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- Mão Esquerda Vintage Store / Gustavo Guimarães
- Living Smell / Waterfrom Design
- The House with the Gabion / Spasm Design
- Moling 9 Workshop / TR Architects
- Pinwhell House / CEEarch
- K11 Atelier at Victoria Dockside / KPF
- 2017 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture Opens This Week in Shenzhen
- North Bondi House / Scale Architecture
- Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten Discuss 2017 MPavilion, Reveal Temporary Installation 'Swings'
- Cazo Apartment / Estúdio BRA
- COBE + BRUT's Reflective Pavilion Wins Competition for New EU Entrance Plaza in Brussels
- Casa Plaza / MASS Arquitectos
- Laurian Ghinitoiu Captures MAD's Chaoyang Park Plaza in its Lively Beijing Context
- Kanarie Club / Studio Modijefsky
- The Stories Behind 7 of the Most Iconic Eyeglasses in Architecture
- Mökki Santara House / Carla Gertz
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| Mão Esquerda Vintage Store / Gustavo Guimarães Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  © Nelson Garrido
 © Nelson Garrido Text description provided by the architects. Mão esquerda vintage is the new store from a well-known Portuguese vintage brand which sources high-quality clothes from all over the world. This new project occupies the intimate 19-square-metre ground floor of a historic old building located in the centre of Porto. Space has been refurbished in a way that combines both the raw, traditional vibe of Porto city and a contemporary minimal esthetic.  © Nelson Garrido  Floor Plan  © Nelson Garrido The main challenge with this project was learning how to work with the many irregularities of this small slender space, while maintaining a simple and clean approach, thus creating a backdrop that could showcase a large and heterogeneous vintage clothing collection. The resulting design has a visually strong aesthetic, focusing on two main curved elements.  Axonometric The first is a gridded floor-to-ceiling wall made of oak that serves as a partition and also allows for a storage area behind. The second is a two-level iron hanging rail that allows the shop to change its configuration based on the items on display. These are complemented by the existing marmorate flooring and a refurbished counter that belonged to an old chemist shop, which, along with the light and colour, all help to create a subtle theatrical atmosphere.  © Nelson Garrido  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Living Smell / Waterfrom Design Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Kuomin Lee
 © Kuomin Lee Text description provided by the architects. The lady of the house, who designs wedding invitations for a living, has a soul molded by plate making, compression molding, laser engraving, and hot foil stamping, has, in the fragrance brand Mad et Len, found the mesmerizing texture that came of limited and simple ease of handicraft. The space became a fragrant art, where the warmth of life become the best way to extract the smell of memory, and allows the habits of the owners, such as triathlon and reading, to become ethereal and spread into the air. The raised multi-layer bookshelf walls and display racks refines the personality and images of the residence. The simple colors and handmade work from the artisan aids the feel of the media such as hand painted and steel brushed veneer materials to replace the clean mechanical feel. On various white background materials, the line and color blocks are fermenting in minimalism, creating a division of order and spatial displacement. Linearity  © Kuomin Lee  Floor Plan  © Kuomin Lee In following the continual refinement of Mad et Len bottle to be free and at ease, the primitive lines indoors are taken and geometrically change into light strips, laminates, into horizontal and vertical lines, dividing and lining up, transforming structure and blocks, hiding the condensed black and yellow colors in the minutiae and leaving behind the thickness and layering of the actual lines. Stacking layers upon layers, reducing and reduce further, raising the linear book wall to extreme simplicity like Richard Lin's minimalist art, and the set up between the color hopping and the layering creates a humors trick of spatial displacement. Flow  © Kuomin Lee The rhythm is like a triathlon, the display writes down the rate flow on a flat space, extending the master's tracks in life. The parallel laminates sets up a score filled with counterpoints on the wall, where the melody creates the ebb and flow of breathing on the white background wall. The flow gives off an image of solitude, letting the setting sunlight spray and punch through the mesh, and all types of virtual images and dots of light creates illusions of a feast of time as scenes flow by.  © Kuomin Lee  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The House with the Gabion / Spasm Design Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:00 PM PST  © Photographix – Sebastian & Ira
 © Photographix – Sebastian & Ira Text description provided by the architects. Pawna Lake, offers some killer vistas. This country home starts with an 8 foot thick Gabion wall, which acts as a spine, the first marker which runs for 170 feet, from north to south.  © Photographix – Sebastian & Ira All spaces in a one room thick linear organization attach themselves to the Gabion and a generous 10 foot wide verandah lined in local bricks becomes the movement and principal living zone.  Ground Floor Plan The break in the Gabion becomes the point of entry, almost like slipping in discretely, into a densely planted court, confronted by a swing bed, framing the phenomenal view.  © Photographix – Sebastian & Ira The innovation of the musket spouts and the full length Y-rain collector makes sure that the water shed by the roof is tamed and shot out away from the verandah. This is a high precipitation, catchment area. The pool sort of drifts away from the verandah as a reflective mirror plane, pointing to the peak on the opposite shore.  © Photographix – Sebastian & Ira Open showers, high rooms, terrazzo en-suites and brass lamps add to the overall frugal natural atmosphere. The Gabion has become overgrown and is ruinous and modern at once, in a way. We, couldn't see any other way of addressing the site.  © Photographix – Sebastian & Ira  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Moling 9 Workshop / TR Architects Posted: 11 Dec 2017 02:00 PM PST  © Fangfang Tian
