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- Casa Maravilla / Laura Ortín Jiménez
- Superlofts / Marc Koehler Architects
- Spielraeume Playrooms / studio3
- Industrial Loft in Athens / Konstantinos Pittas
- Bangkok Midtown Hotel / Plan Architect
- Hangzhou Central Plaza / JHD Architects
- Hikari House / PranalaAssociates
- Te Kaitaka / Stevens Lawson Architects
- Canteen for Rohde & Schwarz / landau+kindelbacher Architekten Innenarchitekten
- Zaha Hadid’s Only Private Residential Project Rises Above A Russian Forest
- Warren Distribution / BVH Architecture
- Florence Experiment To Show How Watching Movies Impacts Plant Growth
- Chile Pavilion at Expo Milan 2015 / Undurraga Devés Arquitectos
- 4 Takes on Why Sound Design Is Crucial to Good Architecture
- House JM / Darío Sella arquitecto
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| Casa Maravilla / Laura Ortín Jiménez Posted: 10 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © David Frutos
 © David Frutos Text description provided by the architects. The house is located on the outskirts of a small village, which has been gain control over the local orchard because of the urban sub-division.  Typology Due to this fact, and leaving any type of orchard reference behind, we are urged to create our own private landscape which should also be personal and with the ability to provide us with rest, delight and joy. The weather of this area is mainly warm and thus the house aims to be a place of shelter and privacy.  © David Frutos  Plan  © David Frutos The suggested project is a synonym of a racional adjustment to the urban limits which have been settled by using a square piece of 12x12 meters in the ground floor. The bearing structure has been created with the aim of increasing an extra floor. Therefore, a flat roof has been chosen.  © David Frutos  Elevation The house has been set as a unit in which shared spaces are “L” shaped enabling the connection between both sides of the plot giving advantage to views and cross ventilation.  © David Frutos The free spaces of the plot make a difference between the plot ‘s irregular area and the square meter of living area. This fact enables the existance of patios with different orientations, which is a perfect solution to use them according to the season of the year. The house looks itself in a swirl of uses and patios creating a private space protected from rhytmic events.  © David Frutos The façade evokes the ceramic coatings of the villages and the green fence with hilly edges is a reflection of the hill that we have in front of us. We are aware that with the arrival of the high-rise buildings, the hill will not longer been seen. Nevertheless, the aim is not to be nostalgic or to create a metaphor, but to keep a memory.  © David Frutos  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Superlofts / Marc Koehler Architects Posted: 10 Apr 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Marcel van der Burg
 © Marcel van der Burg Text description provided by the architects. Tapping into the open building movement, Superlofts offers its residents the freedom to design and/or self-build their homes from scratch incorporating any hybrid function, and co-create the shared spaces as a community.  © Marcel van der Burg Resilient buildings can adapt and evolve to a city's ever-changing programme and the lifestyles of the people who inhabit them. Unfortunately as older building stock becomes obsolete this results in wasted empty or under-utilised space. For example, in the Netherlands, the estimated total building vacancy is five times the number of new buildings constructed annually. Moreover, buildings that are unable to adapt to changing needs have to be demolished, creating enormous waste and pollution. Estimates suggest that buildings are responsible for 36% of C02 emissions and 40% of energy consumption in the EU. Superlofts follows the Open Building approach, utilising a flexible and open framework that easily adapts to changing cycles of use and maintenance to facilitate a circular and resilient way of building. Its building systems can be updated in independent cycles without wasting materials or demolishing the building. For example, the support structure can be used endlessly, facades are updated every 25 years, installations (HVAC systems) every decade and interiors every 5 years. Each system can be reused or recycled in independent cycles, tapping into the emerging circular economy.  © Marcel van der Burg Superlofts promotes a high quality of life that urban residents demand today. As a healthy building it's constructed using clean energy, sustainable materials, energy-efficient installations and its high quality interiors feature plentiful natural air, light and greenery. Healthy buildings result in happier residents and healthier cities.  Superlofts appeals to a growing community of individuals, with creative and entrepreneurial mindsets, who live new hybrid lifestyles with specific spatial demands. The possibilities of combining a home with an office or atelier, music studio or commercial kitchen are restricted in conventional housing; the blank canvas that Superlofts offers makes these hybrid forms of living possible.  © Marcel van der Burg The concept was inspired by an MKA-designed residential retrofit (House like village) of an industrial harbour building, and was then applied in an experimental home owners' cooperative called De Hoofden. MKA developed the project further as Superlofts into an international network of building communities, with both buyers and renters. Five Superlofts have been completed in Amsterdam (Buiksloterham and Houthaven) and Utrecht, projects in Groningen, Amsterdam and Delft are under construction. Sites in seven international cities are being researched.  © Marcel van der Burg  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Spielraeume Playrooms / studio3 Posted: 10 Apr 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Günter R.Wett
 © Günter R.Wett Text description provided by the architects. Something new raises its head, it takes the stage at a prominent location, a place for discovery and encouragement, a place for new perspectives, a place for children – a house for all seasons. Between the main university and the Inn river, surrounded by a diverse landscape the new nest for children takes flight, designed and constructed by students and staff of the University of Innsbruck.  © Günter R.Wett In just 16 weeks 21 students of the /studio3, Department of Experimental Architecture at the University of Innsbruck, designed and built the Spielraeume as part of their bachelor project. Supervised by Verena Rauch and Walter Prenner the students worked on 20 preliminary designs from October to December until a jury selected Jakob Wiesflecker's design in December 2016. Subsequently, this design was collectively developed and thanks to the support of numerous companies and specialist planners building could commence at the beginning of May 2017.  © Günter R.Wett  Perspective 01  © Günter R.Wett Due to the dedicated work effort of all involved, students and experts, the Spielraeume were completed in September 2017 and handed over to the children's office and the University of Innsbruck.  Floor plan The wooden structure, which takes on a nest-like appearance is situated between the outer walls of the main university and the Inn river. Its two guiding walls react to the surrounding buildings and floor to ceiling windows as well as two terraces open it towards the Inn promenade. The enclosure, set in concrete by the students themselves, protects the playful outer landscape from overflowing while creating an interface between the public sphere and the intimacy of the day-care centre.  © Günter R.Wett The interior space unfolds based on an entrance ramp, flowering out to the other rooms, similar to a clover-leaf. Here, the spatial continuum allows for all necessary zones while enabling spatial merging. The way over the ramp leads past the cloakroom to the office, which is situated on the right-hand side and enclosed by glass walls. The adjoining common area for parents is separated from the conference room by the interposed, open infrastructure block. The infrastructure block occupies only about two thirds of the room height and includes rest-rooms, a changing table, a kitchen and a utility room, all interspersed by passage ways. The two classrooms are located on the left-hand side and are flooded with daylight through the wall to ceiling windows and skylights. The intersections between the different areas are clearly visible on the ceiling and reflect the spatial continuum. From the end of the ramp, as well as from the first classroom the outdoor area on the riverside is accessible via an IPE terrace.  © Matthias Trobos  Section A  Section B  © Matthias Trobos The Spielraeume are a pure timber construction. In order to minimise building costs all load-bearing elements are made of spruce wood cross laminated timber (BBS) and thus could be erected by the students in cooperation with the company Winkler in a very short time. The nest-like wooden slatted façade envelops the insulated outer walls. The wood in the interior of the building is untreated. All furnishings are made of three-layer spruce panels and were designed and installed by the students themselves.  © Günter R.Wett  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Industrial Loft in Athens / Konstantinos Pittas Posted: 10 Apr 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © I&O Photography
 © I&O Photography Text description provided by the architects. The loft is located in the heart of the historical centre of Athens, Greece, a unique urban environment at the foot of the Acropolis that features a combination of numerous masterpieces of neoclassical architecture with modernistic buildings and industrial warehouses.  © I&O Photography Situated in this context, this loft is a refurbishment of an old textile workshop. The aim of the renovation, as conceived and designed by the architect, was to preserve the existing structural components and industrial aesthetic of the previous use while transforming the space into a modern, comfortable and luxurious habitation. To this end, the concrete beams were exposed and restored but also modern elements have been added in the form of new metal finishes and polished concrete floors.  