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- The Cabin / JAN TYRPEKL
- Vanille Gymnasium / Raphaël Betillon et Guillaume Freyermuth Architects + CTV Architects
- AFM Interior / Olha Wood Interiors
- Areia / AAP Associated Architects Partnership
- Gimhae Heung-dong House / Architects Group RAUM
- Haihui Co-working Space / 11architecture
- Mornington Beach Houses / Third Skin
- Ekiraya School / Alejandro Uribe Cala
- UNStudio Founder Launches Startup for Shaping Human-Focused Smart Cities
- Vila Amélia / VAGA
- Zaha Hadid Architects to Design Navi Mumbai International Airport
- Riviera Cabin / llabb
- An In-Depth Look at the Le Corbusier-Designed Barge Which Sank Last Month
- The Almost Invisible School / ABLM arquitectos
- RDHA Wins The 2018 RAIC's Architecture Firm Award
- Amanda Levete Architects Unveil Oxford University Addition
- Nursing and Retirement Home Bellinzona / Studio Gaggini + Nicola Probst Architetti
| Posted: 14 Mar 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Antonín Matějovský
 © Antonín Matějovský Text description provided by the architects. The Shelter is an experimental wooden structure that was built on top of a former concrete bunker near to the borders of the Czech Republic and Austria. These small fortresses were built along the Czechoslovakian borders before the WWII. as a protection against Nazi Germany but they were never used. There are still thousands of these bunkers left in the Czech and Slovakian landscape.  © Antonín Matějovský The discussion what to do with these concrete bunkers that lack any function is still a sensitive topic in the society. That is why we designed it as a light wooden structure that can be easily removed and that minimize the impact on the construction of the bunker.  © Antonín Matějovský  Section A  © Antonín Matějovský  Section B  © Antonín Matějovský Because of the character of the landscape, we decided to design the shelter as a dominant vertical volume. The building has two large windows - one facing East - the borders with Austria and the second one providing a view to the church of the nearest village. In the interior, we wanted to show that even in a small built-up area (only 12 m2) you can create a generous space. During the construction process, we added another rooftop window.  © Antonín Matějovský The principle of the construction was to minimize the material, cost and the time needed for the construction. The building is very simple and can be built by manual labor using only common tools without any technology. The project is not financed via any donations or grants. The whole building process was done thanks to the helping of friends, family, and students of Architecture who were interested to participate on this project. Anyone can build a shelter like this. Because of the logistics of the building process the shelter was first constructed at a family farm and then disassembled and transported to the site 200 km away where it was again reassembled. The building serves as a shelter and after an agreement, anyone can stay there.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Vanille Gymnasium / Raphaël Betillon et Guillaume Freyermuth Architects + CTV Architects Posted: 14 Mar 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Salem Mostefaoui
Text description provided by the architects. In a text which written in 2001 entitled The Default Aesthetic,Vanilla flavored beauty, the artist Etienne Cliquet, defines the bases of a new aesthetic appeared on the Internet of the relation between man and machine. It shows itself in the form of oldfashioned, simple interfaces, result of a collaboration man / computer in which the design is totally absent. Indeed, the established dialogue can be only pragmatic, the machine lacking any shape of sensibility.  © Maxime Delvaux "Vanilla" sends back to the favorite flavor of the ice creams of the Americans. It is considered as the taste by default, the one that we choose naturally to satisfy the largest number. We like it by default …  Courtesy of Raphaël Betillon et Guillaume Freyermuth Architects An internet platform as indexhibit, for instance, illustrates perfectly this said characteristic "vanilla": in spite of a total absence of elements of design, an esthetic by default extremely attractive radiates from the minimalism, the simplicity of use with the visible tree diagram.  Floor Plan In the project of Villefranche de Lauragais's Gymnasium and more generally in the works of the agency, esthetics by default also radiates from our architecture thanks to its pragmatism. We try to avoid at the most the pitfall of meaning, full of imagery architecture. The interest is somewhere else: in the generosity of spaces, in the creation of a variety of spaces, in the changeable climatic or bright qualities.  © Maxime Delvaux If we take the definition of an interface: "layer limits between two elements by which take place exchanges and interactions", it resounds as a possible definition of the architecture.  © Maxime Delvaux So the architecture of a gymnasium is the constructed interface which allows the body to carry out sports activities. The echo works.  © Salem Mostefaoui Thus the interface proposed for Villefranche de Lauragais's gymnasium claims its filiation with the aesthetic described in its article by Etienne Cliquet. The gymnasium draws its esthetics from the precise assembly of rough materials and not configured. The visible technical and structural elements participate in the organization of the space, in its harmony in the same way as a visible tree diagram participates in it in contemporary computing interfaces.  © Salem Mostefaoui During the competition, we tried hard to answer with the same pragmatism the questions lifted by the program. The gymnasium is on a sloping ground, in the joint of several other equipment, a track, a parking lot and a high school. The architectural bias by aligning the various playgrounds creates a big overhanging square, so assuring connection and coherence between the various equipment of the zone.  © Maxime Delvaux The proposed aesthetic and the simple but radical interpretation of the program contribute to give to this project a taste of Vanilla architecture in which we recognize ourselves.  © Maxime Delvaux  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AFM Interior / Olha Wood Interiors Posted: 14 Mar 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Andrey Avdeenko