 © Fangfang Tian Text description provided by the architects. Moling 9 Workshop, transformed from Niu Shou Industrial Park that was built in the 1990s, is located in Jiangning District, Nanjing City.  © Fangfang Tian After this transformation, it becomes a Creative Park of Culture and Science with "Internet +" as its core and with a total of nearly 40,000 square meters. The base is rectangular in the east-west direction, and the short side at the western end is the only part that interfaces with external roads.  Before. Image © Fangfang Tian  Comparison Before and After Transformation  © Fangfang Tian With regard to the shape of the base and the order of its development, the western end of the block serves as a start-up area, consisting of two U-shaped buildings and temporary houses scattered on the street.  © Fangfang Tian Designers persuaded its proprietor to abandon the initial blueprint of constructing the park's identity through large-scale renovation of the facades of the two factory buildings along the street. Instead, they suggested to set up an open transitional zone between the closed park and the city where the park and the city can interact with each other through rearranging the venue between the factory buildings and the outside world with the transformation of the space instead of facade renovation, in order to change the previous senses of alienation and unpleasantness of the most Industrial Park to the city, and thus create identity of 9 workshop identity.  © Fangfang Tian In the process of site arrangement, the temporary houses along the street will be demolished while retaining the little houses with a relatively complete and brick-concrete structure in the northwest corner. And based on the dimensions of these houses, we would plant in the vacated ground 4 "industrial huts" made up of steel frames, weathering steel, steel mesh, glass and steel scaffolding.  © Fangfang Tian The "industrial community" consisting of five huts replaced the construction of fences and gates, representing the openness of the park. The space inside these huts make things easy during rush hour for a large number of pedestrians are completely separated from the traffic when entering and leaving the park. Because of the materials applied for the new huts will not only block the view of the park from the outside but will create an overlap of sight with the old factory, creating a mixing effect of old and new buildings.  © Fangfang Tian We hope that the five huts in this open space will serve as a catalyst space with uncertain functions in the early stage where we envision people in and out of the park can wait, meet up and chat pleasantly leaning against the edge of scaffolding, and even bask in the sun and read books. In the later stage, because of the business needs, the huts along the street can be transformed into florist, coffee shop, bookstore and so on with commercial functions, so that the park will be provided with more diversified functions and greater urbanity.  © Fangfang Tian In the transformation of the two U-shaped factory buildings, on the basis of retaining the style of the original buildings, the inter-building space will be added the space of intercalated office taking advantage of building height, while the central open space of each U-shaped building was transformed into a green-filled courtyard. The new truss and glass roof, covering part of the courtyard, creates an ambiguous zone between the indoor and the outdoor. The zone is expected to extend the human activities as far as possible to the courtyard in addition to connecting the two sides of buildings.  Floor Plans Two U-shaped factory buildings will be transformed along the interface of the park central road. We have chosen the way that could erase the most traces of transformation. In this interface, we added another layer of structure, which does not only create external space for placing the outside machine of refrigeration equipment but also highlights the entrance to the building. At the same time, the bridging piece applies for inclined plate design at the bottom, reducing the light distraction indoor. This layer of additional structures, come in tune with the original style of the factory buildings, entering finely into the integration of the original building as much as possible.  © Fangfang Tian  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:00 PM PST  © VietLu
 © VietLu Text description provided by the architects. The project is located on a narrow land area in the center of HCM city, a sleepless city with highly crowded density of houses and vehicles in a very busy lifestyle environment.  © VietLu The land area with length of 4.3m and width of 26m is considered as a typical land area in this region where focusing on ultimately developing houses' length and height. This forms a trend of "Tube Houses", in the city center, types of narrow, long and high houses without doors on two sides. Meanwhile the first floors of these houses are used for business or offices, upstairs are used for living.  Sketch This house is not an exception. The first three floors from the ground are used for offices and the three upstairs are used by a family of four- the parents and their two children. The top floors of the house are the worship place and terrace.  © VietLu Coincidently, both homeowner, a female dramatist and the architect have the same designing ideas of how to make this house different, simple but inspiring, open but private, and especially well-aired as well as how to take advantages of natural light sources.  © VietLu One of the solutions is distributing voids along the length of the house in order to ensure the house's space to be well-aired and full of sunlight to save energy. The vertical design for these narrow and high housing types is also a challenge. Childhood memories with air paper pinwheels bring architects ideas of building ventilation block spinning as pinwheels to make the house livelier. These ventilation block are specially designed by architect and are made at the site by enthusiastic contractors.  Section These lively ventilation block are very useful in regulating and protecting the house from direct sunlight in the summer and are suitable for the tropical sub-equatorial weather.  © VietLu Sunlight shining through these bricks create sunny and lively patterns running around the house, which associates with standing under a giant tree to contemplate slight sunshine through leaves and running here and there.  © VietLu What makes us proud is not only meeting the homeowner's demands but also get over old and habitual trials in design and building houses in the city center. These habits include taking advantages of maximum area of the whole house, which makes the house become camped, unbreathable and dark. We are very glad that we are able to contribute another architectural solution for urban houses in HCM city. This improvement can help bring moments of happiness and comfortableness for everyone and their beloved family members in their own houses.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| K11 Atelier at Victoria Dockside / KPF Posted: 11 Dec 2017 11:00 AM PST  Courtesy of New World Development
 Courtesy of New World Development Text description provided by the architects. Victoria Dockside, the $2.6 billion waterfront development in Kowloon's Tsim Sha Tsui district reached a major milestone this month with the opening of the striking new 66-story mixed-use commercial office tower "K11 Atelier," the high-rise component of the mixed-use arts and culture district on Hong Kong's iconic Victoria Harborfront. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, K11 Atelier is the first building to open at Victoria Dockside. It's also the first commercial building where New World Development Executive Vice-Chairman and K11 Founder Adrian Cheng is integrating art, culture, and work in one building under the K11 brand.  Courtesy of New World Development Accentuating the Hong Kong skyline, the design of the tower pays homage to its location on the historic Kowloon Peninsula inside and out. The 280 meter tower incorporates exquisite Portuguese limestone accented with bronze trims, and its interior (designed by Japan-based Simplicity) is lined with natural wooden materials to recall the site's days as a maritime center. The landmark tower's stepped, irregular massing expresses its multiple programmatic divisions while maintaining a cohesive exterior language. Panoramic glass insets offer unobstructed views of Victoria Harbor, while stone piers communicate the tower's verticality. From other neighborhoods in Hong Kong, the tower's disposition shifts depending on one's vantage, contributing to a dynamic skyline experience.  Courtesy of New World Development K11 Atelier will incorporate art that embraces the idea of mobility, across space and time. The mixed-use commercial building will incorporate pieces from world-renowned artists including Qin Feng, Nick Mauss, and Alexander Tovborg throughout the Rosewood Tower. Each artist incorporates different materials, from ink, tea, and coffee, to glass, mirror, felt, and wood into their artwork, making the K11 collection a unique and interesting space for art and work.  Courtesy of New World Development  Courtesy of New World Development The K11 Art Foundation is a non-profit that promotes the development of contemporary Asian art and young artists. Works from K11 artists will be infused throughout the building. The Victoria Dockside development is poised to become a premier mixed-use hub for culture and commerce in the center of Hong Kong.  Courtesy of New World Development  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 2017 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture Opens This Week in Shenzhen Posted: 11 Dec 2017 10:00 AM PST  Courtesy of UABB2017 Text from the organizers Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB). The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), the only exhibition in the world to explore issues of urbanization and architectural development, will be opening for its 7th edition on December 15th, 2017. UABB will be held at Nantou Old Town in Nanshan district, an urban village that was once the administrative center of the Bao'An County. Hou Hanru, Liu Xiaodu, and Meng Yan (in alphabetic order) make up the curatorial team, all known for notable accomplishments in their respective fields. UABB is thrilled to host more than 200 award-winning exhibitors from 25 countries to share their perspectives on diversity and urban villages at this year's biennale.  Courtesy of UABB2017 Exploring Integrated Diversity in the Urban Context  UABB2017_Aerial View of Nantou Old Town. Image Courtesy of UABB2017 This year UABB will be partnering with architects, artists, and designers to share their thoughts about urban culture through its first ever art exhibition. UABB 2017 aims to gain examples of urban development in Shenzhen and create a broadened discussion of urban issues. Despite the distinctive venue and topics, this year's biennale is only not restricted to discussions of urban villages in China, but it also serves as an opportunity to experience resistance and find alternatives to mandatory planning.  