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- Villa Bakkum / Moke Architecten
- Zaferaniye Garden Complex / Olgooco
- Toneheim Folkehøgskole Student Housing / ASAS arkitektur
- Yokohama Tram Port Museum / Abanba
- The Street / Sanjay Puri Architects
- Micro Housing K / Architects H2L
- Beijing Jinhai Lake International Resort / SYN Architects
- House in Wakabayashi / Hiroto Suzuki architects and associates
- World Architecture Festival Reveals Day 2 Category Winners of their 2017 Awards
- HOUSE OM1 / AE Arquitectos
- Marina Abramovic Responds to Allegations of Misuse of Funds over Scrapped OMA-designed Museum
- Rosteriet / Kod Arkitekter
- 2017 World Architecture Festival Announces Day 1 Award Winners
- Casa Duas Caixas / Remy Arquitectos
- Florida's Forthcoming Hard Rock Hotel is Shaped Like a Giant Guitar
- CZ7 Loft / 5ft2 Studio
- How to Build a Home in a Hurricane Zone
- Learning Basic Bamboo Joinery With Indonesian Carpenters
- DZ Bank Building / Gehry Partners
- Casa Perea Borobio / Canales Lombardero
| Villa Bakkum / Moke Architecten Posted: 16 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Thijs Wolzak
 © Thijs Wolzak  Site Axonometric - Garden Text description provided by the architects. Bakkum is a small village close to the coast just north of Amsterdam. At the edge of a large nature reserve and in between the trees Villa Bakkum was built. Villa Bakkum a minimalistic house with 3 wings that emerge in the surrounding nature.  © Thijs Wolzak Chalets  © Thijs Wolzak  Upper Floor Axonometric Three wing  © Thijs Wolzak Minimalistic  © Thijs Wolzak Light  Sections  © Thijs Wolzak  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaferaniye Garden Complex / Olgooco Posted: 16 Nov 2017 07:00 PM PST  © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh
 © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh Text description provided by the architects. Zaferaniye garden complex is a private housing project, ordered by client at 2007 with 64 residential units and a total area of 38000 square meters, in 12 floors above, and 3 floors under the ground. The building site is situated in a 6500 square meters old garden in northern parts of Tehran.  © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh Design process.  Diagram The concept of plant boxes as a representation of the interacting city life and nature was envisioned to sculpt the mass volume.  © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh Recycling of rain water trough made us able to use it for Irrigation and flush tanks –using a gray piping system. This way we developed a big number of trees on balconies with minimum height of 2floors and outdoor living surfaces.  © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh After setting the trees, we got both privacy and a new micro-climate on the balconies and beyond. Providing privacy using ever-green leaves and an automated Irrigation system ,assures lasting mutual view from both the apartments and the city with a response to Tehran's polluted air.  Privacy and green layer  © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh During the time needed for the growth of façade plants, the project creates new views for itself and it is not depended on environment's view. Having a tree beside the façade, makes a new vertical neighborhood; as caring for plants in the lower floors provides vertical privacy and a green view for upper floor.  © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh A roof garden with an area of 2000 square meters, including sky-bridge as gazebo,a vegetables garden, and a gathering place, is there for people to use as a landscape of the surroundings, with a great view and sufficient privacy(outdoor living).  © Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh There are over 25 types of houses, ranging inform 220 to750 square meters. Each of these are different from the others, in terms of size, balcony and layout, including large family apartments and twin-level penthouses. At least 65% of their perimeter is faced outside, which makes pleasant opportunities for view.  Section B-B  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Toneheim Folkehøgskole Student Housing / ASAS arkitektur Posted: 16 Nov 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Fredrik Myhre
Text description provided by the architects. The project contains new student housing at Toneheim Folkehøgskole, meant to replace the existing housing. The student housing is organized around a common yard, a Norwegian traditional typology called "tun". The new structure is vernacular and exiting, and deeply rooted in the site and history. The new tun is a place where students, teachers and others thrive, both inside and outside. A place where traditions meets modern architecture with a personal expression – con anima!  © Fredrik Myhre CONCEPT  © Fredrik Myhre The plan is compact, which makes the buildings efficient regarding space, energy and economy. The bedrooms have a flexible plan and can be furnished in different ways. They can also be used by students in a wheel chair. The storage space in the bed rooms are maximized, with storage space both underneath the bed and in the wall niche above each bed.  © Ola Spangen The stair is integrated in the common room and creates smaller space in the room; a more private place in the open common room. In these small, intimate room the students can read or call their parents. The spaces that the stairs create, establishes connections between private and social spaces, and connections between the inside and the outside. The stair tower is also an important internal and external element regarding the shape of the house, as well as an important element regarding the environment. Sky lights in the stairwell contributes with a generous shower of daylight along the walls.  © Fredrik Myhre LANDSCAPE  © Fredrik Myhre Small outdoor benches are established in the façade of the buildings, and connect the common rooms inside with the yard. Tactile attention zones and guiding lines are integrated in the walking paths to ensure orientation for the visually impaired.  © Ola Spangen The bedrooms in the houses in the south and the west have an astonishing view towards the rural Stangelandet, and the bedrooms to the northeast have a view towards the church Vang kirke.  Plans Fruit trees and robust bushes that need little maintenance are preferred in the "tun", for instance juneberry, that gives flowers in the spring and berries in the autumn. Katsura trees and pines are planted between the student housing and the neighbouring houses, and creates a veil with autumn colours and interesting leaf shapes. To maintain traffic safety, a tactile zone is marked up where the walking paths cross the street between the school entrance and the student housing.  © Fredrik Myhre ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE / ENERGY  Diagram The internal concrete elements contributes to a good indoor climate because of the thermal mass that minimizes natural changes in temperature. The stairwell, also known as the environmental core, is given a huge sky light that brings day light to the core of the building. The sky light has a hatch to send unwanted surplus heat out of the building with natural ventilation. Externally, the stairwell is given a 6 m² sun catcher facing south, for water heating. This could potentially produce enough hot water to serve the student housing, the school building and the canteen. The shape of the stairwell and its openings adapts to the orientation to optimize their use. This roof landscape connects to the tower at Vang kirke to root the buildings in the local context.  © Fredrik Myhre Balanced ventilation with a heat exchanger is installed. Surplus heat can be reused. In periods with a cooling need, the height of the stairwell enables a chimney effect to cool the building.  © Fredrik Myhre CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS  © Fredrik Myhre  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Yokohama Tram Port Museum / Abanba Posted: 16 Nov 2017 04:00 PM PST  © Taku Hata
