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- Lincoln Roof Extension / Notan Office
- Canal du Midi / INCA Architectes
- Attic Convention DSN - Rear Building / Club Marginal Architekten
- Gunung Sahari House / WEN Urban Office
- Cantala / SJB
- SOM Exhibits 30 Structural Skeleton Models Showing Evolution of Tall Building Design
- Downtown Santa Monica Hotels / Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio + Gene Fong Associates
- 12 Projects Win 2017 AIA Education Facility Design Awards
- Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa / Heatherwick Studio
- 10 Teams Selected as Winners of Hyperloop One Global Challenge
- Surveillance Module / Escobedo Soliz
- Proposed World's Tallest Wooden Structure Would Filter Contaminated Water in New York's Central Park
- Curators Johnston Marklee Introduce the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, "Make New History"
- Arga Restoration / Azpilicueta Arquitectura y Paisaje
- Herzog & de Meuron’s Museu Blau in Barcelona Through the Lens of Denis Esakov
- AP House Urbino / GGA gardini gibertini architects
- Ultra-Luxury Tower in Toronto to be CetraRuddy's First Canadian Project
- Small-Scale Rainwater Harvesting Made Simpler by Studio Bas Van der Veer
| Lincoln Roof Extension / Notan Office Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Maxime Delvaux
 © Maxime Delvaux From the architect. Lincoln is a 140 sqm roof extension of an apartment in an urbanized area of Brussels. The new roof hosts the living area of the apartment and offers two outdoor spaces. The existing floor was transformed into a private bedroom area.  © Maxime Delvaux SCALE  © Maxime Delvaux UNDER ONE ROOF  © Maxime Delvaux At one point only, the roof opens up above the large in-between space connecting the two living areas, bringing morning light to the front façade and characterizing this space below with its higher and tilted ceiling.  Courtesy of Notan Office CORES  © Maxime Delvaux The project is a fluid living space articulated by five cores: the circulation core in the center, the kitchen and the loggia on the facades and the sanitary and technical cores on the sides. These cores hosts all functions consequently characterizing the four corners of the plan.  Section A MATERIAL  © Maxime Delvaux  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Canal du Midi / INCA Architectes Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Nicolas Castes
 © Nicolas Castes From the architect. The nine locks of Fonséranes, designed in the 17th century by Pierre-Paul Riquet, are listed as historical monuments and certified as world heritage by the Unesco. Sobriety and discretion have prevailed to re-think the layouts made in the close vicinity of the locks: a global re-entitlement of the architecture and the landscape has allowed a staging of the monument and a re-organization of the visit paths, thus creating a coherence between site and landscape.  © Nicolas Castes The architectures of historical monuments play a major part. To find again the spirit of Fonséranes stopping place, restoration of existing buildings slots into the respect of the canal's engineers architecture and the original simplicity of its composition. The outside historical monuments have been carefully restored. The new inside layouts cover present needs and display their age without ambiguity.  © Nicolas Castes In order not to create a co-visibility with the historical monument, the contemporary expansion slides North behind the former inn. A fine strip of concrete roofing, supported by a metal structure, show on the surface of the inn and underlines its own identity. This expansion articulates a South patio, linked with the locks sight, and a North shady garden bathed with quiet and coolness. Various atmospheres thus allow welcoming the public in good conditions, whatever the season.  © Nicolas Castes The contemporary expansion houses a restaurant, easily reachable from the tourism office but also directly from the outside, from the South patio, for an autonomous functioning especially in the evening. The restaurant room is largely glassed and offers a clear view towards the city of Béziers.  © Nicolas Castes The project is designed as an expansion of the historical tow barge house. The general architectural aim is to create the image of a light pavilion - and not a building - which assures a clear dialectics with the massive and mineral architecture of the existing historical building. Hence the new expansion is treated in an immaterial and transparent way.  © Nicolas Castes The restaurant space is combined, designed in a smooth way, without any shackle or partition. The glassed and continuous frontage, which is transparent for public spaces (bar and restaurant) and translucent for technical spaces (kitchen and storage). The fineness of the pavilion enables a very efficient dual-aspect ventilation between the two North and South frontages.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Attic Convention DSN - Rear Building / Club Marginal Architekten Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:00 PM PDT  © Roland Unterbusch
 © Roland Unterbusch From the architect. In the vicinity of the Warschauer Bridge, an urban space interspace of the "new" Berlin, the former drying lofts of a typical tenement building of the early 20th century was converted into three apartments. The project shown here is a 175 m² loft apartment in the rear building.  Project Plan A Tour:  © Roland Unterbusch Directly behind the entry is an area with a low ceiling height, the half-open kitchen, including a dining corner. On can now either take the short-cut through the kitchen or simply go on straight ahead towards the children's bathroom and both children's rooms. The hall way ceiling now is distinctly higher.  © Roland Unterbusch Fanlights were also built into the hallway so that there is access to daylight. Now, having come to a small crossing – on the left, there is the utility room, on the right the dining corner with kitchen – one arrives at a small passage into the dining and living room with leading to the terrace.  © Roland Unterbusch  © Roland Unterbusch Formative to this room is the built in furniture-peace: an integrated oven, TV, and sound-system built around the corner. Along the outside area of the terrace, one continues over a staircase leading to the upper terrace. Having arrived at the top one has a 360°-view over the roofs of Friedrichshain. One can spend the evening hours here enjoying the panorama of Berlin, ideally in the whirlpool, accommodating up to four people.  © Roland Unterbusch Back downstairs, at the other end of the living room, there is another door. The private part of the apartment begins behind this door, with the parent's bathroom, wardrobe and then the bedroom. Back here, in the innermost part of the whole building block, it is very quiet. One hears nothing more than the rustling of the trees.  © Roland Unterbusch Additional fan lights were added to the central part of the building so that the different room sections get as much daylight as possible. The masonry of the gable walls and the chimney were not plastered, but rather cleaned, repaired and then whitened. Along with all the white built-in furniture, it is a continual motif in the different parts of the apartment.  © Roland Unterbusch On the visible part of the masonry, the electro-installation was done using a surface mounted installation with cladding tubes and Bakelite switches. In the main rooms, the floor is made of massive, white oiled oak wood boards. Encased steel work like the staircase and the balustrade were planned individually. This applies to the individual built-in furniture as well as to the kitchen and the large oven and media furniture in the living room.  © Roland Unterbusch  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gunung Sahari House / WEN Urban Office Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Adrian Mulya
 © Adrian Mulya From the architect. Gunung Sahari House is located in an urban high-density area in Central Jakarta on a 3-by-30-meter strip of land located between an existing house owned by the client's family and the main access street to the site. The architects are asked to design a single-occupancy house that includes all of the basic amenities and a studio space.  © Adrian Mulya While the site is strategically located within the community with easy access to public transportation and facilities, the site's unique shape and narrow access point bring several challenges to the design process from determining spatial placement of programs to planning the construction process.  Sections In the design process, the architects looked beyond function and budget; they looked to culture - not just forms or symbolism, but the client's habit: How our client greets his guests, how he works, and essentially how he leads his daily life. Being a photographer, the client is an adventurer at heart. He asks for natural airflow and lighting in his private space where he does his work.  © Adrian Mulya The ground floor is specified for public-semi public use: front porch to greet guests, kitchen and dining room that act as a connecting passage between the existing family house and the street. For privacy, the bedroom, studio space, and bathroom are located on the second floor.  Floors Plans Most of the building materials are locally sourced from the Jakarta region. The floor slab uses a ceramic-concrete composite construction system. The roofing system uses light asphalt-coated panels. These two systems are chosen to simplify transporting the materials to the project site. The interior is simple and practical yet full of flexibility with "pop-up" furniture and hidden storage compartments to maximize the use of space.  © Adrian Mulya  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:00 PM PDT  © Aaron Puls
 © Aaron Puls From the architect. An angular timber form appears to float at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Caulfield. Set amid a mix of period and contemporary residences, this elegant, sculptural element is the first of many slow reveals offered up by the recently completed SJB residential project, Cantala.  Landscaping / Site plan  Masterplan A residential development is revealed comprising 25 multi-storey townhouses and a block of 44 low-rise apartments. At Cantala, SJB has struck a beautiful balance between the best of contemporary place-making and the sought-after aesthetics of leafy Melbourne suburbia.  © Aaron Puls One of Cantala's most impressive slow reveals is the fact the entire development is walkable. By freeing up ground level space usually given to vehicles, SJB could focus more on creating places for people. This decision enabled the introduction of a series of connected paths and courtyards within the site. Taking subtle cues from the art deco buildings found along nearby Dandenong Road, Cantala's apartment building facade is all about maximising visual appeal and minimising visual impact.  © Aaron Puls Cantala's neighbourhood vibe is emphasised by the fact that many townhouse residents take their address from these internal streets. Public thoroughfares running along one edge of the site and leading through to the Dandenong Road trams has been used as a kind of internal convergence point for both apartment and townhouse residents.  © Aaron Puls Complementing its naturally light exterior, the apartment building's lobby features a triple-height glazed entry that draws residents into the building, acting as a welcoming lantern at night. Not just a dramatic entrance, it brings indoors Cantala's focus on health and wellbeing by encouraging residents to use the stairs rather than the lift.  © Aaron Puls Cantala questions the typology of living and challenges the notion of public versus private. It also challenges the notion of what a building or an apartment building or townhouse should look like.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| SOM Exhibits 30 Structural Skeleton Models Showing Evolution of Tall Building Design Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:25 AM PDT .jpg?1505510121 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu When it comes to tall building design, it's often the structural system where the most groundbreaking innovations are made. Premiering this week in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Biennial is a new exhibition highlighting the innovative structural systems of an architecture firm that has completed their fair share of tall buildings: SOM. Titled SOM: Engineering x [Art + Architecture], the exhibition uncovers the concepts and forms of the firm's greatest achievements, including revolutionary tall buildings such as the John Hancock Building, the Willis Tower and the current world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. The exhibition reveals the research and thought processes through a range of media: hand-drawn sketches, interactive sculpture, immersive video, and most notably, a lineup of models at 1:500 showing the structural skeletons of 30 significant projects. .jpg?1505510180 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu "An engineer should design a structure that an architect would be ashamed to cover up," commented SOM partner Bill Baker. .jpg?1505510144 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1505510136 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu The exhibition also follows the firm's longstanding tradition of working with visual artists. On display will be models, drawings and other objects created through collaborations with Pablo Picasso, James Turrell, Jaume Plensa, James Carpenter, Janet Echelman, and Iñigo Manglano-Ovall, exploring the idea that "engineers, architects, and artists alike practice a poetry of inquiry, experimentation, and ingenuity." The exhibition will be on display through the duration of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, closing on January 7th, 2018.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Downtown Santa Monica Hotels / Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio + Gene Fong Associates Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:00 AM PDT  © John Edward Linden Photography
