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- Casa Verde Young Women's Care Home for Mental Health / LDA.iMdA architetti associati
- Casa Cook Kos Hotel / Mastrominas ARChitecture
- Kindergarten Classroom at Green School / IBUKU
- Jungalow House / Neogenesis+Studi0261
- New Shandao Restaurant / Yiduan Shanghai International Design
- ‘Hanbit Publishing Network’ Renovation / Idea5 Architects
- M.Y.Lab Wood Workshop / Continuation Studio
- MG Retreat / SAA arquitectura + territorio
- Pomona College Student Housing / Ehrlich Architects
- Apple’s New Foster+Partners-Designed Chicago Flagship Store Battered by Winter Weather
- Casa Libertad / Colle-Croce
- "World's Largest Picture Frame" Opens in Dubai
- Ignacia Hotel / Factor Eficiencia + A-G Interiorismo
- Placemaking: Movement, Manifesto, Tool, Buzzword—or What?
- Incisiones [3dF] Building / Matías Imbern + Marcelo Mirani
- The Best Architecture Drawings of 2017
- Photographic Survey Captures The Diversity of Residences in Queens, NY
| Casa Verde Young Women's Care Home for Mental Health / LDA.iMdA architetti associati Posted: 02 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  © Simone Bossi
 © Simone Bossi Text description provided by the architects. The project aims to recover and integrate an old site, already used as an orphanage, built on a portion of a hilly area next to the old historical centre of San Miniato. The "CASA VERDE" project, so called because of his historically/social value (CASA / home / orphanage – VERDE / Green / built in a forest of holm oaks), is a search to find links: 1_ with the woods, through the study of the various shades of the leaf color in different seasons; 2_ with the "guests Girls" by editing their graphic works on the glass facade; 3_ with the city by reusing "vicoli carbonai" (useful and necessary for the maintenance of the hillside);  Diagrams 4_ with natural light (main staircase); 5_ with the centuries-old cypress trees next to the structure; 6_ with art through the artist MERCURIO-S17S71 who painting the faces of the "guests" has created a collection of contemporary artworks called "SHAMANS";  © Simone Bossi The project is part of a bigger site plan, which is now almost totally realised. Actually is only missing the basement laboratory part on the southwest side of the building, which will be built, according to the agreed program, from 2018.  © Simone Bossi The idea matrix is to protect, in materials and shapes, (as evidenced by the roof geometries) the original plan and emphasize the extension with shapes and materials close to contemporary culture.  © Simone Bossi In this elaborate design process the awareness to act inside a fragile landscape helped us; in fact we choose the inhomogeneous green color for the second level of the facade to investigates the ability to insert and mitigate the new volume in the context. The ventilated façade has not only a color value, but it has different levels of reading: the double micro perforated panels gives diaphaneity when your point of view is too close to the building and massiveness when viewed from afar.  © Simone Bossi Finally, but not marginal element, the micro perforated filter and the openings facade on the main elevation exalt the relationship between indoor and outdoor space: natural light filtered by the micro-diaphragm creates inside, on the main stairs, a well-being and feeling space; the openings on the main elevation create two optical telescopes that project the user of the inside on the outside historical access of the old house in one case and, the old farmhouse (under renovation) in the other.  Ground Floor Plan  Sections  1st Floor Plan The indoor spaces, in their simplicity, wanted to recreate the feeling of being in a carded wool space (in view of neuropsychiatric disorders). The basic color used is a light grey (code 7047) with colored lines (green, blue and orange) forming the three different zones where the girls lives according to the degree of their disease. Green, Blue and Orange are also in furniture details and in the icons on the walls/doors (pear/strawberry - dining room, TV - room TV, smile – living room, boy /girls - gym, patch - medical center, washing machine - dishwashing room, pot – kitchen, sofa-living room) to identify the various functions.  © Simone Bossi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa Cook Kos Hotel / Mastrominas ARChitecture Posted: 02 Jan 2018 07:00 PM PST  © George Fakaros
 © George Fakaros Text description provided by the architects. Casa Cook Κοs is a new 5 star resort hotel of 216 beds in a 29.080 square meters beachfront plot, located on the greek island of Kos, in the south east Aegean Sea.  © George Fakaros The architectural design attempts to redefine the meaning of tourism accommodation as an offered cultural product and to promote it into an experience for the guest, connecting him with the place, the history and the island's culture.  © George Fakaros The approach is holistic and is carried out by the master plan (urban level), as well as the architectural design, the interior design, the facilities (e.g. gastronomic experience) and furthermore the recreation aspects (e.g. music).  © Georg Roske The goal was achieved by the abolishment of the stereotype of the hotel and the creation of an alternative hospitality space where the guest feels like living in a friend's house, a relaxed atmosphere, where luxury services are offered carelessly and discreetly. Simple materials, raw surfaces, off-white cubic plain forms and dry stone walls, are framed by pines, palm and olive trees as well as aromatic herbs.  © Georg Roske The classic main building is deconstructed. The public area acquires the urban arrangement of a traditional greek settlement. Around the central square, the main public functions are articulated in four individual buildings; the reception, the administration, the bar with shop and the library.  Site Plan In the connecting axis between the main square and the beach-club, one will meet the ground floor spa building which is designed in a plain and modest modular cube-shape architecture. The spa offers a unique range of alternatives including traditional hamam, indoor pool, gym and outdoor yoga space.  © George Fakaros The central path drives to the dominant restaurant/beach club complex which constitutes a transaction from the built area to the beach. It connects and serves both, the inner main pool area and the beach. The north wooden veranda oversees the sand dunes and the beach, providing an abundant shelter during warm days.  © George Fakaros The idea of the building is abolished and the facilities are freely placed under sheds. The area is adjusted according the weather conditions by a series of big sliding window frames that are secretly located in special niches. When "meltemi", the strong north wind blows, the beach front window frames are unfolded, protecting the central pool and the internal verandas zone. During chilly days, the sheds can be transmuted into a framed building with unobstructed views.  Restaurant Floor Plan The typology of the rooms consists of three different variants. The standard double rooms are allocated in groups of one to three in "small houses" which are ground floor or two storeys buildings. Another option is the "houses with living room" that are developed in complexes of two or three, sharing a pool and an internal yard. Finally, the "big houses" of one or two bedrooms, with private pool and yard.  © Georg Roske The houses are located in three zones according to the room typology. The building allocation and their cubic plain forms refer to the traditional architecture and urban arrangement of the Aegean islands settlements. The concept is integrated with narrow paths that lead to unexpected openings, external staircases and built outdoor sitting areas.  © George Fakaros  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kindergarten Classroom at Green School / IBUKU Posted: 02 Jan 2018 06:00 PM PST  Courtesy of IBUKU
From the architects. This building is a childhood fantasy of what a classroom should look like. It is supported by a central bamboo basket-like column with a skylight in the center. The building has no walls and the 'door' is a bamboo arch that acts as a threshold between the class and the outside world.
 Courtesy of IBUKU The general concept of the building revolves around its roof, which lowers to approx 1m - 1.5m height in its perimeter to avoid distractions during school hours. The central skylight allows this operation, by releasing the passage of light from above.  © José Tomás Franco  Sections  Courtesy of IBUKU The open space under the roof is qualified through a series of play stations, in addition to different types of furniture that can be adapted to different activities. The structure is placed on a mixed surface of mud and concrete, which is easier to maintain due to its high use. The outer surfaces have been covered with sand, to allow the game safely and freely.  Courtesy of IBUKU John Hardy invited Jörg Stamm to bring his German structural carpentry skills and his experience with traditional Columbian bamboo construction to help realize the designs. "The innovative bamboo tower used in this building was initially proposed in a book of Frei Otto about the potential of bamboo in light weight structures," says Stamm.  © José Tomás Franco  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jungalow House / Neogenesis+Studi0261 Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:00 PM PST  © The Fishy Project, Ishita Sitwala
 © The Fishy Project, Ishita Sitwala Text description provided by the architects. The project aims at creating an economically modest built form for an agriculturist and his family. Abstraction of urban farming could be seen in both exterior and interior spaces. The design uses the natural light and the built form to its advantage. The site abuts access way on the south and other two sides by adjoining structures. Its location is peculiar as the site is located on the city fringes.  © The Fishy Project, Ishita Sitwala The surrounding dwelling unit comprises of peculiar semi-urban row houses. South facade has the main entrance and is flanked by a series of balconies and stepped terrace on each floor. Activities are distributed on various levels- semi-private spaces on the ground floor while private spaces on upper floors. The heart of the structure is the double height courtyard which is embellished with creepers and climbers. The green curtain cuts the direct entry of west sunlight inside the house and creates a buffer.  © The Fishy Project, Ishita Sitwala  Longitudinal Section  © The Fishy Project, Ishita Sitwala The view from the spaces offers a glance of a voluminous courtyard. The shape of the temple is evolved from the form of Shikhara – a feature of Hindu temple architecture. Temple with triple height factor acts as a wind tunnel with a mechanical exhaust fan. Circular windows in the bedroom, out looking the landscape serves as a natural picture frame. The basic building materials are kept in its natural form and texture to comprehend the naturality of flora.  © The Fishy Project, Ishita Sitwala  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Shandao Restaurant / Yiduan Shanghai International Design Posted: 02 Jan 2018 02:00 PM PST  Bamboo corridor. Image © Quan Zhang
 Staircase in the bamboo mezzanine. Image © Quan Zhang Text description provided by the architects. Before working on this project, Mr. Xu has been thinking about the future development of restaurant, as well as new ideas of restaurant design. He wants to design a restaurant which gets rid of the stereotype and being innovative . In this case, Mr. Xu, as space magician, proves again there are new breakthroughs in blending nature into a restaurant.  Bamboo basket. Image © Quan Zhang For a long time, there is no breakthrough in field of restaurant design or even in the whole design industry. No innovation could be found in designs of different industries. It is the same with new restaurant designs, most of them are just about shaping or the arrangement of furniture, which are neither attractive nor have features that could touch people's heart. Designers have the responsibility and should play a leading role in improving the quality of future life and living environment.  4F Plan Mr. Xu applies natural bamboo to the dining space creatively, thus combines healthy food with environment organically. Entering into the space, you will be shocked by the magical bamboo forest. You will feel peaceful and refreshing in this space with a breath of nature.  Bamboo stairwell. Image © Quan Zhang Because the original building is an office building, whose nature is hard to be associated with restaurant. So tiles are used on the exterior facade from the 1st floor to the 4th floor to connect the whole building. Great "magnetic field" is generated in this way, which could leave deep impression to people. The whole building consists of 4 floors. The 1st floor is reception lobby and kitchen, the 2nd floor is banquet hall, the 3rd floor is the private rooms, and the 4th and 5th floor is social catering. Because there is an mezzanine above the 4th floor. The designer made the 4th and 5th floor as independent social dining area boldly.  