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- Winners of the 2017 Building of the Year Awards
- Residence in Crete / Tense Architecture Network
- Oberholz Mountain Hut / Peter Pichler Architecture + Pavol Mikolajcak
- CASWES / TOOP architectuur
- NiGiRi Sushi and Restaurant / Junsekino Architect And Design
- Rohan Akriti / Collage Architecture Studio
- TPG Village / KIENTRUC O
- Mt Macedon House / Field Office Architecture
- Willis Tower to Receive $500 Million Renovation
- Campus Conference Centre / Cooney Architects
- Watch AL_A’s MAAT Museum in Lisbon Shimmer in this 4K Timelapse Video
- Kvæsthus Pier / Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects
- 9 Female Architects Shortlisted for AR’s Women in Architecture Awards
- 9X20 House / S-AR stacion-ARquitectura
- Environmental Fable Set in Sci-Fi Landscapes Wins 2017 Fairy Tales Competition
- 5 Social Housing Units in Navez / MSA / V+
- Architects and Their Facebook Posts
- World's First 3D Printed Bridge Opens in Spain
- Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism / Georg • Scheel • Wetzel Architekten
| Winners of the 2017 Building of the Year Awards Posted: 07 Feb 2017 01:20 AM PST  With two weeks of nominations and voting now complete, we are happy to present the winners of the 2017 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards. As a peer-based, crowdsourced architecture award, these winners were chosen by the collective intelligence of over 75,000 votes from ArchDaily readers around the world, filtering over 3,000 projects down to the 16 best works featured on ArchDaily in 2016. The winners, as always, include a diversity of architectural output from around the globe. Alongside high-profile, perhaps even predictable winners—who would have bet against BIG's first completed project in New York or Herzog & de Meuron's long-awaited philharmonic hall in Hamburg?—are more niche and surprise winners, from Nicolás Campodonico's off-grid chapel in Argentina to ARCHSTUDIO's organic food factory in China. The list also features some returning favorites such as spaceworkers, whose Casa Cabo de Vila brings them their second win in the housing category, repeating their success from 2015. In being published on ArchDaily, these 16 exemplary buildings have helped us to continue our mission, bringing inspiration, knowledge, and tools to architects around the world. This award wouldn't be possible without the hundreds of firms that choose to publish their projects with ArchDaily every year, or without those who take part in the voting process to become part of our thousands-strong awards jury. To everyone who took part—either by submitting a project in the past year, or by nominating and voting for candidates in the past weeks—thank you for giving strength to this award. And of course, congratulations to all the winners! Read on to see the full list of winning projects. Best Applied Products: Refurbishment of the Pavilion Dufour Château De Versailles / Dominique Perrault Architecte Winner in the Best Applied Product Category. Refurbishment of the Pavilion Dufour Château De Versailles / Dominique Perrault Architecte. Image © Andre Morin Small Scale Architecture: ICD-ITKE Research Pavilion 2015-16 / ICD-ITKE University of Stuttgart Winner in the Small Scale Architecture Category. ICD-ITKE Research Pavilion 2015-16 / ICD-ITKE University of Stuttgart. Image © ICD-ITKE University of Stuttgart Educational Architecture: Frederiksvej Kindergarten / COBE Winner in the Educational Architecture Category. Frederiksvej Kindergarten / COBE. Image © Rasmus Hjortshøj Public Architecture: Leixões Cruise Terminal / Luís Pedro Silva Arquitecto Winner in the Public Architecture Category. Leixões Cruise Terminal / Luís Pedro Silva Arquitecto. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Housing: VIΛ 57 West / BIG Winner in the Housing Category. Via 57 / BIG. Image © Iwan Baan Cultural Architecture: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / Herzog & de Meuron Winner in the Cultural Architecture Category. Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / Herzog & de Meuron. Image © Iwan Baan Refurbishment: The Stealth Building / WORKac Winner in the Refurbishment Category. The Stealth Building / WORKac. Image © Bruce Damonte Healthcare Architecture: Maggie's Cancer Centre Manchester / Foster + Partners Winner in the Healthcare Architecture. Maggie's Cancer Centre Manchester / Foster + Partners. Image © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners Industrial Architecture: Tangshan Organic Farm / ARCHSTUDIO Winner in the Industrial Architecture Category. Tangshan Organic Farm / ARCHSTUDIO. Image © JIN Wei-Qi Interior Architecture: Hubba-to / Supermachine Studio Winner in the Interior Category. Hubba-to / Supermachine Studio. Image © Wison Tungthunya Religious Architecture: Capilla San Bernardo / Nicolás Campodonico Winner in the Religious Architecture Category. San Bernardo Chapel / Nicolas Campodonico. Image © Nicolas Campodonico Sports Architecture: Sonora Stadium / 3Arquitectura Winner in the Sports Architecture. Sonora Stadium / 3Arquitectura. Image © Gobierno del Estado de Sonora Offices: BBVA Bancomer Tower / LEGORRETA + LEGORRETA + Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Winner in the Offices Category. BBVA Bancomer Tower / LEGORRETA+LEGORRETA & Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Image © Roland Halbe Hospitality: Yellow Submarine Coffee Tank / Secondfloor Architects Winner in the Hospitality Architecture. Yellow Submarine Coffee Tank / Secondfloor Architects. Image © Ketsiree Wongwan Commercial Architecture: Crystal Houses / MVRDV Winner in the Commercial Architecture Category. Crystal House / MVRDV. Image © Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee Houses: Casa Cabo de Vila / spaceworkers Winner in the Houses Category. Casa Cabo de Vila / spaceworkers. Image © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Residence in Crete / Tense Architecture Network Posted: 07 Feb 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Petros Perakis