 © John Edward Linden Photography From the architect. The process of designing two new hotels at 5th Street and Colorado Avenue in downtown Santa Monica, a site that serves as a vital entry point into the City, presented unique challenges. Such a prominent location – both a gateway to the City and just blocks away from popular attractions like the famed Santa Monica Pier and 3rd Street Promenade - meant that not just any designs would do. The new hotels would not only have to meet the highest of aesthetic design standards, but they would also have to work within the City's multi-modal transportation network.  © John Edward Linden Photography Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio (GP-US) was hired to provide a design tailored to the City that would incorporate a sensitive urban design and pedestrian approach to inform the buildings' orientation and character. Gene Fong Associates served as the Executive Architect on the project.  © John Edward Linden Photography While both structures share some design traits - such as their interior courts that provide for daylight, cross-ventilation, and general interest shops for hotel patrons - it was important that each have its own identity. The orange metal panels on the Courtyard by Marriott give the hotel its dramatic presence, while slight color variation within the panels adds texture, rhythm, and dynamism. A cantilevered pool deck sits just over the main entrance on the second floor, giving guests a unique view of the adjacent Metro station. The large cut out created by the second floor deck creates a dynamic change of view for passing train riders and pedestrians.  © John Edward Linden Photography At the street level of the Marriott, the primary pedestrian entrance to the hotel is located in the middle of the block and the hotel has been designed to open up to pedestrians as they come off the popular Expo Line. The corner has been given a strong presence by bringing the building down to the edge of the sidewalk, and the storefront has been set back to allow for a widened sidewalk that could accommodate outdoor seating as well as providing for a gracious pedestrian environment.  Site / Ground Floor Plan The Hampton Inn & Suites, with its sea foam green tower, makes a striking contrast to its neighbor across the street. This juxtaposition was purposeful, with the green Hampton meant to symbolize the ocean and the Marriott representing the land. The glass curtain wall of the Hampton along Colorado Avenue gives the structure a strong presence, while the entrance has been set back from the street and designed to be as open and transparent as possible. One of the effects is the activation of the street corner, thus extending the esplanade that passes in front of the neighboring Marriott and terminates on the other end at the famed Santa Monica Pier.  © Christine Gatti/Dylan Cross  © Christine Gatti/Dylan Cross  © Christine Gatti/Dylan Cross In a true exercise of urban design, our firm has actively maintained the theme of the urban fabric and designed two buildings that not only respond to one another, but integrate the neighboring community, the Metro Line, and the existing architectural aesthetic already present in Santa Monica.  © John Edward Linden Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 12 Projects Win 2017 AIA Education Facility Design Awards Posted: 15 Sep 2017 09:10 AM PDT  Bates Technical College -Advanced Technology Center; Tacoma, Washington / McGranahan Architects. Image © Dane Gregory Meyer The American Institute of Architects (AIA)'s Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) has announced the winners of the 2017 CAE Education Facility Design Awards, honoring the year's best educational facilities that "serve as an example of a superb place in which to learn, furthering the client's mission, goals, and educational program, while demonstrating excellence in architectural design." "Education continues to evolve, and the projects from this year's Education Facility Design Awards program—presented by the AIA and the Committee on Architecture for Education—represent the state-of-the-art learning environments being developed in today's learning spaces," explain the AIA. "These projects showcase innovation across the entire learning continuum, displaying how today's architects are creating cutting-edge spaces that enhance modern pedagogy." See the 12 winning projects, after the break. Award of ExcellenceBridge for Laboratory Sciences, Vassar College, Integrated Science Commons; Poughkeepsie, New York / Ennead Architects  Bridge for Laboratory Sciences, Vassar College, Integrated Science Commons; Poughkeepsie, New York / Ennead Architects. Image © Richard Barnes The new Vassar College Bridge for Laboratory Sciences (VBLS) redefines the sciences at Vassar. Spanning over a creek and connecting two sides of campus, the VBLS houses state-of-the-art undergraduate teaching and research laboratories, offices and shared public spaces and physically connects the sciences with the surrounding wetlands. Consolidating the sciences on Vassar's campus, in addition to the new VBLS, the Integrated Science Commons includes the renovation of three buildings and ten acres of landscape to create a cohesive science precinct on Vassar's campus. Kohler Environmental Center, Choate Rosemary Hall; Wallingford, Connecticut / Robert A.M. Stern Architects  Kohler Environmental Center, Choate Rosemary Hall; Wallingford, Connecticut / Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP. Image © Peter Aaron / OTTO This project achieves dual objectives by not only being a high-performance LEED-Platinum building, but also serves as a learning tool for students. The Kohler Environmental Center accommodates cohorts of up to 20 students for a total-immersion environmental living/learning experience. Feedback from the building's monitoring systems enables students to teach themselves important lessons about how to live sustainably and responsibly. Music and Arts Center; Wenatchee, Washington / Integrus Architecture  Music and Arts Center; Wenatchee, Washington / Integrus Architecture. Image © Lara Swimmer Photography The performing arts venues are positioned to welcome and engage the community, while the visual arts spaces allow students to use a preserved northerly grove of trees for artistic