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- Cristovão House / Coletivo Cais
- Ostasilor 8 / TAG Architecture
- Albert Park House / Hindley & Co
- MVRDV-Designed Auditorium Features Sound Absorbing, Moss-Like Fabric Walls
- ACME's Wildly Twisting Wooden Staircase Draws Inspiration From Coco Chanel’s Famous Mirror Stair
- Red Hawk House / Imbue Design
- Striking Easily Assembled Cabins Will become Symbols for Shelter and Safety Along Remote Trekking Paths
- Hélène Binet Captures Kashef Chowdhury's Aga-Khan-Winning Friendship Centre in Bangladesh
- P&D+I KLABIN Center / Paulo Brazil E. Sant’Anna Arquitetos Associados
- Voltaire / SABO project
- Travel to Russia (and New Heights) From The Comfort Of Your Own Home
- Rehabilitation_VL173 / cra-de
| Cristovão House / Coletivo Cais Posted: 11 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Francisco Nogueira
 © Francisco Nogueira Text description provided by the architects. From the existing plot, there was an access garden, a degraded two stories house, and a backyard garden. The project had as the main goal the requalification of the existing house and its expansion, through not only a new implantation and back facade design, as well as the optimization of the roof morphology for a new attic area. In order to promote the new functional program and get a better spatiality, it ran a total reorganization of interior layouts of the ground and upper floors. Through the rise of the existing ridge quota and the volumetry of the roof, the house was offered a new attic area with a great connection with the surrounding, through a terrace. The front facade remained unchanged.  © Francisco Nogueira  Ground Floor Plan  © Francisco Nogueira The backyard topography was totality redefined, as initially, it presented a level far superior of the house making the interior/exterior relation impossible and damaging natural lighting and ventilation. In the backyard, there was drawn an outdoor dining area, along the axis of the kitchen; a small garden related to the living room and a water tank, for refreshment in summer months. The house has solar orientation Northeast-Southwest and is for a family of a couple and a child.  © Francisco Nogueira  Section  © Francisco Nogueira  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ostasilor 8 / TAG Architecture Posted: 11 Nov 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Vlad Eftenie
 © Vlad Eftenie Text description provided by the architects. The building in Ostașilor 8 is located in a diffuse, traditional urban fabric of central Bucharest, in which the urban architectural, historical values and the natural environment are protected in their entirety, street texture and built environment alike.  Site Axonometric The area has a high living standard and a scenic air and is located at the convergence of neighborhoods with diametrically opposite characters. On the one hand, the limits of the old city center and Cișmigiu Gardens (historically the oldest designed park in Bucharest) point towards a moderate, maybe nostalgic approach, on the other, the proximity of the new and controversial Uranus Boulevard, whose inception has caused a stir due to demolitions of old, derelict areas, pushes towards the exuberance inherent to any beginning.  © Vlad Eftenie Taking the architectural standards into consideration, the building had to respond to a brief imposed by the investors whose criteria were first and foremost economically and pragmatically driven.  Apartment Types Thus, following an extensive urban study which elaborated a set of guidelines to which the building had to comply, the remaining task was to analyze the existing qualities of the contextural surroundings, as well as its potential. After the decantation process, the concept, a lucid and urbanistically liable design which had to be valid for the investor as well as the architect emerged.  © Vlad Eftenie Our architectural response takes the pragmatic requests of the client into account, tries to be economically rational, without negating the contextual qualities or being blindly conforming. We bring a modern interpretation to the existing built environment, wishing that the new volume enters a natural dialogue with the existent, evading relationships like subordination/oppression or antagonism/mimetism.  © Vlad Eftenie Negotiating the urban requirements and the particular vicinities, the mixture of large volumes (ground floor and 6 stories) aligned to a medium sized street, the building takes on one of the themes of modernist architecture, the terraced volumetric.
