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- ÖBB Headquarter / Zechner & Zechner
- Irish Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale to Explore the "Free Market" Towns of Ireland
- Swisshouse XXXII Rossa / Davide Macullo Architects
- Invermark House / SAOTA
- SEOULLO Skygarden / MVRDV
- Shangping Village Regeneration / 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
- ATM Nursery / HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro
- Morning Dew Guesthouse / Architects Group RAUM
- Dunza Headquarters / Morari Arquitectura + JAA
- Heatherwick's Pier 55 Project Given New Life by New York State Governor
- Cobogó House / Allouchie Arquitetos
- Stellar Drawings Selected as Winners of WAF's Inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize
- NASP Headquarters / Dal Pian Arquitetos Associados
- "Urban Toys" Designed to Reactivate Underused Public Spaces in Mexico City
- Airbnb Office - 999 Brannan / Airbnb Environments
- The 6 Best European Cities to Start an Architecture Business
- Collector's Nook / mf+arquitetos
- New York City’s Proposal for the Missing Green-Link in Midtown
- MVRDV Designs Multicolored Tetris Hotel for Dutch Design Week 2017
| ÖBB Headquarter / Zechner & Zechner Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Markus Kaiser
 © Helmut Pierer Text description provided by the architects. The ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) has decided to build their corporate headquarters in the immediate vicinity of the new Vienna main train station. The Viennese architectural firm Zechner & Zechner emerged as winners from the two-stage, EU-wide architectural planning competition.  Sketch The aim of the concept was to find an outstanding architectural object for the corporate headquarters, which was to provide optimal working and communication conditions for the approximately 1600 employees from various different ÖBB companies.  © Helmut Pierer The 88m high office tower acts – since its completion in 2014 - as a landmark for the new district south of the new Central Train Station. An S-shaped curve of the building and the recess at the site's northern border opens the structure to the forecourt. The dynamically curved main form and the smooth rounded surface are reminiscent of modern high-speed trains.  © Helmut Pierer The configuration of the floor plan allows maximum flexibility of the various office organisation options. The strategy of reversible offices has proven to be the optimal concept in terms of investment because of its high flexibility, which makes it easily adaptable to individual user's requirements.  Section  Section Zechner & Zechner designed a sustainable "slim building" with low primary energy consumption and limited use of domestic engineering, while at the same time having a healthy and comfortable climate. Regulatable external sun blinds, natural ventilation, heat dissipation via automatic ventilation, the redirection of light to optimise natural illumination and reduce energy consumption for lighting and natural humidification with islands of plants are used to achieve this.  © Helmut Pierer The building is equipped with a double skin façade and supplied by district heating and cooling. Thanks to the activation of thermal mass and consistent use of waste heat a very low total energy consumption can be guaranteed.  Diagram  © Helmut Pierer  Detail The Austrian Society for Sustainable Real Estate (ÖGNI) awarded the certificate in gold to the ÖBB Headquarter. In October 2017, the building was awarded the "American Architecture Prize" for high-rise buildings.  © Helmut Pierer  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Irish Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale to Explore the "Free Market" Towns of Ireland Posted: 26 Oct 2017 09:00 PM PDT The Irish Ministry for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht have announced Free Market as the theme of the Irish Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. A team of curators—including Laurence Lord (AP+E), Orla Murphy (Custom), Jeffrey Bolhuis (AP+E), Jo Anne Butler (Culturstruction), Tara Kennedy (Culturstruction), and Miriam Delaney (DIT)—will present an exhibition which explores the common space of market towns in Ireland.
"As we know," the Irish Minister in charge Heather Humphreys TD stated, "these spaces are hugely important for rural communities in our country, and for economic and social engagement in our towns. However, this is also a theme with global resonance." Ireland's presence at the forthcoming Venice Architecture Biennale is bolstered by the fact that the Artistic Directors leading the event are Irish; Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects will be responsible for the exhibition's message, angle, and contributions.
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| Swisshouse XXXII Rossa / Davide Macullo Architects Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:00 PM PDT  © Alexandre Zveiger
 © Alexandre Zveiger Swiss House Rossa represents the constant commitment to build with respect for the places we inhabit and to make every effort in helping our understanding of civilisation. This is an opera that lies on the cusp between art and architecture, a living sculpture. Alongside its primary role in protecting man from the elements, it is an architecture that needs art to complete it.  © Alexandre Zveiger The Calanca valley, when you go there, you forget the things that are known to you. In reality, the journey there is short, but it is a trip of a lifetime. Once inside, the valley closes behind you, and beyond opens the door to your dreams.  © Alexandre Zveiger Rocky walls, forests, undulating soft fields; the ceaseless work of centuries of men and women; it warms us. The rocks tell us the story of the birth of the earth and how much it has had to move to give us this blessed place.  © Alexandre Zveiger Rossa is a place of memory where civilisation comes from simplicity. Our task is to continue this art of love for this land through humble but enduring gestures. This village in the Swiss Alps at an altitude of 1100 meters, lies almost at the end of the valley, where the powerful force of nature expresses itself, its presence revealing to us our measure in the world. Expresses itself, its presence revealing to us our measure in the world.  © Alexandre Zveiger Building in this context means taking cue from the signs of the past in their essence, following the peace of a place that catalyses energies difficult to describe.  © Alexandre Zveiger Nothing here is new. This physical and spiritual place still resists commoditisation and each object placed in it is consumed and amalgamated with history and nature.  © Alexandre Zveiger Swiss House is placed spatially along a line of volumes of patrician houses that form an agglomeration around the village church. The new volume emphasises this axis both physically and conceptually.  Ground Floor Plan  Ground Floor Mezzanine The cross in vertical projection, the rounding of the edges and the simple torsion of the roof make it dynamic and reinterprets the archetype of the house. Just like the typical house as designed by children: two vertical lines, two diagonal line for the roof, holes for letting in light. This is the same thing, but completely different.  © Alexandre Zveiger  Section  © Alexandre Zveiger It is the archetype re-invented to show that the reasons for building are inventive and inexhaustible and that buildings are our public art. Just as our surrounding nature is not always the same, but is in constant flux, changing and taking on new meanings depending on how we observe it.  © Alexandre Zveiger It is an enclosure that defines a dynamic space. The points of view and the light penetrations work on the perception of time, notably from the absence of the instantaneous speed of the sliding images we have grown used to. It is an unbroken line of emotions. Each aperture is calibrated and oriented towards selected views of the surrounding landscape. Each point is different and every breath of the landscape suggests different things.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2017 07:00 PM PDT  © Adam Letch