Box. Image © Quan Zhang Bamboo is the element that applied across the whole building and connects every floor. Two staircases are designed between the 4th and 5th floor in particular, which makes the space coherent vertically and allows more interaction. People in it will feel peaceful and contented. Materials used are simple and natural, such as: tiles, phyllostachys praecox, straw walls, plain cement, etc..  Stairwell. Image © Quan Zhang The whole space is interpreted based on the internationally advocated Eco-friendly concept. It presents a sense of transparent while being winding and has partitions; it is private but not depressed, which is very different from traditional space division. The creative bamboo-baskets-shaped dining area is the highlight of the design. The staircases and dining areas are all hidden in the bamboo baskets as if the whole restaurant is hidden in bamboo forest. The bamboo baskets could let in light layer-by-layer, making the restaurant more graceful, natural and simple, thus creates a space which returns to purity and simplicity.  Bamboo Dining Area. Image © Quan Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ‘Hanbit Publishing Network’ Renovation / Idea5 Architects Posted: 02 Jan 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Kwang Sik JUNG
 © Kwang Sik JUNG Text description provided by the architects. The neighborhood of Gyeonguiline book street nearby Hongdae, one of the hottest places in Seoul, is where memories of young cafe culture and Indie Culture exist. 1,047 of about 4,120 publishers in Mapo-gu are concentrated in Hongdae. Reflecting the local feature, the book street has been formed with an outdoor library, a bookstore, a book cafe, and etc. based on the book theme. Hanbit Publishing Network is located on the hill near the beginning of Gyeonguiline Forest. The reason why it is built on the steep hillside area was intended to focus more on publishing in the relaxing environment by keeping its distance from a crowded place. On top of that, it was meant to be designed in harmony with neighbors and built as a base camp for publishers instead of showing its presence on the main street.  Ground Floor Plan Remodeling 2 of the existing buildings instead of tearing down and building new ones, which used to be utilized as accounting lecturing classrooms, was also another reason. To reveal its identity through the hillside road shrouded in the skyscrapers, the buildings were treated with weathering steel cladding at a lower level on the corner. For the upper level of curtain wall, the high-density wood panel was installed vertically to present the direction of turning the pages. That lower public spaces and the path between buildings are filled with red bricks, makes streetscape brighten and helps people access to it easily. The buildings made of granite stone in 1997 were disconnected from surroundings because of its material limited accessibility from the street.  © Kwang Sik JUNG .jpg?1511035854 "Floor Plans") Floor Plans  © Kwang Sik JUNG The buildings, which used to consist of classroom and reference room, are close to each other and have a very similar purpose of use. Nevertheless, circulation between the buildings was inconvenient and entrance recognition was considerably low. To increase accessibility from the street, remodeling was done by making a path and a bridge between the buildings. Securing an open space to communicate with the outside beside workspace was very important. The open space is used for a small classroom and education space communicating with readers. The public space on the 1st floor, which has a book cafe, a bookstore, and a gallery, is able to access with a staircase to highlight the facade of the buildings. By opening a path between buildings and backyard to the public, locals have come in and out frequently. It ended up encouraging the local community to vitalize the roadside.  © Kwang Sik JUNG 1st floor is used as public space where you can utilize a book cafe, a gallery, and multipurpose hall connected to the path between buildings and backyard. This floor was designed to increase accessibility from the street and be a break area to help you experience surroundings during a break. 2nd floor is semi-public space built as a classroom for communication between readers, writers, and editors. For its convenience and expansion in the future, the buildings are connected by a bridge and linked with a conference room and podcast. For the sake of relaxation, the existing terrace on each floor is utilized and so is courtyard on the 4th floor. In order to separate workspace with book storage space, 1.5 meters wide layered book path creates for more space, and it helps ease tension from work. For comfort condition, the floor heating system is introduced to office floors.  © Kwang Sik JUNG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| M.Y.Lab Wood Workshop / Continuation Studio Posted: 02 Jan 2018 11:00 AM PST  © SHIROMIO Studio
 © SHIROMIO Studio Preparations  Archaeology Site First Impression  Archaeology Site In addition, to the south of the site, a whole block of interior pavement left by a demolished market signifies, as a historical monument, the city’s progression on self-renovation. All in this very place, the past, present and future is gathered and revealed. As the nostalgia atmosphere deepens, wood crafting centre, the future role that this space will play, is tasked with a similar subject. Wood crafting, as a conventional technique that left behind by our modernised urban lifestyle, is in need to be rediscovered as a piece of treasure lost in time.  Archaeology Site 'Archaeological Excavation Site' Above this space lays a massive pent roof, formed by a black metal mesh. From the top of the ramp, sunlight spills into the room, endowing it with the beauty of ritual.  Exploration The staircase attached to the entrance wall leads to the corridor on the first floor, where visitors can lean against the fences, overlooking the entire 'archaeological site', where the wood crafting operations are on display. Visitors can also work on their on projects, or simply have some reading or a chat using the crafting tables by the window. After the formation of the main space, next is to design its interfaces separating it from other spaces. Three of the most common materials, metal sheets coated with black fluorocarbon, oak panels and white paint, are put in use.Along with the terrazzo floorings and walls in the main space, as well as the black metal ceiling above, a harmonious theme of materials and colours is constituted.  