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- CLT Multi Confort Office Building / Tecto
- Fiverr / Setter Architects
- OEAMTC Headquarters / Pichler & Traupmann Architekten
- ZHY House / Studio YUDA
- Woori Vision Church / Oh Jongsang
- Van der Laat & Jiménez Construction Company HQ / Fournier_Rojas Arquitectos
- Harvard Announces Winners of 2018 Richard Rogers Fellowships
- House in El Paso / Ignacio Arrillaga + Walter M. Parola
- New Visualizations Show How London's Skyline Will Look in 2026
- La Colina 17 / Estudio Manuel Peredo, Juan Carlos de La Riva, Mariano Maldonado, Luis Carbonell
- New Renderings Show Gehry's Ocean Avenue Tower Shortened to 12 Stories
- Hypo / Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten
- 5 Very Different Ways to Finance the Construction of Tiny Houses
- Kiss House / Lazor Office
- Architecture That is Good Enough to Eat at LA Restaurant Vespertine
- Archetypal Landscapes: 10 Projects From The Barozzi / Veiga Workshop in Chile
| CLT Multi Confort Office Building / Tecto Posted: 05 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST  © Cosmin Dragomir
 © Cosmin Dragomir Text description provided by the architects. In March 2014, Tecto Arhitectura was appointed to design the new office building for HSR factory in Reci, Covasna, as the first large-scale project with CLT structure in south-east Europe. The main challenge was to create an office building for around sixty people that had to provide also a visual interface between two antagonistic spaces – an industrial platform used for production and a natural landscape with strong horizontal lines. The project purpose was to design a flag-ship two-storey office building with a massive timber structure (according to the Austrian and Romanian building regulations), that follows also the standards for Multi-Comfort criteria (according to the guidelines enlisted by Saint Gobain).  © Cosmin Dragomir Nevertheless, the project strategy was based on utmost ecological and long-term sustainability. The teamwork between Tecto Arhitectura, the client and the project partners aimed to create an office building typology based on ecological and long-term sustainability as a manifest project and consequently to establish it in the market-financed office building market.  © Cosmin Dragomir The design workflow followed four major objectives:  © Cosmin Dragomir The building has a compact shape, expressing clearly the interior spaces without increasing thermal loss. The structure consisted mainly of industrially prefabricated wood-construction CLT panels and glue-lam elements, carrying out the premise that wood is the only truly renewable construction material. Thermal and sound insulation was achieved by using passive house standard mineral wool insulation from for walls, slabs and flat roofs. This effort of having an effective envelope with reduced thermal bridges in a temperate environment, where outside temperature can reach during winter -35 and 30 during summer, was aided by the usage of high energy efficient aluminium windows and doors with solar control protection in three-layered panes placed in such way that the interior space benefits from daylight autonomy, solar gain in winter, shadow during summer and natural cross ventilation all year long.  Details One additional element in aiding the temperature and humidity regulation is the extensive green roof that covers the entire building. Another essential element for the performances of this building are the installations, as the building has a heating and cooling system based on a well with enhanced heat collection and a heat pump with hot/cold puffer system and a biomass cogeneration plant for heating and electricity while the ventilation system uses heat recovery to minimize consumption.  © Cosmin Dragomir  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Amit Gosher
 © Amit Gosher Text description provided by the architects. Fiverr's new offices are located in Tel Aviv's Beit Ha'ikarim - a historic, 4-storey building listed for conservation to which three new floors have been added.  5th Floor Plan Inspiration for the design drew on the cultural-geographic context of the project's location and the company's cosmopolitan activity that brings together 'sellers' - artists and freelancers - with 'buyers' - entrepreneurs and small businesses world-wide.  © Amit Gosher Since the offices are located in a building listed for conservation, whose renovation included the addition of new floors, it allows a natural and authentic dialogue between old and new that's reflected in the interior design. The design produced representations of the dynamic and cosmopolitan city throughout its history, by relating to textures we found in historical strata of construction in Tel Aviv. For example, exposed old wall constructed from silicate blocks, alongside contemporary, unprocessed construction materials like exposed concrete blocks  © Amit Gosher Like the company, which has a global virtual presence, Setter Architects' design took inspiration from patterns used world-wide, applying them in light-fixtures and woodwork, as well as in ceiling and flooring materials  © Amit Gosher The aim was to use design to create complex work environments applying global-local ideas. In the process, Setter created a fresh and distinctive language that generates a sense of a warm, human sense of space that's familiar to everyone – workers and guests, locals and international visitors. In the office spaces we used recycled wooden window-frames from Tel Aviv's buildings dating back to the Beit Ha'ikarim period. After modified their original purpose, they became inner partitions between the cozy interesting booths and conference rooms. Regular building-blocks are used in their natural form, creating walls with a three-dimensional, colorful texture, which introduces moss-green tones into brand-new spaces. Similarly, flea-market furniture is mixed with contemporary furniture.  © Amit Gosher Fiverr wanted to connect the design of its offices to its international community of artists and creative people. And so the design integrates artworks produced by artists from the Fiverr community especially for the project. They are incorporated into the furniture, graphic elements, and the art displayed on the building's concrete walls.  7th Floor Plan Floors 1-6 are office floors. People work in open space, in which different kinds of conference rooms are embedded, like 'phone booths'. The top floor, with an outdoor terrace, is the 'public' area, with meeting rooms, a cafeteria, and a gym for workers' wellbeing.  © Amit Gosher  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| OEAMTC Headquarters / Pichler & Traupmann Architekten Posted: 05 Jan 2018 02:00 PM PST  © Roland Halbe
 © Roland Halbe ÖAMTC – the support point From the service workshops to the heliport all the elements of the programme are laid out along a single vertical axis, i.e. also from the counter to the reception and the event areas to the large atrium of the offices. Logistically compact contents with high degree of efficiency, which is essentially what support points are, are here transformed and applied to the building in a translated form.  © Toni Rappersberger ÖAMTC –transparency On approaching the counter you find yourself on an oversized glazed cockpit, in the middle of the workshop one level below, where the mechanics have driven the cars that have just been handed over to them down a ramp. The clients can comfortably view all of this from above – if their car is raised they see it "eye to eye", as it were. From the counter a generously sized void opens upwards, through which a prominent stairs leads to the lobby. You also enter the building on this level if you come by foot from the U3 metro station at Erdberg, a short distance away. The building – and with it the ÖAMTC – is open to everyone in all directions.  © Roland Halbe ÖAMTC –communication All the parts of the building communicate with each other – but communication outwards is also important. This takes place in the public/semi-public area: the events hall, conference rooms, and TV studio are on the entrance level, on the level above is the highly important call-centre, which is indeed constantly on-line and in contact with the outside world and which is emphatically and functionally made as a centralized space. All these areas are organised around a two-storey foyer. This is also the first level of the large office atrium, from which routes and visual connections lead upwards. This completes the internal flow of communication.  Exploded Axonometric ÖAMTC – the sign The building is a sign, a symbol of mobility. Its unique, circular and star-shaped form emphatically conveys the fact that here everything revolves around mobility and the means related to it and at the same time demonstrates the efficiency and speed of the organization. Therefore both in formal terms and as regards content, it is a coherent, architecturally articulated symbol of an organization headquarters and for viewers and users evokes at all levels the feeling of having a strong and reliable partner. It is also a sign of the business's self confident understanding of itself, with which staff and members can identify – with excellently organized, harmonized facilities offering a high level of interaction and communication, expressed in the form of clear, open and transparent spatial connections oriented to meeting the needs of customers and staff alike.  © Roland Halbe  Section  © Toni Rappersberger ÖAMTC – the landmarkbuilding Through its shape the ÖAMTC headquarters clearly and deliberately distinguishes itself from the monotonous, yet heterogeneously scattered, block and slab-type buildings in the surroundings whose form is derived exclusively from their commercial and industrial contents and optimising their functions. Here, in contrast, the focus is far more on the social components of aid and support and being integrated in a network of service and care – both as a communication factor in the macro area of the building's overall structure and in the layout of the individual organisational units.  © Roland Halbe The icon stands in a park and garden-like landscape which develops on the one hand on the roof of the multi-storey car park and the escape staircases, on the other along the connecting clasp between the U3 and Baumgasse that is kept free of buildings.  © Toni Rappersberger  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2018 12:00 PM PST  After renovation. Image Courtesy of Studio YUDA
 Night view. Image Courtesy of Studio YUDA Text description provided by the architects. In the center of the largest Jade Market in Guangzhou, a few old houses sit at the end of the small path leading to the Hualin Temple. Characteristic of the old and aged, these houses have narrow, small and dark rooms. The client was looking to create a new type of jade store that would leave a clear and fresh impression on the visitors.  Section Studio Yuda designed the ZHY HOUSE as a new Jade retail experience. Different from the traditional Jade store, ZHY HOUSE focuses on programmatic diversity and spatial comfort. Combining clothing, ceramics and tea, the design uses simple harmonies of materiality and tone to create a lifestyle store.  First floor. Image Courtesy of Studio YUDA The new exterior wall flattens the original staggering profile of the façade and creates a strong identity for the building. This creates an abstract and clean exterior with dynamic spaces between the new and the old. Square openings of varying sizes are arranged in a shifting composition, revealing the interior spaces at various depths. The addition not only expresses the programmatic diversity between floors but also adds display windows to the street. The simple composition of white wall and square openings creates a holistic facade in relationship to the plaza.  Before renovation. Image Courtesy of Studio YUDA The ground floor functions as jade display and retail. The addition of the façade creates a narrow double height space that alleviates the discomfort created by the limited floor height. A gently curved counter draws people further into the space. The golden drop light follows the curvature of the counter, reinforcing the movement.  Plan The second floor doubles as a clothing shop and a tea room. The height of the room creates an intimate space that encourages visitors to sit down. The materiality and light lightens and softens the space. Light grey terrazzo runs from the floor up the wall while the seats are made with pink cherry wood.  Second floor. Image Courtesy of Studio YUDA On the third level, the floor is elevated to create a subtle threshold. There are built-in closets. This is a space where the employees both rest and organize. Using simple whites, the design focuses on the relationship between light and the column-beam frame of the original structure. An additional one meter deep storefront is added at the end of the room facing the plaza. There is a small window on each flight of the stair looking to the backyard. A bathroom and a small patio are located on the fourth floor. The wall is entirely covered in white concrete and the selection of simple black fixtures gives the space a strong minimal vibe. The patio has raised concrete seats covered in burnt wood and a central pink terrazzo coffee table.  In forth floor. Image Courtesy of Studio YUDA ZHY HOUSE is conceived as an architectural interior. The design is simple and light. Curtains of various transparencies are used in contrast to dark green, pink and light grey terrazzo. The texture of stone and lightness of the fabric are the interior expression of the jade and clothing. While preserving the intimate scale of the plaza, the new design also brings a modern atmosphere to the place.  First floor. Image Courtesy of Studio YUDA  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Woori Vision Church / Oh Jongsang Posted: 05 Jan 2018 11:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang
 Courtesy of Oh Jongsang Text description provided by the architects. In dense cities, many factors determine the size, shape, and use of buildings.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang So,architect dream of architecture on the site that he can freely conceive and try freely.  Plan But was it because the conditions given were too small?  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang After building and crashing several times in the computer, I decided to set the direction.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang I put an open frame connected to the building on a spacious site.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang This gate is an architectural installation to welcome and invite neighbors.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang On one side of the open frame is a cross tower.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang The main materials inside and outside are exposed concrete and bricks.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang Using bricks for chapel inside, the visual unity was provided.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang The church is now complete.  Courtesy of Oh Jongsang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Van der Laat & Jiménez Construction Company HQ / Fournier_Rojas Arquitectos Posted: 05 Jan 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Fernando Alda