 © Petros Perakis From the architect. Work nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies van Der Rohe Award 2017.  © Petros Perakis The location, on a small hill, is privileged. The longitudinal field is open to the south and the view of mountain Youhtas. How can a linear residence deal with the intense cretan light? The house necessarily unfolds along the south side, the side of the sun: through a double curvature the building is bend by the power of the sun's path from east to west.  © Petros Perakis  Perspective  © Petros Perakis The house is located in a quiet new neighborhood of the Mediterranean city of Heraklion, not far form the city's center. The flat, elevated corner plot offers views of the city and has a southern orientation. This family house was designed for the needs of a young couple and its two small children. It develops in four levels, hosting the living quarters at the overground floor level and the sleeping quarters at the groundfloor level. The latter, is open to the garden that is shaded by the main elevated volume which hosts another private bedroom and two open-air spaces excised from its two corners. The fair-faced concrete volume functions as a shelter both for the garden and the subjacent main living space. Its bright color is contrapuntal of the olive-green base that accommodates the other bedrooms -which will eventually be hidden by the climbing plants of the tensed inox-rope fence.  © Petros Perakis The house is born by its southern, extrovert, cretan field. From the outset, the sculptural gesture arises from this sunny condition: the building is bent by the sun. The elevated concrete facade is without openings, except from an excision at the upper corner which reveals an outdoor space open to western views of the city. The lower curve receives the light at the intermediate main level, incorporating the staircase to the upper floor. The volume acts not only as a receptor of the private upper premises of relaxation, but also as a shelter for the semi-open expansion of the residence and its garden. Its interior ends in a hidden excision of the roof, at the eastern corner. There, a small pool serves as an outdoor bath. The lower level which is developed as a rigid dark base is also introverted. The handling of curves in this work aims at a tense handling of void and light. Thus, a successive interpenetration of closed, semi-open and open-air spaces is created: The house is curved, twisted, excised, following the field's forces -natural or urban. The essentially playful façade seems to enjoy the contrapuntal complicity of its neighboring mass-produced apartment blocks  © Petros Perakis The structural design is inseparable from the form itself: the supporting at the garden's level is progressively altering from a circular metallic column, to a square concrete one, in order to conclude to the corner monolithic wall upon which the façade rests freely. Its eastern vertical slot allows the thermal expansion and contraction. In the interior, the vertical blinds offer privacy and protect from the eastern light, passing their deep red color to its innermost recess. The monochromatic kitchen recedes to the west, while its perforated metallic shutter acts as a magnet of light during both day and night. The underground study area, as well as the staircase leading to it, are of dark green colour -a natural continuation of the exterior garden. In the parking space, a circular neon wreath around the central column is complementary to the car's manually rotating ring. In the lighter upper floor instead, it is the glass pane frames that are curved following the vaulted roof. The metal column remains oxidized and dark -while the lighting spots run along its axis. The west facade remains blind, as well as the eastern one -concealing a liquid, receptive interior.  © Petros Perakis  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Oberholz Mountain Hut / Peter Pichler Architecture + Pavol Mikolajcak Posted: 07 Feb 2017 07:00 PM PST  © Oskar Dariz
 © Oskar Dariz From the architect. Peter Pichler Architecture, in collaboration with Arch. Pavol Mikolajcak, won a competition to design a new mountain hut at 2.000m in the Italian Dolomites in 2015.  © Oskar Dariz The new hut contains a restaurant and is located next to the cable station Oberholz in Obereggen with direct connection to the ski slope.  © Oskar Dariz The cantilevering structure grows out of the hill like a fallen tree with three main branches creating a symbiosis with the landscape. Each of them is facing towards the three most important surrounding mountains. At the end of the branches a large glass facade frames the surrounding mountains from the interior of the hut. The sloped roof shape of the glasses takes his inspiration from typical huts in the area, while the branching roof and complex structural interior expresses a new and contemporary interpretation of the classic mountain hut.  © Oskar Dariz The interior is defined by a complex, curvilinear and visible wood structure that gradually fades into walls and creates so called "pockets" for intimacy. It could also be seen as a new open space interpretation of the classic "Stube", well known in typical structures of the area.  © Oskar Dariz  Ground Floor Plan  © Oskar Dariz  Section The entire hut is constructed with wood: structural elements and interior in spruce, the facade in larch, furniture in oak- all typical woods from the area. A homogenous sculpture with local materials.  © Oskar Dariz The ground floor of the hut consists of the main restaurant / lounge area. The bar is located next to the entrance and is directly connected to the restaurant. Kitchen and food storage / delivery space are also on the ground floor. Main restrooms, staff room and technical facilities are located on the -1 floor. The outdoor space is defined by a big terrace oriented towards the southwest.  © Oskar Dariz  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Tim van de Velde
 © Tim van de Velde From the architect. North of the West-Flemish village of Westouter one can find a plot in an open and rural landscape, heavily influenced by the typical agricultural activities in the area. The setting has had a great impact on the design of this single family house, which is solemnly surrounded by a few farms and a group of trees here and there.  © Tim van de Velde The atypical shape of the parcel, together with the not so ideal orientation of the plot have been transformed into remarkable assets for the project. The single-story volume of the building is a consequence of the lack of surrounding buildings. This choice of design has limited the appearance in the surroundings greatly. The cut-off parallel to the border of the plot was used to enhance the synergy between building and nature and made sure the inhabitants have the best possible view on nature at every possible angle.  © Tim van de Velde The living areas are situated at the north of the house. This is also the side were the connection with the surroundings is at its maximum. An intimate inner garden creates a private area for the inhabitants and is a gateway for natural light. This patio is the heart of the house, where life is directed by the ever-changing seasons.  © Tim van de Velde  Plan  © Tim van de Velde The building materials, have been guided by the vibrant colours of the rural landscape. Grey wood, patterned concrete and dark, anodised windows are the main components. The use of concrete is a wink to the historical nature of the surroundings and accentuates the massiveness of the building. Oak floors provide warmth to the interior and the kitchen area made of black-stained oak acts as a resting point. These basic colours make sure the focus is on what is happening outside, not inside.  © Tim van de Velde The high accessibility, due to the single-story volume, is a sign that the project will grow together with the inhabitants and expresses a clear demand for life long living. The different areas are all connected with each other. This way, the close relationship with nature and the area are never forgotten.  © Tim van de Velde  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| NiGiRi Sushi and Restaurant / Junsekino Architect And Design Posted: 07 Feb 2017 02:00 PM PST  Courtesy of Junsekino Architect And Design
