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- DOCK / Ramūnas Manikas
- Art Prison: Call for Entries
- 15 Clerkenwell Close / GROUPWORK + Amin Taha Architects
- ‘De poort van Borne’ Healthcare Center / Reitsema & partners architecten
- The British School / Morphogenesis
- Datong Museum / China Architecture Design Group Land-based Rationalism D.R.C
- Liverpool Toluca / SPRINGALL+LIRA
- Tongji University Affiliate Elementary School / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
- Crosstown Concourse / Looney Ricks Kiss
- Julianna Fraccaro Store / Arquitetura Nacional
- Adjaye Associates Among Team of Designers To Create Strategy for Grenfell Estate
- Résidence Courcelette / NatureHumaine
- MVRDV Releases Alternative Proposal for Taoyuan Museum of Art
- Goodsten / Hitzig Militello Arquitectos
- 5 Tech Innovations to Help Manage Project Data and Create New Ways of Designing
- Shotgun House / Alejandro Soffia
- Landscape Representation: The Role of Architectural Plans in Parks and Public Spaces
- Four Finalists Announced for Harvard's 2018 Wheelwright Prize
| Posted: 20 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Ramūnas Manikas
 © Ramūnas Manikas „Dock" is a burger restaurant in Klaipeda. The customers had always known they would like to open a catering establishment of industrial interior design. Together with clients, the name of the place was chosen, which gave various possibilities to reflect it in the interior. The standard and already cliche attributes of the maritime theme were immediately abandoned. Instead, attributes of a ship repair yard (a dock) and a modern port were used. Thus, a blue facade finish of a sea container imitation was added to the interior. Custom-tailored bar lamp shades, analogous to industrial scissor lamps, metallic glazed partition between a kitchen and a visitors' hall, table legs and shelving elements found their niche here. Even the brewery pipe look draft tower was made, because suppliers could not provide the size the restaurant needed. The walls are finished with glazed tiles and partially left plastered, the floors – with commercial concrete. This gives an impression of space, similar to seaport storage facilities. Wooden tabletops and bar tops, which are imitating aged and stained surfaces, make the interior warm. The space is enlivened and vivified by a chair mix and their brown leather colour, ships' name-reminding inner labels, and green indoor plants. The design of the logo, exterior and interior signage was also created for this site.  © Ramūnas Manikas  Floor Plan  © Ramūnas Manikas  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT  YAC – Young Architects Competitions – and the Municipality of Favignana, in cooperation with the Italian Government, launch "Art Prison", an architectural competition to refurbish a breathtaking fortress on a scattered island in southern Sicily. A cash prize of € 20,000 will be awarded to the winners selected by an internationally-renowned featuring Daniel Libeskind (Studio Libeskind), Manuel Aires Mateus (Aires Mateus), Felix Perasso (Snøhetta), João Luís Carrilho da Graça (Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos). Solitude has always been highly fascinating for human beings. Hermitages, fortresses, shelters. Since the dawn of time, human beings have been looking for a solitary condition, avoiding their counterparts as if they wanted to rediscover a feeling of purity, reconciliation with their self and union with nature. The fortress of Santa Caterina stands over the peak of Favignana, an isle set at the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. It appears as a real jewel of solitude. It is a place imbued with an imposing and moving beauty. In such place, the embrace of nature is so intimate that creates the sweet and yearned for oblivion that fills the heart of those who had the bravery to leave civilization to listen to silence. For more than a century, the fortress has been an abandoned prison. From the peak of the promontory, it solitary witnesses the continuous rise and setting of the sun in the crystal waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The latter has always been vigilant on the events of the island. Over time, the industrious fishermen village has become a booming destination for international tourism. In the wake of such transformations, Yac launches Art Prison. This is a competition in collaboration with the Municipality of Favignana aiming at making the most of a remarkable context in order to transform Santa Caterina Fortress into one of the most suggestive centers of contemporary art of the Mediterranean. It will have to be a sublime place of encounter, culture and creative research where artists will have the opportunity to relax and enjoy in an untouched place. The latter will be the perfect context to inspire artists' imagination and make them express the real essence of their inner self. How to transform an ancient prison into a treasure chest containing works of art and the creative action of internationally renowned artists and intellectuals? How to transform an ancient fishermen isle into an open-air contemporary art museum? This is the fascinating challenge of Art Prison. This competition invites designers to get involved with the lure of solitude. By doing so, they will create a mystic architecture able to whisper to the heart of visitors. The isle will become a "sacred" place, a shelter for artists, creative talents and curious people who wish to stay to mentally and spiritually regain their forces. They will have the chance to enjoy the most amazing artistic innovations, brushed by the monumental and eternal fascination of an ancient fortress and a Mediterranean isle. Jury:
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| 15 Clerkenwell Close / GROUPWORK + Amin Taha Architects Posted: 20 Mar 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Timothy Soar
 © Timothy Soar Text description provided by the architects. The brief began with a requirement for a loose fit building able to accommodate apartments and offices/studios across column free floors. Enough time was available to investigate context and a number of possible solutions for a replacement building that would sit within the all but vanished boundaries of an C11th limestone Norman abbey. One able to integrate, extract and perhaps make new a broader and better sense of context than that now dominated by late C20th pastiche.  © Timothy Soar Originally built by Baron Jordan Briset, the abbey was expanded and remodelled until its C16th dissolution precipitated a gradual erosion through subdivision and conversion into grand houses for the newly protestant barons. Oliver Cromwell replacing them with a new home on the Close before the restoration saw yet further subdivision into smaller rented properties that by the C19th briefly housed Marx and Lenin. Lastly and ignominiously a furniture sales room occupied the then still intact abbey kitchens and dining hall before fire and the 1970's left only a few stones and the road layout as a memory of the abbey enclave.  © Timothy Soar As the Normans discovered and introduced to this country, limestone, when kept freshly wet from the quarry remains soft enough to more easily carve before calcifying for strong fortifications, initially helpful in successfully establishing conquests before being employed for religious and buildings of state. For arguably better weathering, fire and structural integrity that knowledge and skill of combining material and structure to help drive and give form to the architecture has somewhat been lost with the ubiquitous layering of cladding over frame.  © Timothy Soar  Details  © Timothy Soar Using quarry found finishes, part carved and abandoned stone columns, revealed cloisters and mosaic floors 15 Clerkenwell Close at first alludes to a local archaeology, but also raises questions on our architectural heritage and its responsibility within a broader culture. Reminding us the literacy of the built environment is based on understanding and disseminating through building the poetic possibilities inherent within the structural and aesthetic qualities of all materials available that make up the vocabulary of all architectural languages.  © Timothy Soar  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ‘De poort van Borne’ Healthcare Center / Reitsema & partners architecten Posted: 20 Mar 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Ronald Tilleman
