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- M20 / BAST
- Retirement and Nursing Home Wilder Kaiser / SRAP Sedlak Rissland + Dürschinger Architekten
- 38Mews House / Design Collective Architects
- Detroit's Waterfront is Setting a Precedent for Community Led Architecture
- 99% Invisible Investigates the Utopian and Dystopian Histories of the Bijlmermeer
- M24 House / OLARQ Osvaldo Luppi Architects
- Sou Fujimoto and Coldefy & Associés Propose a Sweeping Canopy for French Court House
- #donotsettle Provides a Close-Up Look at Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi
- B72 / Dosa Studio
- What is BIM and Why Does it Seem to be Fundamental in the Current Architectural Design?
| Posted: 10 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PST  Courtesy of BAST
Text description provided by the architects. After buying a small plot (2.50m by 20m) at the back of their home, a family wants to achieve an extension at their ground floor. The project consists of expanding their living room on this parcel.
The brick wall of the house is open on all its length and a large sliding glass door acts as a cover. This new room adopts several functions: living room, kitchen, winter garden but also terrace during the beautiful days. A new space both inside and out.  Courtesy of BAST  Axonometry 9  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Retirement and Nursing Home Wilder Kaiser / SRAP Sedlak Rissland + Dürschinger Architekten Posted: 10 Mar 2018 06:00 PM PST  © René Rissland
 © René Rissland "A society will ultimately be judged by how it treats its elders" (Albert Einstein)  © René Rissland A suitable site was found in Scheffau, which is the geographical center of the three municipalities. The new building is situated at the foothills of the "Wilder Kaiser" Mountain Range, directly adjacent to a former residential and care home that no longer corresponds to the required standards.  © René Rissland The building consists of two compact volumes interlocking at the central section where they form an atrium. Three different outside spaces are created by the positioning on the plot: a public garden, a separate dementia garden and a playground for children.  Ground floor plan On the one hand the differentiated formation of the structure enables communication and the encounter between the residents and the community. On the other hand the interior and exterior spaces offer enough possibilities for private withdrawal and contemplation. Integration, Community and individual lifestyle do not exclude each other.  © René Rissland The new Nursing Home has a simple and clear appearance. The main entrance of the building is marked by a crystalline Y-support made of prefab concrete.  © René Rissland The central and green atrium brings zenithal skylight inside the building. Furthermore, it enables a visual communication accross floors, between the dining areas and communal areas of the different care units. These Units are spread over the two upper levels with a total of 54 apartments. The apartments are equipped properly and designed in a modern way. Bathrooms have transom light strips. There are niches offering seating benches at the entrances to the apartments. Little community spaces are situated all over a care group with cantelivering, roofed terraces and balconies, orientated to the Mountain Range and the picturesque Village Centre of Scheffau.  Section The bigger eating areas serve as "Cantous", convival meeting points for the residents.  © René Rissland Wooden formwork made of untreated larch emphasizes the facade of the ground floor and the recessed balconies. The rest of the outer surface is covered by a broom finished plaster.  © René Rissland Wooden inlays of profiled larch boards accentuate the windows. They are a familiar reference to local handcrafted traditions. But the traditional system of cut outs and palings is translated contextually and used as screen providing privacy, protecting from the sun and painting subtle shadows on the facade.  © René Rissland  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 38Mews House / Design Collective Architects Posted: 10 Mar 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong
 © Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong Text description provided by the architects. 38Mews is located in a quiet suburb of greater Kuala Lumpur adjacent to a forest reserve. Built for a young working couple and their cats, the house is designed to allow for the owners to works from home with the ground floor isolated as a working area away from the living quarters. .jpg?1520580440 "© Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong") © Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong  Sketch Section  © Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong The residential unit is located on the upper floor with 2 bedrooms and a large open terrace. The large open terrace with a sliding gate provide the cats a large outdoor area to roam freely and securely.  © Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong The living spaces are designed as one free flowing open plan. The sloping roof provides for a double volume space that flows vertically into the 2nd floor master bedroom and study. The roof continues to slope into the bedroom itself and terminates at the large picture window that overlooks and frames the views of the adjacent forest and hills. .jpg?1520580452 "© Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong") © Creative Clicks / Darren Chng - SzeMeng Wong  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Detroit's Waterfront is Setting a Precedent for Community Led Architecture Posted: 10 Mar 2018 08:00 AM PST  Courtesy of James Corner Field Operations As the river offers a place of beauty and solitude to the people of Detroit, four international design teams have presented their creative schemes for the West Riverfront to extend this vibrant area in the city as part of an international design competition led by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (DRFC). The development of the 22-acre West Riverfront Park is expected to cost around $50 million to complete the DRFC's ultimate vision for 5.5 miles of revitalized riverfront. The four principal firms include Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN), Hood Design Studio (HDS), James Corner Field Operations and Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates (MVVA) collaborating with numerous Detroit and Michigan- based firms. Each of the teams has collaborated closely with the public to achieve a design that gives justice to the legacy of the people.  Courtesy of James Corner Field Operations .jpg?1518558747 "Courtesy of Michael Van Valkenburgh And Associates") Courtesy of Michael Van Valkenburgh And Associates
The community-led design process has been integral for the development of proposals for a recognized park suited for the city of Detroit and has set a precedent for public engagement in architecture that has attracted attention across the country. A Community Advisory Team (CAT) was set up to engage with the project, the group included a variety of local residents that were given the opportunity to visit amazing parks across the country in Chicago, New York and Philadelphia and feedback their experiences of these spaces. There has been a further effort to involve the people of Detroit by organizing a public design exhibition to interact with the design concepts and once the winning proposal is selected there will be further opportunities for the community to view the rendering and models shape the final design. Since the DRFC was founded in 2003, their aim has been to develop a public space based on the historic riverfront of Detroit. Over 3 million people visit the river each year, so it bears great importance to the city. So far, the organization has adapted 85% of the East Riverfront that has proven a great success as a destination to enjoy the outdoors and striking views of the river and Canada and it's now the West's turn to receive the same revolutionizing treatment.  Courtesy of Hood Design Studio  Courtesy of Hood Design Studio News via: Detroit RiverFront Conservancy.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 99% Invisible Investigates the Utopian and Dystopian Histories of the Bijlmermeer Posted: 10 Mar 2018 06:00 AM PST  © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Janericloebe'>Wikimedia user Janericloebe</a>licensed under<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> How can we plan a better city? The answer has confounded architects and urban planners since the birth of the industrial city. One attempt at answering came in the form of a spectacular modernist proposal outside of Amsterdam called the Bijlmermeer. And, as a new two-part episode by 99% Invisible reveals, it failed miserably. But, like all histories, the story is not as simple as it first appears. In the post-war landscape of Europe, architects were provided with a platform to re-design cities from the ground up—linear, open, clean, and everything in its proper place. Thus the hexagonal-shaped scheme of the 6 square kilometer project separated actives and functions into their respective zones, restricting living to the sky and activity to the ground. The utopian and egalitarian ideals quickly dissolved as services drastically lagged behind construction. A delayed Metro line and almost non-existent amenities were only the beginning of the Bijlmermeer's troubles. Soon, the massive complex of 31 buildings and 13,000 apartments became undesirable for the white middle class the project had been proposed for. Yet, the vacant apartments provided much-needed support for the influx of Surinamese migrants post-independence as well as those from Turkey, Morocco, and Ghana alongside queer people who faced challenges securing housing elsewhere. Vacant and underused spaces also became prime locations for heroin dealers and addicts who were pushed out of the city proper. The site was later labeled a ghetto. But, unlike the inevitable destruction of Pruitt Igoe—Bijlmermeer's American counterpart—both residents and architects intervened into the existing structure to counter the site's paternalistic modernity. Learn more about how the Bijlmermeer went from "City of the Future" to "The Drain of the Dutch Society" to one of the most diverse areas in the Netherlands in 99% Invisible's two part investigation here and here. News via: 99% Invisible.
