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- Between Two Patios / OVERCODE architecture urbanism
- Observatory in the Desert / Contemporary Architects Association
- Zhongshuge Bookstore / X+Living
- Modiz Condo Sales Office / PODesign
- Gwang-Gyeong-Won / Kang-il Lim + Eunmi Kim
- Lower Sproul Redevelopment / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
- Helmut Jahn-Designed Skyscraper to Rise on Chicago's Historic Michigan Avenue
- House Nacional 135 / Espacio18 Arquitectura
- The Best Architect-Designed Pieces from Design Miami/ Basel 2017
- Alto del Carmen Town Hall / Espiral + Iglesis-Prat Arquitectos
- St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church / Neumann Monson Architects
- Explore Frank Lloyd Wright's Curvaceous Unbuilt House Design for Marilyn Monroe
- CH House / Shachar - Rozenfeld Architects
- Legendary Rugby Players Help HOK Design the Stadium of Tomorrow
- Schiattarella Associati’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia Creates an Illuminated Local Landmark
| Between Two Patios / OVERCODE architecture urbanism Posted: 16 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © David Foessel
 © David Foessel From the architect. The project aims at improving the living space of a house that sits on a 100% built terrain. The house is located in a dense neighborhood near Paris, Saint Ouen (93).  © David Foessel The existing site was divided into 3 parts: a parking space on the street level, an old workshop in the center and a house at the back. The house has been recently restored and shelters on the ground floor the living spaces, which were very dark due to the warehouse in front of it.  Plan The aim of the project is to extend the living spaces of the house (bigger living room, a family room, an office space, a bedroom and a bathroom) and to gain luminosity. The project was conceived through an economy of means by keeping the existing structure.  © David Foessel We proposed to create a house between two patios which will be the spatial dispositifs to negotiate between void and mass, light and views. We propose two subtractions operations over the existing mass: Patio 1: attached to the existing house and prepared by the previous owners, but left unachieved  Section Patio 2: joins the street and the house by one big void The living room on the ground floor therefore extends in-between the two patios where different qualities of light, textures and views can be enjoyed. The entrance of the house is placed where the two patios almost touch each. This in-between space allows us to create the family-room away from  © David Foessel the living-room, and in direct contact with the two patios. The rest of the program is housed on the upper-floor of the extension.  © David Foessel  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Observatory in the Desert / Contemporary Architects Association Posted: 16 Jun 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Anis Eshragi
 © Anis Eshragi From the architect. It is the last days of winter. The weather is going crazy again. The pressure to finish everything before new year has pushed everyone to the streets. It's as if it were a small rehearsal for the end of the world. We see each other in this mayhem. When there's no time to start anything and everything must finish in the fastest way possible. We start in a weather for which we're not quite sure how to dress, minutes away for the alarm to ring, some steps behind the finish line. It is 10 o'clock, March 10th, 2017. Our meeting is on the first floor at The Contemporary Architects Association.  © Anis Eshragi We introduce ourselves the way we think we are.We get to know each other. We're a new group but the decision is the same as last year's. To build out of soil, in Esfahak, Southern Khorasan, to go by train, 17 hours away. This time we'll build what they want us to. "an observatory". In a lot near the school. A circle for twenty people to gather around. One meter above ground level.  © Anis Eshragi Tomorrow afternoon we'll build the adobe moulds out of wood.The adobe bricks will be 2 cm x 2 cm and 0,5 cm thick. Now we've really got started. Various halfway done designs are built on the tables. We choose one and decide to keep working on it. Sometimes we work more, other times we talk. Soon We realize this can't be done by talking. It can't be done until it's built. In the middle of our talks there's always someone saying "let's build!"  Plan Three concentrated circles. The one at the center is the highest one and will be where man meets the sky. And two other circles that encompass a single person passageway that leads to the center. The place where we don't want to see anything other than the sky itself. The design changes whilst building it. It seems as if everyone wants to become smaller so that they can walk inside the model before it's actually built. We decided that the aim of this design is to concentrate. We won't leave this circle. The walls go up and a week later, the job is done. We clean the surroundings and stand back with our mortar covered hands to observe. The observatory dream is ready.  © Anis Eshragi Two days later we leave for Esfahak. We arrive at midnight. We barely sleep. We meet again in the morning. The old and the new that have recently joined us, and most importantly – Esfahak itself. Now we are a group from Montréal, from London, from Tehran, Kerman and Mashhad. What loud noise has brought us all together? Our work with adobe and dirt starts. The working lot is next to an old cob wall. This is where we'll spend the next days. Nobody waits. There's enough to do for everyone and more. We collect stones for the foundation. Some people mix the mortar with their bare feet. We laugh loudly. Our inhibitions are soon gone. Clean and ironed clothes are soon covered with dirt. We get to know each other better. One day working under this sun, with our feet deep within this soil and dirt equals to months of painful getting to know each other in the city. When we leave for lunch, the mortar is ready, the foundations built and we all know each other just so much better. After lunch at "Haji Pedar's", which is where we're staying, we rest for a bit. Our working schedule is like the sun's. We work just like the sun. Whatever we do is during the day. We balance the surface with mortar and adobe. The building of the walls starts with the outermost one.  Section We don't have a plan to divide work, but we ask each other. We can tell what our bodies can and cannot do. Now everyone has their own place. With each brick over the other, row over row, we get to know ourselves better. One by going back and forth between different tasks and another by constantly working on a single one. Practice makes perfect. Constant shoveling has left our backs hurting. But we get better at it. We finally get what's the best consistency for the mortar. Meanwhile, "Abbas Agha" arrives every once in a while with a new fresh batch of adobe bricks. We line up and empty the bricks. Reza and Pooyan make tea. How good it is to drink a cup of tea when you're so tired. Everything must be mentioned, remembered. The greens that we had, the lunches, the short afternoon naps, the tea, the laughter, the joy of discovering each other and ourselves. They all were needed just as much as the adobe bricks and mortar to build the observatory. Just as involved in the process. We wash our tools in what's left of the sunlight at the end of the day and store them in a small room where there are also two graves. We have already started worrying about how we're going to go back, even though it's still early. Here, each moment that we work we're connected to it all. Free of paperwork, the threads of life, the promises we've made, the gloominess and the need of anything from outside. This is an entire world by itself. We work and we eat and we talk and we are happy. We gather at nights and try to stay awake as much as we can. Our bodies are worn out and that means that, for the first time, our bodies are there –present. How could we ever go back?  © Anis Eshragi The next days, newly shaped clouds, the wall keeps going up, people talk with us through the wholes of the cob wall. We have as many visitors as the adobe bricks we have used so far. What is it that you're building? An observatory. It is for Esfahak? Yes. So it stays here, for us? Yes, it stays here, for you. The children join us. Our work excites them. Sometimes they help us out by handing bricks to us, other times they bring "chaghale badoom" for us. Now the walls have gone so far up that we are the first to fall victims of our own design. We're inside and our connection with the world outside is severed. The sky is overhead and now we must work at nights with whatever lighting we can get. We get to observe the starry sky before anyone else.  © Anis Eshragi We put up the middle wall last. With a 45 degree rotation per each adobe brick. The texture it creates looks like the palm trees we see every day and perhaps sleep in their shadows. We build the biggest palm tree in Esfahak with our newly acquired and faster skills. The last days everyone comes to help. Mustafa, Mohsen, Reza, Adel and the rest. It's the last rows of brick and the wall has gone far higher up than our height. We are already missing this all. You can't see the entire work from a single place. It doesn't fit in our eyesight. We climb up walls and even go up the rooftop of some ruins next to the lot we're working on. You can always hear someone yelling "come see how it looks from up here!" A child grown so big that its mother can't look out for it anymore. The last day we take out all of the barrels and wooden boards we used to climb up and down and work. The passageways are now empty. Each time we are passing through them we meet each other. We go up again to the central innermost circle, one meter above ground level. It's as if we're on top of a castle. Our work is done. We built a castle. We conquered it. The observatory doesn't need us anymore. It can stand on its own. How do we go back? In silence. Hurt and hopeful. We are discoverers.  © Anis Eshragi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zhongshuge Bookstore / X+Living Posted: 16 Jun 2017 03:00 PM PDT  Lecture Hall. Image © Feng Shao