 © Adam Letch Text description provided by the architects. Located in the leafy suburb of Higgovale, set below the iconic Table Mountain, House Invermark overlooks the city and harbour of Cape Town. Forty seven years after receiving a medal for excellence, House Invermark has been awarded a prestigious Commendation from the Cape Institute for Architecture (CIfA), in recognition of noteworthy contributions to architecture.  Ground Floor Plan Designed originally for himself by respected South African architect Gilbert Colyn in 1969, it was inspired by two iconic modernist houses, namely that of Phillip Johnson's 1949 Glass House and Mies van der Rohe's 1951 Farnsworth House. The house was purchased by architect Stefan Antoni, director at SAOTA, in 2013. By this stage it had reached a poor state of disrepair and featured numerous inappropriate alterations and additions totally out of character with the language of the building. Had it not been for Antoni's intervention, it might have faced demolition as its heritage status as being a fine example of contemporary architecture was not recognised.  © Adam Letch SAOTA's careful and sensitive alterations and additions have returned the threatened building back to its original state, enhanced its overall composition and significantly refined the living experience to bring it up to date with contemporary living. In the living area, kitchen, main bedroom and bathrooms, structure and screens were removed to facilitate improved flows associated with contemporary living.  © Adam Letch Changes were also effected to the exterior spatial configuration involving the relocation of the swimming pool from the darker mountain side to the sunny street sea view side, providing much needed privacy from the street. This freed the courtyard to become a family garden planted with lawn and a row of Elderflower (Sambucus Nigra) trees running along a new linear water feature. The street interface was also substantially redesigned. These changes have served to significantly augment the experience of the house relative to the landscape. It is noteworthy that when Colyn viewed the house after its completion, he was suitably impressed.  © Adam Letch  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2017 05:00 PM PDT  © Ossip van Duivenbode
 © Ossip van Duivenbode Text description provided by the architects. MVRDV's design offers a living dictionary of the natural heritage of South Korea to the city centre of Seoul. It connects the city dwellers with the nature, offering the users the opportunity of experiencing the amazing views to the Historical Seoul Station and Namdaemun Gate. It is an educational arboretum and a nursery for future species. How can we transform a 1970's highway into a Skygarden? How can we change the daily life of thousands of people who cross Seoul's city centre every day? How can we create a unique public park in the heart of Seoul with a diverse amount of plant species?  © Ossip van Duivenbode THE SKYGARDEN  Masterplan Since the project began in May 2015, the main challenge of the Skygarden project has been to transform a 938-meter long existing overpass into a public garden, overlaying a matrix of Korean flora onto the 16m elevated steel structure. From the start, MVRDV engaged with the need to change this infrastructural element into a green symbol, changing the image of the city centre of Seoul. Together with the Seoul's Municipality, local NGO's, landscape teams and city advisers, MVRDV was deeply committed to accommodating the biggest diversity of flora into a strictly urban condition.  © Ossip van Duivenbode The park is populated by 16 small pavilions such as cafes, shops, exhibitions, gardener's pavilions, trampolines, foot bath, stage and children's theatre and information centre as well. They enhance the experience of the users, boosting the park with extra fun activities that engage the city on a cultural and commercial level. Multiple stairs, lifts, bridges and escalators connect the city to the new park, rebounding it to the adjacent urban fabric.  Axonometric THE ARBORETUM  © Ossip van Duivenbode  Access + Vegetation  © Ossip van Duivenbode The linear park was designed as a collection of small gardens, each one with its very own layout, perfume, colour and identity. The landscape will change according to the seasons: the bright colours of leaves in autumn of the Aceraceae family (maples), the blossom of cherry trees and rhododendron in spring, the evergreen conifers trees in winter and shrubs and trees bearing fruit in summer.  © Ossip van Duivenbode Some of the flora highlights are the two large squares: the colourful Rosa Square where one can enjoy concerts and performances, next to the flowery tree pots and the Magnolia Square with an open-air stage and café.  © Ossip van Duivenbode The huge water lilies ponds on the Nymphaeaceae area and the photogenic Ginko trees are also a must-see in the garden. There will be edible berries and fruit spread over the Skygarden and succulent plants in the area from the Crassulacean family. More than 800 mobile tree pots will be added to the garden to enhance the change in seasons.  © Ossip van Duivenbode Just like an open-air encyclopaedia, the plant families are organised in alphabetic order, from East to West, creating easy navigation to finding the species on display.  © Ossip van Duivenbode -001.jpg?1508976163 "Bridge section") Bridge section  © Ossip van Duivenbode THE SATELLITES The plant library should be credited to Ben Kuipers (Dutch Landscape Designer) and KECC, the local landscape partner.  © Ossip van Duivenbode  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shangping Village Regeneration / 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio Posted: 26 Oct 2017 03:00 PM PDT  © Jin Weiqi
 © Jin Weiqi Text description provided by the architects. Selected as one of the "historical and cultural villages" in Fujian Province, Shangping Village has been sustained by its agricultural tradition and Hakka culture. Shangping Village has a complete rural feng shui pattern where two streams run around the village and gather at Shuikou area (the water gap, village entrance). There are many provincial-level cultural heritages such as the Tai Fu Tai Mansion, the Yang's Ancestral Temple, etc. According to the legend, the great scholar Zhu Xi used to give lectures in Shangping and to leave with treasured calligraphy. Therefore, Shangping has a reputation for "literary village surrounded by water ".  © Jin Weiqi  © Jin Weiqi Under the premise of protection, the design team has neither used the common way of "repairing old as old", nor created the trendy mode of vernacular bed & breakfast. On the contrary, the design team has selected and transformed a number of abandoned agricultural facilities and infrastructures, such as cowsheds, pigsties, barns, and bamboo squeeze, etc.) with implanting upgraded industries, complementing tourism service facilities and providing a new economical platform. Based on the principles of locality and contemporariness, the design team has also designed cultural and creative products, provided business guidance and promotions which could be described as an integral service from conceptual planning to spatial construction, and to tourism products and promotion.  © Jin Weiqi  Site Plan of Shuikou Area  © Jin Weiqi The gallery pavilion: It needs to tear down the original pavilion with rubbery stone and to build a new one with more transparent corridor. It not only maintains traditional feng shui pattern of blocking sight and water, but also provides the good view for people who are sitting inside the corridor appreciating the surrounding scene and passers-by. The designers wish to establish an inheritance through the respect of the original faith and enable the locals to accept the new pavilion that the statues of worship for local people are well preserved and re-placed back to the original position of the new building.  © Ri Yue Lan Cao Clouds Cafe: Clouds Cafe is a small house built on the original debris shed while keeping the form of local pergola, from which people can look down the pond in front. Shaped as a box with simple interior, the function of the building has been designed asa cafe for both locals and tourists to have a rest.For the facade facing to the village, the designers have adopt the wooden windows, one of whosesides are painted in color while another in plain, with axis to make a flexible while charming internal and external space. The designers hope that this new service facility will bring a dramatic "conflict" to the ancient village.  © Jin Weiqi  © Jin Weiqi The tobacco-curing house: As a relic of traditional agriculture facility, the tobacco-curing house has important tourism value for urban residents to learn about traditional tobacco-making craftsmanship. The design team did not want to make the transformation asa simple reproduction of the original techniques but an artistic intervention was introduced: The tobacco-curing house has been molded into an ode to farming civilization and a lighting installation. The sunlight would be intensified into colored lights from the skylight window. Designers hope it becomes a ritual place for people to reconsider the relationship between man and nature by artistic installation.  © Jin Weiqi  Conceptual Section of Tobacco-curing House Installation  © Jin Weiqi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ATM Nursery / HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro Posted: 26 Oct 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Studio Bauhaus, Ryuji Inoue
 © Studio Bauhaus, Ryuji Inoue Text description provided by the architects. This is a nursery at the site which used to be a fire department. It is on a part of Chitose New Town straddling the border between Toyonaka city and Suita city. In this area, communities had been built and developed around the housing estates, but now they tend to decline and disappear. The nursery is a place to develop children's personality and also, it's important to tell children the history of their neighborhood and old scenery. Therefore, we reinterpret the housing estates and plan a nursery as a hub of local communities.  © Studio Bauhaus, Ryuji Inoue For example, the exterior has different kinds of levels and give variety in order to avoid the long and thin exterior which is a characteristic of housing estates but gives a ticky-tacky impression. We planned a balcony at the periphery of the building which is also a characteristic of a housing estate, where there are undulation, climbing equipment, slope, bench, and a monkey bar. They make children take an exercise playing. In addition, the children's activities are sent out to the neighborhood in the process. Also, in this area, by allowing a light injury and failure, children will build a further sense of advancement and challenge.  © Studio Bauhaus, Ryuji Inoue Making more contacts among people, we planned people's eyes can be spread to any directions. For example, the kitchen and dining room is open to the street or outside of the building. They are also connected to the outside corridor and play terrace so that neighbors can take care of children's activities and for teachers, it became easier to notice what is happened outside. In every nursery room, there are large windows at the side of the play terrace and the corridor so that it prompts different ages of children to communicate and feel their presence each other. As a result, younger children yearn for older children and them eager to grow up. On the other hand, older children will get a kindness by taking care of younger children.  © Studio Bauhaus, Ryuji Inoue  Lower Floor Plan  © Studio Bauhaus, Ryuji Inoue Recently, most of the nurseries shut doors to outside in an aspect of the security. But in this nursery, by opening doors to outside, the human security is being built. Accordingly, warmer communities are being created in the local society as well as in the nursery. Now this terrace is the place to communicate with those who live near here. If this good interchanges continued and grew up touching warm communities, children's communication ability could be built. Consequently, they must be ones to make a good future in this society.  © Studio Bauhaus, Ryuji Inoue  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Morning Dew Guesthouse / Architects Group RAUM Posted: 26 Oct 2017 12:00 PM PDT  © Yoon Joonhwan
 © Yoon Joonhwan Text description provided by the architects. Urban guest house is a new purpose for tourism revitalization and rebirth of original downtown. An urban guest house house is a facility where the landlord resides in a house (less than 230㎡) and operates a lodging business (guest house) only for foreign tourists. This project has some specificity that the client (operator) is a foreigner (stranger) and the users are foreigners (strangers) too. So, we selected a site located in Choryang, an area in which our lives and foreign cultures are woven by strange rules and order, and we tried to create a new urban guest house space where we can find novelty while respecting the old texture of Choryang. and this building will be operated as a space for strangers (travelers) after its completion. I hope that this building has a power to show characteristics of the location Choryang possesses.  © Yoon Joonhwan  Diagram  © Yoon Joonhwan Choryang is an area that vividly records the history and life of Busan. in the desperate need to survive, houses with minimum standard were gathred one by one and overcrowded at the end it is also a place mixed with foreign cultures while adapting to various styles as an open port. Choryang is a symbol of an era in which we only to satisfy the unplanned daily demands. it is also a place created by the wave of strangers for a long time. The various constructions standing here are creating a scenery with relationship between old and new while looking at sea and feel sky. So, Choryang has an image of the open port of Busan.  © Yoon Joonhwan Houses commonly found in Choryang are lump of structure mad hastily on the slopes. These constructions have roughly sit on their place for a long time, but it seems now friendly and orderly. Although those are rough, they have unique orders, and these rules eventually create a friendly scenery of the city. These rules are also the rules and life order of Busan people who have lived here.  © Yoon Joonhwan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dunza Headquarters / Morari Arquitectura + JAA Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:00 AM PDT  © Documentación Arquitectonica
