user – the State Fire Brigade School. In his speech, Bavaria's Secretary of State for the Interior and Construction, Gerhard Ecke, praised the sophisticated and state-of-the-art technical installations of the training hall, which meet the exacting requirements of the Fire Brigade School.  © Marcus Bredt In spite of its size, the design for the new training hall of the State Fire Brigade School in the Würzburg suburb of Zellerau integrates well in the surrounding mixed development area. Seen from the Marienburg historic building, the complex marks a conspicuous point in the urban context. A complex overall appearance is created with the help of two basic building volumes; a high-rise building intersects with the generous glass facades of a larger, horizontal hall building, which measures 77 x 40 x 21 meters. The uniformly white- rendered side elevations of the hall and roof seem to lay a metaphorical bracket around the high-rise build- ing and the hall. The glass facades of the training hall admit generous amounts of daylight to the interior, and also provide access via integrated lifting gates. During the day the new building reflects its surround- ings, while at night the interior lighting radiates outwards, offering a view of its sophisticated loadbearing structure, which is also used for training purposes.  © Marcus Bredt  Floor Plan  © Marcus Bredt Spread over ten levels of the building with its 5,500 square meters of floor area, there are installations for the realistic simulation of extinguishing and rescue operations, technical support activities, or ABC deployments. Using the windows and rooms of the solid, fair-faced concrete training structure inside the hall, it is possible to enact scenarios for deployment in high-rise buildings, restaurants, hotel and office premises, at shops, in a hospital, or a medical practice – situations with different degrees of difficulty which have to be faced by the Fire Brigade on a daily basis. In the northern part of the hall, a single-family house with tiled double-pitched roof and dormer windows provides the opportunity to practice the placement and scaling of ladders, while on the outside of the hall, the trainees are prepared for the challenges of a multi-story facade fire. On this side of the hall, the actual training structure penetrates conspicuously through the glass facade. In contrast to the strict pattern of the inside facade, the outside elevation has been designed in a more random fashion – window openings of different types are placed in a seemingly accidental pattern, representing additional deployment situations. Slanted prefabricated fair-faced concrete components simulate a mandatory mansard roof, without trivializing the abstract design of the otherwise austere facade.  © Marcus Bredt On the west side of the hall there is a haulage company with rail siding, an HGV garage with delivery ramp, and a high-bay warehouse. The space is rounded off with a building pit which can be covered, and with areas for "technical help" and "hazardous substances" training. The basement floor houses an underground car park, a cellar which can be flooded, a walk-in sewer system, and cellar spaces for additional training purposes. Mobile platforms have been installed on the roof of the hall to provide scenarios for the placement and scal- ing of ladders. Photovoltaic elements have been installed on the main roof to reduce energy consumption, and a 200 cubic meter cistern has been provided to collect rainwater for extinguishing exercises.  © Marcus Bredt  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 4 Tips to Get Started With Virtual Reality in Architecture Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:30 AM PST  Image from the <a href='http://www.archdaily.com/772156/exhibition-drawn-to-the-future'>"Drawn to the Future" exhibition</a> held at The Building Centre in London in 2015. Image © Agnese Sanvito This article was originally published by Autodesk's Redshift publication. You are walking through an elegant house, admiring the large living-room windows, the paintings on the wall, and the spacious kitchen. Pendant lights cast a soft glow, the terrazzo flooring gleams beneath your feet, the furnishings feel inviting. Then you take off the virtual-reality goggles and resume your meeting. This scenario is becoming increasingly common as more architects incorporate virtual reality (VR) into their practices. Along with its cousins—augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR)—virtual reality allows designers to push the boundaries of visualization, giving colleagues and clients new ways to experience and understand a building or space long before it is actually built. With VR, architects can transmit not just what a building will look like, but also what it will feel like.  