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- Submit Your Project for the 2018 World Architecture Festival Awards
- Borgo Assistito / Giacomo Penco + Matteo Rossetti
- House NI / 1-1 Architect
- Qorveh House / ReNa Design
- Jiezi Ancient Town Meiyi Square / Beijing Huaqing An-design Architects
- The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio
- Bangkok International Preparatory & Secondary School II / Plan Architect
- Ramos House / JJRR/Arquitectura
- HNI Corporate Headquarters / Neumann Monson Architects
- OMA's Colorful Base, Tower and Ring Scheme Wins Competition for New Courthouse in Lille, France
- Plaine des Sports / OLGGA Architects + Atelier CAMBIUM
- Calatrava and Gehry Rumored to Be Designing Skyscrapers for New York’s Hudson Yards Megaproject
- L’Angolo Estate / LEVER Architecture
- MCHAP Reveals Nominees for Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2016/2017
- How Slovakia's Soviet Ties Led to a Unique Form of Sci-Fi Architecture
- PV Cabin / Lorena Troncoso-Valencia
- Orange Trees Provide the Inspiration Behind the Upcoming $500 Million Performing Arts Campus in Anaheim
- Modular Eco-Housing Pushing Boundaries With Cardboard
| Submit Your Project for the 2018 World Architecture Festival Awards Posted: 19 Feb 2018 07:05 PM PST  It's time to get your applications ready! Now in its 11th year, the World Architecture Festival will take place in Amsterdam from November 28 to 30. Organizers expect nearly 500 architectural practices to compete for prizes in over 30 categories. The event moves to the historic Dutch city following two years in Berlin. The Festival is the world's largest live architecture awards event--all shortlisted architecture projects are presented in person by the architects to an esteemed panel of judges. And this year, nearly half of the 120 judges are expected to be women. This year's Completed Buildings final super-jury will be chaired by MVRDV's Nathalie de Vries, and will also include Sir David Adjadye, Li Xiadong and Harvard GSD dean, Mohsen Mostafavi. The WAF also presents a series of prizes for small projects, best use of color, best use of timber, photography, drawing, and student work. The WAFX awards will also be given to future projects that address specific issues likely to affect architects over the next few years. This year also marks the first presentation of the WAF Research Prize for an initiative addressing issues related to water and the built environment. The £10,000 prize is supported by Grohe, WAF's founder sponsor. Applicants who submit before April 20, 2018 can take advantage of an early bird rate. And stay tuned for updates on the 2018 World Architecture Festival!  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Borgo Assistito / Giacomo Penco + Matteo Rossetti Posted: 19 Feb 2018 07:00 PM PST  © Carola Merello
 © Carola Merello Text description provided by the architects. As part of an new housing intervention in the Figino district in Milan, an innovative modern multipurpose building (healthcare and elderly housing) becomes the central element which connects the built environment of the residential complex with the natural environment of the fields.  Ground Floor Plan The ground floor accommodates healthcare functions, such as centre for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and an assistance centre for disabled people. The first and second floors will host residential units for the elderly. The project is constructed of simple volumes composing a "U" shape open to the south. The volumes weave relationships with surrounding residential buildings, sharing composition rules and materials.  © Carola Merello The building displays its social and public character through the entrance's wide glazed-surfaces facing a public square. Panels with a timber finish give rhythm to the facades. They are used for all of the vertical and horizontal surfaces not situated on the same plan as the facade itself: the purpose being to create a contrast between the abstract outside appearance (gray and white tones) and the natural and cozy interior provided for the elderly occupants.  © Carola Merello The warm wooden tones also create a harmonious relationship with the surrounding farmland, reflecting the golden tones of the wheat fields which the building reaches into. A South-facing garden, gives the guests the opportunity to relax in a natural environment as well as to enjoy activities such as walking and gardening.  © Carola Merello  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Feb 2018 06:00 PM PST  Courtesy of 1-1 Architect
 Courtesy of 1-1 Architect Text description provided by the architects. The site is a residential area located in the urbanization control area near Nagoya city, development by developers is rapidly progressing around. The clients are a married couple just before the retirement age and his mother who lived there for many years, and the 50 - year - old wooden house where the owner lives at the time was built on the site. The requirements from them were each private rooms and a large floor area beyond the current situation.  Courtesy of 1-1 Architect Initially it was a request for rebuilding, but we felt a sense of incompatibility when investigating existing houses. When we looked into the ceiling of existing house, there was a dark and large space spreading there, and there was a quiet existence of fine beams structure that we can not be seen recently in modern Japan. Compared to the living space on the first floor, the closed space with dark and large volumes above our head were unbalanced and strange. There are commercial and rapid development occurring around the site and the value of what has been there for many years. It is not a bad thing to change the landscape of the town, but we present one solution that resists the scrap and build of the town, not just leaving or updating with the maximization of esprit that was there for a long time.  