 © Documentación Arquitectonica Text description provided by the architects. Dunza Headquarters building employs minimal resources to produce maximum results. It is an honest building that, having a limited budget, uses precast concrete blocks to mold with them the most precious material we have: light.  © Documentación Arquitectonica It is placed from north to south in the highest part of the site, looking for the best views and the best handling of the sun’s path. The building touches the ground lightly by means of a metallic structure that keeps excavations to the minimum, cutting construction costs and respecting the natural landscape.  Main plan The program is housed in a grid that conforms three longitudinal strips containing and ordering the different uses: the first strip consists of services and auxiliary spaces, the second one corresponds to the work area and the third houses a recreational space that takes the form of a large terrace.  © Documentación Arquitectonica The latticework of the south-east facade filters the morning light, illuminating in amber tones the terrace and the lobby that precedes the reception, where a marble front desk welcomes the visitor. As you pass the reception the vast central working space is discovered, where the free floor and desks are bathed by a benevolent indirect light. The director’s office is located at the back of the building, where the north orientation allows great panoramic views.  © Documentación Arquitectonica The constructive efficiency that rules the project is also reflected in its energy management. The passive means of thermal control keep the use of air conditioning to a minimum, while the sawtooth roof incorporates a photovoltaic system that produces the electrical energy consumed by the building making it practically autonomous.  Section Dunza Headquarters building is a sober box of light that arises from the need for high efficiency and, at the same time, seeks to create an atmosphere that allows the user to concentrate on their work without being isolated from the phenomena that enrich our experience in the world, such as the passage of the sun or the wind of the afternoon. This project argues that efficiency and experience, far from being incompatible, are complementary; that it is possible to create complete workspaces, machines of inhabit and feel that dignify and enhance the daily routine of the user.  © Documentación Arquitectonica  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Heatherwick's Pier 55 Project Given New Life by New York State Governor Posted: 26 Oct 2017 09:00 AM PDT  © Heatherwick Studio Just one month after the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Pier 55 project in New York City was declared dead in the water, opposing parties seem to have come to an agreement that will allow the project to continue, thanks to the intervention of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. In early September, after opponents of the project, including the City Club of New York, developer Douglas Durst and environmental activists, had successfully mired the project in a legal battle, the project's primary backer Barry Diller decided to pull the plug. But now, in an agreement brokered by the governor, the project will be allowed to move forward in exchange for a promise to complete the 4.5-mile-long Hudson River Park – a project which began in 1998 with an intended completion date of 2003. Today, only 70 percent of the park has been built, and the managing group, the Hudson River Park Trust, has struggled to find the funding necessary for both new construction and maintenance of what has been completed. The cost to finish the project had been estimated to cost nearly $200 million, but state officials have not yet stated how much funding will be allocated. The Pier 55 project had previously come under fire for rising cost estimates and for potential threat to the river ecosystem. Mr. Diller said in a statement, "I'm going to make one last attempt to revive plans to build the park, so that the intended beneficiaries of our endeavor can fall in love with Pier 55 in the way all of us have." See past coverage here, or read the full story here. News via New York Times, Curbed.
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| Cobogó House / Allouchie Arquitetos Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:00 AM PDT  © Antônio Preggo
 © Antônio Preggo Text description provided by the architects. We are looking for a contemporary and genuine architecture from Pernambuco. Located in a private condominium on the outskirts of the urban perimeter of Caruaru, the main city in the rural area of Pernambuco, the plot of land has southeast orientation, with a higher incidence of winds during the year.  © Antônio Preggo We opted for a simple architecture in the ostentation aspect, but great in the matter of the emotion, of the sensorial symbiosis. We can say that this "way" is absolutely related to the personality of the architects, holders of an intuition more contained in the act of projecting, but sometimes implodes of so much artistic expression and meaning.  © Antônio Preggo Cobogó House is another architecture that emerges from the emptiness, almost central, a place of arrival, which precedes a subtle architectural promenade.  Floor Plan Natural materials such as wood, handmade as hydraulic tile, and apparent and "raw" as concrete, iron and glass, coupled with a subtlety in the use of colors and a low ceiling (2.26m - to the height of the average man with raised arm of the Modulor) give the place a warm and "human" ambience.  © Antônio Preggo The most pragmatic challenge of the project was to meet the relatively large needs program for the lot size (375sqm) and a desire for large and sometimes open spaces. All this in a single floor. The natural solution was to integrate "mandatory setbacks" into environments, eliminating any "dead space" within the boundaries of the terrain, both in the external and internal areas. We can clearly see this intuition from pedestrian access, through the terrace, as well as the garage and the organic garden.  Section Evaldo Coutinho defended architecture as a product of construction, not design. And that the only way to feel its spatial essence was to be in the work itself. The fact that we designed and built the work allowed us to do experiments once more during the execution, which was certainly fundamental to the final result.  © Antônio Preggo Two other important aspects for us were environmental comfort and privacy control. walls, marquises, hollow brick wall, strategically located and dimensioned frames, are some architectural elements that appear as a solution. In some cases, elements, such as the "skin" (apparent manual brick wall) of the front façade that protects the rooms, appear as a solution to both problems. Because it is a leaked wall, it allows the passage of lighting and natural ventilation while giving privacy to the users of the house and allows the street view to them. In addition it is clear from an aesthetic and poetic appeal.  © Antônio Preggo Considering the functional dimension of the house, two premises were important in structuring the plant. We wanted the possibility of two independent and distant accesses, one for a vehicle and another for those who came on foot. It was important for us both to take us initially to the social area of the house. In this way, the room appears with a kind of vestibule, only located in the center of the building, which gives direct access to the intimate area and kitchen. A practical and simple solution.