Oculus Rift. Image Courtesy of Oculus Rift "Traditionally in architecture, you have blueprints and scale models, and 3D modeling has been around in force for the last 20 years," says Jeff Mottle, president and CEO of CGarchitect Digital Media Corp and publisher of CGarchitect, an online magazine and community for architectural-visualization professionals. "VR plays into these traditional methods because the two fit closely together, more than the manufacturers actually realize." Manufacturers still mostly view VR for gaming rather than enterprise solutions—but that is changing, according to Mottle, who just moderated a panel about these emerging technologies at this year's Autodesk University Las Vegas. With the dizzying rate of technology advancement and growing options, here are four considerations for firms thinking of entering this brave new virtual world. 1. VR is a rapidly changing industryVirtual reality has been around in some form for decades (with the first head-mounted systems debuting in 1968), but the technology has not been elastic or advanced enough to have widespread application until now. With advances in mobile technology, which placed high-resolution imagery into everyone's hands, VR has experienced an explosion in the past two years. Widely available head-mounted displays (HMDs) such as Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Microsoft HoloLens, and Google Cardboard have brought VR into the mainstream and made it more affordable (although costs generally still run from hundreds to thousands). Facebook's purchase of Oculus for $2 billion in 2014 also offered the industry a highly visible boost. "One of the challenges is everything is changing so quickly," Mottle says. "Not everyone has the time or resources to try every one of these HMDs, so we're trying to get the dialogue going to discuss the pros and cons." According to a survey in CGarchitect, the leading users of VR for architectural visualization are in Europe (40 percent) and the United States (21 percent), with commenters saying that the technology will be revolutionary for the industry. Nearly 70 percent of respondents are using VR/AR/MR in production or planning to do so in 2017, while 77 percent were experimenting with the technology or planning to do so.  Google Cardboard Headset. Image © Google 2. VR, AR, and MR are similar but have different capabilitiesVR is the immersive, full-headset experience that most people associate with this technology. "With virtual reality, you're immersing yourself into a virtual environment and closing yourself off completely from the outside world," Mottle says. "Depending on which device you're using, you could do room-scale VR and 'walk' through the space." (And with grid guidelines in your virtual world, you won't accidentally walk into a real wall.) With augmented reality, data and/or instructional information are animated over the real-world view, often through smaller devices such as a mobile phone or tablet. Pokémon Go is a popular consumer example of an augmented-reality app; a professional use case would be an engineer remotely teaching a mechanic how to repair something. Then there's MR: Mixing together aspects of VR and AR, MR takes virtual objects and overlays them onto the real world. Two people (say, an architect and a structural engineer based in another country) can be networked into a virtual world where they can interact together with a virtual building on a real site. 3. Architects can use VR at various stages in the design processOne benefit of VR is that it can be rendered at different Levels of Detail (LOD), so an architect in the early design phase could have an immersive experience in a non-photorealistic room, just to get a sense of spatial relationships and massing. Or the experience could be hyperreal, so that a VR video could have soft sunlight filtering down through a clerestory window, with the sound of birds chirping outside (for client presentations). Increasingly, architects are integrating VR hardware such as HTC Vive and Oculus with BIM software. "This will allow architects and clients alike to truly understand the spatial qualities of the project," says Kim Baumann Larsen, an architect and the VR advisor for The Future Group. "This spatial understanding should make clients more confident in the design and reduce time spent in meetings and the use of lateral design revisions." Mobile VR solutions using cardboard headsets and a smartphone are another increasingly popular solution. "The architect can render stereo 360 panoramic images directly from the BIM software such as [Autodesk] Revit or using a visualization tool like 3ds Max with V-Ray, and publish the images to the web using third-party services like VRto.me or IrisVR Scope," Larsen says.  