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- Agricultural Training Center / Studio Advaita
- 33 m² flat / Studio Bazi
- Hat House / FUMIASO ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES
- Mango Tree House / Volume Matrix Studio
- OVULE / TOMOKAZU HAYAKAWA ARCHITECTS
- ASA Lanna Center / Somdoon Architects
- W House / MCK Architects
- Zaha Hadid Architects Unveil Proposal to Transform London into A Network of Walkable Streets
- Cha Le Tea Merchant / Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc.
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop's First Canadian Project Will Be the New Toronto Courthouse
- Thumb House / Lazor / Office
- Henning Larsen Architects' £400 Million Belfast Development Will Block Wind to Increase Comfortability of Outdoor Space
- RISUVIITA / OOPEAA
- The 10 Tallest Uncompleted Skyscrapers
- Canyon Barn / mw|works architecture + design
- The 9 Architecture Topics You Need To Know About in 2018
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| Agricultural Training Center / Studio Advaita Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:00 PM PST  Courtesy of Studio Advaita
 Courtesy of Studio Advaita About program Where the young generation in the rural area can learn various new agricultural technique in short duration courses. Also, it will be a place for getting information about soil, climate, crops etc for adjacent villagers. This centre will arrange exhibitions of student's research which can be easily seen by farmers.  Exploded Axonometric Design features  Courtesy of Studio Advaita  Section  Courtesy of Studio Advaita The building material is carefully chosen which will reduce the cost and it will go with adjacent surrounding structures. Gray and coloured fly ash bricks are used with cavity for heat insulation for the construction of external walls. All internal spaces are having natural indirect light to reduce consumption of electricity.  Courtesy of Studio Advaita  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Polina Poludkina
 © Polina Poludkina Text description provided by the architects. 33 m² flat - a compact multifunctional flat by Studio Bazi. The project was commisioned by a client, a single man who wanted to update and transform the interior of the 33 square metre flat, so it was a place with all facilities to meet the modern human needs. The flat is located in a historic house in centre of Moscow.  Scheme Precisely organised blocks including a kitchen and laundry, bookshelf, pull out wardrobe and storage, have been slotted into this apartment.
 © Polina Poludkina The bookshelf is designed along the entire wall in a space between the kitchen block and the windows. In order to leave the window free of any obstacle for opening, a deepening was made in the structure of the bookshelf at the intersection of the wall and the window. Thus, there is a place for hanging chairs for guests.  Plan 1  Plan 2 Stainless steel legs are embedded in the structure of bookshelf to endure loads of its weight and books, as original walls had become old and tired and may not withstand loads.  © Polina Poludkina The oak block contains a kitchen, hidden behind folding doors with plenty of storage for all client needs including a vegetable unit with ventilation, plate holder, pullout table and refrigrator.next to the kitchen block a wardrobe with washing machine, cleaning and laundry accessories are placed.A curtain embedded in this block separates the bedroom and bathroom from the living zone making them more cosy and private.  © Polina Poludkina Using product design knowledge, each element of the kitchen has been designed, prototyped and built. A round window in the small bathroom gives a view of the street making it more open. Next to the shower room, a white painted block containing pullout wardrobe integrated under the stair. The furniture used in this flat is mostly designed in 1930's.v  © Polina Poludkina  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hat House / FUMIASO ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES Posted: 26 Feb 2018 04:00 PM PST  © Shigeo Ogawa
 © Shigeo Ogawa Text description provided by the architects. The site lying in the middle of the landscape where houses are layered towards Mt. Rokko. While sunny and irregular houses are lined up, there are many homes that open on the south side (sea side), and there is some kind of homogeneity. In building a house in this place, the inner wall was first set at an angle to the light on the south side (sea side), and the axis of the wall was inclined at 45 degrees on the plane. The outer wall was an elongated rectangle in the east and west to the east and west, and the wall extending 45 degrees was enclosed once with a frontage of 5.8 meters and a depth of 13 meters. As a result, the depth of 5.8 meters from the south opening is obliquely about 8.2 meters, so the light gradation appears more clearly. Also, due to the wall tilted at 45 degrees, the light crosses due to the difference in the depth of the space of the light that changes from the east to the west and the material changes, it melts and feels the dimensions of the light over the multidimensional. Moreover, it gives plans migratability, and it generates experiential depth to every direction.  © Shigeo Ogawa In order to make the two distances architectural from the use as a studio doubling as an atelier, we established an alley as a semi-public space inside. The alley that connects with the city connects with the atelier on the first floor and it becomes a space with high privacy as proceeding to the back of the second floor. In the alley, green is planted, windows open from each room, it connects three-dimensionally, and the distance between the residence and the atelier enables both the physical distance and the sensible distance by the alley.  © Shigeo Ogawa  Perspective Section  © Shigeo Ogawa The structure covered the building with the basic structure of the outer wall and the roof which encloses the wall at the axis of 45 degrees on the plane. In order to fly a 8.2 meters span at once in a wooden structure, we constructed a truss structure for the beam of the large roof, aimed at a lightness that matched the scale of the inner life by making it a truss structure.  © Shigeo Ogawa The finishing material was basically based on exposing studs and braces that do not need it as they are. For example, the alley side inside the building has a finished wall as the outer wall, the studio side does not finish, the outer wall surrounding the 45 degree wall is finished with white paint. Using the material that can be seen as much as possible in every part of the house, such as the wall of the wall of the tile of the landlord's home, the wall of the plank of the apple from which the name of the child originated, and the flooring of the cypress of Mt. Rokko locale I aimed for living with many people involved in my life.  © Shigeo Ogawa  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mango Tree House / Volume Matrix Studio Posted: 26 Feb 2018 02:00 PM PST  © Spaceshift Studio