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Stellar Drawings Selected as Winners of WAF's Inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize Posted: 26 Oct 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Hybrid: WINNER - Memento Mori A Peckham Hospice Care Home by Jerome, Xin Hao Ng. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival The World Architecture Festival has announced the winner of the their inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize, established to recognize the "continuing importance of hand drawing, whilst also embracing the creative use of digitally produced renderings." From 166 entries from architects, designers and students across the globe, 38 of the best drawings were shortlisted within three categories: Digital, Hand-drawn, and Hybrid. From that list, commendations and a category winner were chosen, with the overall grand prize awarded to the year's best drawing. Submissions were evaluated on technical skill, originality in approach and ability to convey an architectural idea, whether for a conceptual or actual building project. This year, the overall winner was Momento Mori: a Peckham Hospice Care Home by Jerome Xin Hao Ng, produced as part of Ng's final diploma project at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. "[The drawing is] a superbly conceived and executed perspectival view looking down through the building from roof level, praised for its technical skill and the sensitivity with which it depicted the spaces found in such institutions as settings for multi-generation social interaction," said Jeremy Melvin, Curator of World Architecture Festival (WAF). See the winners and shortlisted drawings below. WinnersHybrid and Overall Winner: Memento Mori: A Peckham Hospice Care Home by Jerome Xin Hao Ng, created whilst studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UK  Hybrid: WINNER - Memento Mori A Peckham Hospice Care Home by Jerome, Xin Hao Ng. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Digital Winner: Deep Water Purgatory by Christopher Wijatno, WOHA, Singapore  Digital: WINNER - Deep Water Purgatory by Christopher Wijatno. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Hand-drawn Winner: Scenarios for a Post Crisis Landscape by Dimitrios Grozopoulos, Gillespies, UK  Hand-drawn: WINNER - Scenarios for a post crisis landscape by Dimitrios Grozopoulos. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival CommendedDigital: Renovation of Denggao Village by Xinyuan Cao, Mahlum, USA  Digital: COMMENDED - Renovation of Denggao Village by Xinyuan Cao. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Publicly Accessible Spaces in St Paul's Cathedral by Chris Raven, DRDH Architects, UK  Digital: COMMENDED - Publicly Accessible Spaces in St Paul's Cathedral by Chris Raven. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Hand-drawn: Utopia by Ubaldo Occhinegro, Mua Studio, Italy  Hand-drawn: COMMENDED - Utopia by Ubaldo Occhinegro. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival 360 Degrees Panorama of the Dam Square by Elles Middelians, Studio Ellessi, Natherlands  Hand-drawn: COMMENDED - 360 degrees panorama of the Dam Square by Elles Middeljans. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival New Entry 5 by Sergei Tchoban, Tchoban Voss Architekten, Germany  Hand-drawn: COMMENDED - New entry 5 by Sergei Tchoban. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Portuguese Street by Anna Budnikova, Strojproject CB, Russia  Hand-drawn: COMMENDED - Portuguese street by Anna Budnikova. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival 100 by Reza Aliabadi, rzlbd, Canada  Hand-drawn: COMMENDED - 100 by Reza Aliabadi. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Hybrid: Knowledge Hub and Community Support Spaces - Studying Seasons and Community Interactions by Clare Donald, Scott Brownrigg, UK  Hybrid: COMMENDED - Knowledge Hub and Community Support Spaces - Studying Seasons and Community Interactions by Claire Donald. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Reconstruct with Drawing. Hand drawing for Graphic Analysis by Mariapia Di Lecce, Università degli Studi di Parma - Facoltà di Architettura  Hybrid: COMMENDED - Reconstruct with drawing. Hand drawing for graphic analysis by Mariapia Di Lecce. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Hydrological cluster by Anna Budnikova, Strojproject CB, Russia  Hybrid: COMMENDED - Hydrological cluster by Anna Budnikova. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival ShortlistedDigital: Industrial Melanism, by Joel Jones, London Southbank University, UK  Digital: Industrial Melanism by Joel Jones. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Echoessssssss 2 by Sarath Saitongin, Städelschule Architecture Class, Germany  Digital: Echoessssssss 2 by Sarath Saitongin. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Palmed-Off by Isabel Sandeman  Digital: Palmed-Off by Isabel Sanderman. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival One Thousand and One Nights by Xinran Ma, USA  Digital: ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS by Xinran Ma. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Macca by Shiro Nishikawa, Nikken Sekkei, Japan  Digital: Macca by Shiro Nishikawa. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival The Ministry of Ocean Wisdom by Victor Moldoveanu, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark  Digital: The Ministry Of Ocean Wisdom by Victor Moldoveanu. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Hand-drawn: Spatial Cocktails by Reza Aliabadi, rzlbd, Canada  Hand-drawn: Spatial Cocktails (series; seven in total) by Reza Aliabadi. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Measured Drawing of School at Winchester College by Sue Beaumont, ADAM Architecture, UK  Hand-drawn: Measured Drawing of School at Winchester College by Sue Beaumont. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Between the Lines by Peter Magyar, Kansas State University, USA  Hand-drawn: Between the lines by Peter Magyar. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Office Building Rossau Barracks, Vienna, by Martin Zechner, Zechner & Zechner ZT GmbH, Austria  Hand-drawn: Office building Rossau barracks, Vienna by Martin Zechner. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival More Stories about Ports and Polar Bears: A Future for Churchill, Manitoba, by Evan Taylor, Architecture49 Inc, Canada  Hand-drawn: More Stories about Ports and Polar Bears A Future for Churchill, Manitoba by Evan Taylor. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Yproject by Shoichiro Ishii, Nikken Sekkei Illustration Studio, Japan  Hand-drawn: Yproject by Shoichiro Ishii. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival S-Museum by Masaaki Yamada, Nikken Sekkei Illustration Studio, Japan  Hand-drawn: S-Museum by Masaaki Yamada. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Surfaces are solids by Josef Saller, heri&salli, Austria  Hand-drawn: Surfaces are solids by Josef Saller. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Archaeologies of the Future by Etienne Bastormagi, Studio Etienne Bas, Lebanon  Hand-drawn: Archeologies of the Future by Etienne Bastormagi. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Abstract and Esoteric Tectonics by Nada AlMulla, American University of Sharjah, UAE  Hand-drawn: Abstract and Esoteric Tectonics by Nada AlMulla. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Munich Marienplatz by Anna Budnikova, Strojproject CB, Russia  Hand-drawn: Munich Marienplatz by Anna Budnikova. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Lea Valley Super-Farm: Institute of Failed Fruit and Vegetables in London by Bong Yeung, Foster + Partners, Hong Kong  Hand-drawn: Lea Valley Super-Farm Institute of Failed Fruit and Vegetables in London by Bong Yeung. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Scaffold Cities by KM Tham, PTW Architects Sydney, Australia  Hand-drawn: Scaffold Cities by KM Tham. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Hybrid: Ambidextrous Architecture by Mohammed Syafiq Hassan Jubri  Hybrid: Ambidextrous Architecture by Mohammed Syafiq Hassan Jubri. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Noah's Ark of Reminiscence by Maria Kremer, Bureau Alexander Brodsky, Russia  Hybrid: Noah's Ark of Reminiscence by Maria Kremer. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival (Me)aning After the Revolution of Play by Martin Carrillo, Bennington College, USA  Hybrid: (Me)aning After the Revolution of Play by Martin Carrilo. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival rethinking of area by Ivan Karnitckii  Hybrid: rethinking of area by Ivan Karnitckii. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Deep Rise by Jollie Cheung, aehstudio, Hong Kong  Hybrid: Deep Rise by Jollie Cheung. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Estuary Airfield by Laurie Chetwood, Chetwoods, UK  Hybrid: Estuary Airfield by Laurie Chetwood. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival The shortlisted entries will be displayed at the Architecture Drawing Prize stand at the World Architecture Festival, which takes place next month in Berlin from 15-17 November 2018. The winning and shortlisted entries will then go on to be displayed at Sir John Soane's Museum in London from February 21 – April 14, 2018. Learn more about 2017 World Architecture Festival events, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| NASP Headquarters / Dal Pian Arquitetos Associados Posted: 26 Oct 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Nelson Kon
.jpg?1505884650 "© Pedro Mascaro") © Pedro Mascaro Text description provided by the architects. In 2011, Natura, a Brazilian multinational company of cosmetics and beauty products, promoted an architectural competition on invitation to its new administrative headquarters in São Paulo. The project chosen among nine participating teams is located on the borders of Via Anhanguera, one kilometer from Marginal Tietê. Built next to the company's distribution center, it occupies a plot with dense vegetation of approximately 112,000 square meters. With an area of 29,700 m², its program includes corporate spaces for 1,600 employees, as well as support areas, services and utilities. .jpg?1505884453 "© Pedro Mascaro") © Pedro Mascaro  Site Plan .jpg?1505884884 "© Nelson Kon") © Nelson Kon Respecting the natural conditions of the site, the building was thought of as a transparent and highly permeable Horizontal Tower, approximately 100 meters long. Like a floating volume amid the exuberant vegetation, it receives the main flows of pedestrians through walkways that pass through the treetops. Gardens, green areas and reflecting pools appear as incisions and elements that invade its built mass and .jpg?1505884572 "© Pedro Mascaro") © Pedro Mascaro Comprising six floors (ground floor, three standard stories and two lower floors), its internal spaces are articulated around an Integrating Void, which crosses all floors. Internal gardens and circulation areas are also facing the void. Panoramic lifts and a set of stairs cross the space and reinforce the prerogative of an extroverted building that exposes the flow and movement of users. A wide Unifying Cover, consisting of horizontal glazed frames and metallic perforated louvers, filters the natural light. .jpg?1505884673 "© Nelson Kon") © Nelson Kon .jpg?1505884873 "© Nelson Kon") © Nelson Kon .jpg?1505884608 "© Nelson Kon") © Nelson Kon Following eco-efficiency’s principles, the east and west glazed facades are protected by a laminated glass louver system fixed in metallic frames. Metal louvers implanted on the north and south faces decrease the indoor insolation. Furthermore, the green roof aims to intensify the building’s thermal isolation.  Scheme Offering unconventional, dynamic, fluid and extroverted work spaces, the NASP architecture seeks to externalize the principles that underlie, govern and drive the company actions - sustainability, innovation, transparency and social-environmental commitment. .jpg?1505884708 "© Nelson Kon") © Nelson Kon  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| "Urban Toys" Designed to Reactivate Underused Public Spaces in Mexico City Posted: 26 Oct 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Cortesía de Laboratorio para la Ciudad How can play areas in cities open up new ways to interact with and experience space? This was the question that prompted Mexico City's Laboratorio para la Ciudad to host the "Urban Toys" competition, seeking architectural proposals for temporary urban interventions that will reactivate underused public spaces through play and amusement. 86 total proposals were received. "Urban toys" are multi-functional objects adapted to the public space where they are installed; they respond to children's demand for play areas and new ways to explore the world. They are artifacts that push the boundaries for playground equipment, defying the traditional play areas that are usually installed in public spaces, such as swing sets, slides and other standardized plastic modules. Each selected team will receive a prize of 50,000 Mexican pesos (approx 2,630 US Dollars), and the "urban toys" will soon be installed in three of Mexico City's public squares, where workshops for psychological development will take place as well in order to generate a more resilient city. The selected projects were: PLAZA LORETO  Cortesía de PALMA Estudio PLAZA SANTA CATARINA  Cortesía de Estudio Oomo PARQUE DE LA EQUIDAD  Cortesía de Laboratorio para la Ciudad From ArchDaily, congratulations to the selected teams.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Airbnb Office - 999 Brannan / Airbnb Environments Posted: 26 Oct 2017 04:00 AM PDT  © Mariko Reed
 © Mariko Reed Text description provided by the architects. Airbnb is delighted to unveil 999 Brannan, a new office in San Francisco designed by Airbnb's Environments Team with local architecture studio WRNS as architecture firm of record. The new space will form part of Airbnb's US Headquarters alongside 888 Brannan.  © Mariko Reed This is the largest single project that the Environments Team has developed. The challenge with this project was not to reinvent but instead to reveal the essential qualities of the building by emphasizing and articulating its core framework.  © Mariko Reed 999 Brannan's design reflects Airbnb's 'Belong Anywhere' ethos by incorporating elements of its global community into the design of the space. The Environments Team translated this into a physical space by assigning each floor to a different city: Buenos Aires, Kyoto, Jaipur and Amsterdam, styling each one of the floor's cafes in relation to that city, the colour, patterns and materials reflecting the local culture. Additionally the interior design of each meeting room is inspired by existing Airbnb listings around the world to enable employees to travel throughout their day.  