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- Royal Arena / 3XN + HKS
- Remodel House in Ascona / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects
- Cabin Østfold / Lund+Slaatto Architects
- Gymnasium of New Campus of Tianjin University / Atelier Li Xinggang
- / House / Time Architects
- Bishop Selwyn Chapel / Fearon Hay Architects
- KARESANSUI / Yiduan Shanghai Interior Design
- Jacobs Medical Center / CannonDesign
- William Kaven Architecture Reveals Proposal for Portland's Tallest Building
- New Photos and Renderings Show OMA's "Park Grove" Miami Towers as It Races Toward Completion
- House Patio / ARRILLAGA PAROLA Arquitectos
- MASS MoCA Building 6 / Bruner/Cott & Associates
- See the Incredibly Complex Louvre Abu Dhabi Constructed Over 8 Years in This Timelapse
- MKK House / Gaudenzi Arquitetura
- What Does Your Sketchbook Say About You?
- The Waterdog / Klaarcitectuur
- Foster + Partner's Apple Park Visitor's Center Opens to the Public
- Inside the Production of the Massive Miniature Models Used to Film Blade Runner 2049
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| Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Adam Mørk
 © Adam Mørk Text description provided by the architects. One of the most anticipated cultural venues in Copenhagen, the 35,000 m2 Royal Arena, opened with four sold out concerts by Metallica. Specially designed for concerts and international level sporting events, this new venue combines two key ambitions: to create an attractive and highly flexible multi-purpose arena that can attract spectators locally as well as internationally, while ensuring that the building's presence will be a catalyzer for growth for the entire district as well as Copenhagen. With a podium that offers different public areas for social meetings and daily activities with a warm timber façade allowing spectators to look out and the curious to look in, the arena is designed to catalyse urban life, thereby adding value and fitting into the surrounding neighbourhood.  © Adam Mørk The Good Neighbour  © Adam Mørk "Our most important question before starting out the Royal Arena project was: How do we design the good neighbour for this area?" tells Kim Herfoth Nielsen, Founder and Creative Director at 3XN Architects.  © Adam Mørk From the beginning, therefore, it was central to 3XN to create an intimate symbiosis between the building and the community, activating its surroundings and offering new opportunities for those who live and work adjacent to the building. All its facets, the arena is designed to be a 'good neighbour'. Central was the idea of 'putting people first'. A radical rethinking of the Arena typology was, therefore, inevitable.  © Adam Mørk A Scandinavian Take on the Typology  © Adam Mørk "Since the arena is a local building, it was important to us to design it as an aesthetic contribution to the area, and not just a massive concrete block like other stadiums tend to be. Design wise, Royal Arena is easy to recognize with the curvy wooden fins and the minimalistic Nordic expression and fits the nearby area," Kim Herfort Nielsen explains.  © Adam Mørk To achieve optimal flow at all scales of events, 3XN designed the building with a single podium which efficiently absorbs the movement of spectators through a variety of small plazas, pockets and gathering areas which have been carved from the podium's perimeter. Visitors enter the podium via a wide staircase and from the podium enter the building via a large main entrance or, in case of large audience sizes, are distributed smoothly along the facade between four different entries. The wavelike movements lift up slightly above the natural entry points of the Arena making way-finding easy and logical.  © Adam Mørk From Metalica to Celine Dion - from Icehockey to Cirque du Soleil  © Adam Mørk As concerts will make up a large proportion of events at the Royal Arena, the end stage configuration is very important.  © Adam Mørk  First Floor Plan  © Adam Mørk The Arena is also extremely flexible. It allows for a comprehensive range of staging options with a 22 meter height surrounding the stage. In addition, the symmetrical block layout, allows seating to be built up, reduced, expanded or sectioned off in the most appropriate ways for each concert, but also highly capable of adapting to quick operational changes and requirements based on ticket sales. The building has an open ground foor and a public plateau at the first floor level. Most of the spectators are seated on three sides of the stage/track/court, with the option to accommodate further visitors on the fourth side for sporting events and special cultural events. In concert-mode, the arena floor can be retracted.  © Adam Mørk  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Remodel House in Ascona / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects Posted: 20 Nov 2017 07:00 PM PST  © Hannes Henz