 © Spaceshift Studio Text description provided by the architects. The site is one of the old reminding mango gardens that still exist in Bangkok, it is the reason why the house tries to insert itself into its environment. The planning of the house is layed out in a way to introduce the house in the tree-rich site, without disturbing, or cutting any of the original landscape.The house is divided into three stories, and three zones. With the intention to create different atmospheres linked to the various zones, and also giving an international modern culture feel, which fits the company's current vision.  © Spaceshift Studio  Section  © Spaceshift Studio This house shows its own true identity according to its surroundings, and changes during the different time of day.The design intention was to create a humble house, that fits in with nature. The space planning design is created to be simple, clear, and consistent. Ecology: The environment is used to create a relaxing atmosphere for the house, but also used to help reduce the maintenance, and energy costs. For example, pocket spaces are used to shift the wind into the house, or the use of sunlight to rid the bathrooms of any bacteria.  © Spaceshift Studio Efficiency: The materials used are selected with care, each surface has to correspond with the area's function, and has to have a low associated construction cost. House Planning There is a need to not disturb the existing landscape, which consists of old mango trees. The house was then planned to take up only a corner of the site, avoiding all trees, acting as a screen to block the view of the outside apartments from the existing houses, all the while taking in as much wind as possible.  © Spaceshift Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| OVULE / TOMOKAZU HAYAKAWA ARCHITECTS Posted: 26 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST  Courtesy of TOMOKAZU HAYAKAWA ARCHITECTS
 Courtesy of TOMOKAZU HAYAKAWA ARCHITECTS Text description provided by the architects. This is a small house in a residential area in Bunkyo-ku Tokyo. We set large windows on the open south side and set a green screen as the south facade by making planter boxes on each floor. The ceiling at the window is mirror finished, it functions as a device that green captures inside the room. The eaves were deeply attached to each floor, the void was divided by the planters. Keeping an appropriate distance with neighbours, we just imagined a meditation space that can live together with GREEN plants in small streets. We thought here is not 'modest living' of 'small dwell' but a 'BIG LIFE' of 'SMALL DWELL'.  Courtesy of TOMOKAZU HAYAKAWA ARCHITECTS  Floor Plans and Section  Courtesy of TOMOKAZU HAYAKAWA ARCHITECTS In addition, we actively worked on converting housing equipment to IoT. By combining the voice devices such as Google Home, Amazon Echo, hubs and smart devices, the client is able to start PS4 with voice, the gas heater automatically starts at 6 o'clock in the morning of 10 degrees Celsius. These smart devices were adopted from crowdfunding products that can control existing home appliances and furniture in voice device. We presented to the client all controls of infrared, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the cloud, such as remote controller, opening and closing curtain, bot pressing analogue switches.  Diagram A space that has both "rough" and "fine" controlled. The blinds are automatically opened and closed with the sun, air-conditioned are finely controlled at the right temperature. Outdoor plants keep a proper distance from the thickly housed area. We combined with plants and IoT to make the buildings themselves like a living tree. and we thought we could make a soft protected space like the "OVULE" of the pistil.  Courtesy of TOMOKAZU HAYAKAWA ARCHITECTS  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ASA Lanna Center / Somdoon Architects Posted: 26 Feb 2018 11:00 AM PST .jpg?1519348289 "© Ketsiree Wongwan") © Ketsiree Wongwan
.jpg?1519348323 "© Charnon Sarachart") © Charnon Sarachart Text description provided by the architects. ASA Lanna Center is planned to be a place for local people to learn and get to know the role of the Architect in Chiang Mai in Northern part Thailand. The project is an open design competition organized by ASA (Association of Siamese Architects under the royal patronage) which Somdoon's design was selected by the panel of judges who are the respectable architects who practiced and teach in school of architecture in Chiang Mai. The key of the design is the interpretation of Lanna (Northern) Architecture. .jpg?1519348441 "© Ketsiree Wongwan") © Ketsiree Wongwan  Diagram Function .jpg?1519348378 "© Charnon Sarachart") © Charnon Sarachart The definition of "Lanna" is millions of rice fields which is not the image of Chiang Mai nowadays where the economy has driven the city to grow with typical buildings for offices, malls and hotels and apartments. Our proposed design aim to have people experiencing the simple Lanna Architecture of timber structure sala (pavilion) in the middle of rice fields where the modern concrete building is tugged underneath providing the main gathering space, a multifunction area which can house a meeting or a lecture or becomes a theatre. .jpg?1519348261 "© Ketsiree Wongwan") © Ketsiree Wongwan  Diagram Materials .jpg?1519348676 "© Ketsiree Wongwan") © Ketsiree Wongwan The other supporting facilities are library, café and an office are planned to surround the open air gathering space. The materials were selected from palette of locally produced materials or traditional way of detailing then modifying them to fit with the modern architectural frames. The design is to show the relationship and transition from traditional architecture to contemporary architecture.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Richard Glover
 © Richard Glover Text description provided by the architects. An inner-city warehouse in Sydney with various past lives as an auto-garage, factory for a glass decorator and bachelor pad is reimagined as a family home. Vertical stacking of the residential spaces in a restricted urban setting envisages an alternate typology for the 21st-century family home, replacing the horizontal spread seen in suburban development. The owners had a 'citychange', so to speak, where they moved from a leafy beach suburb to a dense and gritty inner-city suburb. W House revels in the site opportunities on offer, with a double height internal void complementing an external courtyard of similar dimension, providing extended views to Sydney's CBD and beyond with secure containment and private space.  © Richard Glover The biggest design challenge was the street façade, which had to step back from the street and recede to allow prominence to the heritage-status warehouse façade and meet the local authority's concerns and controls. There is a journey from street to roof terrace, reinforced by the staircase that is focal and pivotal in its articulation and explanation of the interior. The courtyard connects and engages with the interior spaces, and creates a sense of containment and peace. A double-height guillotine window allows a seamless transition from the inside to out, connecting the courtyard and the living room.  © Richard Glover  Section A  © Richard Glover An engagement with the peeled back layers of factory and warehouse heritage creates a dialogue with white, floating and mirrored abstract forms. The monochromatic approach is reflecting MCK Architects' philosophy that the architecture should be about form and space, forming a backdrop for the 'colour' of the inhabitants and their family life. In this case, it also allows the warehouse fabric to be legible, sometimes contrasting, other times complementing. The one splash of colour occurs in the basement where the rumpus room is located. The streetscape is urban. The building is located in Sydney's Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb with the working-class background that has been gentrified over the years.  © Richard Glover  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaha Hadid Architects Unveil Proposal to Transform London into A Network of Walkable Streets Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:00 AM PST  A vision of the future Regent Street. Image via Walkable London Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed a proposal for the pedestrianization of their home city, London, that would gradually transform the city into an interconnected system of walkable roads. Named Walkable London, the research proposal has identified the arteries and areas of the city that would most benefit from pedestrianization. The transformation would be implemented over three phases: primary avenues, secondary avenues, and finally, entire districts. Notable avenues marked for alteration include Upper Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street. "All over the world, we are observing the trend towards pedestrianising whole districts rather than individual streets. Zaha Hadid Architects proposes 'Walkable London', a full-scale network of pedestrian routes which will create corridors of activation across the capital," explain the architects on the Walkable London website. "Transforming just a few streets will hardly make a big difference in terms of congestion, pollution, safety, public health, economic benefits and social capital. To make walking part of a daily routine, we need a full pedestrian network as an integral part of the city's transport infrastructure." Videos from the site break down the proposal into three categories: proposed pedestrian network, city data analytics and alternative housing design strategies. Check them out below. Descriptions via Walkable London. Proposed Pedestrian NetworkCity Data AnalyticsUrban data produced via digital devices presents an opportunity to discover new insights. Through intelligent processing and intuitive visualization of unstructured records, urban data is made comprehensible to urban planners and city managers. Pedestrianising the city is not only about walkability; it is also about the local and city-wide socio-economic structure. We are presenting the first stage of the analysis — a London-wide study of the interconnections between pedestrianisation and socio-economic trends, with a focus on the areas where the Walkable London concepts are introduced. Alternative Housing Design StrategiesThe proposal presents current housing models and develops alternative housing strategies for implementation to promote health, well being, and walkability. In collaboration with like minded innovators in real estate and property management we develop alternative futures for housing. The objective of the initiative is to optimise land use patterns and unlock land assets from scenarios deemed overly constrained for development and occupation. The proposal posits that housing shortages and demand near areas of population work density can be addressed via innovative design and delivery methods, as well as contribute to the enrichment of amenities of place and the well-being of inhabitants. Learn more about the proposal on the Walkable London website, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cha Le Tea Merchant / Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc. Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:00 AM PST  © Ema Peter
 © Ema Peter Text description provided by the architects. Cha Le Merchant Teahouse provides a modernist interpretation to the traditional Chinese tea ritual "Cha dao". The intervention, designed by Leckie studio, seeks to consolidate a place to celebrate the ritual of tea-taking with a retail space where to learn more about the tradition and culture behind this millenarian drink.  © Ema Peter It is a place to share knowledge and delight in the culture of tea and to learn about the process that goes behind the highly elaborated creation of tea - from growing the plants, to the curating, mixing, and blending. "When we spoke to the client about the reference points and ideas for the project, we proposed that we would draw inspiration from traditional Chinese apothecaries, and create a modern interpretation of a medicinal and spiritual place" explains Michael Leckie, Founder of Leckie Studio.  Floor Plan Materiality is central to the tea ceremony – beyond the sensual qualities of the tea, the interplay between natural elements in the space and objects of the ceremony equally informs the experience. The ceremony of exchange, and the concentration of awareness towards posture and gestures is articulated through simple objects. The senses are heightened by focusing on a single, humble material - plywood - and transforming it through a carefully considered and rigorous approach to detailing.  © Ema Peter The sculptural mass and quality of the 'tea bar' creates and shapes the space around it. The architects found inspiration in the modernist plywood sculptures of Donald Judd, in which the material is elevated through an attention to minimal assembly connections and geometric proportion. Cha Le Teahouse makes use of a restrained quantity and monochromatic tonal qualities in the materials used. Humble archetypical materials forged into sleek, linear forms acknowledge the project's rationalistic aesthetic while expressing a fresh interpretation of an 'apothecary' through the creation of a myriad of small shelving compartments  © Ema Peter Whereas the ordering structure of the space may be described as rigid and orthogonal, the architect intentionally softened perceptual hard edges by choosing a warm, light palette that adds a sophisticated quality to the overall reading of the space. The teahouse adopts a harmonic and subdued sense of lighting throughout the space. The specified panel lights are coordinated to integrate into the architectural grid, delivering a softened light to the space and establishing a harmonic grid of voids that optically multiply the space. Embedded within the grid, the light hovers in a mysterious manner, blurring over the crisp lines of the entire volume. Natural light floods into the space through the shop-front, connecting the teahouse to the street-level patio.  © Ema Peter  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Renzo Piano Building Workshop's First Canadian Project Will Be the New Toronto Courthouse Posted: 26 Feb 2018 06:00 AM PST  Rendering by PIXELFLAKES. Image © Renzo Piano Building Workshop Renzo Piano Building Workshop, in partnership with NORR Architects & Engineers, has been selected to design the new Toronto Courthouse, to be located adjacent to Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall in the city's downtown civic core. When finished, it will be Piano's first competed project in Canada. The new courthouse building at 10 Armoury Street between Centre Avenue and Chestnut Street will consolidate several existing facilities housing Toronto's Ontario Court of Justice criminal courts, streamlining the system to become more functionally, financially and environmentally efficient. The design emphasizes the importance of the building's exterior public space to create an active streetscape, while state-of-the-art technologies will allow the building interiors to remain transparent and easily accessible. The entry will be marked by a 20-meter-tall glass atrium that will bring in natural light and connect interior spaces with the city fabric. The building will also house a public learning center to educate visitors about Indigenous history and issues related to the justice system in Ontario. Being developed by EllisDon Capital Inc., construction is expected to begin within the the next few months, with completion anticipated for Spring 2022. Learn more about the project, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:00 AM PST  © Peter VonDelinde
 © Peter VonDelinde Text description provided by the architects. It can be challenging enough to find the right frame for a painting. But what if you want to frame an ever-changing natural environment—and you also want to live inside the frame?  © Peter VonDelinde The spaces of the Thumb House actively engage the surrounding landscape. Where the warm wood façade of the house recedes within a zinc wrapper, a wide outdoor room opens toward the lake, framing a panoramic view of water and sky. White-stained wood lines the inside of the outdoor room, transitioning smoothly into the white interior of the house at a glass wall.  © Peter VonDelinde  © Peter VonDelinde The logic of cutting into walls to reveal the tree canopy extends throughout the interior living spaces of the two-bedroom house while preserving privacy. Beneath high, continuous landscape windows, low walls define dining and lounge zones with a varied material palette—including tile, soapstone, birch, and walnut.A thumb-like extension disrupts the rectangular geometry of the house to form a secluded study, where a window dips down over the desk to present an intimate view through a field of tree trunks to the lake. Wood shutters can be opened to bring in some air, expanding the rooms in spring and summer.  © Peter VonDelinde  Floor Plan  © Peter VonDelinde  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2018 04:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects Henning Larsen Architects has revealed plans for a £400 million development that will transform the waterfront of Belfast. At 16 acres, the master plan constitutes the Northern Irish capital's largest single ground-up development in recent history.  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects Known as Belfast Waterside, the plans draw inspiration from the current trend of industrial harbor front site transformations seen in several cities across Europe, in particular the successful models seen in the architects' home city of Copenhagen. Located on the east bank of the River Lagan, the 1.7 million-square-foot development will looks to connect the two sides of the river while taking full advantage of the perks of its waterfront site. Inspired by the terraced landscape of Giant's Causeway, a range of sleek buildings will step down toward the water's edge, creating a series of inviting public spaces flanked by new cultural venues, entertainment and retail spaces, offices, hotels, and as many as 750 new residences.  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects "We saw a truly special opportunity in this ambitious project to bring a Nordic understanding of out door living to Belfast. From Copenhagen, we know that harbors have an enormous potential to activate public life in a city," said Jacob Kurek, partner at Henning Larsen. "We are going to create the framework for people to feel part of a shared public life by River Lagan making it attractive to stay in the city. River Lagan will no longer create a barrier in Belfast but is going to connect it instead." As public spaces in the severe temperate oceanic climate zone are typically unoccupiable for the majority of the year, Henning Larsen Architects' scheme arranges the buildings to create a wind-free microclimate estimated to increase the number of comfortable weeks per year from 9 to 25.  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects "Analyzing the thermal microclimate we applied an effective scale-gradient strategy to the project. By placing the tallest office buildings along the north, facing the railway, we will create a noise blocking acoustic barrier. The lower buildings facing south keep the riverfront pedestrian friendly and human scaled. At the same time this strategy allows us to ensure river views and good daylight conditions from all buildings," explains Kurek. Being developed by Swinford Sirocco Limited, construction is expected to begin summer 2018, with completion by summer 2022.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST  © Mikko Auerniitty
 © Mikko Auerniitty Text description provided by the architects. Risuviita in the Kasperi neighbourhood in Seinäjoki offers a combination of social housing and special housing for people with autism spectrum. Completed in the fall of 2017, it has been warmly welcomed by its new residents who have made it their home and settled in over the past few months. The new residential block for Autism Spectre in Kasperi is located at the intersection of two park axis. The new building takes its place in dialogue with the surrounding parkland and views in with the rest of the neighbourhood's built structure forming a focal point at the end of the long vista over the park.  Ground Floor Plan With the nine apartments serving residents with autism spectrum located in the same building with the rental apartments providing social housing, Risuviita offers a combination of varied forms of living in a balanced mix. However, the different types of apartments are functionally separated from each other. In a U-shaped formation, the building grows from one story high to four stories high reflecting the varying building heights and scale of buildings that is characteristic to the neighbourhood composed of a mix of single-family homes, row houses and apartment buildings of up to eight stories in height. The Risuviita buildings are lower on the southern part of the block and get taller towards the northern part of the block creating a sheltered courtyard with a pleasant microclimate in the middle and allowing the maximal amount of daylight and sun into the yard and the apartments.  © Mikko Auerniitty The nine apartments that are intended for people with autism spectrum are placed on the first floor of the building facing the sheltered inner yard. The rental apartments are placed in the floors above the apartments for people with autism spectre as well as next to them in a way that allows both types of living to each have its own yard. Parking is placed to the west of the block a little distance apart from the buildings and the yards. Spots for covered parking are placed on both sides of the driveway leading up to the block in a manner that forms an alternating pattern of pockets of parking and open areas of greenery. The residential unit for people with autism spectre has its own parking along the Risuviita street.  Axonometric Diagram The part with the apartments for people with autism spectre is composed of three units. In the southern part of the block, there is a larger unit with four apartments, spaces for the staff working there as well as shared spaces for dining, cooking and informal social gathering. Two smaller units offer opportunities for more private living. They are composed of two apartments of different size and a shared space commonly used by the residents of each of the two apartments. The smaller of the apartments are better suited for residents who need more support and assistance. The larger one is designed for residents who are capable of more independent living.  © Mikko Auerniitty The plan for the apartments allows for a clear functional differentiation between the independent life of the residents, the part of the life of the residents facilitated by the staff of the unit, as well as separate spaces reserved for the staff. In the arrangement, one can easily comprehend a composition containing a yard of one's own for each of the residents, an apartment of one's own, and the shared indoor and outdoor spaces that are commonly used by all of the residents. The character of the spaces gradually changes from more public to more private. The challenges of social interaction and communication have been carefully taken into consideration in the design of the shared spaces, the outdoor areas as well as in the circulation and paths in the yard. As a whole, the entity offers an opportunity for social interaction while respecting the individual needs and motivation of each of the residents. The shared spaces are designed in such a way that they can easily be altered and transformed according to need and offer opportunities for a variety of uses.  © Mikko Auerniitty  Sketch Plan  © Mikko Auerniitty The special sensitivities of the residents have been carefully considered in the design of the apartments, for example in the lighting that can be made dimmer of brighter according to need, with a special attention to natural light, in the clear organization and functional division of spaces, as well as in the colours and acoustics of the spaces. The apartments are clearly divided into zones according to functions. Apartments on the ground floor have direct access to the yard through individual porches of their own. The porches serve both as an entrance as well as a terrace. On the higher floors, each of the apartments has a balcony of its own. The living room spaces are arranged around the balcony or terrace in such a way as to allow for daylight to enter differently into the room according to the natural rhythm of the day and light. Through the glazed balconies, there are views opening also from one interior space into another. It is also possible to use the glazed balconies to adjust the level of light, either dimming or taking advantage of the natural daylight.  © Mikko Auerniitty  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The 10 Tallest Uncompleted Skyscrapers Posted: 26 Feb 2018 01:30 AM PST  © Santiago Calatrava We all know a little about the world's tallest buildings—those engineering feats which define their cities and become symbols of human achievement—but what of the buildings that never took their planned place in their respective skylines? In 2014, The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) released a report listing the 20 tallest buildings that were never completed (an up-to-date list is also maintained on their website here). In order to be considered "never completed," all of the buildings in the report had begun site work, but construction was completely halted with no reports indicating it will continue. Read on to find out the top 10 tallest uncompleted buildings in 2018 after the break.  Diagram from CTBUH's 2014 report. As of 2018, the Lighthouse Tower and Fairwell International Center have been pushed off the list by Sky City Changsha and 2WTC. Image via CTBUH 10. 2 World Trade Center; New York City, New York / BIG (411 meters / 1,348 feet) © DBOX Set to be one of BIG's landmark projects, the 2 World Trade Center redesign that replaced Foster + Partners was planned to top out at 1,323 feet with a design that references it's unique location at the intersection of the Manhattan skyline and the streetscape of nearby TriBeCa. The project was put on hold in early 2016 when the two major tenants withdrew their plans to relocate—but according to a New York Post report, Silverstein and BIG may find their anchor tenant sooner rather than later, meaning this entry on the list may only be temporary. 9. Lam Tara Tower 1; Dubai, UAE / Dimensions Engineering Consultants (454 meters / 1,490 feet)Designed as a part of the Bin Manana Twin Towers complex, residential tower 1 was set to have 88 floors above ground reaching a height of 1,490 ft. The project began construction in 2008 but was halted in December of 2010. 8. Palace of the Soviets; Moscow, Russia / Boris Iofan, Vladimir Shchuko (495 meters / 1,624 feet).jpg?1519408752 "Image <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soviet_Union_1937_CPA_549_stamp_(Palace_of_the_Soviets).jpg'>via Wikimedia</a> (public domain)") Image <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soviet_Union_1937_CPA_549_stamp_(Palace_of_the_Soviets).jpg'>via Wikimedia</a> (public domain) Actually started in 1937, construction was halted during the framing phase due to the anticipation of World War II. The building was set to be topped with a statue of Vladimir Lenin, head of Soviet Russia from 1917-1924, which would have made it the world's tallest structure at the time. 7. Burj Al Alam; Dubai, UAE / Engineering Consultants Group, Arup (510 meters / 1,673 feet)The design for the "World Tower" included retail space at ground level, 74 floors of office space, topped by 27 floors intended as a hotel and serviced projects. Construction began in 2006 with an expected completion date in 2009 but was dogged heavily by delays in payment during the global financial crisis in 2008. No more activity was seen on the site after piling work for the foundation was stopped in 2009. 6. Doha Convention Center Tower; Doha, Qatar / JAHN (551 meters / 1,808 feet)Halted in 2007 due to the discovery of interference with flight paths out of Doha International Airport, the tower's construction was initially postponed until the completion of Doha's new Hamed International Airport. But, with the new airport completed, the convention center was completed without the tower in 2015, and no signs of new construction have taken place since. 