Sit stands  Standing landing  Bonus gathering spots The Environments Team was exceptionally hands on with the design process creating bespoke furniture and curating every detail. Aaron Taylor Harvey, Airbnb Environments Executive Creative Director, explains "we wanted to bring the same bespoke nuance to this very large space that we brought to the first small office we designed in Portland. We want it to feel like a custom home to every inhabitant."  © Mariko Reed  © Mariko Reed  © Mariko Reed Led by Aaron Taylor Harvey and Rachael Harvey, the team worked in collaboration with WRNS to implement the Airbnb neighbourhood concept and components into the space. Primary work spaces are divided into 16 neighbourhoods with identical components, for up to 50 people each. Every neighbourhood comprises of a desk space with large custom made communal tables and standing desks, three phone rooms, personal storage and a 15 to 30 person garage; a meeting room that can be adapted according to necessities by opening and closing a room divider with a garage door mechanism.  © Mariko Reed As part of Airbnb's ongoing global office design strategy, The Environments Team engaged with local employees in an Employee Design Experience (EDX) programme to help add the finishing touches to the design of the meeting rooms. The EDX programme enabled employees to re-interpret design components from Airbnb listings into the meeting rooms as well as illustrate elements of San Francisco's local identity.  © Mariko Reed 999 Brannan, the new 14,000 sqm office in San Francisco, houses over 1000 staff, covering a range of teams from customer service to legal departments. The previous office at 888 Brannan continues to operate.  © Mariko Reed  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The 6 Best European Cities to Start an Architecture Business Posted: 26 Oct 2017 02:30 AM PDT  London is Europe's number one start-up hotspot. Image © Johan Mouchet <a href='https://unsplash.com/photos/5qeFuSId3H0'>via Unsplash</a> This article was originally published by Archpreneur as "Booming Cities: 6 European Startup Hubs for Architects." Starting a company can be extremely stressful. Fresh graduates, freelancers and directly employed architects looking to create startups face various initial obstacles and need to have a clear view of the operating model for their businesses. They have to choose where to cut costs, which can relate to choice of location, office space and limited living expenses. Following the guidelines of The Lean Startup method—popularized by author and entrepreneur Eric Ries—can be very beneficial for the early phase of a company's development. This can mean focusing on budget-friendly setups, and creating businesses on the idea of developing products and productizing design services. Being part of an entrepreneurial community can also influence the way owners grow their businesses, as it provides opportunities to establish valuable contacts and partnerships. We have compiled a list of 6 startup hubs in Europe, which includes established centers for entrepreneurship as well as cities emerging as exciting new places for experimentation at the intersection of digital technology and architecture.
#1 LondonLondon is Europe's number one start-up hotspot focused mostly on digital creatives and businesses. The UK's capital is also proving to be a great place for emerging architecture firms. While it has some of the highest real estate prices in the world—something that can be tricky to navigate for start-ups—the soaring house prices and a deepening housing shortage in London is proving to be the right impetus for architects to develop unusual design solutions. Awkwardly shaped sites and infill lots are being eyed as opportunities for innovation. The emergence of "infill architecture" is allowing less established firms to creatively apply their ideas in real world. We've already seen London-based startups like Assemble, who has received a huge amount of attention thanks to their entrepreneurial attitude to architecture. They have won the famous Turner Prize with their Granby Four Streets project, an urban regeneration initiative to preserve and revive a cluster of Victorian-era terraced houses in Toxteth, Liverpool. Another London-based start-up, the Photon Project, tackles the idea of modular architecture and wellbeing. The firm plans to build what it claims to be the world's first all-glass, modular residential structure designed to address the benefits of natural light on human health. The proposal is part of the Photon Project, a four-year study on the biological effects of daylight in the built environment and that aims to gather evidence to support improvements in how building occupants live and work. #2 BerlinBerlin is an established startup hub, and currently the one of the best cities to launch a new business. Innovators are drawn to Berlin as one of Europe's most international cities where cheaper living costs allow entrepreneurs to save money and invest it into building better products and hiring great people. Berlin is a relatively affordable city compared to the rest of the country, as well as other European capitals such as London or Stockholm. It offers co-working spaces and hubs such as the Factory Berlin, a startup campus in Berlin-Mitte that brings the best technology businesses together with early stage startups and talents by providing an outstanding work environment, a curated community of founders, and high-quality events. #3 AmsterdamAlong with London and Berlin, Amsterdam is one of the largest startup hubs in Europe. Its multicultural population and business-friendly environment, along with ample opportunities for startups to get mentoring make it a great environment for archipreneurs. The city's budding startup scene is dominated by software development, smart energy and 3D-printing, among others. One of the most prominent accelerators in the Netherlands is based in Amsterdam. Startupbootcamp, founded by Patrick De Zeeuw, Alex Farcet, Carsten Kolbeck, and Ruud Hendriks in 2010, focuses on "smart city and living space" solutions, smart energy and smart building. The recently launched Sharing City initiative that connects startups with the corporate world through city facilities. Dutch company MX3D plans to 3D-print an entire bridge in Amsterdam in collaboration with Autodesk and construction and civil engineering company Heijmans. #4 LisbonAffordable rent, low-cost living and a growing startup scene are attracting young creatives to Lisbon, where a vibrant entrepreneurial community is exploding. While Portugal's government is working to recover the country from the last economic crisis, startups and digital nomads are using various tax incentives to set up their offices in Lisbon. According to results from data comparison site Numbeo, rent prices in Lisbon are almost 70% lower than in London and overall cost of living is almost 50% lower in Lisbon by comparison. The surplus of empty buildings has introduced low rents and living costs. This, coupled with a growing ecosystem of entrepreneurship, is perfect for startups whose businesses often have low or no revenue in initial phases of operation. Here, designers work on revitalizing abandoned buildings, build temporary structures and co-working spaces out of shipping containers. Lisbon has received the name of Europe's most entrepreneurial region for 2015, with numerous startups, venture capital firms, incubators and accelerators providing great opportunities to creatives. #5 DublinSeveral up-and-coming architecture firms and an array of startup funding and support programs dominate new Irish architecture. As a gateway to world markets, Dublin is well connected to the rest of Europe, but offers a