 Courtesy of Junsekino Architect And Design NiGiRi sushi design: SEKI by JUNSEKINO A+D town in town Bangkok Nigiri is the sushi restaurant which was originally a food truck. To build this restaurant, it takes 45 days of designing and constructing. It is 60 - square meter restaurant which is located next to the main road in Bangkok. Our intention is to preserve the original steel structure as much as possible. Besides, we decide to utilize the lightest materials as well as dry installation method for the convenience of the construction process.  Axonometric  Axonometric The big block on the roadside is camouflaged and turned to be the box that is light in weight and easily be perceived of what it is selling. To wrap the elevation of the building by semi-translucent material in order to create the dimension of the elevation rather than the single layer will filter sunlight before penetrating into the building. While in the nighttime, this material will give the opposite outcome since it will illuminate itself and spread the light out because the original single layer wall has no set back space. With this method, we will be able to see the layers of thickness from inside the restaurant.  Courtesy of Junsekino Architect And Design Moreover, we can grow both form and free form plants in between the 80 - centimeter gap in order to grant the feeling of nature around the customers. Inside, the real wood is used in order to give the feeling of softness. The color of wood and the penetrated light combined with the designed lighting system make the restaurant seems brighter than others. Consequently, we adapt to use lamps as the main lighting source of the restaurant so the intensity of light can easily be adjusted. We intend to make the customers feel as if they were at home as much as possible.  Courtesy of Junsekino Architect And Design  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rohan Akriti / Collage Architecture Studio Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:00 PM PST  Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio
 Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio From the architect. The 3 acre plot with FAR of 2.25 is set in the heart of Whitefield, with road access on the western side. The site revealed itself with a multitude of palm tree plantation scattered all around the area. One enters the site at a higher level after which the land gradually slopes with a drop of 3m connecting the vision till the end point of the site.  Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio The idea came from the existing trees on site. Following, the irregular pattern created by the landscape yet defining a path was an approach taken for designing the Experiential Centre. The entrance to the site is at a higher level which was kept unchanged by placing the built mass at a lower plain intercepting the hustle bustle of the everyday life.  Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio ''The Centre was visualised to be an experience by itself. A journey guided by architecture and its elements, a path to sense the intimacy of the built with the unbuilt; breaking the chords with the outside, to feel the quietness and tranquility on the inside. The idea was to build around the extant natural surroundings.''  Master Plan UNFOLDING THE IDEA:The meticulously designed architecture guides the journey of the visitor through the complex. It offers the user with a unique enthralling experience that enchants the body, mind and soul. The tactfully created zones are layered across the expanse of the project and in his journey; these layers slowly unravel before him, adding a new dimension to the overall experience. He is constantly drawn to his surroundings, thereby engaging his curiosity and interest. True to the spirit of design, instead of creating artificial attractions, the existing trees on site were retained and captured within these zones, each forming its own pocket of privacy and serenity, creating a unique tranquil ambiance slowly unravelling with each step into the labyrinth of frames. Following, the irregular pattern created by the landscape yet defining a path was an approach taken for designing the Experiential Centre.  Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio THE DESCENDING VISUALS.  Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio THE INTRIGUED PATH:  Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio SHADES OF THE SUN.  Courtesy of Collage Architecture Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2017 11:00 AM PST  © Hiroyuki Oki
 © Hiroyuki Oki From the architect. The tasks of this project is to conceive a working office for a multimedia company. Inspiration grew from the original image of a traditional Vietnamese village, of which communal collaboration is its core value. This corresponds to the nature of the company encompassing four different sister and brother departments, each a company by itself, acting independently from each other, yet a family under one roof.  © Hiroyuki Oki Simple and generous atmosphere is frequently found in Southern Vietnamese architecture, expressing a sensitive humanistic relationship. To include such values in the design embrace a stronger sense of locality and develop a unique character of a place. The loop consist of four different sections, representing Advertisement, PR, Digital Communication, and Creative Design respectively. Each section differs from each other by means of length, height and roof slope, offering different work and play experience, reflecting the company identity and promoting communal collaborating between each department.  © Hiroyuki Oki  Plan  © Hiroyuki Oki The heart of the office is the main hall, capable of hosting up to 150 people. It is a community space also can be used for events, and sometimes can be a great gallery for company to showcase its creative potential through exhibitions.  Plan The office is up on the 21st level of a typical high rise office building, thus also arise an opportunity to challenge the notion of dislocation of selves and senses. The spatial loop is a romantic interpretation of a modern office village, afloat between the ground and the air, with a purpose to challenge the notion of dislocation, enrich the traditional humanistic relationship, and at the same time embrace the new found opportunity to connect to Saigon from a high point of view.  © Hiroyuki Oki  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mt Macedon House / Field Office Architecture Posted: 07 Feb 2017 09:00 AM PST  © Dan Farrarr
