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- Les Tiennes Marcel / Mohamed Omaïs & Olivia Gomes architects
- Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / steb
- Namchon / B&A Architects
- The Worlds Longest Elevated Cycling Path Opens in China
- WELL Building Certification - An Architectural Aid for Human Health
- G.Zanella Primary School Renovation and Extension / Giulia de Appolonia- officina di architettura
- MIT’s New Intelligent Material Writhes and Curls to Changes in Heat
- Take a Virtual "Fly-Through" of the Star Wars Millennium Falcon With This 3D Model
- POLYTOPO / Z-level
- 20 Beautiful Axonometric Drawings of Iconic Buildings
| Les Tiennes Marcel / Mohamed Omaïs & Olivia Gomes architects Posted: 12 Mar 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG This project is an order from a Parisian family living in an apartment, who wants to move in a town house to get more space and live together with the grandmother. Between two common walls, the owners had an infilled plot in Paris suburb.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Section  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The architects proposition was to create two constructions with a central patio. First volume built on the street, is composed by a independent studio at the floor and common parts.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Floor Plan  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Floor Plan  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The garden not overlooked, creates a transition with the second residential construction, built on background plot. The house is organized in 4 levels all oriented on the green area; living spaces has large glass doors opening on 5 meters high. With this process the living room can be enlarged on the terrace erasing limits between outside and inside.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / steb Posted: 12 Mar 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography
 © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography From the architect. Bostanlı Footbridge and Bostanlı Sunset Lounge have been designed by Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects as part of the 'Karşıkıyı' concept created for 'İzmirSea' coastal regeneration project. These two architectural interventions that are positioned in close proximity and in reference to each other, have generated a new, integrated coastal attraction together, where Bostanlı Creek flows into the bay, on a very special and unique spot due to the geometric form of the coastline, and the urban memory possessed. The site has become one of the favorite public attraction points in Karşıyaka, İzmir and has been embraced and visited by the residents from all around the city since the opening in July 2016.  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography  Site Plan  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography In alignment with the masterplan decisions of 'Karşıkıyı' concept, 'Bostanlı Footbridge', was proposed to connect two sides of Bostanlı Creek and thus to complete one of the missing pieces of the continuous coastal promenade. With its slightly bow shaped longitudinal-section and specially designed girder geometry, the bridge allows the passage of small boats underneath and provides access to the floating pontoon located in the creek. This new urban structure, oriented according to its unique position which provides a view of the bay on one side and the city on the other, has therefore been designed with an asymmetrical cross-section. This special section is formed by several cascading thermo-wood surfaces installed on a steel frame, allowing users to enjoy the view of the bay either sitting or sprawling. Thus, the bridge goes beyond being an infra-structural urban element which is solely used for passing through, and defines a public leisure and attraction point in a sensitive relation with its environment.  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography  Axonometric  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography 'Bostanlı Sunset Lounge', which lays on one of the few coastal fragments facing directly west in Karşıyaka, is a set of cascading thermo-wood covered platforms which form an inviting urban surface, streching between the artificial slope covered with trees and the embankment itself. The simplicity and fluence in the surface geometry, encourage the user to experience a more direct relationship with the setting sun and the sea. Just as in the case of the footbridge, this wide ash wood covered surface also has a welcoming sensation which is mostly an influence of the natural texture of the material. 'Sunset Lounge' helps users to re-discover a long forgotten İzmir ritual which is still present in the urban memory, and invites city residents to watch the sunset and spend quality time together every evening.  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography  Section  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography These two urban installations, facing each other on the same spot, sustain the general framework defined in 'Karşıkıyı' proposal, the master plan for Karşıyaka coastline. Natural, independent, ingenuous and inclusive; both of the designs serve as genuine 'counter-spaces' in Lefebvre's terms. Footbridge and Sunset Lounge, both promise a new urban space to experience different forms of 'idleness', by employing the social, geographical and historical backgrounds of this unique location. These new coastal interventions also fit perfectly with the 'Easy Way of Living' vision established for the city of İzmir, by 'İzmirSea' coastal regeneration project.  © ZM Yasa Architecture Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Archframe