Section Specifically, we regard the ceiling surface separating the first floor from the ceiling space as 'boundary', take over the structure consisting of the first floor, the ceiling space and the boundary as the framework of this house and we think about creating a new relationship between the three for changing the way of making each. First, we make new surface to insert new beams between the existing pillars for new boundary after partial disassembly leaving only the wooden frame of existing flat house. Structurally, we can shorten the length of the buckling length of the existing column and the wind pressure by creating a horizontal surface with this new boundary, and at the same time it's the function of earthquake resistance reinforcement.  Courtesy of 1-1 Architect Boundary (floor) in the ceiling space  Courtesy of 1-1 Architect Boundary (ceiling) at the first floor  Courtesy of 1-1 Architect In this project we named 'boundary' which existed there as well as originally, but which was only recognized as the surface of the ceiling. By doing so, we try to give the new meaning to the ceiling space hidden behind in the past. With the newly set boundary, the ceiling space and the rooms on the first floor are mutually compensated. Also, the ceiling space that appears in the town not only changes the interior of the house, but also changes the relationship which is not rapid to the streets.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Feb 2018 04:00 PM PST  © Reza Najafian, M.H. Hamzehlouei
 © Reza Najafian, M.H. Hamzehlouei Text description provided by the architects. Qorveh house is located in 90 km from the centre of Kurdistan province in Iran. According to client's demand, this house is designed in two separate units, a duplex residential unit and a multi-purpose independent living and working suite.  © Reza Najafian, M.H. Hamzehlouei Accordingly, with regional studies and analyzes on the typology and morphology of adjacent neighbourhoods in a new urban area, which led to the production of two-dimensional graphics with no architectural value the efforts have been devoted to exhibiting this project as a sculptural mass made of a permanent and authentic material.  Facade Connection  Mass Process The rhythmic use of brick as a genuine and old material is a delightful melody, which combines with today's aesthetics and forms a masterpiece with advanced technical details.  © Reza Najafian, M.H. Hamzehlouei  Wall Section Detail  © Reza Najafian, M.H. Hamzehlouei  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jiezi Ancient Town Meiyi Square / Beijing Huaqing An-design Architects Posted: 19 Feb 2018 02:00 PM PST  Meiyi Square Visitor Center West Entrance Corridor. Image © ARCH-EXIST
 Meiyi Square Visitor Center Side View. Image © ARCH-EXIST Text description provided by the architects. Meiyi Square, center of the extensive natural landscape of Jiezi Ancient Town, near the hills and rivers, faces the main street of the ancient town. It is the planned entrance and tourist center of the ancient town along Weijiang River and Mount Fengqi. From Qingluan Park to Meiyi Square, it is expected to appreciate the scenery through the organization of landscape order, spatial intention and visual impression, which manifests the people and environment, stories and poem thus filling people's minds with a myriad of thoughts.  Ground Floor Plan The architectural design features the forms of the traditional residence of the ancient town with the neighboring relations of the mountains, water and ancient village as well as urban design of the new urban area as the scale and background. Themed with the natural landscape, the architecture intends to seek modesty with inner space self-control and purity of formal language which is consistent with the meteorology.  Meiyi Square Pano View. Image © ARCH-EXIST The design combines the features of local architecture contour as the façade, enclosed by carbonized original bamboo and anti-weathering bamboo materials and composed of the metal roof ribs with original bamboo attached, showing the composure of time and climate, standing aloof from worldly success. Bamboo, as everyday landscape and elements of local life and production with rustic quality and texture, is reflected in the theme of the building.  Meiyi Square Roof Bamboo Materiral Texture. Image © ARCH-EXIST The construction volume is blanked and weakened to obtain overall rationality, concision and neutrality of the architectural complex, thus classical mood is conveyed in unity with the environment. The architectural color conforms to the environment harmoniously by means of natural performance of undecorated materials.  Meiyi Square Visitor Center Perspective View. Image © ARCH-EXIST The design means to balance the excavation of earthwork and the mounds of the landscape<YuanQiu> according to the relationship of site topography and cross-section of the buildings. And the ring corridor and deep eaves could improve the climate adaptability of the site.  Meiyi Square Visitor Centre Roof Material Texture. Image © ARCH-EXIST Vertical arrangement of original bamboo makes it possible to form the shade on the façade. Structure, mechanical construction and air flow cavity shaped between the surface original bamboo and curtain walls, together with built-in and embedded patio and the skylight above the roof, formed both indoor and outdoor air distribution system in the summer.  Meiyi Square Visitor Center Interior . Image © ARCH-EXIST The landscape design, connecting the north end of Qingluan Park and including water surface, hillock and plums, quiet and introverted, creates a perfect place to enjoy the cool air in summer with water introduced from the drainage circling and reflecting the architecture. Calm and delightful.  