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- Energy Neutral Floating Villa ‘Haarlem Shuffle’ / vanOmmeren-architecten
- Parque Kindergarten / PROMONTORIO
- Casa ECS / Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio
- Corbel House / Kamat & Rozario Architecture
- The Walled - Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
- Three-Roof House / PLAIN WORKS
- Dream Garden / Mur Mur Lab
- Masuto Residence / Jamison Architects
- Proposed Bridge in Sweden Will Turn a River Into a Public Amphitheater
- P-S House / J-M arquitectura
- Water Gallery / CCPM Arquitectos
- Sir David Adjaye selects Mariam Kamara as his protégée for Rolex Arts Initiative
- Janet Echelman Suspends Time-Inspired Net Sculpture Over Madrid's Plaza Mayor
- Los Terrenos / Tatiana Bilbao
- The Bizarre Brutalist Church that Is More Art than Architecture
- Feitais House / José Lobo Almeida
- 4 Tiny Houses Selected as Winners in the Ryterna modul Architectural Challenge 2018
- Istanbul’s Futuristic KCTV Telecom Tower Nears Completion
- Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City / NORD Architects
| Energy Neutral Floating Villa ‘Haarlem Shuffle’ / vanOmmeren-architecten Posted: 13 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  © Eva Bloem
 © Eva Bloem Text description provided by the architects. Energy neutral floating villa 'Haarlem Shuffle' is located in the Spaarne river, close by the historic city centre of Haarlem, NL. The design plays with the perception of the dynamics around the Spaarne, the relationship with Haarlem and the bright open living spaces.  © Eva Bloem The ark gets its expression by a strong orthogonal composition of open and closed facade elements. The large vide near the southwest windows opens up the floor for light to reach the lower music and sleeping spaces.  © Eva Bloem  1st Floor Plan  © Eva Bloem  -1 Floor Plan Commonly used wood cladding makes place for a strong textured facade bordered with a slim aluminum roof trim. This strongly profiled exterior makes the rhythm and texture of the ark visible from great distance, using only materials that are true to its nature.  © Eva Bloem Owner and client Lex is not impressed easily. Having lived in historical homes with high ceilings near the Spaarne for all of his life, Lex decided he wanted this quality of living, but now in the Spaarne river. After the structural completion in 2015, Lex spent another three years on the interior build finalizing all of his detail wishes.  © Eva Bloem Two heat pumps and a roof filled with solar panels guarantee comfortable and energy neutral living. There is no gas connection on board.  © Eva Bloem The sustainable and high-end detailing makes this floating villa stand out from the other houseboats.  © Eva Bloem Where the Spaarne makes his overture to Haarlem; it is relaxed living in a dynamic and bright environment; designed in a rhythmic but playful whole: the Haarlem shuffle.  © Eva Bloem  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Parque Kindergarten / PROMONTORIO Posted: 13 Feb 2018 07:00 PM PST  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Text description provided by the architects. Located in the vicinity of the Cascais, the kindergarten occupies a steep and quasi-triangular plot in an allotment of oversized villas. Densely vegetated, the plot forms a cul-de-sac where the two-storey building occupies its core while accommodating to the topography and gently inflecting its volume to save as many trees as possible.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Ground floor plan + Section  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Working in close collaboration with the teachers and pedagogues, the design attempted to challenge the preconceived tenets of classroom space-planning into a more fluid and dynamic spatial interaction. Hence, both at kindergarten and primary school levels, it tries to meet the increasing demand for flexibility in the learning methods. After research and mock-up testing, the pentagonal classroom module gained consistency as a unifying environment able to respond to a dynamic multitask educational project.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Model  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Conceptually, these spaces form a kind of Euclidean honeycomb, whose tessellation generates a series of irregular polygons of variable height freely arranged to organically accommodate the programme. In doing so, it pays tribute a long-standing enquiry into honeycomb and organic pattern design; an investigation that was particularly fertile from the second half of the 20th-century onwards. From the likes of Yona Friedman and the Japanese Metabolists, to Dutch Structuralism and the Italian Neo-Liberty Movement, or even to the latter-day corporate America of Yamasaki and Larrabee Barnes, the honeycomb has constantly been put forward as a psychosomatic metaphor of a progressively augmenting spatial weaving that emphatically ends up involving the bystander. Such is the case with this kindergarten, where the inner circulation space on the larger edge pentagons unfolds in a sinuous meandering within angular hallways.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Ranging in scale and height; the classrooms, the library, the art room and the canteen flow in a sequence of generous and surprising spaces both from the outside and the inside. Whitewashed in burnt lime, the tectonic articulation between the portent walls of bond brickwork with expressively tooled concave joints framed by concrete cast in-situ, contrasts with large and transparent glass panes cased in thick white-painted wood frames. The latter, when open, blur the boundaries between outside and inside. In addition, the occasionally punctured brickwork lets air and light into a series of secluded patios.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa ECS / Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio Posted: 13 Feb 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Filippo Poli