UABB17_Zhang Chao. Image Courtesy of UABB2017 Two Worlds Collide: Architecture and Art Connoisseurs Gather at UABB 2017  UABB2017_The city should be different, its survival and prosperity liest in its ability to maximize differences and alternatives. Image Courtesy of UABB2017 The City | Village section is curated by Meng Yan and will detail the situation of China's urban villages. Urban | Village consists of four sections: the Archive, featuring architectural photographer Zhang Chao, who has been featured in multiple international magazines, present the origin and development of urban villages; the Armoury details archived cases and proposals; with Iranian-American architect Nader Tehrani alongside Dutch architecture team MVRDV who will exhibit The Why Factory installation.UABB's premier curator Chang Yung Ho will also be working to make Nantou a cultural stop for the future.  UABB2017_Poster_2. Image Courtesy of UABB2017  UABB2017_Main Exhibition Nantou Old Town A1 District. Image Courtesy of UABB2017 The Art Making Cities marks UABB's first ever art exhibition, directed by co-curator Hou Hanru, and opening new grounds in the art design world. Art Making Cities explores the unorthodox city-making approaches and its effects on villages. A series of urban art intervention projects will be conducted by exhibitors who have organised their own social experiments: World War II survivor Yona Friedman, will be arriving for his first time to Shenzhen; David Hammons, known as one of the most expensive artists in the world, will be joining UABB for his passion in social issues; Cinthia Marcelle, will bring her award-winning pieces to interpret urban villages; Brazilia artists Boa Mistura will colour the streets of Nantou, while Tatzu Nishi will transform it as he has done with landmarks in Manhattan and Amsterdam.  UABB2017_Li Jian Ling. Image Courtesy of UABB2017  UABB2017_Sislej Xhafa_BIGSIXH2016. Image Courtesy of UABB2017  UABB2017_AtelierBowWow_Model. Image Courtesy of UABB2017 Rejuvenation and Preservation Intertwine at Nantou Old Town  UABB2017_Nantou Old Town - Aerial View. Image Courtesy of UABB2017  UABB2017_Nantou Old Town City Gate. Image Courtesy of UABB2017 UABB History: Past, Present, Future .jpg?1512548680 "UABB2017_Main Exhibition Nantou Old Town- Street (Day). Image Courtesy of UABB2017") UABB2017_Main Exhibition Nantou Old Town- Street (Day). Image Courtesy of UABB2017 News via The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture 2017 (Shenzhen).  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| North Bondi House / Scale Architecture Posted: 11 Dec 2017 09:00 AM PST .jpg?1512972593 "© Brett Boardman") © Brett Boardman
.jpg?1512972641 "© Brett Boardman") © Brett Boardman Text description provided by the architects. Situated atop the Sydney sea cliffs on Ben Buckler point, the project responds to its unique topography, by closely following the natural contours of the site.  Section The house is split across two levels, taking full advantage of the views to both sides of the ridge, while a central void containing a sculptural steel stair, brings natural light deep into the plan. .jpg?1512972085 "© Brett Boardman") © Brett Boardman The folded steel stair connects the different levels with a single gesture, framing a sequence of views through the house as it turns in on itself, while a diagonal shift in the stair introduces a tension that breaks with the house's otherwise orthogonal geometry.  Ground Floor Plan The house is designed to take in the stunning views offered by the site, with uninterrupted views of the Pacific Ocean to the east and panoramic the view to Bondi Beach and the city beyond to the west. .jpg?1512971968 "© Brett Boardman") © Brett Boardman A simple palette of materials of exposed white brick walls are complemented by natural limestone and spotted gum hardwood floors defines the character of the project, while fine steel detailing to openings and balconies, provide a lightweight counterpoint to the masonry walls. .jpg?1512972209 "© Brett Boardman") © Brett Boardman The project has been designed to ensure year-round thermal comfort without the need for energy-hungry air conditioning. Operable external blinds on the upper levels allow control of shade and privacy, keeping the house cool in summer without inhibiting solar access in winter. Hydronic underfloor heating provides energy efficient heating and exposed brick walls add thermal mass, helping to regulate the internal temperatures. .jpg?1512972129 "© Brett Boardman") © Brett Boardman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten Discuss 2017 MPavilion, Reveal Temporary Installation 'Swings' Posted: 11 Dec 2017 08:40 AM PST  'Swings' by OMA. Image © OMA Two months after the opening of the 2017 MPavilion in Melbourne, its designers, OMA's Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten, have returned to discuss the commission and design process, as well as their reactions to its use thus far. "The opening was an opening with many formal obligations and many excellencies, and that was exciting," said Koolhaas about the pavilions opening events. "But frankly more exciting was this morning, when the thing performed really wonderfully spontaneously in terms of raising a lot of issues and having from the very first second a really animated discussion about a whole range of issues. And that's exactly we intended it go." The MPavilion also announced a series of temporary installation that will take over the pavilion over the coming months, including a family-oriented design by OMA. Titled 'Swings,' OMA's installation will add 9 suspended seats to the center of the MPavilion, allowing visitors to interact with the structure in a new way. The swings will also be lit in the evening, giving the pavilion a new glow after dusk.  