 Reading Area. Image © Feng Shao "Few visitors come to my Thatched Cottage which is in the west of Wanli Bridge, but I take things as they are and accompanied by the Baihua Pond."In more than 1200 years ago, the great poet Du Fu left a warm memory of Chengdu by such a poem, the mentioned historical and cultural place names like the Baihua Pond, Thatched Cottage have been passed down till now. In teahouses throughout the streets, one could listen to the storyteller's expansive talking as tasting the authentic famous tea of Sichuan. Thus, the street culture of Chengdu has become a unique landscape as Chengdu, with its special cultural atmosphere and unique leisure, runs through every person's life, and properly shows its elegance and leisure.  Lecture Hall. Image © Feng Shao Zhongshuge, labeled as valuing culture, comes to Chengdu – a city full of cultural charm. The project is located in Yintai Center in Chengdu Tianfu Avenue. Taking the mall escalator to the 4F, we can see the familiar Zhongshuge label - text curtain wall at first glance. In order to integrate better with this charming city, Shu culture is embodied in the text curtain wall . Please find it by yourself.  "Bamboo Forest". Image © Feng Shao  "Bamboo Forest". Image © Feng Shao After the curtain wall it is a space full of "bamboo shaped book shelves". The wall follows the using of stable bookshelf shape of Zhongshuge, which makes visitors feel familiar even though it was their first time to come. Small tables on the floor which looks like "bamboo shoots" are active in this vibrant space.  1st Floor Plan Walk through the "bamboo forest" to its right side, it is the children area, a jungle-paradise-like world. The walls: it seems that the houses, windmills and lovely pandas are hiding behind the bamboo forest. "Big Mushrooms" scatter on the continuing boardwalk, shielding the children who reading books under them. Certainly, mirror ceiling, as another symbol of Zhongshuge, is also applied to this area.  Children's Area. Image © Feng Shao  Children's Area. Image © Feng Shao The vaguely visible red brick wall on the left side of the "bamboo forest" is the most distinctive place in this Zhongshuge. In this 5 meters high space, the red brick wall piled up to the top and circled independent small zones. A walking path above sometimes goes around the walls, and sometimes goes through the door. Rest seats and benches scatter beside the French window, just to imagine how pleasant it would be to taste a cup of tea while reading your favorite book in warm sunny afternoons!  Reading Area. Image © Feng Shao In the end of the small zones, taking book stairs, we come to the lecture hall. The arbitrary lines form scattered ladders with different heights for walking or sitting. In the reflection of the mirror ceiling, they are "terraced fields". Here, you can listen to a spiritual lecture or a thoughtful drama .  Lecture Hall. Image © Feng Shao  Lecture Hall. Image © Feng Shao If you've never been to Chengdu, you will never know how beautiful it is; and if you've never been to Qintar Road, you will never know how ancient Chengdu is. We have enough reason to believe that the story of ancient Qintar will continue. The love story of Wenjun and Xiangru will happen again and again. while the story of Zhongshuge will be continuing as well.  Reading Area. Image © Feng Shao  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Modiz Condo Sales Office / PODesign Posted: 16 Jun 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © beersingnoi
 © beersingnoi From the architect. Modiz sale office is located on Phaholyothin road. The program is for displaying mock-up rooms of two condominium projects; "Modiz Interchange" and "Modiz Station". The concept of design is to be a linkage between the two residential projects.  © beersingnoi Orientated along the site, the building has linear rectangular shape. The main lobby, located in the middle of the building, is easy to access to each projects' mock-up rooms.  © beersingnoi  Plan  © beersingnoi Façade design emphasizes on the North-east side, which is the main approach of building. The inner skin is composed of steel structure and glazing while the outer skin consists of the lace oblique panel on steel frame. The outer skin is positioned away from inner skin, creating a semi-exterior space. It's also acted as covered walkway around building. Several patterned panels are atilt connected to create entirety façade.  © beersingnoi Configuration from Modiz's octagon logo is transformed into panel's pattern. The pattern is assorted of solid and void so as to control visibility between indoor and outdoor. Since the building facing east, this lace panel is also acted as sunshade device. When sun moves, it creates shadow pattern into the space. Internal space's atmosphere is tremendously changed during the day.  © beersingnoi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gwang-Gyeong-Won / Kang-il Lim + Eunmi Kim Posted: 16 Jun 2017 12:00 PM PDT  © Eui-tae park