Casey Mahon of CarrierJohnson + CULTURE <a href='http://www.archdaily.com/783677/4-ways-virtual-and-augmented-reality-will-revolutionize-the-way-we-practice-architecture'>using a VR environment to design</a>. Image Courtesy of CarrierJohnson + CULTURE 4. VR has some catching up to do with the architecture industryVR requires a fair amount of expertise, and it's challenging for architects to find work time to experiment with the technology. "For the most part, VR relies on gaming engines to develop these immersive experiences," Mottle says. "That has a whole different workflow and paradigm than architecture." He hopes that manufacturers will see the potential for developing VR solutions specifically geared toward architecture. Already, some firms are translating BIM data into VR with platforms such as Autodesk LIVE and Stingray, which maintains important building data that other gaming systems don't capture. For now, though, gaming systems tend to focus on creating idealized end-user VR experiences rather than applications for iterative building-project design and construction. The more architects get involved with VR, the more they can shape the future marketplace. "I'd really like to see these VR companies realize that there's a market beyond gaming and the consumer market," Mottle says. "I would like them to see that there are some huge opportunities and synergies with the design world." But Larsen says architects shouldn't wait to dig in: "Get a PC-based VR system like the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift for exploring design from BIM tools, and play with mobile VR using cardboard and Gear VR and Google's View to distribute your designs in VR to clients and collaborators alike. The most important thing is to start experimenting."  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville / OMA Posted: 22 Dec 2016 12:30 AM PST  © Philippe Ruault, Courtesy of OMA
 © Philippe Ruault, Courtesy of OMA From the architect. Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville is a public library for the metropolitan region Caen la Mer in Normandy, France.The 12,000 m2 multimedia library is located at the tip of the peninsula that extends out from the city of Caen to the English Channel. Its key position – between the city's historic core and an area of Caen that is being developed – supports the city's ambition for the library to become a new civic center. The library's glass facade visually connects the adjacent park, pedestrian pathway and waterfront plaza to the interior and together with two large ground floor entrances at both sides of the building, enables a fluid interaction of the library with its surroundings. On the upper floors, the urban belvedere provides unobstructed views in all four directions.  Implantation. © OMA The building's cross-shaped design responds to the urban context, with each of the four protruding planes of the cross pointing to a landmark point in Caen: to the historical sites of the Abbaye-aux-Dames in the north and the Abbaye-aux-Hommes in the west, to the central train station in the south, and to the area of new construction in the east. At the same time, the geometry of two intersecting axes is informed by the library's programmatic logic. The four planes, each housing a pedagogic discipline -- human sciences, science and technology, literature, and the arts -- meet in a large reading room on the first floor, to encourage maximum flow between the departments. This main library space is carved out of the center of the solid cross, defining the building's design as an opposition between mass and void.  © Philippe Ruault, Courtesy of OMA  Ground Floor Axonometric. © OMA  © Philippe Ruault, Courtesy of OMA As a civic center where people meet and share knowledge and information, public space is at the core of the library's design. At the entrance level on the ground floor, there is a large open space with a press kiosk and access points to an auditorium with 150 seats, an exhibition space and a restaurant with an outdoor terrace on the waterfront. The first floor contains a large variety of work and reading spaces and 120,000 documents, with physical and digital books placed side-by-side in the bookshelves. The digital extension of the physical collections, integrated within the bookshelves, is one of the new multimedia features of the library. The top floor of the library is occupied by a space for children, as well as offices and logistics. The archive and special historical collections are stored in safe and dry conditions in the concrete basement, protected from the surrounding water by an innovative waterproof membrane applied on the inner side of the concrete walls.  Model. © OMA  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Detail: Washrooms, Restrooms, Bathrooms, Lavatories, and Toilets Posted: 22 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST  Besides the kitchen, the bathroom often takes top priority when building or renovating a home. However, choosing a look is not always easy, so here we have gathered 13 stunning bathrooms from previously published projects to provide inspiration in your own designs. Each is filled with inspiring ideas for your own project; from relaxing tubs to sleek showers, one of these bathrooms is sure to suit your style. The first steps in the evolution of the physical space of the bathroom that we know of today occurred in Scotland, where the first rustic latrines were constructed, and in