 © Dan Farrarr From the architect. Mount Macedon House was a significant and challenging design opportunity, with a complex site, strict bushfire protection regulations and specific client brief all playing an important role in the final project outcome.  © Dan Farrarr A long, yet narrow site, it is nestled into the side of Mount Macedon with sweeping views across bushland to the north and north east in a very tranquil and restful setting.  © Dan Farrarr  Plan  © Dan Farrarr There is a fairly significant fall across the site, so it was decided very early in the design process that the dwelling would need to be elevated at some point as to immerse itself amongst the surrounding views and vegetation, whilst also providing on grade access if required. It was important to the owner as well that the site not be over-excavated, but rather emerge gently out of the existing landscape.  © Dan Farrarr The corten cladding, which was designed bespoke for this project by the architects, wraps around the dwelling, providing the required bushfire screening to glazing, and the ability to be opened and closed as needed. Behind this rich, earthy material are the more discrete sleeping and study spaces which are towards the rear of the dwelling, allowing for the living and social spaces to be read as far more transparent and exposed, breaking out towards the north and north-east elevations. Screening along the east provides some visual protection from the neighbouring properties whilst not compromising any of the views or natural light, which fills the living space and kitchen from morning until late afternoon. A rooftop deck is the final touch, providing 360 views of this tranquil landscape.  © Dan Farrarr  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Willis Tower to Receive $500 Million Renovation Posted: 07 Feb 2017 08:20 AM PST  Courtesy of Blackstone and Equity Office One of the United States' most recognizable skyscrapers, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), is set to receive a $500 million renovation designed by the Chicago office of Gensler. Announced by Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel with real estate holders Blackstone and Equity Office, the project will transform and reinvigorate the 43-year-old building, which held the title of world's tallest building for nearly a quarter century.  Courtesy of Blackstone and Equity Office "Willis Tower has always been iconic within Chicago's skyline and around the world," said Jon Gray, Global Head of Real Estate, Blackstone. "Our goal is to restore Willis Tower to its original prominence and make it a must-visit destination in Chicago for tenants, local residents and tourists."  Courtesy of Blackstone and Equity Office At the center of the renovation plans is a new 3-story glass structure atop the existing stone entrance plaza that will invite visitors to gather and enjoy the streetscape. Below this, three floors of retail and entertainment will be organized around a winter garden featuring unobstructed views of all 110 floors of the tower above.  Courtesy of Blackstone and Equity Office The renovation will see the reconfiguration of 460,000 square feet of existing space, including 150,000 square feet of tenant space housing a fitness center, several lounge areas, private event space and concierge services. More than 300,000 square feet of new retail, dining and entertainment will be added to the base of the building, as well as a 30,000 square foot outdoor deck and garden space.  Courtesy of Blackstone and Equity Office Part of the investment will also go toward upgrading the tower's Skydeck Chicago experience, already well-known for its glass-bottomed observation deck located on the building's 103rd floor. Working together with Gensler on the project will be Gonzalez Architects (tenant office amenities), Los Angeles-based Hetzel Design (Skydeck enhancements) and design-build firm Turner Clayco (construction management).  Courtesy of Blackstone and Equity Office Work to transform the Tower is scheduled to begin later this month. News via Blackstone. AD Classics: Willis Tower (Sears Tower) / Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Campus Conference Centre / Cooney Architects Posted: 07 Feb 2017 07:00 AM PST  © Ros Kavanagh
 © Ros Kavanagh  Concept  © Ros Kavanagh The Campus Conference Centre at National Sport Campus in west Dublin is a 'Hub' for social and professional interaction at the campus. The master plan for Sports Campus Ireland resulted from a winning entrant competition in 2008, to date more than nineteen sports governing bodies are located on the campus.  © Ros Kavanagh We took an existing abandoned concrete structure, we reused and extended this to provide a space for social and professional engagement. The retained and reused concrete building contains changing rooms, lecture theatres, a ground level café and external space expressed as a north facing 'solid element'. A newly constructed triple height 'street' foyer extension is designed as a focal point of the routes leading to the various pavilion buildings on the 250-acre campus.  Floor Plan 01  Floor Plan 02 Product Description. The exterior brick walls are built of Ibstock white glazed brick . This clean and elegant façade is to reflect the clean lines of the whole building and to frame the impressive elevation. The bricks give body and density to the building, as well as an essential sculptural quality.  © Ros Kavanagh  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Watch AL_A’s MAAT Museum in Lisbon Shimmer in this 4K Timelapse Video Posted: 07 Feb 2017 06:00 AM PST Located along banks of the Tagus in the Lisbon neighborhood of Belém, AL_A's recently completed Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology (MAAT) has brightened up the Lisbon waterfront with its sleek form and glimmering materiality since its opening last October. These qualities have now been captured in a 4K timelapse video by photographer and filmmaker Alejandro Villanueva. The video shows how the building's presence transforms throughout the day, as the sun reflects off of its unique ceramic facade.  © Alejandro Villanueva "Blending structure into landscape, the kunsthalle is designed to allow visitors to walk over, under and through the building that sits beneath a gently expressed arch – one of the oldest forms in western architecture," explain the architects of the design.  © Alejandro Villanueva Check out the video above, and find out more about Alejandro Villanueva's work, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kvæsthus Pier / Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Jens Lindhe