Meiyi Square Corridor. Image © Jianyu Pu Qingluan Park is an important path for the tourists to walk along the river. Emphasizing the natural landscape, the site planning not only takes advantage of aesthetic strategy, but also closely linked to tourism and local economic and cultural activities in the future, bringing health and vitality. As an extended leisure venue and natural habitat of the town, it will become a public green carpet inclusive of sightseeing, gathering, leisure, etc.  Pano Drawings Continuing the human temperament of this ancient town, the general plan fits the structure and rhythm of "introduction, elucidation, transition and summing up" of classical poems perfectly, simulating narrative and emotional elaboration, making touring an experience with artistic conception.  Meiyi Square Interior Courtyard. Image © ARCH-EXIST The setting of the square, route and nodes are related to sight and scene feelings of the natural landscape when traveling. The traveling routes are various, passing through a series of comparative space, including tall tress, open lawn, calm water, low-lying land and shallow hills. Following the waterside path, fluctuating between the river and the terraces, the tourists will associate the unscrupulous Argusianus argus flying through the water surface.  Meiyi Square Visitor Center Front Facade. Image © ARCH-EXIST Among the straw reed, natural beach is developed owing to the deposition of the sand brought by the river, which can be a waterfowl habitat. Climbing the stairs, the tourist will reach Luan stage. Here, an open green theatre is formed by the river through the expansion of the earth-sheltered architecture, so the large-scale public space can be a place for romantic gathering, leisure, games, sports as well as holding cultural activities. The heaven and the earth integrate harmoniously among the landscape.  Meiyi Square Broken Bridge Water Landscape. Image © ARCH-EXIST  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The House with Plants / KamakuraStudio Posted: 19 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Nacasa & Partners
 © Nacasa & Partners Text description provided by the architects. The house before rebuilding had stayed in the shadow because the location that had been surrounded by many buildings had been bad.  © Nacasa & Partners That's why the room hadn't got much sunlight, and the potted plants that had been outside had been losing their energy in the dimly-lit place. So we started designing the best places for plants with the owner who loves plants.  © Nacasa & Partners First of all, we set up the garden on the second floor of the north side which has been the best place of getting a lot of sun and hasn't backlit. And then we put some plants in it. Secondly, we tilted the ceiling that we coated the surface of with reflective material.  © Nacasa & Partners By doing so, we have projected the shape of the plants that can not be seen from the first floor as a virtual image on the ceiling.  1st Floor Plan  © Nacasa & Partners  2nd Floor Plan On the second floor, there has been the space that is full of greenery and it's as if we were absorbed in looking into a kaleidoscope of plants.  © Nacasa & Partners  Section  © Nacasa & Partners We expect that the space which the plants and architecture create has people who adapt to diverse changes like day-to-day moment by moment feel pleasure.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bangkok International Preparatory & Secondary School II / Plan Architect Posted: 19 Feb 2018 11:00 AM PST  © PanoramicStudio
 © PanoramicStudio Text description provided by the architects. The new campus of Bangkok International Preparatory & Secondary School is located among the residential community in Sukhumvit 77 Road, near Onnut BTS Skytrain station. Working together closely with the school, this campus is designed fully dedicated to secondary students of the school which could hold up to 750 students. The whole campus consist of 3 main building, each has its own unique function.  © PanoramicStudio  Layout  © PanoramicStudio The first building to be seen when arrived is the administrative building which has a wide opening which creates warm welcoming space for all. In the same building, located above, is a fully equipped sports complex which consists of facilities such as Olympic size swimming pool, 2 full-size basketball courts, gymnastic hall, fitness, dance studio, etc.  © PanoramicStudio In the middle of the two building is the Creative Art Center, which is the home for art and music lover in the school. It consists of a recording studio, electronic lab, wood workshops, auditorium, etc. The main circular stairs are located in the middle of the building to link each space together from 1st floor to the top. .jpg?1518889343 "Sections 1") Sections 1 The third building is a 6-storey educational building. Each floor has its own unique common area which gives students more living space to learn and play. The library is located on the ground floor with the high ceiling design making the library even cosier and relax.  © PanoramicStudio Every building is directly connected to the football field on the ground level. On this level, the landscape flows continuously from outside into the inside of the buildings and tied each building together. This creates a unique circulation among spaces in the school as students walk pass by.  © PanoramicStudio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ramos House / JJRR/Arquitectura Posted: 19 Feb 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Fernando Marroquin