 © Hannes Henz Text description provided by the architects. The existing house, which had to be converted, is situated in an interesting urban context close to the historical core of Ascona. It's accessible by car and by foot directly from the village and it has a romantic palm tree garden with a spectacular view over the roofs towards the Lake Maggiore and the mountains.  © Hannes Henz Due to its steep slope, this area is strongly influenced by high retaining walls, which are usually made in traditional natural stone.  © Hannes Henz The existing house doesn't have any relation to the architecture of the surroundings; its relation to the garden has a certain quality.  Basement Floor Plan  Ground Floor Plan  First Floor Plan The project responds to the location and to the terraced garden with it's stonewalls. The choice of using natural stone with traditional plaster (combined with completely plastered walls) gives the house a new identity and integrates it naturally into the garden and the neighbourhood.  © Hannes Henz The existing natural stonewall along the valley side road is interrupted in order to create a new generous entrance situation with natural stone paved parking lot with an entrance gate. An additional technical- and storage room is integrated under terrain behind the remaining retaining wall.  Section A-A From the entrance gate a gently rising ramp leads to the lower existing garden level, from where it's possible to get access to each level of the house.  © Hannes Henz The house, which has been reduced to a simple stone cube, integrates itself into the existing garden and creates a unity with the existing stonewalls. On the lover level there are two small and atmospheric bedrooms, the main entrance with wardrobe, a bath with sauna, a storage room and also a covered outdoor loggia.  © Hannes Henz  © Hannes Henz On the upper floor there is the master bedroom with its bath and wardrobe area, the main living spaces, like the spacious living, dining, and kitchen area, which offers a great view with its large window. To the side and to the back two full glazing enables an unlimited connection with the garden and the existing stonewalls, inside and outside are experienced as one.  © Hannes Henz  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cabin Østfold / Lund+Slaatto Architects Posted: 20 Nov 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Marte Garmann
 © Marte Garmann Text description provided by the architects. The Østfold cabin is located in the Oslofjord archipelago, with great views of the sea and the adjacent coastal landscape. The cabin consists of two volumes - the main building and an annex, connected by an outdoor terrace. The foundation of the building and the angle of the pitched roof stems from a previous building on the site and creates the natural boundaries of the project.  © Marte Garmann  Floor Plan  © Marte Garmann To maintain as much space as possible within these frames, the roof is designed with a unique, narrow construction. Inspired by the rocky coastal surroundings, different levels create natural divisions within the open interior space. The house and the terrace are cladded with cedar timber, partially covering the windows, allowing filtered sunlight into the house. The timber cladding, alongside the slim pitched roof, gives the house an almost shelter-like appearance - a sensation of a light and sensible dwelling on the fragile coast.  © Marte Garmann  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gymnasium of New Campus of Tianjin University / Atelier Li Xinggang Posted: 20 Nov 2017 04:00 PM PST  Interior Swimming Pool. Image © Haiting Sun
 North West View. Image © Haiting Sun Text description provided by the architects. The Gymnasium of New Campus of Tianjin University is located in the north of the front zone of the campus. The main buildings include an indoor sports center and a natatorium. The public spaces of these two buildings are linked by a large arch bridge which encloses an entrance plaza and connects the entire building.  Interior Roof. Image © Qianxi Zhang According to the respective requirements towards the plan dimension, headroom, and usage (dedicated or multi-purpose), the multiple indoor sports fields are compactly organized and connected by the linear public spaces (the public hall, the arch bridge, and the lobby of swimming pool). This kind of design strategy largely not only enhances the openness and sports atmosphere of the interior spaces but also creates diverse eave heights and an efficient and easy-going layout.  Roof Bidrview. Image © Haiting Sun The design mainly focuses on how to logically organize and repeat the basic unit of the form and structure to generate specific function, light environment, and atmosphere within each space. The public hall of the indoor sports center adopts ruled curve surface roof of a gradient wave-shape (hollow ribbed roof structure), with a 140-meter-long indoor overhead track, which forms a great light environment and infinite landscape. The exercisers who are running on the overhead track naturally become a part of the landscape, showing the sports spirit of the architecture.  Interior Swimming Pool. Image © Haiting Sun  Perspective Section  Gym Roof. Image © Qianxi Zhang The roof and the exterior walls of the sports space use a series of reinforced concrete structure of ruled curve surfaces, barrel arches and conical surfaces which provide long span space and high side window daylighting. The tectonic texture of the wooden mold concrete is exposed inside, and the architectural outline of silence and diversity is formed outside, achieving the perfect unity of the building's structure, space, and form.  Y Shape Column. Image © Qianxi Zhang Compared with the architectural image of the exaggerated and arbitrary through the decoration nowadays, this design exposes the structure to access the beauty of "tectonic", resulting in the space of silence, plain and rhythm, presenting more permanent "poetic" of space.  South West Birdview. Image © Guangyuan Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2017 02:00 PM PST  © Quang Dam