Plan The singularity of the loft lies in the combination of natural materials (steel, concrete and wood) with a minimal but high quality decoration (including a selection of modern furniture mixed with retro and vintage pieces) creating a casual and intimate atmosphere. The loft was conceived as open-plan generating spacious areas while the glass façade and rear windows allow for the maximum transparency, natural light and exterior views.  © I&O Photography The spatial organization of the loft is conceived as a division between the areas in common use (kitchen, dining area, living room, study area) and the private quarters (bedrooms and bathrooms). However, the sliding glass and metal doors contribute to the visual connection of all spaces, whereas the blackout curtains can create the necessary isolation when it is required. In addition, flexibility was one of the fundamental design principles, as exemplified by the movable kitchen island and the divider curtains that create the possibility for a temporary guest room in the living room.  Section Being at the last floor of the building the loft provides a tranquil haven above the busy city life, with a spaciousveranda that offers magnificent views to the Acropolis and to Mount Lycabettus. The large glass sliding doors at the façade and the use of the same floor materials create a smooth transition as well as a visual and spatial continuity between the indoor and the outdoor.  © I&O Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bangkok Midtown Hotel / Plan Architect Posted: 10 Apr 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © PanoramicStudio
 © PanoramicStudio Text description provided by the architects. Bangkok Midtown Hotel is a 6-storey hotel with a multiple of public facilities such as main lobby, restaurant, swimming pool and Thai spa. The 4-star hotel is located among untidy surroundings and very close to row houses at 3 sides of the site. The only side, the front, that connected to Rama VI road is intentionally designed to engage with an open courtyard.  © PanoramicStudio Our main concept of the project is to reinterpret a visual definition of "traditional Thai" and transform it to be "Contemporary Thai" architecture. The Thai traditional floral mobile is purposed as building facade pattern and a visual filter for both users and neighborhood. The façade also acts as a second skin and sunshade of the building which creates a shape-duplicated shadow on the wall.  © PanoramicStudio  Floor 01 Plan  © PanoramicStudio The front side is gradually opened to be a welcome main approach of the building. In the courtyard, the pillar-alike vertical fins represent the traditional Thai temple pillar. At the end of the group of pillars, reflecting glass wall is designed and situated in order to create a visual continuous hall. The bridge on the roof is initially designed to be a roof top bar. Its bottom is covered with mirror finished aluminum composite panels with a different angle in each panel. Not only it creates an illusion reflecting effect but also referred to be identical to a character of mosaic glasses on Thai pagoda.  © PanoramicStudio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hangzhou Central Plaza / JHD Architects Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Jianghe Zeng
 © Jianghe Zeng Text description provided by the architects. Hangzhou Central Plaza is located in Hangzhou new East Station North Square, JHD Ar-chitects was trying to build it into a modern and traditional sale office which different from the traditional impression of Hang Zhou style. According to the site conditions, the front yard, the main building and the parking lots of the building are connected in one line lay-out, create connection with the grand size of Hang Zhou East Station platform, the main building is backed up a little to forming a urban public plaza, aim at sharing resources. The stainless steel door of the entrance strengthened the transparency of glass, the effect of the overlayers enhance the sense of depth and ritual of the entrance space.  © Jianghe Zeng
 © Jianghe Zeng The demonstration area is streamlined as compact and rational layout which include the five functional blocks efficiently into the four hundred square meters space, the core of the integrated layout is exhibition. For the shape design, using pure super white glass to replace the wall, which reshape the rhythm of the Jiang Nan from the angle of the eaves. It is an at-tempt and emotion to abandon the white wall gray tiles and to render the unique and deli-cate culture in a more modern style.  © Jianghe Zeng Glazed glass is a good material to show the beauty of hazy. The complementary of six an-gle patterns is yin yang, they are similar to the traditional panes, but also easier to distin-guish the ingenious difference. While the rigidity of stainless steel presents a sense of rhythm, a certain degree of movement effect has been formed by depth change.  Elevation The East façade is a solid wall which divided by metal lines, with multi-level cascades to build a quiet introverted temperament.  © Jianghe Zeng  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hikari House / PranalaAssociates Posted: 10 Apr 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Mario Wibowo