'Swings' by OMA. Image © OMA The installation "draws from historical example to both recontextualise and reinvigorate the individual and communal joy of childhood play," explains MPavilion. "Deriving inspiration from ancient artefact, contemporary mainstays and nostalgic examples from cinema and popular culture, 'Swings by OMA' — harnesses movement, irreverence and a sense of play to activate MPavilion 2017 as a locus for multidimensional and multisensorial experiences, where surprising juxtapositions engender potent connections and conversations." 'Swings' will be on display from December 23 to January 5.  Concept for 'Foamy feeling' by Soft Baroque. Image Courtesy of MPavilion Following OMA's installation will be 'Foamy feeling,' a set of site-specific furniture pieces designed by London-based contemporary design duo Soft Baroque. Inspired by the pavilion design, the furniture will be made from a series of air-tight membranes filled with soft polyurethane expanding foam. These pieces will adorn the stairs of the pavilion from January 15 to January 21.  Inflatable Futures by Tin&Ed. Image © Sean Fennessy The final installation, by creative practice Tin&Ed, is 'Inflatable Future." According to MPavilion, these inflatable sculptures "combine the joy of bouncy castles with aesthetically beguiling sculptural works, encouraging kids to leap into the unknown and use play as a way to engage with ideas of space, technology and the future." 'Inflatable Future' will run from January 8 until February 4. News via MPavilion  2017 MPavilion, designed by OMA. Image © John Gollings  2017 MPavilion, designed by OMA. Image © John Gollings
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| Posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Estúdio BRA
Text description provided by the architects. The project is a renovation for a 38sqm apartment in a newly built building in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Scheme Because it was a limited space, the tall furniture had to be concentrated. It was decided to join all the items that could generate visual barriers in blocks and lean them against the few walls of the single dormitory apartment, the furniture from the social area is low and therefore allows the space to be seen from one end to another at any time, in this way the floorplan breathes in the best possible way and leaves the residents in constant contact with the view of the city that the seventeenth floor provides.  © Maíra Acayaba Bathroom and wardrobes have become a green block in carpentry and this block is leaning against the corner opposite the entrance of the unit, the furniture has four doors and one of them hides the bathroom of the couple.  Plan On the opposite side, a blue linear furniture measuring five and a half meters in length accommodates the appliances, countertop for washing and preparation of meals, and at the end, on the balcony, the service area was discretly accommodated.  © Maíra Acayaba The materials are simple answers to the needs of each space, the blue and green joinery have been coated with an industrialized high-strength laminate and the furniture of the living area and the mini office have received natural pine blade, the whole apartment has the same floor porcelain gray and white painted walls, except for the bathroom that received green porcelain tiles on the floor and on its walls.  © Maíra Acayaba  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| COBE + BRUT's Reflective Pavilion Wins Competition for New EU Entrance Plaza in Brussels Posted: 11 Dec 2017 06:30 AM PST  © COBE + BRUT The Danish/Belgian team of COBE and BRUT has been selected as the winner of an international competition for the transformation of the Place Schuman, the entrance to the European Union headquarters in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Aimed at creating a new "urban agora" for the city, the architects borrowed the shape of the European Parliaments' hemicycle to create an iconic reflective roof structure that will unite all citizens and institutions of the EU within one central meeting point.  © COBE + BRUT In its current existence, Place Schuman consists of a busy roundabout that is largely unoccupied and unwelcoming to pedestrians. COBE and BRUT's scheme will reimagine the space as a location first and foremost for people. "Place Schuman shows the change this city is making," commented Pascal Smet, Brussels Minister of Mobility, on the design. "We are going from a city for cars to a city for people! Schuman will become a real urban square where residents and visitors can meet. Finally this emblematic spot is given the quality and look it deserves. It is now up to the architects to elaborate their projects together with the residents and the European institutions."  © COBE + BRUT  © COBE + BRUT  © COBE + BRUT The new pavilion, punctured by funnel-shaped opening it is roof, will draw visitors into the center of the plaza, where concentric circles will step down to offer room for seating and create an informal gathering place. Surrounding the agora, the pedestrian area will continue out radially from the center, connecting Place Schuman to the adjacent Cinquantenaire Park and the bridge of Rue de la Loi over Chaussée d'Etterbeek. "A parliament is usually closed-off to the public, but Place Schuman will be permanently accessible, embracing democracy and knowledge sharing," explains Dan Stubbergaard, Founder and Creative Director of COBE. "Here, all citizens of the EU will be united under one roof. The roof reflects the square and the people below, creating a meeting place between nationalities, cultures, languages and genders. The agora underneath the roof will be designed as concentric circles, inspired by the European Parliaments' hemicycle. The circles continue in the surrounding pavement, emphasizing Place Schuman as the center of European democracy."  © COBE + BRUT  © COBE + BRUT COBE and BRUT will now continue toward the permitting process by conducting additional studies for the design. Planning documents are expected to be submitted by the end of 2018, with construction to begin in 2019. News via COBE.