 © Eui-tae park From the architect. Gwang-gyeong-won was designed in the coastal area of the East Sea far from the city. The reason for this is to create productive work and living space for couple in architect, ceramic artist 'gwang-gyeong-won' is located in Yangyang-gun which is leading the Korean surfing culture. An independent stairway leading to the third floor is for guests. visiting people enjoy surfing and recreation for the four seasons. On the first floor there is an open design studio and common dining area. The second floor, which leads to a covert step inside the first floor, is the residence of the couple. This staircase protects the privacy of the couple.  © Eui-tae park  © Eui-tae park This building has been built on a natural land that has not been in touch for many years, so it is as calm and tidy as possible. I thought that this architecture could harmonize with the natural environment. Some parts of the building are covered with concrete without any covering material, and the structure is finished.  © Eui-tae park  Section  © Eui-tae park Insulation, one of the main functions of the building, was built inside. The finishing material of the exterior of the building was stained with white starkoflex.  Section All the doors and finishing moldings on each floor, and the height of the window and the threshold are traditional Korean styles. So you can feel the naturalness of this area. The pottery workshop was located in the outdoors for fire prevention. The deck floor connection between the main building and the floor of the annex allows unity and convenient movement. The open common area on the ground floor is connected to the wide deck plate on the yard, so that people can move easily. In addition, it induces various tasks and activities. Each space is either hidden or open to its use. Minimizing the metal material is to prevent the buildings from corroding due to sea salt. And we made small hangers with gravel from the earth. People want architecture to satisfy every function. What I studied and designed, It is hoped that this architecture will actually emerge and stimulate people's idealidade  © Eui-tae park  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Lower Sproul Redevelopment / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners Posted: 16 Jun 2017 10:00 AM PDT  © Bruce Damonte
 © Bruce Damonte From the architect. The Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project is a student based initiative that called for recasting the existing facilities at Lower Sproul Plaza into a revitalized and state-of-the-art facility combining both new construction and adaptive reuse strategies.  © Alan Karchmer Students at University of California, Berkeley voted for a student fee hike to help the university fund the adaptive reuse, construction, and revitalization of the multi-building Lower Sproul Plaza. The master plan balances physical and programming needs; celebrates the diverse community of students, faculty, and staff; and creates a "living room" for student life and learning.  © Bruce Damonte The redevelopment involved demolishing the concrete Eshleman Hall, built in the 1960s, and replaced it with a larger, more transparent building to expose activities within. The MLK Jr. Student Union was renovated and expanded, the Cesar Chavez Student Center was renovated, and the Pelican Building and alumni house were seismically strengthened. The project also included the addition of new planters, trees, seating, and a rain garden to the plaza.  Program Diagram Modern flexible spaces accommodate the evolving needs of future generations of students for student services, retail, food service, meeting space, and space for student organizations and student government. The Lower Sproul Redevelopment site will make the southern edge of campus on Bancroft Way a vibrant gateway between campus and community, with 24/7 activity.  © Bruce Damonte  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Helmut Jahn-Designed Skyscraper to Rise on Chicago's Historic Michigan Avenue Posted: 16 Jun 2017 09:30 AM PDT  Courtesy of 1000M Renderings have been revealed for a new 832-foot-tall skyscraper that will rise from a current vacant lot on Chicago's historic Michigan Avenue. Known as 1000M, the tower has been designed by JAHN, the practice helmed by one of Chicago's most prolific architects, Helmut Jahn. The 74-story building will feature a blue-green glass curtain wall subdivided with metal horizontal spandrel panels, and a metallic mesh crown hovering over a rooftop terrace.  Courtesy of 1000M The project joins a number of new developments in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood, including a residential tower by Rafael Viñoly Architects. Construction on the project is expected to begin in 2018, with some site preparation work already in progress. The building is planned to open in 2021.  Courtesy of 1000M Other notable projects by JAHN include the Thompson Center, which is currently being threatened with demolition. News via 1000M.