 © Fernando Alda Text description provided by the architects. The clients, one of the oldest and most prestigious construction companies in Costa Rica, requested an extension in a corner lot next to their building of more than 40 years, the remodeling of the latter, and a new integral interior design. They wanted a building that expressed strength and novelty to symbolize its corporate structure formed by three original founders and five younger partners.  © Fernando Alda The building consists of: a "solid base", with a skin of locally made concrete tiles, and a "lightweight box", with pre-patinated "green" copper skin, made with 95% recycled copper, material that "thrives" in difficult climates, especially in the tropics, and that will not require maintenance. It is an excellent material for our tropical climate since its continuous patination process is accelerated by constant exposure to rain and sun. The "box" of light copper skin is framed with bent steel edges, flashing and flashing. We oppose large glazed areas in buildings in our latitude, because they are anti-tropical. We design windows that frame views and introduce the necessary natural lighting. These volumes of windows are projected to decompose the box and to produce chiaroscuro, to emphasize shadows on the surfaces.  © Fernando Alda It is a silent building that does not create a "fuss" in the city; a building that, for now, seems to be a "protagonist", but in the future, it will become a "backdrop" supporting public spaces, sidewalks and streets, in short the urban canyon. It also responds to necessary urban images in a city where sound urban landscape is rapidly disappearing.  © Fernando Alda We are convinced that architecture in Costa Rica must look for new ways. Architecture must be "here and now", without loyalty to any "cult", including the decadent and dogmatic Modern Movement, which has no real application at this time and, much less, in places like Costa Rica. The stubborn beliefs that emerge from the Modern Movement equalize values, among them the "universal aesthetic commandments", generally incorrect because places and cultures, although subject to "globalization", are unique and have special requirements, even beyond aesthetics, from which architectures must arise. Massimiliano Fuksas said some time ago that "architecture demands more Ethics and less Aesthetics", idea not altogether bad in our opinion, but we believe that "more Ethics and more Aesthetics with Ethics" is necessary in our latitude.  © Fernando Alda The building shows solidity, maturity, like V & J, but also novelty, like the new V & J team. The most important thing is to contribute to the development of a better urban landscape and, therefore, to the "experiential landscape". The design is "modern", in part, out of respect for the formal expressions of the existing V & J buildings and shows a "vision" of "here and now architecture".  © Fernando Alda  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Harvard Announces Winners of 2018 Richard Rogers Fellowships Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:00 AM PST  The Wimbledon House, where the fellows will reside. Image Courtesy of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Image © Iwan Baan Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced the six recipients of their 2018 Richard Rogers Fellowship program. Inspired by Lord Richard Rogers' "commitment to cross-disciplinary investigation and engagement," the Fellowship established last year to support individuals "whose research will be enhanced by access to London's extraordinary institutions, libraries, practices, professionals, and other unique resources." The six winners will be given the opportunity to live and research at the Wimbledon House in London, which was designed by Rogers for his parents in the late 1960s. In 2015, Rogers gifted the home to Harvard for Fellowship use. This year's winners will receive a three-month residency as well as travel expenses to London and $10,000 cash. "From property guardianship to large-scale prototyping of urban environments, the diversity of subjects taken up by the 2018 cohort of fellows is extraordinary, and the way they propose to engage their projects with London is very exciting to see," commented Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean of Harvard GSD and member of the Fellowship Selection Committee. "We look forward to the second year of this important program, and are eager to witness the consequences of this research." Check out the winners and their project proposals below. 2018 Richard Rogers FellowsSpring 2018 FellowsIrina Davidovici (Zurich, Switzerland) Housing as Urban Commons: Social Practices for Collective Dwelling Davidovici will use her residency to conduct a comparative study of London co-housing schemes and Zurich housing cooperatives, viewed through the common criteria of citizen participation, self-governance, sustainability, and social inclusion. The topic is developed from an architectural perspective, focusing on the impact of communal living and participative processes on the design of innovative prototypes for collective housing. Peter Buš (Zurich, Switzerland) Large-scale Urban Prototyping for Responsive Urban Environments: Towards Distinctive and Customized Future Cities Through the Richard Rogers Fellowship, Peter will investigate potentialities of computation, digital fabrication methods, and prototyping practices for their applications of construction deliveries in large-scale urban contexts and their capacities to respond to citizens' necessities. Within this scope, the research aims to reveal, examine, and define to what extent the return of workshop models through digital making is capable to deal with large quantities of bespoke productions, considering the current advancements in a building industry and fabrication technologies as well as a position of citizens in on-site participation. Summer 2018 FellowsAleksandr Bierig (Cambridge, United States) The Ashes of the City: Energy, Economy, and the London Coal Exchange During the Richard Rogers Fellowship, Bierig will be advancing his dissertation research, exploring the architectural, infrastructural, and commercial regulations of the eighteenth-century coal trade, including documentation on coal taxation, records of debates on the London Coal Trade, and designs for metropolitan improvements. This work will take place at several archives and institutions, including the London Metropolitan Archives, the National Archives, and the British Museum. Alexis Kalagas (Zurich, Switzerland) Deflating the London Bubble: Non-Profit Housing Strategies A decade on from the subprime crisis, Kalagas notes, cities worldwide are again contending with risky housing bubbles. During the fellowship, Kalagas intends to explore how alternative models of affordable housing could be adapted and scaled in places like London that are reckoning with this acute challenge. In particular, Kalagas is interested in whether non-speculative, rental-based developments could succeed in cities shaped by a persistent dream of homeownership, and take root in an overheated property market. Fall 2018 FellowsKaz Yoneda (Tokyo, Japan) Growing Pains: Comparative Analyses of Un/Fulfilled Potentials and Legacies of Two Olympiads Yoneda's Richard Rogers Fellowship research will focus on the design protocols of mega-scale developments, and "Tokyoism," which he calls a projective manifesto for a city without one. His fellowship research takes a topical and critical look at the 2012 London Olympics, in comparison to Tokyo's forthcoming 2020 Olympics, to conduct analyses of its transparent process, innovation, and design evaluation. It is the greater ambition of this project to imagine what Tokyo could have become if its enabling system endowed much of what should have been learned from London. Cathy Smith (Newcastle, Australia) The Rise of the (Property) Guardians: Urban Tenure and Temporary Occupation in the Twenty-First Century City Smith's interdisciplinary research will develop an ethical and theoretical framework for engaging with the emergent phenomenon of London "property guardianship," a term used to describe the sanctioned, temporary occupation of vacant commercial and residential buildings in Europe, North America and Australia. This research will focus on the stakeholder experiences of the London "model" of property guardianship by situating them in a broader international and critical scholarly context. News and project descriptions via Harvard GSD.