The building successively retracts from the street alignment while the height rises towards the opening facing Cobălcescu Boulevard, maintaining therefore the height regime of adjacent buildings and erecting as much as the investment is viable.  © Vlad Eftenie The building must find its place between strict boundaries - the blind walls of the two neighboring buildings, the street alignment that must be obeyed, and the receding floor rule – thus preserving the natural illumination of interior spaces becomes the main challenge. Which functions can be completely deprived of natural light, what is the minimum light level to create a pleasing atmosphere in the habitable spaces and how do spaces invaded by light have to be configured, remained questions to be answered by the design.  © Vlad Eftenie The chosen floor structure is a concrete flat slab sustained by a minimum of concrete pillars which allows for generous areas liberated from structural constraints in a seismically active country; thus the stories become open plans allowing variation in apartment typologies or scenarios of use - minimal or generous apartments, corner apartments or double orientation apartments.  © Vlad Eftenie Any intrinsically decorative finishes or textures are forgone. Clean, white surfaces, glass and matte metal are preferred to sustain a sculptural volume and the graphic character of its small units -- the Juliet balconies are folded inwards and become small loggias that create a rhythmic façade; the metallic separators between private spaces are extruded and become hard boundaries, the glass railings have a controlled transparency and paint a soft gradient on the façade through the screen-printed dotting, the metallic blinds separating the superior floors trace fine shadowed lines on the recessed terraces.  © Vlad Eftenie  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Albert Park House / Hindley & Co Posted: 11 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST  © Shannon McGrath
 © Shannon McGrath Text description provided by the architects. Lush gardens and visual drama weave through the existing bones of a Victorian terrace in Albert Park, Melbourne.  © Shannon McGrath CONCEPT The relationship of the house, studio and garden needed to be harmonised to all three's mutual benefit. Ceilings were raised, views were framed, spaces were decluttered and simplified. All made way for the black and white drama that ensued.  © Shannon McGrath  © Shannon McGrath BRIEF The Victorian bones had some elegant features, but recent renovations were utilitarian and plain. Our mandate was to make internal and external environments sing harmoniously.  © Shannon McGrath SITE There were three existing courtyards offering only discordance to the inhabitants. By reworking the gardens, facelifting the pool and garage, and selecting the outlooks - external spaces now freely give to the experience from within, and vice versa.  © Shannon McGrath  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MVRDV-Designed Auditorium Features Sound Absorbing, Moss-Like Fabric Walls Posted: 11 Nov 2017 08:00 AM PST  © Jut Group The JUT Foundation in Taipei has recently had its 240-square-meter lecture hall by MVRDV transformed into a mossy art installation with a textile artwork that spans not just edge to edge, but up the walls, by Argentinian artist, Alexandra Kehayoglou. The lecture hall hosts a number of talks and events and requires versatility. The custom moss-inspired carpet adds a level of comfort and interest to what otherwise could have been a monotonous space.  © Jut Group The lecture hall is adjacent to the exhibition gallery of the JUT Foundation on the ground floor and doubles as a second installation. Wrapping the entire hall in textile establishes a new typology, a blend of art and assembly hall. The carpeted walls absorb noise, and adds comfort, especially for those lecture attendees that prefer to stand at the back-wall rather than take a seat in the front.  © Jut Group Kehayoglou was commissioned for her dedication to craftsmanship. The indoor landscape is made of variegated tufts and piles comprised of every shade of green one can imagine. Her skill with hand-tufting wool to mimic natural textures is exemplary at the JUT Foundation where the entire space is transformed into a shady moss garden.  © Jut Group Design MVRDV: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ACME's Wildly Twisting Wooden Staircase Draws Inspiration From Coco Chanel’s Famous Mirror Stair Posted: 11 Nov 2017 06:00 AM PST  © Ed Reeve Conventional, straight-forward staircases can step aside to make room for these upgraded twisting and dynamic steps that make going upstairs a fun and enjoyable experience. London based studio, ACME has developed a staircase prototype with modern construction methods and an adaptive design approach. The massive twin spiral staircase was installed at ACME's own office, which previously, had no usable stair between floors. The project takes inspiration from Coco Chanel's mirror stair in her Parisian apartment, 31 Rue Cambon. Here, the two sides of the stair were cladded with mirrors and anyone perched at the top can observe the comings and goings on all levels of the atelier.  © Ed Reeve  © Ed Reeve ACME's staircase takes cues from Chanel's and was designed to provide people a place to stop and converse. Additionally, the dual nature of the stair allows users to choose their destination, and the inward rake of the upper steps provide stability and function as a handrail. The unique and dynamic form serves more than just social and aesthetic purposes, however—the shape also creates its own structural integrity. Rather than relying on connections at the top and bottom of the stair, the stair is designed as a free-standing cantilever. To provide the appropriate counterweight, the stair is fabricated from layers of cross-laminated timber. Each of the 20 steps are comprised of six timber elements, and once they are assembled, they are simply fixed with screws onto the steps below.  © Ed Reeve  Section / Plan / Perspective  Diagrams The staircase was designed as a prototype to create a lively, engaging transitional space with minimum intervention. The assemblage process was carefully articulated and designed to be built directly by designers. Each element was designed to be light enough to handle, and the entire structure was devised to be self-supporting during construction, eliminating the needs for scaffolding or temporary works. The project exemplifies the capabilities of a simple material, timber, to create a space that is not only functional but also alluring and graceful.  © Ed Reeve  © Ed Reeve Freidrich Ludewig, Director of ACME: "The stair is a prototype to show how very humble elements of solid timber, simply fixed together, can form an interesting sculptural solution to the everyday task of going up and down, and solve a complex structural problem with an intelligently engineered solutions and an interesting use of timber technology. Simple structures can be simultaneously beautiful, economical and practical, and help to create inspiring spaces in which to live and work." Architects: ACME  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Imbue Design
 © Imbue Design Text description provided by the architects. On a gentle ridge looking out to Park City the Red Hawk residence is perched on a mountain crest that offers the perfect vantage point for its spectacular surroundings. By way of outdoor living spaces the home's design weaves uninterrupted views of Utah's iconic mountains into the daily living of the family that flocks there.  © Imbue Design For Park City's serene summer season the home is wrapped with a deck for breakfast dining, lazy day reading, and sunset viewing. But with the 7,500 foot elevation and the raw, breathtaking views also comes extreme weather in spectacular form. At this elevation the arrival of spring can bring with it gale force winds; early fall can produce earth trembling thunderstorms; and winter can pile up snow in excess of 12 feet [3.7m]. But this house is equipped for all seasons.  © Imbue Design  Upper Floor Plan  © Imbue Design When the wind blows occupants can nest in the central courtyard garden for protection. When rain pours down the family can take refuge in a covered outdoor living room. And when snow falls and temperature drop large retractable doors close, converting the outdoor space into a cozy all-season room. Super insulated and built tighter than a beaver dam, this nest is always cozy and efficient.  © Imbue Design Designed as a campus for work, living, and leisure the home is dynamic in its daily function. An outbuilding, separate from the living function, houses a workshop for all things loud and dirty. An office separated from the main house by the all-season room keeps work at work and leisure in living. And of course the guestroom has a wing of its own for privacy.  © Imbue Design The owners are talented designers by nature and profession. You could say Imbue Design and the home owners are birds of a feather. After a delightful collaboration with these fun-loving people, they finally have a place to call their lifelong roost.  © Imbue Design Product Description The Red Hawk home employs the warmth and natural quality of clear, western red cedar throughout the majority of its exterior in a sweeping gesture that gives it presence while tying it to the natural landscape. The cedar's natural color creates a sharp contrast against the stark snow in the winter months and offers a complimentary color to spring's verdant mountainside. Cedar is naturally able to endure the extreme temperature swings and weather events inherent to high elevation climates. Utah has some of the most extreme freeze-thaw cycles in the United States.  © Imbue Design  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2017 04:00 AM PST  © www.mir.no Stockholm-based architecture firm Utopia Arkitekter has designed Skýli, they are bright blue cabins that are popping up in one of the world's most beautiful landscape. The idea came from a desire to develop a structure which could be easily placed along some of the most famous trekking trails in Iceland. Not only are the lodges striking and beautiful in itself, they can be easily constructed and are built to withstand the harshest weather conditions.  © www.mir.no Skýli means "shelter" in Icelandic, and the cabin's image takes cues from its surroundings. The outer shell of the cabins is painted a bright blue, giving the shelter a strong personality characteristic of the colorful housing found in the streets of Reykjavik. Additionally, the repeated triangular gable form making up the structure takes inspiration from the traditional roof shape of Icelandic cabins or huts. The Skýli will be conspicuous against any landscape, making it easy to locate and a notable symbol of shelter and safety. The assembly process for the Skýli was composed to be quick and efficient. A system of plinths is first arranged and adjusted on the ground to create a level and stable foundation. Plinths increase the flexibility of the Skýli to be constructed virtually anywhere while additionally, diminishing the building's footprint onto nature.