 © Filippo Poli Text description provided by the architects. Casa ECS, with its special laboratory for artists, rises in Sicily on an area of a high environmentally-friendly allure within the city of Scicli. Thanks to the natural configuration of the territory it is possible to appreciate the gentle slope of the land towards the Mediterranean sea: a series of terraces, retained by dry stone walls, with olive and carob trees growing up on them, fades beyond the horizon. The project was realised following the principles of a low environmental impact intervention on the territory, clearly visible in the choice of adapting the building to the natural area and in the energy-saving study carried out.  © Filippo Poli  Floor Plan  © Filippo Poli The central idea focuses on the construction of a retaining wall covered with the local stone, reproducing the typical receding terrace, which generates a natural step that allowed to plan the insertion of the building into the environment, creating a noticeable continuity with the country-side view and the traditionally cultivated land. Furthermore, thanks to the roof garden on completion the building become an integral part of the area. Under the same perspective of maintaining the historical tradition of the territory, two courtyards appear in the northern part of the house as a removal of two land sections.  © Filippo Poli The inner spaces of the house respect accurately the geometric pattern of the external face: the living room and the laboratory face the courtyards in the north side and the sea in the south side. This choice gives the perception that the landscape crosses the inner space of the house. The planning studies have been carried out in order to ensure a high heat insulation, while the use of renewable energy sources has increased the energetic efficiency of the building, making it an eco-friendly structure.  © Filippo Poli  Section B  © Filippo Poli  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Corbel House / Kamat & Rozario Architecture Posted: 13 Feb 2018 04:00 PM PST  © Niveditaa Gupta & Lester Rozario
 © Niveditaa Gupta & Lester Rozario Text description provided by the architects. The design developed from the client's brief, which was to have a modern house inspired by the family's roots in Kerala, India. We looked towards traditional palace construction of Kerala for inspiration. We noticed a few key features that most of these structures portrayed, such as - the verandah that wrapped the living spaces all around, the appearance of a heavy masonry base on the ground floor, with thick arches and carved columns and a first floor which appeared to be lighter in terms of materials and overall treatment. This became the inspiration for the front façade of the building. Carved columns, which are a prominent element of traditional Kerala architecture, were adopted but with a contemporary twist.  © Niveditaa Gupta & Lester Rozario We fashioned them using a metal sheet, cut out to match the silhouette of a traditional column and placed as a cross. These columns frame the front of the house and sit on a large continuous overhanging balcony. The overhang in the front not only protects the south façade but also allows for ample cross ventilation. The planning has been kept simple. The open and continuous public and semi-public spaces are on the ground floor along with the guest bedrooms. Individual private spaces for the couple and their children, along with a separate family area are on the first floor. The main exercise of designing the plan as an outward-looking structure was to take full advantage of views. The front opens up to a quiet street and the rear of a park. A centrally located skylight over the staircase allows a mild draft of air by ventilating it at the upper level aiding the movement of air.  © Niveditaa Gupta & Lester Rozario The two sides of the building show the strong presence of exposed brick masonry. The earthy terracotta colour makes a direct reference to the materiality of Kerala architecture and stands in sharp contrast to the light metal balconies pushing through in the front and rear. Openings in the masonry are kept minimal in order to accentuate the openness in the front and rear. The undulating brick masonry is a playful interpretation of a Mangalore tiled roof surface – another element seen extensively in Kerala. The masonry swells out to allow for openings and is constructed using the Flemish bond. As the brick gradually corbels outwards, its negative imprint is seen on the inner side - almost as an acknowledgement of the drama outside!  © Niveditaa Gupta & Lester Rozario
 © Niveditaa Gupta & Lester Rozario The use of materials for the interiors was also inspired by those seen in a traditional Kerala home. The combination of cane screens with teak wood is an attempt to add that element of nostalgia to an otherwise minimal interior. The continuous, almost monolithic granite floor helps further accentuate the open ground floor plan. The house is powered by solar panels placed on the roof of the structure.  © Niveditaa Gupta & Lester Rozario  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Walled - Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office Posted: 13 Feb 2018 02:00 PM PST  © Pedro Pegenaute