inspiration. A single pivot point between artistic disciplines serves as both a gathering space allowing students to continue learning outside the classroom and an area for patrons to gather prior to performances. The design integrates the historic heart of the campus with the existing and future circulation routes while preserving the integrity of the surrounding educational community. Northwood Elementary School; Mercer Island, Washington / Mahlum  Northwood Elementary School; Mercer Island, Washington / Mahlum Architects. Image © Benjamin Benschneider Northwood Elementary is located on Mercer Island, positioned directly between the cities of Seattle and Bellevue, and is the first school that the community had built since the 1950s. The project occupies the corner of a large, multi-use campus, adjacent to one of the last remaining stands of Madrona trees on the island, and nestles into a steeply sloped site at the head of a major geological outlet to Lake Washington. The design is an eco-system of flexible and fluidly connected spaces that promote active learning and support the Next Generation Science Standards. University of Oregon Allan Price Commons Research Library Remodel-Expansion; Eugene, Oregon / Opsis Architecture  University of Oregon Allan Price Commons Research Library Remodel-Expansion; Eugene, Oregon / Opsis Architecture. Image © Christian Columbres The Price Science Commons and Research Library creates an inviting identity for the Lokey Science Complex as a glass enclosed pavilion containing a social commons café and event space overlooking and connecting to the subterranean research library and landscaped courtyard. A hub of student activity, it is a technologically robust, dynamic learning environment for learning and discovery that reflects a 21st Century paradigm. The student-centered design promotes experimentation, collaboration, and investigation. Spatial flexibility, with classrooms that reconfigure into study groups and informal learning arrangements, promotes collaboration across diverse user groups. Science-specific study rooms support collaboration, tutoring, and hands-on learning. Award of MeritBates Technical College -Advanced Technology Center; Tacoma, Washington / McGranahan Architects  Bates Technical College -Advanced Technology Center; Tacoma, Washington / McGranahan Architects. Image © Francis Zera Photography The Advanced Technology Center integrates student, faculty, project and instructional areas to provide pedagogical overlap to nurture student growth in STEM and broadcast technologies; attracting a diverse student body and supporting outcomes for a variety of educational capabilities and community benefits. The project inspired an exploration into shared craft and design methodologies that exist between building technologies and information architecture. The campus fosters student success by involving community and industry partners to support the college Foundation, which helps address financial needs of at-risk students. Project-oriented work, educational effectiveness, inquiry and collaboration among faculty and students is heightened through connectivity. Chengdu International School; Chengdu, China / Perkins Eastman .jpg?1505506541 "Chengdu International School; Chengdu, China / Perkins Eastman Architects. Image © Sarah Mechling/Perkins Eastman") Chengdu International School; Chengdu, China / Perkins Eastman Architects. Image © Sarah Mechling/Perkins Eastman Born out of a need to accommodate a growing enrollment and expanding curriculum, Chengdu International School (CDIS) transformed a newly constructed structure from its original intended use as an elementary school for Chinese students, to an international school, grades pre-k thru 12, providing a western based educational model for foreign nationals living in China. The conversion of the 17,000-square foot, five-story building was extensive and highlighted the spatial, organizational and cultural differences between a Chinese teaching model. Drawing upon the rich use of color and frames in traditional Chinese architecture, a language of wrapping planes enfold non-programmed and shared community space. Cherry Crest Elementary School; Bellevue, Washington / NAC Architecture  Cherry Crest Elementary School; Bellevue, Washington / NAC Architecture. Image © Benjamin Benschneider Building and site are woven into each other at Cherry Crest Elementary, making students feel not so much "in the building" as "on the site." This integrated experiential environment stimulates both the curriculum and student engagement by offering a variety of learning spaces which encourage overlap of formal and informal interaction. Educational environment and physical environment intertwine and are inseparable. The building is a gentle part of the site and the whole site is a teaching tool.  University of California, Berkeley - Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation; Berkeley, California / Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. Image © Tim Griffith Founded on the conviction that design can help address some of society's most pressing challenges, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, is devoted to introducing design innovation at the center of engineering education and university life. The project was conceived by the College of Engineering as an interdisciplinary hub for students and teachers from across the university who "love working at the intersection of design and technology". It is designed as both a team-based, project-centric educational space and a compelling symbol to the region of the University's commitment to enlightened, sustainable innovation. The Winsor School, Lubin O'Donnell Center for Performing Arts and Wellness; Boston / William Rawn Associates  The Winsor School, Lubin O'Donnell Center for Performing Arts and Wellness; Boston / William Rawn Associates. Image © Robert Benson Photography Committed to the school motto, "A sound mind in a sound body," The Winsor School's new mixed-use facility serves as the home for the performing arts, athletics, and wellness education at the center of the school's historic campus. The project features a new 515-seat theater, which serves as the school's main assembly space, as well as major athletic and recreation facilities, including a two-court gymnasium, five squash courts, and physical education spaces. Other program elements include rehearsal and teaching areas for drama, dance, music, and health and wellness.  