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- Alpine Chalets / landau+kindelbacher Architekten Innenarchitekten
- House Extention in Lviv / replus design bureau
- NONG STUDIO / NONG STUDIO
- Architecture Studio / Architecture Studio
- RAMBLER&Co Software Dept. / Nefa Architects
- Aura’s Insurance Company Building / Pich-Aguilera Architects
- Casa Milán / BCA Taller de Diseño
- David Chipperfield Architects Selected to Design Tallest Tower in Hamburg
- Viadutos Apartment / Vão
- In-between, Hinoki + Sugi Pavilion / x-studio
- UNStudio Selected to Design New Cable Car in Gothenburg
- Why Architects Should Start Being a Little More Selfish
- House on an Island / Elliott + Elliott Architecture
- HASSELL + MVRDV's Proposal to Improve the Bay Area's Resilience in the Event of a Disaster
- "Unbuilding Walls": German Pavilion at 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale to Probe Architecture of Division and Integration
- P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S Transforms Warehouse into Dynamic Medical Facility
- House 3S / Lagula arquitectes
| Alpine Chalets / landau+kindelbacher Architekten Innenarchitekten Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST .jpg?1517904353 "© Hotel Das Tegernsee") © Hotel Das Tegernsee
.jpg?1517904214 "© Hotel Das Tegernsee") © Hotel Das Tegernsee Text description provided by the architects. With the opening of the Alpine chalets, the hotel DAS TEGERNSEE has expanded its diverse range with a new format. "Long stay" is now possible at Tegernsee too. Since 2017, 18 apartments and double rooms from 35 to 120 square meters have offered up to 8 persons a temporary home. The steep slope situation below the Sengerschloss permits an invisible integration of the Alpine chalets in the ensemble without spoiling the view of the lake for the rest of the ensemble. Via a weatherproof glazed passage, the Alpine chalets are connected directly to the hotel and therefore to the lobby, the gastronomic offer and the generously sized SPA area. The holistic, practised philosophy of the hotel is also continued in the new accommodation. .jpg?1517904138 "© Hotel Das Tegernsee") © Hotel Das Tegernsee Two building sections, directly interconnected, house 18 new room units on two levels. Whether they have their own private terrace on the lower level or balconies on the upper – they all have an unrestricted view of the Tegernsee and the surrounding mountains. The exposed rooms and the floor-to-ceiling windows in combination with high ceilings additionally reinforce the spatial effect. The philosophy of the location can also be seen in the new building. Always at the centre here is indigenous nature, the clear reference to Alpine building and the situation in the Tegernsee valley. This is taken up in the form, material and colour and reinterpreted in order to underscore it and do justice to the hotel name in all its facets. The quality of the material and the focus on a longer period enable a creative sustainability that emphasises the special relationship to the place.  Ground Floor Plan  Upper Floor Plan The interior design transforms the material choice of the architecture harmoniously into the interior. Thus on the upper floor, all rooms are lined completely with spruce, in the style of the unique character of wooden Alpine chalets. The rooms/suites on the ground floor are also lined with wood on the ceiling and the installations such as cupboards and the "bath boxes", whereas as the walls are given a special lime plaster coating like in old farmhouses. The colour world to borrows from the interplay of colours in nature – wood (spruce), stone (Jura), leather; quiet, natural materials and textures are supplemented by clear textile accents – curtains, cushions, covers. Particular value was placed on the craftsmanship and quality of the material. These can be found in the specially designed and handmade installations, complemented with timeless, freestanding furniture. Restraint and reduction of a few materials and colour worlds are the keys to the concept. Industrially produced lights represent a charming contrast to the wooden cladding. .jpg?1517904317 "© Hotel Das Tegernsee") © Hotel Das Tegernsee  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House Extention in Lviv / replus design bureau Posted: 09 Feb 2018 06:00 PM PST  Courtesy of replus design bureau
 Courtesy of replus design bureau Text description provided by the architects. As the family extended the residents have preferred to enlarge their home rather than moving elsewhere, as they are in love with their neighborhood and the city. Adding the extension in inner courtyard architects divided the house in two separate partitions.  © Maksim Sosnov Most of all architects wanted to connect the interior with exterior and the landscape. The house that was previously built by the principles of traditional architecture was to be open to the space and nature. For this main purpose huge built-in pots for plants and large trees on the first and on the terrace of the second floor were made close to the glass to be totally connected with the interior  Axonometric The place of the main element of the design of the exterior took thin elegant steel column at the entrance which supports the second floor and the roof. Such decision was a significant challenge and risk for engineers and builders, but eventually all agreed that it was worth it.  © Maksim Sosnov Also, due to the lack of space on the site and the proximity of neighboring houses, architects had to look for a solution to preserve the privacy of the inhabitants. This element has become the large wall that serves as a barrier to both - the children's bedroom on the ground floor and the dining terrace on the second.  Floor Plan When choosing materials for decoration, architects have preferred only raw and natural materials. So copper that was artificially oldered was the choice. Due to its heterogeneity and coloration close to the natural green, architects decided to sculpt the main major wall and all the elements of the roof and gutters. Heat-treated ash terrace board and a number of metal elements became complementary.  © Maksim Sosnov Since the residents had to leave during the reconstruction period, the architects faced the primary task of implementing the project in a few months. So they decided to use thin, lightweight, prefabricated frame for the main construction. It can be mounted quickly and allowed to work in cold weather, witch was very important because of the year period that was during the project.  Courtesy of replus design bureau As most of the reconstruction project affected only part of the building, the preserving of many interior elements and landscape during repairs was also a serious complication in the project. For example, when designing the interior of new spaces, architects faced with finding the solution how to leave and harmoniously enter the facade sandstone on the ground floor and expensive exclusive parquet wood on the second floor.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:00 PM PST  © Chasing Wang
 © Chasing Wang Text description provided by the architects. When tracing the history of Shanghai, what occurs to old Shanghainese first is Suzhou River. Industrial buildings beside the river have witnessed the prosperity and decline of concessions as well as the emergence of national industries. No. 1247, South Suzhou Road used to be the private granary of Yuesheng Du and then turned to be the warehouse of Commercial Bank of China established by Du. In April 2017, Chasing Wang who lived in America and Italy restored its façade and internal space, a respect for history.  © Chasing Wang It integrated history and modern elements and allowed us to learn about the past and dialogue with classics. With new artistic vitality being instilled, the "old man" who had waited for so long finally made an elegant and graceful gesture.  © Chasing Wang Creativity is not a job but a lifestyle. We pursue interesting experience in design and life. Some over-standard elements are added in the vintage space so as to be immersed in free creations. Design is about nothing but elegant presentation of a space in a relaxing and bantering way.  Space Division  Elevation Regards to functional design, we didn't organize the space according to privacy or efficiency level which is common in traditional office design. Instead, we arrange the space based on interaction possibility. The main creator working space is situated at the entrance area. Around it is an auxiliary material space, audience space, golden bookshelf and discussion area. It's like the space logic of a library.  © Chasing Wang The working area is in the middle surrounded by the bookshelf material area, thus making the main creator working space an information processing hub and increasing the possibility of interaction. The golden bookshelf is a space highlight that you cannot avoid after entering the space. Its design concept sources from the Chinese saying, "Within books, one can find houses of gold". It displays foreign and Chinese books related with design art, and antiques, toys, design works and Lego models brought back by the founder Chasing Wang from more than fifty countries in the world.  © Chasing Wang The mobile golden bookshelf can effectively connect the two-story space of the main creator office area. It not only helps fetch books on the higher level conveniently but also makes it easier to utilize the storage space on the second floor. The other side of it, the collection shelf, is the white stainless steel display frame in the conference room. It can be regarded as a modern industrial design history book, including the VITRA Miniatures, car models of limited edition and works of art with master autographs.  © Chasing Wang The two display define the audience space, the stair space and the office space of the main studio. One is solid while another is transparent. The latter is a glass display, which separates the audience room, the office area on 1st floorand the big conference room on 2nd floor. Moreover, it creates visual connection and communication, behind which is exploration of space ambiguity.  © Chasing Wang When we are confused about the so-called style and material, we take our original creation impulse on design for granted. In a house of gold full of dreams and stories, it seems that we have imprisoned ourselves for so long that we don't know what to play and how to play with it. When design can tell a person's life and experience, it's already a pursuit of emotional essence rather than a trendy finished product.  © Chasing Wang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Architecture Studio / Architecture Studio Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Prasanth Mohan