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| House in El Paso / Ignacio Arrillaga + Walter M. Parola Posted: 05 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST .jpg?1473029644 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa
.jpg?1473029442 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in the Country Club EL PASO, from the city of Santo Tomé, Argentina. It is implanted in a regular field of 20 x 40 mts subject to strict special internal regulations, where a single family home on two floors is resolved and approximately 400 m2 .jpg?1473029371 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa As basic criteria for the design, it was chosen to enhance the relationship inside the house with the surrounding land from the provision of social environments in direct connection with the semi-open spaces (gallery - BBQ space) and open (screeds, pool), allowing simultaneous use from the opening of the windows system. In addition, we sought to generate views back on the site where a golf course is displayed (as visual focus of major attraction) from the disposition of all the main rooms of the house in the rear, open to that main perspective.  Plan On the other hand, as specific request of the owners, we sought to solve a front design that allows to preserve the inside privacy of the housing respect to the street. For this it generated a design with strategic openings that meet the entry of natural light and ventilation requirements and a single large central opening on the top floor that achieves a broad perspective of the site from the main circulation. It is perceived as a single gesture from the street to rank income. .jpg?1473029517 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa From the morphological point of view, the house proposes to reduce the minimum necessary as a means of expression, eliminating any unnecessary or accessory item and using the evidence of their constructive and functional nature as an aesthetic resource .jpg?1473029358 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Visualizations Show How London's Skyline Will Look in 2026 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 06:00 AM PST  View from City Hall. Image Courtesy of City of London The City of London has released new visualizations showing how its fast-changing skyline will look by 2026, as 13 schemes are currently under construction or due to begin construction in London's Financial District.  Aerial View from east. Image Courtesy of City of London According to the city, 1.37 million square meters of office spaces are under construction in the city (as of September 2017), which will be able to accommodate as many as 85,000 workers. The City also identified two trends among the developments: public viewing galleries (which 6 of the 13 projects will feature) and off-site consolidation (allowing construction to occur with reduced traffic and environmental impacts and increased safety).  View from Fleet Street. Image Courtesy of City of London  View from South Bank. Image Courtesy of City of London "It is unprecedented to see such a scale of development taking place at one time in the Square Mile. There are now more cranes in the City sky than in recent decades," said Chris Hayward, Planning Committee Chairman at the City of London Corporation. "The City's occupier base is becoming more dynamic, with SMEs and media companies choosing the Square Mile as their home. I am particularly proud that we are able to make available economically inclusive spaces with free public viewing galleries in City skyscrapers. "Over the next thirty years I expect that we will need to deliver office space for up to 100,000 extra City workers. Therefore iconic buildings such as TwentyTwo will lead the way in ensuring the City remains competitive as a leading financial centre."  View from Waterloo Bridge. Image Courtesy of City of London See the full list of projects below:  22 Bishopsgate. Image Courtesy of PLP Architecture 22 Bishopsgate / PLP Architecture
52 Lime Street (the Scalpel) / KPF
100 Bishopsgate / Allies and Morrison + Arney Fender Katsalidis
6-8 Bishopsgate/150 Leadenhall Street / WilkinsonEyre
70 St. Mary Axe / Foggo Associates
150 Bishopsgate / PLP Architecture
120 Fenchurch Street / Eric Parry Architects
80 Fenchurch Street / TP Bennett
 1 Undershaft will become the Financial District's new tallest building. Image © DBOX for Eric Parry Architects 1 Undershaft / Eric Parry Architects
2-3 Finsbury Avenue (Broadgate) / Arup Associates
40 Leadenhall Street / MAKE Architects
130 Fenchurch Street / Farshid Moussavi Architecture
1 Leadenhall Street / MAKE Architects
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| La Colina 17 / Estudio Manuel Peredo, Juan Carlos de La Riva, Mariano Maldonado, Luis Carbonell Posted: 05 Jan 2018 05:00 AM PST  © Camila Cossío
 © Camila Cossío Text description provided by the architects. La casa está ubicada en el fraccionamiento La colina en San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato. El concepto de la casa era lograr un programa arquitectónico completo para el usuario principal se diera en una sola planta, priorizando las áreas comunes, terrazas y vistas al jardín.  © Camila Cossío La composición del proyecto está determinada por el desnivel natural del terreno (9m). El cual se respetó por lo que la casa se fue desplantando en 3 niveles determinados por la topografía original. En la parte más elevada (NPT +-0.00m) se ubica el acceso vehicular y área de servicio.  Planta de Conjunto El siguiente nivel se desplanta en el nivel medio del terreno (NPT -4.50m), donde se encuentra la recamara principal, cocina, comedor, sala, medio baño de visitas; terraza, asoleadero y alberca. En el último nivel (NPT -7.50m) se encuentran los dos cuartos de visitas, una terraza privada y baño/cambiador de la alberca.  © Camila Cossío La estructura de la casa es mixta mezclando elementos de acero que permiten la completa apertura de las áreas comunes (sala, comedor y cocina) hacia la terraza principal; muros de mampostería construidos con piedra endémica de la zona para integrarlos al diseño de paisaje y muros de concreto aparente pigmentado que emulan el tono original del terreno.  © Camila Cossío La arquitectura busca la integración de la construcción al contexto desértico de la zona mientras el jardín, a través del sistema de riego y especies elegidas, contrasta de manera dramática con las condiciones áridas, logrando la formación de un microclima que vuelve el proyecto en conjunto un oasis.  © Jerónimo Villar Uribe  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Renderings Show Gehry's Ocean Avenue Tower Shortened to 12 Stories Posted: 05 Jan 2018 04:00 AM PST  © Gehry Partners. Via City of Santa Monica New renderings have been revealed showing an updated design for Frank Gehry's 'Ocean Avenue Project' in Santa Monica, California. Originally conceived as as 22-story hotel and residential tower, the project has now been shortened to 12 stories (130 feet) to meet restrictions imposed by the city's Downtown Community Plan, which calls for "aggressively slow growth" and a "lower scale downtown" of mainly 4-5 story tall buildings.  © Gehry Partners. Via City of Santa Monica Instead, the new renderings show what appears to be a second, shorter tower located on the opposite side of the site. The original tower will now contain the hotel, while 79 apartments will be located across the site. In between the two high rises, the project will contain a podium of retail space and a museum, which will incorporate two existing buildings as a bookstore and cafe.  The new design (left) versus the old design (right). Image © Gehry Partners The new downtown plan mandates building rise no higher than 84, but will allow certain structures to reach 130 feet provided they reach a developer agreement that provides community benefits such as money for parks and transportation systems. News via Curbed.
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| Hypo / Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten Posted: 05 Jan 2018 03:00 AM PST  © Bruno Klomfar
 © Bruno Klomfar Text description provided by the architects. This was once the site of the Montfort, a hotel built in Bregenz in 1877 during the Gründerzeit era. In 1921, architect Willibald Braun erected an adjoining and historicizing building with a neo-classicist façade for the Provincial Parliament of Vorarlberg. The hotel, the "Graues Haus" (grey house), served as an administration building to the Provincial Government. Between 1981 and 1984, after the construction of the new parliament, it was replaced by a postmodernist office and commercial building with an inclined roof. The building is linked to the city centre via a diagonal passage. Extensive refurbishments, to be completed by 2008, will once again redefine this part of the city.  © Bruno Klomfar The entire building complex – the period building and the converted part – will be used as the headquarters of a state bank. The complex, due to the recent building history now located in the second row and at an intersection between a pedestrian zone and a main road, comprises a four-storey perimeter development with a glazed ground floor. The entrance opens towards the pedestrian zone with a re-entrant corner and a spacious foyer. The architectural conflict of the former Provincial Parliament as a romanticizing and freestanding building within a perimeter block development has now been reconciled by exposing the interior façade and adding historicizing elements. Consultation and service areas are located at street level of the new building. A glass-roofed inner courtyard of twice the height, which can be used externally and which provides access to the former assembly room of the Provincial Parliament in the period building remains at the centre.  First Floor Plan The upper floors house internal offices. The offices of the executive board are situated on the top floor, which has been transformed from an attic storey into a proper floor in the course of conversion works. A set back superstructure on the roof provides enough room for the building services and the air conditioning. The new façade presents itself as a calm and uniform pattern with large, projecting windows. Anthracite metal frames that encase the windows protrude approximately 25 centimeters from the white fibrated concrete slabs. On the outside, additional single glazing windows add calmness to the appearance of the building. Their reflections transform the frequently used shielding systems comprising roller shutters and screening elements, commonly found on bank buildings, into a discreet veil of glass.  © Bruno Klomfar  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 5 Very Different Ways to Finance the Construction of Tiny Houses Posted: 05 Jan 2018 01:30 AM PST  This tiny house in the woods can be rented via Getaway. Image © Roderick Aichinger This article originally appeared on Archipreneur as "5 Amazing Tiny Houses and Their Financing Models." The tiny house movement is taking the housing market by storm, with small homes appearing all over rural and urban areas across the world. They are an affordable and eco-conscious solution to the narrowing housing supply and can offer mobility to an increasing population of young professionals. Tiny houses come in many forms and sizes—from micro-apartments and office spaces, to cabins on wheels and trailers. Similarly, the financing models vary, depending on function, local building codes, size requirements and whether they're made as commercial products or private housing solutions. The best option is to design and build the house yourself, using savings instead of worrying about interest rates and debt. Some tiny house manufacturers offer in-house payment solutions to their customers. Other options are RV loans, peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding. We assembled a list of 5 beautiful tiny houses built for different purposes.