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| House Nacional 135 / Espacio18 Arquitectura Posted: 16 Jun 2017 08:00 AM PDT  © Lorena Darquea
 © Lorena Darquea From the architect. Nacional 135 is a custom-built home located south of Oaxaca City, a picturesque World Heritage Site in México. Nested in the San Sebastian Tutla Municipality, this home witnesses an ambient where the fast urban sprawl and the typical rural scene melt together.  © Lorena Darquea The architectural program responds to the occupants' various needs through a useful set of volumes that helped to solve each floor plan in a clearly manner. The schematic and functional diagrams are simple; just like branches, the several elements are distributed from two main axes: one horizontal and one vertical, separating them into private and semi-private spaces. The main room was designed with the loft concept in mind, setting it up for the future implementation of a personal library and studio.  Section The facades are the result of the activities harbored inside. Taking into account the use of clear and solid surfaces wherever is necessary, procuring views to the mountains on the back, generating crossed ventilations and taking advantage of the changing patterns created by the sunlight throughout the day helped us to the accomplishment of what we call a smart façade.  © Lorena Darquea The perspective from the pedestrian entrance on the street creates a first impression of the volumes as a whole. Thanks to the dynamism and continuity of the spaces inside, the occupants can get around with ease.  © Lorena Darquea The predominant materials used on the house are traditional handmade bricks and a special earthen plaster prepared on site. This kind of plaster dates back to the Postclassic period and was formerly used as a waterproofing method in convents and churches during the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. We were fortunate enough to have met a plasterer with the knowledge and techniques of this ancient formula made out of rotten lime, cactus juice and local ochre soil; creating a plaster that contrasts gracefully with the dark bricks of the double-height main room.  © Lorena Darquea In the end, the house achieves to insert itself into a typical suburban context as a new element that has been already adopted by the people in the area and taken as a reference on the Camino Nacional street.  © Lorena Darquea  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Best Architect-Designed Pieces from Design Miami/ Basel 2017 Posted: 16 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Table, MAD Martian Collection by MAD Architects. Image Courtesy of MAD Architects With Design Miami/ Basel 2017 well underway (from June 13-18), ArchDaily has compiled a list of the best architect-designed furniture pieces on display at the event. This year, notable items include works by MAD Architects, Christ & Gantenbien, Trix & Robert Haussman, John Lautner, Jonathen Muecke, Jean Prouvé and Sou Fujimoto. Held at the Messe Basel venue in Basel, Switzerland, Design Miami/ Basel is the summer edition of the international design fair held parallel to one of the art world's biggest events, Art Basel. Design Miami/ Basel is held annually in June, with its sister show, Design Miami, taking place in December in Miami, Florida. MAD Martian Collection / MAD Architects  MAD Martian Collection by MAD Architects. Image Courtesy of MAD Architects On display at Gallery ALL, MAD founder and principal Ma Yansong's MAD Martian Collection imagines what the furniture of future Mars colonizers could look like, expanding upon the design language of 20th Century science fiction with a series of highly-reflective, fluid pieces that respond both to an alien environment and a nostalgia for human utility. The collection comprises five pieces: a dining table, a chaise lounge chair, a candelabra, floor-to-ceiling suspension lights, and a console table. Forest of Books / Sou Fujimoto  Forest of Books by Sou Fujimoto 2017 at Galerie Philippe Gravier. Image Courtesy of Galerie Philippe Gravier The Forest of Books installation, designed by Sou Fujimoto in collaboration with Galerie Philippe Gravier, uses a reinterpretation of 19th century ironwork techniques to create sculptural bookshelves made from black steel rods. Each piece features a unique silhouette inspired by the curved forms of antique balustrades, some formed to create benches and others for the storage of books. 'Antony' Armchair / Jean Prouvé (1954)  'Antony' Armchair by Jean Prouve 1954 at Galerie DOWNTOWN Francois Laffanour. Image Courtesy of Marie Clerin for Laffanour - Galerie Downtown François Laffanour's 'Galerie Downtown' in Paris was founded to highlight the importance of architect-designed furniture from modern masters such as Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, and Pierre Jeanneret. One of this year's pieces is Prouvé's 'Antony' Armchair, designed in 1954 and said to have been inspired by the work of Alexander Calder, a friend of Prouvé's. Athens Series / Christ & Gantenbein  Athens Series by Christ & Gantenbien 2017 at Maniera Gallery. Image Courtesy of Maniera Gallery On display at the Maniera Gallery, Swiss architects Christ & Gantenbien's "Athens Series" set out to create a system in which single elements could be assembled in different ways to create individual furniture pieces. The resulting series consists of a family of objects made from tulip tree wood blocks held together by Japanese joinery techniques and covered in white plaster, giving each piece a certain irregularity and robustness. Shelf / Jonathan Muecke  Shelf by Jonathen Muecke 2016 at Maniera gallery. Image Courtesy of Maniera Gallery Designed by Muecke while in residency at Maniera, in Brussels, Belgium, designer's ARC series features pieces inspired by his temporary home, the Van Wassenhove House by Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens. 