5. Chicago Spire; Chicago, Illinois / Santiago Calatrava (609.6 meters / 2,000 feet) © Santiago Calatrava Calatrava's design for what would have been the tallest building in the United States was finally put to rest in 2014 after many financial problems. There have since been many proposals to reuse the original site. 4. Russia Tower; Moscow, Russia / Foster + Partners (612 meters / 2,008 feet)Construction on this Foster + Partners tower finally began in 2006 after nearly 12 years of changes to the project site and design. The project was eventually halted in 2008 and later canceled altogether in 2009 after the fallout of the financial crisis in 2008. 3. India Tower; Mumbai, India / Foster + Partners (699.7 meters / 2,296 feet)Another Foster + Partners project, the India Tower began construction in 2010, but construction was put on hold in 2012 after a major dispute between project developers and the civic authorities of Mumbai. It was later canceled in 2015. 2. Sky City; Changsha, China / Broad Group (838 meters / 2,749 feet) Courtesy of differentenergy via YouTube, via Business Insider A casualty to extensive governmental regulations, the Sky City proposal—which was ambitiously proposed to be completed in just 90 days thanks to a hyper-efficient prefabrication method developed by developer Broad Sustainable Building—was halted in 2013 during pre-construction. Plans for the building's completion have stalled as of 2016, and present foundations for the building are currently being used as a fish farm. 1. Nakheel Tower; Dubai, UAE / Woods Bagot (1,000 meters / 3,281 feet)Financial problems were ultimately the downfall of this 200-story proposal, set to begin construction in early 2009. Nakheel Financial Group was involved in the 2009 debt crisis in Dubai, and they finally had to cancel the project in late 2009 after pilings only began for the foundation.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Canyon Barn / mw|works architecture + design Posted: 26 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST  © Tim Bies Photography
 © Tim Bies Photography Text description provided by the architects. Located in the eastern foothills of the cascades, this 3,900-square-foot renovation converted a turn of the century working barn into a three-bedroom re- treat from the city. The building was restored with the intention of creating a comfortable home while retaining much of its original form, character and history. The exterior of the building retains the bulk of its original vernacular form, but adds a deep covered porch and large operable windows and doors.  © Tim Bies Photography Structural, waterproofing, and insulation requirements necessitated a nearly a complete new building including a new foundation and framing, new siding and weather barrier, and the addition of insulation throughout. In the end, an entirely new roof structure had to be built over the existing, now decorative, roof structure to bring it up to code. The existing framing and siding was carefully removed and reused as exposed interior framing elements. The living area fireplace was custom-fabricated form sheets of hot-rolled steel. Paneling, flooring, even fixtures and doors were sourced from either the original building or salvage yards. Rusting gears, levers, and wire bales found in the adjacent field were transformed into a dumbwaiter and fireplace damper controls. The dining area is lit with a custom-designed fixture created out of an abandoned bale of wire fencing. Apple crates from the property were carefully composed into wall panels flanking the stair. An existing wooden cattle holding pen was carefully removed from the barn and rebuilt as mudroom casework and a pet feeding area.  © Tim Bies Photography  Axonometric  © Tim Bies Photography The kitchen island is decidedly contemporary: hot-rolled steel with an ash butcher block top. Kitchen counters are concrete. As a barn, lighting had not been a priority; as a living space, however, introducing daylight was critical. Large expanses of glass were introduced, including a trio of sliding doors that open the den to a sun porch, as well as converting the former hayloft and barn doors into a large glazed facade.  © Tim Bies Photography New interventions were carefully considered to have a modern aesthetic while at the same time working within this raw palette. A blend of preservation and intervention, this project updates an aging barn without losing the memory of its history.  © Tim Bies Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The 9 Architecture Topics You Need To Know About in 2018 Posted: 26 Feb 2018 12:00 AM PST  097 • Yojigen Poketto / elii © Imagen Subliminal 2017 is in the past. Nevertheless, the year has left us a series of lessons, new wisdom and better tools to help us face the challenges of 2018. What surprises will this year bring us? We asked our editors at Plataforma Arquitectura (ArchDaily's Spanish arm) to make predictions based on what they've learnt in 2017, and to share with readers the topics they expect to be in the limelight in 2018. Their answer: Women in architecture, bamboo, millennials way of living, social architecture, rural architecture and architects going on-site. Find out everything you need to know to start 2018! 1. Understanding how millennials occupy and use spaceBy Piedad Rojas Cover image and Gif in this note are from project 097 • Yojigen Poketto / elii
We know that the millennial generation goes against the current. They are determined and aspire to experience things in a very different way compared to previous generations. According to surveys, this generation of young people are less interested in marriage, they get married and start families later, or some simply decide that they will not have children. In their hectic lives there is no time for domestic chores. Many of them share housing with friends.  Letto / elii © Imagen Subliminal There is a boom in the freelancer trend and the autonomous spirit of the Millennials. This is the generation that is projected to become their own bosses. They encourage the use of the same space for more than one activity, so having a home that can adapt to a workspace is key. For this reason, it is no longer rare to find small, modern, multifunctional and minimalist apartments when looking for properties. The behaviour and habits of Millennials point to minimal spaces that are highly flexible. 2018 will be the year to address the needs of this growing trend and adapt them to architecture from the human-millennial perspective, where an environment can quickly morph into a new one, strategically combining innovation, flexibility and a vision of the future. 2. Architects facing the construction of their own work: the urgency of being on site Cortesía de Benjamín Lezaeta In 2017 we asked our readers if architects have adequate training in relation to materials and construction processes. The results were overwhelming and the conclusion was rather negative: universities aren't training us enough and we face the consequences of that in our work life, where we have to learn by force. Increasing our knowledge about materials and construction -from the beginning of our education- can't be optional or relegated to the background. We need to debate and defend the importance of a good design now.