 © Prasanth Mohan Text description provided by the architects. The project is a home studio for architect couple. Both practicing architects and share the passion for architecture, music and painting. The site has an extent of 3 cents and has marshy soil condition. Space needed to be flexible and work as a workspace, place to practice music and discussion space. Designed needed to be compact and modern in its material and construction. The budget was a major concern along with construction time. Initially our idea was to have separate space for music & architecture. The triangular profile of the design comes from attic, a space that doesn't requires walls thus reducing the need for a heavy foundation and thus cost. The whole space is divided into two levels ground floor and attic level. Which act as workspace and leisure respectively.  Conceptual Sketch Traditional Architecture of Kerala  © Prasanth Mohan Attic Space  © Prasanth Mohan Orientation  Exploded Isometric View Form Construction Process  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| RAMBLER&Co Software Dept. / Nefa Architects Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:00 AM PST  © Ilya Ivanov
 © Ilya Ivanov Text description provided by the architects. RAMBLER&Co - one of the largest Russian groups of companies working in the field of media, technology and e-commerce. The company is the leader among media holdings in terms of coverage in Runet. The group includes information, sports and entertainment portals, editorial offices of Internet magazines and its department of development.  © Ilya Ivanov  Floor Plan  © Ilya Ivanov The expansion of the holding resulted in an increase in the number of programmers who required their own space within the structure of the premises occupied by the company at the Danilovskaya Manufactory in Moscow.  © Ilya Ivanov The design work involved the architectural studio Nefa Architects, under the project of which offices of other divisions of the media holding were created earlier. The main goal of the project was the creation functional and laconic space for employees of the department of software development.  © Ilya Ivanov The project had to be completed in a short time. When developing office interiors it was necessary to take into account the structural features of the building (two rows of supporting columns located along the central axis of the room) and the historical environment of industrial architecture of the 19th century, which includes the Danilovskaya Manufactory.  © Ilya Ivanov The main idea of the interior is to create an image of a mathematically clear structure, use "Architectural" techniques in the solution of space, consonant with the internal architecture of computer programs, on which employees of the unit work.  © Ilya Ivanov The image of a pure "mathematical" space is solved by a minimal set of parts and materials. The project uses only white, black and gray colors, a combination of different-sized cubes and black graphic lines of designs with local gray accents.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Aura’s Insurance Company Building / Pich-Aguilera Architects Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Simón García
 © Simón García Text description provided by the architects. This report is about the integral remodeling of Aura’s insurance company building, located in the urban center of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, inside the metropolitan area of Barcelona.  © Simón García The project main objectives are the integral remodelling of the current building in order to update and revitalize its image from the street side view, make flexible, optimize and modernize the interior spaces, as so to adequate the building’s overall to its new needs and accessibility.  Section The current building had had, throughout his life, numerous alterations, mainly on its underground levels, ground level and attic. The need of providing it with a new customer service forced the appearance of wider spaces, make the accesses easier and supply them with natural zenithal lightning.  © Alberto Tallón The restoration is based principally on achieving open spaces; improve light conditions, ventilation and natural comfort, with the consequent optimization and improvement of the installations, finishes and the corporative image of the company.  © Alberto Tallón There are three special remarkable aspects of the architectural ensemble, the building image from its main façade, which dialogues with the local government; the possibility to provide exterior space, place of cohabitation and rest; and as a last point the need to supply lower levels with natural light from a big skylight.  Schematic Section A new light plane, attached to the main façade of the building, acts as a sieve for the light coming from the outside, protection of the privacy of the work, so as a communication element of the company.  © Simón García The façade is mainly composed by a big metal weave that holds numerous light points of Led illumination, with a rhythm and size designed on project and customized with the client specifications. Integrating the light as a main layer that acts as a filter makes the work on the openings and carpentry of the offices like a second, non conditioned by the urban requirements of the surroundings layer, but focused on its own needs. The combination of layers which forms the planes of the cover takes a special significance in the building. The contemporary architecture identifies itself more often with the enveloping elements which react to a multiple functionality, climate and formalization conditioners inside the urban context where it’s placed.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa Milán / BCA Taller de Diseño Posted: 09 Feb 2018 07:00 AM PST  © Marcos Betanzos