 © Andrey Avdeenko Text description provided by the architects. The apartment was created for the Mother of our client, we presented his interior NPL Penthouse two years before. Both are in a similar new concrete structure of houses. Both have a skyline view. The client brief was to create a colourful interior with garden, yoga area and a room for two sofa-beds for guests. This flat is for one person, so we decided to create rooms with petitions of this human scale.  Floor Plan Also, placed the apartment on exposing to natural light enters into garden along the central window, to see the sky and the green grass (Rhipsalis) on the 28th level. We think it's pretty nice to combine individual furniture and well-known brands as Bulthaup island and Moroso sofa. Also, we think that cherry woodworking well with pink and green colours, that we used in a living area. Almost all walls covered with wood to make it look soft and belonger. In apartment combined tree type of wood – oak with fishbone pattern structure on a floor, Plywood in a Bathroom and living area and patterned cherry wood.  © Andrey Avdeenko Bedroom and guest area with two green armchairs Gervasoni sofa beds, separated from each other with a Smart House control curtains, that have a gradient. The idea of gradient becomes with the garden idea, it must be something «poetic», not only regular in the interior to make it work. In the bedroom, we placed the B&B Italia bed on legs and put colourful carpet Designers Guild that matched interior colours. You can reach the bathroom and the wardrobe area from the bedroom and hall. The wooden double door and glass wardrobe Poliform/Ego shuts the bedroom from the bathroom area.  © Andrey Avdeenko  © Andrey Avdeenko From the bathroom, you can see plywood walls and an oak partition that separated shower – bathtub – toilet area from a sink – wardrobe area. Madeamano tiles that created a geometric grey-white pattern covered the shower wall. We were happy with Agape accessories as well. Lovely glass small wall vases for flowers we put on the wooden partition on the shower side. Also, for this bathroom was created a bathtub side table KEG / PLAII. The second bathroom - wardrobe entries lead us to a hall where you can find a way to a living area or to the guest toilet of laundry. The wall in the guest toilet covered with Madeamano tiles of lava with white glaze.  © Andrey Avdeenko  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Areia / AAP Associated Architects Partnership Posted: 14 Mar 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © João Morgado
 © João Morgado Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in Sabah Alahmed Alsabah Maritime City in the southern part of Kuwait. Developed to expand the length of available shoreline, the development brings the sea into the desert to create a series of canals that are anchored by several docks and marinas and activated by many other recreational activities. The five plots of the five residences sit on one of the inner canals overlooking the sea.  © João Morgado From an early stage, the idea was to develop a sense of unity, using the same architectural language of simple plane geometry, as well as the same basic concept and programmatic organization, resulting in a contemporary image of continuity and proportion, where slight harmonious variations guarantee complexity and diversity to this set of houses.  © João Morgado The program involves an interpretation of the Kuwaiti way of life and its needs, relating the main daily living areas with the beach, exterior patios, gardens, and pool areas. Positioned in the ground floor and with a privileged view over the canal, they share the ability to combine their use by its dwellers, in order to maximize the overall flexibility, as well as associate the interior space with the exterior areas in a comfortable way, literally extending to the plot limits. On the opposite edge of the plot, next to the entrance, stands a formal social gathering space for guests, the diwanyia.  © João Morgado  Ground Floor Plan  © João Morgado Upper floors are bounded by enveloping walls, partially perforated, that effectively guarantee the privacy requested by the program. It withstands certain programmatic variations without compromising the unity as an ensemble. More contained in itself, is reserved for the family bedrooms, with a wider, albeit protected, view over the city. Rooftops with its 360º panoramic view over Khiran make desirable leisure spaces, combining lounge and seating areas for socializing, making it an ideal venue for experiencing the sunset time when the absence of shade is tolerable.  © João Morgado Staff quarters, stand on different floors, connecting directly their circle of activities. The five villas, multiply the same organization concept in its basic. Despite the fact that the schematics are very similar, the volumetric composition presents gentle variations that make each house unique its own way. When seen from the road, they look like a simple repetition of the same house, a more heterogeneous facade is experienced from the canal.  © João Morgado The simple and neutral approach, tries to restore use, functions and habitability on a basic, shade and courtyards design options in a natural contradiction with what at this point is the development of this city, where the architectural anarchy of the different residential designs, the lack of criteria in color, dimensions, form, textures and construction options create a complex, heterogeneous image of a place that is yet to be defined.  © João Morgado  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gimhae Heung-dong House / Architects Group RAUM Posted: 14 Mar 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Yoon Joonhwan
 © Yoon Joonhwan Text description provided by the architects. White pavilion  © Yoon Joonhwan This house can be perceived as a pavilion made of louvers from any direction, and this pavilion is both a space and a form. The contact points of nature and architecture are made into the pavilion space, which reveals the thin lines of white louver and the depth between them.  © Yoon Joonhwan The space of the boundary created by the white louver installed on the sphere of the building and the outside serves to reveal the point of contact with nature and to induce various relations and actions. In this space, the potential created by the fine lines and the depth between them is extended to the space. The devices of the louvers are giving strength to increase the potential of the space. It attempts to mix buildings and nature while creating a space that is not heavy and violent towards nature.  © Yoon Joonhwan Two living spaced are composed inside with the spacing, and the light was filled in between. This light suggests the direction of life and leads to the flow of space. The height was adjusted to overcome the cons of floor classification. And while looking at the scenery, privacy with neighbors is respected.  Cross Section 02  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Haihui Co-working Space / 11architecture Posted: 14 Mar 2018 12:00 PM PDT .jpg?1515717909 "© ZC Architectural Photography Studio") © ZC Architectural Photography Studio
.jpg?1515717931 "© ZC Architectural Photography Studio") © ZC Architectural Photography Studio Text description provided by the architects. This is an interior design project of a small co-working space that consisted of seven office rooms, twelve individuals' dedicated desks, a non-designated working space with eight seats, and some shared spaces including a drink bar and a lounge. The site is a 300m2 rectangular piece in a typical office tower, but with one structural column in the middle of the floor as an atypical feature. .jpg?1515717601 "© ZC Architectural Photography Studio") © ZC Architectural Photography Studio In response to the concept of "co-working", the main part of the project was designed as an open environment without having obvious divisions between each functional space. Instead, the space was organized by the following four spatial devices: Platform, Counter, Column, and Frame. .jpg?1515717810 "© ZC Architectural Photography Studio") © ZC Architectural Photography Studio There was a design intention to treat the first three devices as extensions of the ground and create spatial settings by landform. Although the site was way above the real ground, they appeared solid and anchored to the place. And those spatial settings created tangible relationship between the behavior of people such as sitting on or leaning against. .jpg?1515717383 "Axon") Axon The fourth spatial device, the Frame, was very different from the first three. It was constructed as a glass screen with metal frames in a grid pattern, and installed over the site from one edge to the other. From some view points, it appeared as a surface with strong indication of perspective due to the grid lines, and from the other view points it appeared as a delicate screen due to the transparency of the glass and the thinness of the metal frames. .jpg?1515717837 "© ZC Architectural Photography Studio") © ZC Architectural Photography Studio This Frame had multiple faces depending on how people perceive visually, and it created a dynamic relationship between the walking experience of people at the place. Whether it is through the body or visual perception, "the discovery of an environment" is the key design concept of this project. .jpg?1515717721 "© ZC Architectural Photography Studio") © ZC Architectural Photography Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mornington Beach Houses / Third Skin Posted: 14 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Robert Hamer Photography