 © Pedro Pegenaute Text description provided by the architects. Situated in close proximity to Yangzhou's scenic Slender West Lake, the site given to Neri&Hu to design a 20-room boutique hotel was a challenging one, dotted with small lakes and a handful of existing structures. The design brief called for the adaptive reuse of several of the old buildings by giving them new functions, while adding new buildings to accommodate the hotel's capacity needs.  © Pedro Pegenaute  Diagram  © Pedro Pegenaute Neri&Hu's strategy to unify these scattered elements was to overlay a grid of walls and paths onto the site to tie the entire project together, resulting in multiple courtyard enclosures. The inspiration for the design actually originates with the courtyard house typology of vernacular Chinese architecture. As with the traditional courtyard, the courtyard here gives hierarchy to the spaces, frames views of the sky and earth, encapsulates landscape into architecture, and creates an overlap between interior and exterior.  © Pedro Pegenaute Constructed entirely from reclaimed grey brick, the gridded walls' narrow interior passageway forces a long perspective, while light plays off the various brick patterns, enticing guests to venture ever deeper into the project. Within the walls, several of the courtyards are occupied by guest rooms and other shared amenities such as the reception, library, and restaurant.  © Pedro Pegenaute  Courtyard Guestroom Plan 1F  © Pedro Pegenaute Many of the building roof lines are confined within the height of the walls surrounding them, so that they are not visible from afar. Hotel guests traverse the site using the walled pathways to discover their rooms. Once within, there is a clear separation between the building and the walls, a layering of privacy and a sliver of landscape for guests to enjoy. Other courtyards are unoccupied, pockets of lush garden to offer relief from the sense of enclosure.  © Pedro Pegenaute Journeying along the walls, guests can also ascend through openings above to gain privileged vantage points that look out across the gridded landscape and beyond to the surrounding lakes. Here three additional buildings take their place in the panorama; the rising second floor of the largest courtyard building, a lakeside pavilion of four guestrooms, and a multifunction building at the furthest reaches of the site. Renovating the existing derelict warehouse building, with a partial new concrete addition, this multifunction building houses a restaurant, a theater  © Pedro Pegenaute  Lakeview Guestroom Elevation  Courtesy of Tsingpu Renovating the existing derelict warehouse building, with a partial new concrete addition, this multifunction building houses a restaurant, a theater and an exhibition space. With this project, Neri&Hu's ambition lies in utilizing a strong landscape element—the wall and courtyard—to unify a complex site and program, while the rustic materiality and layered spaces seek to redefine tradition with a modern architectural language.  © Pedro Pegenaute  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Three-Roof House / PLAIN WORKS Posted: 13 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST .jpg?1518520806 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin
.jpg?1518520819 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin 'Three-Roof House' is a home for a couple and their two daughters who lived in an apartment for a long time. The couple who loves wild flowers and trees decided to leave their apartment, dreaming of having a home with a garden. .jpg?1518521688 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin Nestled in a housing site in Yongin, the site is sitting at the end of a cul-de-sac receiving only few visits other than its residents, thus it's secluded and calm. The site is a south-facing slope land with a rectangular shape running along a road, and there is a 2.8m level difference between the site and the road. Though it's in a downtown area, its front and rear are both adjoining parks, so it offers a decent view.  Section Perspective. Image Courtesy of PLAIN WORKS The house takes advantage of such site condition to protect privacy and have an outdoor space through which inside and outside are effectively connected. The 1st basement floor adjoining the road is turned into a parking lot to overcome the level difference with the park in the north. The upper part of the parking is made into a garden, and this garden can be conveniently accessed from the 1st floor. As the north area is directly connected with the park, a deck is added to enjoy various park sceneries changing throughout all seasons. .jpg?1518521977 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin .jpg?1518521990 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin This 'Three-Roof House' is characterized by simple house-shaped volumes which are naturally spread upon the volume of the 1st floor stretching out from side to side. It's designed by separating the 2nd floor from the 1st floor, composing it with independent volumes according to required programs, and reorganizing them in response to the requirements of client and surrounding conditions. This design approach prevents the house from overwhelming its surrounding landscape and enables it to accommodate the needs of client more flexibly. .jpg?1518521485 "Section 01") Section 01 .jpg?1518521432 "Section 02") Section 02 'Three-Roof House' appears as an assembly of independently designed rooms for each family member. This project is an attempt to secure the independence of individual spaces, for Korean society in which apartment housing is predominant. .jpg?1518521472 "© Kyungsub Shin") © Kyungsub Shin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 13 Feb 2018 11:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Mur Mur Lab