University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign Electrical and Computer Engineering Building; Urbana, Illinois / SmithGroupJJR. Image © Liam Frederick Photography The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign consistently ranks amongst the top five engineering programs in the country. Known for groundbreaking research and technological innovations, the department needed a new home that reflected the program prestige by becoming the most sustainable laboratory classroom in the world. The 230,000-square foot building was designed with maximum energy efficiency in mind, eventually reaching a Net Zero Energy rating. This is an incredible feat, considering that to date the Department of Energy has classified only 10 U.S. facilities as net-zero energy buildings, each less than 15,000-square foot. University of Pennsylvania - Stephen A. Levin Building; Philadelphia / SmithGroupJJR  University of Pennsylvania - Stephen A. Levin Building; Philadelphia / SmithGroupJJR. Image © Alan Karchmer The genesis for the new Neural and Behavioral Sciences (NBS) building is the acknowledgment that the study of complex behaviors will be a fundamental focus of life sciences in the 21st century. The NBS building strongly identifies itself as an iconic gateway into campus and celebrates a new life sciences precinct by defining a new academic quadrangle. The jury for the 2017 Educational Facility Design Awards included Brian G. Minnich, AIA (Chair), GWWO Inc./Architects; Alissa Harrington, John Hopkins University School of Education; Jenine Kotob, Assoc, AIA, Quinn Evans Architects; Philip Poinelli, FAIA, SMMA / Architects; and Brandi Rickels, Lake|Flato Architects. For more information on the winning projects, visit the AIA website, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa / Heatherwick Studio Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:00 AM PDT  © Iwan Baan
 © Iwan Baan  Ground Floor Plan From the architect. The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), was unveiled today ahead of its public opening on 22 September 2017 at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront. It will be the world's largest museum dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora and is designed by internationally acclaimed designers Heatherwick Studio, based in London.  © Iwan Baan The museum is housed in 9,500 sq metres of custom designed space, spread over nine floors, carved out of the monumental structure of the historic Grain Silo Complex. The silo, disused since 1990, stands as a monument to the industrial past of Cape Town, at one time the tallest building in South Africa, now given new life through the transformation by Heatherwick Studio.  North Elevation  © Iwan Baan The galleries and the atrium space at the centre of the museum have been carved from the silos' dense cellular structure of forty-two tubes that pack the building. The development includes 6,000 sq metres of exhibition space in 80 gallery spaces, a rooftop sculpture garden, state of the art storage and conservation areas, a bookshop, a restaurant, bar, and reading rooms. The museum will also house Centres for a Costume Institute, Photography, Curatorial Excellence, the Moving Image, Performative Practice and Art Education.  © Iwan Baan The R500 million (£30 million) development of Zeitz MOCAA, announced in November 2013, has been created in a partnership between the V&A Waterfront and Jochen Zeitz, as a not-for-profit public cultural institution in the heart of one of most visited cultural and historical hubs in Africa. Set on the edge of a natural, historic working harbour, with the iconic Table Mountain as its backdrop, and sweeping views of the ocean, city bowl and mountain peaks, V&A Waterfront attracts up to 100,000 people a day.  © Iwan Baan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 10 Teams Selected as Winners of Hyperloop One Global Challenge Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:30 AM PDT  Screenshot via Mexloop Hyperloop One has announced the 10 winners of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge, which sought to identify the most impactful potential Hyperloop routes across the globe. From hundreds of applicants, 10 systems located in 5 different countries were selected by a panel of experts from fields of infrastructure, technology and transportation as the strongest. The ten routes are: US: Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The Midwest Connect team is led by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and the Columbus Partnership with support from Ohio Governor John R. Kasich, the Indiana Department of Transportation, the Ohio Department of Transportation, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (MPO), Columbus Airport Authority, Columbus 2020, Ohio State, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, and the cities of Columbus, Lima, and Fort Wayne. US: Dallas-Laredo-Houston Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The Texas Triangle team is led by AECOM with support from North Central Texas Council of Governments, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Austin Capital Metro, City of Dallas, Houston-Galveston Area Council, the Port Authority of Houston, Public Works and the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. US: Cheyenne-Denver-Pueblo Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The Rocky Mountain Hyperloop team is led by the Colorado Department of Transportation with support from AECOM and agency partners at the City and County of Denver, Denver International Airport, and the City of Greeley. US: Miami-Orlando Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The Florida Hyperloop team is led by AECOM and have the backing of the Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works, Florida Department of Transportation, Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization, and additional private and public-sector partners. India: Bengaluru-Chennai Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The AECOM India team is led by AECOM. India: Mumbai-Chennai Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The Hyperloop India team is an Indian mobility startup working on an on-demand direct-to-destination public transit solution called Project TapRoute, that aims to reinvent public transit in India. The team originated in 2016, the first and only Indian team that was selected to build and test India's first scalable Hyperloop pod prototype at the SpaceX Hyperloop track in Hawthorne, CA. They are a multi-stakeholder consortium of academic and researchers from top engineering, business and design schools of India - namely BITS Pilani, IIMA, ISB, NID - collaborating with transportation, logistics and infrastructure experts from organizations like RITES, NITI Aayog, WRI and Bangalore Metro. UK: Edinburgh-London Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: Team HypED is led by University of Edinburgh student, Adam Anyszewski, with a team of fifty university students with backgrounds in engineering, business and law. UK: Glasgow-Liverpool Courtesy of Hyperloop One The Northern Arc team is led by Paul Bell, Partner at Ryder Architecture, and Nic Merridew, Director at Arup, with support from KPMG, Newcastle City Futures, and North East Local Enterprise Partnership. Mexico: Mexico City-Guadalajara Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The Mexloop team is a collaboration among representatives from Fernando Romero's firm FR-EE and engineering firms Arup and Sener. This route has attracted public-sector support from various tiers of the Mexican government at the federal, state and city levels including Mexico Transport and Communications Ministry, Pro Mexico (Commercial Development Agency), LabCDMX (Mexico City's innovation agency), FerroMex (Railroad Network Operator), Mexican Institute of Infrastructure Development, and support from every city included in the proposal. Canada: Toronto-Montreal Courtesy of Hyperloop One Team: The HyperCan team is led by AECOM Canada.  