 © Archframe In spring 2015, when many experts were gathered for the renewal of the clubhouse, there was a great sympathy for the old "Namchon" value. Among the results of "Being Namchon", we were able to determine the renewal concept of the clubhouse as 'home'.  © Archframe Stay at the house surrounded by the beautiful nature of Namchon. I'd stared to think that it gets the look of the Namchon Clubhouse and, on the other hand, because the ' House ' is not newly constructed, there are a lot of thoughts and discussions to refine the appearance of the clubhouse. Over the last 10 years, club members have loved the Namchon as the prestigious Club. That being so, we thought the point of renewal is reproduction based on keeping the original look, analyzing and interpreting the existing architecture, finding the concealed spaces and design the interior in harmony with the original figure. To do so, we try to consolidate the existing value which Namchon has.  Floor Plan Instead of embellished and luxurious looks, I think the real value of Namchon can be found through the past time as its own taste and style. Furthermore, those values are the only true essence of Namchon and we should make efforts to keep developing.  © Archframe We thought again and again about the space that can hold these values. This space had to be considered carefully for the harmony with the exterior of the existing building, and  Section Also it has to be free from upcoming passage of time. On this account, we spent lots of time thinking how much we should relieve unnecessary things as well as how and what we should leave existing things. Not creating a new thing but focusing on how to organize previous ones and concentrate the essential function is the core of renewal project. As a result, sufficient discussion of what to keep before start building up and worries of the function had made to keep the value of Namchon and it brought newly and comfortable style of Namchon.  © Archframe Namchon is still ongoing. Even renewal construction is completed, I occasionally visit Namchon. Progressive client keeps searching every inch of the Namchon and concerning even small portion in order to provide better service as well as space.  © Archframe Though these can't be shown right away, all of the efforts, I guess, are force and the reason that Namchon becomes one of famous brands.  © Archframe  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Worlds Longest Elevated Cycling Path Opens in China Posted: 12 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PDT This month, in the city of Xiamen, China's first elevated cycling path was inaugurated. At nearly 8 kilometers long, the structure is now the world's longest elevated cycling path. The construction of this exclusive cycling path was promoted by the Xiamen City Government to provide inhabitants with a new sustainable transportation alternative that could significantly reduce vehicular traffic on the city's already congested highways.
The project was designed by the Danish firm Dissing + Weitling, the team behind 2014's "Bicycle Snake" in Copenhagen. Talking about their latest projects, the architects explain that it was developed "with a vision to inspire people to prioritize green alternatives, such as the bicycle, instead of the automobile." As a result, connections to other public transport systems can be made at 13 points along the cycling path, helping to facilitate intermodality in the daily commute of inhabitants across three financial centers and five residential neighborhoods of the city. Eleven of the available exchange points correspond to bus stops on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route that runs on a elevated road parallel to the cycle path. The remaining two connect to Xiamen's metro system. It also has 11 spiral ramps to allow for uninterrupted riding, public bicycle stations housing 355 bikes, 253 parking spots distributed on seven platforms and 30 thousand lights to make the structure safe for cycling at night. Although the new infrastructure is intended primarily for cyclists, accommodating up to 2,023 bikers per hour, several lanes have been included for pedestrian traffic that are marked with different colors on the pavement to avoid accidents. During the path's trial period, it will be open between 6:30 am and 10:30 pm daily. It is expected that just in the first half of 2017, 3.5 million cyclists will use the new infrastructure. Take a tour of the new cycling path in Xiamen in the video below.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| WELL Building Certification - An Architectural Aid for Human Health Posted: 12 Mar 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Symantec HQ - The building features a blend of natural materials, bold colouring, and branding. Image Courtesy of Little Architecture continually evolves to meet societal demands. Recently, a global effort to tackle climate change, and to achieve optimum energy efficiency in buildings, has brought standards such as BREEAM and LEED to the fore. However, as scientific analysis and awareness of human mental health has increased, architects are once again required to place humans at the centre of the design process. This growing trend has led to the development of WELL Building Certification – considered the world's first certification focused exclusively on human health and wellbeing.  