'Shelf', the fourth piece in the series, is made from a 5mm thick waxed aluminum plate sat gently upon seven slender legs. An intersection of two different arcs on its upper surface, the piece's geometry allows it to take on a different appearance depending on where it is viewed from. The pieces are intended to be stackable, allowing users to create shelves of various heights. Floor Lamp / John Lautner (1939)  Floor Lamp by John Lautner 1939 at Galerie Eric Philippe. Image Courtesy of Galerie Eric Philippe An expert in 20th century furniture, Eric Philippe opened his gallery in Paris in 1980 to feature European and North American design from 1920 to 1980, including the work of leading designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Hans Wegner, Alvar Aalto, and John Lautner, who custom designed this floor lamp for the Sturges Residence in Los Angeles. BRICK STUDY III bench / Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai  BRICK STUDY III bench by Studio Mumbai / Bijoy Jain at Maniera Gallery. Image Courtesy of Maniera Gallery Also on display at Maniera Gallery, Bijoy Jain/Studio Mumbai's 'Brick Studies' explores how a universal architectural-scale material such as brick could be transferred to the intimate scale of furniture. To create this bench, Jain's team produced true-scale mini-bricks that are glued together to create the backrest of the seats, using methods examined in the study of traditional dry-stacked brick formwork. Boxes / Trix & Robert Haussmann  Boxes by Trix + Robert Haussmann 2016 at Maniera Gallery. Image Courtesy of Maniera Gallery Swiss architects Trix and Robert Haussmann's 'Boxes,' displayed at Maniera, consists of six wooden boxes that use mirrored surfaces to explore various methods of designing corners. Explains Robert Haussmann: "It is a question of the fictitious or virtual space that a mirror creates. We were always interested in the fact that a space could be "corrected", expanded, enlarged or reduced by using mirrors." Terrazzo Palazzo / Jimenez Lai  Courtesy of Swarovski Participating as one of Swarovski's 2017 'Designers of the Future', Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular was asked to create a prototype of design statement relating to the company's iconic crystals. Lai, inspired by the concept of upcycling and unexpected material use, created 'terrazzo palazzo,' an immersive architectural environment constructed from terrazzo made with Swarovski's "second quality" crystals – material that had failed the company's quality control tests. Learn more about this year's Design Miami/ Basel, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Alto del Carmen Town Hall / Espiral + Iglesis-Prat Arquitectos Posted: 16 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Espiral
 Courtesy of Espiral From the architect. The project is located in Alto del Carmen, Huasco Valley. Immersed in the Andes chain, in an area contrasted by the arity of its hills, and the green of the valley in the Carmen River.  Site Plan The design was heavily influenced by the climate and the landscape; topics that allow us to think about materiality, structure, spatiality and atmospheres of the design.  Courtesy of Espiral A clear and absolute volume was projected. Adopting the colors and textures existing in the place. The Huasco Stone was used as an element of identity, adapting to the mountainous landscape of the place. The building is based on the idea of an urban offer of spaces and views; both to the valley and the mountains; Capable of creates a spatiality that communicates a new order to the center. The consistorial building is inserted in the urban plot, becoming part of the citizen´s route while the atrium is integrated in this system as another public space in the urban center.  Courtesy of Espiral The care in the relationship between the new town hall and the church allows the two more important icons to consolidate the main square and generate an unprecedented place for the citizen´s meeting.  Courtesy of Espiral  Perspective Section  Courtesy of Espiral The idea of the wall was worked as the structuring element, picking up the vernacular architecture. This idea is expressed in a series of five vertical walls, arranged in two symmetrical pairs and a fifth one that constitutes a patella, which articulates the public-private relationship of the building. This series of walls, makes up a deep volume throughout the site. Hermetic and protected from solar radiation by the thickness and the stony materiality, and torn by fine and controlled openings for the shadow, the light and the penumbras towards the interior. This series of walls and spaces, functionally order the building in two hemispheres: one where the architectural program is developed and another that articulates a large public atrium of three heights, linked with the church and the square.  Courtesy of Espiral The atrium organizes the inner dynamics and at the same time it extends virtually to the outside. The office block is developed as an open space with freedom for futures modifications and distributions. The atrium connects the levels to each others of the buildings; Giving it rank and character. The expression of the building is friendly, open and participatory; becoming a building of all and for all.  Ground Floor Plan  Courtesy of Espiral  First Floor Plan Functionally, the circulation differs in a double system that manages the public circuit towards the atrium and the private circuit towards the inside. The program, is ordered in each level around each department according to the public attention towards the main route. The council room, on the first level, in a permeable central space, is integrated into the atrium and to the community.  Courtesy of Espiral  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church / Neumann Monson Architects Posted: 16 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT  © Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio
 © Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio From the architect. The church and school, designed for a newly formed congregation, is a 31,805 sf assemblage of relatively simple, pragmatic forms. Rooted in agrarian building traditions of the Midwest, these forms are executed in native limestone and weathering steel.  © Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio The building honors Catholic traditions through the use of light, procession, form, and materiality. In the sanctuary native limestone walls embrace the congregation while clerestory windows allow filtered natural daylight to fill the sacred space. The exposed structural frame and gaps in the stone flanking walls deliver cadence and repetition. A wood-louvered gothic-arch window draws attention to the east and acknowledges the importance of that orientation in Catholic tradition.  © Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio The use of weathering steel imparts a distinct identity that is rooted in tradition yet definitively points toward the future. Always detailed as rain screens, the weathering steel has a long lifespan and fulfills the desire for a low maintenance, durable, and sustainable building.  © Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio  Plan  © Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio  Section Adopting the strategy that the most sustainable building is the building that is not built, the project seeks to first minimize its need for energy and then optimize the necessary systems. The building program is organized and fenestrated to maximize solar benefit. Mechanical systems are decentralized and transport energy with fluid instead of air. This maximizes the efficiency of systems and minimizes plenum spaces. The building envelope is continuously insulated to minimize thermal transfer. Through these means the building is projected to utilize 45% less energy than comparable church and school buildings.  © Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Explore Frank Lloyd Wright's Curvaceous Unbuilt House Design for Marilyn Monroe Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:30 AM PDT Some unbuilt designs—the hopes they reveal and the reasons they stayed unbuilt—tell a powerful story. So it is with the home Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller. Or perhaps it's what we think we know about Marilyn that makes it so poignant? The union between a quiet-living intellectual and the world's greatest sex symbol was baffling to the public, and the conflict between their aspirations and personalities seems to have played out in their plans for this Connecticut home. After moving into Miller's country retreat, Monroe asked Wright to design a new house for them on this vast piece of land. As Miller explained in his memoir: "Her impulse was royal, in part a kind of gift to me of a unique home." And Wright's proposed design lived up to this regal gesture, featuring a dramatic, lowered circular living room almost 20 meters across, covered with a domed ceiling and skylights, surrounded with imposing columns and leading out onto a swimming pool built into the side of a hill, which Miller expected to require "heavy construction on the order of the Maginot Line."  Courtesy of Archilogic The plans had in fact been repurposed from a house originally designed for a rich Texan couple, then offered to a Mexican official for a home in Acapulco Bay. Besides this theatrical centerpiece, perhaps better suited to flamboyant South West living, the design offered multiple reception and guest rooms, as shown in Archilogic's 3D model. (The rooms intended for the couple's own living space were to be on the second floor, for which plans are not available—a last refuge of privacy for Marilyn!) Further conspicuous features of the Wright style are the repeated circle motif and generous use of fieldstone.  Courtesy of Archilogic But while it would have been a fantastic place for blowout Hollywood parties, this did not at all suit Miller's idea of a peaceful country life—nor his budget. While Monroe and Wright were alike in their disregard for costs, he was far more frugal, and intensely disliked the idea of "some elaborate house to impress the world." The plans were dropped. Thanks to his memoir we know exactly what Miller thought of them, but what about Monroe? Did she also find the design frivolous and extravagant, or was she longing to bring some movie star glamor into her new role as a rural housewife?  Courtesy of Archilogic It's easy to imagine that this house encapsulates the personality conflict that drove the couple apart after just five years of marriage. Monroe learned to her horror that Miller considered her embarrassing; outsiders observed that she seemed to crave approval for her appearance, while also wanting to be appreciated for more than just her looks. She longed to fit into her husband's intellectual world... but in the end, she was as out of place there as this Acapulco showpiece of a house. Don't miss Archilogic's other models of seminal projects shared on ArchDaily—click here to see them all! Archilogic's model for this article was created by Alainz Zanchetta.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CH House / Shachar - Rozenfeld Architects Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Shai Epstein