 © Robert Hamer Photography Text description provided by the architects. This project on the Mornington foreshore creates two double storey houses on a lot facing Mills Beach and bordering the mouth of Tanti Creek. Situated near Melbourne in the Victorian town of Mornington, the brief to design two beach houses was primarily driven by the opportunity to create living spaces with extensive northern views over Port Phillip Bay, and both the opportunities and limitations of its creek side location. One house has been designed for our clients to live in, with the second house being offered for sale upon completion.  © Robert Hamer Photography The town planning process for the project has been long and arduous, with our desire to garage cars in under a new two storey building form not ending up to be possible due to potential flood levels. Once this constraint was confirmed through a number of authorities, it led us to the approach of grounding the building on a pier structure that highlights its unique creek-side location.  First Floor Plan The design seeks to use a palette of materials appropriate to its coastal location and surrounds, integrating an indigenous coastal landscape to create a building with sensitivity to its location. The design seeks to bring foreshore pier proportions and detailing across the road and contribute to the public realm in the way it interacts with the creek mouth.  © Robert Hamer Photography Western House The western, creek side house creates a depth of form in the northern facade, with windows and a sitting deck set within a surrounding eave form of faceted timber angling back into the building. The house is entered from a separate walkway from the street, with a front door under the shelter of the overhanging upper level. The lower level of the house provides a generous garage with storage, built in weatherboard construction as a non-conditioned area. Habitech wall panels insulate the garages from lower level entry/rumpus, two bedrooms, bathroom and laundry.  Ground Floor Plan The upper level of the house provides living areas centred on a protected inner courtyard deck, with living, dining, kitchen, study spaces opening onto it. The upper level also contains a powder room and main bedroom with dressing and ensuite facilities. The internal courtyard provides access to morning sun, wind sheltered outdoor space options, and can be opened up in in conjunction with northern windows and deck doors in fine weather to create a dynamic 'living platform' with views out over Port Phillip Bay.  © Robert Hamer Photography Eastern House The eastern house presents an open, transparent faceted eave form to the street, setback behind a large deck overlooking the water. The house is approached directly from the driveway crossing, which carries onto a decked walkway to the front door. The lower level of the house provides a double garage, entry, rumpus room, two bedrooms, bathroom and laundry. A timber-battened stairwell leads up to living, dining and kitchen areas connecting out to the northern deck, with a study niche being fitted into the top of the stair. The main bedroom, dressing and ensuite are then zoned to the south of the upper level, looking back up Tanti Creek.  © Robert Hamer Photography Material Used: Habitech Wall Panel System Habitech is an Australian modular design and building system that creates modern, super strong and highly insulated homes. Offering full design flexibility, Habitech homes are not only much faster to build, but offer a much more sustainable way for you to design and build your future in a low energy, high-performance home. Habitech has developed an innovative system of high-quality manufactured building components that are delivered to site in a flat-pack format. These then fit together to get a house to lock-up (weathertight and secure) in a matter of weeks, not months. Habitech's structurally integrated panels (SIPs) are fully load bearing, deliver R4.3 insulation and air-sealing that is guaranteed to work and, uniquely, delivers the full cladding of the building as part of the panel installation.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ekiraya School / Alejandro Uribe Cala Posted: 14 Mar 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Andres Valbuena
 © Andres Valbuena Text description provided by the architects. The Ekiraya Montessori school grew out of the confidence of a parent group in its educational system and today is growing at the time as children. The project is developed on three acres in La Calera, in very close to Bogota, with all the benefits of pure country air.  Axonometric This required a construction that does not lose the country character, who was friendly with the environment and with children, as well as being his safe haven. I opt for a lightweight construction system with wooden and metal structure that consists of a combination of frames braced with structural walls and roof.  © Andres Valbuena This construction uses not only as a finish, but in a way comprehensive, structural wood and taking advantage of all the qualities of this material. Montessori high school workshops are the second stage of the College. The building is located next to the workshops of the primary and continues the architectural, but with a different distribution of environments language. This time around a large central void with vegetation.  © Andres Valbuena In this building adolescents live and hijack the mode that feel like another home. The Montessori method requires spaces that contribute to education being propitious places for social coexistence, where the physical work to integrate practical and academic, is inspired by respect for nature, and will stimulate the interest of students in their final school stage.  © Andres Valbuena The project consists of 2 levels: the first, where are the dining room, kitchen and workshops of Arts and Sciences, the stands that articulate the two workshops and a study and meeting place. In the second there are 8 environments. 4 for each workshop, more two rooms that work, just for the students, as a study place,  Second Floor Plan Industrialized construction is somewhat novel in Colombia, mostly for educational infrastructure. In addition to their economic and aesthetic advantages it is friendly to the environment. In this school that already has 3600mts2 have been used 194 m3 of pine reforested as dominant building material, which means avoiding the emission of 43.8 tons of CO2 equivalent, and at the same time, was allowed to store 92.5 tons equivalent of CO2.  © Andres Valbuena Energy consumption is minimal as there is a passive temperature control and a magnificent natural lighting, also fixed the consumption of a high percentage of water required, storing and treating rain water.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| UNStudio Founder Launches Startup for Shaping Human-Focused Smart Cities Posted: 14 Mar 2018 07:14 AM PDT  Courtesy of UNStudio A bounty of technological innovations in the 21st century have led to the theorization and implementation of so-called "Smart Cities," urban environments driven by data, and designed for efficiency. Although most smart technology focuses on infrastructure, a new tech startup named UNSense has been launched with adopts a human-centric approach, focusing on health and wellbeing. Founded by Ben van Berkel, Principal Architect of Dutch firm UNStudio, and based in an Amsterdam innovation hub, UNSense aims to use technical interventions in the urban realm to improve people's physical, mental and social health. As an independent, sister company of UNStudio, UNSense will specialize in sensor-driven technology for user-focused architecture – a "software" approach offering a counterpoint to the "hardware" of UNStudio.  Courtesy of UNStudio
UNSense will explore sensor-based technologies across three levels: the city, the building, and indoor environments. Designed with human health at its core, these technologies can be used to relieve stress, create a feeling of safety, and optimize the surrounding environment for human comfort through lighting and ventilation.  CitySense. Image Courtesy of UNStudio Addressing the lack of resources in traditional architecture firms to develop new technologies, UNSense will operate independently of UNStudio, collaborating with data analysts, algorithmists, neuroscientists, and other specialized fields not available in general practice. Though independent from UNStudio, the founders of UNSense recognize its potential to "enable our studio to expand its architectural potential by incorporating technological innovation into our designs."  Solar Brick. Image Courtesy of UNStudio UNSense solutions are already moving from the laboratory to the city. "CitySense," a sensory infrastructure which collects data in order to implement positive personal experiences for people as they live and work, is currently running trials in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities. Meanwhile, "Solar Brick," a solar PV module with potential use on rooftops and entire façades, has the potential to transform the entire urban fabric of our cities into actual power plants. Within their new website, UNSense have launched a blog documenting their aims and ambitions, which can be found here. News via: UNSense  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Leonardo Finotti
 © Leonardo Finotti Text description provided by the architects. The rough, sturdy exterior of the stone contains and protects the preciousness in its interior. By closing itself to the street, the building conserves in its center what in it exists of most valuable, the void. The patio here plays the role of an articulation element and stage for everyday life. The existence of the central space as an event and nucleus of spatial organization is an incentive to the encounter of people and collective coexistence.  Perspective  © Leonardo Finotti Based on a government program that offers attractive financing conditions for low-income families (called Minha Casa Minha Vida), the project emerges with the premise of building with the minimum of financial resources, the maximum of architectural incentives for harmonious living among its residents. Therefore, the challenge was determined by the fundamental parameters of the project: to build eight apartments, with a suite and a bedroom with a hallway bathroom, summing approximately 70m2 with construction cost under 1,300 BRL (approximately 400 USD) per square meter.  © Leonardo Finotti  Ground floor plan  © Leonardo Finotti In this way, the project explores the volumetric quality of containing the empty space and defining the internal courtyard of the building, opposed to the preconceived occupation for this type of project, that usually has no interaction within itself or adjacent urban elements. The implantation of Vila Amelia around the void suggests the occupation of the collective space and places it as a central issue in the functional structure of the building.  Section A + B By elevating the courtyard to the condition of a programmatic articulator, the collective conforms the private so that they relate at various moments in the building. The rooms face areas of less traffic and permanence, while the social areas of the apartments face the internal patio, in which the presence of vegetation provides privacy to the units and quality of life to the residents.  © Leonardo Finotti As a way to reduce the expenses with construction work, the building was designed with an ideal structural modulation for the construction in reinforced concrete and prefabricated slabs. Steel structured walkways articulate the volumes with conventional brick masonry closings. The windows and doors have standard market dimensions and are arranged in different ways, composing the final appearance of the building. The slightly sloped rooftop stipulated by the inclination of the roof that covers the upper slab, allows greater sunlight for the patio and contributes to the composition of the facade of the building.  © Leonardo Finotti Vila Amelia proposes in a simple way a new practice in the way of life of its residents. The project results from a convergence between built and unbuilt spaces conditioning this way of life. The void supplements the building and acts as a catalyst for social situations.  © Leonardo Finotti  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaha Hadid Architects to Design Navi Mumbai International Airport Posted: 14 Mar 2018 05:10 AM PDT 2.jpg?1521040530 "An existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport terminal was designed by SOM. Image Courtesy of Robert Polidori") An existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport terminal was designed by SOM. Image Courtesy of Robert Polidori Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won an international competition for the design of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). A long-awaited infrastructural project for India's largest city, the scheme addresses capacity issues for the existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International (CSI) Airport, which features a terminal designed by Chicago-based SOM. ZHA's brief will encompass the design and execution of new NMIA terminal building, an Air Traffic Control Tower, and associated access. The airport will be situated across Mumbai Harbor, connected to the city by a planned rail link, and access to national rail networks. The terminal building, and accompanying runway, represents the first phase of a strategy which will see the construction of two runways, handling 80 flights per hour. The scheme is envisioned as a secondary facility to support the single-runway CSI Airport, which currently handles one departure per minute.
With total capacity projected at over 60 million passengers per year, NMIA symbolizes the rapid expansion of India's aviation sector, with the number of operational aircraft set to grow by more than 200% in the coming years.
Prime Minister Narenda Modi laid the foundation stone of the new airport in February 2018, with the project placed on a fast-track program for completion. The first flights are expected to take off by the end of 2019. News via: Zaha Hadid Architects.
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| Posted: 14 Mar 2018 04:00 AM PDT .jpg?1517311942 "© Anna Positano") © Anna Positano
.jpg?1517312151 "© Anna Positano") © Anna Positano Text description provided by the architects. The project consists in the renovation of a studio apartment in a Ligurian coastal town. The client's request was to reorganize the 35 square meters in order to divide the environment into living and sleeping areas. The nautical culture that characterizes this region in Italy was fundamental to the development of this project. The optimization of storage spaces inside sailboats and the minimum dimensions within these spaces were the inspiration for the development of the project.  Floor Plan An "equipped wall" crosses the interior of the apartment, containing several functions. It accompanies, like a path, the visitor from the entrance to the living area, the heart of the house. In the vestibule, the less deep wall houses a small technical room, as well as the primary storage space. You continue on with a small dressing room/wardrobe, where you can undress, leaving the day behind. This brings you to the living area onto which, as in a square, the sleeping area, structured on two levels, overlooks. .jpg?1517311687 "© Anna Positano") © Anna Positano The master bedroom is accessible through two large doors and its interior - conceived almost like the inside of a whale's ribcage - is wrapped by structural wooden ribs. This room, just like a cabin, contains the essentials; a king-size bed and minimal storage space. The final part of the wall, through a small portico, leads to the second night space, that one reaches through a steep staircase as if climbing up a mansard of a small fisherman's house. The small openings that give light to the room are designed as windows overlooking the living area.
The "equipped wall", made of okoumé (also known as marine plywood), is laminated in white and blue. And the continuity between hull and sky is interrupted by the waterline that leads the eye from the entrance of the entire apartment. The kitchen, located at the end of the walkway + waterline, is stretched slightly like a sail inflated by the wind.  Longitudinal Section  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| An In-Depth Look at the Le Corbusier-Designed Barge Which Sank Last Month Posted: 14 Mar 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Image <a href='http://archipostalecarte.blogspot.com/2015/03/le-corbusier-pour-les-hommes.html'>via Archipostale</a> This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "The Fascinating History of Le Corbusier's Lost Barge." This winter, France experienced some of the heaviest rains it has seen in 50 years. In Paris, the Seine flooded its banks, submerging parks, streets, and disrupting metro service. The deluge also claimed an architectural curiosity. On February 8th the Louise-Catherine, a concrete barge renovated by Le Corbusier, slipped below the murky waters of the Seine and came to rest on the bottom of the river by Quai D'Austerlitz on the east side of Paris. As the floodwaters receded, the 100-year-old barge's bow became stuck on the wharf, tipping it into the river, according to Le Parisien. Though firefighters were present and attempted to save the historic vessel, it filled with water and sank in a matter of minutes.