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| M24 House / OLARQ Osvaldo Luppi Architects Posted: 10 Mar 2018 05:00 AM PST .jpg?1520409234 "© Mauricio Fuertes") © Mauricio Fuertes
.jpg?1520409318 "© Mauricio Fuertes") © Mauricio Fuertes Text description provided by the architects. The house is set in a plot with a long-wide ratio of 6 to 1, which emerges from rocks bathed by the sea. This two-story house plus basement has been built in an area of consolidated constructions The extreme proportion of the site together with the fact that the views are towards the north, have been the main conditions of the project. A 47 meters long dry stone wall is the backbone of the house. .jpg?1520409221 "© Mauricio Fuertes") © Mauricio Fuertes .jpg?1520408218 "Ground Floor Plan and Section") Ground Floor Plan and Section .jpg?1520409401 "© Mauricio Fuertes") © Mauricio Fuertes This wall, together with the main house and a service shed, make up an open patio where the pool and the covered and uncovered terraces are located. On the ground floor, the presence of the stone wall is dominant and connects the sea with the pool. The living room and the dining room, together with the kitchen, form a continuous space that expands both North and South. .jpg?1520409359 "© Mauricio Fuertes") © Mauricio Fuertes On the first floor, two patios were created, generating three volumes where the rooms are distributed. Through these interior patios, inhabitants get privacy, sun protection and enjoy the sea views. On the east side, the voids generated by these patios alternate with the voids generated by the covered terraces on the ground floor, to create a rhythm that defines the volumetric proposal of the house. .jpg?1520409301 "© Mauricio Fuertes") © Mauricio Fuertes .jpg?1520408177 "Sections") Sections .jpg?1520409252 "© Mauricio Fuertes") © Mauricio Fuertes  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sou Fujimoto and Coldefy & Associés Propose a Sweeping Canopy for French Court House Posted: 10 Mar 2018 04:00 AM PST  Courtesy of MIR Sou Fujimoto and Coldefy & Associés Architects Urban Planners' proposal for a pale sweeping canopy enclosing a stacked glazed volume was among the four finalists for the new Palais de justice in Lille, France organized by the Public Agency for Justice's Real Estate (APIJ). Though the competition drew 139 international proposals, from which OMA was ultimately selected, Fujimoto and Coldefy & Associés' graceful structure was designed to house the high and district courts as well as public spaces within a facility in dialogue with its natural surroundings. See the full proposal below.  Courtesy of MIR  Courtesy of MIR  Courtesy of MIR  Courtesy of MIR Located in a relatively vast site on the outskirts of the city adjacent to a recreational facility, motorways, and the historic fabric of Lille, the five-story courthouse was conceived to promote a greater relationship with the surrounding community. Sheltered outdoor spaces at both the front and rear of the structure provide platforms for the public to gather and engage. Two large courtyards extend across all floors of the courthouse providing additional public space while reinforcing the building's overall transparency.  Courtesy of MIR The first floor houses a grand lobby and the civil courts as well as a cafeteria, bike storage, meeting rooms, and additional ancillary programs. An escalator leads to the public hearing rooms on the second floor, the district courts on the third, family courts on the fourth, and larger private courts on the fifth floor. The courthouse interior is tiered, allowing two main stairs to circulate visitors beneath the semi-transparent rooftop. These terraces, balconies, and patios not only drive natural light deeper into the space but offer maximum flexibility while framing expansive views into the city.  Courtesy of MIR  Courtesy of MIR Ultimately, the transparent and permeable courthouse speaks to the client's desire to reflect the values of public accessibility in the judicial process of the 21st century. Fujimoto and Coldefy & Associés' structure is therefore more akin to a village; a new environment for the citizens of Lille that exists between inside and out.  Courtesy of MIR  Courtesy of MIR News via: Coldefy & Associés Architects and Urban Planners.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| #donotsettle Provides a Close-Up Look at Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi Posted: 10 Mar 2018 01:30 AM PST In this video, architecture vloggers #donotsettle take us inside Ateliers Jean Nouvel's "museum city" in the sea: the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Filmed one month after the museum's opening in November, Kris Provoost winds his way through the galleries to the much-talked-about mega-dome—with a diagrammatic key plan in the bottom corner of the video helping us to follow his path.  © Luc Boegly & Sergio Grazia .jpg?1520626310 "© Roland Halbe") © Roland Halbe Both inside and outside, #donotsettle points out how each piece of the design comes together to create Nouvel's serene world of light, shadow, and reflection. Watch Provoost delight over the approach, natural light, and material changes—all leading up to the climactic moment he stands underneath the layered dome. A modern twist on a major symbol of Arab architecture, the dome filters light through its many layers onto white buildings and visitors below. Louvre Abu Dhabi / Ateliers Jean Nouvel Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi Photographed by Laurian Ghinitoiu Critical Round-Up: The Louvre Abu Dhabi by Jean Nouvel The Engineering Behind the Louvre Abu Dhabi's Striking Geometric Dome See the Incredibly Complex Louvre Abu Dhabi Constructed Over 8 Years in This Timelapse  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2018 01:00 AM PST  © Marcos Betanzos