 © Jens Lindhe From the architect. The Kvæsthus Pier is a comprehensive plan for upgrading the urban spaces around The Royal Danish Theatre's Playhouse, from the tip of the pier, across the promenade all the way to Nyhavn.  © Jens Lindhe The project consists of an underground car park in 3 floors, the conversion of the Kvæsthus pier into a multifunctional urban space, and the processing of the pier's edges towards the harbor in the entire area.  Site Plan The large square on the pier is a coherent, even area in its full length. Large squares coated with dark grooved concrete, steep down in the north and disappear under the water level.  © Jens Lindhe The square is equipped with smaller pavilions, containing a café, scenes, ticket sales for the harbour tours, entrance to the car park and a fly tower for outdoor plays, concerts and other kinds of performance. Furthermore, the square is arranged with the possibility for installing big screens, temporary covers, and is equipped with gear for various street- and beach sports.  Stage Pavilion  Cafe Pavilion  Staircase Pavilion The harbour itself is made accessible via stairs and jetties in multiple locations. "The kissing stairs" in the inner dock at the foot of Sankt Anne square, is a wooden construction as wide as the dock, built across a rainwater vessel, able to absorb up to 9 million liters of water in case of heavy cloudbursts in the urban area.  © Jens Lindhe The car park relieves the streets in the area and sets new standards for underground parking with its high ceilings, transparency and daylight reaching into all three levels via a grand atrium, connecting the facility with the urban space above.  © Jens Lindhe The project is based on the experience gained from 'Ofelia Beach' – an experiment where the spot was temporarily decorated and used for various purposes in the urban space during the summer semester. The experiment was carried out during a three-year period to test and develop the idea of creating an innovative urban space - and was a huge success.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 9 Female Architects Shortlisted for AR’s Women in Architecture Awards Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:00 AM PST  The Architectural Review (AR) has announced the shortlist of 9 female architects in the running for its 2016 Woman Architect of the Year and the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture awards. This year's candidates come from a wide range of backgrounds, operating in UK, Mexico, France, the USA and Canada, and have been lauded by the AR for their "projects demonstrating exceptional design and awareness of geographical and political contexts." 'These women architects are creating some of the most innovative and creative design work in the world today, said Christine Murray, founder of the Women in Architecture Awards and editor-in-chief of The Architectural Review and The Architects' Journal. "It is a privilege to celebrate work from a broad range of countries – showing how great design touches all our lives.' Last year the top prize was awarded to Jeanne Gang, with the emerging architect prize going to Mexican architect Gabriela Etchegaray. Check out this year's list of finalists below. Architect of the Year 2017 ShortlistJulia Barfield / Marks Barfield Architects (UK)  BA i360 in Brighton, UK / Marks Barfield Architects. Image © Luke Hayes Barfield is best known for her work on iconic city-branding structures, such as the London Eye observation wheel of 1999 – and is recognised in the shortlist for the BA i360 structure in Brighton, UK (highlighted in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's slenderest tall tower). Barfield also has a strong interest in community and place-making projects. Gabriela Carrillo / Taller Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo (Mexico)  Criminal Courts for Oral Trials, Pátzcuaro, Mexico / Taller Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo. Image © Onnis Luque Carrillo has been shortlisted for her work on the Criminal Courts for Oral trials in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán in Mexico – which skilfully answers a brief to design flexible spaces, comply with strict security rules and improve transparency in the judicial process. The architectural practice is also known for its work on the Matamoros Theatre in Morelia, capital of Michoacán. Anouk Legendre / XTU Architects (France)  Cité du Vin / XTU Architects. Image © David Helman Legendre has been shortlisted for her work on the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux, France – a place where wine-trail tourists can buy, consume and learn all about the culture and civilization associated with the beverage. An imposing, shiny, compelling structure, it breaks completely with the restrained limestone classicism of old Bordeaux. Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel / Leers Weinzapfel Associates (USA)  East Regional Chilled Water Plant / Leers Weinzapfel Associates. Image Courtesy of Leers Weinzapfel Associates Leers and Weinzapfel have been shortlisted for their work on the East Regional Chilled Water Plant, Ohio State University, USA. The project is an elegant and positive approach to a functional building which uses perforated aluminium panels to achieve a refined aesthetic while maintaining an industrial utility. Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture ShortlistAda Yvars Bravo / Mangera Yvars Architects (London)  Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies in Doha, Qatar / Mangera Yvars Architecst. Image Courtesy of Mangera Yvars Architects Yvars Bravo's impressive Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies in Doha, Qatar is one of the most socially impactful, culturally erudite and innovative designs in Qatar. Part of Qatar Foundation's Education City, a landmark co-educational assembly of international leading universities, the brief called for a University and the Campus Mosque, which would also be open to the public. Johanna Hurme / 5468796 Architecture (Canada)  Crossroads Garden Shed, Calgary / 5468796 Architecture. Image Courtesy of Johanna Hurme, 5468796 Architecture Hurme is a conceptual and design innovator, working on a range of projects from Crossroads Garden Shed in Calgary and Migrating Landscapes – Canada's official entry to the 13th annual Venice Biennale – to Winnipeg's 62M Housing and Chair Your Idea, celebrating urban design. Jing Liu / SO-IL (USA)  Manetti Shrem Museum of Art / SO-IL. Image © Iwan Baan Liu is a talented and innovative architect recognised on this shortlist for her work on the outstanding Manetti Shrem Museum of Art in California. With this building, an extensive canopy appears to rise from the regimented agricultural landscape of inland California and hover in the air. It introduces a new architectural spirit to the campus of University of California, Davis. Rozana Montiel / Estudio de Arquitectura (Mexico)  CANCHA / Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura. Image Courtesy of Rozana Montiel Montiel's perceptive projects include Veracruz Cancha (a sports court), San Pablo Xalpa Unidad Habitacional (housing unit) and Tepoztlan House, all in Mexico. Her sensitive engagements with communities activate simple architectural forms. More information on the awards can be found here. News via The Architectural Review.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 9X20 House / S-AR stacion-ARquitectura Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:00 AM PST  © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal
 © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal Casa 9X20 takes it’s name from the dimensions of the plot where it is built. Located in an industrial warehouses area, which has been transforming into housing developments over the years, the house is part of a small development with barely a couple of streets and 70 available plots. Most of these plots have the same dimensions, except for those located in corners or defined by the topography of the site.  © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal The built context of the area is defined mostly by houses that represent a similar housing concept, with few superficial changes on the facades (as a result of them being built by the same developer), and some others that target a more generic taste, always influenced by commercial architectural tendencies with saleable intentions in mind, which have been spreading all over the city in recent years.  The plot of the house is one of the last ones to be intervened in this development. The house is for one young family composed by a couple with 3sons. The house has now two complete levels and one incomplete level waiting for a future expansion, when the family requires more space.  © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal The ground floor includes the social area and general services. This floor is defined as an open plan space, enclosed by a lateral patio-aisle, a large core of services, a backyard and the garage. An aisle of services is delimited from the main area by a large continuous piece of furniture, which organizes the interior space, giving service to both sides: the social area and the services aisle.  Both the furniture and the core services aisle hide storage and living spaces such as a bathroom and laundry. These spaces are enclosed behind a sequence of doors that form a white surface and solid volumes that create a contrast between this clear plane and the textures and colors of the constructive system used in the slabs and floors of the house. The second floor includes the private spaces of the house, such as the family living room, the main bedroom and two smaller rooms for the sons.  © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal The third level is a rooftop terrace that can be occupied in the future as a playroom or a studio.  The built volume is illuminated by the light that filters through the lateral patio and the backyard that separate the house from the neighbor buildings, as well as by the stairs volume, used as a conductor to bring light from the street into the core of the house. In this way, the interior spaces always receive some kind of indirect natural lighting.  © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal Contrasting with this, the facade presents a textured surface made with concrete blocks arranged to avoid an overheating of the front walls, providing shade to the facade’s surface at all times. This is used as a simple bioclimatic cooling strategy due to the southern orientation of the house’s front facade, which during most of the day receives direct sun radiation. This element is supported on the metallic structure of the house’s garage, a long I-beam that crosses the whole width of the plot.  © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal This arrangement of order and equilibrium between elements (blocks and beam) turns into the distinctive identity of the house among all the neighbors’ forms and materials: concrete and metal.  © Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Environmental Fable Set in Sci-Fi Landscapes Wins 2017 Fairy Tales Competition Posted: 07 Feb 2017 01:30 AM PST Yesterday evening, in a ceremony at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, Blank Space announced the winners of their annual Fairy Tales competition. Representing the best the architectural imagination has to offer were 4 winners and 10 honorable mentions, selected by a jury of high-profile judges including Dan Wood, Michel Rojkind, Marion Weiss, and Stefano Boeri, among many more. "The winning entries in this year's competition include oblique references to current events, mundane daily activities and human emotions that we all easily relate to—they make visible how we shape space, and in turn, how space shapes us," said Executive Director of the National Building Museum and jury member Chase W Rynd. "The images and narratives are so wildly outlandish, and yet, so grounded that it seems like we could mistakenly stumble into any of them." The winning entry this year went to Mykhailo Ponomarenko, a Ukrainian architect whose sci-fi landscapes and painterly presentation provide the backdrop for a surprisingly relatable tale. Read on to find out more about this Fairy Tale, as well as the remaining 3 winners and 10 honorable mentions. FIRST PRIZE: Mykhailo Ponomarenko for "Last Day"  1st Prize: Mykhailo Ponomarenko for "Last Day". Image Courtesy of Blank Space First Prize goes to Mykhailo Ponomarenko, a Ukrainian-trained architect now working for EDSA inc in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for his entry "Last Day." The entry utilizes classical painting techniques to create monumental landscapes with strange scifi megastructures inserted into them. The relatively mundane occurrences in the story make it feel like these wild scenes could in fact be real. "Landscapes have always inspired me to put something weird, unreal and out of human scale into them. Something not feasible and not practical that contrasts with the natural surroundings, but also exists at the same scale. These satirical interventions lead to new ideas and feelings about nature - they make the viewer more aware about the environment and our harmful impact on it. We are flat surface creatures. Sometimes I feel that we crave it so much that the planet is going to be turned into pavement so cars can go anywhere, and our industries could continue expanding. The "Saturn Rings" in my proposal represent these flat surface desires but in a more poetic, optimistic, and friendly manner."- Mykhailo Ponomarenko SECOND PRIZE: Terrence Hector for "City Walkers"  2nd Prize: Terrence Hector for "City Walkers". Image Courtesy of Blank Space Second Prize goes to Terrence Hector, an architect from Chicago with an M.Arch and BS in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His entry, "City Walkers" or "The Possibility of a Forgotten Domestication and Biological Industry" tells a beautiful story of a sentient species of architecture that moves slower than humans can perceive. That doesn't stop human beings from harnessing every possible bit of energy from "The Walkers" in addition to spawning settlements in their wake. "The city in this story was an exploration of civilization and urbanism as humanity's relationship with natural and biological systems that exist on a vastly longer timescale than the human lifespan. Creating a closer relationship time-wise between human and natural timeframes let me derive a new urban typology, which also acts as a parable of overexploitation. I was trying to work through an inferred genealogy from the USS Monitor to Hayao Miyazaki, working through a tradition of humanizing massive, aggressive machines."