 © Quang Dam Text description provided by the architects. It is the old house in an alley on District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. The partial of land is the typical long house in the cities of Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City.  © Quang Dam The investor has been here since her childhood, it is considered as the birthplace of family members. The Plan to rebuild the house started since 10 years ago, however, has been postponed, due to some unexpected reasons. After 10 years, the construction is implemented by an absolute new design. To build the house is to realize the Invester's wish: to strengthen the bond between everyone in the family, especially, to create a home, where her old mother enjoys seeing her children and grandchildren playing, living with each other.  © Quang Dam  Section  © Quang Dam / House was concepted as a "Containing Space": the large space that has many smaller ones inside. It contains most of activities of generations in the family. Each room is a house that put in accordance with the vertical as a small union. To create the "Containing Space" is to connect the small families of the Bigger One, as well as nourishing and containing all the changes of function followed by demandings of the members from time to time.  © Quang Dam For this house, Form is not the most important thing. The spirits, the feelings and the bonds between the family members living inside are.  © Quang Dam  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bishop Selwyn Chapel / Fearon Hay Architects Posted: 20 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST  © Patrick Reynolds
 © Patrick Reynolds Text description provided by the architects. Walking the southern perimeter of Auckland's Cathedral grounds seven years ago would be an experience of the eclectic arrangement of 100 year old oaks, a beautifully subtle memorial garden, a historic wooden church and an unfinished Cathedral.  © Patrick Reynolds The spaces are to the south, out of the sun and away from the street corner frontages and public entrances. They are unoccupied and closed, the unfinished connections to the interior of the main Chancel limestone vaulting boarded up with corrugated tin. But the site is beautiful - the oaks frame an elevated view of the prominent volcanic landmarks of Auckland with the iconic Maungakiekie directly on its southern axis.  © Patrick Reynolds  Floor Plan  © Patrick Reynolds The competition to complete the Holy Trinity Cathedral on a prominent ridgeline in central Auckland sought to construct a new chapel, adding further built form to the site and in doing so completing the spatial programme of the original 1888 vision for a Cathedral in the young city.  Section It could be said that the all Cathedrals should accumulate built response over many generations and that the eclecticism of the Cathedral precinct is apt for a young, rapidly developing and diversifying community.  © Patrick Reynolds The chapel design seeks to embrace this approach in a way that transforms the fragmented environment into a unified sense of invitation and connection. The diocese' brief required a worship, choral, performance and event space for 100. Our approach extends this simple programme to further provide an external terrace, covered porch and stairs that descend into the grassed spaces and low basalt walls of the columbarium garden.  © Patrick Reynolds The chapel is laid out in response to the hierarchy of the Chancel to which it is joined. The central space is sited behind the main altar with the flanking ambulatories extended to provide access to the new chapel and allowing a continuous circuit within the cathedral interior. The extension of the ambulatories now provides sightlines to the oaks and garden from deep within this interior and the new floor plane continues either side of the chapel as terraces flowing into the garden.  © Patrick Reynolds A cross rendered in a sculptural work by artist Neil Dawson is positioned beyond the internal enclosure, anchoring the space between the built form of the Cathedral and the canopy of the 100 year oaks and emphasising the garden connection.  © Patrick Reynolds The enclosure itself is minimal – glazed planes flank the space and define the chapel from its attendant ambulatories. This enclosure is dematerialised and at the same time layered: Saint Mary's Victorian roof profile and timber detailing combine with the seasonally changing canopies and branches of the oaks reflected on and seen through the transparency. The southern enclosure is also glazed, but in this case the containment can be dissolved, the glass panels sliding away to either side to remove any physical barrier to the garden and the volcanic landscape of Auckland beyond.  © Patrick Reynolds The sequence of space, invitation to and from the garden, and inclusion of historic Saint Mary's is brought together beneath a broad golden canopy, extended as a simple plane from the vertical brick mass of the existing chancel and draped into a form that opens towards its edges – opens to include the gothic timber profile of St Marys, opens to the garden and sculptural presence of the oaks and opens to the Auckland landscape of volcanic cones and harbour.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| KARESANSUI / Yiduan Shanghai Interior Design Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:00 AM PST  © Enlong Zhu