 © Marcos Betanzos Text description provided by the architects. To the north of the Miguel Hidalgo delegation is the Verónica Anzures Colony, whose nomenclature alludes to several bays of the American continent and which traditionally was a residential area of transition between the colonies Polanco - Anzures, the industrial zone and popular colonies. Nowadays, it presents a demographic rejuvenation and intensive architectural restoration, derived from the gentrification provoked by the New Polanco and blown up by the construction of large residential buildings. It is in this context that Grupo Hola is located, a company dedicated to the administrative branch that requested the complete reform of the building to strengthen its image. Knowing the principles from which the company works was extremely important, the seriousness and trust of its work should be materialized in the concept of the proposal.  Scheme Axonometric The project began by differentiating the uses of the property: access, circulations and work area, which were drawn on the facade by means of a perfectly defined grid that resulted in a new modulation. The main constraint to begin the drawing was to make the most of the current state of the building. At the street level, an integrated access was generated to separate the movement of pedestrians from the entrance of the building without losing the link between public space and project, starting from a bench-gardener that completes a set that contains pedestrian access and which also is part of a new internal configuration, since there was originally no lobby area and the project proposes a new reception space and a waiting area that allows better control of access.  © Marcos Betanzos  Schematic Section  © Marcos Betanzos In relation to the vertical circulations, were proposed materials with finishes in the floor, while in the facade a structure that differentiates the uses was proposed, an element that provides a visual finish in the interior, complemented by the play of light and shadows produced by the material during the journey. The main volume appears as a block divided into nine cubes determined by the activity that develops inside each one. With the idea of generating light and dark, the office block is extracted with the help of a steel structure that creates a double facade as a result. The first plan responds to the current state of the property, with a central volume standing out, while the proposed second plan functions as an element that aligns the facade. This gesture allowed to generate a sensation of amplitude in the building.  Scheme Facade Because of the annual sunshine study, the double facade and vertical circulation structure regulate the optimum amount of solar incidence needed for each season of the year. The intervention was covered by white stones, with a series of cross lines from the joints, with a continuous vertical and horizontal stroke corresponding to the modulation that is fully integrated into the corporate image of Grupo Hola, attracting the attention of those who travel on the street in its several points. The remodeling of the facade of Grupo Hola can be a reference for the Veronica Anzures colony, since among its contributions, the architectural element works as an urban lamp, providing the neighborhood with greater security. The project merge with its context through the materials.  © Marcos Betanzos  © Marcos Betanzos  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What is BIM and Why Does it Seem to be Fundamental in the Current Architectural Design? Posted: 10 Mar 2018 12:00 AM PST  Cortesía de Gonzalo De la Parra BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a methodology that allows architects to create digital design simulations to manage all the information associated with an architectural project. While CAD creates 2- or 3-dimensional drawings that don't distinguish between their elements, BIM incorporates 4-D (time) and 5-D (costs). This allows users to manage information intelligently throughout the life cycle of a project, automating processes such as programming, conceptual design, detailed design, analysis, documentation, manufacturing, construction logistics, operation and maintenance, renovation and/or demolition.
It is important to clarify the difference between BIM and programs such as Revit®, ArchiCAD®, AllPlan® and others: BIM is a working system, while Revit®, ArchiCAD®, and AllPlan® are software with which BIM is compatible. The two complement each other and allow the architect's work to be carried out efficiently.  Cortesía de Gonzalo De la Parra Projects modeled in BIM can include the real products and materials that will be used to build them, incorporating their geometry, characteristics and cost into the model, as well as contact information to acquire them once they have been approved.
 Cortesía de Gonzalo De la Parra There are websites that house huge libraries of products, allowing you to download specific models to be immediately incorporated into your architecture project, and thus save the time that the subsequent specification would take. With all this information loaded, the system not only improves the quality of the work but also decreases decision making and last minute changes during the construction process, addressing problems virtually and lowering the overall costs of a project. In addition, each of the elements has its own attributes and is related specifically and parametrically with the other objects of the project: if one of these objects is modified, those that depend on it will also change automatically.  Trespa Meteon cladding, modeled in Revit  Trespa Meteon cladding, modeled in Revit In this way, BIM allows the joint work of architects, clients, builders, engineers and other relevant actors to occur within in a single intelligent and shared process. Have you used this methodology in your designs? Tell us your experience in relation to this technology in our comments section. *This article has been fed by the information provided by Gonzalo De la Parra García, Architect, and Professor of the BIM area at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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