We have seen the emergence of a series of explorations that prioritize work at a 1: 1 scale, not only at the university level, but also guided by groups of architects that present a collaborative and in situ approach, based on learning by doing. Reconnecting with the materialization of our projects is a growing trend but it should never have stopped being that way. It is crucial that this practice returns to the center of our work.
To understand architecture in its constructive complexity is to be aware that this can only be realized if we work in multidisciplinary collaboration with others. It is difficult to deliver the desired results if we maintain a strict position as 'project managers', without involving ourselves in the entire process. While this need is reflected lightly in the curricula of universities, at ArchDaily we are striving to enhance and multiply content related to this approach.
3. The challenge of current architecture to approach the rural context © Grupo Talca As Rem Koolhaas said in 2016; 'The current challenge of architecture is to understand the rural world', an area normally ignored by architects who for decades have focused much of their energy on cities. Considering that these areas only make up 2% of the earth's surface. Koolhaas appeals to us to change this perspective and understand that the future is in intervening in "bare, semi-abandoned, sparsely populated, sometimes badly connected spaces", since this is where we as architects are seeing accelerated processes of change, of which we must take the lead. Lately, a small global trend has begun that understands the need to go to these areas and get to know these communities in order to incorporate, from a contemporary perspective, their ways of living, materials, traditional techniques and vernacular forms to guide the architect to make friendlier, more respectful and harmonious decisions with the natural and social environment in which they are inserted. Firms such as Talca Group have realised this, designing projects and small interventions in situ that welcome these particularities and encourage the residents themselves to carry them out.  Cortesía de Programa Vivienda Rural y Desarrollo Social This trend has only just begun and is expected to last well into 2018. This year we will probably see more and more architects encouraging the development of projects in areas far from the big cities, taking inspiration from the natural landscape or traditional constructions that originate there. 4. Social architecture faces the return of the pendulumThe media that covers and discusses architecture doesn't cover all of architecture. It's not common for those who criticize it to also be part of so-called mainstream architecture, instead of the defenders of social architecture, a trend that has been praised and trivialized in equal parts for visualizing and valuing informal architecture, vernacular techniques and a commitment to those who have been left behind in society. Popular with new generations, this trend reached its peak with the selection of Alejandro Aravena as the Director of the XV Biennial of Architecture of Venice and winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2016. Of course, social architecture is not the universal solution nor the only valid expression of the discipline -Josep María Montaner speaks about seven other contemporary trends-, but the anecdote that heads this paragraph reveals a defensive force that can be seen even in 2018, reflecting the potential return of the pendulum.  © Kliwadenkonovas The next edition of the Pan-American Biennial of Quito added the word "Architecture" in its title. Didn't it mention architecture before? It did, but the organization hints in its statement that it has followed a different direction in recent editions, where design criticism (and architectural projects) weree been replaced by an interest in participatory processes, the story and the "emotional layer" of projects, as Fredy Massad comments. Although social architecture blew up as a reaction to local academicism and the preferential and aesthetic attitude of the discipline, it monopolized the successes of contemporary production, progressively becoming part of the establishment. Events like the 2018BAQ can set the tone for upcoming Latin American events in which we will be able to see what paths the different branches of social architecture will take. Like all avant-gardes, we will have to face successes, failures and contradictions. 5. The post-digital era enters the graphic representation timeline in architectureIn architecture, representation techniques are constantly evolving, replacing each other by advancing technology and the ever changing preferences of society. It is undeniable that currently, digital tools have come to dominate architectural representation, placing hyperrealistic images above those of traditional representative methods. However, through technology we are able to create increasingly realistic images of spaces that have yet to be built, with many architects advocating to preserve this intimate relationship between art and architecture in the representative stage of design that was consolidated centuries ago.  Cortesía de Diagrama Arquitectos Recently there has been a strong presence on social networks, mainly Instagram, of a new language of representation that permeates the work of architects. This new trend uses historical art references and collage that were characteristic of the sixties and seventies and has been adopted at firms like Archigram and Superstudio. The fusion achieved with the new digital tools results in a more artistic dialogue about the intentions and references of some of the current architecture firms. By merging the available digital tools with the representative intention of collage, some contemporary architecture firms have chosen to move away from the dominant hyperrealism, instead creating a new trend: post-digital representation. Undoubtedly, this is just the beginning of a new stage of negotiation between the cold precision of technology and the expressive quality inherent in architecture. 6. Political Architecture: creativity faces the regulations and the future of citiesHow many creative experiences in Latin American architecture are being developed outside the rules? The evidence overwhelmingly shows that in the most heterogeneous of urban contexts, creativity and innovation were the only determining factors to do justice to the inherent needs of adopted socioeconomic models. Regulated urban utopias were not always sustained because they were subject to the actions of others, which are in turn subject to political and economic ups and downs. How can creative Latin American experiences - putting aside the rules - come to par with the regulations, and thus the future of the cities? The answer abounds historically in the demonstration of the architect's social and political role.  