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- METU Graduate Students Guesthouse / Uygur Architects
- KSM Architecture Studio / KSM Architecture
- Call for Papers Chicago Schools: Authors, Audiences and History
- Adjaye Associates to Design New Public Library and Civic Centre in Florida
- Álvaro Siza's Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande Under Construction in Brittany
- Copan Apartment / SuperLimão Studio
- Winning Proposal and Research to Shape the Future for West Palm Beach Florida
- Louis Kahn and Renzo Piano: The Harmony Between Each Legend’s Kimbell Museum Wing
- FRA House / Beczak / Beczak / Architekci
- CHART ARCHITECTURE Competition's Finalists Propose Sustainably Constructed Pavilions
- AV Loft / Arhitektura Budjevac
| METU Graduate Students Guesthouse / Uygur Architects Posted: 06 May 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Yercekim Architectural Photography
 © Yercekim Architectural Photography From the architect. The dormitory building in METU Campus is built for accommodating graduate students during their studies. The building is designed by Uygur Architects based in Ankara, Turkey, as a living environment for academicians of different age groups and professions.  © Yercekim Architectural Photography The project's core unit is designed as a singular cell for one person that includes a sleeping and studying space. This core cell is repeated in the five-story building with angular articulations reminiscent of different streets. The organization of different cells for single, twin or quadruple use and their articulation creates the linear planning of the building. The living units are not placed in a hierarchical or consecutive order. Therefore different living practices and layers can be experienced within the building.  © Yercekim Architectural Photography  Ground Plan  © Yercekim Architectural Photography The blocks of the building that include the living units are placed in an angular order, with regard to the size of the lot, direction of the sun path and the prevailing wind. Those linear blocks meet up in the center as a knot, creating the common shared spaces that people can encounter with each other. The linear blocks housing the living units divert from this knot creating angular distances between each other in an increasing level of privacy.  © Yercekim Architectural Photography  © Yercekim Architectural Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| KSM Architecture Studio / KSM Architecture Posted: 06 May 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS
 © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS From the architect. The designers and engineers of KSM Architecture set out to design and build a new studio for themselves in the midst of the city's emerging commercial hub. An east facing plot of 380 sq.m with an existing 35 year old temple and four trees was chosen. Sripuram Colony, 1st Street is quite typically an Indian street with a mixed land use.  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS The Container The building was envisaged as a simple two storeyed structure from the outside that does nothing more than act as a container. The scenario on the inside is completely different however, as 5 different levels are created on either side of a central void space acting as a contiguous link with the street in both a visual and sensory manner. These five levels house the principal designers, the architecture and the engineering studio, a library and a workshop. In addition to these, a cafeteria is located on the terrace level. The entire studio is covered by a roof spanning 10.70m that envelops the different functions as one single volume  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS The Climate The climate in Chennai is hot and humid all year round. The slightly cooler months are between October and March. According to the solar path, the sun falls on the northern face between May and July, which is the hottest time of the year, and for the rest of the months it falls on the southern face of the building. Climatically speaking, the roof contributes for more than 60% of the heat gain. In addition to this, Chennai has a constant southern breeze at velocities of around 1.5 m/s almost all year round. This breeze coming from the sea is always at a lower temperature and has traditionally been harnessed for ventilation of buildings in Chennai.  Perspective Section The Building Envelope Keeping the climatic conditions in mind, there was a need to wrap the building with a self sustaining 'skin'. The 10.70m clear width of the studio is spanned with 450mm deep concrete rib beams at 1.0m spacing. The roof is insulated with 250mm thick high-density polystyrene blocks sandwiched between two 100mm thick concrete slabs giving a clean soffit. In addition to this a layer of high solar reflective index tiles cover the roof that further reduce heat gain. Three skylights, 300mm square, are set in trapezoidal steel cones in the roof slab bringing in diffused light into the studio. A verandah like cafeteria with an inclined bamboo roof runs along the eastern edge of the building. It shades and directs the cool sea breeze through top-hung openings at the roof level into the studio.  