 Courtesy of Richard Pare/The Monacelli Press The Louise-Catherine began life in 1915, as a reinforced concrete barge named the Liège, which hauled coal from the port city of Rouen south to Paris during WWI. In 1929, the Salvation Army purchased the Liege and hired Le Corbusier (born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) to convert the vessel to a floating shelter for the homeless of Paris. According to New York University professor and Le Corbusier scholar Jean-Louis Cohen, the project was financed in part by the American sewing machine heiress Winnaretta Singer Polignac who was a major supporter of artistic and charitable projects in Paris. Another supporter of the project was Madeleine Zillhardt who had the barge named in honor of her lifelong companion, the painter Louise-Catherine Breslau. Around the same time, Le Corbusier was working on a public housing project for the Salvation Army, the Cité Refuge in Paris' 13th Arrondissement, which was also funded by Singer Polignac.  Courtesy of Richard Pare/The Monacelli Press Le Corbusier's fascination with ships went back to his childhood. Cohen writes in a forthcoming book, Le Corbusier: The Built Work (Monacelli, 2018), "So great was the young Jeanneret's fascination for ships and ocean liners that upon reading the texts of Adolf Loos in 1913, he declared that he wished to transpose 'the forthright expression of the ship builder into the home.'" In the case of the Louise-Catherine, Le Corbusier reconfigured the 70-meter-long barge to hold 148 beds, a dining room, a kitchen, quarters for a captain and a program director, as well as a small hanging garden. Supplementary sleeping spaces were added as well, allowing the Louise-Catherine to sleep nearly 200 at full capacity.  Courtesy of Richard Pare/The Monacelli Press Cohen writes that Le Corbusier's primary concern with the Louise-Catherine was to accommodate as many cots as possible within the limited confines of the barge. The space was punctuated by cement pillars and divided into three chambers. The spare interior was illuminated by one of Le Corbusier's signatures, a ribbon window running the length of the cabin. During the winter the Louise-Catherine served as a refuge for homeless individuals who often slept under the bridges that line the Seine. In the summer it traveled just outside of the city to serve as a summer camp for Parisian children. Due to safety concerns and leaks in the hull, the Louise-Catherine was taken out of service as a shelter in 1994. In 2008, the City of Paris formally recognized the barge as an historic monument.  Courtesy of Richard Pare/The Monacelli Press But nearly a century of neglect took its toll. Before it capsized, the Louise-Catherine was extremely spartan, the reinforced concrete unpainted inside and out, save for 84 concrete pillars repainted blue and scrawls of graffiti. The original bunks were removed to make way for planned exhibition space, revealing its original utilitarian purpose of transporting coal. From the dock, however, the clean geometry of the horizontal window peaked above the Quai D'Austerlitz and hinted at a piece of floating history. Before she sank, the Louise-Catherine was on the verge of receiving a facelift. The Louise-Catherine Association, a charitable group that acquired it from the Salvation Army in 2006, was in the process of restoring Le Corbusier's barge. Alice Kertekian, a member of the Association, told Le Figaro, that the association intends to salvage the vessel, but until floodwaters on the Seine recede further, divers are not able to assess the barge's condition.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Almost Invisible School / ABLM arquitectos Posted: 14 Mar 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Imagen Subliminal
 © Imagen Subliminal Text description provided by the architects. In the metropolitan area of the city of Salamanca, the municipality of Villares de la Reina stands out for its transformation during the last decades as it has one of the industrial estates of the city. The changes have partly disfigured the scale and transformed the material landscape conditions.  © Imagen Subliminal  Program Diagram  © Imagen Subliminal The almost invisible school proposes a reflection on the domestic scale of this kind of infrastructures, where the little ones must find spaces that they can catch, and places with which they can dream.  © Imagen Subliminal  Elevations  © Imagen Subliminal The accessible plan from the outside, is a large ceramic plinth made up of vertical pieces with seven colors made by Toni Cumella, which symbolize, at the same time, the singularity and the equality of each boy and each girl, collecting and enclosing the scale of the courtyards and play areas.  Detail The upper areas are coated with a StacbondR composite aluminum finished mirror panel. These surfaces fade reflecting the sky and also the perimeter trees making this second level, necessary in the program, disappears like a magic game, and the school infrastructure recovers more domestic scales.  © Imagen Subliminal  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| RDHA Wins The 2018 RAIC's Architecture Firm Award Posted: 14 Mar 2018 01:00 AM PDT .jpg?1520519551 "Courtesy of Tom Arban") Courtesy of Tom Arban Toronto based architecture studio, Rounthwaite Dick and Hadley Architects (RDHA) have been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Firm Award. The annual award recognizes firms that demonstrate architectural excellence and design for a better quality of life by addressing the important issues in society. This year's winner, RDHA, is one of Canada's oldest practices, established in 1919, that has recently undergone a successful renewal to produce the highest caliber of architecture.  Courtesy of Tom Arban "There is a remarkable consistency throughout the last 10 to 15 years of work by a younger generation of designers that have taken over the firm and kept the lineage and re-established themselves as a leading designing firm in Toronto," said the five-member selection jury. "For the successors to rebuild the firm and reputation and deliver a fresh portfolio of completed projects, is exceptionally difficult," the jury said, noting that many firms in Canada are currently in transition, some bought out or consolidated." For the last 100 years, project management and technical experience has been central to RDHA's ethos. In 2005, the studio decided to change their creative design process and office structure to place importance on young talent and encouraging staff to be involved in out of work activities that include volunteering, academic, and professional pursuits. The jury also commended them on their ability to turn even the most ordinary projects into delightful and visually interesting architecture despite restricted budgets. The award will be presented at the RAIC/AANB Festival of Architecture which takes place in Saint John, NB from May 30 to June 2. .jpg?1520519526 "Courtesy of Tom Arban") Courtesy of Tom Arban  Courtesy of Tom Arban News Via: RAIC.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Amanda Levete Architects Unveil Oxford University Addition Posted: 13 Mar 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of AL_A Architects London-based AL_A, spearheaded by Amanda Levete, have revealed their design for two new buildings at the Wadham College site of the historic Oxford University in England. The Dr. Lee Shau Kee Building and William Doo Undergraduate Centre will provide much-needed space for undergraduate services to support the University's access programs as well as new gathering places for the student body. The firm has been developing the expansion since securing the project after an invited design competition in the summer of 2016.  Courtesy of AL_A Architects Though connected, each addition will function as a distinct beacon at the core of the campus. The Dr. Lee Shau Kee Building will house the Wadham College's access and outreach programs, offering spaces for hosting schools. The building will also feature student accommodations, a music room, and public lecture space. Intended to be the "heart of the student community," the William Doo Undergraduate Centre will include social spaces, study areas, common rooms, an e-hub and cafe. These spaces are designed to become a "nexus of College life" where students can "mix, talk, relax and eat together," according to the architects.
 Courtesy of AL_A Architects Each building is unique, though woven together by an internal vibrant orange feature stair. The transparent and etched facade of the William Doo Undergraduate Centre contrasts with the graphic two-dimensional pattern of the Dr. Lee Shau Kee Building inspired by the College's Chapel. AL_A's addition will be further connected to existing campus infrastructure by a remodeled exterior stair.  Courtesy of AL_A Architects As the first dedicated access facility on the Wadham site, both structures will replace the existing Goddard Building that opened in 1951. Construction is scheduled to begin July of this year and finish in August 2020. News via: AL_A.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nursing and Retirement Home Bellinzona / Studio Gaggini + Nicola Probst Architetti Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Alexandre Zveiger
 © Alexandre Zveiger Text description provided by the architects. The new building is located at the intersection of two neighborhood streets and forms the corner of a new urban block. The compact volume allows the definition of a central free space, a new resident and public park that links and enhances the various elements: the new nursing home, an existing villa, an annex, a small church.  © Alexandre Zveiger  Ground Floor Plan  © Alexandre Zveiger The hilly landscape of the terrain has allowed dividing the road section where the main entrance is, and the park level, where all the common functions are grouped together. The parking lot was treated as a tree-lined space. The building typology is compact, with a central core. In the latter, there are elevators, stairwells, and the service rooms for staff use.  © Alexandre Zveiger From the main entrance, through an entrance hall, you access directly to the upper floor, where you can find most of the common functions including physiotherapy, ergotherapy, dining, living room and bar. Here a glass facade puts the park in close relationship with the interior spaces, while a porch provides a protected area and mediates the relationship between interior and exterior. On the top three floors, there are 76 single rooms, each with service and shower, living room, dining room, service rooms and various medical facilities.  © Alexandre Zveiger  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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