 © Fernando Marroquin Text description provided by the architects. The RAMOS House refers to the Case Study Houses (CSH) program in the mid-40's. It is projected on a very particular site with a practically triangular shape.  Lower Floor Plan One of the sides of the triangle was taken to move the house parallel to that axis; this decision was reached to take advantage of the south orientation and the green views, turning their back on the adjoining areas.  © Fernando Marroquin The house is developed on three levels.  © Fernando Marroquin In the first level are the social areas; living room, kitchen room, kitchen, at the same level as the garden, being able to appreciate practically all the spaces the garden.  © Fernando Marroquin The second level is where the bedrooms are. the level is a volume resting on its ends, giving an apparent lightness to the front façade. All this level has views to the garden and to the outside of the site, appreciating a very wooded area, as well as having a large terrace.  Upper Floor Plan By using materials such as steel, concrete and stone, a luxury residential house with a not very high budget was achieved.  © Fernando Marroquin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HNI Corporate Headquarters / Neumann Monson Architects Posted: 19 Feb 2018 07:00 AM PST  © Subtle Light Photography
 © Subtle Light Photography Text description provided by the architects. This intervention for a furniture company instils existing facilities with a campus identity celebrating the company's transparent relationship with its hometown. Founded in 1944, the company moulded itself on a mission to provide a great place to work and treat everyone—employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and the community—with respect. However, the company's facilities, which straddle downtown's main entry, had congested into opaque warehouses stitched with service bridges. The buildings presented the town's main thoroughfare with an oppressive canyon of windowless walls, ventilation louvres, and corrugated steel.  © Subtle Light Photography  Floor Plans  © Subtle Light Photography Amidst the clutter, the company saw an opportunity to re-align with its ideals and provide downtown a fitting urban gateway. Razing two warehouses opens a plaza on axis with the company's historical headquarters. Glazing the incision on the remaining warehouses communicates the company's belief in transparency by providing a window into the corporation's heart. The brick structures initially renovated to showcase R&D, have been adopted as the new HQ. Original materials re-appear throughout, from wall finishes to furniture to stair treads.  © Subtle Light Photography Glazed conveyor bridges amplify the architecture into urban design. Their prominence underscores the value of the continuous conveyor snaking through the complex to the distribution centre. As the manufacturer's lifeblood, it would have been financially disastrous for the belt to disconnect during construction. Rigorous sequencing rerouted its course, balancing experience with productivity. With a few surgical modifications, what was once an outwardly inert mechanism now expressively knits the campus, kinetically activating it—and the entry to downtown—with the company's operational flow.  © Subtle Light Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| OMA's Colorful Base, Tower and Ring Scheme Wins Competition for New Courthouse in Lille, France Posted: 19 Feb 2018 06:00 AM PST  Concept model showing the 3 principle volumes. Image Courtesy of OMA OMA has been selected as the winner of an international competition for the design of the new Palais de justice (courthouse) in Lille, France. Located on the outskirts of the city near the historic Vauban fortifications, the new courthouse will house the high court and district court of Lille within a colorful, expressive volume. Led by Ellen van Loon and Rem Koolhaas, OMA's design team has developed a "multifaceted building that is able to address a wide range of different elements from the city's past and present." Public services and the major courtrooms will be located at the building base, while minor courtrooms and supporting spaces will be contained within a central, triangularly-shaped tower. A ring of offices floating over the base will surrounding the tower, offset to allow natural light to pass through the building. Each of the three core volumes will be uniquely represented in material and detail, while interiors spaces will stress the importance of comfort and transparency in the judicial process. "The interiors of each of the building's components are conceived to make all the procedures of justice accessible, even inviting, free of the intimidation that has traditionally been the main characteristic of the architecture of justice," explain the architects. OMA has an extensive relationship with the city of Lille, having designing the masterplan for the new Euralille district in 1989 and the Congrexpo conference and exhibition center in 1994. The Palais de justice project is being developed in collaboration with Saison Menu, WSP, BMF and Quadrim, with an expected completion slated for 2023. News via OMA  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Plaine des Sports / OLGGA Architects + Atelier CAMBIUM Posted: 19 Feb 2018 05:00 AM PST  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS
 © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS Text description provided by the architects. The site is located north of the town in a location known as "Les Pins de Gouaillard et la Liberté" alongside the 824 Departmental road.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS  Axonometric The main access is from Avenue des Lacs via the Chemin du Golf. A country road, that crosses the site, gives access to pedestrians and cyclists, notably from Lac de Christus.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS  Existing Fauna  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS The sports complex includes 4 rugby and football fields, a 500-seat stand, changing rooms, a clubhouse, a children's playground, a multi-activity area with an athletics track, and a freely accessible sports/nature area.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS The Plaine des Sports project is just as much about architecture as it is about landscape. We sought to propose an orthogonal composition, a clean rectangle that encloses the sports facilities, framed by the playing fields service roads.