 © Mario Wibowo Text description provided by the architects. Hikari House is a residential project located in Bandung, Indonesia. In a house where people lives and grow, layout plays a significant part in the design of a residential house, which speaks about the connection and synergy between public, private and service areas.  © Mario Wibowo  Floor Plan  © Mario Wibowo Hikari House, which literally means "House of Light", is designed to give users the experience of how natural lighting and time interact with architecture. The natural light that sips into the house will vary, not only by day, yet the light will constantly change following the movement of the sun towards the earth that changes throughout the year. In addition to natural lighting, air flow plays a role in this house. The flow is designed the way the house 'breathes' from the terrace and living area towards the dining and dry garden.  © Mario Wibowo Using the terrace house concept which creates a twist of the exterior and interior, made a different ambiance that blurs the boundaries of indoor and outdoor of Hikari House. Emphasizing the connection between outdoor and indoor, the pile that presents at the backyard is made at the same height with the eye level of the user that sits in the living room. This creates a stronger bond between outdoor and indoor elements. Then, the cactus garden that is seen from the dining room, creates a joinery of the outdoor to the indoor seamlessly. Furthermore, with the additional void space that exists besides the dining room, it makes the indoor space more spacious when the partition glass is opened.  © Mario Wibowo As the interior design is a unity and is inseparable with the architecture itself, the interior of this house is stitched by the elements that can be seen throughout the building. Architectural approach, natural lighting, artificial lighting, furniture, decorative accents, up to the landscape that pleases, those are the elements that communicate and felt from the inside of the house.  © Mario Wibowo The façade of this house is facing towards the west, with a solid look that gives the user privacy and prevents the interior from the afternoon sunlight glare. The form and material of the house represent the idea of creating a house with low maintenance. Furthermore, the explicit usage of material such as exposed concrete, ulin wood, and steel bars used for the exterior, this house creates an impression of a modern tropical house.  © Mario Wibowo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Te Kaitaka / Stevens Lawson Architects Posted: 10 Apr 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Mark Smith
 © Mark Smith Text description provided by the architects. Te Kaitaka is nestled amongst the tussock covered hills of Roy's Peninsula on the shores of Lake Wanaka, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the edge of Te Wahipounamu / Southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area and Mt Aspiring National Park. The area is renowned for its dramatic landscape with large valleys, carved out by ancient glaciers, dissecting high mountain ranges. It is also a Mecca for outdoor leisure activities including hiking, fishing, and boating in summer and skiing in winter.  © Mark Smith Our approach was to investigate an architectural language in conversation with the natural environment and local building traditions. Abstracted triangulated geometries and origami-like folds and cuts were employed to create a sculptural form that related strongly to the alpine landscape. This was articulated with reference to the forms and textures of the vernacular timber woolsheds of the area.  © Mark Smith  Floor Plans  © Mark Smith Local planning rules required a building platform that was no greater than 25 meters square. Our design process started with a square piece of paper. It was tilted to create a roof plane that mirrored the slope of the land, then trimmed to fit the undulating landform and to create courtyards to the east and west. The roof plane was sliced on the angle and folded up to form sky-lights, the edges were folded down to form walls enclosing the space within.  © Mark Smith In Maori culture, the cloak, Te Kaitaka, is a potent symbol of shelter and nurture. A skin of natural cedar cloaks the raw concrete structure, analogous to the tussock draped over the rocky landscape. The weathered camouflage exterior gives way to a cave-like interior, the concrete and stone mass providing a sense of protection from the power of the landscape and the extreme regional climate. This is an intriguing but satisfying reversal of the orthodox material schema of concrete exterior and timber interior.  © Mark Smith The central living area comprises a series of diagonally interlocking spaces which culminate in a cavernous aperture which is carved through to the upper floor, creating a sense of connectedness and spatial fluidity. Shafts of winter sunlight penetrate deep into space through raised angular skylights and deep framed windows, evoking an almost spiritual atmosphere. The roof plane dips low, forming a sheltered verandah space, framing views to the lake and mountains.  © Mark Smith The materiality of the building has a tactility and earthy sensuality expressed by the textured concrete walls, rough-hewn schist floors, and bandsawn oiled timber ceilings. A subtle scent of cedar permeates the space. The building is enriched by handcrafted detailing and has been assembled with the skill and precision of a furniture maker. This house is a sanctuary for our clients, their family, and friends. Although generous in its proportions and theatrical in its expression it is also an intimate and sociable home with a sense of informality and an atmosphere of serenity. As a sculptural object within the landscape enfolding a rich interior experience, this house evokes a profound sense of place.  © Mark Smith  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Canteen for Rohde & Schwarz / landau+kindelbacher Architekten Innenarchitekten Posted: 10 Apr 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Christian Hacker
 © Christian Hacker Text description provided by the architects. The new staff restaurant is located in the lowered yard of the new building MÜ15 on the Rohde & Schwarz campus and can be reached via four internal access points and a representative external staircase.  Ground floor plan  © Christian Hacker The relationship between the interior of the restaurant and the landscaped courtyard is an important aspect of the design concept. The open façade with its extensive glazing enables much daylight and permits visitors to the staff restaurant to experience live the different moods of the day and seasonal differences.  © Christian Hacker 710 indoor seats and 60 in the courtyard are spread over different areas, allowing different atmospheres for different usages. Along the walls, niches formed by white partitions offer a form of privacy, while the rounded seating arrangements by the windows are inspired by the motif of the Italian piazza. The two Oktoberfest boxes can be used separately for smaller groups / internal functions. Along the free-flow area, high tables with simple barstools round off the space for spontaneous meetings and coffee breaks.  © Christian Hacker The clear room height of between 3 and 4.05 meters is topped for the most part by a white acoustic ceiling that reinforces the generously proportioned spatial effect. The integrated technology with supply and exhaust air, and modern conference equipment with sound, projector and extendable screen permit multifunctional use of the area.  © Christian Hacker Along the walls, dimmable lighting coves provide atmospheric illumination, while in the central areas, spotlights integrated in the ceiling give out a warm halogen light. Along the floor-to-ceiling façade, decorative lights complete the high-quality furnishings. The free-flow concept enables a freely accessible food-serving area with different serving stations – from sweet to savoury, cold and hot. The diverse range is rounded off by the front cooking area and a pizza oven. Cloakrooms at all entrances and card chargers in the free-flow area complete the infrastructure. The colour selection and materiality of the design are based on the corporate image of Rohde & Schwarz.  © Christian Hacker  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaha Hadid’s Only Private Residential Project Rises Above A Russian Forest Posted: 10 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT .jpg?1523378770 "Courtesy of OKO Group") Courtesy of OKO Group On a hillside forest outside of Moscow, amongst 65-foot-high (20-meter-high) pine and birch trees, sits the only private house to be designed and built by Zaha Hadid in her lifetime. With a form defined by its natural surroundings, the Capital Hill Residence is divided into two components, one merging with the sloping hillside, and another "floating" 72 feet (22 meters) above ground to unlock spectacular views across the Russian forested landscape. .jpg?1523378338 "Courtesy of OKO Group") Courtesy of OKO Group  Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Like many of Zaha Hadid's public works, the Capital Hill Residence is defined by fluid geometries emerging from the landscape. The scheme is organized into four levels, with the lower two floors housing a living room, dining room, kitchen, entertaining spaces, indoor swimming pool, and leisure facilities. The entrance foyer, library, guest room and children's playroom occupy the first floor, while the master bedroom suites and exterior terraces on the elevated upper level emerge above the trees to take in sweeping vistas of the surroundings. .jpg?1523379487 "Courtesy of OKO Group") Courtesy of OKO Group The scheme's two main components are connected via three structural concrete columns, with a transparent glass elevator and staircase situated between two of the columns. The columns intersect the roof at the first floor, defining skylights and a double-height main entrance. The roof is supported by a double-curved cast concrete structure, serving to frame views of the forest from the living room while also dividing the living spaces.