smaller number of office spaces, which are also more costly, compared to Lisbon. However, the city boosts favorable low-tax regime and a supportive environment for startups. Ireland has already attracted a huge level of foreign direct investment, particularly from the USA. Several American companies have chosen Ireland because of its pro-business environment, especially in the tech industry. Those working at the intersection between digital technology and architecture will love this emerging startup hub. For example, FenestraPro is a technology company based in Dublin, Ireland, which provides cloud-based software tools for architects to optimize design of building façades. FenestraPro is an authorized developer with Autodesk Revit and also works closely with some of the leading architectural practices and industry experts. Its co-founder Dave Palmer—architectural technologist by trade and former DIT lecturer in the School of Architecture—started the company in 2012 alongside Simon Whelan after the pair had run their own firm for several years. #6 PragueStartup hubs are on the rise in Eastern European countries. Governments are building infrastructure and public VC funds that support startup hubs. This growth is expected to continue through the creation of new accelerators, co-working spaces, mentoring opportunities and reliable funding options. Prague is great place to be an entrepreneur, and an investor. Because of the lack of major competitors, the city is ideal for smaller companies and teams, supported by incubators and accelerators fostering talent. One of the long-term initiatives that acts as an idea incubator is the Negrelli Viaduct project, organized by CCEA in 2013. It focuses on the new use of the spaces under the famous viaduct, merging urbanism, architecture and art. The CCEA initiated the project in the past few years, together with partners from the public and private sectors. In 2016, the project was supported by the Swiss-Czech Cooperation Programme.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Collector's Nook / mf+arquitetos Posted: 26 Oct 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Felipe Araujo
 © Felipe Araujo Text description provided by the architects. The refuge is characterized by simple features, purity of forms, integration with nature and use of natural materials with a color palette of earthy tones, the touch of fabrics, the heat of the wood, the nobility of the marble, the rusticity of the stone and the concrete are mixed with the essential: living, living, coming and going, exploring, knowing, traveling, receiving and appreciating.  © Felipe Araujo  Ground Floor Plan  © Felipe Araujo The character, who goes in search of moments, eternalizes memories through art, photography, and design that tells a story.  © Felipe Araujo  © Felipe Araujo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New York City’s Proposal for the Missing Green-Link in Midtown Posted: 26 Oct 2017 01:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of wHY The city of New York is connecting all 32-miles of coastline with public amenities, piece by piece. To link the East River's greenways, the interdisciplinary practice, wHY has submitted an RFP to the New York City Economic Development Corporation for the 1.1-mile long coastal stretch. The landscape and urban design workshop as part of wHY -- wHY GROUNDS, has tackled the linear site, stretching from 53rd to 61st street, encompassing 1.72-acres of public space. The site is exceptional with its views to Roosevelt Island, the Queensborough Bridge, the Queens/Brooklyn waterfront and down to Lower Manhattan.  Courtesy of wHY
 Courtesy of wHY The wHY GROUNDS proposal is driven by the concept of "Three Layers of meaning: Social, Botanical, Cultural" which is executed with an abundant variety of experiences. The design, led by wHY GROUNDS Director and landscape and urban design professor Mark Thomann, ASLA, maintains the linearity of the site. In contrast to the linear plan, the project makes sectional explorations that revolve around two lanes -- the slow-lane for plantings and pedestrians and the fast-lane for bikes and runners. Grafted onto these two lanes the plan undulates and creates outdoor rooms, allowing for a varied program, places to rest, a chance to appreciate the views and experience atypical adjacencies.  Courtesy of wHY wHY GROUNDS has explored how the slopes of their proposal can filter noise to enhance the opportunities for the cultural component of the concept. The outdoor rooms are flexible spaces for temporary, pop-up, and permanent programming, from street artists to special events. One of the initial cultural events is the ART LANE artist program, where artists will come together to paint the bicycle lanes.  Courtesy of wHY With ecological awareness at the forefront of thought, wHY GROUNDS' approach builds on New York City's vision of reduced emissions. Healthy habitats will thrive below the undulating decks with native, riparian, and river edge plantings. Both above and below the decks, the landscaping palette is designed to balance maintenance, water, shading, and provide biodiversity.  Courtesy of wHY This East Midtown greenway proposal is thoughtful in its design to address the needs of the communities it will serve, and the landscape it will restore to the public. The programmatic function of being able to generate revenue to maintain the park, along with low maintenance planting helps to ensure the success and longevity of this seventy-million dollar proposal. News via: wHY.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MVRDV Designs Multicolored Tetris Hotel for Dutch Design Week 2017 Posted: 25 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT  © Ossip van Duivenbode Hoping to answer the question "what does the future city look like?" at Dutch Design Week, MVRDV has fabricated a multicolored, tetris-like hotel in Eindhoven. The future brings decreasing resources, increasing population, and climate change, reasons MVRDV, and with these limitations in mind, they believe futuristic architecture needs one important quality: flexibility.  © Ossip van Duivenbode Dutch Design Week challenged designers to shift their mindset to create futuristic hypotheses where architecture and science intersect. Designers were asked, how can architecture facilitate a quickly changing, and at times deteriorating, world?  © Ossip van Duivenbode "Through gaming and other tools, (W)ego explores participatory design processes to model the competing desires and egos of each resident in the fairest possible way," said co-founder of MVRDV and Dutch Design Week ambassador Winy Maas.  © Ossip van Duivenbode The physical manifestation of (W)ego at Dutch Design Week shows nine urban dwellings in one possible configuration. Each unit has its own personality for the user that occupies it: an orange door to ascension, a lime green space with hammock and ladders, tropical pink that extends up a few floors, a lemon yellow privatized penthouse, and a blue cave—but the possibilities posed by the concept are endless. During its time on display, (W)ego plays a film in one of its nine rooms which details the extent of its potential configurations.  © Ossip van Duivenbode As one enters (W)ego they have to come to terms with others' spatial needs while deciding their own spatial desires. Ultimately, (W)ego begs the question: what is going on next door? (W)ego will be on display at Dutch Design Week 2017 through October 29th.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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