 © Enlong Zhu Text description provided by the architects. By chance the client found Xu Xujun two years ago. After a few hours' communication at the first meeting, the client requested that Xu Xujun provide a brief proposal first. At that night, Xu Xujun drew a rough draft by hand: elements of Oriental Zen were added to the overlapping connected buildings , and Tibetan style of ancient city Shangri-La was taken as a smooth transition, thus a simple hostel which presents the beauty of nature was gradually shown. The client thought highly of the draft, thus a story about the original design of KARESANSUI was unfolded...  © Enlong Zhu KARESANSUI is located at No. 46 Cuo Lang, North Gate Street of Dukezong Ancient Town, Shangri-La, Yunnan. It is geographically blessed -- only three minutes' walk from Sifang Street. Buildings of KARESANSUI are built on the slopes; it took nearly two years to complete the construction. During the construction period, Mr. Xu stayed on project site with his assistants for nearly one year to follow up on and instruct the construction. This contributes to the perfect implementation of the design!  © Enlong Zhu KARESANSUI are composed of six small buildings and an old Tibetan house, visually, the two buildings where the restaurant and lobby located are floating in the air. Bridged by corridors, the buildings are undulating and interweaved with each other. There are 15 guest rooms in total , in addition, there is a lobby, a restaurant and a tea room. Unique indoor design could be found in each guests room, while giving guests great sense of privacy , it shows the beauty of new oriental Zen. One of the buildings keep the original Tibetan structure, and local Tibetan elements are added to its architectural and interior design. When designing the window, Xu Xujun made full use of the great view, making it possible for guests to enjoy the painting-like scenery of blue sky, white clouds, sunrise and sunset just by looking out of the window.  © Enlong Zhu The transformation of new styled buildings and the old Tibetan houses is natural and harmonious. The scale of the hostel is not big, but it is exquisite. The space function layout is ingenious and just perfect. While standing out, the buildings blend into the surrounding environment and hostels perfectly. The local committee call it "one of the most beautiful hostel in Shangri-La".  © Enlong Zhu  Plan 1  © Enlong Zhu The name of the hostel comes from poetry Looking for the Reclusive Chan Taoist of South Stream by Liu Changqing, poet of Tang Dynasty."Enjoy the green pines after the rain, walk by the path of the mountain and find the source of the water, I understand Zen from the reflection of the flowers in the stream , and I stare at them silently." The poet didn't find the taoist, instead, he found something else interesting which enabled him to get insight into Zen.  © Enlong Zhu The name KARESANSUI is thus born, it aims at helping guests to gain spiritual pleasure and psychological satisfaction. Being enlighten by the quite stream, enjoying fun of tranquility from appreciating swaying wildflower; What's deep inside the heart is a kind of peace and joy of self-examination. Such kind of peaceful mood integrated harmoniously with the quiet environment. We hope that all guests could have an agreeable experience here.  © Enlong Zhu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jacobs Medical Center / CannonDesign Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:00 AM PST  © Christopher Barrett + Ethan Rohloff
 © Christopher Barrett + Ethan Rohloff Text description provided by the architects. To offer the community access to leading-edge cancer, stem cell, and surgical therapies, the client collaborated with doctors, scientists, nurses and engineers to build a world-class medical destination for patient-first care. Connected to Thornton Pavilion and located adjacent to a new research facility, the 509,500 sqf, 245-bed Jacobs Medical Center is a translational medical center in the truest sense — facilitating the convergence of research, education and excellent clinical care.  © Christopher Barrett + Ethan Rohloff  Sketches  © Christopher Barrett + Ethan Rohloff Although one building, the 10-story hospital functions as three medical specialty centers— housing inpatient services for high-risk obstetrics and neonatal care, cancer care and advanced surgical care. The building's overall curvilinear form was driven by the design of the patient units, but also by advanced modeling to capitalize on views, maximize daylight and minimize solar gain and glare. The geometry creates a subtle continuous flowing curve of the exterior — a dynamic form that changes as one passes around the building's perimeter. Integrated into the exterior are a number of elevated gardens and terraces that bring nature up to the patient level.  © Christopher Barrett + Ethan Rohloff The organic nature of the exterior translates to the interior to create an intentional and natural flow. The patient rooms are equipped with modern finishes, and an award-winning custom headwall seamlessly combines all necessary elements and equipment into one sculptural element. All patient rooms are also equipped with an iPad that can be operated from the bedside, empowering patients to customize their environments and securely view their treatment schedules and medical records. The hospital combines the highest-quality advanced care with upscale amenities, architecturally significant design, and future-focused technology — ushering in a new era in specialty inpatient care.  © Christopher Barrett + Ethan Rohloff  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| William Kaven Architecture Reveals Proposal for Portland's Tallest Building Posted: 20 Nov 2017 08:30 AM PST  Courtesy of William Kaven Architecture William / Kaven and Kaven + Co. have unveiled plans for a bridged mixed-use skyscraper development that, if built, would become the tallest building in Portland, Oregon. The project would replace the city's soon-to-be-demolished USPS headquarters with a new 5-million-square-foot development consisting of multiple high-rise buildings containing facilities for retail, office, residential and a hotel. The plan is organized around two central skyscrapers, the taller of which would top out at over 970 feet – more than foot feet taller than the city's current tallest building, the Wells Fargo Center. The two skyscrapers would be linked at 680 feet high by a 236-foot-long glass-walled bridge housing a skygarden and offering unparallelled views of the city and the surrounding landscape. Buildings would be built to the highest sustainability and energy efficiency standards, utilizing the latest heat pump technology as well as solar-panel-integrated curtain walls. Partner of William / Kaven and Kaven + Co. founder Daniel Kaven believes the development could serve as a major incubator for the city, while becoming a new destination for both residents and tourists. "What we have conceived is a dynamic, modern neighborhood centralized around an extension of the park blocks," said Kaven. "The towers are large enough to serve as a headquarters for a Fortune 100 company, such as Amazon, and would anchor the entire district both architecturally and financially. The towers and interlinking skybridge would be an iconic addition to Portland's skyline and a destination for locals and tourists alike. The elevated garden would be a tropical respite from the gray of the city at any time of the year and provide breathtaking views of Mt. Hood and the entire city skyline." The development would also link to the adjacent Portland train station, which would be expanded to transform into a high-tech transportation hub that could connect existing Portland transportation networks with future systems, such as the proposed American Northwest Hyperloop One route. "This is our opportunity to lead the effort to build a bullet train network that links Portland to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver from the heart of an already-existing downtown transportation hub. There is no better place, nor a better time, than the opportunity that is upon us, with this huge site next to our historic train station," adds Kaven. The project is currently in the conceptual design phase, and will be submitted to the City of Portland's development department, Prosper Portland, for consideration in early 2018.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Photos and Renderings Show OMA's "Park Grove" Miami Towers as It Races Toward Completion Posted: 20 Nov 2017 07:01 AM PST  Construction photos - November 2017. Image Courtesy of OMA New construction photos capture the progress of OMA's Miami development, "Park Grove," as the project's details and finish begin to emerge. Located next to the twisting towers of BIG's recently completed "Grove at Grand Bay," OMA's trio of towers will consist of 1,000,000 square feet of luxury residential spaces with panoramic views of Florida's Biscayne Bay.  Construction photos - November 2017. Image Courtesy of OMA Over 50,000 square feet of the project is dedicated to amenity space, including a 28-seat private screening room, a restaurant from chef Michael Schwartz, an outdoor amphitheater, wine tasting rooms and a rooftop pool with private cabanas.  Lobby. Image Courtesy of OMA  Construction photos - November 2017. Image Courtesy of OMA  © Craft Studio  Construction photos - November 2017. Image Courtesy of OMA In addition to the photos, new renderings released with the images show the interiors of the apartments and the amenity as they will appear upon its completion in 2018. See the full gallery of images below and learn more about the project in our previous post, here.