 © Ronald Tilleman Text description provided by the architects. At the end of 2017, 20 health and wellness practitioners began offering services in De Poort van Borne. The new centre occupies the former St. Theresa's church in the village of Borne. "It's a unique workplace in a fantastic location," says physiotherapist Jacomine Blokvoort. "Clients really appreciate the preservation of the historical elements." Developer Erik Mijnhardt initiated the conversion. Reitsema & Partners Architects designed the project, which was managed by Key2 Bouwmanagement.  © Ronald Tilleman A social, public function The diocese sold St. Theresa's, which dates from 1935, to Mijnhardt two years ago. Both parties wished to restore the church's social, public function to allow it to remain valuable for the village. The conversion has achieved this goal. The former church now houses 20 different health and wellness service providers, from GPs to speech therapists, psychologists to massage therapists. "It's immensely valuable for Borne that the church has taken on this marvellous new role so quickly," Mijnhardt says.  © Ronald Tilleman Preserving the building's spatial character Other churches have been repurposed as health and wellness centres. To gain inspiration, the construction team visited similar projects. "Many health and wellness centres bear little or no trace of the former church – the new construction dominates. In this conversion, we specifically worked to preserve the existing spatial character," explains Theo Reitsema of Reitsema & Partners Architects. The church's last architect was W.A.M. te Riele. He designed the original building in neo-Gothic style, with fine brickwork, ribbed vaults and prominent windows.  © Ronald Tilleman The feel of a church In the centre of the church is an inner court, complemented by a multifunctional platform on the first floor. The practices are spread over three storeys surrounding the open area, which serves as a transitional space between the interior and exterior. Visitors can wait for their appointments by the old baptismal font or pick up a prescription at the pharmacy. The building's past as a church is most palpable in the central court, above which the brick vaults have been left free of insulation. The absence of heating and air conditioning in the spacious court saves a substantial amount of energy.  Section Lightweight reinforced polystyrene walls The new practitioners' offices, on the other hand, have been insulated to a high standard. They are built of lightweight reinforced polystyrene walls covered with sprayed concrete. Though this system has been used for 35 years in many parts of the world, it is relatively new in the Netherlands. "The client and the project manager suggested this building system, which was unfamiliar to us," Reitsema says. "It turned out to be ideal for the conversion. The polystyrene walls can be manufactured to any dimensions, which means they could even be fitted to ornamental details. This system has enabled us to realise the architecture we had in mind."  © Ronald Tilleman High-quality details The new interior facades surrounding the court harmonise with the church's existing spatial rhythm. Plastered entirely in white, they do not distract the eye from the original architecture. The result is a peaceful visual effect with a timeless character. This is enhanced by a screed floor and light brass-coloured window frames. Mijnhard says, "We deliberately opted for a high-quality finish in the choice of materials as well as the detailing. It does justice to the original architecture and also to the church's new function."  Section No general contractor The conversion took place over two years, without a general contractor. All suppliers and subcontractors worked directly for the client. This meant the construction team was able to influence certain decisions even at later stages. "The repurposing was a complex project, so good communication between the various parties was essential," says Cor Engberink of Key2 Bouwmanagement. "The short lines of communication enabled us to achieve the quality we wanted." The result is a dazzling conversion full of inventive solutions that not only preserve but enhance the building's monumental elegance.  © Ronald Tilleman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The British School / Morphogenesis Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Randhir Singh
 © Randhir Singh Text description provided by the architects. Morphogenesis' design vision for The British School, New Delhi, found inspiration in the school's tagline – 'An International education with an Indian soul'. With this project, Morphogenesis set out to provide a strong cultural context to the international format of education this institution provides. Located centrally in Delhi, space itself was a constraint. Its population of 650 students was to be doubled to 1300.The principal challenge was to construct the new building on the existing site without disrupting the existing school that would become redundant eventually. The only constructible space available enveloped the existing premises, presenting construction, phasing and health and safety challenges.  © Randhir Singh A strategic approach to phasing was adopted in the form of Phase I comprising of a perimeter block to transfer and accommodate existing operations. Phase II, being built on the vacated footprint of the old school, houses additional classrooms, laboratories, sports facilities, art wing and a Performing Arts Centre. The unusually diverse student population with over 55 nationalities led Morphogenesis to evolve a socio-culturally inclusive process of detailing the brief. A series of workshops with various stakeholders such as academicians and student class representatives, 3 to 18 years of age, was set up. This approach acknowledged diversity and aimed to create an environment that would foster social cohesion. .jpg?1521513862 "Design Process and Morphology Diagram") Design Process and Morphology Diagram One amongst many interesting outcomes of this collaboration was the notion of semi-enclosed breakout spaces that are liberally scattered around the school and are constantly being transformed in the way they are occupied. This was a response to the multicultural personality of the school and its strong social agenda, whereby a number of lateral activities take place in a typical school day. These breakout spaces have been consciously placed along transition areas, such that the activities they facilitate become an integral part of the student experience, enhancing their holistic socio-cultural awareness and demonstrating the school's outreach philosophy at the same time. The multi-functional nature of these spaces helped in optimizing the built-up space of this urban school.  © Randhir Singh Two key design strategies were deployed to optimize resources. One was to minimize reliance on mechanical systems. Morphogenesis advocated that 50% of the school be non-air-conditioned with traditional passive methods used to temper the environment and optimize energy consumption, creating an environmentally experiential learning environment. The second strategy was that of planning the school as a system of courtyards scaled such that majority of them are in shade throughout the year, thus making them effective not only as transition spaces but as extended learning environments. Internal courtyards, chajjas (deep overhangs) and verandahs provide opportunities for students to engage with the environment and nature. _-_final.jpg?1521514094 "Scheme") Scheme Taking inspiration from traditional chaupals (outdoor gathering spaces) in India, some congregation spaces are designed to sit in the shade of mature trees. Protecting old trees, creating bioswales, rain gardens and a visible rainwater harvesting system, consciously illustrate demonstrative sustainability. Care has been taken to protect all existing trees and the student community has played an active role in the transplantation process. The design of The British School in New Delhi enriches the learning experience of its highly diverse student population by providing a contextual richness to their passage through education in India.  © Randhir Singh  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Datong Museum / China Architecture Design Group Land-based Rationalism D.R.C Posted: 20 Mar 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Guangyuan Zhang