 Courtesy of Mur Mur Lab Text description provided by the architects. Dream Garden is an experimental design of morphologic research on the settlement. Challenges of the site: It was almost in a vacuum at the first time we got to the site. There was nothing but brand new industry park and buildings, which had no link to the city, site, and history. Maybe it's the most common problem we shall confront in China. This current situation cut off the access to the eternity. To create an individual and dynamic world to resist the nihility, we shall learn from settlement and nature. It has a long history in China.  Courtesy of Mur Mur Lab Pattern of the settlement: Despite being an indoor area, we'd like to regard it as an entire architecture complex. In the way, the site is endued with density and autonomy. To interpose the site in an abstract way, we redefine outdoor and indoor space.  Axon  Axon The area is divided into two parts, Private and Public. Private area refers to some individual rooms in specific functions. The public area represents the space in-between, including hall, meeting, and exhibition. Public area includes several streets, squares, and lanes, which are divided by several walls in straight lines and curves. In the way, the site is reorganized with urban character. To describe the space, we use some urban design terms because of the judgment of human's behaviors. Density gives behaviors more possibilities.  Courtesy of Mur Mur Lab Interesting imagination: Here is a city, and also a garden. The gap between old and new is the backyard of an office room. Greens belong the straight walls, and lighting ceilings are bright as courtyards. The imaginations of garden appear in our mind, telling a story of nature.  Model The blank area is purposed to be a garden, with potted plants. Somehow the idea hasn't come true. Instead, clients settle a few microcarpa, just like traditional paintings for a winter scene. It hadn't been used at the last time we got to the garden. Will the fairy tales happen in the meandering streets? Maybe it's just a dream garden.  Courtesy of Mur Mur Lab  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Masuto Residence / Jamison Architects Posted: 13 Feb 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Derek Swalwell
 © Derek Swalwell Masuto is a duplex project in the Melbourne, Australia. The elongated duplex residence is its own contemporary urban oasis; it enjoys an abundance of natural light, has a feeling of openness, is connected to the landscape, is spacially refined and efficient and beautifully textured and sophisticated.  © Derek Swalwell The project is an elegant addition to the streetscape with a presence that is not dominated by the commonly sighted double garage door arrangement. Inhabitable garages and utility rooms share the common wall and habitable rooms are on the outer perimeter, thereby permitting more natural light and natural cross-ventialtion to the elongated plan.  Ground Floor Plan  © Derek Swalwell There is an arrival experience that invites and draws one from the street and entry on the south, through the residence, to the rear north-facing living spaces. A central courtyard and off-set external blockwork blade walls allow natural light to flood the hallway and provide framed views and connection to the landscape whilst maintaining privacy between neighbours. The opposite wall is the unassuming yet rich black stained vertical timber cladding which begins externally concealing the garage door then wraps the core of the duplex utility rooms.  © Derek Swalwell The rich darkness of the black timberform is punctuated by novel, refreshing white openings and recesses. Along the hallway is the external coloured grey blockwork and floor to ceiling glazing which provides natural light, natural ventilation and a sense of the landscape creeping in. The side courtyard and two storey void at the staircase enhance the journey through the home. It also allows the space to open vertically, both visually and acoustically, to connect the upper and ground floor living areas to each other, the landscape and the sky. The hallway is also slightly splayed from the entry, to further open up the connection to the north-facing open plan living, kitchen, dining and rear backyard; a private oasis complete with covered alfresco, pool and tranquil garden. The upper level is the private domain of the duplex containing bedrooms and a family room.  © Derek Swalwell A rich and interesting palette of materials, finishes and textural qualities unifies the design both inside and out. The rich black stained timber cladding softens the coloured stack bond masonry blockwork. This material is expressed in its textural rawness and creates a gallery style wall and back drop for artwork and soft furnishings. Three dimensional tiling to the southern facade is subtle and comes alive with shadows as the quality of light changes over the course of the day. A light grey French oak timber floor complements the grey blockwork wall and softens the contrast between the white and black throughout.  © Derek Swalwell Passive solar design principles in conjunction with the thermal mass qualities of the reverse block veneer, and the proximity of landscaped vegetation has resulted in less energy consumption for lighting, heating and cooling, and improved natural cross-ventilation and air-quality. The overall result is a more comfortable, healthier and enjoyable living environment.