1. Llano Exit StrategyThis micro-housing project shows that building tiny houses can lead to creating larger communities, which offer affordable housing solutions. The Llano Exit Strategy development comprises four private houses and a shared building located on the Llano River in Texas. Four families purchased the land and wanted to each build small houses with a communal space for group activities. They commissioned architect Matt Garcia to design the complex within a $40,000 budget allocated for each of the private residences. The completed structures, each with an area of 35 square meters (350 square feet) has a streamlined design, low environmental impact and responds to the harsh Texan climate. Galvanized steel was used for exterior cladding to reflect excessive sunlight, while spray foam insulation helps maintain optimal indoor temperatures during hot summers and cold winters. The sloped roof is perfect for harvesting rainwater, which is stored in large cisterns adjacent to each house. Polished concrete floors and plywood walls dominate the interior, with repurposed elements used for various fixtures and fittings in order to cut down construction costs. 2. Kasita micro-homesThis is a great example of academia being a good place to experiment with building tiny houses. Harvard researcher Jeff Wilson conceived Kasita micro-homes as a continuation of his previous dumpster experiment. His new micro-housing startup builds automated, movable, prefab 33-square-meter (352-square-foot) houses that can be installed in unused spaces or vacant parking lots. Each unit costs $139,000, which according to Wilson's calculations, comes out to an estimated $800 monthly mortgage not including land lease costs. Because of their modular design, the units can be assembled and combined to form multi-family houses, student housing and office spaces. The key demographic are mobile creative people who are increasingly less interested in building real estate and paying mortgages, but prefer mobility. The house can move with their occupants as they change cities and pursue their careers. They can use an app to schedule the move executed by the Kasita team. Each unit is a simple glass-and-steel box that can be inserted into a steel exoskeleton that can be built in under a week. "Kasita is on the verge of disrupting the urban housing market in ways not seen in real estate and development in 150 years," Wilson said in an interview for Forbes. 3. GetawayHarvard Innovation Lab startup, Getaway House, builds and rents tiny homes for urban dwellers looking for an opportunity to enjoy nature and relax. It offers an affordable alternative to conventional vacationing, and allows people to find great places to stay in rural areas near major cities. This is a great example of finding a market niche and innovating within it through design. At $99 a night, a Getaway stay costs about the same as a hotel, but in a fully furnished mini-residence that comes with fresh linens, shower products, and kitchenware, plus coffee, tea, and a variety of pay-as-you-eat snacks. At the moment, the cabins are only available around New York and Boston, but the team plans to expand to other locales. The company has recently secured a whopping $15 million in funding from L Catterton, a private equity group behind many famous brands.  A cozy Getaway cabin for 4 people close to Boston. Image © thebearwalk.com 4. WoodyBrian and Joni Buzarde decided to build their own mobile tiny home that could follow them wherever they go. Their 236-square-foot trailer, nicknamed Woody, cost about $50,000 to build. The couple, both architecture school graduates, decided to design and build the house themselves. They bought a 26-foot-long flatbed chassis for about $7,000, added structural insulated panels and cedar interior cladding. The height of the house falls just below the legal limit for highway travel that requires a special permit. The interior is simple and modern, with birch-veneer plywood used for walls, floor, ceiling and kitchen cabinets. In order to cut construction costs, the couple chose to leave all the plumbing and electrical conduit exposed. It took them about a year to complete the structure, which officially became their home in 2012. 5. Rural Studio A "20K Home" in the making. Image © Timothy Hursley A lot of great ideas for tiny houses come out of architecture schools. The small size makes them perfect for experimenting with different typologies, testing the market, and learning about the construction process. That's why Auburn University launched Rural Studio, an undergraduate program that produced a line of tiny homes that can be built for just $20,000! These structures are built through the 20K House project, an academic design-and-build program that offers affordable housing for locals and is evolving into a commercial enterprise. "Our goal was to design a market-rate model house that could be built by a contractor for $20,000 ($12,000 for materials and $8,000 for labor and profit)—the 20K House, a house for everybody and everyone. We chose $20,000 because it would be the most expensive mortgage a person receiving today's median Social Security check of $758 a month can realistically repay. A $108 monthly mortgage payment is doable if you consider other monthly expenditures. Our calculations are based on a single house owner, because 43 percent of below-poverty households in Hale County are made up of people living alone. That translates to a potential market of 800 people in our county."  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2018 01:00 AM PST  © Peter VonDeLinde
 © Peter VonDeLinde Text description provided by the architects. Perched above the bedrock at the shore of a remote Canadian lake, the cedar-clad Kennedy House takes formal cues from driftwood. The three-bedroom house, dock house, garage, and walled vegetable garden are linked by a series of wood walkways and decks. At the "kiss line" between two prefabricated modules, the lineal form of the house snaps like a branch held together only by bark. The open break forms a V-shaped outdoor room facing the water.  © Peter VonDeLinde  Exploded Axonometric  © Peter VonDeLinde The walls frame a courtyard like a clearing in the forested area along the shore. While the garage and garden doors blend into the wood, the main entry interrupts it with an irregularly shaped sheet of glass, as though the surface has begun to tear at the kiss line. Floor-to-ceiling, full-length glass on the lakeside façades of both modules allows each to present a distinct, expansive view of the lake and its islands. Being inside the house feels like floating over the water.  © Peter VonDeLinde The organization and details of the interior living space reinforce the sense of openness established by the glass. The kitchen counter is shifted slightly back from the glass, a thin slab of back-cut soapstone forms a dining island, and the fireplace is transparent on three sides. Polished teak surfaces continue from the walls and ceiling of the master bathroom to the counter, sink, and tub. Private living spaces occupy the far ends of the modules, where the end walls angle toward the tree canopy.  © Peter VonDeLinde  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Architecture That is Good Enough to Eat at LA Restaurant Vespertine Posted: 05 Jan 2018 12:00 AM PST "As soon as we were able to get into the space we wrote the entire menu in basically a day. It was being in the building itself that had this creative charge about it," said chef Jordan Kahn. At LA chef Jordan Kahn's new fine dining adventure, it was the architecture which informed the menu. "It was just pulling me in against my will and that was the first time I'd ever been moved emotionally and physically moved by a piece of architecture," Kahn said. Vespertine transports its guests into Kahn's mysterious world. There's no written menu. Instead, Kahn serves artfully crafted plates respectively ordered to create a cohesive experience. "It was a really intimate collaboration with myself and the architects Eriko and Moss and his team." The building, designed by Eric Owen Moss, is two stories divided into four levels. The interior is enclosed in glass which is further enveloped by a red steel grid skin. Architecture, art, music, sculpture, and food synthesize to create a four-act dining event. Eater calls Vespertine "a restaurant poised to disrupt the space-time continuum." News via: Atlantic Studios.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Archetypal Landscapes: 10 Projects From The Barozzi / Veiga Workshop in Chile Posted: 04 Jan 2018 10:00 PM PST