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| Posted: 11 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Federico Cairoli
.jpg?1512058317 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli Text description provided by the architects. Casa Plaza consists in the remodeling of a small single-family residence in front of the "Plaza de los Olímpicos" in the Malvín neighborhood. .jpg?1512058327 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli The challenge was to extend and modify in a consolidated context an old house, fragmented and lacking in exterior spaces, seeking to increase relations with outer space while protecting interior privacy . .jpg?1512058348 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli Within the compact site the house is vertically structured analogously to the tree, a tripartite figure that allows to link the programs with different densities and textures. .jpg?1512058476 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli On the ground floor the house frees space to create a patio to the north and refines the pre-existing volume of any ornament, generating a podium of simple geometry that uses its introversion to contain the proximity to the street. This robust monochrome plinth is strategically drilled in its interior to give fluidity and continuity to social areas. .jpg?1512058389 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli  Lower Floor Plan .jpg?1512058430 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli  Upper Floor Plan On the plinth the wooden lattice contains the intimate spaces, it supports delicately, without occupying its totality, it is removed to give continuity to the plaza; permeable and dense, the skin shrinks or dilates sifting light and experiences. On it rests the slab of rustic concrete, crowning the stepped figure of the house. .jpg?1512058522 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli Materially, the house develops a vernacular language, simple techniques and textures re-signified in a contemporary enclave. .jpg?1512058337 "© Federico Cairoli") © Federico Cairoli  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Laurian Ghinitoiu Captures MAD's Chaoyang Park Plaza in its Lively Beijing Context Posted: 11 Dec 2017 04:30 AM PST .jpg?1513011647 "Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu") Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu Located in the largest remaining park in Beijing's central business district, MAD Architects' Chaoyang Park Plaza opened earlier this to year to much deserved fanfare. With a striking black glass form inspired by traditional Chinese ink landscape paintings, the complex is an immediate standout within its context. In this photo series, Laurian Ghinitiou captures the series of buildings, drawing attention to their relationships to those surroundings. From the bustling streetscape, to the local residents fishing in the nearby pond, to KPF's fast-rising CITIC Tower in the distance (soon to become Beijing's tallest tower), Ghinitiou's photographs are a reminder that all architecture is a product of the people and buildings around it – even the most dramatic of forms. Check out the full photo set below: .jpg?1513011679 "Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu") Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1513011986 "Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu") Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1513011655 "Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu") Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1513011966 "Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu") Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu .jpg?1513011894 "Chaoyang Park Plaza / MAD Architects. 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| Kanarie Club / Studio Modijefsky Posted: 11 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST  © Maarten Willemstein
 © Maarten Willemstein Text description provided by the architects. Set in De Hallen, a former tram depot in Amsterdam west, Kanarie Club pays tribute to the old trams with its renewed design. Digging deep into the history of the building, Studio Modijefsky has created a design with strong references to the past. As a tram depot there were several activities taking place in the space giving service to the run down trams, such as electricity, paint, wood and metal work. These skills and the tools and work spaces they require, inspires the material and colour palette of the new interior and are means to divide the new restaurant space into different zones.  © Maarten Willemstein What remains today are tram rails that led the trams into the space to undergo treatment. The tram rails have been respected in the new interior and celebrated in the design while creating strong strokes, climbing up the bar and forming an arch with integrated lights which frame it. This great arch, formed by the rails, breaks the space and shines onto the bar, highlighting its presence.  © Maarten Willemstein Sitting on a platform the bar is positioned centrally in the space to be visible from all parts of the interior and from the Food Hallen next door, while dividing the space and creating intimate zones in a vast space.  © Maarten Willemstein A new staircase has been designed leading to the entresol area, which gives this space a stronger presence. The former staircase has been repositioned to create a grand entrance and emphasize the presence of the new Pool Bar, it styles this space as a striking part of the overall interior.  First Floor Plan Tram signage and language has been used for the restaurant signing, while custom made furniture resembles the vintage design of the old electric tram seats. Positioned on the remaining tram rails, some seats stand on small wheels and seem as if they can slide down the rails any moment, giving the design a touch of playfulness.  © Maarten Willemstein Custom made furniture creates motifs in the space. Aligned with the tram rails and other features of the building, enclaves are created within the space where one can have privacy while still being present in the larger space. Combined with plant boxes and lighting, tailor made elements adorn the space and create a lively interior.  © Maarten Willemstein Industrial curtains with coloured strokes, create a clear separation in the space and form the vestibule for those entering the restaurant from the terrace. Several platforms have been created in order to divide and break the space and to make way for easy installation of fixed furniture to the floor. With a very high ceiling the space calls for division, a large string of lights hang from the ceiling while railings, light fixtures and large plant boxes form the space. Extra-large signs in canary yellow hang in the space above both entrances; visible from the street and the Foodhallen, these signs hang above reaching height while their presence is strongly felt outside as much as inside.  © Maarten Willemstein Designed to be a work place during the day as much as it is a restaurant and bar, special facilities have been thought of, including a charging point with lockers where you can lock up a phone or a laptop while it charges. A printer, to take care of all the admin work and a photo booth to add an element of fun to this all. A large group table with built in usb ports and plugs has been placed in the work zone for a pleasant workday at Kanarie Club. The form and repetition in tram rails has been used as a strong reference for the design of lights above the group table. Inspired by paint workshops this space is completely covered in green and appears as a splash of light green paint in the space, while shouting work, work, work!  © Maarten Willemstein A split level is created above the kitchen to form an entresol with a lounge area called the Pool Bar. Looking over the Kanarie Club, there is a whole new world to discover. The concept is taken from the squatters who used to live in the old tram depot before its renovation, they used the leaking water from the ceiling to create an inside pool for themselves. The new pool however will not be filled with water. With round comfy cushions and a splash of blue everywhere, it's the perfect place to unwind and enjoy a cocktail. Made out of blue rubber witha stroke of matching tiles, the pool is complimented with a typical pool railing and a wavy mirror element on the bar lift. Pool signs and graphics with a direct reference to swimming pool rules have been used in the space to emphasize the identity of this part of the interior.  © Maarten Willemstein Introduced by Studio Modijefsky, the name Kanarie Club is a friendly and playful name, it portrays a club that everyone can join and be part of. The contrast between a coulourful little bird and the raw industrial space gives a special character to the new restaurant, a place to enjoy from dawn to dusk. Whether for work, a good meal with friends or a special event Kanarie Club is the place for it all.  © Maarten Willemstein  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Stories Behind 7 of the Most Iconic Eyeglasses in Architecture Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:30 AM PST  Eyeglasses: the quintessential accessory of the architect. They are mini pieces of architecture you can wear, and an outward expression of your inner persona. Whether they be square, round, or wire-frame, black, white, tortoiseshell, or bright neon tones, they represent our visionary ideals. As such, many of the most iconic spectacles have an interesting history behind them; so here are the stories behind seven of the most recognizable eyeglasses in the architecture world. 1. Le Corbusier © Willy Rizzo Not only was Le Corbusier one of the pioneers of modern architecture, but also of the round eyeglass movement. His famous owlish spectacles were custom-made at Bonnet, an elite Parisian eyeglass shop who also served designer Yves Saint Laurent. The simple, round shape reflects Corbusier's functionalist ideals and the pure forms seen in his work both as a painter and architect. They quickly became his signature accessory, and beginning in the 1920s he, along with other notable figures such as Edith Head, began inspiring people everywhere to sport a similar, owlish look. 2. Philip Johnson © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg'>Wikimedia User B. Pietro Filardo</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> Experiencing any deja vu? It is no coincidence Johnson's glasses are reminiscent of Le Corbusier'she got them specially made in 1934 by Cartier to resemble those of his idol. The classic round shape equally resembles the modernist ideals that Johnson held at the time, and the extra thick frames compliment his well-known humorous persona. And, while the style of Johnson's architecture changed dramatically over the years, the style of his favorite eyewear stayed essentially the same until his death over 70 years after he first chose it. 3. IM Pei © RIBA <a href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/architecture/7206598/Lifetime-achievement-award-for-architect-I.-M.-Pei.html?image=9'>via The Telegraph</a> IM Pei is notable for his forms arising from different arrangements of simple shapes such as circles, squares, and triangles. As a young student and architect, Pei was uninterested in his Beaux Arts education, but rather found inspiration and appeal in the work of the modern masters. This fascination all began in the shelves of MIT's library, where Pei encountered three books of—who else—Le Corbusier. Pei emulated his idols not only in his simple, modernist designs but also his eyeglass choice. 4. Richard Meier © Richard Phibbs Unlike the thick frames preferred by his contemporaries, Meier opts for a wire-frame. In his architecture, Meier is distinguished from his modernist peers by the refinement and simplification he brought to traditional modernist principles, such as working almost exclusively in white materials. His architecture is characterized by pure geometry, open space, and an emphasis on light—all three of which can be seen in his wire-frame, circular glasses. 5. Daniel Libeskind © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Libeskind.jpg'>Wikipedia User Ishmael Orendain <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> Libeskind's iconic glasses are perhaps located on the opposite end of the eyeglass spectrum from Corbusier's. Narrow and orthogonal with V-shaped arms, they reflect the striking angularity in his architecture, which was first seen in his Jewish Museum in Berlin and has become a recurring theme in most of his designs. Libeskind owns several pairs of the glasses in different colors, adding flair and style to his signature all-black look. 6. Toyo ItoIto's choice of eyewear has varied throughout the decades yet has always been characterized by some variation of the rectangular frame. This classic eyewear shape has stood the test of time and, much like Ito's architecture, is a timeless choice. His most current pair is white and slightly curved in shape, characteristics evocative of his Museo Internacional del Barroco and Taichung Metropolitan Opera House. 