Courtesy of Hyperloop One Hyperloop One will now work closely with each team to further develop their proposals, predicting ridership totals and calculating the economic benefits of each system. A feasibility study for the Colorado route has already been announced by the Colorado Department of Transportation in partnership with Hyperloop One and with support from AECOM. Read more about the challenge, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Surveillance Module / Escobedo Soliz Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Cortesía de Escobedo Soliz
 Cortesía de Escobedo Soliz From the architect. The project is located in a public park on the residential neighborhood of Bosques de las Lomas, in the western part of Mexico City. The small prefabricated pavilion is settled on the higher point of the park’s topography to have a better visual control and presence from the outside.  Cortesía de Escobedo Soliz The building is deployed on the natural slope of the terrain’s topography from a concrete block basement that serves as storage and as the base to set up the light wooden structure of the Police Booth.  Longitudinal Section The wooden skeleton is made up from a standard frame, that repeats itself to generate the whole structure. The outer skin is made of an OSB panel covered by a light sheet of black steel. On the inside, the skin gets softer and warmer thanks to the plywood –panels. The black exterior of the main volume helps the building to blend with the shadows of the trees and the tectonic language of the wood, give a sense of an ephemeral and respectful intervention to the natural context of the park.  Cortesía de Escobedo Soliz The roof is separated from the main volume to allow natural light and cross ventilation to the inside. The building has a very simple program: a resting space and a bathroom. The purpose of this building is to aid the local police officers that patrol the neighborhood 24/7 with a shelter to cover their basic needs.  Cortesía de Escobedo Soliz  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Proposed World's Tallest Wooden Structure Would Filter Contaminated Water in New York's Central Park Posted: 15 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT  © DFA Responding to the ever-growing demand for sky-high public spaces and the need for innovative environmental solutions, New York-based studio DFA has envisioned a 712-foot-tall prefabricated timber observation tower in New York's Central Park that, if built, would become the world's tallest timber structure. Combining the principles of "architecture, recreation, resiliency, and tourism," the Central Park Tower would rise out of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, the 106-acre man-made lake that encompasses one-eighth of the total park area and holds one billion gallons of contaminated water.  © DFA Currently, the reservoir sits nearly stagnant and fenced off from public use. DFA's proposal would place a timber tower with a vertical axis wind turbine in the center of the reservoir. The power generated from the turbine would be enough to filter the water below and move people up the structure without drawing from the city grid. "Aside from supplying water to the pool and Harlem Meer, the Reservoir sits stagnant and fenced off due to its current state as a health threat to millions of New Yorkers, tourists and animals," said Sayigh. "DFA envisions a temporary landmark that is remarkably of its time to creatively transform the reservoir into one of New York's boldest urban amenities," said DFA founder Laith Sayigh.  © DFA  © DFA The tower would be built from prefabricated Glulam units around a steel core, allowing it be manufactured offsite and assembled in under six months. Anchored to a pre-cast concrete base and stabilized using tensile cables, the tower can achieve an ultra-slender form for minimal invasiveness and cast shadows.  © DFA "The first element of the Central Park Tower houses a steel core and a water filtration system," explain the architects. "From 475-feet to 600-feet the densely configured jointed interlocking woven wood helix continues forming the primary tower. A steel ramp equidistant to a New York City perimeter block, or .42-mile, wraps the interior core from the 375-foot to 500-foot mark of the tower. Wrapping the ramp is a more open, expanded exterior wood helix and skin that stands 500-feet into the air as a single gesture. The porosity of the exoskeleton opens up visibility of the ramp and people from the ground as well as of the city, rivers and park from above." The tower's main attraction is the 56-foot-wide viewing platform, which offers both 360-degree views of the city and inward views to the functional elements of the core. The wind turbine would rise a further 100 feet above the viewing platform, with a 112-foot-tall lighting rod capping the structure.  © DFA  © DFA "This conceptual project pushes the boundaries of what we perceive is possible in a city as dense, historic and environmentally vulnerable as ours," said Sayigh. "The Central Park Tower has the potential to be a model project for other cities aiming to fix existing infrastructure, build tall to capture views and elevate the urban public realm." The project is the latest speculative tall-building proposal for New York City, always a popular location for architectural experiments. Other recent efforts have included a looping skyscraper, a building hanging from an asteroid, and a neo-gothic fantasy structure.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Curators Johnston Marklee Introduce the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, "Make New History" Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:15 AM PDT As the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial prepares to open its doors, curators Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee (Johnston Marklee) introduce Make New History – the theme of the second edition of North America's largest architecture and design exhibition.