 © Guangyuan Zhang Text description provided by the architects. Datong museum, located in Yudong New Area in Datong, plays an important role in the construction of the Area. As a new administrative and cultural center in Datong, the Yudong New Area, situated in the east side of the ancient city which is across the river, takes an important role in the city axis.  © Guangyuan Zhang The museum is located in the core position of this area, where the music hall lies symmetrically along the north-south axis in the east, and where the large residential area is in planning in the west; to the south is the administrative center, and to the north are the library and the art gallery. All the distinctive cultural buildings compose the new cultural center of the future urban design, therefore, the construction of the museum takes a first significant step in the future.  Facade Panelization  1F Plan The architectural design inherits the profound historical culture in Datong, while the architectural form draws inspiration from the long dragon totem culture. It coincides with the typical topographic features of volcanoes in Datong at the same time. Two grainy arc dimensions hovering around the vanity of the atrium, within a unified circling structure changing into several sections, introduced light and scenery for the internal exhibition area.  © Guangyuan Zhang  © Guangyuan Zhang While the internal exhibition space as the main part changed along with the nonlinear form, makes the viewer as if go into a deep cave, the powerful and strong architectural form directly exposed in the end. By further combining with the code of the tough words, we tried to make the building more powerful and meaningful.  © Guangyuan Zhang The three-dimensional surface of the architecture was covered by lap granite slabs, with the same stone material spreading to the circular pool wall as well. Tablets having a subtle color difference changed randomly from bottom to the top, and the effect of fluctuation of anchoring strengthened the construction site and the spirit of the whole local environment.  © Guangyuan Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Liverpool Toluca / SPRINGALL+LIRA Posted: 20 Mar 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca
 Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca Text description provided by the architects. The departmental chain Liverpool has commissioned different architects the facades of its recently opened stores. Each store is a personal interpretation. To us, they commissioned the façade of a round store in the corner of a shopping center.  Sketch 05  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca The project is in an industrial zone of large metal boxes on Paseo Tollocan, which connect Mexico City with Toluca, right at the entrance to the latter. It´s a place where the pedestrian scale doesn´t exist and the cars travel incessantly above 80 km/h. We thought that the best strategy was a very simple project that was understandable at a glance. We chose to regularize the curved shape of the volume and hide a series of steps and breaks of the building to achieve a simple and clear continuous figure.  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca The curvature offered the possibility of contrasting with the industry of the place. If it is angular, metallic and cold; the shop would be undulating, soft and warm. We use a resin material with wood fiber. The shape evokes a wavy basket from rotating in opposite directions the lid and the base of the cylinder, of 120 m in diameter by 25 m in height. The rotation creates a vortex whose walls in tension in the flattered parts (valleys) and relax in the furthest waves of the building (crest). We obtained a wave system, like those of the sea, which are then cut diagonally and placed on the cylinder of the building. The regular and ordered wave system would be easy to build.  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca The store shouldn´t have windows, so there are only two holes in the façade: the access door and a living terrace on the top floor. The door is a section of elliptical cone, a kind of aluminum cave, which gives dramatic depth to the access, at the same time that dialogues with the curvature of the façade. For the terrace, we leave a large slot devoid of tablets that releases the views of the landscape.  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca A curved façade has the potential to be very dynamic, and a dynamic façade would establish a dialogue with the road. To reinforce it, we leave a series of horizontal slots illuminated and stratified at different levels. Each level has a different size and rhythm. We think that this way, the slots not only evoke the lines of the road, but also the lights of cars at different speeds.  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca  Sketch 03  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca We tried to make the construction system very simple, to reduce the possibility of execution errors, and to comply with the cost limit of USD 300 per square meter. The solution was to build on curved vertical frames with two opposing spokes and develop three-dimensional adjustable connectors that would ensure the verticality of the tablets.  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca The lighting of changing colors that placed Liverpool produces an interesting effect when the façade is painted blue and contrasts with the white light slots. It evokes a road in rainy night.  Courtesy of Liverpool Galerías Toluca  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tongji University Affiliate Elementary School / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects Posted: 20 Mar 2018 12:00 PM PDT  Stepped turf and landscape. Image © CreatAR Images
 Stepped turf and landscape. Image © Hao Chen Text description provided by the architects. Located in Anting new town of Shanghai's Jiading district, Tongji University Experimental Elementary School project consists of teaching buildings, an administration building, a canteen, a gym, and elevated passages. Following the context of the original site, classrooms, offices and a sports space are connected in series through courtyards of different scales and different kinds of enclosures according to functional demands. The design of the architectural ensemble as well as its buffer spaces are well integrated into the townscape.  Aerial. Image © Hao Chen  Landscape strategy  Stepped turf and landscape. Image © Hao Chen New town setting and South Yangtze River context  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen The cascading terraces next to the playground is evolved from the initial concept of "slope" to "steps" with grassy "tread" and concrete "riser". In this case, slope is retained while the program of a grandstand is satisfied. In other words, landscape is used as infrastructure.  