 © Marcos Betanzos Text description provided by the architects. The approach of the house was oriented to provoke a contemporary design with a nod to the environment of the place, rescuing the handmade and the identity of the city of Xalapa. The special requirement on the part of the client is that the house was very naturally illuminated and materials from the area were retaken.  Isometric  © Marcos Betanzos In the project, three axes were achieved: Architecture, interior design and lighting design. A simple composition of pure volumes gives rise to the main body, creating public and private spaces. The selection of materials was a key factor in the realization of this project: enclosure stone, natural oak wood, apparent concrete, and half red clay table, underline the architecture of this house that is distinguished by its authenticity and its own expression.  Section The methodology is based on generating the design from within, giving greater weight to a more human experience. The areas despite having different uses, are part of the same volume. This was achieved, for example, in the first floor by removing the walls and adding a special design furniture that ordered and separated the spaces. The furniture was made with artisans and companies from Xalapa.  © Marcos Betanzos BCA Design Workshop took special care to take advantage of natural light. It caused the light to disperse gently bathe the main textures. The lighting is resolved with simple luminaires, giving greater weight to the effect caused on the surfaces. The lighting design is inspired by the fireflies, haze, and crafts of Xalapa to give the interior an emotional charge.  © Marcos Betanzos  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| David Chipperfield Architects Selected to Design Tallest Tower in Hamburg Posted: 09 Feb 2018 05:25 AM PST  Courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects David Chipperfield Architects has won a competition to design the Elbtower, a 230-meter tall building in Hamburg that will be the city's tallest. Located on the eastern edge of the Hafencity, the sculptural building has a strong presence on the riverfront, forming a counterpoint to Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie to the West. The building hosts office space in the tower, over a podium containing a bar, hotel, restaurant, retail and exhibition areas.  Courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects The building comprises a podium which on one corner curves elegantly upward to form a glass tower. This tower tapers outward from its base, adding a powerful form to the Hamburg skyline. At its base, the building forms a number of connections to the city, linking to the train and underground station to the east and a bicycle-bridge over the canal to the north. At the meeting of these entrances, the building features a courtyard which adds to the public space of the city while providing access to the tower.  Courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects The glass facade of the building features a screen of light-colored panels which act as solar protection, while creating a moiré effect due to the curves of the facade at various levels. In addition, a lighting concept created by Studio Other Spaces in collaboration with Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann will turn the building into a "kinetic sculpture" after dark.  Courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects "We are delighted to have won the competition for the Elbtower project together with SIGNA and are happy to be invited to work in Hamburg again, especially on such an important site," said David Chipperfield. "As architects we are increasingly aware that the city depends on the quality of projects from the private sector to create a strong civic dimension that engages with the complexities of the city. We look forward to positively embracing this responsibility with the Elbtower project."  Courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects The project is scheduled to start construction in 2021, with completion set for 2025.
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| Posted: 09 Feb 2018 05:00 AM PST  © Rafaela Netto