Corridor on 2F ‘Arch Bridge’ at the Entrance Facing the other end of the corridor, there is the reception. High above which, it is installed a set of timber structure, taking inspiration from the traditional timber arch bridge. It also reveals part of its side to visitors’ first glimpse on their way in, implying the awakening of traditional crafting techniques.  Modern Bridge Spatial Planning above the Pent Roof  Float Feeling along the main space Two Black Boxes  2 Black Boxes Floating Structures  Exhibition and lecture room upon the second floor  Float Feeling along the main space  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MG Retreat / SAA arquitectura + territorio Posted: 02 Jan 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Sergio Araneda
 © Sergio Araneda Text description provided by the architects. The project satisfies the requirement to construct a compact family hut, onto which a guest wing will be added. The site, which is located meters from the lake within a dense Valdivian forest, proposes a compact volume positioned in the forest in relation to the lake.  Axonometric The proposal is born from the idea of simple, compact construction together with the idea of the hut as a programmatic reference. Under this guise the layout is separated into two large spaces. The house/hut makes up one area and a game-room / guest area the other. These, in turn are separated into shared uses on the first floor ground level and the bedrooms on the second floor, with a visual relation to the forest and lake.  © Sergio Araneda  First Floor Plan  © Sergio Araneda The living/dining/kitchen space is set up as a pavilion in which the diagonal structure plays the role of establishing limits to the interior and exterior spaces, freeing the view along the lake, the rain and toward the canopy of green forest. An X-shaped, structural component serves as a staircase where this common space connects with the second-floor bedrooms, which are arranged in a master bedroom and a second room with four bunks.  © Sergio Araneda  Section 02  © Sergio Araneda The second area is arranged with the bathroom and a game room, which are connected to the common space by way of a deck that serves as an intermediate space between both sections. Above this the guest area is located with an independent access by way of a second deck on the upper level of the house, which is also connected with both sections.  © Sergio Araneda The materiality of the structure is of steel pylons and base, a wooden structure on the first level and enclosures of SIP panel and 50cm dimensioned glass to withstand gusts of wind.  © Sergio Araneda For the finishings, dimensioned pine was used for structural elements, with olivillo wood for coverings.  © Sergio Araneda  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pomona College Student Housing / Ehrlich Architects Posted: 02 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST  © Tom Bonner
 © Tom Bonner Text description provided by the architects. This LEED Platinum certified project was the first student residence hall in California to receive such a rating. The award-winning project consists of two residence halls totaling 81,000 sf, housing 150 students in single bedroom, suite style living units. The North hall houses 73 beds; the South hall houses 77. Both buildings are 2 and 3 stories. The project also includes the headquarters for the campus Outdoor Action program and administration offices for the Campus Sustainability department both located on the ground floor of the South hall in addition to an underground 175 car parking garage with a natural turf field above located directly below the North hall  © Tom Bonner The College's progressive sustainable agenda catalyzed the complex's new architecture, which departs from the campus' predominant terracotta tile roof vernacular. The design includes flat roofs that harvest energy and provide outdoor teaching and research spaces. The project includes an 82kW rooftop photovoltaic array system with 130,000 annual kWh output, producing 14% of the annual electrical needs, and a rooftop solar thermal-siphon system consisting of eighteen 116-gallon water tanks providing 80% of the building's domestic hot water heating.  © Tom Bonner Exterior sunshades composed of horizontal terracotta baguettes or fins screen public areas located directly behind and enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glass in direct response to the harsh conditions of the arid desert-like climate of Claremont while also tying back to the materiality and architectural heritage of the surrounding campus. Thermal mass is achieved by a cast-in-place concrete structure and precast concrete exterior wall panels that also refer to and echo existing campus buildings.  Environmental Section Through the incorporation of numerous smart design features the project functions as an example of living sustainability and as a teaching tool for students – helping raise awareness, educate and even assist occupants in making more informed choices about how they interact with and ultimately impact their environment.  © Tom Bonner  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple’s New Foster+Partners-Designed Chicago Flagship Store Battered by Winter Weather Posted: 02 Jan 2018 06:30 AM PST  Photo by Matt Maldre. Via the Verge. Just a few months after the opening of Apple's first town square concept retail store, the Foster + Partners-designed glass-box structure is facing the wrath of its first Chicago winter – and it doesn't appear to be handling it so smoothly. As reported by the Verge and 9to5Mac, nearly all of the store's riverfront outdoor space has been roped off due to the presence of large and potentially dangerous icicles that have formed on the edge of the building's MacBook-shaped roof. Signs reading "watch for falling snow and ice" now surround the store and at the entrance on Pioneer Court. Nick Leahy, a spokesman for Apple, said the issue stemmed from a technical malfunction in the roof's heating system: "The roof has a warming system that's built into it. It needed some fine-tuning and it got re-programmed today. It's hopefully a temporary problem."