 © Taku Hata Text description provided by the architects. It is a multipurpose hall adjacent to " Yokohama Tram Museum " which stores tram which was once running in Yokohama city.  Diagram  © Taku Hata We thought about the role of a showcase that the vibrancy of people in the hall leaked to the outside.  © Taku Hata In addition, we can create a small corner with planar "displacement". We believe that buildings that can enjoy changes in external circumstances and changes in the inner appearance by a little volume manipulation are good.  Diagram  Section We combine four different volumes into one space so that it will be the size that fits the scale of the residential area.  © Taku Hata The wall posts and cantilever beams of the L-shaped corner required for structure are connected by curves suitable for stress calculation to secure the opening , give the building softness.  © Taku Hata  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Street / Sanjay Puri Architects Posted: 16 Nov 2017 02:00 PM PST  © Dinesh Mehta
 © Dinesh Mehta Text description provided by the architects. Taking a cue from the old city streets of Mathura city in India where this project is located, this 800 room students' hostel creates organic spaces.  Typical floor plan Designed in 4 level high, 5 linear blocks, the built spaces snake across a wedge shaped site twisting and turning along their length. Sitting adjacent to repetitive hostel blocks on the east and west these new hostels within a large university campus create individual spaces within a discernible identity in each part of the layout.  © Dinesh Mehta The orientation of all the buildings are done with a view of generating large north facing garden areas overlooking a vast playground towards the north. In addition, each hostel room is punctuated with a wedge shaped bay window oriented towards the north and the playground.  Section / Elevation Each hostel room has ventilation openings in the internal corridor facilitating cross ventilation. The linear buildings create small break out spaces at each bending point allowing natural light into the internal circulation spaces.  © Dinesh Mehta These factors create an energy efficient building minimizing heat gain in response to the climate which has average temperature in excess of 300 c for 8 months of the year when the sun is in the Southern Hemisphere. During the winter months when the sun is in the Northern Hemisphere, direct sunlight is facilitated to prevent the rooms from becoming cold.  Typical Section Two focal areas are created at the ends of the linear buildings to house cafeterias, games rooms and gymnasium opening into the north facing gardens and terraces. Each of the public spaces are large volumes with 20' high ceilings.  © Dinesh Mehta The organic layout of the buildings characterizes each space within the site. Color accentuates different blocks and facilitates within. Each block is differently colored along with the internal face of the bay windows of the hostel in bright colors to create an identity.  © Dinesh Mehta Rain water harvesting and water recycling and usage of solar panels additionally make the project more energy efficient along with the orientation and facilitation of natural ventilation. The Street is contextual to the climate and the orientation of the site thus creating varied experiences and changing perceptions of space in each part of the 6acre site.  © Dinesh Mehta  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Micro Housing K / Architects H2L Posted: 16 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST  © Dongkyu Yoon
 © Dongkyu Yoon Text description provided by the architects. Micro housing K is a tiny housing which built on small site(74㎡). After applying for building to land ratio, there was left only 30㎡ for the buildable area. The architect must put essential programs contendingly on the limited area and the process was started from the first encounter with the site of the project. A small site was beside an elementary school and there was an old stationery store that became known as the longest term store in its town nearby. The store was 50 years old building, addition, it was extended thoughtlessly and illegally. The architect had to recall some design methods that can not demolish old memory of alumni of the school and village people. Like any old low rise downtown area in Seoul, his project site had complex relations with adjacent sites and it was a cause of difficulty of removal from the old store. And it had a slight slope on its long edge, so architect had to have a method of application for slope inclined site.  © Dongkyu Yoon  Sections The usual type of tiny houses in Korea was composed one house for one family. However micro housing K has a housing for the client, photographic studio, and two rental units. And there was various architectural attempts overcoming limitation of floor area. First, using properties of the inclined site, architect designed a basement floor with sunken garden. Total floor area ratio does not include an area of the basement, and its two whole exterior walls face with the outside air because the site was inclined. Second, architect designed ground floors as a multi-stage module for procuring effectiveness of usability. Especially in rental units, architect designed wide toilet and shower room, big kitchen area and two attics on the other side.  © Dongkyu Yoon Those were some spatial solutions of lifestyle for young age lessee of this tiny housing. Nevertheless, these advantages, the method of the multi-stage module made this building high and it caused a bad proportion of its external design. Architect tried to overcome it with exterior design and selection of material. Main external material (long concrete block) was stacked widthways for emphasize of horizontal effect. Addition, metal canopy on rooftop was designed darkly for restraining vertical scope of its volume. Those solutions of external design were also an attempt of incorporation our new building design with an old scenery of client's town. The openings of building surface were minimized and simplified. External material and color of paint have had a property of calm and cool for socializing with old buildings. The design was based on architect's conviction that tiny housing has to melt naturally into existing cityscape. Because tiny housing equates to trace which be made on crevice of dense city space.  © Dongkyu Yoon  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Beijing Jinhai Lake International Resort / SYN Architects Posted: 16 Nov 2017 11:00 AM PST  © Chen Yanming