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS Encumbered by many ecological constraints throughout the entire site (the presence of protected species such as the false ringlet butterfly coenonympha oedippus and the European Nightjar caprimulgus europaeus and the proximity of wetlands and the Gouaillard stream) that influenced our design to produce Plaine des Sports, a dense and efficient area.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS The stand acts as an architectural signal, a line in the landscape visible in both directions from the 824 Departmental Road. Perpendicular to the road, its location makes it visible in a "green tracking", a careful balance between planting and the presence of technical equipment (lighting masts, ball nets).  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS The stand emerges subtly from the ground, embedded into the site topography. The two levels of facilities absorb the natural slope of the site. This layout meets the functional requirements with facilities open to the public on the ground floor and spaces dedicated to sportsmen in continuity with the main playing field.  Section The entrance sequence, from the forecourt through the filter barriers in timber stakes on towards the stand ambulatories, gives spectators a panoramic view over the Plaine des Sports.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS Consistent with our design intent, planned as "sports terraces", the playing fields are linked in successive degressive steps along a west-east axis. The site slopes down 7m from its north-west highpoint.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS Outbuildings dedicated to plant and changing rooms create a second architectural focus in the landscape. Wedged between playing fields #2 and #3, this simple building is covered with timber sheets that project beyond its gables. These facades act as a reference point within site.  © Stephane Aboudaram | WE ARE CONTENTS In addition to a Plaine des Sports, our proposal provides a park for open air activities, inhabited by regional species due to the attention given to the surrounding environment.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Calatrava and Gehry Rumored to Be Designing Skyscrapers for New York’s Hudson Yards Megaproject Posted: 19 Feb 2018 04:00 AM PST  A photograph of Hudson Yards from October 2017. Image Courtesy of Related-Oxford New York City's most buzzy megaproject, Hudson Yards, may have just added two more huge names to their list of notable architects, if a new report from the Wall Street Journal is to be trusted. According to a source the WSJ describes as "a person familiar with the matter," Santiago Calatrava and Frank Gehry will both design new residential towers for the second phase of the 28-acre complex, located at the north end of the High Line in west Manhattan.  Hudson Yards. Image Courtesy of Related-Oxford Being developed by the joint team of Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group, Hudson Yards already has projects underway by top architects including Foster + Partners (50 Hudson Yards); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (35 Hudson Yards); KPF (several buildings including 10 and 30 Hudson Yards); Heatherwick Studio (the interactive sculpture, Vessel); and Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group (the Shed and 15 Hudson Yards). The second phase, due to begin in 2018, will see the western half of the old trainyard covered, and will be comprised of mainly residential buildings. Two of architecture's most recognized names, Calatrava and Gehry have completed only a small number of projects in New York City – though their few contributions, including Calatrava's $4 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub and Gehry's shimmery residential tower at 8 Spruce Street, have been among the most talked-about projects of the century thus far. News via Wall Street Journal, H/T Curbed.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| L’Angolo Estate / LEVER Architecture Posted: 19 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST  © Jeremy Bittermann
 © Jeremy Bittermann Text description provided by the architects. This new family-owned winery is located on 23 acres outside of Newberg, Oregon in Yamhill County. The goal was to create a tasting room experience that reflects the family's approach to winemaking—a direct expression of the Oregon soils and climate without embellishment.  © Jeremy Bittermann  Ground Floor Plan  © Jeremy Bittermann Our intent was to reflect this winemaking philosophy with a design that connects to the vineyard experience while also responding to the views, climate, and Oregon's emerging identity as a producer of great wine. Inspired by the broad canopied native Oregon oak trees that populate the valley, two cantilevered roof structures interlock at the point of arrival to the tasting room.  Sunlight and Air Flow Diagram The public space opens to the vineyard and valley to the north, south, and east with a structural wood glazing system. Two large sliding doors centred on the tasting room bar bring the vineyard into the space but also serve as a passive cooling system in the summer when used with the upper clerestory windows.  © Jeremy Bittermann  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MCHAP Reveals Nominees for Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2016/2017 Posted: 19 Feb 2018 01:40 AM PST _Dean_Kaufman.jpg?1519048673 "© Dean Kaufman. ImageGrace Farms de SANAA, la obra ganadora del Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2014/2015") © Dean Kaufman. ImageGrace Farms de SANAA, la obra ganadora del Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2014/2015 The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize has revealed the list of nominees for this year's awards, which seeks to recognize the most distinguished architectural works built on the continents of North and South America. Awarded on a biennial basis, this year's award will consider projects built between 2016 and 2017.  