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| House Patio / ARRILLAGA PAROLA Arquitectos Posted: 20 Nov 2017 07:00 AM PST .jpg?1510456407 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa
.jpg?1510456458 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa Text description provided by the architects. The project is the response to a private entrusts for the design of permanent housing of a family of four members. It is developed on the outskirts of the city of Santa Fe, in the area of current growth of private neighborhoods and countries on the Santa Fe – Rosario highway. These developments, building regulations promote exempt construction with its four facades open to regulatory withdrawals. In this particular case, the terrain is characterized by two determining variables: The preponderance of the depth of the lot, with the best visuals to the bottom (public square), and the south orientation of its counterfacade, with the challenge that implies from the climatic point of view in these latitudes. .jpg?1510456318 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa The typological adoption prioritizes social environments and bedrooms with the view of greater landscape value and at the same time tries to solve the climatic issue from the incorporation of a CENTRAL PATIO in the proposal that incorporates direct sunsets and air currents crossed to the majority of the environments. In turn, this PATIO is resolved as an element of landscape design around which the main circulations are developed, playing as a visual filter with respect to the street, granting PRIVACY to the proposal as a particular intention of the owners. .jpg?1510456166 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa  Section A .jpg?1510456154 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa From an aesthetic point of view, the resource used was the honest manifestation of the materials used for its construction: Common bricks in masonry, reinforced concrete seen for structural parts, wood in ceilings and glass of openings, all the constructive elements are in sight composing the general physiognomy of a project characterized by simplicity and austerity. It is a project that bets on a design that finds in the analysis of THE OWNERS, the particular characteristics of the SITE and the rationality in the use of the MATERIALS its main project vocation. .jpg?1510456384 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MASS MoCA Building 6 / Bruner/Cott & Associates Posted: 20 Nov 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Michael Moran
 © Michael Moran  Exploded Axonometric  © Michael Moran Text description provided by the architects. A pioneering adaptive reuse project, Mass MoCA breathes new life into a 17-acre industrial complex built in the late 1800s. The museum was completed in three phases, initially opening to international acclaim in 1999. The third and final phase, Building 6, is the realization of the architect's 25-year master plan, which continues Mass MoCA's "museums within the museum" concept. Two buildings with a combined 130,000sf of undeveloped space create areas for video, film, and multi-media exhibits, as well as events, workshops, and storage.  © Michael Moran  © Michael Moran The massiveness of both the buildings and the complex, with interlocking courtyards, bridges, and walkways, offered the opportunity to experiment with open spaces, structural elements, and connections. Design interventions weave in and out of over one thousand columns, hundreds of windows, and acres of maple factory floor. Existing spaces are edited, sculpting a two-story glass-roofed central core, a lounge at the museum's "prow," and two-story openings for art and visual connections. The original building remains legible—giving scale, context, and history—but has been thoroughly transformed for its new life as a museum.  © Michael Moran The building's most important orienting, ceremonial, and transitional spaces are created through the act of sculptural salvage, rather than the addition of new materials. All bricks, structural wood, and finished wood used on the project are salvaged from the building itself—greatly reducing transportation, extraction, and industrial energy. The result is a transparency that encourages experimentation and collaboration within the framework of a place known for centuries as a center for innovation.  Materials - Editing  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| See the Incredibly Complex Louvre Abu Dhabi Constructed Over 8 Years in This Timelapse Posted: 20 Nov 2017 04:30 AM PST
With its massive, intricate roof and man-made pools and canals, Ateliers Jean Nouvel's astonishingly complex Louvre Abu Dhabi was a project 10-years in the making before finally debuting to the public earlier this month. But even if the project missed it's original completion date, it certainly wasn't for lack of trying – and that's proven in this new video timelapse from EarthCam. The video captures the 8-year-long construction process from groundbreaking to completion, showing the museum as it came together from a variety of perspectives, including how the roof was assembled in mid-air before being gently lowered into place, and the enormous effort of earth moving to build the unique site. Check out the video below.