 © Chen Yanming  Master plan Text description provided by the architects. The Creek Park Hotel is located in Beijing's Pinggu District, 15km away from the Jinhai Lake International Resort's Area. It is a renovation project undertaken by SYN Architects, close to the waters surrounding the peninsula's central island, from where the minaret by the lake at the center of the scenic area can be admired. Formerly an abandoned resort estate, the project has been expanded and rebuilt into a high-end luxury destination encompassed by sublime natural scenery.  © Chen Yanming Before renovation, the layout of the project was scattered and lacked conceptual relevance. After SYN Architects took charge of the project, a fresh and logical concept was put into practice. Based on a three-sided perspective of the area surrounded by mountains and water, the designer decided to amplify the sensation of "natural wilderness" by creating an extensive 360° panoramic view effect. To produce an omnipresent and vast field of vision, the designer planted open rectangular terraces of different sizes with mountain-like features between the original structures, achieving both functional requirements and a new layout for the whole project.  © Chen Yanming Furthermore, a landmark to the hotel was created halfway up the slope with the widest field of vision in the peninsula: a panoramic restaurant and a scenic glass platform that deliver a unique atmosphere created taking concepts from tourism and residence planning at the same time. The restaurant coexists in harmony with the surrounding vegetation, reaching towards the sky, while the viewing platform integrates perfectly into the natural tone of the whole building. Further still, its roof is set apart from other structures in the peninsula, as it allows sunlight to come in through, along with an unlimited 360° panoramic view.  © Chen Yanming  Section  Section After resetting the main construction elements, the designer carried out a new connection plan for the different buildings in the area. By correlating curved and straight lines with high and low elements on corridors placed between the original buildings, the formerly isolated units became interconnected as a whole. Such corridors are also present on the platforms and various functional areas as traffic directors, even on vertical levels, to maximize the field of vision of all visitors.  © Chen Yanming To soften the linear and squared spatial composition, the plank roads on the platforms were built following a soft curved design, creating meandering corridors with figures as soft as clouds in the sky. In this way, terraces, viewing platforms and wooden plank roads were integrated into a vast tour system, optimizing the interaction between space and landscape, while reflecting the design philosophy of "mutual creation between form and emptiness" used by the designer Zou Yingxi.  © Chen Yanming Regarding materials, SYN Architects used local elements such as firewood, pebble stone and wood to transform the buildings of the project. The terrace of the hotel's façade is surrounded by a vertical arrangement of wood, providing a strengthened feeling of "natural wilderness". Pebble stones form simple roads and natural walls, while wood is used as the main material that, altogether with the landscape, delivers the ancient feeling found in Chinese landscape paintings. From the perspective of Zou Yingxi, such materials not only reduce the cost of the project, but also reflect the "genetic match" between architecture and the environment. "A building doesn't have good or bad elements, it only has suitable and not suitable ones. The Creek Park Hotel is suitable for this site, and "grows" its own buildings that along with it will either exist or come to an end, together as one."  © Chen Yanming As a pioneer in the design of countryside complexes, SYN Architects has put into practice innovative concepts in the design of the Creek Park Hotel. In fact, the project implies more than a combination of architecture and nature, as it stands for a dialogue between man and nature, and the integration of culture, tourism and residence into a single concept.  © Chen Yanming  Section  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House in Wakabayashi / Hiroto Suzuki architects and associates Posted: 16 Nov 2017 09:00 AM PST  © Studio Monorisu
 © Studio Monorisu Text description provided by the architects. This private house is located in densely low-built residential area of Sendai. Rebuilt old houses are scattered therefore old and new houses are mixed around there. Site is surrounded by houses, neighbors are closely built to boundary.  Diagram Old house has been replaced by new for family (parent and 1 child) Client is new for this community so, our concept is to make generous connection between private area and public area for making easily communicate to neighborhood.  © Studio Monorisu From necessary volume we planned 3 story building and outdoor space as a parking area (2 cars) and gardening. To create place for people gathering, we placed Living Dining Kitchen in light 2nd floor as public space for family and guest. Immediate access to LDK from outside via outdoor terrace and stair makes gradual interface to neighbor community. Earlier Japanese houses have "doma" and "Engawa" as vague interface and people used chatted there. We believe this stair and terrace function like "doma" and "engawa", and encourage client to have communication with neighborhood.  © Studio Monorisu  Elevation Neighboring buildings are planned with horizontal, perpendicular grid from front rood, and facing to next house. We decided to plan with angle 45 degrees for front rood. As a result, view isn't interrupted by neighboring buildings and gain sunshine to inside, furthermore, it allows sunshine reach windows of neighboring buildings. 3 stories building are larger than neighboring scale however we controlled sunshine and view, not only for this house but also for surroundings by angle 45 degrees grid.  © Studio Monorisu Relationship between Architecture and surroundings is popular issue for architects. We solved it not only consider environment of this house but also consider how surrounding environment would change after construction have finished. We regard it as important for relationship between client and neighborhood from now on.  © Studio Monorisu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| World Architecture Festival Reveals Day 2 Category Winners of their 2017 Awards Posted: 16 Nov 2017 07:45 AM PST  Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Day 2 of the 2017 World Architecture Festival is now complete, and with it, 14 more projects have been announced as category winners of the event's 2017 awards. The world's largest architectural award program, the WAF Awards year saw its biggest year yet, with a total of 924 entries received from projects located in 68 countries across the world. The finalist projects will be selected live at the festival by a Super Jury made up of jury chair Robert Ivy, Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects; Nathalie de Vries, Director & Co-founder of MVRDV; Ian Ritchie, Founder of Ian Ritchie Architects; and Christoph Ingenhoven, Founder of Ingenhoven Architects. Check out the Day 1 winners here, the full shortlist here, and see the Day 2 winners after the break. Completed ProjectsCategory: HealthWinner: Westbury Clinic; Johannesburg, South Africa / Ntsika Architects  Health Winner: Westbury Clinic; Johannesburg, South Africa / Ntsika Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: Higher Education and ResearchWinner: Maersk Tower; Copenhagen, Denmark / CF Møller Architects  Higher Education and Research Winner: Maersk Tower; Copenhagen, Denmark / CF Møller Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: Hotel and LeisureWinner: Vegetable Trellis; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Cong Sinh Architects  Hotel and Leisure Winner: Vegetable Trellis; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Cong Sinh Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: Mixed UseWinner: Westminster Bridge Road; London, United Kingdom / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris  Mixed Use Winner: Westminster Bridge Road; London, United Kingdom / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: ReligionWinner: Bushey Cemetery; Bushey, United Kingdom / Waugh Thistleton Architects  Religion Winner: Bushey Cemetery; Bushey, United Kingdom / Waugh Thistleton Architects . Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: ShoppingWinner: Victoria Gate; Leeds, UK / ACME  Shopping Winner: Victoria Gate; Leeds, UK / ACME. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: TransportWinner: Transformation Chemnitz Central Station; Chemnitz, Germany / Grüntuch Ernst Architects  Transport Winner: Transformation Chemnitz Central Station; Chemnitz, Germany / Grüntuch Ernst Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: VillaWinner: Bach with Two Roofs; Golden Bay, New Zealand / Irving Smith Architects  Villa Winner: Bach with Two Roofs; Golden Bay, New Zealand / Irving Smith Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Future ProjectsCategory: Commercial mixed useWinner: Battersea Power Station Phase 2; London, United Kingdom / WilkinsonEyre  Future, Commercial Mixed-Use Winner: Battersea Power Station Phase 2; London, United Kingdom / WilkinsonEyre. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: EducationWinner: Aga Khan Academy; Dhaka, Bangladesh / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and SHATOTTO Architecture  Future, Education Winner: Aga Khan Academy; Dhaka, Bangladesh / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and SHATOTTO Architecture. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: CultureWinner: Kulturkorgen - A Basket Full of Culture; Gothenburg, Sweden / Sweco Architects  Future, Culture Winner: Kulturkorgen - A Basket Full of Culture; Gothenburg, Sweden / Sweco Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: HouseWinner: Queenstown House; Queenstown, New Zealand / Monk Mackenzie Architects  Future, House Winner: Queenstown House; Queenstown, New Zealand / Monk Mackenzie Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: MasterplanningWinner: Sydney Fish Markets; Sydney, Australia / Allen Jack + Cottier Architects  Future, Masterplanning Winner: Sydney Fish Markets; Sydney, Australia / Allen Jack + Cottier Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: ResidentialWinner: Göksu Residences; Istanbul, Turkey / EAA Emre Arolat Architecture  Future, Residential Winner: Göksu Residences; Istanbul, Turkey / EAA Emre Arolat Architecture. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival
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| Posted: 16 Nov 2017 07:00 AM PST  © Lorena Darquea
 © Lorena Darquea Text description provided by the architects. House OM1 was conceived as a solution that balances two different concepts. Initially, there was a need to create a space where modern-day activities such as intimacy or leisure are sufficed. Another requirement was for the house to have an old-fashioned aesthetic where wood and stone were the main materials used. It stands out as a unique project from the ground up. The plot conditions were distinctive, it had a pronounced slope that culminated in cliffs several meters high. It was built one level below the street level and the entrance was designed as a stairway transitioning from the street noise to the quiet beauty of the house which is slowly revealed as one walks down.  Ground Floor Plan  © Lorena Darquea It was designed to be in constant contact with nature, with two patios and one garden that allow the users to be surrounded by nature. The first patio is placed along the entrance stairway; the second and most important is a patio placed at the center of the house, functioning as a nucleus that unifies the ground floor with the second floor. This central patio is brimming with vegetation, the rest of the house revolves naturally around it: the lining room, dining room, and kitchen; these spaces connect with the backyard also filled with vegetation, a deck, and a pool.  © Lorena Darquea House OM1 was built over a base made of a coppery stone brought from Chapala, Jalisco that helps create an old-fashioned aesthetic and enhance the sensation of heaviness in the house that reminiscences of grounding your feet into the sand. The second floor is surrounded by windows that allow the users to enjoy the views of the backyard and the cliffs. Natures presence is obvious in every space, even in the most intimate ones, giving a feeling of safeguard, comfort, and relaxation. Dark-wood finish and the brick walls help reinforce the feeling of coziness inside the house. It is a space where the users can relax, be their true self and leave any preoccupation at the door.  © Lorena Darquea  Longitudinal Section  © Lorena Darquea  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Marina Abramovic Responds to Allegations of Misuse of Funds over Scrapped OMA-designed Museum Posted: 16 Nov 2017 06:10 AM PST .jpg?1510859185 "© OMA") © OMA Following her decision to abandon plans for an OMA-designed, upstate New York museum, artist Marina Abramovic has spoken out in response to allegations that her institute may have improperly utilized funds raised through a crowdsourced fundraising campaign. The statement targets a recent article published by the New York Post, in which the authors claim Abramovic had failed to return the $661,452 she raised on Kickstarter after the project fell through. "The Kickstarter was created to fund schematic designs by OMA New York for the building in Hudson, NY," said Abramovic in a press release. "The bill we received from the firm for this specific design work was $655,167.10. We used the Kickstarter funds to pay OMA New York's design fee." The release also contains a detailed account of the funds raised and spent on the project, which included nearly $1 million paid to OMA for design and other services. The list also reveals that OMA had contributed $142,167 worth of their own time to the project as a donation. In the press release and in a recent interview with Vulture, Abramovic reveals that she had spent more than $1 million of her own money to support the project, but unforeseen circumstances, including $700,000 in asbestos abatement, ultimately rendering the project financially impossible. Read Abramovic's full statement, here.