 © Rafaela Netto Text description provided by the architects. The Viadutos Building, designed and built by the architect Artacho Jurado during the 1950s, is a historic landmark in São Paulo. Its imposing implantation in an island resulting from the Plan of Avenues of Prestes Maia, centrally demarcates the visual axis of who transits by the Viaduct Nove de Julho.  © Rafaela Netto The apartment in question, in the 18th floor of that building, provides through its terraced area a privileged view of the city downtown. Demolishing all the internal walls of the trimmed original plan was, therefore, an action for which the landscape and the natural light, framed by the original wooden frames, could penetrate the space.  © Rafaela Netto To increase the feeling of amplitude within the 46 m2 of internal area, the division between environments was made through a furniture that floats suspended, without touching the green floor that floods the whole apartment. The timber volume amid the plan has a double function, opening up both to the living room and to the bedroom: while one side is a closet for books and electronics, the other serves as a wardrobe. The concrete countertop functionality also assisted in the organization and space gain,because in it is embedded the laundry utensils, kitchen and the bathroom, separated from those by a mirror suspended on the countertop.  © Rafaela Netto  Plan As it was the only closed environment and with little incidence of natural light, the bathroom was enveloped by panels of translucent glass instead of masonry. The acid treatment ensures privacy, but also allows the filtered passage of light, both at the daytime coming from the room, as at night, when the internal artificial light transforms it into a large flashlight.This artificial light is emitted by the technical partition between the toilet and the shower, which also concentrates all the hydraulic pipes, facilitating their maintenance if necessary.  © Rafaela Netto The tall cabinet in the kitchen is another important element, as it constitutes a second flashlight facing the living room. The other indirect luminaires are also loose from the ceiling, releasing the slab and stripped concrete beams from other visual interferences.  © Rafaela Netto Although the area still be the same, the spatial feeling has been completely transformed, from the small subdivided apartment into a large space. This has only become possible thanks to the adopted strategies of materials unification of the two continuous planes, the epoxy floor below and the concrete ceiling above, the visual integration between environments and the maximum functional utilization of all the elements that compose it.  © Rafaela Netto  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| In-between, Hinoki + Sugi Pavilion / x-studio Posted: 09 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST  © Ivan Juarez
 © Ivan Juarez Text description provided by the architects. Ivan Juarez of x-studio has conceived a new approach to the natural landscape of Oawa mountain, a protected and sacred forest located in the town of Kamiyama, Japan. The region is covered by evergreen woodland where the predominant vegetation includes trees of hinoki 檜-Japanese cypress- and sugi 杉-Japanese cedar-. In-between pavilion consists of a sugi wooden space generated from two elevated planes supported by a series of vertical elements -trunks of hinoki and sugi- that merge together with the natural environment.  © Ivan Juarez  Illustration  © Ivan Juarez The wide frame suggests a fragment of the forest as a new viewpoint of reference. In this way, the pavilion pays homage to the traditional black-ink Japanese paintings made on landscape formats.  © Ivan Juarez  Scheme  © Ivan Juarez The project is drawn as a space that does not end in specific limits, but merges with the surrounding vegetation expanding the visual boundaries transforming into a large three-dimensional canvas. The visitor enters through a blue-green stone - awa aoishi 青石  © Ivan Juarez  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| UNStudio Selected to Design New Cable Car in Gothenburg Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:50 AM PST  © Plompmozes UNStudio has won a competition to design a new, 3-kilometer long cable car in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The cable car's route, which will connect the old city on the south of the river with three locations to the north, will feature a total of six towers which have been designed around an adaptable, asymmetrical structural system intended to mimic the cranes in the city's shipyards. The expected opening date for the cable car is in 2021, with the new transportation system being inaugurated as part of the celebrations of Gothenburg's 400th anniversary.  © Plompmozes A cable car was proposed by the city as a way to significantly reduce travel times across the city with minimal impact upon the street level. The four stations, located at a bus and tram transfer node in Järntorget and at three other locations north of the river, feature faceted, floating roofs clad in wood provide a sense of warmth to the stations while providing views out to the surrounding city.  © Plompmozes The design system of the stations is also adaptable, with the central part of the design being able to "kink" to accommodate the different geometries at each location, in particular allowing the two intermediate stations to adapt to the angles of the incoming cables.  Courtesy of UNStudio The towers themselves are designed to adapt to local conditions, and their open and lightweight design facilitates allow streets, pathways, and parks to flow through and around their base. This open structure also prevents negative microclimates caused by heavy shadows or wind effects.  Courtesy of UNStudio At night, the towers will become beacons within the city thanks to a lighting design created in collaboration with Licht&Soehne. Spotlights located on the inside of structural members will light up the towers at night, while during the day, subtle lighting effects will adjust to ambient light conditions, ensure that the lighting is always at an optimal level.  