- Terrence Hector THIRD PRIZE: Ariane Merle d'Aubigné & Jean Maleyrat for "Up Above"  3rd Prize: Ariane Merle d'Aubigné & Jean Maleyrat for "Up Above". Image Courtesy of Blank Space Third Prize goes to Ariane Merle d'Aubigné & Jean Maleyrat, two French architects that met in architecture school, for "Up Above", an imaginative story of refugees in the sky that build shanties on thin stilts, high in the clouds, to escape oppression, regulations, and inequality on the surface of the earth below. "Revisiting the world of fairy tales by participating in the Blank Space competition was very stimulating. The short narrative takes a look at reality through the marvelous and the fantastic. We have tried to highlight contemporary issues and concerns by letting the supernatural burst into reality. Migration, the accumulation of wealth, overpopulation, the terrorist threat and pollution are some of the issues with which we live every day. We highlighted these concerns and our love of art through this poetic tale. Our generation often aspires to an "elsewhere", in our "elsewhere" the rules of the game have changed."- Ariane Merle d'Aubigné & Jean Maleyrat AIAS PRIZE: Maria Syed & Adriana Davis for "Playing House"  AIAS Prize: Maria Syed & Adriana Davis for "Playing House". Image Courtesy of Blank Space The AIAS Prize for the highest scoring entry from an AIAS member goes to Maria Syed & Adriana Davis, two architects that met while studying at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, for their story titled "Playing House", an exercise in illustrating the destructive power of split-personality. Starting with traditional drawings of a modest dwelling, the drawings, and in turn, the narrative, devolve into a series of accusations, misunderstandings, and multiplicity. "Playing House embodies the idea that architecture can eclipse the personality of its occupants, where the character and style of the architecture dictate the mood of the inhabitants. The loud textures and discordant angles of the home sparked the idea for the story: transitioning from room to room manifests itself in drastic physical and psychological change. The drawings, the genesis of our submission, address architectural conventions of projection drawings, merged with the unconventional appearance of the home to create friction. This act is mirrored in the story, where a typical visit from a neighbor turns peculiar. The two creators of this project worked closely throughout their undergraduate career, creating an inseparable partnership for their first collaboration."- Maria Syed & Adriana Davis The Jury also awarded 10 honorable mentions. - Minh Tran, Alan Ma, & Yi Ning Lui for "iDentity: Virtual Reality Therapy for Cultural Identity Crises"  Minh Tran, Alan Ma, & Yi Ning Lui for "iDentity: Virtual Reality Therapy for Cultural Identity Crises". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Xinran Ma for "One Thousand and One Nights"  Xinran Ma for "One Thousand and One Nights". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Jun Li, Joris Komen, Yuxing Chen & Yina Dong for "My Brother Ernest"  Jun Li, Joris Komen, Yuxing Chen & Yina Dong for "My Brother Ernest". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Carly Dean & Richard Nelson-Chow for "Call for Submissions: The Great Wall of America"  Carly Dean & Richard Nelson-Chow for "Call for Submissions: The Great Wall of America". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Aidan Doyle & Sarah Wan (Wandoy Studio) for "Course of Empire"  Aidan Doyle & Sarah Wan (Wandoy Studio) for "Course of Empire". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Dakis Panayiotou for "Leftovers of a Dream"  Dakis Panayiotou for "Leftovers of a Dream". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Julien Nolin for "Amazonia Pier: Manufacturing an Architecture of Pleasure"  Julien Nolin for "Amazonia Pier: Manufacturing an Architecture of Pleasure". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Michael Quach for "Sapphire City"  Michael Quach for "Sapphire City". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Janice Kim & Carol Shih for "The Dearest"  Janice Kim & Carol Shih for "The Dearest". Image Courtesy of Blank Space - Chong Yan Chuah, Nathan Su & Bethany Edgoose for "Aisha's Asylum"  Chong Yan Chuah, Nathan Su & Bethany Edgoose for "Aisha's Asylum". Image Courtesy of Blank Space Project descriptions via Blank Space. Read the winning stories and honorable mentions in full on Blank Space's website at www.blankspaceproject.com  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 5 Social Housing Units in Navez / MSA / V+ Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:30 AM PST  © Serge Brison / MSA
 © Serge Brison / MSA From the architect. This housing project fulfills the local authorities double ambition: to represent the urban revalidation scheme with a landmark at the entrance of the city and to provide exemplary apartments for large families. The building develops passive bright apartments and establishes a dialogue with the infrastructure and a the heritage neighbourhood.  © Serge Brison / MSA Located at one of Brussels main entrances, the building is a social housing operation and a flagship project for the new identity of that neighbourhood. The building provides a solid and comfortable basis for families in need and stands with an open angle, welcoming commuters entering the capital. It advocates for a strong desire for architecture for all.  Site Plan This one-piece construction closes a steep triangular block, and develops a smooth textured brick façade playing with the light of the ever-changing Belgium sky. This scripture echoes with the surrounding, full of details, art Deco perennial buildings and stands up to the impressive road and railway infrastructure.  © Serge Brison / MSA As most projects in Brussels, the building had to face a fascinating but difficult context. To face the small, irregular, noisy and mainly northern orientated plot, the building uses key architectural features. It develops long folded apartments around a southern opened courtyard and a complex staircase that intertwines with individual stairs, allowing internal volumetric movements and kilo-metrical views to the surrounding landscape. The plans articulations, intricate as lace-work, and the progressive section, passing from split-level to inverted duplexes, provide all the apartments of this perennial construction with light from 4 orientations exposition, outdoor spaces, impressive views and numerous spatial experiences.  Axonometric View Being a visible part of a broader scheme, great expectations, local and regional, were put on the shoulders of this building. An exhaustive participative process was followed to establish a dialog with the inhabitants and the different competent administrations. It enabled to explain, develop and amend urban and architectural issues, diminishing recurring Brussels' conflicts and allowing to exceed strict building regulations.  © Serge Brison / MSA Because the building shelters people in need and because social housing shouldn't be treated differently than more prestigious building, the project is developed in order to provide a solid basis to live in. The construction is comforting and perennial, you can sleep soundly and nails can be banged in the walls.  © Serge Brison / MSA With super insulated envelope, soundproofing, triple glazing, balanced ventilation with heat recovery from exhaust air and solar panels for hot water production, the building is passive < 15kwh/m2. The inhabitants comfort and low consumption are ensured, while they're still able to open all their windows.  Floor Plan The maintenance costs have been reduced to the maximum by avoiding air conditioning through calibrated exposure, by allowing natural light in nearly all the spaces and by the absence of an elevator, which the inhabitants didn't notice, their ascension being eased by the spatiality and powerful views.  © Serge Brison / MSA Special details, avoiding thermal bridges, and on site worker's formations were developed to assemble the subtle white brickworks in order to obtain this strong but smooth texture to play with light and pay tribute to the heritage art-deco façades of the area.  © Serge Brison / MSA Product Description. - Wienerberger - Brick Terca Knabe F1 The building was finished with glued white facing bricks. In combination with the alternating sunlight, the finish gives the facade a particular texture. On site worker's formations were developed to assemble the subtle white brickworks in order to obtain this strong but smooth texture to play with light and pay tribute to the heritage art-deco façades of the area.  © Serge Brison / MSA  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Architects and Their Facebook Posts Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:00 AM PST  Courtesy of The Leewardists To most people, Facebook is simple. They use it as a survival tool during never-ending university lectures. They use it to distract themselves during arguments at the family dinner table. They use it to 'research' that new person in the office. But when the architect signs in, everything changes. To us, Facebook is an 'archi-forum'. Every passionate, powerful sketch of ours is uploaded. Every deep, reflective, opinion of ours is posted. Every non-architectural event is advertised with the intensity of an adventure to Narnia. Happily, we know our audience – other architects...  Courtesy of The Leewardists  Courtesy of The Leewardists  Courtesy of The Leewardists  Courtesy of The Leewardists  Courtesy of The Leewardists  Courtesy of The Leewardists  Courtesy of The Leewardists Centuries of civilizations built on structures designed by architects and yet, their voice is lost among the countless stories of rulers and armies and sometimes wondrous monsters. The Leewardists are rewriting the contemporary history of our civilization through the voice of this elusive being, The Architect. For more of The Architect Comic Series follow them on Facebook, Instagram or visit their website.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| World's First 3D Printed Bridge Opens in Spain Posted: 06 Feb 2017 10:00 PM PST  Courtesy of IAAC The first 3D printed pedestrian bridge in the world opened to the public on December 14 in Madrid. Led by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in a process that took a year and a half from its conception, the structure crosses a stream in Castilla-La Mancha Park in Alcobendas, Madrid. Although similar initiatives have already been announced in the Netherlands, this is the first to have finished construction. The structure is printed in micro-reinforced concrete, and measures 12 meters in length and 1.75 meters wide. The institute stated in a press release that the parametric design allowed for the optimal distribution of the material and minimized the amount of waste by recycling the raw material during production. The design also allowed for maximum structural performance. The material is used only where it is needed, with complete freedom in terms of form, maintaining its porosity thanks to the application of generative algorithms and challenging the traditional techniques of construction.  Courtesy of IAAC In conversation with ArchDaily en Español, Areti Markopoulou - Academic Director of the IAAC and director of the Alcobendas bridge project - explains one of the design challenges: "The size of the printed piece has been a crucial factor since the maximum dimensions for the piece that we can print with this machine are 2mx2mx2m.This clearly has influenced the strategy and the design. The execution of the project, led by ACCIONA, was developed by a multidisciplinary team of architects, mechanical engineers, structural engineers and representatives from the municipal administration, including Enrico Dini, an expert inventor of large-scale 3D manufacturing and IAAC collaborator. Client: City of Alcobendas  Courtesy of IAAC  Courtesy of IAAC  Courtesy of IAAC  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism / Georg • Scheel • Wetzel Architekten Posted: 06 Feb 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Stefan Müller
 © Stefan Müller From the architect. New construction of the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism at Königsplatz in Munich. Permanent exhibition, temporary exhibition, seminar rooms, conference room, library, administration  © Stefan Müller  © Stefan Müller The Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism on the site of the so-called "Brown House" serves as a marker for the former headquarters of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). However, by means of its autonomy the abstract, non-directional cube which is loosely positioned within the surroundings appears simultaneously detached from its proximate topography.  Plans A square-cut terrace which can be accessed by the public interlocks the building within the vicinity. Cross-storey window openings which are being cut into the cube's façade are given rhythm by vertical concrete members thus maintaining the building's clear geometry. These windows allow for views of the surrounding topography while simultaneously representing the inner structure where various atriums, each combining two storeys, generate constantly changing spatial situations.  © Stefan Müller  © Stefan Müller Product Description. The structure has been designed as an exact cube with a building mass of 22.50 m x 22.50 m x 22.50 m. Large facade openings cut into the cube are patterned by vertical concrete louvers which give the structure a three-dimensional layout without compromising on its clear geometry. The windows, which extend around the corners of the building, allow focused views on the surrounding topography. The interior and exterior of the building are characterized by the predominant material: white concrete, a ready-mixed concrete produced from white pigment and white sand, in which the building has been entirely designed from the supporting cores and facades all the way to the floor and ceiling slabs. Also the square terrace is built from the same material. The structure, which has been left in the "raw" state, determines the exterior look while at the same time becoming the passe-partout for the intended interior uses, and in particular for the exhibition architecture.  © Stefan Müller  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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