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| Posted: 16 Nov 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Måns Berg
 © Måns Berg Text description provided by the architects. Rosteriet is large apartment building with a variety of housing sizes, apartment types and business premises, located in Liljeholmen, Stockholm, Sweden. A central idea behind the design was to make sure that the building corresponds with the site and optimizes its qualities in the best way possible. To achieve this, the building is divided into three intertwined volumes, and its different functions have been strategically placed based on where they are needed the most: shops add activity to the city street, a café in the corner of the building creates a spot for social interactions and meetings. The large preschool on the ground floor faces the adjacent park, adding life and movement to the area and providing great opportunities for families with children in the neighborhood.  © Måns Berg Another ambition was to create as good views as possible – for as many of the residents as possible. And in the same spirit: every single one of the 225 apartments have a balcony or a terrace. Towards the park, the volume is lower which allows for sunlight to reach the courtyard. The highest point of Rosteriet is in the sharp angle in the north corner.  © Måns Berg  Section Rosteriet is a building that really highlights its material, in this case: concrete. The architecture allows the material to speak for itself, with details such as reliefs and molded patterns. All in all, Rosteriet reveals the concretes ability to create a varied, vibrant expression and a strong architectural identity.  © Måns Berg SUMMARY POINTS DIVIDED VOLUME  © Måns Berg DIVERSITY AND VARIATION  © Måns Berg AN EXPLORATION OF CONCRETE  © Måns Berg  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 2017 World Architecture Festival Announces Day 1 Award Winners Posted: 16 Nov 2017 04:15 AM PST  Courtesy of World Architecture Festival The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced the Day 1 category winners of their 2017 awards slate. Winners selected among 32 categories over the first two days of the conference will then continue on to compete for the title of the World Building of the Year 2017 to be announced on the final day of the event on Friday. The world's largest architectural award program, the WAF Awards year saw its biggest year yet, with a total of 924 entries received from projects located in 68 countries across the world. The finalist projects will be selected live at the festival by a Super Jury made up of jury chair Robert Ivy, Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects; Nathalie de Vries, Director & Co-founder of MVRDV; Ian Ritchie, Founder of Ian Ritchie Architects; and Christoph Ingenhoven, Founder of Ingenhoven Architects. You can check out the full shortlist here, and see which built and future projects took home awards after the break. Completed BuildingsCategory: Civic and CommunityWinner: Streetlight Tagpuro; Tacloban, Philippines / Eriksson Furunes + Leandro V. Locsin  Streetlight Tagpuro by Eriksson Furunes + Leandro V. Locsin. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Suzhou Chapel; Suzhou, China / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office  Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Suzhou Chapel, Suzhou, China. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: DisplayWinner: The Smile; London, United Kingdom / Alison Brooks Architects  Alison Brooks Architects, The Smile. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Insect Hotel, El Masnou; Barcelona, Spain / Batlle i Roig Arquitectura  Batlle i Roig Arquitectura, Insect Hotel, El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: Housing (supported by GROHE)Winner: Superlofts Houthaven; Amsterdam, Netherlands / Marc Koehler Architects  Marc Koehler Architects, Superlofts Houthaven. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Walmer Yard; London, United Kingdom / Peter Salter Associates  Peter Salter Associates, Walmer Yard, London, United Kingdom. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: CultureWinner: The Palestinian Museum; Birzeit, Palestine / Heneghan Peng Architects  Heneghan Peng Architects, The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: New Shanghai Theatre; Shanghai, China / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office  Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, New Shanghai Theatre, Shanghai, China. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: HouseWinner: Binh House; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Vo Trong Nghia Architects  Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Binh House. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Finding Rainbows; Tokyo, Japan / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP  Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, Finding Rainbows, Tokyo, Japan. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: New & OldWinner: Post-earthquake reconstruction and demonstration project of Guangming Village; Zhaotong, China / The Chinese University of Hong Kong  The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Post-earthquake reconstruction and demonstration project of Guangming Village. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Le Carreau du Temple; Paris, France / studioMilou  studioMilou, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, France. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: OfficestudioMilou, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, FranceWinner: Co Op Kyosai Plaza; Tokyo, Japan / Nikken Sekkei  Nikken Sekkei, Co Op Kyosai Plaza. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: EY Centre, 200 George Street; Sydney, Australia / Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp  Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, EY Centre, 200 George Street, Sydney, Australia. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: Production, Energy & RecyclingWinner: The Farm of 38-30; Afyonkarahisar, Turkey / Slash Architects and Arkizon Architects  Slash Architects and Arkizon Architects, The Farm of 38-30. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: SchoolsWinner: East Sydney Early Learning Centre; Sydney, Australia / Andrew Burges Architects  Andrew Burges Architects, East Sydney Early Learning Centre. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: SportWinner: U.S. Bank Stadium; Minneapolis, United States / HKS  HKS, U.S. Bank Stadium. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Future ProjectsCategory: Leisure-led DevelopmentWinner: Bodrum Loft; Bodrum, Turkey / Tabanlioglu Architects  Bodrum Loft by Tabanlioglu Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Krahm Restaurant; Chiang Rai, Thailand / Hypothesis,  Hypothesis, Krahm Restaurant, Chiang Rai, Thailand. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: Competition EntriesWinner: New Cyprus Archaeological Museum; Nicosia, Cyprus / Pilbrow & Partners  New Cyprus Archaeological Museum by Pilbrow & Partners. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Öresund City – a new European metropolis by 2030; Malmö, Sweden / Sweco Architects  Sweco Architects , Öresund City – a new European metropolis by 2030, Malmö, Sweden. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: HealthWinner: Desa Semesta; Bogor, Indonesia / Magi Design Studio  Desa Semesta by Magi Design Studio. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: New Sight Eye Clinic, Quesso, Shanga, Republic of Congo / Boogertman + Partners Architects/Geyser Hahn Architects  Boogertman + Partners Architects/Geyser Hahn Architects, New Sight Eye Clinic, Quesso, Shanga, Republic of Congo. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: ExperimentalWinner: Sharjah Observatory, Mleiha National Park; Sharjah, United Arab Emirates / 3deluxe Transdisciplinary Design  Sharjah Observatory, Mleiha National Park by 3deluxe Transdisciplinary Design. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: OfficeWinner: Viettel offsite studio; Hanoi, Vietnam / Vo Trong Nghia Architects  Viettel Offsite Studio by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: The Market Building, Wood Wharf; London, United Kingdom / Pilbrow & Partners  Pilbrow & Partners, The Market Building, Wood Wharf, London, United Kingdom. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: CivicWinner: Consulate Building, Staff Housing & School Complex; Karachi, Pakistan / Mohammad Ashour  Consulate and Permanent Mission to the United Nations by Hill West Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Highly Commended: Ethiopian Church; Stockholm, Sweden / Belatchew Arkitekter  Belatchew Arkitekter, Ethiopian Church, Stockholm, Sweden. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival Category: InfrastructureWinner: The Bridge; Ras, India / Sanjay Puri Architects  The Bridge by Sanjay Puri Architects. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa Duas Caixas / Remy Arquitectos Posted: 16 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST  © Alejandro Peral
 © Alejandro Peral Text description provided by the architects. Far from the noise and stress of the capital, this home is located in a closed community on the outskits of Buenos Aires.  © Alejandro Peral The atypical functionality of the house is the result of the client's desire to give autonomy to their kids. Therefore, kids and adult's worlds are clearly divided.  Exploded axonometry  © Alejandro Peral The volumes of the house can be resumed to two overlapped boxes with carefully curated openings on the front façade. Opposite to this, the back façade opens completely towards the lagoon. These boxes rest on a semi-underground level deeply anchored in the terrain. Different open terraces to overlook the distant lagoons surrounding the house where the result of this volumetric composition.  © Alejandro Peral The main entrance is located on the first level, the social level, and it's accessed by a ramp. The main hall links the three levels of the house in a triple-height atrium bathed with sunlight from the enormous skylight that runs across the entire house.  Plans  © Alejandro Peral To the lower level, gaining access to the garden are the kid's bedrooms. On this level is also located the spa and meeting area.  © Alejandro Peral This project was a big challenge, as the most important views where at the least desirable orientation, the South.  © Alejandro Peral  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Florida's Forthcoming Hard Rock Hotel is Shaped Like a Giant Guitar Posted: 16 Nov 2017 01:30 AM PST  Courtesy of Seminole Tribe of Florida This article was originally published by The Architect's Newspaper as "Rockin' guitar-shaped Florida hotel celebrates construction milestone." Hoteliers and musicians smashed guitars in Hollywood, Florida to celebrate a construction milestone at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, a $1.5 billion entertainment complex featuring a mega guitar-shaped hotel. The 450-foot-tall hotel will boast more than 600 rooms, around half of the complex's total, plus a 41,000-square-foot spa and a few restaurants. At the tower's base, guests can swim underneath waterfalls in plunge pools, relax in private cabanas, and partake in water sports in a giant artificial lake. Right now, the existing Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood hotel has almost 500 rooms, as well as a casino, meeting space, restaurants, and a lagoon pool.