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| MKK House / Gaudenzi Arquitetura Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST  © Celso Brando
 © Celso Brando Text description provided by the architects. Residence for young couple with small daughter in urban plot, 10 meters wide by 33 meters depth. Despite the extensive program, the solution aimed at preserving the largest external area of the terrain as possible.  © Celso Brando  Longitudinal Section  © Celso Brando Natural lighting is present in every compartment of the house. The fluidity between internal and external spaces and between covered and uncovered spaces are the most characteristic aspects of this project, associated with the determining presence of vegetation in the privileged climate of this southern zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro.  © Celso Brando  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What Does Your Sketchbook Say About You? Posted: 20 Nov 2017 01:30 AM PST  © Andrea Vasquez The sketchbook: it is probably the first thing you buy in architecture school, and, the thing you hold on to most dearly. It is one of the most important tools to help document, problem-solve, and archive your journey as an architect. The sketchbook is the physical extension of one's architectural mind, and the way one organizes it says a lot about the holder. What does your sketchbook say about you? Read on to find out: The FormalistThe formalist always has their sketchbooks neatly organized, complete with a clear hierarchy, the perfect ratio of drawings to notes, and of course, a specific corresponding set of pens to write with. If this sounds like you, you probably have little-to-no clutter on your desk, and always come to the office poised and put-together. Colleagues continually ooh-and-aah at the pure beauty and neatness of your sketchbook—good work! The Michelangelo © Andrea Vasquez Who needs words? You speak a universal language and fill every inch of your sketchbook with immaculate drawings and doodles worthy of the Sistine Chapel. People constantly stare at your sketchbook in amazement and wonder why you did not go to art school. The Self-ActualizerPeople aren't quite sure if your sketchbook is actually a sketchbook or a bullet journal. Your sketchbook is filled with schedules and lists to get things done, and it serves as a form of visual motivation. If this is you, you probably get pretty exciting during team building activities and are the office motivator—go team! The Collager © Andrea Vasquez The collager's sketchbook isn't really a sketchbook. Your sketchbook is bursting at the seams with clippings from magazines, travel mementos, and whatever other inspiration you can stuff between the pages. Collagers are typically caught scrolling Pinterest at work and caption their Instagrams with inspirational quotes. The Over-Prepared OneYou found the perfect sketchbook, and have 12 back-ups lined up on your back wall waiting to be filled, just in case you unexpectedly finish your current sketchbook, or, even worse, the manufacturer stops making them altogether. You also have a complete set of pens and markers, several boxes of paper clips and rolls of trace-paper at your desk, ready to go! The Scribe © Andrea Vasquez When looking at a scribe's sketchbook, the first thought that comes to people's minds are, "where are the sketches?" The scribes are the polar opposite of the Michelangelos—the pages of your sketchbook are lined top to bottom with notes illustrating your thoughts not through sketches, but words. You have impeccable penmanship and always have something profound to say during meetings. The Everything-but-the-Kitchen-SinkYour sketchbook holds your entire life: thoughts, calendars, passwords, basically everything but the kitchen sink. It is one of your closest pals—it accompanies you wherever you go, and you would be lost without it. If this is the case, you may have a borderline-unhealthy relationship and should maybe consider taking a step back. The "Resourceful" One © Andrea Vasquez "Who really needs a sketchbook when you've got all of this spare paper lying around?!" You like to write and draw on whatever is next to you, and your sketches are scattered throughout thousands of different sheets of paper. You tell people you are being "resourceful," but your desk is always something of a mess. The resourceful ones additionally have a chill attitude about life and enjoy driving with the windows down. The Da VinciThe Da Vinci's notebook is filled with secrets and ideas of master ingenuity. The only person fully able to comprehend any of it is the owner themself; everyone yearns to know what is inside, but is afraid to open it and even when people catch a glimpse, they're left even more confused than they were to begin with. Images for this article were kindly provided by Andrea Vasquez.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Toon Grobet