 © Shai Epstein From the architect. The house us built on a square lot of 600m2 in diameter, designed as an L shaped bench facing the gard.  © Shai Epstein The two sides of the house contain the public functions, facing the yard and wrapped around the outdoor sitting area. The swimming pool is located at the back of the yard.  © Shai Epstein  Ground Floor  © Shai Epstein A thin "carpet" borders the outdoor sitting area and connects the different parts of the house for ease of access in daily activities.  © Shai Epstein The house is built like a diagonal cube, with a slanted roof that turns into diagonal beams in two slopes, which in turn surround the frontal and side façades and conceal the tiled roof in accordance with the t.b.p.  © Shai Epstein The alignment of movement is central to the function of the house. The staircase goes up all three floors – It stands at the center right between the two sides of the house with no support, as a statue-like steel element that separates the lobby and the living room.  © Shai Epstein The first floor contains three children's suits and a master bedroom. The bedroom is located right on top of the living room with a peripheral view of the swimming pool. The basement contains a spacious family room and an additional childrens' suit.  © Shai Epstein The frontal façade facing the street is partially tiled with Granite. The front door acts as an integral part of the façade and tiled with the same material. The diagonal element is coated with Cedar wood throughout its interior. This element starts with a vertical wall, continues with the upper beam, through the side and into the living room area, where it acts as a bench facing the garden.  © Shai Epstein  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Legendary Rugby Players Help HOK Design the Stadium of Tomorrow Posted: 16 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT  The design of the perfect rugby stadium was a collaboration between HOK and four rugby legends. Image Courtesy of HOK Few architectural typologies are more centered around the human experience than a sporting arena. The design of sports stadiums often feature notable architecture firms, such as Herzog & de Meuron's design for Chelsea's football stadium in London, and Kengo Kuma's 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Recently, renowned design practice HOK tackled stadium design using an obvious yet untapped resource in the design of rugby stadiums –rugby players themselves. John Rhodes, a director of HOK's Sports + Recreation + Entertainment practice, met with legendary rugby players Jamie Roberts (Wales), Tim Visser (Scotland), James Horwill (Australia) and Danny Care (England) to capture their ideas, both as players and fans. The findings were collated into a video by HOK, which you can watch below.  The design of the perfect rugby stadium was a collaboration between HOK and four rugby legends. Image Courtesy of HOK The rugby legends placed heavy influence on the connection between players and fans, highlighting how city center stadiums create the pre-match drama of players driving through bustling streets. Furthermore, the decreased area of city stadiums is mitigated by steeper viewing stands, creating a more intimate connection between fans and players. As a throwback to the rugby stadiums of the 1960s, the players proposed an enlarged standing area in the action-fueled 'red zone' between the 22m line and touch line, generating further density and noise from excited fans.  The project was headed by John Rhodes of HOK. Image Courtesy of HOK  GPS connectivity could stream player statistics to fans. Image Courtesy of HOK Connectivity and modern technology were also at the forefront of the legends' minds. A fiber optics playing field could display real-time information to fans during intervals, whilst player-tracking GPS currently used for team statistics could be made available to fans, measuring everything from distance run to force of collisions. More radically, a movable overhead gantry could follow the action, projecting a laser to mark the game line whilst providing an incredible aerial view for lucky spectators.  Fiber optic pitches could display real time information to fans. Image Courtesy of HOK  An overhead gantry could follow the game line, providing an aerial view for spectators. Image Courtesy of HOK
 GPS connectivity could stream player statistics to fans. Image Courtesy of HOK  Standing areas in the 'red zone' could generate more density and noise from excited fans. Image Courtesy of HOK News via: HOK.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Schiattarella Associati’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia Creates an Illuminated Local Landmark Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Schiattarella Associati Rome-based firm Schiattarella Associati have unveiled the design of a new community mosque complex in the city of Ha'il in Saudi Arabia, using traditional cultural elements of Najd architecture to create a new landmark in the area. The 22,500 square meter Al Jabri Mosque accommodates 3000 people and focuses on "the principle of a people-oriented city and proposes it back again using a contemporary language respectful and attentive in the use of shapes and materials."  Courtesy of Schiattarella Associati A large central square forms a focal point of the complex, serving as the primary social space and is accessed via a number of covered corridors and shaded courtyards. Surrounding this are numerous commercial amenities, including restaurants and cafes on the ground level, with libraries, offices and a Quran school above. Sports facilities are also implemented to engage the local youth.  Courtesy of Schiattarella Associati Creating the main mosque was naturally the primary aim of the project. The massing achieves an illusionary presence of floating on water, and the diagonal cut in the stone façade indicates the threshold between interior and exterior, the public and the sacred. Inside, the intentional spacing between walls allows for the spread of natural light throughout the prayer space, bouncing and reflecting off surfaces.  Courtesy of Schiattarella Associati
 Courtesy of Schiattarella Associati This path of lighting is reversed at sunset when the building is illuminated as a landmark with the use of artificial lights. With diffused and indirect light penetrating the interior prayer hall, the levels of luminous intensity increase towards the mihrab, a niche in the wall from which the prayer is led and an indicator of the direction of Makkah. News via: Schiattarella Associati.
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