Guitars are a popular motif all over the Hard Rock hotel and restaurant empire, but this is the first of the company's buildings to so closely resemble the actual instrument. Vertical fins up the tower's midline resemble strings, while horizontal banding act as 'frets' (though unlike real frets they extend outward to mimic the curve of the instrument). "It will be the first building in the world that's truly to scale designed as an authentic guitar," James 'Jim' Allen, Seminole gaming CEO and chairman of Hard Rock International, told the Sun Sentinal. "So it's not just an exterior facade, the curving of the building will be identical to an authentic guitar." Though it might be the largest guitar building, it might not be the first. In 1996, architect Glenn Williams designed a Guitar House for himself in Venice, California that was inspired by Picasso's cubist rendering of the instrument. The Architect's Newspaper (AN) has reached out to Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for more details on the building's design and construction, and will update readers as more information becomes available. Footage from the October 25 event showed workers atop the first few swishy floors. "To do this…to have a guitar-shaped hotel—the only thing I'm a little concerned with is it's not a drum!" joked Nicko McBrain, a resident of nearby Ft. Lauderdale and a drummer in the British metal band Iron Maiden. The hotel opening is slated for summer 2019, but the complex's revamp goes way beyond its signature structure. In March, the 5,500-seat onsite theater will be demolished and replaced by Hard Rock Live, a 7,000-seat, $100 million venue. The casino will double in size, too, and the Seminole tribe is adding meeting space and 60,000 square feet of new retail and restaurants. The projects are timed to open before 2020, when NFL championship teams will face off at the Populous-designed (and HOK-renovated) Miami Dolphins stadium.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 16 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Sonia Mangiapane and Peik Li Pang
 © Sonia Mangiapane and Peik Li Pang Text description provided by the architects. This is an upwards extension atop an existing two-storeys terrace house located on an artificial island built in the IJ Lake of Amsterdam. The existing narrow and long typology was catering for starter family to be able to start small and extend in the future. Programmatically, for a family with 3 children, the parents would like the extension to a quiet duplex loft primarily for themselves, in which containing second living room, master bedroom and an office.  © Sonia Mangiapane and Peik Li Pang  © Sonia Mangiapane and Peik Li Pang The design's response to the programs and compact footprint was to create economically maximize functionality by employing open, shared and interconnected spaces and to create illusion of spaciousness by playing of volume and light. The master bedroom is placed facing the street, made as compact as possible to allow a generous living room facing the garden. The supporting spaces- en-suite, mini-library and staircases were designed for high dimensional efficiency, all these spaces are arrayed within a narrow width of 4.5m in the middle zone, this was made possible by integrating the bookshelves with the 2-storey staircases, turning both the circulation and the staircases into 3-storey mini-library and also turning standing space of the bathroom as circulation.  Section To further accentuate multi-functionality and spaciousness, spaces are demarcated only by trackless full height sliding doors, this enable the play of space changes- completely open floor or defined closed rooms.  © Sonia Mangiapane and Peik Li Pang There were challenges to build within standard construction cost, extra effort were put in talking to manufacturers to accommodate modification to their pre-fabricated standard product in order to achieve slimline details and high dimension efficiency. The solid Oak staircases are one of the results, they are standard factory cut that were modified slightly to integrate 3-storeys bookshelves. On the other hand, on site construction dimension and details were also designed to fit into standard off-the-shelf building products, as though the building products were custom-designed to fit perfectly to the project  © Sonia Mangiapane and Peik Li Pang There are total 4 units of this starter typology in the row and this project is the last extension to take place. Considering sandwiched in between earlier extended neighbors, a subtle yet outspoken approach was taken to blend the extension into the existing terrace houses architecture. On the street fronting, the façade is the duplicate of the neighbors' to keep the consistent urban language. Whereas on the garden fronting, while applying the same materials and details to keep the coherency let the façade speaks for the space behind it, the space in which is atypical and bold to typical terrace houses.  © Sonia Mangiapane and Peik Li Pang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How to Build a Home in a Hurricane Zone Posted: 16 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST If you live in a hurricane zone, how can you construct a home which can withstand and survive some the strongest winds on Earth? In this film, presented by The Verge's "Home of the Future" series in collaboration with Curbed, designs drawn up by North Carolina-based prefabricated home builder Deltec show a house specifically able to deal with extremely hostile weather conditions. This film demonstrates how it fared against Hurricane Harvey.   This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Learning Basic Bamboo Joinery With Indonesian Carpenters Posted: 15 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST  © José Tomás Franco The main objective of the BambooU build and design course is to promote bamboo as a green building material, and to provide tools to architects, designers, builders, engineers, and carpenters from all over the world to value this material and increase its use. The 2017 version of the course invited its participants to be part of a basic carpentry workshop, in which Indonesian artisans—led by I Ketut Mokoh Sumerta—taught them to build the base of a simple structure in Bamboo, without using other materials and by experimenting with the cutting and joining of different pieces. See the process of this construction below.  © Eduardo Souza Well-dimensioned structural nodes are fundamental for the proper transmission of loads in a structure. In buildings constructed of natural materials such as wood or bamboo, this part requires attention and extra work during the execution. When adding materials such as steel to provide rigidity, this can improve structural performance, but also cause problems with differential contraction, or even oxidation, if proper precautions are not taken.  I Ketut Mokoh Sumerta. Image © José Tomás Franco  I Ketut Mokoh Sumerta. Image © José Tomás Franco Bamboo, with its variety of section shapes and dimensions, requires connections that allow it to move, while accommodating its natural shapes. An example of a connection that is being continuously improved by the Indonesian people is the so-called fish mouth, which is constructed using bamboo alone and functions as a basic junction between beams and columns. With or without the help of power tools, it relies on the skill of the builders to create a detail that is strong, efficient and beautiful at the same time. To build it you need only a ruler or tape measure, pencil, a knife, a hacksaw, a chisel, and a drill.  © José Tomás Franco The construction of the fish-mouth connection begins with a V-shaped cut in the column, which will accommodate the beam. This cut corresponds to the radius of the bamboo beam (or half of its diameter). It is important that the entire beam is touching the entire surface of the cut so that there is no weakness.  © José Tomás Franco  © Eduardo Souza  © José Tomás Franco To lock the structural node, a hole is created in the beam, where a small section of bamboo is inserted. Ideally, this part should be cut so that there are no gaps and the lock is efficient. After this, the drill is used to create two holes where pins (also made of bamboo) are inserted, which allow the proper locking of the structure.  © José Tomás Franco  © José Tomás Franco Still, in order to increase the stiffness of the joint, a third piece is inserted diagonally between the two pieces to connect them, with bamboo inserts and pins once again used for attachment. Although it seems ingenious and complicated at first, the junction can be understood and executed after a few hours and allow the construction of bamboo structures. Only with a lot of practice is perfect execution possible. Knowing how to execute this basic detail, it is possible to imagine some variations, using other angles and changing the dimension of the pieces.  © José Tomás Franco  © Eduardo Souza The most important lesson is that working with a natural material requires, above all, respect. And learning from old techniques that have already been tested and rethought is often a good step to success.  © Eduardo Souza  © Eduardo Souza Two of our Editors, Eduardo Souza and José Tomás Franco, were invited by BambooU and the bamboo design firm IBUKU to be part of this amazing experience, hosted by The Kul Kul Farm at the Green School in Bali, Indonesia. Check out more information about the next courses here and follow BambooUBali on Instagram.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| DZ Bank Building / Gehry Partners Posted: 15 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Nancy Da Campo
 © Nancy Da Campo Text description provided by the architects. The DZ Bank Building is a mixed-use building comprised of a commercial component, housing the Berlin headquarters of DZ Bank and a residential component consisting of 39 apartments. The commercial component of the building is oriented towards Pariser Platz and the Brandenburg Gate, and the residential component is oriented towards Behrenstrasse.  © Nancy Da Campo Both the Pariser Platz façade and the Behrenstrasse façade are clad in a buff-colored limestone that matches the Brandenburg Gate. The façades are scaled independently from one another, so that the proportions of each are appropriate to the immediate urban area within which they each exist. The Pariser Platz façade features a series of simple, punched openings and deeply-recessed window bays, allowing the building to blend naturally into the formal urban fabric which is the setting of the Brandenburg Gate.  Section A glass canopy covers the main entry to the building from Pariser Platz. A high-volume foyer immediately inside the main entry offers a view into the building's large interior atrium, which features a curving glass ceiling and a curving glass floor. A wood-clad arcade leads to the office elevator lobbies, which are located on either side of the atrium. Office spaces are organized around the atrium, and are oriented inward to take advantage of the natural light that floods through the glass ceiling.  © Nancy Da Campo The building's primary conference hall is located within a highly sculptural shell in the center of the glass floor of the atrium. Clad in stainless steel on the exterior and wood on the interior, the conference room is the physical and spiritual heart of the project. Other conference functions are organized under the glass floor, at level -1, around a generous foyer. It can be combined with the Bank's cafeteria, located under the main glass vault, to create a large space suited for banquets and assemblies.  © Nancy Da Campo A second, smaller interior atrium serves the residential component of the project. This atrium allows natural light to enter both sides of each apartment. A reflecting pool at the bottom of the atrium adds a dynamic quality to the light, best seen from the glass elevators that service the residential area. The apartments vary in size, from studios to maisonettes occupying the top two floors.  Detail  © Nancy Da Campo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa Perea Borobio / Canales Lombardero Posted: 15 Nov 2017 07:00 PM PST  © Fernando Alda
 © Fernando Alda Text description provided by the architects. A retired couple, both doctors decide to use their life savings to build a new house in Seville for them and for their visiting kin who living in the UK. They want the house to be designed for today, but also serve the future generations to come.  Drawing Durability, solid construction, energy efficiency and the recycling of client materials are set as priorities for the construction. Flexibility for future uses is articulated through the restraints associated with these priorities and by setting a clear system of stable relations around which adaptation and change can occur. This system not only intends to organize service areas and installations, but also curates spatial relationships, structure, light, cross ventilation and energy performance, whilst allowing for its inhabitant's to appropriate and manipulate programme over time.  © Fernando Alda In particular, the design deploys a system of brick cavity walls that articulates all domestic spatial relations, whilst the fluid and dynamic inhabitation unfolds in-between them. The walls are made of two interconnected layers of solid firebrick – leftovers from a local construction. The house is designed as a passive-structure with the help of experts in sustainability from the Architectural Association in London. The energy strategy for the design is based on the thermal inertia of the thick walls. For this reason, the brick walls and concrete slabs are left unclad to better absorb energy flows within them.  © Fernando Alda  © Fernando Alda Durability of the construction is also considered relevant. Elements such as doors, toilets, faucets, were recycled from a previous home of the clients, thus anticipating not only the free incorporation of elements into the house in the near future, but also, the goal of making durable what was already in use before construction.  © Fernando Alda  Section Finally, the design reflects the constant negotiation implied with small commissions - budget limitations, client aspirations, regulations and the dissolution between technological and artisanal solutions. A clear manifestation of this is showcased with the front façade portico. To navigate around local regulation that states that the column widths must be 25x25cm, reintroduced as 20x20cm prefabricated columns, not only does the structure mediate between local regulations, but adheres to the necessary slenderness that matches both the clients' aspiration for a larger house with the reality of their budget and programme development - generating an ambiguous scale emerging from a technical solution that splits representation from performance.  Model  © Fernando Alda  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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