The second edition of the workshop organized by the School of Architecture (EA) of Universidad San Sebastián (Chile) had as main guest the Spanish architect Alberto Veiga, founding partner of Barozzi / Veiga and author of projects such as the Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin and Ribera del Duero Headquarters. In addition to engaging in a series of debates with the participants of the workshop, Veiga had a public conversation with the Chilean architect Pedro Alonso (winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale 2014) and shared the studio's work and reflections on architecture in a master lecture. A total of 10 teams from different schools of architecture in the country came together for the 2017 version of this initiative, reaching a total of 67 participants among students and instructors. Seeking to favor the production of projects capable of promoting debate, each day of the workshop dealt with a different topic featuring guest scholars: Ernesto Silva, director of the School of Architecture (strategies), Pedro Alonso, renowned professor and researcher (arguments) and Albert Tidy, dean of the Faculty of Architecture (materialization of the project). For the closing day, on Friday, October 13, there was a joint display with the final projects produced by the different teams (which remained open to the public for the next couple of weeks), and a camaraderie activity to celebrate both the gathering of the schools and the quality of the experience and its results. Workshop's framework of actionOfficial description: The workshop was presented as a research delving into the instruments of the architectural project and their ability to respond to situations in which equations of different kinds coexist. The starting point was the exploration of the conception, evolution and limits of an imaginary in which the Chilean architecture of the last decades has founded its international image and prestige. Undoubtedly, the rich geography of the country has placed it within the orbit of those places where architecture has been strongly dominated by a romantic vision of the landscape. In this context, the workshop distinguished five archetypal cases present in the Chilean territory, which served as the basis of the exercise. In the words of Alberto Veiga:
The notion of 'system of elements' (such as pillars, walls, circulations, enclosures, etc.) was added to these five archetypal landscapes, aiming to foster the discussion around the established architectural canons, while at the same time seeking the configuration of an imaginary of their own. Consequently, the proposed program was a hotel, allowing a wide range and differentiation of venues, situations, and spatial configurations. In this way, the 2017 edition of the EA USS Workshop proposed to discuss and challenge the widely internationalized notion of Chilean architecture as one of architectural objects—most commonly houses—that are visible when placed in a pristine, almost untouched, natural environment. In that sense, Chile has gained international prestige not only due to its prominent architectural production but also to the construction of the idea that Chilean architecture is one that undoubtedly is based on an extraordinary landscape, as evidenced by publications such as Blanca Montaña: Arquitectura reciente en Chile (Puro Chile, 2010) and the image exported by different hotel chains, in which the hotel—understood as a kind of relative of the second home on a larger scale—always contrasts with an imposing natural scenery. [E1] Universidad de las Américas![[E1] Universidad de las Américas. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/ca07/b22e/3856/8d00/0076/medium_jpg/E1_-2.jpg?1514981867 "[E1] Universidad de las Américas. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E1] Universidad de las Américas. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructors: Sebastián López, Diego Romero Project description: The proposal builds an enclave taking into account three conditions proper of the mountains: topography, verticality, and watercourses. The extreme environment of the mountains is understood as a place which only explorers can reach, therefore the scale of the hotel is reduced to that of a shelter. The project is proposed as an opaque monolithic element that only establishes vertical relationships with the surroundings, denying both views and horizontal relationships through the generation of walls of a programmatic thickness. While the monumentality of the project expressed by its scale and materiality—concrete—seeks to rescue the primitiveness of inhabiting the mountains, the proposed spaces generate new experiences and relationships associated with the sky. [E2] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile![[E2] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/ca47/b22e/3856/8d00/007a/medium_jpg/E2_-2.jpg?1514981926 "[E2] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E2] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructor: Álvaro Arancibia Project description: The project is based on the pillar as a system to define both a structural and spatial logic, which allows the deployment of a number of possibilities in terms of layout and composition, thus solving the entire program and domestic functions of the hotel. In response to the above, the pillar acquires different diameters and densities as well as different degrees of opacity, which ultimately define the internalization or externalization of the program according to its relationship with the surrounding landscape. [E3] Universidad de Santiago de Chile![[E3] Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/ca83/b22e/3856/8d00/0080/medium_jpg/E3_-2.jpg?1514982005 "[E3] Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E3] Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructors: Rodrigo Aguilar, Oscar Luengo Project description: The Chilean desert is characterized by a sum of aggressive contrasts of visual, climatic and phenomenological order, generating conditions of extreme hostility for human habitation. We believe that protection becomes essential and, therefore, the need for shelter becomes a priority, avoiding, however, the notion of total enclosure. At this point, transparency becomes fundamental to contemplate an environment that is projected as a blank canvas, leaving bare our need to be aware of our personal location within the desert's infinity, as well as the projection of horizontal and vertical spectacles related, on the one hand, to the vastness and panoramic immensity and, on the other, to the sky and its astronomical display. [E4] Universidad Central![[E4] Universidad Central. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/cab0/b22e/3856/8d00/0084/medium_jpg/E4_-2.jpg?1514982048 "[E4] Universidad Central. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E4] Universidad Central. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructors: Cristián Frías Project description: The given landscape is at the same time concrete and imaginary. In the manner of Tolkien's 'Middle Earth' or Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', it is a carefully mapped mental territory to which we have decided to rigorously adhere. By reconciling the characteristics and measurements of the landscape with the requirements of the architectural program and the self-imposed logic of 'compartitioning,' a 30-meter translucent stone cube appears levitating on the rocks. A mirage for cloudy days, a moon for moonless nights. We describe it as an artificial rock, a provoked discontinuity, a universe of rock gardens contrasted by light, airy and heavy, the sea is absent but present. [E5] Universidad de Chile![[E5] Universidad de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/caf4/b22e/3856/8d00/008a/medium_jpg/E5_-2.jpg?1514982103 "[E5] Universidad de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E5] Universidad de Chile. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructors: Miguel Casassus, Alberto Fernández Project description: An island supposes a distance; perceiving an island involves taking distance: as we get closer, the island is no longer an island but a bay, a cape, a peninsula. The rich ambivalence of the island in the imaginary is observed from different angles: an island involves both a journey to the intimate and an opening to infinity. No matter how hard we try, any building will be a stain in the insular imaginary. We prefer to safeguard distances, multiple journeys and unveil the landscape. Thus, the hotel disintegrates around the island forming a constellation of stations on the sea. The interventions on the actual land are reduced to a series of docks and minimum shelters. While the permanence on the island is temporary, the long stays take place in the floating monoliths. Inhabiting the hotel becomes a journey: it requires constant travel between docks and shelters, forming a true navigation chart. [E6] Universidad Diego Portales![[E6] Universidad Diego Portales. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/cb2c/b22e/3856/8d00/008e/medium_jpg/E6_-2.jpg?1514982162 "[E6] Universidad Diego Portales. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E6] Universidad Diego Portales. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructors: Hugo Gálvez, Lucas Maino Project description: By abstracting the concept of forest to a compound system, the tree trunks and foliage—and the sum of both—configure a replicable structural module that supports the second construction. In doing so, the pillar, its system, and its capabilities can be fully radicalized, adapting to the terrain in order to reach certain strata resulting from the topographic depression of the area. For this, the system's poles are extended keeping the volume suspended, which in turn fulfills the role of being a cabin capable of satisfying the visitors' every need, which implies generating different spatialities from a single constructive principle or model. [E7] Universidad Mayor![[E7] Universidad Mayor. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/cc55/b22e/3856/8d00/0094/medium_jpg/E7_-4.jpg?1514982345 "[E7] Universidad Mayor. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E7] Universidad Mayor. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructors: Alejandro Avaría, Sebastián Cifuentes, Fernanda Flores, Andrés Pascal Project description: The mountains—a territory originated by friction and constructed by pieces of different magnitudes—gives rise to the understanding of a dispersed territory, full of porosity and relief, where circulation is nothing more than an opportunity to build relationships through the friction of elements. In that sense, the proposal for the hotel posits, on the one hand, a regular element in an irregular terrain, and, on the other, a path that connects two mountain peaks, building a connection between fragments within the territory. The magnitude of this component forces us to think its proportion, a spatial structure configured by two steel beams, with a section in line with its spanning distance. Its position on two peaks intensifies the experience of distance and climb to the top, which maintains the wildness while at the same time concentrates comfort, transforming the image of the landscape through the presence of a dominant piece, stressing the territory. [E8] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Concepción![[E8] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Concepción. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/c993/b22e/3856/8d00/006c/medium_jpg/E8_-4.jpg?1514981753 "[E8] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Concepción. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E8] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Concepción. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS Instructors: Alberto Álvarez, Patricio Escobar Project description: I Forest: Irregular grouping of similar elements, with the preeminence of the vertical dimension. ![[E9] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Puerto Montt. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/ccf6/b22e/3856/8d00/009e/medium_jpg/E9_-4.jpg?1514982617 "[E9] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Puerto Montt. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E9] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Puerto Montt. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS [E9] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Puerto MonttInstructor: Cristóbal Noguera Project description: The internal organization opposes the condition of the inhabited and the natural; water as a vital and necessary element surrounds the areas close to man. As a counterpart, the denser vegetation—the unexplored—gives character to the place. The cross-like-wall rationalizes these situations in niches. Inwardly, it accommodates the most basic dwelling—sleep—and while the personal space is arranged in the perimeter, public services give life to a central axis. ![[E10] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Santiago. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a4c/c9c9/b22e/3856/8d00/0072/medium_jpg/E10_-3.jpg?1514981807 "[E10] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Santiago. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS") [E10] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede Santiago. Image Courtesy of Facultad de Arquitectura USS [E10] Universidad San Sebastián – Sede SantiagoInstructor: Iván Bravo  © Fernando Torres Project description: The assignment is understood as a self-imposed constriction in which the three basic elements given belong to an archetype (the archetype hotel, the archetype island, and the archetype opacity). The strategy lies in combining the historical, cultural, building and programmatic equations: hence, the island is located within a typical territorial context of Chile, south of the world; a hotel in the archipelagos or coastal fjords. A stereotypical model of the hotel is exported (which could be in any given commonplace), at the same time referring to the 'fort' and the idea of 'taking over the place,' where the program is transformed into a series of activities in relation to the proposed location. While the opacity is transferred as a typical design of the south, small openings with localized and framed views appear, understanding the building just as a place to spend the night. Organizers: Faculty of Architecture - Universidad San Sebastián  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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