7. Rafael Viñoly © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafael_Vinoly.png'>Wikimedia user Michael Toporkoff</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/'>CC BY 2.5</a> Not one, not two, not three, but four! Yes, Viñoly typically sports four pairs of his beloved Lunor frames at any given time. This may seem excessive, but they each serve a different purpose: one for distance, one for playing the piano, and the other two for reading and drafting. A handsome man with a full head of white hair, his signature set of glasses perfectly compliment his standard uniform: a black suit and black turtleneck.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mökki Santara House / Carla Gertz Posted: 11 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Carla Gertz
 Courtesy of Carla Gertz "The Finnish affinity with nature demands a counterbalance to the everyday apartment: the summer cottage or Mökki. It is quite true to say the Finnish live their real life in their cottage." - Tapio Periäinen, director of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design The Finnish term "Mökki" describes a small cottage by the lake – a quiet retreat surrounded only by nature. Without luxury, reduced to the essential the Mökki traditionally links the urban everyday life to the rural closeness with nature. Far away from civilization at the end of a multi-hour trip from Helsinki lies the Mökki Santara. It is a peaceful place, embedded in the heart of Karelia amidst the endless wilderness of forests and lakes.  Courtesy of Carla Gertz Following traditional spatial concepts, the Mökki divides the functions living and cleaning into two separate volumes. Slightly elevated on a connecting platform these volumes open to the southwest, overviewing Lake Santara. The simple, archetypal buildings offer a unique and contemporary interpretation of the Mökki typology. In its closed state, the volumes appear as black, archaic monoliths. The interior contrasts the outward appearance with a light and warm flowing sequence of rooms. White and untreated wooden surfaces divide the kitchen, living and sleeping area into different zones. The exclusive use of regional and sustainable materials emphasizes the site-specific approach. The spruce timber for the Mökki was sourced and dried on location and now provides for the comforting atmosphere, even when it is -30° C outside.  Plans and Section The prefabrication of the supporting construction elements, as well as the windows, doors and built-in furniture, made it possible to complete the construction of the Mökki Santara in only 8 weeks by a finely tuned team of craftsmen. The beveled siding of the timber frame walls continues on the roof, creating a fifth facade with hidden waterproofing beneath. "Invisible" details such as flush mount sheds and the seamless transition of verge and eaves support the clean, elegant and abstract form of the Mökki. This precise detailing is reflected on the inside as furniture and construction merge. The result of this cautious yet somehow natural approach to design and construction: a gentle architecture for a quiet scenery.  Courtesy of Carla Gertz  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Over 30 Architectural Projects Represented In One 3D Object Posted: 11 Dec 2017 12:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Fumio Matsumoto Architect and Project Professor at The University of Tokyo, Fumio Matsumoto put together more than 30 iconic buildings into a single 3D printed object called, "Memories of Architecture." Façades, exterior forms, interior spaces, and structures of significant architectural works were reproduced at 1:300 scale and merged together in order from old to new.  Courtesy of Fumio Matsumoto By integrating architectural elements from ancient Egypt to the present age, notable trends over time emerge. Memories of Architecture demonstrates a shift from large to small forms and from enclosed to open spaces. The architecture in this 3D collage includes Karnak Temple, the Pantheon, Notre-Dame de Reims, Nandaimon Gate of Todaiji Temple, Villa Savoye, and the Moriyama House.  Courtesy of Fumio Matsumoto "Memories of Architecture" is part of "ARCHITECTONICA," a permanent exhibit in the Koishikawa Annex at the University of Tokyo Museum of Architecture. The museum showcases architectural materials, miniature models and life-sized ethnological materials relating to space around the body. Projects embedded in "Memories of Architecture" include:
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| Renzo Piano: Instinctive Pleasure in Lightness Posted: 10 Dec 2017 10:00 PM PST "Lightness and transparency are very close friends. You start from something and then you take off, you take off, you take off... And at a certain point you have to stop taking off, otherwise, everything falls down. If you do this you find that there's a kind of beauty there. It's a beauty that is profound, it's not cosmetic." In this video by Luis Fernández-Galiano, Italian architect Renzo Piano talks about his path to finding beauty in lightness and transparency. This clip is a part of a full documentary and interactive booklet series by Fundación arquia and produced by White Horse.  via Folch Studio "Our profession is a very dangerous one. If you're wrong, you're wrong forever. You have no right to make mistakes." Renzo Piano grew up in Genoa, Italy watching his father build sand, concrete and brick buildings. Piano wanted to run away, to see what was beyond the Ligurian sea. He wanted to do something different from his father and became an architect dedicated to beauty and lightness.  via Folch Studio  via Folch Studio "If you don't believe in the capacity of architecture to change the world for the better, if you don't believe in the capacity of beauty to make a better world, if you don't believe in that utopia, you better change profession."  via Folch Studio  via Folch Studio Video via: Folch Studio.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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