 © Toon Grobet Quality of life  © Marc Scheepers Feel good This was achieved by creating a big open space at the heart of the old chapel. By stacking offices in a box-like fashion, the necessary space was freed up to create an engaging and multifunctional space, which can be used for a broad spectrum of urban activities.  © Flos&Beeldpunt This way, a building that has had many functionalities in the past and which has played a crucial part in the lives of so many, can once again come to live and serve an entire community.  Sections Collective By opening the building to the wider public, it will be possible to host a wide range of events. A such, the building can act as a source of inspiration for all its visitors, of whom, hopefully, many will leave inspired.  © Toon Grobet Design research  © Toon Grobet The decision was made to preserve the old building in its full glory, in its entirety, despite it being heavily affected by the ravages of time. Any restoration of the existing structures would cause irreversible damage to and be a detriment to its rich past.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Foster + Partner's Apple Park Visitor's Center Opens to the Public Posted: 20 Nov 2017 12:30 AM PST  © Apple The Visitor's Center at Apple's new Cupertino campus has opened to the public. As the public face of a vast complex designed by Foster + Partners, the independent building is "a uniquely designed architectural extension" of the company's new headquarters. "With similar aesthetics in staircases, stone walls, and terrazzo floors," the center's "cantilevered carbon fiber roof appears to float," supported only "by stone clad cores and no other extraneous columns for support."  © Apple
 © Apple According to Apple, the purpose of building is to invite "guests to explore Apple Park in an immersive and engaging way." A three-dimensional model of the campus is "brought to life by augmented reality technology" – here, visitors are able to learn about the project, it's function, and the company which commissioned it. "Visitors can also choose to lift the entire roof off the building to peek inside to the collaborative office pod layout," they added.  © Apple  © Apple
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| Inside the Production of the Massive Miniature Models Used to Film Blade Runner 2049 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST You may not have guessed that the dystopian state of Los Angeles filmed in Blade Runner 2049 is a real place, just smaller. The scenes, from Los Angeles to the Trash Mesa and Wallace Tower were built to scale in Wellington, New Zealand by Weta Workshop, the massive 'miniature' sets were then filmed by cinematographer Alex Funke.  Courtesy of Weta Workshop Design Studio Alex Funke states that working in a scaled set of miniatures has all of the inherent flaws of filming anything; real surfaces, illuminated with real light, with all the issues of tiny specular reflections. He goes on to explain how each scene can be shot in layers to have hyper-control of ambient and artificial light, to be adjusted independently to create the perfect effect.  Courtesy of Weta Workshop Design Studio Towering over tiny Los Angeles is the LAPD building surrounded by a context consisting of 37 buildings built at 48th scale in mega-high detail. Each building can take the model makers as long as a week to construct, paint, distress, dirty, and graffiti. Steven Saunders, Art Director and Lead Standby - Miniatures Unit states, "I always think of a miniature as a giant composition of tiny little vignettes, tiny little stories, tiny little places that all need to work together to make the whole miniature work."  Courtesy of Weta Workshop Design Studio The Wallace Tower, the bad-guy headquarters is built at 600th scale, which would make the building 3.5 kilometers tall. Pamela Harvey-White, Production Manager - Miniatures Unit, describes the scale they're working at, "they're really bigatures - they're not miniatures. They're massive buildings. They're just stellar pieces of art." News via: Weta Workshop.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Satellite Images Ranks Europe's Greenest (and Not so Green) Cities Posted: 19 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST  Courtesy of Philipp Gärtner With a growing global trend of rural to urban migration, a focus on an understanding of parks, gardens and general green space in city centers is more important than ever. While a move to an urban center can offer improved access to employment, schooling, healthcare and cultural opportunities, it can come at a cost of increased stress and noise and decreased access to open space, fresh air and nature. For urban and forestry researcher Phillipp Gärtner, this raised the question of which European capital cities have the greenest space.  Courtesy of Philipp Gärtner Using a method that processes satellite imagery and detects pixel types, Gärtner has generated the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for 43 of Europe's capital cities. The NDVI analyses remote sensing measurements to determine whether a target area contains live vegetation or not. For consistency, the area analyzed is a 5-mile radius circle around each city's official city center. The results tend to be weighted towards the smaller capitals as they generally have less metropolitan area. Coastal cities feature on the low end of the scale due to the non-plantable area so Gärtner has compiled a list of both cities with a population of above two million and the greenest seaside capital.  Courtesy of Philipp Gärtner Here are the rankings from most green to least green: Sarajevo - 0.6778 The full analysis can be found here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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