Courtesy of UNStudio The cable car system is also designed with principles of both environmental and social sustainability in mind: the towers will be constructed with prefabricated fiber-reinforced spun concrete elements, reducing the material required and the build-time on site. The stations use skylights to minimize the amount of artificial lighting required, while photovoltaics on the roof generate electricity for the buildings' lighting and heating requirements. Meanwhile, the structures underneath the stations are designed to host moss cultures which will remove pollutants from the air, reduce heat-island effects, and absorb noise, making these spaces a perfect opportunity for public seating and leisure areas.  © Plompmozes For the project, UNStudio collaborated with local architects Kjellgren Kaminsky and structural and engineering advisers Knippers Helbig.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Why Architects Should Start Being a Little More Selfish Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:30 AM PST  © Unsplash user Cassie Boca The Scottish liberal economist and philosopher Adam Smith once argued: "To feel much for others and little for ourselves, to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature." While we may have come some way since the 1700s, selfishness is still viewed by many as one of humanity's ugliest traits. Yet with the rise of mindfulness and the burgeoning self-help and life-coach industry, the view towards selfishness—more palatably referred to as "self-care"—is changing, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. One of the main tenets of mindfulness teaches us that in being compassionate to others, we should also be compassionate to ourselves. The theory goes that it is much easier to be kind and loving to others if we are first kind and loving to ourselves. Acts of kindness to ourselves do not need to be grand gestures. They can be as simple as cooking a wholesome meal and taking the time to enjoy it, spending twenty minutes reading a novel, or allowing ourselves to get an early night, despite that looming deadline. However, most architects would probably admit they don't adhere to this mantra in any shape or form. We work late nights, often unpaid. We produce hundreds of drawings to get to one final plan. We treat ourselves with no compassion while we pay our projects or, on occasion (but certainly not always), the client unwavering attention. Many of us know a colleague that cares more about brick details than their own mental stability. They come in early, leave late and don't stop for lunch, all to ensure that a building's inhabitants will truly never find the movement joints, no matter how hard they look. There is a strong argument to be made that the masochistic philosophy of the architect is born at University. A friend of mine who is currently undertaking her Master's degree recently told me how students were working until 5 am—in the first term—as nobody wanted to be the first to leave. She went on to explain that she felt like she was "in a blender, trying to not to let my feet touch the blades at the bottom." When I lecture at universities, the general feedback I hear from students is that they don't believe they are good enough, and are far, far more critical about their own work than they ever would be about anybody else's. Unkindness towards ourselves starts at this nascent stage of our careers. This lack of self-compassion permeates every aspect of our lives. We make ourselves miserable. We sleep badly—if at all. We don't eat properly. We see less of our family and friends than we should. Where I work in the UK, 38% of architects under 30 say that mental health is their biggest workplace concern (according to the AJ Life in Practice Survey), and with 52% of architecture students having received or worried they will need to receive help for their mental health, this trend is set to continue in the coming years. Furthermore, there's little evidence to show that spending more than 40 hours a week working offers much benefit in terms of productivity. When staff regularly exceed this, sickness rates increase, happiness drops, and motivation decreases. An estimated 49% of working days lost by UK businesses each year are a result of work-related stress. Regularly working 60-hours weeks is therefore not only bad for us, it doesn't make any sense in terms of productivity or output—a problem that the British economy continues to battle with. So, it seems that the time has come for us architects to take on board some of the lessons of self-care that mindfulness teaches. 2018 must be the year that we as architects and students take lunch breaks and see more of our friends and family. Let's leave the office before our boss does. Let's be happier, and let's be more selfish. I doubt our designs will suffer because of it. Ben Channon is a Senior Architect and Mental Wellbeing Ambassador at Assael Architecture. He recently founded the Architects' Mental Wellbeing Forum in the UK and runs the Instagram @mindful.inspiration. He is also currently writing a design guide on architecture and mental wellbeing.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House on an Island / Elliott + Elliott Architecture Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST  © Trent Bell