La Guaira / Valle del Pino. Imagen © José Tomás Franco As the Spanish architect Andrés Jaque mentioned in the XX Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism of Chile 2017, by default "all architects are politicians" and the real question is what forms of policy each one of us is willing to defend. In this regard, political action is a tool to enhance, incorporate or transform creativity. What do architects become? An architect involved in politics is a creative activist working on regulatory issues who pushes the limits in order to serve a social impact. Enhancing the proactive and political role that the architectural discipline identifies with is a trend that will change the future of our cities. There is a tendency to circumscribe creativity around the regulations, and this process will influence the future of cities. In a final example, Mexico City will make regulatory changes to its creative outputs and shift to focus on resilience in light of the last natural disaster. In Buenos Aires, the new urban code will change its creativity in line with the homogeneity of its urban fabric. There will be more to come. 7. The revenge of women in architectureBy Camila Marín and Pola Mora  © Pola Mora "An ideology that advocates that women should have the same rights as men". This is the definition of feminism from the Royal Spanish Academy. Starting with this principle, a large number of movements have emerged in recent years that demand better working conditions for women and the end of inequality between men and women. In 2018 some movements took over public spaces in the form of marches in different cities around the world and several campaigns spread on social networks using hashtags such as: "#NiUnaMenos", "#HeForShe" and "#MeToo". If it still wasn´t clear to everyone, 2017 made it explicit that women do not earn the same as men, that they suffer discrimination and harassment at work, that they work longer hours and that they are more susceptible to being fired for being mothers. No job is excluded from this. That is why this year, coming from the discipline of architecture, a series of columns and events emerged that proposed talking about the issue as well as empowering women in the world of architecture. This new writing encouraged them to take up the space lost in the public debate.  Atxu Amann, comisaria del pabellón español en la Bienal de Venecia 2018. Imagen vía MACA In 2018 the subject will continue to be in vogue, but this time not only through statements and speeches, but through concrete actions. This year, the Venice Biennial of Architecture will be directed by two women architects; Yvinne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, and the list of curators in charge of the national pavilions already has a much higher female participation than in previous years. Some examples of such countries are: Chile, Spain, Peru, Israel and Brazil. Who knows... Maybe this year the Pritzker will surprise us by adding a female architect to the small list of female winners. 8. Learning from Bamboo to reinforce our sensitivity and efficiencyBamboo has always been present. It has been worked with and used for generations in the warmest parts of the planet, extending its use along the equator and many kilometers beyond to Africa, Asia, America and Oceania. Although some call it the 'green gold of the poor man', this multifaceted material, with more than 1,500 documented uses, has slowly ceased to be associated with poverty. In the field of construction, its current use is related to resistance, versatility and efficiency, and is linked to the beauty of the organic and innate respect for the environment. Thanks to its strong reputation and its enormous potential, bamboo is a trend in 2018 because it is an essential material. In a world suffocated by pollution and waste generated by the construction industry, it is even more important to learn from the artisans who have used bamboo for years. They do so with an instinctiveness and fluidity that contrasts the complex construction processes of other materials.  © José Tomás Franco We should also investigate other materials and techniques with which bamboo can be used. It is not about forcing the use of bamboo when it is not necessary or warranted. It is simply a call to fascinate ourselves with its harmony, and to be better architects through its use, since using bamboo requires a change of mentality. It is a material that makes sense and produces architecture in agreement with humans and the environment, and this may be its most valuable teaching: it seems to have been made to be used by us. The first step is to open ourselves up to realize this, and then you can start immediately. 9. A glimpse of the direction of post-earthquake architectureThroughout history, architecture has played an important role in response to the reconstruction needs after different types of natural disasters. The challenges and limitations presented in states of emergency have forced the architectural community again and again to produce unconventional proposals that improve the quality of life of devastated communities. In recent years, various post-disaster reconstruction initiatives have received deserved recognition for their altruistic work and ability to solve problems through design. In 2014, the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban received the Pritzker Prize for his project that "exudes optimism where others perceive challenges almost impossible to overcome." Ban has gained international recognition for his experimental and innovative use of materials such as paper and cardboard in buildings, and for his efforts to help homeless people after natural disasters or in refugee situations.  Cortesía de World Architecture Festival (WAF) Last year, the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Project in Guangming from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Kunming University of Science and Technology was named the '2017 Building of the Year' at the closing gala of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Berlin. The team's architects developed a new and economical compacted earth construction technique that will be more resistant to seismic activity, and which the judges considered could be applied in any part of the world affected by seismic problems and poverty levels. In Mexico, after two devastating earthquakes that occurred in the center of the country in September 2017, reconstruction initiatives have emerged, led by the country's architectural association. In a series of round-table discussions and workshops, topics such as the seismic resistance of different local materials and self-construction were discussed. Although the word 'trend' tends to refer to something fleeting and superficial, we consider that there is a new and growing wave of consciousness in architecture, which seeks to focus its efforts on the places where it is needed most.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What Books Have Shaped Your Career as an Architect? Posted: 25 Feb 2018 10:00 PM PST  © Mónica Arellano Everyone knows that becoming an architect translates to a lot of time in front of a computer screen, or on-site or in the model shop—or waiting for renders to finish. But we also know that being a good architect is about much more; truly savvy architects and really thoughtful projects often spring from strong theoretical, philosophical or practical trains of thought (and they are not always directly inspired by architecture itself!). Has there been a book that changed the way you thought about your design work? Has a book ever helped you think through a problem that had plagued you for an extended period of time? What book do you tend to refer to every few months, no matter what? What book do you recommend to anyone who will listen, and why? There are certainly the list of the classics—the canon, if you will—that you can find on any university's introductory course's syllabus. But there's so much more to consider, especially as the profession opens itself to meaningful cross-disciplinary collaborations. If you had to make a prediction, which books will become the indispensable architecture texts of our time? Will they be written by architects or even about architecture? In order to gain some insight into the fascinating world of the books that our peers are consulting, we are asking our readers to share the books that have most impacted their careers in architecture. Our plan is to collect the responses in a future article. Write to us in the comment section below or use the hashtag #booksforarchdailyers on Twitter and Instagram to let us know about the books you love.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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