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen Situated on the boundary of Shanghai and Jiangsu, local traditional South Yangtze River canal town regionalism inspired architect to play with the courtyard house footprint. Set-back of architectural volumes, flowing of artificial topography, as well as undulating heights, such Nature-inspired twists unfold an urban panorama dotted with children playing at playground, stepped turf, terraces and south-facing corridors after class.  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen Multiple spacial sequences and themed courtyards  Passages and courtyards. Image © CreatAR Images Establishing multiple sequences of spaces helps to encourage children to explore in different surroundings. Upon entering the campus, visitors go first through the corridor that connects the whole campus, then three polygonal courtyards one after another. The semi-opened passage has double circulation levels, and it is also an important space for after-class activities. There are three themed courtyards in the teaching area: humanities, science & technology and art. And three groups of labs and studios with relatively low spacing and sunshine requirements are placed around the courtyards on first floor. Canteen and administration building each has a courtyard bringing skylight in.  Teaching building. Image © CreatAR Images  Different courtyards  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen On the second floor of teaching zone, the elevated passage is expanded to a terrace with rerubberized play zones, which enables children on 3rd and 4th floor to play on the second floor. These play zones are right above the studios and labs on the first floor and the air vents of those special classrooms are covered with children's stools. The terrace extends to the stepped turf and then the playground on the east.  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen Outdoor paths are paved with traditional grey bricks, and different geometric motifs are chosen for different characteristics of spaces. Straight line elements are applied in the themed courtyards with stepping stone extended from the edge of the corridor while more curved paths on the periphery green area. The fire lane on the northside of the teaching building is also brick-paved, like a vine stretching itself from the bough. Different types of trees are planted around the entrance plaza and courtyards, bringing different spatial memory of four seasons to teachers and students.  First floor plan Architectural design and details  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen Three teaching buildings are in long and bended shape. Their typical floor consists of four classrooms grouped in two and two. The bending parts of the buildings are opened to the south and connected to the semi-opened corridors, which not only expands the corridor spaces but also directs the sight to the north. The staircases on the east also provide varied experience: they merge into the courtyards at the first floor level; when on the 2nd floor terrace, sightviews open widely; stepping onto 3rd or 4th floor, one would sense half enclosure by concrete brick lattice walls.  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen  Teaching zone first floor plan  Teaching building. Image © Hao Chen The south wall of the classroom is 600mm in width, thus seating is integrated at the height of 300mm and 600mm. Air conditioners are hidden behind the aluminum grid in the north elevation. In order to balance the composition and supplement indoor day lighting, glass bricks are used on its symmetrical side.  Teaching building. Image © CreatAR Images Music classroom & Moral education gallery  Music classroom. Image © Hao Chen Canteen  Canteen. Image © CreatAR Images Administration building  Administration building & gym. Image © Hao Chen  Administration building & gym. Image © Hao Chen Gym  Administration building & gym. Image © Hao Chen The perforated metal sunshades under the skylight is low-tech but effectively integrates structure, pipeline, lighting and curtain wall structure. Serving the largest space on campus, the skylight functions as draft hood while provides natural lighting. Such passive energy-saving measures makes the gym one of the most user-friendly, comfortable and popular places on campus.  Administration building & gym. Image © Hao Chen Dual experiment  Teaching building. Image © CreatAR Images  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Crosstown Concourse / Looney Ricks Kiss Posted: 20 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Nicholas McGinn
 © Jamie Harmon Text description provided by the architects. Crosstown Concourse is the metamorphosis of urban blight into a vibrant community. It is the rebirth of not just a building, but an entire neighborhood. Though initially conceived as a home for a small start-up arts organization, with plans to organically revive the structure over decades, the project evolved into a 1.3- million-square-foot "vertical urban village." Rooted in historical context and flourishing on the ideals of common purpose, social transformation, and inclusivity, the building has achieved full occupancy in less than one year.  © Aerial Innovations  Site Plan  © Chad Mellon Constructed as a Sears Distribution Center in 1927, the building grew into a major economic engine. However, by 1983 it sat abandoned, indicative of the modern trend of disposability and urban disinvestment. Through a meticulous and collaborative design process, the redevelopment has rekindled the building, as well as reinstated a sense of civic pride. The blend of retail, restaurants, fitness, health, educational and professional spaces, in addition to market-rate housing, works in unison to create a new community paradigm.  © Nicholas McGinn  Perspective  © Chad Mellon A series of cost conscious architectural extractions and insertions have produced a vibrant new community that encourages discovery. Infused with the spirit of the building's historic distribution system, seven new atria and their corresponding street-like corridors, transport natural light into public spaces. These reimagined spaces inspire participation and collaboration, catalyzing a community movement that challenges possibility.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Julianna Fraccaro Store / Arquitetura Nacional Posted: 20 Mar 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Marcelo Donadussi
 © Marcelo Donadussi Text description provided by the architects. This fashion store was a challenge for the office due to not only the deadline but also the small size: it occupies the smallest commercial room of a new gallery located in the Moinhos de Vento neighborhood in Porto Alegre. With 8m², it stands out for the care with the details and was developed between the presentation of the first idea and the delivery in just one month.  Diagram 3D Having in mind these two limitations, area and time, the project was conceived from the outset with a very strong concept: the area of showcase, support and dressing room were separated through few elements and materials – which were defined after the first conversation with the customer who would like to widely use the main color of the logo in the physical store. Thus, were defined the stamped suede fabric for the walls and curtains, the lacquer cabinetry and floor tiles that follow the layout of the external gallery floor, continuing the promenade and inviting users to enter the store.  © Marcelo Donadussi
The exhibitors' area was organized through a custom rod brass with an organic format and small reentrances every 10cm. The hangers were also designed especially for this project. They have longer rods which perfectly fits into the hollows and allows it to be set at a height higher than the standard, allowing both the customers and the staff to pass under it to access the support cabinet and the dresser. The main dressing room is composed of a folded brass sheet in semicircle shape, resting on a solid wooden base, which exposes the most important pieces of the collection and completes the exhibition area.