Furthermore, photographs posted to a discussion forum at Skyscraperpage have revealed a crack that has formed in the pavilion's structural laminated walls – an issue that could require the expensive replacement of an entire 32-foot-tall panel. Read a reaction from the Chicago Tribune's architecture critic, Blair Kamin, here. H/T Curbed.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 02 Jan 2018 05:00 AM PST  © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla
 © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla Text description provided by the architects. The house is located on a plot of 10mts x 25mts in Vicente López, a residential neighborhood north of the city of Buenos Aires.  © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla A low density area, mainly for single-family homes whose limits are determined by dividing walls or fences of leafy vegetation.  Lower Floor Plan Two pure volumes solved with an integral metal structure, large stainless steel windows and glass with different degrees of transparency, opacity and reflection variates depending in the uses of the house.  © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla  © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla The juxtaposition of these elements is articulated by a gallery that works as a natural semi-covered expansion of the ground floor and at the same time as a transition space between the entrance and the garden.  © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla A ground floor one meter high compared to street level, a studio and a semi-buried bathroom make up the "stereotomic" basement of the house materialized entirely in reinforced concrete.  Render A blind volume contains the staircase that articulates the living-dining room with the kitchen, the gallery and the different levels of the house.  © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla The upper floor with a clear "tectonic" expression and light appearance contributes with the idea of reducing the impact of the house on the garden and the immediate surroundings.  © Gustavo Sosa Pinilla  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| "World's Largest Picture Frame" Opens in Dubai Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:15 AM PST  via <a href='http://https://www.instagram.com/p/BdcsGG6FPCc/?tagged=dubaiframe'>Instagram user linvraisemblableordinaire</a> Rising 150 meters from Dubai's Zabeel Park, the "World's Largest Picture Frame" has officially opened in the UAE. Known as the Dubai Frame, the structure is the latest in the city's line of eye-catching megaprojects, offering up panoramic views of the skyline while framing views of iconic buildings such as the Burj Khalifa for visitors and residents all across the city. Nearly a decade after it was first proposed, visitors can now ascend the structure to its 93-meter-long viewing bridge, which features a glass-floored walkways and full-height views out to the old city of Deira to the north and the skyscrapers of Sheikh Zayed Road toward the south. A neon 'vortex' tunnel will then usher visitors into an interactive, augmented reality exhibition on the history and future of the city.  via <a href='http://https://www.instagram.com/p/BchUJZOHTSu/?tagged=dubaiframe'>Instagram user dubailifestyle</a> The project has not come without controversy, however – last year, it was revealed that the design may have been used without the consent of its original architect. Learn more about the story, here.
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| Ignacia Hotel / Factor Eficiencia + A-G Interiorismo Posted: 02 Jan 2018 03:00 AM PST  © Jaime Navarro
 © Jaime Navarro Text description provided by the architects. This gorgeous house from 1913 encompasses evolved Mexican tradition and culture in which you can discover the vanguard of contemporary design. It is an area rich in history which at the same time expresses fresh glistening modern design and offers a view into the tradition and art born in Mexico City.  © Jaime Navarro It's name is based on the esteemed and loved housekeeper who lived in this house for 71 years. Not much is currently known of Ignacia, she was born in 1914 and came to work to the house in 1929. Coming from Providence, she modestly worked there ever since she arrived until the year 2000, the year in which she unfortunately deceased. Around the time, the historic house was acquired by their current owners whom of which met Ignacia and they dedicated part of their lives to restoring the house while remembering and honoring her beloved memory. Ignacia dedicated her devotion to the house and became a part of it, leaving her fingerprint still rich in its presence. She valued and enjoyed the house as if it was her own and by the end it practically was. She knew every corner of the perimeter and administered it with rigorous discipline. Inclusively, she planted two orange trees in the garden in which she rested in many times. It is known that she used to make homemade organic jelly with the oranges from the tree. Her presence was more tenacious and vigorous than any of the inhabitants who once lived there. She was the only person who lived there for 71 years uninterrupted.  © Jaime Navarro It's relevant to highlight that IGNACIA GUEST HOUSE conserved the original historic structure and surroundings in which there is a garden constructed including endemic species from the southeast of Mexico. The house was enlarged to create a central space for socializing and with the feel of a warm living area with the help of private terraces, a bar and a patio with a pool. These elements support and help create an intimate, fresh and distanced environment contrasting from the overwhelming chaos of the enchanting city. This patio works as a transition from the historic house to the rooms due to the fact that it is based on a contemporary construction which is steered to the camouflage the place in which Ignacia was present.  © Jaime Navarro  Lower Plan  © Jaime Navarro The modern and unique building is perfectly delimited on the inside due to bold geometric details made of glass and metal differentiating in colors seen in the interior of the rooms which is complemented by the cohesion found in the historic factor of the enclosure. The rooms include a view to the garden with a fountain which transmits tranquility; the comfortable and cozy library doesn't only work for rest, but for getting a sneak peek into the enriching history of Mexican architecture through the use of current actual publications about the topic as well as a view into the international scope.  © Jaime Navarro The dining room for 10 people was conceived as a room for socialization and rest, maybe even the most sober area of IGNACIA GUEST HOUSE. Meanwhile the kitchen, apart from being small, is vital space, as it serves as the nucleus of the Mexican house full of references to the burnished mud and traditional terracotta.  © Jaime Navarro The original doors and windows allow us to observe the house from one corner to the other through the perspective of Ignacia, following the rules of architectural disposition from the beginning of the 20th century, in which all spaces were connected by a long hallway. These articulate domestic dynamics protecting the intimacy of every individual space. IGNACIA HOUSE GUEST achieves this through the careful choosing of adequate furniture and lighting with chromatic cohesion which respects the original architecture with a hint of the latest trends.  © Jaime Navarro The unique mixture of vernacular objects with the latest Mexican designs reflect the long Mexican culture ranging between pre hispanic times to modern eras. IGNACIA HOUSE GUEST creates an environment full of diversity and inclusion in which the unexpected objects of design reside with pieces from known Mexican craftsmen surrounded by contemporary and historic architecture.  © Jaime Navarro The area of the Roma is a classic in Mexico City and ever since its funding at the end of the 21st century, it has been a protagonist of the history of the capital of the country, whoever looks for a place to reside which includes architectural beauty and space for relaxation, come to a pure, impeccable and superb place.  © Jaime Navarro  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Placemaking: Movement, Manifesto, Tool, Buzzword—or What? Posted: 02 Jan 2018 01:30 AM PST  The High Line in New York has arguably been one of the great successes of placemaking principles. Image © Iwan Baan Amongst other placemaking-related news this year, the Boston Society of Architects' Placemaking Network celebrated its 10-year anniversary by launching the Placemaking Manifesto in November. Co-authored by Christina Lanzl, Robert Tullis, and Anne-Catrin Schultz, the document set down six key ideas: "quality of life," "sense of place," "community identification," "collaboration and communication" between "individuals of all backgrounds, interests and talents," "inclusivity" and "greater civic engagement," and "awareness of tradition with an embracing of new and emerging technologies." While the basic principles that placemaking espouses are often hard to question, this manifesto in particular begs one question: Is placemaking understood and defined clearly enough for it to be a useful tool for urbanists? In the past decade or so, placemaking has gained considerable momentum, spewing forth an array of approaches, countless lists of best practices (including, in essence, this new manifesto), and complicated sub-categorizations. It is simultaneously a much-lauded global movement, an academic discipline, a field, discourse, process, and tool, but is also, among other charges, heavily criticized for being an "ill-defined buzzword."  Bryant Park, New York . Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New-York_-_Bryant_Park.jpg'>Wikimedia user Adam Jones</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY 3.0</a> How, then, are we to begin to make sense of it? What is placemaking? According to Pier Carlo Palermo, "There is not a single, shared answer to this question." [1] And as Kylie Legge asserts, "Like a mirage it can change to reflect the desire of the viewer, and this is why it so attractive to so many." [2] See for example Mark A. Wyckoff's article which sets out to define placemaking, and explains it further through four different categories: standard, creative, strategic and tactical. While the presence of multiple definitions does not alone call for an urgent redrafting, it does point towards other important aspects of the placemaking debate that need questioning and rethinking. In 2015, James S Russell's blog post sparked a chain of discussion by declaring placemaking a "rhetorical gimmick spreading across the urban development wonkosphere like kudzu." While placemaking, as Russell asserted, may be fast catching on as something "trendy," by dismissing it as "bogus" and calling it something that "could only gain currency because our building and development processes create so little that is inviting and memorable" he reinforced the rather unproductive architecture vs placemaking divide. If, as he lamented, "America's default is to assemble standardized real-estate products along roads engineered for auto throughput, and call it a day," then isn't that—as the comments section on the post highlighted—something that architects and placemakers both already stand against?  The Gas Works Park in Seattle has been widely hailed as a success since its completion in 1975, but it was identified by James S Russell as a project that would never happen under placemaking guidelines, due to the public's skepticism at the time that the industrial structures should be retained. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/irisphotos/4557975213'>Flickr user irisphotos</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY-ND 2.0</a> Project for Public Spaces (PPS) founder Fred Kent's earlier "smackdown" with Frank Gehry at the Aspen Ideas Festival in 2009 brought forth a similar argument—later put into perspective by a reader comment: "What a pity that an opportunity for productive discussion on the topic of iconic architecture and public space was lost to the audience (and to us) just because the personalities involved had something to prove to each other." Part of the debate is the assertion by architects that architecture isn't at all averse to the idea of "sense of place" and that meaningful design is possible without subscribing to placemaking rhetoric. Similarly, placemakers have come under fire for setting themselves apart from the architectural community, or (particularly in Fred Kent's case) "for having an ego as big as any architect's." The issue, clearly, is anything but one-sided. Placemaking now seeks an autonomous position, so much so that the Pratt Institute launched a brand new Masters degree in Urban Placemaking and Management in 2015. In an interview published on PPS's website, John Shapiro, one of the program's creators, mentioned how "the main challenge was that every other program professor and chair thought that Placemaking was within their purview," likening it all to the parable of the blind men and an elephant. This raised another concern: If placemaking encourages collaboration and interdisciplinary work, how useful is it, really, for it to branch out as a separate discipline? The matter forked further in the comments section with one architect stating that "Landscape Architecture is Placemaking", only to be met with a counter-argument claiming that "part of the issue with asserting that Landscape Architecture is Placemaking is that it assumes Placemaking is a design-first problem [...] Landscape Architecture is taught as a design process, not as a human process." Far from being rare, these kinds of exchanges speak of a great degree of impatience and intolerance. Why is it that, without fail, disciplines find themselves caught up in a game of one-upmanship and finger-pointing?