 © Trent Bell Text description provided by the architects. Located on a small island off the coast of Maine, this project began as a renovation. Initially, our clients hoped that an existing building on their property could be rehabilitated: a structure that accompanied the 100 year old farmhouse that has been their summer home for close to 40 years. The small, hip-roofed, asphalt shingle-clad building had been uninhabited and neglected for decades, and was in a state of disrepair. A new structure would more easily meet their needs but needed to remain rooted in the traditional style of the region. Collectively we arrived at a concept that is a modern interpretation of New England farm vernacular and establishes a hierarchical relationship between the prominent white clapboard farmhouse and the less adorned, shingled outbuildings.  © Trent Bell In order to accommodate multiple generations of the family, the main farmhouse would be given over completely to the young parents and children, and the new house would become the more private space for the matriarch. Between the two buildings a common area of outdoor lawn spaces and decks was created, along with a screened porch that could serve as both a gathering/dining area at times, while doubling as a privacy screen. The new house would be small and efficient, but comfortable enough for year round use, something that the old farmhouse, with its electric heat and poor insulation, lacks.  © Trent Bell Siting balanced the creation of outdoor space with the embedment of the house within the rural island fabric of the neighborhood. Furthermore, an ancient public walking path to the shore runs through the middle of the yard. Used by the islanders for many years, it is an important part of local tradition, something that the owners were adamant be maintained. In the end the path provides separation between the main house and new cottage while acting as an organizing element for an already constrained site.  © Trent Bell One enters the cottage off of a deck that unites the new house with a screened porch. A utility block containing entry, bath and kitchen elements subdivides the house into public and private spaces. The open living/kitchen space fronts the deck, opening onto it through a large sliding glass panel. The bedroom resides on the opposite end of the core. Quiet and meditative, it is content to gaze upon the spruce forest and ocean beyond, providing respite from the busy summer days.  © Trent Bell  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HASSELL + MVRDV's Proposal to Improve the Bay Area's Resilience in the Event of a Disaster Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:00 AM PST  Courtesy of MVRDV and HASSELL+ Following recent natural disasters including the Northern California wildfires, the HASSELL + team have been inspired to reimagine the San Francisco Bay Area as a vibrant community hub, equipped to provide temporary facilities in an emergency. As part of the competition Resilient by Design, the ten teams were asked to provide solutions for the waterfront through site-specific conceptual design and collaborative research projects.  Courtesy of MVRDV and HASSELL+ The HASSELL + team's proposal integrates a network structure of 'connectors' and 'collectors' to improve the waterfront's physical and social resilience. The recharged streets, creeks and enhanced ferry network are the 'connectors' that will become new slow and safe movement corridors to the points of collection, including adaptive open spaces that will socially recharge the area as a place for everyday gathering and civic celebration that can also provide the vital space needed for disaster assembly.  Courtesy of MVRDV and HASSELL+  Courtesy of MVRDV and HASSELL+ The team headed by HASSELL draws on their range of international perspectives; MVDRV, Deltares and Goudappel; to bring their wealth of experience for designing and understanding urban landscapes centered around water. In partnership with local experts – Lotus Water, Civic Edge, Page & Turnbull, Hatch, and Idyllist - they envisioned the social potential the waterfront could offer to communities.  Courtesy of MVRDV and HASSELL+ HASSELL have previously worked with the Sydney Waterfront where they have taken items of functional necessity and transformed them into cultural icons that shape the brand image of the city. Their experience has led them to create a socially sustainable masterplan for the San Francisco Bay Area focusing on a range of different elements to help boost the vulnerable communities, healthcare, and local business. They believe, when designing for a disaster, it is important to forward think about how you will adapt and face the challenges as a result of climate change and the rising temperatures.  Courtesy of MVRDV and HASSELL+ Applying their 'collect and connect' concept to the proposed sites, HASSEL + has envisioned a new Shoreline Park at Colma Creek. In order to reflect the community's needs, HASSELL + will set up a drop-in center during the design process along Grand Avenue that is set to become a thriving hub. Working with the locals, they can draw on their ideas and opinions for the design solutions that will be presented this May. On top of the drop-in center, there will also be the opportunity to access a digital platform to visualize the plans for the Bay Area and get involved with the decision making.