The support area concentrates all the infrastructure of the store, such as the cashier, refrigerator, coffee maker, as well as inventory and dressing room. All of these elements are organized in a large panel of woodworking, which reinforces the simple and contemporary language of the project. Moreover, the showcase is delimited by a curtain that extends from the front of the store to the rear panel, serving both as a coating and as closure of the dressing room. Finally, the lighting was a fundamental premise of the project: through a special backlit canvas, it accompanies the organic design of the liner and provides plenty, diffused and homogeneous illumination for all the pieces of the store.  © Marcelo Donadussi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Adjaye Associates Among Team of Designers To Create Strategy for Grenfell Estate Posted: 20 Mar 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Grenfell Tower was destroyed by fire in 2017. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulhird/35374233943'>Flickr user paulhird</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a> Adjaye Associates is among a team of high-profile architects tasked with generating ideas for the overhaul of Lancaster West Estate, an area of London containing the ruined Grenfell Tower, tragically destroyed by fire in 2017. The team, comprising Adjaye Associates, Cullinan Studio, Levitt Bernstein, Maccreanor Lavington, Murray John Architects and Penoyre & Prasad, will work with the local community for the housing estate's refurbishment to produce "resident-led" ideas for the area.  Lancaster West Estate. Image © <a href='https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/419407'>Ggeograph user Danny P Robinson</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a> As well as coordinating with the Lancaster West Residents' Association, the design team will work with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and central government. According to The Architects' Journal, both local and central government have committed £15 million each to the refurbishment of the 1960s estate, promising "a model estate where the community can be proud to live." The ideas team will focus on clusters of apartments to the immediate north and south of Grenfell Tower. The tower site itself will not be included, in anticipation that it will host a memorial to the tragic fire. As part of the process, the Lancaster West Residents' Association has published a website outlining the aims and obligations for the design agenda. A landscaping strategy for the area thus far includes enhanced gateways to estates, pedestrianized, bike-friendly streets, and improved play spaces. Demolition of existing homes has been ruled out, as has a rent-rise above the average rate for the surrounding Borough. Ideas generated in response to residents' concerns include enhancing level access to apartments, improved ventilation and insulation, and the additions of balconies to top floor apartments. Work is expected to begin on-site in the summer of 2019, although no appointments have been made on a team to fulfill the design brief. News via: The Architects' Journal and Lancaster West Residents' Association
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| Résidence Courcelette / NatureHumaine Posted: 20 Mar 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Adrien Williams
 © Adrien Williams Text description provided by the architects. The first step for this detached house from the late 1940s was to open the rear facade onto the garden with a 24-foot (7.4 m) sliding bay window. By taking away the intermediary support element, this intervention removes the barriers to the outdoor terrace.  © Adrien Williams A metal trellis awning framing the wide opening filters heat from the sun into the kitchen and dining room, which are brought together in one space and open onto the garden.  © Adrien Williams  1st Floor Plan  © Adrien Williams The transformation of this house opens it up, revitalizes the relationship between the spaces and creates a visual link between each one. A perforated mobile steel wall modulates the level of privacy between the living room and the two-storey-tall family room. By playing with the existing floors and creating new spaces, the concept transforms the perception of the dimensions of the house.  © Adrien Williams A 2.8 m by 5 m living wall suspended above the family room is the key feature of the indoor environment. Upstairs, this green presence can be enjoyed from the open-plan office. Every element of this project underlying the owners' passion for detail.  © Adrien Williams  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MVRDV Releases Alternative Proposal for Taoyuan Museum of Art Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of MVRDV + JJP MVRDV has released details of their alternative design for the Taoyuan Museum of Art, an entry for an international competition ultimately won by Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop. The MVRDV scheme, developed in collaboration with JJP Architects and Planners, seeks to become a nature-centered cultural destination, transforming the area into a "cherry room for the city." Throughout the design process, MVRDV drew inspiration from the natural world, recognizing the potential for public spaces in the rapidly-expanding Taoyuan City to blur the boundaries between the built and natural environment.  Courtesy of MVRDV + JJP  Courtesy of MVRDV + JJP As part of the proposal, an existing river to the south of the site is enhanced with a "green edge" featuring paths and reed planting. The existing park forming the site is turned into a "true jungle" with the museum's facades hosting flowers and plants, while water features offer cooling during hot summer months.  Courtesy of MVRDV + JJP In order to avoid hampering connections between the museum and the adjacent Blue Pond Park, a series of human-scale buildings are proposed, circular in form to avoid hard edges. Described by MVRDV as "petal-like volumes," the forms create connections and shadows through a series of overhangs and shading. A pinkish aluminum façade enhances a sense of vibrancy and color, while roof terraces with cherry trees add to the green qualities of the buildings and park.  Courtesy of MVRDV + JJP The MVRDV and JJP submission received third place in the international competition for the museum's design. The winning proposal by Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop can be viewed here. News via: MVRDV
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| Goodsten / Hitzig Militello Arquitectos Posted: 20 Mar 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Federico Kulekdjian
 © Federico Kulekdjian Text description provided by the architects. GOODSTEN isn´t just a creamery. It is born from an experience of oneiric landscapes, as if it where form another world, with a completely different logic. Unknown and fantastic lands made us think of precious stones. Their faceted surfaces inspired us to create a construction system. Those rocks, which blind us with their glows and crystal-like textures, are diamonds from another world.  © Federico Kulekdjian The allegory of the precious stone had an impact on creative decisions, both in design and construction aspects, branding decisions, and even on the making of the desserts, which are prepared on granite slabs with temperatures below zero.  Section A We transformed this idea into a construction system, through a material which allowed us to mold these faceted figures, without falling into the literalness of stony materials. We wanted to express a homogeneity through one continuous surface of elements which set up a diamond-like shell, made possible by means of the repetition of treated metallic tiles.  © Federico Kulekdjian The proposal is expressive and synthetic, in a way that it suggests an intriguing formalism from its silent and mono material condition. The construction of a double height annex, which grants the true spatiality to the creamery, is attached to the original house so that both coexist in a respectful and harmonic way. The new diamond-like structure dialogues morphologically with the pitched roofs of a 20th century chalet.  © Federico Kulekdjian The site of the annex incorporates two mansards in the inside and a third one on the outside, which respond to the requirements of the ventilating and lighting municipal codes. Because of this, the roof considerably modifies its shape allowing the needed lighting and fresh air to enter. As a result, we found ourselves with a very plastic roof, geometrically speaking. At ground level we built a concrete piece, which works as a basement over which the roof rests, becoming one similar morphological configuration.  © Federico Kulekdjian We created a compositional system of triangles and faceted surfaces which can be seen in various elements particularly designed. From the openings in the building in the production zone, to the annex roof allowing the light to be sifted. The same geometry, also makes up the metallic structure of the general lighting system, as well as the design of the exterior floorings, made from precast concrete. It all comes together to the same compositional criteria.  Section C + E The general interior idea is determined by essentials from the aesthetic Nordic imaginary, as are the skin and leather tapestry, walls coated in natural wood and light-colored granites. All of these noble materials are used in a monochromatic way, so that a perfect integration of the oneiric and fantastic world and the compositional system created is generated with no greater difficulty.  © Federico Kulekdjian The client´s requirements have been very rigorous. The surface destined to the production area covers almost 50% of the buildings total surface, divided in two levels and with two double circulations as to ensure the clearly differentiated public and private areas.  © Federico Kulekdjian  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 5 Tech Innovations to Help Manage Project Data and Create New Ways of Designing Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:30 AM PDT  This article was originally published on Autodesk's Redshift publication under the title "5 Technology Innovations Can Help Your Architecture Practice Work Smarter." Before airplanes, it took mail carriers on horseback months to transport letters across the country. Before washing machines, it took a full day of physical exercise to wash and dry a family's laundry. And before cranes, it took decades—sometimes centuries—to build large structures such as castles and cathedrals. The point being: Whatever you do, technology probably gives you a better way to do it.