 Courtesy of Utopia Arkitekter The structure itself consists of an inner and outer shell. The inner shell is constructed solely of cross-laminated timber, chosen for its durability, insulating properties, cost efficiency and sustainability. The outer shell, however, is steel—a material proven to withstand the harsh and unpredictable Icelandic climate—and is mounted onto a light steel frame. The inner and outer shells, stud framed-walls, and windows are all prefabricated and packaged into a "kit of parts," delivered to the site via helicopter. Assembly is estimated to take 2-3 days, and once finished, the status of supplies and facilities are routinely checked using IoT devices to ensure the condition and maintenance of each Skýli.  Courtesy of Utopia Arkitekter
When fully constructed, two entries exist on the North and South facades to ensure at least one will always be better protected from the wind. The doors are placed on the exterior shell and are slanted inwards to automatically close, and keep closed, these outer doors. The spaces situated between the interior and exterior skins generates two spaces used to dry out laundry and house a compost toilet. Inside, the intersecting triangular forms create four different spaces with separate functions: two for rest and sleep, one for cooking and recreation, and one for eating and storing emergency supplies. Large windows cover the ends of each of the space to reveal large, stunning apertures out looking the specular Icelandic scenery—so, even when indoors, there are clear visual connections with nature.  Courtesy of Utopia Arkitekter All furniture within the Skýli are custom-made to either fold up or fit in flat packs, easy for transport and assembly. Beds fold out from the walls, and all remaining wall-space is covered with hooks to hang gear and supplies. Skýli were carefully designed to be self-sufficient and fully equipped and prepared for trekkers in emergency situations. Heating is generated by the people inhabiting the cabin and controlled by small, manually regulated vents installed throughout the four areas. A rainwater catchment system, additionally, filters water into self-draining containers within the outer shell to supply each cabin with water for washing, and once purified, cooking and drinking.  Courtesy of Utopia Arkitekter In regards to energy, the cabin uses a solar panel and battery to cover basic uses such as lighting and the charging of devices. In addition to this, when these sources are not enough, light and energy devices can be charged and used through cranking a man-powered generator. This generator can also be used to switch on and power a red alert lamp mounted on the roof in cases of extreme emergency.  Courtesy of Utopia Arkitekter The Skýli by Utopian Arkitekter has been shortlisted Leasure-Led Development-future projects award, along with AECOM, EFFEKT, and others, at the World Architecture Fair Awards occurring in Berlin from November 15-17. News via: Utopia Arkitekter.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hélène Binet Captures Kashef Chowdhury's Aga-Khan-Winning Friendship Centre in Bangladesh Posted: 11 Nov 2017 01:30 AM PST  © Hélène Binet
Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury/URBANA's Friendship Centre in Gaibandha, Bangladesh, seems like a project that is not so much built up in the landscape, but carved out of it. A labyrinth of arches, courtyards, pavilions, and pools, all carefully crafted from handmade bricks, define the space of a facility for a charitable organization—Friendship NGO—who work with remote communities with limited opportunities.  © Hélène Binet Photographer Hélène Binet has captured the project in a series of beautiful images that show the building's surreal surrounding rural flatlands, reinforcing the idea that center exists as an echo of the nearby ruins of 3rd Century BC Mahasthan. The dynamic plays of light and shadow in the top-lit spaces are highlighted in the striking photographs as well as the richness and textural quality of the brick.  © Hélène Binet Located in an area prone to flooding, the complex sits within a man-made embankment, with earth covering on the roofs of the complex to create what appears as a kind of second ground. Binet's photographs, some of which will be included in the upcoming book Kashef Chowdhury-The Friendship Centre, locates this "second ground" within the context of the area, placing emphasis on the relationship of landscape and building—a relationship that was an influential factor when the Friendship Centre received an Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016.  © Hélène Binet  © Hélène Binet  © Hélène Binet  © Hélène Binet  © Hélène Binet  © Hélène Binet  © Hélène Binet  Many of the Centre's users live in and around the river. Image © Hélène Binet  Nearby ruins of Buddhist monasteries from 8th Century which inspired the design. Image © Hélène Binet  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| P&D+I KLABIN Center / Paulo Brazil E. Sant’Anna Arquitetos Associados Posted: 11 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Pedro Kok