This film was created by PLANE—SITE and Spirit of Space in collaboration with ArchDaily and Hunter Douglas. You can view our ongoing coverage of the event, here. Make New History / Johnston MarkleeMaking new history is a form of contemporary practice. Although architecture has almost always learned from what came before, today we see an increased awareness in practices that cross the institutional strictures of style, period, and generations to move beyond the traditional linear historical narrative. Despite this seemingly smooth horizon of information, there is great diversity in the ways and means architects approach and rede ne the past: from increasingly visible practices of referencing and resampling in image making, to reassembly of as-found and original materials, to the site-speci c practices that engage with existing buildings in unexpected ways. These paths all foreground historical narratives, forms, and objects—yet, their reconstitution is utterly contemporary. An important aspect of this visibility of historical reference is the proliferation of exhibition formats—of which this biennial is one new platform—that bring architecture increasingly into dialogue with art practices and new audiences, and which often require di erent ways of working relative to the traditional production of buildings. The Chicago Architecture Biennial features collaborative projects by artists and architects that attest to the shifting dynamic between our two elds. More than 140 participants were invited to consider the importance of historical material to their practice. Out of the diversity of responses a series of topics emerged: building histories where a single building stands alone as a marker of time or as part of a typological collection of architecture; material histories that explore the contemporary ways that artists and architects approach nish, decoration, and language in matter today; image histories that re ect the ways in which software and digital tools have in uenced the representational tool set; and civic histories that pose questions of collectivity, in settings from the individual room and the workshop to the city.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Arga Restoration / Azpilicueta Arquitectura y Paisaje Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:00 AM PDT  © Rubén P. Bescós
 © Rubén P. Bescós From the architect. ARGA is the title of the mural that the artist César Barrio has created, inspiring by the fluvial landscape of the location, especially by the sights of the White Horse, of Pamplona.  © Rubén P. Bescós PRECEDENTS.  Ground Floor Plan Details  © Rubén P. Bescós FUNCTIONAL OFFER.  © Rubén P. Bescós  Meterial Detail RESPECT AND INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING MATERIALS.  © Rubén P. Bescós  Proposed Situation Section 3 and 7  © Rubén P. Bescós ARTISTIC OFFER.  © Rubén P. Bescós  Elevation (Door Detail)  © Rubén P. Bescós  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Herzog & de Meuron’s Museu Blau in Barcelona Through the Lens of Denis Esakov Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:30 AM PDT  © Denis Esakov
Like several other works of architecture by Herzog & de Meuron the Forum Building, known since the 2012 relocation of Barcelona's Museu de les Ciències Naturals as the Museu Blau, is remarkable for its sensitive use of materials. A triangular mass of gray-blue concrete punctured and split in places to reveal the contrasting use of reflective planes, the building is a hard one to ignore, especially for an architectural photographer.  © Denis Esakov In its striking play of surfaces, textures, and patterns, the Forum Building alternates between darkness and light, solid and liquid, rough and smooth. It floats and hovers, but also asserts itself. Located at the end of Barcelona's Avinguda Diagonal just a short distance from the Mediterranean, it occupies a strange place between land, water, and sky, which Moscow-based architectural photographer Denis Esakov sets out to explore in this photo series.  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  © Denis Esakov  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AP House Urbino / GGA gardini gibertini architects Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Ezio Manciucca
 © Ezio Manciucca  Location 'AP House' bears witness to the rebirth of an ancient rural hamlet situated on the top of one of the highest hills in Urbino, highly esteemed for its landscape and environment. The new system of buildings stands on ancient remains dating back to Medieval Communes. Linked to each other on the hypogeum level, the structures rest on a red concrete platform (38 X 20 mt) dominating the surrounding landscape. The core of the houses, which forms a single housing unit, restablishes a central role to this site in the landscape, restoring a direct and empathic dialogue between new buildings and historical stratification. The structures, in their stone shell, free from any superfetations such as gutters or drainpipes andin their measured proportions, are offered to the landscape as pure, discreet and silent artifacts recovering their identity and affinity with the rural cultural matrix of the place.  © Ezio Manciucca  Site Plan If the project with its architectural compositions and rigor, faithfully interprets the typical formal themes of this Italian region (Marche), in its interiors, in the treatment of the materials, the design of the plant and its furnishings, it wants to vindicate its remarkable contemporaneity.  © Ezio Manciucca The fair-face reinforced concrete structure of the internal perimeter, creates space for natural light to flood in and releases the volume from any other load-bearing element. The full functional program is arranged on three levels. In order to avoid the parking of cars and the sight of any means of transport at the garden level,the main entrance is located in the large garage in the basement. On the lower level, besides the technical and plant areas, there are all the main facilities: a cinema room, an exhibition gallery in the connecting space between the main building and its annex and a gym with an adjoining SPA. From the basement, the staircase leads directly to the heart of the main building where the view opens up over the stunning hilly landscape and the swimming pool area. The ground floor, completely projected towards the outdoors, has no continuity solution with the garden: This is the living room, dining room, kitchen and private studio space.  © Ezio Manciucca On the first floor, arranged around a large balustraded landing, is the master apartment and two double bedrooms with thier suite restrooms.The furniture design, created entirely by GGA architects and made of natural walnut wood, qualifies and creates order in each room concealing service areas and plant and technology components. The annex, with its wooden frame structure, is a barn memory which is often a constant presence in this scenery. A third building is located in the garden upon a little artificial hill. In its basement there is a storage room for the gardening equipment and a barbecue on the ground floor. This part of the garden, with its disaligned geometry made of Corten steps and grass, wants to slightly break away from the severeness of the whole outdoor composition.  © Ezio Manciucca The energy supply, which is only electrical, is guaranteed by an extensive photovoltaic system hidden in the grounds of the property and located at a distance from the buildings.  © Ezio Manciucca  Section / Elevation  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ultra-Luxury Tower in Toronto to be CetraRuddy's First Canadian Project Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of CetraRuddy Since the site was acquired in 2014, New York-based architects CetraRuddy, known for the iconic Manhattan tower One Madison, have been working on what is likely to be an icon of its own, 64 Prince Arthur. The point where The Annex and Yorkville neighborhoods meet in Toronto marks Adi Development Group's newest project, as well as their first in Toronto. The initial renderings of the project show Adi and CetraRuddy's commitment to making a statement on the skyline, "an iconic legacy project."  Courtesy of CetraRuddy The graceful 29-story tower stretches to over 400 feet and will house 60 luxury residential units, as reported by Urban Toronto. Encompassed in a structural exoskeleton, the glazing peels away to reveal outdoor terraces growing larger on each ascending level. A central core maintains the only continuity as each floor plate slowly morphs from a rectangle at the entry level, to a less orthogonal polygon at the penthouse.  Courtesy of CetraRuddy  Courtesy of CetraRuddy Drawing on their expertise in an urban context, CetraRuddy aims to tie the ultra high-end residential tower into the dense context Yorkville offers. Nancy Ruddy, co-founding Principal at CetraRuddy Architecture, describes the practice as "grounded in developing a unique responsive solution to local context" and adds, "This will be our first building in Canada and our intent is to add to the vibrant fabric of this global style neighborhood through an exploration of the lifestyle and architectural history of this part of the city." As a way to involve the community, Adi will be hosting a series of public consultations to ask for additional insight and feedback on the design and programming leading up to their first design submission to the city. Derived from the 'exploration of the lifestyle' in Toronto that Nancy Ruddy describes, Adi Development Group anticipates that 64 Prince Arthur will acquaint the Toronto market with a new caliber for luxury, one which the city's residents have been awaiting. News via: CetraRuddy.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Small-Scale Rainwater Harvesting Made Simpler by Studio Bas Van der Veer Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Studio Bas van der Veer Earlier this month, Studio Bas van der Veer, the Dutch product design studio, unveiled its design for a rain barrel at the three-day fair, spoga+gafa 2017, in Cologne. Van der Veer, a graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven, initially designed the product – then titled 'A Drop of Water' – as part of his thesis in 2009, for which he not only won the prestigious René Smeets Award for best project at the school's Graduate Galleries exhibition but was also shortlisted for the Melkweg Award. Over the years, the design won numerous accolades, including the Journées des Collections Jardin - Innovation Award, and the Tuinidee Award.  Courtesy of Studio Bas van der Veer The sleek, drop-shaped rainwater harvesting apparatus is a clever variation of a traditional rain barrel, allowing users to easily attach it to drainpipes with diameters as wide as 50 - 80 mm. Seamlessly integrated into the design is a watering can which fits neatly at the very top collecting water directly from the pipe when it rains, and allowing the surplus water to flow into the small reservoir for storage and later use. The tap at the base allows for easy refilling of the can, and also leaves room for attaching a watering hose if need be. The Raindrop, albeit not too large in size, is a smart step towards harvesting rain and discouraging the use of tap water for tasks as simple as watering plants and irrigating small gardens.  Courtesy of Studio Bas van der Veer  Courtesy of Studio Bas van der Veer For Van der Veer, who has designed several different versions of the Raindrop, the bulbous form or the drop-shaped puncture in the barrel is "a symbolical reference to what the design contains: water." Part of the product collection featured on his website is the Raindrop Mini, designed particularly for houses with small balconies and limited space, along with the slightly larger Pure Rain, which also features a bird bath – all carefully hand cast using a combination of techniques including CNC milling and thermoforming. With the production spearheaded by leading pottery label Elho, Raindrop will be ready for sale by the beginning of 2018 and will be available in several webshops, as well as garden centers and DIY stores across the world. News via: Studio Bas van der Veer.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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