That's the prevailing wisdom at architecture firm Perkins+Will. While many design practices cling to old ways of working, Perkins+Will perpetually mines technology for innovations to make architecture easier, faster, and better. "Our mantra is, 'Why and how?'" says Nick Cameron, director of digital practice at Perkins+Will. As in: Why are we doing things this way? And: How can we do things better? Those questions have driven Perkins+Will to test and adopt many next-generation innovations during its 82-year history, the latest of which are: big data; virtual, mixed, and augmented reality; and generative and computational design. Learning from its experiments can help your firm take advantage of emerging opportunities and sweeten old practices with new thinking. 1. Big Data: Your Early Warning SystemAt any one time, Perkins+Will is managing more than 700 active projects, each of which can be mined for information to help architects work more effectively and efficiently. Making sure teams can find and extract that information was key to a recent big-data project, in which Perkins+Will devised a data-based means of determining risk, according to Cameron. He likens architecture projects to a week at the office where everything goes smoothly—until Friday afternoon, when the printer decides to malfunction. "We wanted a proactive approach so we could prioritize service earlier 'in the week,'" he says. "Kind of like an early warning system."  Courtesy of Perkins + Will Perkins+Will created an app that automatically combs Revit models for designated metrics—such as large file sizes, long synchronization times, and large numbers of simultaneous users—which can indicate teams in distress. Using a visual dashboard, managers can see in real time which projects need extra attention. See how Perkins+Will harvests and stores its project data. 2. Social VR: Learning From Multiplayer Gaming"The typical [VR] scenario is one person using VR and a room full of other people watching on a big screen," says Iffat Mai, firmwide development manager at Perkins+Will. But because seeing is different than experiencing, those watching the VR experience secondhand are disconnected from their colleague who's immersed in it. "Having project team members in the same space, looking at the same thing, is a lot more productive." When Mai began searching for a solution that plugged multiple users into the same VR model, she turned to an unlikely resource: video games. "My son is playing Call of Duty with his friends online every night," Mai says. "There are 20 people zooming around a building, and you're telling me we can't do the same thing in architecture?" You can: Perkins+Will built a "social-VR" solution based on multiplayer online games. To unite teams inside virtual workspaces, firms can replicate their workflow: Export a BIM model from Revit into a rendering solution such as 3ds Max, and then into a VR development platform such as Unity. Finally, use a multiplayer gaming plug-in such as photon VR to "network" your VR experience so it can be cloud-accessed by multiple users.  Courtesy of Perkins + Will VR is surprisingly simple to incorporate early on in most projects, adds Fei Xie, a designer at Perkins+Will's Boston architecture studio. "The reason is, the renderings do not take additional time to prepare the VR. Designers who don't have experience with it think, 'Oh, VR is something too fancy. Maybe we don't need that.'" But, Xie explains, scientists have a different perspective: "They would say, "Okay, if we have the model, we can just enter the code rendering. We will get the VR.' It's provided by the experience." Watch Perkins+Will demonstrate how to set up social VR using Revit, 3ds Max, Unity, and photon VR. 3. Mixed Reality: Ditch the Drawings for a HeadsetWhile VR is a great way to explore a space that hasn't yet been built, mixed reality (MR) is an ideal way to explore a space that has. "Mixed reality is literally mixing interactive virtual objects onto a physical area," says Michael Shyu, an architect in Perkins+Will's Boston office. In the past, he says, architects would visit jobsites with rolls of drawings, then attempt to reconcile them with the physical space. With MR, architects can ditch the drawings for a headset such as the Microsoft HoloLens to see a 3D model superimposed on the actual space. To test MR's potential, Perkins+Will created several BIM models for an empty space above its Boston office, which it imported to HoloLens from Revit using a video-game optimization strategy, like its social-VR team. The end product was an MR app that offered users an immersive tour of the empty space. Shyu says firms that experiment with HoloLens today will enjoy a competitive advantage tomorrow. "MR is going to be the future," he says. Read Perkins+Will's presentation and handout material about creating an MR experience.  Courtesy of Perkins + Will 4. Augmented Reality: Pocket Model Displays on Your SmartphoneTo achieve the same effect with exteriors that MR facilitates with interiors, consider augmented reality (AR), which uses mobile devices instead of headsets to superimpose virtual objects on physical spaces. Take Perkins+Will's augmented reality app, AX, which lets users explore 3D representations of designs as if they were physical models. Sitting in a conference room, for example, a client can look at her smartphone screen and see—as if it were sitting on the table in front of her—a miniature version of the Shanghai Natural History Museum. She can zoom in to see greater detail, or take a screenshot to share on social media. "It's basically a pocket model display," says designer Chance Heath of Perkins+Will's Design Studio. (Perkins+Will's growing portfolio of apps includes VX, a virtual-reality app that lets designers and clients to explore the firm's latest projects.) To leverage AR, use developer kits such as Apple's ARKit and Android's ARCore to easily exploit smartphones' AR capabilities. "What's great about [AR] is it can be readily deployed through a ubiquitous device," Shyu says. Read Perkins+Will's presentation and handout material about using AR in collaborative design. 5. Generative Design: Using AI for Greater FreedomTechnology isn't just giving architects new ways to experience designs; it's also offering new ways to create them, according to Perkins+Will—which is also experimenting with generative design. Also known as computational design, generative design uses artificial intelligence to create computer-generated design options. Architects define their design goals, parameters, and constraints; plug them into a computer that uses machine-learning algorithms to process them; then receive a menu of optimal design options for consideration. In 2016, Perkins+Will partnered with Autodesk—which recently unveiled a new Toronto office created using generative design—to develop Space Plan Generator (SPG), an experimental algorithm it used to design two floors of a hospital. Based on this experience, the firm has determined that generative design will be ideally suited to creating common spaces, like bathrooms. "To me, it's a device for bringing computational design into all of our projects because every project has toilet rooms," Cameron says. Investing R&D into generative design now will allow more time and design freedom later, Heath says. "The real value in generative design is giving us more time to do actual design. If we can automate the process of creating bathrooms, or eight-foot hallways everywhere we need them, then we can focus on what the architecture looks like and needs to be." From VR, AR, and MR to big data and generative design, the ultimate promise of next-gen tech, Perkins+Will concludes: More and better design, not less.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shotgun House / Alejandro Soffia Posted: 20 Mar 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Juan Durán Sierralta