Courtesy of MCHAP In March, the award jury of architects, curators, writers, editors and other creative minds will convene to select the projects that for the prize shortlist. This list will be announced in April, with the announcement of finalists to come in June. Hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), the winner will be honored in a grand prize ceremony at Mies van der Rohe's iconic Crown Hall in October. Last year, top honors went to SANAA's Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. During the month of April, the organization will also announce the results of the MCHAP.emerge award, a prize that honors a project completed within the last two years in the Americas by an emerging practice. This year's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize nominees include: Una Arquitetos Sebastian Irarrázaval FXCollaborative Preston Scott Cohen & Carl Dworkin Enrique Santillana, Jorge Draxl, Cynthia Seinfeld, Juan Carlos Burga and Jonathan Warthon BLT arquitectos Guillermo Hevia G. + Guillermo Hevia Laura Sánchez Penichet, Carlos Rodríguez Bernal / SPRB arquitectos Torres+Harada+Reutter+Straub Architects Leonmarcial Arquitectos Lawrence Scarpa Mirene Elton and Mauricio Léniz Matheus Seco - BLOCO Arquitetos Emilio Garateguy + Ignacio Trecca Fernando Ituarte John and Patricia Patkau Alejandro Valdés / Cristóbal Amunátegui Cristóbal Tirado + Silvia Barbera y Jorge Batesteza Siamak Hariri LegoRogers (LEGORRETA and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) Matsys FBM Architecture and Interior Design Smiljan Radic - Eduardo Castillo - Gabriela Medrano MARIANA LEGUIA Aniket Shahane Arch. Pablo Gagliardo Adamo-Faiden Entre Nos Atelier Aleph Zero + Rosenbaum UNDURRAGA DEVES ARQUITECTOS Arquitetos Associados Rozana Montiel Saucedo Rozana Montiel Saucedo Michael Maltzan, FAIA Coordinadora de la Ciudad (en Construcción) - CITIO (Ciudad Transdisciplinar) SurrealEstudio Arquitectura NADAAA Alberto Campo Baeza Batay-Csorba Architects Höweler + Yoon Architecture Bernardo Hernández [AM30] + Emilia Sartoris [AM30] + Stephane Arriola David Benjamin Brian MacKay-Lyons Natura Futura Arquitectura Héctor Barroso Edgar Mazo MORINI ARQUITECTOS Fernando Pérez Oyarzún Juan Ignacio Ramos & Ignacio Ramos Michel Rojkind Giancarlo Mazzanti Sierra C3 Arquitectos Juan Alfonso Garduño Jardon, Max Nuñez Federico Marinaro Elizabeth Whittaker BVO/ARQ NMD NOMADAS Alejandro Haiek Coll Marcelo Gualano Marlon Blackwell Estudio Borrachia Patrick Dillon O ROMAN Cristián Izquierdo L. FBM Architecture and Interior Design Betsy Williamson and Shane Williamson MCM+A taller de arquitectura Una Arquitetos Marc Fornes Agustín Landa Ruiloba y Rolando Martínez PLUG architecture/Román Cordero and Izbeth Mendoza Taller | Mauricio Rocha+Gabriela Carrillo| SO – IL KPMB Architects KPMB Architects WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism WORKac Irene Gardpoit, Eiri Ota Sandra Barclay - Jean Pierre Crousse Steven Holl Gonzalo Mardones V. Arturo Lyon Gottlieb Arzubialde Arquitectos. Santiago Baulíes, Martín Cabezudo, Franco Piccini Una Arquitetos OMA New York M42K Lab_Sandra Iturriaga Una Arquitetos Lorcan O'Herlihy EPArquitectos + Estudio Macías Peredo Santiago Arango and Camilo Arango Marcela González Veloz Sebastián Monsalve Gómez Desai Chia Architecture with Environment Architects Ana Belvet Echevarria de Gracia Michael Maltzan, FAIA Carreño Sartori arquitectos Rodrigo Carazo Ortiz Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects Dal Pian Arquitetos Allied Works Atelier Big City Pezo von Ellrichshausen Francisco Gonzalez Pulido Ajay Manthripragada Moneo Brock Marcio Kogan ese colectivo arquitectos OMA New York Andrea Panizzo Manteola, Sánchez Gómez, Santos, Solsona, Sallaberry, Vinsón arquitectos Estudio Macías Peredo Actuemos Ecuador el taller de (S) Pezo von Ellrichshausen Federico Javier Ochoa Carla Juaçaba Taller Aragonés / Miguel angel Aragonés Paulo Mendes da Rocha Sandra Barclay - Jean Pierre Crousse Ivan Terry, Alex Terry Traditional huave´s knowledge in colaboration with Cooperación Comunitaria David Leven and Stella Betts, LEVENBETTS Antón García-Abril & Débora Mesa: Ensamble Studio Coarchitecture Ferrando - Goyos - Martirena - Olascoaga - Souto metro arquitetos Gregory Henriquez PRODUCTORA + Isaac Broid Brasil Arquitetura Studio Marion Weiss, Michael A. Manfredi Pierre Thibault Sebastián Calero Larrea Oyler Wu Collaborative Kai-Uwe Bergmann Marlon Blackwell Architects de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop Lawrence Scarpa Maxi Spina & Jia Gu / Spinagu MOBIL Arquitectos María Victoria Besonías, Guillermo de Almeida EC3 Barkow Leibinger 51-1 Arquitectos Andrés Remy Julia Capomaggi and Laura Geraci Veronica Arcos JBMC arquitetura e urbanismo Gonzalo Claro Natura Futura Arquitectura Federico Marinaro Fábrica de Paisaje Steven Holl Andres Soliz Paz & Lazbent Pavel Escobedo Amaral Garoa Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Estudio Borrachia Santiago Calatrava Studio Gang Guillermo Hevia García + Nicolás Urzúa Find images of all the nominees at the MCHAP website, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How Slovakia's Soviet Ties Led to a Unique Form of Sci-Fi Architecture Posted: 19 Feb 2018 01:30 AM PST  Memorial and Museum of the Slovak National Uprising, by architect Dušan Kuzma, 1963-1970. Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Image © Stefano Perego The history of Slovakia is riddled with political unrest and unwanted occupation, with the Slovak people having repeatedly been denied a voice throughout history. In the years following World War I, Slovakia was forced into the common state of Czechoslovakia; the territory was dismembered by the Nazi regime in 1938 and occupied by the Nazis for most of the Second World War, before being eventually liberated by Soviet and Romanian forces in 1945. Over the next four decades of communist rule—first by communists within Czechoslovakia itself and then later by the Soviet Union—the architecture of Slovakia came to develop into a unique form of sci-fi postmodernism that celebrated the shift in industrial influence at the time. Photographer Stefano Perego has documented the Slovakian architecture from the 1960s–80s and has shared some of his photos with ArchDaily.  Slovak Radio Building, by architects Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič and Barnabáš Kissling, 1967-1983. Bratislava, Slovakia. Image © Stefano Perego Seceding from Chechoslovakia in 1939, the Slovak Republic—which was at least nominally Slovakia's first independent state—saw a very close alliance with Germany as vital for the health of Slovakia's first independent state. At the time, the two main opposition groups in the Republic were a democratic group with ties to the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, and an all-Slovak communist group with close ties to another communist group in Moscow. The two parties launched the Slovak National Uprising in 1944, which was largely quashed by the German forces until Soviet and Romanian forces liberated them in 1945. [1] The Memorial and Museum of the Slovak National Uprising in Banská Bystrica, designed by Dušan Kuzma, houses military equipment and a permanent exhibition about the anti-fascist resistance movement in Europe in the years 1939–1945.  Memorial and Museum of the Slovak National Uprising, by architect Dušan Kuzma, 1963-1970. Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Image © Stefano Perego In the years after WWII, the Czechoslovak Communist Party was voted into power in 1948 (with their support coming largely from the Czech region of the country), in effect making Czechoslovakia a satellite state of the soviet union. The country was later invaded by the Warsaw Pact forces in 1968, bringing it under full Soviet rule. It was during this time that the influence of Soviet design began to appear most strongly in the architecture of Slovakia. The postwar industrial influence led to the incorporation of prefabricated structures, specifically in the housing and community buildings. In Bratislava, more than 90% of the city's 430,000 residents lived in postwar industrialized housing by the late 1980s. [2]  Residential building, by architects Štefan Svetko and Julián Hauskrecht, 1968-1974. Bratislava, Slovakia. Image © Stefano Perego There were, however, a small class of architects who turned against the standardization of industrialist design, and turned instead toward postmodernism and "High-Tech." [3] These designs are what would today be associated with sci-fi and outer-space, and are accentuated by the technological advances of the time, and perhaps the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States during the 1960s and 70s.  "UFO", by sculptor Juraj Hovorka, 1979. Restored in 2014. Bratislava, Slovakia. Image © Stefano Perego A great example of the influence of these Soviet tendencies is Slovakia is the "UFO" by Juraj Hovorka. The monument is located in an area called Medzijarky, a small park just east of the center of Bratislava. A complicated and at times neglected country, Slovakia possesses many architectural gems that not only allude to their troubled past but provide a unique contribution to the history of Soviet architecture and postmodernism in Eastern Europe.  University of Agriculture, by architects Vladimír Dedeček and Rudolf Miňovsky, 1960-1966. Nitra, Slovakia. Image © Stefano Perego References:
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| PV Cabin / Lorena Troncoso-Valencia Posted: 19 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST  © Cristóbal Caro
 © Cristóbal Caro Text description provided by the architects. Formerly the Neanderthal man lived in caves to take refuge. The choice of these stone dwellings, responded to the best orientation to protect from the winds, should have with air intake, light and enough space to store their food. Times have changed, but certain basic human needs have remained.  Sections The work consists of a temporary cabin, for a young couple of climbers, lovers of rock sports. The main restriction was the limited surface, but the user's physical ability allowed to increase the surface vertically, expanding the space with a double height. Programmatically, the basic and essential actions for living for short periods were accommodated, considering the minimum space for sleeping, eating, cleaning and allowing extra room for itinerant users.  © Cristóbal Caro The refuge is located in Las Trancas, Pinto, in the south central zone of Chile. The town stands out for its mountain range landscape that hosts a high variety of extreme sports.  Floor plans The land is accessed by a winding and wooded road. At the bottom of the lot, in a small clearing the refuge is located. Behind him, a wall of considerable height interrupts the surrounding green. This open space in the middle of the forest will ensure sun, ventilation and natural lighting. The refuge is raised with wooden piles one and a half meters above the natural terrain to avoid contact with the snow in the winter season.  © Cristóbal Caro