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Proposed Bridge in Sweden Will Turn a River Into a Public Amphitheater Posted: 13 Feb 2018 07:10 AM PST  Courtesy of Erik Andersson Architects Kalix, a small town in Northern Sweden, has plans to replace its current bridge over the river in 2019. As part of the process, The Swedish Traffic Administration commissioned Erik Andersson Architects to design an initial study for a bridge that would not only replace the existing bridge's functions, but also add new elements to turn the new bridge into a gathering space and public amenity for the town. The resulting design by Erik Andersson is a simple but ingenious solution which sees car and bicycle traffic occupying the bridge's top deck, while pedestrians are separated onto a path below, on the south side of the bridge. By dropping the pedestrian path, the road deck can act as a roof for the pedestrians in bad weather.  Courtesy of Erik Andersson Architects However, the design's signature move is in the bridge's supporting arches, which extend like buttresses to slope down to the river. Steps on these slopes allow pedestrians to walk right down to the water's edge, turning an entire side of the bridge into a public space connecting the town with the river itself.  Courtesy of Erik Andersson Architects "The idea behind the bridge is to turn a simple crossing of the river into an experience and create a warm atmosphere. We also wanted to make it possible for people to get near the water's surface and enjoy the view, while at the same time giving protection from the weather which can get harsh in this part of the country," said Erik Andersson. "The bridge is a hybrid of an amphitheater and a bridge. You can use it as you wish; sit down and watch the river and the view, pass under it by boat or simply cross it by foot or bicycle." News via Erik Andersson Architects.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 13 Feb 2018 07:00 AM PST  © Roberto D'Ambrosio
 © Roberto D'Ambrosio Text description provided by the architects. The PS House is located in a land subject to a steep slope, which led us to propose an atypical work within a community with already established design parameters. Under these conditions a work is projected in which its volume rises above the plot looking for the minimum alteration of the existing topography. The vertical circulation duct and two steel pillars are proposed as the primary structural solution for the project.  © Roberto D'Ambrosio Once the idea was defined, a house composed of three levels is planned. The entrance is in the intermediate level located at street level, in this place the social spaces and services of the house are located. The living room and dining room have a large window that travels along the entire rear facade, this vain is vital for the interior - exterior relationship helping to bathe the internal space of generous light and natural ventilation, without leaving aside the possibility of enjoying beautiful views.  © Roberto D'Ambrosio Under the access level, the space for office or studio area was proposed, which is visually projected to the exterior by glass doors, having as a focal point the terrace and the rear garden. In the third level, the private and resting spaces are concentrated, the main room being the protagonist, which we wanted to pose as a peculiar and different space, arranging it within a volume that is projected beyond the structural limits of the project, giving this the impression of flying on the ground and surrounding trees, we seek through this proposal to generate in users feelings of freedom, daring and promote a different way of thinking.  © Roberto D'Ambrosio  Section C  © Roberto D'Ambrosio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Water Gallery / CCPM Arquitectos Posted: 13 Feb 2018 05:00 AM PST  © Javier Agustín Rojas
Text description provided by the architects. Water Gallery was a temporary pavilion located on the Riachuelo-Matanza basin, one of the most polluted in Latin America. It made visible some of the territorial controversies that emerged from the declaration of the Buenos Aires neighbourhood, La Boca, as an ¨Art District¨. This was made possible through the exhibition of a particular element of the landscape: water.  © Javier Agustín Rojas  Site Axonometric
 Implantation Plan The pavilion was composed by two material systems: a scaffolding structure and an envelope of transparent industrial hoses filled with water. The envelope is composed by two circuits, one containing water from the Riachuelo river and the other from the neighbour art institution Usina del Arte. The water is pumped from tanks contained in the pavilion columns to the hoses and back again in a closed circuit.  © Javier Agustín Rojas  Open/Closed Plan  © Javier Agustín Rojas Water Gallery has multiple configurations, ranging from a closed gallery space to an open public forum. It housed the event Critical Ecologies, which consisted on three conversations about the themes exposed in the project, a walking tour through the neighbourhood and two navigations on the Riachuelo-Matanza basin. Critical Ecologies was an event housed in the Water Gallery during the International Architecture Bienal of Buenos Aires 2017. It assembled different versions about the relationship between the city, the territory and the buildings developed in the context of the Art District, in La Boca.