 © Juan Durán Sierralta Text description provided by the architects. Architects make valuable efforts to improve the environment of our various activities. But splendid architecture happens in specific cases, therefore the benefits of good design are quantitatively low for the Society. Although these specific cases may be buildings that house many people or have a high qualitative impact on their environment, they do not really influence the growth of our built environment.  Van Gogh Photomontage 2 Prefabrication is presented in this context as a tool for the proliferation of the design virtues, integrated into a replicable constructive system. Therefore, it can be affirmed that the prefabricated systems can satisfactorily answer the massive demands of architecture from Society. CASALARGA is a house model designed with SIP panels (Structural insulated panel). These panels are prefabricated building components installed in the Chilean market and available through different suppliers throughout the country. Its technology is simple and arises in the US in the 1930s.  © Juan Durán Sierralta In Chile, they have been present since 1945, although they disappeared from the market till the 2000s. The panel is currently available around the world. According to its commercial acronym, the panel has the great virtue of combining structure and thermal insulation at the same time. They can also be arranged both horizontally and vertically. It can also be arranged obliquely so that the possibilities of spatial configuration are varied.  Courtesy of Alejandro Soffia  Sections  © Juan Durán Sierralta The prefabrication grade is medium, that is, it does not completely solve the needs of a building and the joints must be done in situ. However, it is very quick and easy to assemble. I have developed a series of 9 houses with this system, where I have tried different configurations of 'bays', to produce different spatial and/or volumetric results. To take advantage of the prefabricated systems, in this case, the different bays respond strictly to the multiplication of the module as it comes from the factory. In this way materials and processes are reduced, resulting in cost and time savings.  Structural System Section In CASALARGA the use of the panel was tested obliquely to adapt to the classic formal requirements associated with a gabled house. The house, that's for "massive" family, is defined on the width by a 4.88 m long panel, multiplied 33 times on the same axis for a total of 40 meters long. The base 'bay' optimizes the measures of the panels, and it's been modified according to the different programmatic requirements. CASALARGA is not only an extensive single-family home, but is thought of as a possible model to repeat massively, and thus collaborate in a quantitative and qualitative way to the quality of life of people.  © Juan Durán Sierralta  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Landscape Representation: The Role of Architectural Plans in Parks and Public Spaces Posted: 20 Mar 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Parque Zaryadye Plan / Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Image via Diller Scofidio + Renfro Frequently imperceptible to the inhabitant, the architectural plans of landscape designs are unquestionably the best tool for understanding certain relationships between elements and the strategic organization of the work. They are therefore an essential part of any good architecture project. The distribution and type of vegetation, topography levels, the relationships between the preexisting urban or natural context, the possible routes and incorporated activities, and the materiality and the dimensional precision required for its construction are some of the considerations that are usually reiterated in this type of representation. The result permits the communication of intentions in an organized way, while clearly exposing the concerns of the authors; for this reason, we invite you to review a series of different examples of architectural plans of public spaces that enables a comprehensive approach to the role of each project.  Parque Şışhane Plan/ SANALarc. Image via SANALarc + Development Banks of the Meurthe / Atelier Cite Architecture  Atelier Cite Architecture Plan. Image via Atelier Cite Architecture + Bologna Shoah Memorial / SET  Memorial Bologna Shoah Plan / SET. Image via SET + Piedra Tosca Park / RCR Arquitectes  Planta de Parque de Piedra Tosca / RCR Arquitectes. Image Cortesía de RCR Arquitectes + Music Park in Sevilla / Costa Fierros Arquitectos  The Park of Music Plan / Costa Fierros Arquitectos. Image via Costa Fierros Arquitectos + St Johannesplan & The Konsthall Square / White  St Johannesplan & La Plaza Konsthall Plan / White. Image via White  Plaza Urdanibia Plan / SCOB. Image via SCOB + Almazan Main Square / ch+qs arquitectos  Plaza Mayor de Almazán Plan / CH+QS arquitectos. Image via CH+QS arquitectos + Calafell Castle Arqueological Park / BQC Arquitectes .jpg?1519750738 "Calafell Castle Aqueological Park Plan / BQC Arquitectes. Image via BQC Arquitectes") Calafell Castle Aqueological Park Plan / BQC Arquitectes. Image via BQC Arquitectes + Squares In Puigcerdà / Pepe Gascón  Plazas de Puigcerdà Plan / Pepe Gascón. Image via Pepe Gascón + Plaza Huerto San Agustín / Jaramillo Van Sluys Arquitectura + Urbanismo  Plaza Huerto San Agustín Plan / Jaramillo Van Sluys Arquitectura + Urbanismo. Image via Jaramillo Van Sluys Arquitectura + Urbanismo + Plaza Santa Clara / Municipal District of Metropolitan Quito  Plaza Santa Clara Plan / Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. Image via Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito + Mercado del Born Square / Vora  Born Market area plan / Vora. Image via Vora + Plaza de Cisneros / Juan Manuel Peláez Freidel + Luís Fernando Peláez  Plaza de Cisneros Plan / Juan Manuel Peláez Freidel + Luís Fernando Peláez. Image via Juan Manuel Peláez Freidel + Luís Fernando Peláez + La Loma Del Calvario / Ariasrecalde  La Loma Del Calvario Plan / Ariasrecalde. Image