Pakistan, where systems of pipes of cooked mud embedded in brick constructions have been found. These innovations date back to 3000 BC, later evolving into the first vats, toilets and ceramic pipes of the Minoan nobility, then to the copper plumbing of the Egyptians (who used their baths to celebrate religious ceremonies), then to the Romans, who transformed personal hygiene into a social act with public baths, covered with tiles. During the middle ages, a widespread lack of concern for hygiene arose, but plumbing systems resurfaced in the early seventeenth century - although some of this era's most impressive constructions, such as the palace of Versailles, did not include bathrooms. The early industrial revolution in England also did not contribute much, since the rapidity of urbanization and industrialization caused an overcrowding that was very difficult to control. It was only in the 1830s that an outbreak of cholera in London forced the authorities to launch a campaign to incorporate sanitary facilities into homes, taking the first step towards the toilets with cisterns that we use today. Today the bathroom as a space has gone beyond its purely hygienic function and has entered into an exclusive area of its own design. Now, regardless of whether you are a bath person or strictly a shower person, these 13 awe-inducing bathrooms take daily cleansing to a whole new level. + Returning Hut / FM.X Interior Design  © WU Yong-Chang + Takapuna House / Athfield Architects  Takapuna House / Athfield Architects. Image © Simon Devitt  Casa W / 01Arq . Image © Mauricio Fuertes + Tigh Port na Long / Dualchas Architects  Tigh Port na Long / Dualchas Architects . Image © Andre Lee + Caterpillar House / Sebastián Irarrázaval  Casa Oruga / Sebastián Irarrázaval Delpiano . Image © Sergio Pirrone + Refugi Lieptgas / Georg Nickisch + Selina Walder  © Ralph Feiner  Courtesy of rzlbd + Casa L / Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos  Casa L / Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos. Image © Jaime Navarro + Can Manuel d'en Corda / Marià Castelló + Daniel Redolat  Can Manuel d'en Corda / Marià Castelló + Daniel Redolat . Image © Estudi Es Pujol de s'Era + Apartment Refurbishment in Pamplona / Iñigo Beguiristain  JA Rehabilitación de departamento en Pamplona / Iñigo Beguiristáin . Image © Iñaki Bergera + Grow / APOLLO Architects & Associates  Grow / APOLLO Architects & Associates . Image © Masao Nishikawa + Fagerstrom House / Claesson Koivisto Rune  Vivienda Fagerstrom / Claesson Koivisto Rune . Image © Åke E:son Lindman + House On The River Reuss / Dolmus Architects  Casa en el río Reuss / Dolmus Arquitectos. Image © Roger Frei Need more inspiration? Check out our Pinterest bathroom board, and remember you can find all the latest materials by checking out our Product Catalog.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Interactive Infographic Unveils AIA's 2016 Third Quarter Home Design Trends Survey Posted: 21 Dec 2016 10:00 PM PST  Courtesy of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released its Home Design Trends Survey for the third quarter of 2016, which focuses on community and neighborhood design. According to the Survey, homeowners are generally expressing more interest in community development, as indicated by the popularity of thoughtful community design with access to amenities. There is additionally, according to the Survey, a demand for walkable neighborhoods, access to public transportation, and multi-generational housing, as well as a demand for more and larger glass windows, driven by building technologies like smart glass windows. Furthermore, "infill development along with an increasing demand for tear-down properties is a signal that urban housing continues to grow denser." Learn more about the 2016 Home Design Trends Survey at the AIA's interactive infographic, here. News via: The American Institute of Architects (AIA).  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Beets and Roots Restaurant Berlin / Gonzalez Haase Posted: 21 Dec 2016 09:00 PM PST  © Thomas Meyer
 © Thomas Meyer From the architect. Beets & Roots is a casual fast-food restaurant set in the heart of Berlin-Mitte. The restaurant integrates the idea of modern, healthy and honest fast-food to supply guests with vitamins in an atmosphere reminiscent of an American Diner.  © Thomas Meyer The space sets the foundation of the brand and has been designed with future locations in mind.  First Floor Plan The environment is fully integrated – the use of tiles across the bar, floors and walls create connections between the coloured zones that divide the space into the four main areas of the restaurant.  © Thomas Meyer With a lighting concept that consists of irregular neon halos in contrasting warm and cold tones and Mary Lennox's planting concept the atmosphere is balanced and with a good conscience.  © Thomas Meyer  © Thomas Meyer  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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