The program included a series of conversations that composed diverse perspectives on three issues within the area: the creation of the Art District with the consequent development of contemporary art institutions within the urban network, the more than two hundred years of pollution and constant failure to clean up the Riachuelo-Matanza basin and the possible roles that the architectural discipline could engage in this context.  © Javier Agustín Rojas  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sir David Adjaye selects Mariam Kamara as his protégée for Rolex Arts Initiative Posted: 13 Feb 2018 04:50 AM PST  Sir David Adjaye with his protégée Mariam Kamara. Image Courtesy of Rolex Arts Initiative Rolex has announced four new mentors and protégés for the prestigious Rolex Arts Initiative. In the architecture category, Sir David Adjaye was selected as mentor and Niger-based architect Mariam Kamara will be his protégée in 2018-2019. The Ghana-born British architect Sir David Adjaye is renowned for major projects worldwide such as the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington DC. He heads the firm Adjaye Associates. Mariam Kamara, 38, is founder and Principal of atelier masōmī. Rolex describes Kamara as an architect "dedicated to designing spaces and structures that respond to the needs of people in her homeland, Niger, and all of Africa." In keeping with its tradition of supporting individual excellence, the Rolex Arts Initiative is meant to give emerging artists time to learn, create and grow. This year, the 2018-2019 program will run for an extended period of two years to give protégés more time to work with their mentors. In the previous years, this program has lasted for 12 months. Rebecca Irvin, Head of Philanthropy at Rolex, explained that the new schedule would enables them to provide greater flexibility for the mentor-protégé pairs in planning their work together. It will also help accommodate collaborations in fields where works need longer periods to develop. To make the mentorship program even more attractive, funding has been substantially increased as well. Protégés will receive 40,000 Swiss francs and their mentors will get an honorarium of 100,000 Swiss francs. A further 30,000 Swiss francs is also available to protégées at the end of the mentoring period to support the creation of new work. The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative is a philanthropic programme that was set up to make a contribution to global culture. Since 2002, it has paired mentors and protégés in dance, film, literature, music, theatre, visual arts and architecture. Rolex made the announcement at a gala ceremony in Berlin celebrating the end of the previous 2016-2017 mentoring year. For that year, Sir David Chipperfield was chosen as mentor in the architecture category and Simon Kretz was his Protege. Past pairs also include: Álvaro Siza and Sahel Al-Hiyari, Kazuyo Sejima and Yang Zhao, and Peter Zumthor and Gloria Cabral.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Janet Echelman Suspends Time-Inspired Net Sculpture Over Madrid's Plaza Mayor Posted: 13 Feb 2018 03:15 AM PST  © João Ferrand American artist Janet Echelman's latest sculpture is currently on display at Madrid's Plaza Mayor. Titled "1.78 Madrid," the piece is the latest of Echelman's suspended thread sculptures, and the newest piece in her Earth Time Series begun in 2010. On display until February 19th, the piece was unveiled on Friday to mark Madrid's 400th anniversary.  © João Ferrand Hanging above the plaza's statue of King Philip III of Spain, the piece explores the idea of time, and our interconnectedness with the physical systems which influence our relationship with time itself. The number 1.78 in the artwork's title refers to 1.78 microseconds, the amount of time that a day on Earth was shortened as a result of the 2011 Earthquake in Japan.  © João Ferrand "In the last four hundred years, people have gathered at Plaza Mayor to witness bull-fights and Spanish Inquisition burnings," said Echelman. "Today we gather together with art that explores our concept of time, to discuss ideas. This is a hopeful trajectory for humanity."  © João Ferrand The sculpture is formed from very strong, highly engineered fibers in vibrant colors which are braided, knotted, and spliced together to form a lightweight net that reacts to the movement of the wind. At night, colored lights are projected onto the piece to add to its vibrancy.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 13 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST  © Rory Gardiner
 © Rory Gardiner Text description provided by the architects. The site of Los Terrenos is nearby Casa Ventura is located in a residential zone adjacent to the southwest side of Monterrey, it's a highland forested zone. The housing program is fragmented according to each component's function and role within the site, but they are all enclosed in a perfect square in the general plan. Each volume located in the corners, surrounding an organic shaped pool.  © Rory Gardiner  Social Area Plan, Section and Elevation  © Rory Gardiner The landscape strategy aimed to respond and mimic the existing ora and fauna of the site in a designed aspect. The social area is on the rest level, within a mirrored glass envelope that simultaneously reflects and contains the lush surrounding; the main room overlooks the treetops; the other bedrooms are underground and built with clay and rammed earth in relation to the topography.  © Rory Gardiner  © Rory Gardiner The three program areas have a lattice that was designed to adapt according to different spatial connections and structural possibilities: it works as a solid and permeable door, screen partition, and structural wall, and as a semi-open wall that allows ventilation and sunlight bathing the interior spaces.  © Rory Gardiner  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Bizarre Brutalist Church that Is More Art than Architecture Posted: 13 Feb 2018 01:30 AM PST  © Denis Esakov Located on a hill in Mauer, on the outskirts of Vienna, the Wotruba Church was the culmination of sculptor Fritz Wotruba's life (the project's architect, Fritz G. Mayr, is often forgotten). Constructed in the mid-1970s, Mayr completed the project one year after Wotruba's death, enlarging the artist's clay model to create a functional walk-in concrete sculpture. As can be seen in these images by Denis Esakov, the result is a chaotic brutalist ensemble that toys with the boundaries between art and architecture.  © Denis Esakov Born in 1907, Wotruba was the youngest of eight in an abusive household. Art became his psychological escape and, during World War II, Wotruba made his literal escape from Austria to Switzerland. After fleeing the war, Wotruba dreamed of a sculpture "in perfect unity with the landscape, the architecture, and the city."  © Denis Esakov As one of the most well-known Austrian sculptors of the 20th century, Wotruba was asked by Dr. Margarethe Ottillinger to design an astounding church on the site of a former Nazi barracks. Ottillinger wanted to make a bold religious and artistic statement during a time when many Europeans were losing faith in God.  © Denis Esakov The Wotruba Church is a prime example of how artistic approach can change architectural practice and product. The church was designed before the site was chosen. Nevertheless, the church has a commanding view of Vienna and sits in powerful contrast to its serene environment. Additionally, Wotruba claims inspiration from the French Gothic Cathedral Chartres, even though Wotruba Church's brutalist—or some might even say art brut—style conveys very different values.  © Denis Esakov The design's form has no obvious symmetry or clear organization. 152 concrete blocks, ranging from 0.84 to 64 cubic meters and 1.8 to 141 tons, hold one another up in a random, chaotic, abstract way—lending few clues as to where the true front facade of the church lies. The simple windows are the primary indicator of what goes where; allowing for natural light to create changing patterns within the concrete block walls of the church.  © Denis Esakov "If this construction succeeds, it will be one of great dynamics and drama," said Wotruba of his church design. "The apparent chaos that arises from the arrangement of asymmetric blocks should ultimately result in a harmonic unity." One year after Wotruba's death in 1975, architect Fritz G. Mayr saw the building's construction through to completion.  © Denis Esakov The Wotruba Church is one example of the many possibilities of artist-architect collaborations. With the Wotruba Church in mind, we can begin to consider how an artistic approach changes architecture; when creative and rational minds work together, the result can be both beautiful and functional.  © Denis Esakov  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Feitais House / José Lobo Almeida Posted: 13 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST  © José Campos
 © José Campos  Situation plan Text description provided by the architects. Feitais House (1870), is part of the rural centre of the village of Contenças de Baixo, in a mountainous landscape shaped by the Mondego River.  © José Campos The House, consisting of ground floor (storage and cellar) and first floor (housing), had other outbuildings (including the caretaker's house, wine press and oven) that characterised the set.  © José Campos The program was distributed, so as to gather the common areas on the ground floor of the main House, and the accommodation units on the upper floor and in the new building designed for it.  Preexisting plan  © José Campos The demolition of the roofing and surrounding walls of the former wine press adjoining the House allowed to create a new garden space, and now the common rooms of the House face it through three new glazed openings.  © José Campos The stone masonry resulting from the demolished buildings, which over time were obstructing the courtyard, was enough to build the surrounding walls of the new building. With the width of the former caretaker's house, is located in the southern edge of the forecourt in an explicit commitment to the landscape.  Sections  © José Campos  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 4 Tiny Houses Selected as Winners in the Ryterna modul Architectural Challenge 2018 Posted: 13 Feb 2018 12:00 AM PST  Winning Proposals from the Architectural Challenge 2018: Tiny House. Image Courtesy of Ryterna modul European modular container and building producer Ryterna modul has announced the winners of their fourth International competition: Architectural Challenge 2018 Tiny House. The competition asked for the design of a home for two people no larger than 25 square meters that integrated a kitchen, bathroom, living room, and sleeping area into a cohesive environment. With 150 projects from 88 countries, the three winning solutions and one honorable mention turn micro dwelling into a luxury. See all the winning entries below. First Prize: Wave House / Abdolrahman Kadkhodasalehi First Prize:Wave House by Abdolrahman Kadkhodasalehi. Image Courtesy of Ryterna modul Office-BAO founder Abdolrahman Kadkhodasalehi took first prize with his winning scheme Wave House, a semi-circular structure that appears to dance on its minimal foundations. "The main purpose of this project is to use the blessings which nature provides for us such as rain, snow, and beautiful landscapes," he writes. Large planes of glass, natural materials, and an integrated water harvesting system keep the home in constant dialogue with its surroundings. Second Prize: Torii House / Julia Kaptur and Stas Kaptur Second Prize: Torii House by Julia Kaptur and Stas Kaptur. Image Courtesy of Ryterna modul Second place was awarded to Torii House, a modular proposal by Moscow-based architects Julia and Stas Kaptur. Consisting of