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS The eastern and southern facades are covered by a curtain of sliced bamboo culms of 60mm length, strung together along a steel rod. This arrangement serves three purposes -- 1) It cuts the glare from the morning and afternoon sun into the workspaces 2) Brings in the prevailing southern breeze into the workspaces and also acts as a dust trap 3) Brings down the temperature by a significant amount in the interior spaces. Two motorized wind catchers are placed close to the roof on the southern side with flaps that open out perpendicular to the wall and help draw in the ambient breeze into the interiors.  Diagram The Northern face has lesser openings on the upper levels as it faces the sun during the hottest period for almost four months. The few openings have deep set windows to cut down the critical sun angle The lower levels having glazed sliding doors which are shaded by a bio-canopy of an evergreen indigenous flowering creeper, jasmine flower 'nithyamalli'.  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS The Western Facade has just one opening, since heat gain on this wall is the generally high. The existing mango tree on the site provides some amount of shading while the majority of the facade is a blank bio-wall covered by another evergreen flowering creeper, passion flower 'mupparisavalli', which acts as a heat insulator. All these envelopes together result in keeping the indoor temperature within 25-30°C whereas the outdoor temperature varies from 30-40°C.  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS Materials Locally available materials have been used in building the studio. The use of the bamboo screen brings about a veil like feel to the building thus letting in a lot of light while at the same time cutting it from the harsh outdoor conditions. The yard spaces are covered by a pervious concrete bed that harvests all the rain water. The interior spaces are covered by a locally available limestone 'Tandur' stone which possesses a natural color variation visually, while maintaining a cool surface. The concrete shuttered in recycled pine wood planks gives a textural feel to the space.  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS Interiors Though it holds various functions together, the central atrium space visually connects all the floors into one thus creating a connected working atmosphere for the employees. The levels are connected using a series of straight-flight and split-spiral staircases at different locations that add to the experience of moving between the spaces.  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS Exposed air-conditioning ducts are integrated seamlessly into the interiors of the workspaces. Sleek workstations that conceal the services topped with fiber reinforced concrete maintains the tonal quality of the spaces. The pine wood used for shuttering is reused as library book stacks along with reused plumbing pipes.  0 Floor Plan / Section KSM Architecture Studio embodies the design beliefs and principles of the practice, that has been about environmentally friendly and climate sensitive and relevant architecture.  © Sneha Vivek - Sreenag BRS  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Call for Papers Chicago Schools: Authors, Audiences and History Posted: 06 May 2017 12:30 PM PDT  Symposium poster, please feel free to share. "Chicago Schools" is an international peer-reviewed graduate student symposium that explores the interplay between the individual and collective in the process of making history. The symposium, hosted by the IIT College of Architecture PhD Program in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Biennial, will engage with and enhance the dialogue around the Biennial theme, "Make New History," by highlighting graduate student contributions in architecture, design, humanities, and architectural and urban history. Papers may revisit past and present Chicago Schools - from Henry van Brunt's "School" and William James' "Chicago School of Thought" to Sigfried Giedion's "Chicago School of Architecture," and beyond - as well as the emergence of new historiographic and architectural traditions within a global context. Find the call for papers on the symposium website. Download the information related to this competition here.
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| Adjaye Associates to Design New Public Library and Civic Centre in Florida Posted: 06 May 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Francis A. Gregory Library, Washington D.C. / Adjaye Associates. Image © Jeff Sauers Adjaye Associates have announced the design of a new 50,000 square foot library and event center in Winter Park, Florida, which will serve as a new civic hub and will compliment the nearby Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The $30 million building also includes an 8,500 square foot civic center, combining as a manifestation of the city's aspirations for library services. "Winter Park's vision for this project truly embraces the continued evolution of the library in the 21st century," said Sir David Adjaye. "With a diverse program that recognizes it as a critical piece of cultural infrastructure, this will be a dynamic space for shared education, recreation, and interaction."  Bellevue Library, Bellevue / Adjaye Associates. Image © Edmund Sumners With a global reputation for its unique approach to libraries and other civic architecture, the firm's previous work includes two neighborhood libraries in Washington D.C. as well as the acclaimed Idea Stores in Tower Hamlets, London. Adjaye's most recent endeavor was The National Museum of African-American History and Culture, in addition to his recent knighting in January this year.