Meanwhile, backed by ruthless real-estate developers, and often driven by economic or political gains, numerous projects masquerade as placemaking schemes. This kind of vacuous "placefaking" either leads to reductive, short-term "solutions," or worse, gentrification. In a succinct essay, urban planner and native Harlemite Karen Abrams discusses Harlem through the lens of developer-led placemaking, and asserts that the only way to prevent this kind of unjust, top-down approach is, to begin with, "to remove 'placemaking' from the urban design lexicon." [3] To sum up Abrams, how can one placemake a place that has already been "made"? Harlem's example is also a reminder of Sacramento, where instead of the developer vs locals rift, disputes have developed into battles between "old-school Sacramentans" vs"neo-locals": "as if they [neo-locals] know what's best for the city, as if Sacramento hasn't been "placemaking" for decades. As if we're not already great." Similarly, Catherine Fennell and Daniel Tucker discuss how placemaking, despite its merits and successes, is a slippery territory. Deliberating over prominent projects like New York's Bryant Park and Chicago's The 606, Fennell asserts: "'Vibrant for whom and toward what end?' need to be questions we ask of all placemaking projects." [4] It is these aspects that the BSA's well-meaning manifesto is a reminder of. Placemaking has, no doubt, garnered much appreciation, it has produced countless successful examples, but somehow, to delve more deeply into the process and outcomes of the placemaking movement is to find oneself in a mire. If, as Fred Kent noted, 2016 was "the year when placemaking went global," and 2017 was "the year it got organized," does 2018 call for thorough introspection before anything else?
For more on placemaking, watch Rob Tullis' series of four lectures on the history, philosophy, and practice of placemaking, or browse through ArchDaily's coverage here. References:
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| Incisiones [3dF] Building / Matías Imbern + Marcelo Mirani Posted: 02 Jan 2018 01:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Matías Imbern, Marcelo Mirani
 Courtesy of Matías Imbern, Marcelo Mirani Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in the First Perimeter Ring of the Downtown, characterized by strong building renovation. The plot, just like most of the urban fabric of the city, is marked by a historical width of 8.66m. However, it presents some unconventional features, the product of the addition of a second plot of a larger area in the centre of the block, which used to function as a "breathing space". This condition determines the project of a nontraditional building that can positively exploit the irregular geometry of the terrain. Accordingly, 3dF Building acquires the status of a mixed-use building [Store, Offices, Garages, Apartments, Amenities], seeking to maximize the use of the lot by balancing the covered surface with optimum lighting and ventilation requirements for each functional unit.  Courtesy of Matías Imbern, Marcelo Mirani  Axonometric 8  Courtesy of Matías Imbern, Marcelo Mirani Strategically, the program is broken into two major groups, both with independent access, in accordance with the geometric logic of the plot. This division allows functional and structural independence (avoiding tedious load-transfers and/or programmatic subordination to incompatible structural solutions). The store (in direct contact with the road), offices (ground floor and first floor) and apartments (second through the sixth floor) are located on the front. On the back, in direct response to the growing demand in the area, 45 parking spaces are divided into 3 levels (with natural lighting and ventilation) and above them, 315m2 of amenities, recovering the initial condition of "breathing space" for the entire block.  Courtesy of Matías Imbern, Marcelo Mirani The apartments also have different typologies: studio apartments, 1 and 2 bedrooms, emphasizing the condition of a mixed-use building for a community with different demands. The project is geometrically structured by considering the 4m-diameter ventilation space required for natural ventilation, using its tangents as a connecting line that links the two parts of the projects. Additionally, an incision is generated in the back of the building, separating the units and improving privacy, as well producing a natural light entrance to the hallways of each floor. Finally, the same operation is performed on the front, separating the balconies and endowing them with light from the East.  