Symantec HQ - Staff movement and interaction is encouraged to promote wellbeing. Image Courtesy of Little The standards behind WELL have been the result of seven years of research involving scientists, doctors, and architects. Similar to LEED, WELL Certification is awarded at three levels: Silver, Gold and Platinum. However, whereas BREEAM and LEED standards focus on the relationship between buildings and the environment, WELL Certification recognizes the relationship between buildings and occupants. WELL addresses seven concepts related to human health in the built environment – air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and the mind. A WELL Certified space, therefore, is one which is deemed to improve the nutrition, fitness, mood, sleep patterns, and performance of its occupants.  Symantec HQ - The building has achieved WELL certification. Image Courtesy of Little WELL Certification is gaining traction within the construction industry, exemplified by Fosters + Partners' high rise office building at 425 Park Avenue in New York, which gained WELL Certification in 2015. It has since been revealed that Symantec's California Headquarters is to become one of the first buildings in Silicon Valley to be WELL Certified. The design by US firm Little features a diverse, vibrant collection of spaces, with natural materials accented by bold colors and branding. Symantec's energizing, comfortable workplace results in physical and mental benefits for employees, and offers an indication of what WELL Certified spaces of the future may look like.  Symantec HQ - Staff interaction is encouraged as part of WELL standards. Image Courtesy of Little  Symantec HQ - A vibrant collection of spaces encourage movement. Image Courtesy of Little
 Symantec HQ - The building features a blend of natural materials, bold colouring, and branding. Image Courtesy of Little  Symantec HQ - Staff interaction is encouraged as part of WELL standards. Image Courtesy of Little You can learn more about WELL Building Certification here. News via: Little. Foster + Partners Break Ground on 425 Park Avenue  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| G.Zanella Primary School Renovation and Extension / Giulia de Appolonia- officina di architettura Posted: 12 Mar 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Nicolò Galeazzi
 © Nicolò Galeazzi From the architect. The project area is located in the outskirts of Villafranca and Verona, between the urban core and the agricultural land.  © Nicolò Galeazzi The more distinctive presence is the "strada della Rizza" around which is structured the small village Rizza, that's a quite busy output axis of Verona.  © Nicolò Galeazzi The new building is designed as a reconstruction and expansion of a previously existing one lying parallel to the "strada della Rizza" and looks like an inhabited wall that protects the school from the nearby road. For this reason, it present a 3,5m high basement in concrete without any window that look like an infrastructure's construction.  © Nicolò Galeazzi The upper floor facade is fully coated with polycarbonate with a strong insulation coefficient, with gray tones to the outside and white to the inside. In this way light coming inside the classroom is not modified in its colour by the exterior colour of the facade. The classrooms thus have an entire wall producing natural diffused light.  Sections The gap between outside polycarbonate and inside glass facades is ventilated in the bottom by a grid and in the top by motorized windows to improve the thermal behaviour of the building.  © Nicolò Galeazzi This building facade is the natural ending of the square existing in front of the church, on the opposite side of the "strada della Rizza". The relation between this two public buildings aim to create a complex urban space and to requalify in this way the whole area.  © Nicolò Galeazzi The creation of a small public space in the side of the school intended to receive the pedestrian flow coming front the car parking in front of the church, has the same aim.  © Nicolò Galeazzi The entrance hall opens with its double high in a secondary street and works like a filter between public and private space inviting you to enter and stay.  © Nicolò Galeazzi In opposition with the cold colours and materials existing in the "strada della Rizza" side of the building, this entrance side and the garden one present some coloured parts.  © Nicolò Galeazzi The shelter existing in front of the entrance hall, outside the school fence, is an important element of urban mediation because it relate the double high element of the entrance with the scale of the detached houses existing in around.  © Nicolò Galeazzi The inside of the building is dominated by colours by the use of a specific material called "valchromat" (a mix of wood fibers with resin, paste coloured and available in the colours of the natural oxide) to develop a real chromatic identity path for the small users of the building.  © Nicolò Galeazzi Thanks to its adaptability and its high technical performance, this material is used indistinctly as a wall cladding, and to create furniture and doors in particular in the classrooms and library that presents a fitted wall. The intervention in the existing building is a seismic energy efficiency upgrading, building renovation as well as a refunctionalisation of the basement, initially organized as an open space and finally configured as a small auditorium and two special classrooms ( art and informatics).  © Nicolò Galeazzi The facades intervention involves new windows frames, an insulated coat in opaque parts and a double skin made with polycarbonate vertical strips that relate the old building with the new one giving it a contemporary image.  