via Ariasrecalde  Täby Torg Plan / Polyform. Image via Polyform  Planta de SEOULLO Skygarden / MVRDV. Image Cortesía de MVRDV + Children's Bicentennial Park / ELEMENTAL  Infancy Bicentennial Park Plan / ELEMENTAL. Image via ELEMENTAL  Promenade Plan / Enota. Image via Enota + Israels Plads Square / Sweco Architects + COBE  Plaza Israel Plads Plan / Sweco Architects + COBE. Image via Sweco Architects + COBE + España Library / Giancarlo Mazzanti  España Library Park Plan / Giancarlo Mazzanti. Image via Giancarlo Mazzanti + Praça das Artes / Brasil Arquitetura  Plaza de las Artes Plan / Brasil Arquitetura. Image via Brasil Arquitetura + Park ‘n’ Play / JAJA Architects  Park 'n' Play Plan / JAJA Architects. Image via JAJA Architects + Desert Plaza In Barakaldo / NO.MAD  Desert Plaza In Barakaldo Plan / NO.MAD. Image via NO.MAD  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Four Finalists Announced for Harvard's 2018 Wheelwright Prize Posted: 19 Mar 2018 11:00 PM PDT  © Felipe Gomes Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) has announced the four finalists for the 2018 Wheelwright Prize, a $100,000 travel research-based grant available to early-career architects worldwide. Selected from over 125 applications from nearly 40 countries worldwide, the four finalists are from Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. This year's jury includes 2014 Wheelwright Prize Winner Jose Ahedo, Edward Eigen, Frida Escobedo, K. Michael Hays, Mark Lee, Mohsen Mostafavi, and Michelle Wilkinson. A winner will be named in April. Read more about the four finalists below: Aude-Line Duliere: "Crafted Images: Material Flows, Techniques, and Reuses in Set Construction Design" Duliere holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard GSD and studied in Brussels at the Institut Superieur d'Architecture La Cambre and at Sint-Lucas (KU Leuven). She has worked as an architect and movie production designer assistant since 2003. Her academic interests build on the dual nature of her experience and explore the relation between architecture and cinema. She co-authored Once Upon a Time… Monsterpieces of the 2000s! (ORO Editions), presented at the Architectural Association and at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. She currently teaches perspective and architectural drawing at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels of La Cambre in Brussels and she has led studios as visiting professor at the KADK in Copenhagen and the AA Summer program. She served as a design critic for The Rotthier European Prize for Architecture and for student works at CASS Architecture, KU Leuven, and the AA in London. She is a registered architect, member of the British Film Design Guild, and a board member of the Brussels-based space 'La Loge' dedicated to contemporary art, architecture and theory. She worked at David Chipperfield Architects between 2010 and 2015 and at Rotor in Brussels, which focuses on material flows in the construction industry and facilitates the reuse of building materials in large-scale projects through so-called "deconstruction" and design projects. José Esparza Chong Cuy: "Pedagogy of the Self-Governed: Autogobierno and Other Forms of Alternative Learning" Esparza Chong Cuy is the Pamela Alper Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where he is currently organizing a large-scale Lina Bo Bardi retrospective in collaboration with the Museu de arte de São Paulo and the Museo Jumex in Mexico City. Previously, he was Associate Curator at the Museo Jumex, where, among other projects, he organized exhibitions with artist Pedro Reyes and architect Andrés Jaque. In 2013 he was co-curator of the Lisbon Architecture Triennial, titled Close, Closer. Between 2007 and 2012 he lived in New York and held positions at Storefront for Art and Architecture and Domus magazine. In 2010 he was a research fellow at the New Museum for Contemporary Art. Esparza Chong Cuy holds an M.S. in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Gustavo Utrabo: "From Extraction to Growth: A Concreteless Project" Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Utrabo received a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba – Brazil in 2010. In 2014, he also completed a specialization course in National History and Literature from UTFPR. In 2012, Gustavo co-founded Aleph Zero together with architect Pedro Duschenes. The office, currently based in São Paulo, operates in diverse fields such as research, cultural, residential and commercial architecture, urban initiatives and master plans. Each project is approached as a new opportunity to explore the ambiguity of limits for the creation of affecting atmospheres. Displacement, porosity, repetition, impossibility, nature and artificiality are some of the recurring concepts used to understand the problem at hand in a collaborative process involving architects, researchers, artists and technical consultants. Recently, the office was nominated to the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Architecture and to the 2018 International List of the RIBA's international Prize. In 2018 the project Children Village received ArchDaily's 2018 Building of the Year Award; the project will be displayed in Brazil's National Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale. Utrabo is also an assistant professor of architecture at Escola da Cidade in São Paulo – Brazil. Catty Dan Zhang: "60 mph: Architectural Mediums and Speed Tectonics" Catty Dan Zhang is currently an assistant professor of architecture at UNC Charlotte, where she teaches studios and courses that propel intellectual thinking while introducing comprehensive toolkits and emerging technologies. Her work spans across buildings, installations, artifacts, projections, and robotics, and her research engages cinematics in design with evolving digital media, mechatronic vision, fabrication processes, and responsive environments, driven by the interests of human-centered perception and atmospheric dynamics. Zhang collaborates with Axi:Ome— an interdisciplinary architectural design and research practice based in St. Louis and Jecheon. As a design principal, she has led a broad range of speculative as well as commissioned projects internationally. Zhang was previously a lecturer in architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Tsinghua University, and a Master of Architecture with Honors from Washington University in St. Louis, where she received the Best Degree Project Award for her project Elegy. She has recently completed her Master in Design Studies (MDes) degree from Harvard GSD, where she received the Second Annual MDes Final Project Research & Development Award for her thesis FANS: Constructed Invisibles, and was the 2017 recipient of the Daniel L. Schodek Award for Technology and Sustainability. Finalist descriptions via Wheelwright.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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