The idea of a uniform shell (wall and roof) that involves a retracted pediment, playing with the full of wood and glazed emptiness, is proposed. This full on the main facade, replicates the verticality of the rock wall that is observed at the bottom of the land. The asymmetric break of the roof allows the correct draining of the snow. Internally, it generates greater amplitude for the attic that floats on the only closed volume.  © Cristóbal Caro Spatially, an open space is identified, on the ground floor the areas for cooking, eating, heating and working are organized. On the line of the kitchen and the bathroom, united by a small vertical scale if you locate a floating platform that in a certain part stands out to accommodate the sleeping area. To avoid saturating the small space, the floor, sky and wall are covered with the same material.  Axonometric  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 19 Feb 2018 12:00 AM PST  Courtesy of SPF:a SPF:a has revealed their design for the new Anaheim Performing Arts Center (APAC) to be located adjacent to Angels Stadium in Anaheim's Platinum Triangle District. The $500 million, 500,000-square-foot cultural campus will contain three theaters and a range of culture and entertainment program elements, housed within striking buildings inspired by the orange tree.  Courtesy of SPF:a Replacing the existing City National Grove music venue, APAC will offer up an expanded slate of performance venues, including a 2,000-seat concert hall, a 1,700-seat opera hall and a 600-seat black box theater, as well as an outdoor amphitheater, two restaurants, office space, lecture rooms and a convention hall. At the center of the site, a museum tower capped with an observatory will become a new area landmark, with a design that draws inspiration from Anaheim's agricultural past.  Courtesy of SPF:a  Courtesy of SPF:a "The design of APAC takes its cue from Anaheim's unique history with agriculture," explain the architects. "Unknown to most, the city was once covered in vineyards, later devastated by disease in the late 19th century. The obliteration of the wine industry led to an investment in citriculture, which spurred what's been dubbed by historians as California's "second gold rush." "Anaheim's socioeconomic driver quickly became the orange, so naturally our design for the center was influenced by it," added SPF:a design principal, Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA. "We imagined that if we were to roll up the pavement of the parking lot we would find the old spirits of old citrus trees."  Courtesy of SPF:a  Courtesy of SPF:a APAC's program elements are arranged based on analysis into the trunks, root structures and leaves of the orange tree, as well as the skin of the oranges themselves, all of which revealed circular patterns. As a result, each building uses the circle as a central geometry. These circles also extend into the landscaping plan, where concentric pathways connect buildings with open and public spaces. "In our minds, the circular shape of the buildings emit rings that dance upon the site," said Pali.  Courtesy of SPF:a The chosen facade system also relates to the citrus tree – the four main structures will be clad in perforated copper-anodized aluminum reminiscent of an orange skin. Additional landscaping elements including a grand fountain, reflecting pool, and green roof. Underground parking will be located beneath the site. The site's greenery will feature native plants known for their hardiness and ability to cast shade. "Passing through the civic campus, exterior and interior spaces will morph together," says SPF:a President & CEO, Judit M. Fekete-Pali, LEED AP, "The design strategy helps break down the architectural masses—no more soulless, vast, and uninviting interior public spaces. Each program element operates independently and together."  Courtesy of SPF:a  Courtesy of SPF:a SPF:a has an extensive history designing performance arts spaces. Past projects have included the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California; the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures; and The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. SPF:a also led renovations to the Pantages and Greek Theatres, and participated in the design of Gehry Partners' Walt Disney Concert Hall. News via SPF:a
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| Modular Eco-Housing Pushing Boundaries With Cardboard Posted: 18 Feb 2018 10:00 PM PST  Wikkelhouse Dordrech. Photo Courtesy of Yvonne Witte Designed and developed by Fiction Factory, a company of creative makers from Amsterdam, Wikkelhouse loosely translates to 'wrapped house.' This sustainable modular house is uniquely created with cardboard as its main building material and is customizable in its size and function.  Diagram of Modular System. Image Courtesy of Fiction Factory The Wikkelhouse is built from 24 layers of top-quality cardboard wound around a rotating house-shaped mould. These layers are then bonded with an eco-friendly superglue to create durability and optimal insulation. This is where the name Wikkelhouse comes from, as 'wikkelen' is the Dutch word for 'wrapping.' The house is then finished with waterproof foil and wood-paneling to protect it from the elements.  House Mould Machine. Photo Courtesy of Yvonne Witte  Layers of Cardboard. Photo Courtesy of Yvonne Witte The materials used in the Wikkelhouse have a low impact on the environment, being 3 times more environmentally sustainable and eco-friendly than a traditional house. The Wikkelhouse is also 100% recyclable, with each part able to be deconstructed and recycled infinitely. It does not require a foundation as each segment weighs only 500 kilograms.  Wikkelhouse Dordrech. Photo Courtesy of Yvonne Witte  Wikkelhouse. Photo Courtesy of Yvonne Witte Made from 4.6m long x 1.2m wide x 3.5m high segments, the modular house can be extended and added to as needed. With their smart 'Home'-segments, the Wikkelhouse can also include a kitchen, bathroom, and shower, as well as customizable window placement and finishing.  Living Room. Photo Courtesy of Yvonne Witte Built in a workshop in Amsterdam, the Wikkelhouse can be transported and connected on site in a day. At the moment, they are only available for construction in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, the U.K., and Denmark. More information on the Wikkelhouse can be found on their website and in their video below:  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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