Details The different yellow tones of the polycarbonate reflects the colours of the garden and define a changing aesthetic, sensible to the different hours of the day and the different seasons.  © Nicolò Galeazzi Product Description. Polycarbonate in the facade lets in the light and distributes it evenly enlighting the building and simultaneously generating bright and relaxing environments  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MIT’s New Intelligent Material Writhes and Curls to Changes in Heat Posted: 12 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT Researchers at MIT's Self-Assembly Lab have recently developed an adaptable material that reacts in response to changes in heat. Known as Heat-Active Auxetics, the material functions in a similar manner to the pores on human skin, tightening and loosening based on exposure to various temperatures. Contrary to most common materials, which tend to thin out while being pulled or stretched, this technology expands in all directions instead and completely shrinks when compressed. This provides insulation in colder conditions and added airflow and ventilation when it is warmer, all depending on the material's porosity.  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT "Compared to traditional auxetic materials, heat-active auxetic materials demonstrate autonomous performance, environmental response, easy customization, and greater possibilities for the design and fabrication of material properties," explains the Self-Assembly Lab.  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT The self-awareness and responsiveness of auxetics is a result of certain programming, which alters the natural structure of a material by reorganizing it and controlling it through an additional variable energy source, such as temperature, moisture, light, and pressure.  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT The research team, consisting of Athina Papadopoulou, Hannah Liendhard, Schendy Kernizan, Jared Laucks and headed by Skylar Tibbits, has already applied this programmatic methodology to other materials, including wood, carbon fibre, and leather. The team has also previously developed self-assembling flat-packed objects, such as shoes and coffee tables.  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT  Courtesy of Self-Assembly Lab, MIT The application of traditional auxetic materials ranges from packaging to body armor to sponge mops, due to their high energy absorption and fracture resistance. While the primary use of heat-active auxetic materials is envisioned to be in clothing design, it's only a matter time before such responsive technologies find their way into architectural fabrication. News via: Self-Assembly Lab, MIT.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Take a Virtual "Fly-Through" of the Star Wars Millennium Falcon With This 3D Model Posted: 12 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST The Star Wars universe contains some impressive buildings. However, in the original trilogy, it's actually the Millennium Falcon, Han Solo's non-descript yet highly tuned ship, that provides the most important architectural setting for the story's events, acting as the de facto base for our heroes' scheming. While it's certainly not the largest or most complex floor plan in the universe, the interior of the Millennium Falcon is intriguing for the way it resolves the ship's circular shape. With this model from Archilogic of the Millennium Falcon's main floor, Star Wars fans can get a sense of what it's like to tag along with Luke, Han, and the rest of the group—whether that's by hanging out in the living area, traversing the ship's curved corridors, or even sitting in the cockpit as an Imperial Star Destroyer approaches, the model has it all.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Charalabos Louizidis
 © Charalabos Louizidis POLYTOPO is a low-cost intervention to the interior of "polykatoikia" apartments in Greece, based on a new construction system aiming at upgrading devalued properties.  Diagram The polykatoikia (apartment building) constitutes the residential building type, housing the greater part of the population in Greek cities. It combines a European system of organized construction with local air, tradition and "Greekness". Out of the 6.384.353 residences in Greece 44.7% are in polykatoikies of which 96.1% are located in urban centers. 64.7% are inhabited and 35.3% are empty (the highest proportion of empty buildings in the European Union).  © Charalabos Louizidis With the downturn in the economy the phenomenon of empty apartments, particularly in the urban centers has emerged. Although apartments no longer correspond to the desirable standard of living of the average resident today, still they remain the sole housing solution currently available in large numbers.  © Charalabos Louizidis The need to find solutions for upgrading and reusing existing apartments has become imperative, while also renewing and modernizing their image, since their use is far more economical than any other alternative.  Axonometric TOPOS is the field of intervention and refers to the apartments' interior and the air shafts of the polykatoikies built between 1955-1975, since these are the ones most in need of immediate renovation. Maintaining the shell of the apartment and some internal walls the intention is to recycle and re-use the materials of the apartment, incorporating them into the new design. The areas that usually require renovation, i.e. the kitchen and bathroom are brought together in a portion of the apartment near the air shaft, which is used as a main routing shaft for the apartments' infrastructure networks, serving the functional conversions, which take place in the apartments.  © Charalabos Louizidis POLYTROPO, a modular metal construction, is placed in the apartment. It organizes the area and becomes the carrier of its infrastructure. This construction could be subject to change according to the user's requirements. TOPOS 1 is a 60 sq.m. apartment in a 70s apartment building, located in Kerameikos, in Athens, on which the original intervention was meant to make it available for short-term rental.  Floor Plan The traces of the demolished walls have been left and incorporated so that the initial layout could be recognizable in an abstract manner. Elements found in the apartment, such as old destroyed pieces of embroidery, a wall that still had clear marks from a fire were incorporated, in order to preserve a memory and to underline the succession of users. Energy-saving windows and door casings as well as an autonomous gas boiler have been installed.  © Charalabos Louizidis Polytropo, the modular metal construction was placed gradually creating the dividers for the bathroom and the bedroom and was expanded to create infrastructure for the power supply network, as well as the beds, the storage areas, the kitchen and the audio-visual systems.  © Charalabos Louizidis POLYTOPO is also an open invitation involving architects, owners, artists, photographers, journalists, construction companies, technical schools, students, so that all together revise the polykatoikia with a new gaze and redefine its future.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 20 Beautiful Axonometric Drawings of Iconic Buildings Posted: 12 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PST Architect and illustrator Diego Inzunza has created a new series titled "Architectural Classics," which presents and analyzes 20 iconic architectural works from the 20th-century. Using a graphic technique based upon axonometric views, the style allows each building to be seen from multiple sides, creating a comprehensive overall interpretation of the architecture. In the following interview, Inzunza shares with us a little more about his creative process: Why did you choose to use axonometric views? DI: The axonometric view is a very valuable tool because it is the visual nexus between the technical image produced by an architect, and an understandable image for clients, or in this case, observers. Guided by exact geometric rules and at the same time with a more comprehensible visualization to the untrained eye in technical plan readings, it is possible to understand an isometric image very easily and at the same time maintain the proportion and scale perfectly aligned with the projected measurements.  Koshino House / Tadao Ando / 1984. Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente  Gropius House / Walter Gropius + Marcel Breuer / 1938 . Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente What graphic references currently inspire you? DI: At the moment, my major graphic inspiration is the work of the Spanish illustrator Cinta Vidal. She mixes the isometric visualization along with perspectives of two points to create hallucinating images of houses, daily objects and people emplaced in impossible geometries, emulating to which the great master M.C. Escher made decades ago. The other artist is Josh Keyes, who with his animal world isometrics creates curiously architectural works about man's footprint in the world.  Melnikov House / Konstantin Melnikov / 1929. Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente  Hill House / Charles R. Mackintosh / 1904. Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente How would you describe your workflow? (From the selection of what to draw, until the drawing is finished). DI: My work process always starts by looking at different books and also the web. Then I make a list of the works that I feel are relevant to highlight and I restrict them to a few basic laws, in this case, the isometric view and the analogous color illustration. Each illustration is sketched by hand and corroborated with geometric proportions. Then the image is drawn in ink and finished with professional illustration pens. When finished, the image is scanned and cropped according to the setting that best fits it.  Museum and Study House Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo / Juan O´Gorman / 1931 . Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente  Frederick Robie House / Frank Lloyd Wright / 1910 . Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente What advantages do you see in drawing by hand? DI: Hand drawing is practical and effective. It allows us to capture not only what is in front of our eyes, but also what is in our thoughts. Whether it's a pencil, a pen, a chalk, or a branch, the simplicity of this act makes us understand everything that was, what it is, and what it will be. The digital tools are wonderful and they achieve scenes and products that were previously simply inconceivable for our ancestors.  Gwathmey Study House / Charles Gwathmey / 1967 . Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente  Malaparte House / Adalberto Libera / 1937. Image Courtesy of Diego Inzunza - Estudio Rosamente Check out more of the classics of this article in the following publications:  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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