Courtesy of Matías Imbern, Marcelo Mirani  Third to Fifth Floor Plan  Courtesy of Matías Imbern, Marcelo Mirani  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Best Architecture Drawings of 2017 Posted: 02 Jan 2018 12:00 AM PST  © Apostrophy's For the past two years, we have found ourselves wanting to highlight what is the foundation of architectural practice: the architectural drawing. We realized that even after almost a decade of publishing the best projects from around the world, we should take on the task of singling out the exceptional cases of representation, taking into account all varieties and species of drawings. Following up on the criteria used in the previous edition, all the architectural drawings we have selected this year have a sensitive expression— whether it be artistic, technical or conceptual—and they all aim to express and explain the respective project using simplicity, detail, textures, 3D and color as main tools. Architectural Drawings © MONADNOCK  © Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat  © Hyundai Kim + Tectonics Lab  © DL Atelier  © Truong An architecture + UAH Department of Architecture  © ASSISTANT  © Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design  © CAVAA Arquitectes  © PENELAS ARCHITECTS  © Shift Architecture Urbanism  © ODA New York  © Mjölk architekti  © Issei Suma  © MAPAA  © Arqmov Workshop  © Emerge Architects  © AGRA Anzellini Garcia-Reyes Arquitectos  © design/build LAB  © takk  © NISHIZAWAARCHITECTS  © Omar Gandhi Architect  © Alfonso Melero Beviá y Luis Ortiz Martínez  © Black Pencils Studio  © Anahata Axonometrics © CONNATURAL  © Raúl Sánchez  © Shift Architecture Urbanism  © Wuelser Bechtel Architekten  © Truong An architecture + UAH Department of Architecture  © C.F. Møller  © Bornstein Lyckefors arkitekter  © L'EAU design  © PYO arquitectos  © Wutopia Lab  © AleaOlea architecture & landscape  © AZL Architects  © RIGI Design  © Jägnefält Milton  © Salottobuono + Enrico Dusi Architecture  © Le Atelier  © CHYBIK+KRISTOF  © MAPAA Context © Alfonso Melero Beviá y Luis Ortiz Martínez  © MVRDV  © Attu Studio  © IAPA Design Consultants  © Pezo Von Ellrichshausen  © Garciagerman Arquitectos  © FON STUDIO  © CEEarch  © Heesoo Kwak and IDMM Architects  © KIENTRUC O  © Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture  © Elding Oscarson Diagrams © Matter Design + FR|SCH  © Archi-Union Architects  © ASSISTANT  © Batay-Csorba Architects  © Laura Ortin  © MAIO  © Jorge Vidal + Víctor Rahola  ©  © CODE  © CAVAA Arquitectes  © Fernando Neyra  © MAPAA  © Daipu Architects  © Atelier TAO+C  © DCPP Arquitectos Sketches © Renzo Piano  © Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido + Isaac Broid  © Aedas  © Schneider Türtscher  © Heesoo Kwak and IDMM Architects  © TZANNES  © Mindspace  © Foster + Partners  © Jose Tomas Schmidt  © Ricardo Bofill  © nendo  © OAB  © Esculpir el Aire  © Moon Hoon  © SAMYN and PARTNERS  © Luigi Rosselli  © Lee Eunseok + KOMA Animated Gifs
Details © Foster Partners  © PYO arquitectos  © Studio Cardenas Conscious Design  © Gianni Botsford Architects  © Atelier U20  © Mailitis Architects  © rimpf ARCHITEKTUR  © SO-IL  © RÂU ARCH  © Abierto Studio  © OCADU  © C.F. Møller Architects  © Jorge Vidal + Víctor Rahola  © José Tomás Schmidt Canessa  © AleaOlea architecture & landscape  © Florian Busch Architects Other Techniques © Wuelser Bechtel Architekten  © Studio North  © DL Atelier  © MONADNOCK  © takk  © KIENTRUC O  © Aleshtar Architectural Office  © Nowdays office  © Sarriera-Weinstock  © Atelier TAO+C  © OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen  © Danae Santibáñez  © AleaOlea architecture & landscape  © Stradivarie Architetti Associati  © Fala Atelier  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Photographic Survey Captures The Diversity of Residences in Queens, NY Posted: 01 Jan 2018 10:00 PM PST  Triple-Peak Row with Terraced Garages. Maspeth, NY. 2014. Image © Rafael Herrin-Ferri Queens, NY is one of the most diverse places in the world, so it should be no surprise that it's residences reflect that diversity. From the Architectural League of New York comes Rafael Herrin-Ferri's exhibition "All the Queens Houses." An architect and artist, Herrin-Ferri compiled 273 photographs of homes in Queens. The ever growing photographic survey conveys themes of identity, differentiation, and adaptation.  "Three Musicians" Semi-detached Residence. Elmhurst, NY. 2014. Image © Rafael Herrin-Ferri Since 2012, Herrin-Ferri has captured one-third of Queens in the form of facades and building details. From his original 5,000 photographs, he selected 273 from 34 different neighborhoods in the borough. He then arranged the images alphabetically and gave them clever, witty titles.  Eclectic Row. Briarwood, NY. 2017. Image © Rafael Herrin-Ferri  East Elmhurst Gropius. East Elmhurst, NY. 2017. Image © Rafael Herrin-Ferri  "Mon Oncle" Visits Queens. Briarwood, NY. 2017. Image © Rafael Herrin-Ferri  Wedding Cake Condo. Astoria, NY. 2017. Image © Rafael Herrin-Ferri The exhibition is open to the public at the League's office gallery on Fridays from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm until January 26th. Read an interview with Herrin-Ferri in Urban Omnibus, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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