 © Pedro Kok "...there are dreams that live in the soul of everyone  © Pedro Kok From the precious geometry of the 'pinhão' (the nut of the Araucaria tree, typical from Paraná, Southern State of Brasil) lying on the sown ground, to the slow and solid growing of the fustte, to the calyx, with the seed that they hold, swaying in the air, their stems defying balance and gravity. The golden thread that pervades our drawing – our design, our Project – reveals the seed and the curbed stem – that, it alone, points to some place in the future, resting gently on the horizontal line of the whole,- as if making an act of love with the land down a long time ago. Past, Present and Future – Research, Development, and Innovation Center – KLABIN, Monte Alegre, PR.  © Pedro Kok DESIGN  © Pedro Kok  Site Plan  © Pedro Kok This defining Idea made us think of the ensemble as a "humanized landmark". It is perfect for the intellectual immersion of the researchers, that will bring their ideas to the Center - united in their constructive intention, and in perfect alignment with the precedent historical buildings, built from the forties to the nineties (1940-1990) in the historic Vila Harmonia. This way, the definition of a "single skin" that contours and defines its perimeter, by itself, is the architectural ideology. The accentuated and strong horizontal lines, in contrast to the local ambiance, mingles with the landscape, marking the ground with its lines, while sheltering its terraces in the gradual descending slopes of the ground.  © Pedro Kok  Sketch 3  © Pedro Kok Economical and simple – but never 'plain' and without unnecessary additional and/ or decorative elements, structure, volumetry and exterior wall enclosure in glass and metals define the project, creating a perfect merge and absorption of the main Idea, of users and occasional visitors to the surrounding landscape. As a closure for this reflection, the architectonic intervention can, as time goes by, establish a new paradigm for new construction and installation of industrial buildings, aiming research and innovation, potentializing with boldness and determination, a different and modern position in the field of an intellectual and intelligent production of Paper and Cellulose.  © Pedro Kok  Axonometric  © Pedro Kok PROGRAM  © Pedro Kok  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Alexandre Delaunay
 © Alexandre Delaunay Text description provided by the architects. The apartment is located in a 1920's industrial building of Paris' 11th arrondissement. The initial space of square proportions is stripped down to raw concrete. The sole addition of a central island is enough to define a variety of spaces, entrance, main living space, dressing, horizontal and vertical circulations, without the need for any wall or partition.  © Alexandre Delaunay  Lower Level Plan  © Alexandre Delaunay  Upper Level Plan  © Alexandre Delaunay The rough ceiling runs continuously throughout the apartment while a looping circulation establishes a subtle gradation between the main space and the more private areas. The island cladding consists of 40 aluminum sheets that are custom punched, folded, anodised and mounted on a metal structure. The manipulation of perforated shutters provides the potential for many light and privacy scenarios.  © Alexandre Delaunay  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Travel to Russia (and New Heights) From The Comfort Of Your Own Home Posted: 11 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST Drones help us see architecture in new ways. Explore Moscow, Georgia, St. Petersberg, and Russian supertall skyscraper Lakhta Center through Timelab's lense. With the help of drones, Timelab Production's vimeo profile showcases a wide variety of professional video content. Travel to new places (and new heights) from the comfort of your own home by watching the videos below. News via: Timelab.pro.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 10 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Radu Malasincu
 © Radu Malasincu Text description provided by the architects. The story of the house on Vasile Lascar St. is the story of many modernist houses in Bucharest: it has undergone numerous changes in ownership, usage and general configuration between 1946 when it was built, and 2014, when we were appointed to revitalize it.  Ground Floor Plan VASILE LASCAR HOUSE IN NOVEMBER 2014  © Radu Malasincu THE PROJECT  © Radu Malasincu The project is designed as a series of spatial interventions that revitalize the neglected building and re-introduce it to the public. The site limit on Vasile Lascar St. takes on ambiguous features: urban bench, lush planter, and services housing unit, a mobile gate that defines a new public square pocket in front of the house when fully open. The metal grid unifies the transition from the open passage towards the internal courtyard and the future terrace.  Sections Each one of the new spaces are accessed through a folded metal plate doorway that punctuates as thresholds and also set a functional hierarchy for the design, as connectors. We also designed the escape stairs, the bespoke panels for toilet cubicles, the bar and worktops, and the planted screens as elements that all reinforce the proposed spatial concept for the client's brief.  © Radu Malasincu The team involved in developing FORM designed it as an open-end project, structured in phases that would enable useful feedback for the sequential design:  Phases Diagram The space assigned to the restaurant on the ground floor is wide and narrow, therefore we decided to amplify it visually and merge it with the outdoors urban pocket in front of the house by letting in the external landscape, the basalt pavers, and the greenery. The original building fabric is highlighted by the monochrome palette of the proposed interventions: metal fixed furniture, basalt grey pavers, thin metal plinth that offsets the existing brickwork from the smooth floor finish in the dining area.  © Radu Malasincu All bespoke fittings and loose furniture are designed in the same industrial spirit: the bar lights are using cable containment trays, the table legs are metal flat clamps. The drive of the project was to initiate an elastic dialogue with the old house, inviting the fleeting manifestations of urban life, changing in accordance to these, and then re-morphing by design.  Exploded Axonometric  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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