a core module flanked by two additional programs wrapped in wood, Torri House can be endlessly customized with terraces, saunas, and additional spaces for larger families. The refined details and calculated modularity make this residence a suitable addition to sites from the suburbs to the ski slopes. Third Prize: Trapezoidal Mod / William Samin Third Prize: Trapezoidal Mod by William Samin. Image Courtesy of Ryterna modul An expandable proposal by architect William Samin titled Trapezoidal Mod took third place in the competition. The proposal divides wet and dry functions into two separate modules that can be effortlessly re-configured to adapt to shifting terrain or potential expansion. The charred exterior and warm wood cladding within provide the perfect environment to frame natural landscapes from forests and plains to meadows and mountains. Honorable Mention: Project ATN / Clarence Zichen Qian Honorable Mention: Project ATN by Clarence Zichen Qian. Image Courtesy of Ryterna modul Toronto-based Clarence Zichen Qian was given honorable mention for his design Project ATN, comprised of a titled structure populated with a grid-like millwork structure to define the interior space while providing calculated vistas into the world outside. "To create a rethinking atmosphere, the proposed building environment is lifted off the ground, detached from the crowd, the unconscious everyday routine," he writes. Project descriptions via: Ryterna modul  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Istanbul’s Futuristic KCTV Telecom Tower Nears Completion Posted: 12 Feb 2018 10:00 PM PST  via https://www.sabah.com.tr/ Construction continues on the undulating, futuristic 365 meter-tall Küçük Çamlıca TV (KCTV) Tower in Istanbul, Turkey. The new telecommunications tower will replace several drab structures currently in use and support an estimated 125 broadcasting transmitters—becoming the tallest edifice in the city. Featuring restaurants, exhibition spaces, meeting areas, a panoramic elevator, and a two-story observation deck looking out over the Bosphorus Strait, the new landmark structure is expected to draw an estimated 4.5 million visitors annually. The £36 million tower will be topped with 145-meter steel mast supported by a 220-meter concrete core which, as of early February, has reached 153 meters of construction. While wind testing was employed to confirm the monumental structure's overall stability, it was also used by London-based engineering and facade consultants Newtecnic. This testing allowed the firm, whose previous projects include the cladding of Zaha Hadid Architect's Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre, to develop the unique facade and optimize how the load of the building envelope would act on the concrete core.  KCTV Tower shown 15 years in the future with drones carrying out routine checks and cleaning. Image Courtesy of Newtecnic "Using specially developed algorithms we devised a design that allows lightweight pre-fabricated glass reinforced concrete (GRC) panels to be attached all the way up the central column," explains Newtecnic CEO Andrew Watts. "These hang like a curtain and are securely clipped to the main central core to create large interior spaces." Newtecnic's engineered facade not only provides structural optimization but allows for inhabitable space to radiate around the tower's central concrete core. The facade was also engineered to reduce the duration of installation by integrating thin GRC rain screen panels stiffened by a steel frame and 3D printing the components for rapid testing. The monumental tower is scheduled to be completed in late spring with the official opening slated for June 2018. News via The Construction Index and Designing Buildings  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Multi-Purpose Sports Facility in Ørestad City / NORD Architects Posted: 12 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  © Adam Mørk
 © Adam Mørk Text description provided by the architects. The Multi-purpose Sports and Community Facility is developed through a process based on collaboration with a dedicated group of users, local stakeholders and inhabitants to cater specific local needs. During an open process in the early and developing phase, NORD Architects facilitated workshops where the users dealt with priorities of activities and functions.  Diagram  © Adam Mørk The building is open 24/7 to the public, school classes and local sports clubs and is divided into heated and unheated areas, with the unheated part as the biggest multifunctional spaces for different activities as basketball and floorball and the heated part as a space for dance, yoga, material arts or floor exercises for smaller groups. The building is unstaffed and all activities and events are arranged and held by the users themselves whether organized in groups or private initiatives.  © Adam Mørk As opposed to the surrounding buildings, the lowest point of the Multi-purpose facility is facing Ørestad Boulevard, and in this way meeting and welcoming the people in the neighborhood on ground level. Furthermore, the building stands out due to its green roof and wooden materials.  Section  © Adam Mørk "This place is a kind of shelter for local sports and social events and in this way an invitation to both creativity, activity and recreation. It is built as a light structure that welcomes openness and unpredictability in this otherwise fully planned urban area and we are sure it will generate social interaction and livability in Ørestad City", explains partner Johannes Molander Pedersen  © Adam Mørk The relation to the surrounding park emphasizes the inclusive and accessible character of the building, that has no back, but a long unbroken strip of windows making the activities inside, visible from the park – and reversed.  Section  © Adam Mørk  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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