As the lead design architects, Adjaye Associates will be working in collaboration with HuntonBrady Architects, who will act as the executive architects. Construction on the library is set to begin next month. News via: Adjaye Associates.
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| Álvaro Siza's Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande Under Construction in Brittany Posted: 06 May 2017 07:00 AM PDT  © Nicolò Galeazzi The church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande will be the first church built in France’s Brittany region in the 21st-century. The project has been contracted to the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Siza’s use of light and white concrete provide a unique ceremonial space that gently folds into the neighborhood south of Rennes, a residential area with five-story housing blocks. The Porto-based Italian photographer, Nicolò Galeazzi, visited the site and shared with us his perspective of Siza’s work in progress. Siza's main concern when designing the project was being able to integrate the church into the urban fabric. One of the hallmarks of the building is the circular shape on the second floor, which will hold up to 120 people - freeing up the first floor for social and administrative areas.  © Nicolò Galeazzi  © Nicolò Galeazzi As is typical of Portuguese architecture, natural light will highly be featured. The altar, tabernacle, pulpit, and baptismal font will be maximally illuminated, further emphasizing the sacred nature of the place.  © Nicolò Galeazzi  © Nicolò Galeazzi  © Nicolò Galeazzi  © Nicolò Galeazzi More information via: publico.pt.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Copan Apartment / SuperLimão Studio Posted: 06 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Maíra Acayaba
 © Maíra Acayaba From the architect. Located on the 11th floor of the Copan Building, the apartment signed by SuperLimão Studio had as premise to integrate the spaces. The challenge was to create spans in the project, since the existing structure did not allow to transform the apartment into a loft.  © Maíra Acayaba The solution found by SuperLimão was open as much as possible the structural walls. The circulation gained fluidity, increased cross ventilation that enters both sides of the building.  © Maíra Acayaba The social area also increased with the creation of a TV room from the enlargement of one of the three rooms. The rooms and the TV room are on the front facade, with the protection of the concrete brises characteristic of Copan. The kitchen and the dining room have been installed on the back facade and have natural light from the breeze blocks that line the building - however, hinged windows were added due to the intense wind on the floor.  © Maíra Acayaba The concrete was peeled off by SuperLimão to expose the concrete shapes of wood panels and the plaster lining was removed to expose the ribbed slab, widening the ceiling of the living room. Already the lighting was all apparent in galvanized steel pipes that run through the ceiling and the walls. The industrial language is reinforced in the interiors, on the customer-mounted shelf in steel frame and in the kitchen, with steel cabinets.  © Maíra Acayaba The back laundry occupies the area left by the maid's room and is integrated into the kitchen - what separates the spaces is a perforated plate gate that gives more privacy to the areas. And the back bathroom in the new project has become a toilet for the apartment.  © Maíra Acayaba  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Winning Proposal and Research to Shape the Future for West Palm Beach Florida Posted: 06 May 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) have announced Open Shore by Ecosistema Urbano as the winner of the Shore to Core waterfront design competition. The competition invited designers, planners, and architects to envision the future of the West Palm Beach waterfront for the next 20 to 30 years, with elements like changing population, economy, and environment, in mind. Selected from over 40 international teams and two finalists, the winning Open Shore proposal will serve as a "vision board" for the city's future. The competition additionally announced a design runner up bu Perkins + Will and a research winner by the team of Happy City, University of Virginia, StreetPlans, and SpaceSyntax. Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) The Open Shore proposal includes "what could be the first public bioclimatic domes in the US adorned with hanging gardens." These dome spaces remain climatically comfortable throughout the year, supporting a more socially cohesive city in changing conditions of population, economy, environment, and so forth.  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)
 Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) Ecosistema Urbano will present its proposal to the WPB CRA board in May so that priority projects can be contracted, and a community outreach system can be started.  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Winner: Open Shore / Ecosistema Urbano. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) Research Winner: Happier by Design / Happy City, University of Virginia, StreetPlans, and SpaceSyntax  Research Winner: Happier by Design / Happy City, University of Virginia, StreetPlans, and SpaceSyntax. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) The winning research team—Happier by Design—"focused on how specific types of public spaces may increase the wellbeing of people who use them and conducted a pilot study analyzing the health benefits of more complex and engaging urban landscapes."  Research Winner: Happier by Design / Happy City, University of Virginia, StreetPlans, and SpaceSyntax. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) Through environmental psychology principles and tactical urban interventions, the team found that "public space designs that boost feelings of fascination foster wellbeing." The team additionally recommended that designers focus on nature and creating spaces that are both interactive and comfortable.  Research Winner: Happier by Design / Happy City, University of Virginia, StreetPlans, and SpaceSyntax. Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) Design Finalist: Adapt to Thrive / Perkins + Will  Design Finalist: Adapt to Thrive / Perkins + Will . Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) Perkins + Will's finalist design focuses on community building with a continuous waterfront park, extended Great Lawn, and revitalized Banyan Garage as a multi-use civic space.  Design Finalist: Adapt to Thrive / Perkins + Will . Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Finalist: Adapt to Thrive / Perkins + Will . Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA)  Design Finalist: Adapt to Thrive / Perkins + Will . Image Courtesy of The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA) Learn more about the winning and finalist designs, and the winning research, in the Van Alen Institute's key findings, here. News via: the Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Redevelopment Agency (WPB CRA).  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Louis Kahn and Renzo Piano: The Harmony Between Each Legend’s Kimbell Museum Wing Posted: 06 May 2017 02:30 AM PDT Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum is a masterclass in natural lighting, with thin-shelled concrete vaults that feature subtle openings to reflect light into the galleries below. While Kahn's wing of the Fort Worth Museum opened in 1972, in 2013 a second Renzo Piano-designed pavilion was added to the complex. Piano was selected to design the addition because he had worked for Kahn as a budding architect, and the homage to his former mentor is evident in the building's similar layout and use of translucent glass panels. In this video, architect-photographer Songkai Liu takes viewers on a serene stroll through the museum's campus. Time-lapses and pans of Kahn's concrete are juxtaposed with the clean details of Piano's glass in a soothing exploration of the two complementary projects. To read more about this two-for-one of beautiful museums, read the following articles on ArchDaily:
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| FRA House / Beczak / Beczak / Architekci Posted: 06 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © jankarol.com
 © jankarol.com From the architect. One of the investors' main design guidelines, something that determined the form and location of the building, was that we ensure maximum privacy without going so far as to construct a fortress. We sought out to create a building that expressed itself simply, one with a clear division of materials and that respected the investors' introversion.  © jankarol.com Unlike the other buildings in the neighborhood, this house was placed in the northern part of its plot, away from the street. This opened up room on the southern side of the building for a large terrace and garden. A garage and a high fence provide privacy on the road side, while neighboring yards are veiled by a wall that also acts as a lattice for the planned vegetation. The plot has a slanted front, a factor which in turn influenced the shape of the terrace.  © jankarol.com A footpath runs towards the house along a fence made of granite-filled gabions. We made this the backdrop for a line of plants and lamp posts.  © jankarol.com On the northern side of the house, there is an introverted gallery, an area closed off by a wall that is the negative reflection of the house's northern wall. This is an intimate space, hidden from the neighbors' eyes.  © jankarol.com The house's form draws on the detached house archetype – it is topped with a symmetrical gable roof covered with flat ceramic tiles. The building was designed as a play of contrasts – smooth white plaster mixes with the dark ribbed wood of the elevation. Completing the whole are the anthracite window frames and anthracite roof. The white body of the building takes on the look of a drawer pulled out of the wooden box that is its western and northern sides. Despite the investors' introverted nature, the house was designed to include a large amount of window area – yet this did not lead to reduced intimacy inside, thanks to the presence of an obscuring wall as well as blinds and awnings.  First Floor Plan The ground floor contains the common areas – here you find a living room, dining room and kitchen, a guest room with a private bathroom, a bathroom, technical rooms and closets. In the living room, part of the ceiling has been left open, revealing the open roof truss above the upper floor and the glass bridge leading to the office. Upstairs there is a master bedroom with a bathroom and closet, an office, a laundry room and children's rooms with a closet and bathroom. The common areas and the bedrooms were placed on the southern and western side of the house in order to let in the maximum amount of light.  © jankarol.com Like on the outside, inside the house, contrasts are king. The investors made the bold decision of choosing dark wood for the floors and white brick for the walls – we expanded on that contrast consistently by using three colors for the interior: white, dark wood and anthracite.  Plan White appears mainly on the walls and ceilings, dark wood on the walking surfaces and doors and anthracite on smaller furnishings and finishing elements - furniture, door casings, floor moldings, light fixtures and accessories. Completing the interior are elements made of black unfinished steel – for example, the hanging interior staircase and the fireplace in the living room. Upstairs, we designed a glass bridge on a steel construction leading to the office. The openings in the ceiling were closed off with linearly-placed glass balustrades. The combination of black steel, brick and exposed infrastructure elements provides a break in the style of the interior and gives it a slightly industrial character.  © jankarol.com An important element of the interior is the roof truss. For it, we used prefabricated roof girders painted in a color similar to that of the floorboards. Opening up the roof truss makes the upper floor feel much more spacious, while careful lighting of the girders makes the roof not only a functional element of the house, but a decorative one as well.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CHART ARCHITECTURE Competition's Finalists Propose Sustainably Constructed Pavilions Posted: 06 May 2017 01:00 AM PDT  Adapt, Harry Clover, Jack Cripps, Sebastian Gatz And Fabrian Puller, 2017. Image © CHART ART FAIR Calling for entries to design pavilions in line with notions of sustainable construction and fabrication methods, urbanization, and renewable materials, CHART ARCHITECTURE has announced the five finalists for its annual competition, addressing the theme 'LIVING CITY'. Proposals included the use of IKEA bags, biogas reactors and solar energy amongst other innovative design solutions, judged by a jury headlined by Bjarke Ingels. The eventual winner will be awarded a mentorship program with a professional architect, a construction expert and a developer, intended to "support a young architect's career as well as to promote cross-sector collaboration and networking." Here are the five finalists of the 2017 CHART ARCHITECTURE Competition:  Algae Dome, Aleksander Wadas, Rafal Wroblewski, and Anna Stempniewicz Anna Astempniewicz, 2017. Image © CHART ART FAIR Algae Dome / Aleksander Wadas, Rafal Wroblewski, and Anna Stempniewicz, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Kadk "We propose a pavilion that is a simple and direct translation of a photo-bioreactor's diagram into architecture. By arranging the tubular system with algae into a dome-like shape we create a pavilion that functions as a photo-bioreactor. The very utilitarian and technological infrastructure becomes architecture. It's inviting, yet enclosed form provides shelter and creates an oasis for social interaction." Adapt, Harry Clover, Jack Cripps, Sebastian Gatz And Fabrian Puller, 2017. Image © CHART ART FAIR Adapt / Harry Clover, Jack Cripps, Sebastian Gatz and Fabrian Puller, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Kadk "ADAPT is a pavilion which opens itself as the day warms and closes itself as the day cools without the need for external sources of energy, like a plant. It promotes a revolutionary new form of architecture that regulates itself independently and adapts spatially as a result of the kinetic performance of the materials from which it is made. ADAPT is the forerunner of a living city of buildings which lean, open or retract, changing form, function and regulatory state without the need to be connected to energy grids, taking the sustainability of buildings to the next level."  