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| Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST  Checkpoint Charlie, photo: Friedhelm Denkeler As part of our 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale coverage, we present the proposal for the German Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition 2018 La Biennale di Venezia. Below, the participants describe their contribution in their own words. For 28 years, Germany has been united – exactly as long as the Berlin Wall existed (1961–1989). On the occasion of this parallel, GRAFT and Marianne Birthler are curating the exhibition "Unbuilding Walls" at the German Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice.  Axel-Springer-Campus, image: courtesy of OMA The exhibition responds to current debates on nations, protectionism and division. In the German Pavilion, GRAFT and Marianne Birthler will take the parallel as an opportunity to explore the effects of division and the process of healing as a dynamic spatial phenomenon. With reference to "Freespace," the central theme of the Architecture Biennale proposed by Grafton Architects, special focus will be given to outstanding examples of urban and architectural design that address aspects of division and integration. By analyzing architectural projects on the former border strip, the question of what happened on this unprecedented void in the middle of a new capital will be examined. The heterogeneity of the multitude of approaches, typologies, protagonists, and results show the breadth of architectural debates and solutions.  Vacha, photo: Jürgen Ritter Taking the experience of the inner-German wall as a starting point, the exhibition will also examine historical as well as current barriers, fences and walls beyond Germany's specific national perspective. A journalist team is currently travelling to border walls around the world for Unbuilding Walls. This work will be shown at the German Pavilion as well. The curator's first press conference on February 5, 2018, is located at the Visitor Center of the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Straße, a pace of continuous involvement with the death strip. In the press conference, four exemplary projects will be presented to give a first impression of the staggering spectrum of things happening on the former inner-German border. CURATORS  Lars Krückeberg, Thomas Willemeit, Marianne Birthler and Wolfram Putz, photo: Pablo Castagnola  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S Transforms Warehouse into Dynamic Medical Facility Posted: 08 Feb 2018 10:00 PM PST  Courtesy of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S An adaptive reuse project by P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is currently under construction in North Hollywood, California. The project transforms an existing warehouse into a dynamic medical campus with Urgent Care, Elderly Daycare, Surgical Centre, Physical Therapy, Imaging Centre, Medical offices, café and a small shop. The project adapts the existing bowstring truss warehouse to create a more integrated relationship with the adjacent concrete office building, as well as generating a public presence on Victory Boulevard. By adding a new basement and mezzanine, the project expands the existing structure from 17,000 square feet to 42,000 square feet of enclosed space, as well as adding over 10,000 square feet of open space.  Courtesy of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S  Courtesy of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S The project diagonally slices the original building to create a green public plaza between the new medical facility and the adjacent block, establishing a direct link between the parking lot and the public access on Victory Boulevard. This newly landscaped, open-air area contains outdoor seating, bicycle parking, and a staircase that can be used for communal seating. The diagonal cut also allows a series of medical offices on the mezzanine level to face the open plaza, the terraced crystalline shapes creating a unique spatial configuration. Through the creation of the green plaza, the project prioritises outdoor spaces, natural lighting and human interaction.  Courtesy of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S These priorities are also displayed in the project's four indoor courtyards, which offer doctors and patients natural light and an integration with the outdoors. It also allows for access from the basement directly to the open plaza outside.  Courtesy of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S A glass storefront on the ground level also faces the plaza and welcomes visitors through an integration of the indoor and outdoor. This transparent storefront looks directly into the main lobby, in which there is access to the various medical facilities and café. P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S decided not to eliminate the sharp horizontal of the original 'Valley Foods Market' sign, instead adapting it to suit the needs of the project. In the architects' words, it "provides the project with a commanding vertical element and a newfound iconicity that is both integral to the new design and distinctive from its context."  Courtesy of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S The project is currently under construction and is estimated to be completed in 2019.
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| Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  © Adrià Goula
 © Adrià Goula Text description provided by the architects. In the first glance, the house materializes as a remembrance of Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz’s Nordic classicism. A concrete portico, as-a-colonnade-in antis, is creaky opened to the sky. Besides a wooden fence, lateral to the main axis defined by the colonnade, the visitor crosses a first courtyard, built as a void stereotomy. There you can find a simple door.  Axonometric View The main axis of the house is discovered from this point. Suddenly, the sequence portico, porch, courtyard, enclosed living area, courtyard, portico, pool, lake, landscape it is settled in front of the eyes of the visitor. The house live dances around this apparently static axis.  © Adrià Goula Some windows opened in the flanking walls of this sequence reveal two lateral private courtyards. These diagonal openings in the wall extend the views through the diaphragmatic structure of the main stereotomy, connecting it with the landscape.  Floor Plan The richness of the space is enclosed in traditional austere materials. Walls are regularly white rendered. Snowy freckled terrazzo pavements are extended both in interior and exterior areas, embedded in the base of the walls. As it happens in modernist houses, sometimes there is minimum glazing plane in between the wall openings.  © Adrià Goula The fare face concrete roofs, framed in between walls and beams, avoid the possible spatial white solipsism.  © Adrià Goula Its wood texture reveals a basic and noble construction, carefully casted.  © Adrià Goula The abstract stereotomy of the house is as adapted to place, program and time, as it aims the sense of belonging to architecture itself. And it was designed in a perpetual debt to an unexpected and distant beloved master.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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