Stick Box, Miki Morita, Suguru Kobayashi and Keita Shishijima, 2017. Image © CHART ART FAIR Stick Box / Miki Morita, Suguru Kobayashi and Keita Shishijima, The Royal Academy Of Fine Arts, Kadk and Kanagawa University, Japan "This pavilion project aims to work as a prototype using smaller timber modules made from forest thinning and left over wood from lumbering which is not usually regarded as an architectural material. We hope that people, when experiencing the pavilion, will feel the familiar sized piece of the material and how it can potentially become an architectural material and create awareness about the environmental problem of forest thinning around the world."  Paper Pavilion, Kazumasa Takada, Yuriko Yagi and Yohei Tomioka, 2017. Image © CHART ART FAIR Paper Pavilion / Kazumasa Takada, Yuriko Yagi and Yohei Tomioka, The Royal Academy Of Fine Arts, Kadk For the theme of Sustainability, we set up the design goal to create a pavilion which has an appropriate durability for an event which to be held for a short time like CHART. We believe for a sustainable future it is necessary to reconsider the excesses acts of our daily life and adjust them appropriately. Therefore, by designing a pavilion with an appropriate architectural durability rather than using a material with excessive strength, which is often the case for this type of pavilion, the proposal attempts to imply a message against such excess. The paper pavilion is intentionally designed to be able to last a week rather than three months, for example.  Sunday Temple, Mia Frykholm And Astrid Gabrielsson, 2017. Image © CHART ART FAIR Sunday Temple / Mia Frykholm And Astrid Gabrielsson, The Royal Academy Of Fine Arts, Kadk "Ritual spaces have come to have a new purpose in our society. The shape of the pavilion is a reference to the Hampi temple in India. Today the religious and ceremonial spaces have in many cases been replaced by something else - instead of going to church on Sundays we take a ritual walk through IKEA's warehouse or do our laundry comfortable with the familiar blue bag. The blue IKEA bag is a symbol in society - the laundry bag that is an essential reminder of Sunday laundry rituals. It's made to be durable/cheap / ideal size, to be mass-produced and spread worldwide. A simple wood support structure is used to create a temple embedded with the blue bags and labelled handles hang as ornaments. By mounting the bags on a supporting structure, to take the shape of a temple, they will bring another form of representation. The openings of the bags are being suspended pointing in different directions so that when the wind fills the bags, the facade will come to life and have a constant moving or waving face. With lights inside, the pavilion will emit a blue glow during night-time." The full jury consisted of:
The winner will be announced on September 2, during the CHART ART FAIR. News via: CHART ARCHITECTURE.
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| AV Loft / Arhitektura Budjevac Posted: 05 May 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Andreja Budjevac
 From the architect. The apartment is located in Niš, Serbia. Its open-plan layout is mostly dictated by its tenant, a young male in his early 20s. The current layout is derived from two traditional apartments. All of the walls have been torn down, leaving concrete beams and one column. All the concrete has been left exposed. The bathroom is the only space separated from the rest of the apartment and well hidden behind wooden panels which emulate a stack of beams, covering up the wardrobe as well as the bathroom door.  © Andreja Budjevac The bedroom is gently separated by a glass partition, which can be additionally screened with a curtain.  Plan The apartment's interior is extrovert in its nature, yet some of its elements are rather introverted. Made of black glossy particle board, the kitchen is hidden behind the harmonica system. White island contrasts with the black and follows a linear flow of the space.  © Andreja Budjevac Brick walls are positioned on the opposite sides of the space which makes them focal points of the apartment. They are visually connected by a wall-ceiling profile drifting along the space. Light exaggerates its form and gives it an atmospheric halo effect.  © Andreja Budjevac  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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