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| Warren Distribution / BVH Architecture Posted: 10 Apr 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Paul Crosby
 © Paul Crosby Text description provided by the architects. Founded in 1922, Warren Distribution is a family-owned company that has been a part of the Omaha community for nearly 100 years. After spending decades in an undersized office space in downtown Omaha, the company enlisted BVH to design a new corporate headquarters that would celebrate the company's culture and history while also attracting its next generation of employees and leaders.  © Paul Crosby  Axonometric  © Paul Crosby To address this challenge, the final proposal incorporated a diversity of space types in order to provide employees with the ability to choose where and how to work on a day-to-day or even hour-to-hour basis. Individual departments are organized into distinct neighborhoods, which contain customized workstations tailored to the type of work performed within each department, and set between each department are a series of collaboration areas that offer opportunities for cross-departmental interaction. In addition to these dedicated workstation neighborhoods, the design also incorporates a series of more casual supplementary work areas that provide employees with a range of space types from which they can choose to work. These supplementary spaces include semi-enclosed booth seating areas, standing-height table tops, enclosed think tank areas for focused work, and loose seating areas for informal team meetings. Ultimately, the incorporation of space type diversity avoids the ineffectiveness of a one-size-fits-all solution and allows the office space to accommodate the needs of the company's current and future employees.  © Paul Crosby  Axonometric  © Paul Crosby In order to provide consistency and a unified identity within this otherwise diverse space, the design team focused on the use of a consistent material palette of otherwise ordinary materials that are applied or detailed in unique ways. A combination of veneer plywood, steel, glass, and upholstery round out a material palette inspired by the company's humble, blue-collar culture and evocative of its roots within the automotive and agriculture industries. Furthermore, with the new offices being located within the historic Rail and Commerce building, the designers ensured that all new building elements are clearly legible added elements, i.e., distinct and separate from the historic fabric of the original building. Any modifications to this existing fabric are subsequently highlighted in unique ways and act as a form of branding for the space. In this way, the new design celebrates both the history of the building as well as the history and growth of the company over the past one hundred years.  © Paul Crosby  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Florence Experiment To Show How Watching Movies Impacts Plant Growth Posted: 10 Apr 2018 05:01 AM PDT  Courtesy of Michele Giuseppe Onali Throughout the spring and summer of 2018, the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy will host a new site-specific project seeking to further our understanding of ecology, and the relationship between humans and the natural world. "The Florence Experiment" will connect internal and external spaces of the famed Renaissance palace through two separate experiences: an intertwined set of 65-foot-high (20-meter-high) slides, and a "live analysis" of the impact of human emotion on plant growth. The Florence Experiment has been devised by German artist Carsten Höller and plant neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, with the vision of turning the Palazzo Strozzi's façade and courtyard into engaging areas of scientific and artistic experiment. Inspired by the Renaissance alliance between art and science, the project aims to create a new awareness of the way we see, understand, and interact with plant life.  © Martino Margheri A journey through The Florence Experiment begins with visitors sliding down a 65-foot-high (20-meter-high) slide from the second-floor terrace to the Palazzo Strozzi's courtyard. Visitors will be handed a plant to accompany them on the journey, which ultimately leads to a basement laboratory, where scientists will measure changes in the plant's behavior triggered by the emotions experienced in the descending visitor.  © Martino Margheri  © Martino Margheri The laboratory will also contain special theaters, with one screening scenes from famous comedies, and one showing excerpts from horror films. As audiences respond to the screenings with contrasting emotions, they will produce different volatile chemical compounds which, when channeled to the façade of the Palazzo through a series of pipes and tubes, will impact the growth of plant vines arranged to climb the façade in the summer months.  Courtesy of Michele Giuseppe Onali
 Courtesy of Michele Giuseppe Onali Organized by the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, and curated by its Director General Arturo Galansino, The Florence Experiment will run from April 19th to August 26th, 2018. News via: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Chile Pavilion at Expo Milan 2015 / Undurraga Devés Arquitectos Posted: 10 Apr 2018 04:01 AM PDT  © Roland Halbe
 © Carlos Massmann Context Description  © Roland Halbe Project Objectives Description  © Roland Halbe Structure and architecture is one single thing. From distance it appears as a totality, acquiring a monumental scale; as you get closer the complexity of the structure and the size of its components gives the building craftsmanship quality and a human scale. The wooden box is seating on 6 steel pillars. This “bridge-like” condition liberates the ground floor creating visual transparency and allowing free stroll of the visitors. At the same time, this strategy establishes a close relationship between urban space and intimate space, narrowing and fusing the line drawn between the public and the private.  Floor Plans Performance Description  © Cristian Undurraga  South Elevation and Longitudinal Section  © Roland Halbe This exhibition will stay in the new location for a period of time, so local people can live the Milan experience. Later, it will be replaced for a center for the diffusion of the arts and crafts of the native peoples and fair trade. The pavilion counts with a small auditorium and a multipurpose room with an independent access, allowing hosting temporary events without interrupting the regular exhibit. It also has a shop for selling products from small producers and craftsmen. The outdoors green area can be used for large events such as concerts or craft fairs.  © Sebastián Mallea  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 4 Takes on Why Sound Design Is Crucial to Good Architecture Posted: 10 Apr 2018 02:30 AM PDT  reSITE's RESONATE conference was held at the MAAT Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. Image © Joel Felipe What is the role of sound and acoustics in the work of leading architecture practices? In February this year, reSITE and MAAT in collaboration with Meyer Sound hosted RESONATE: Thinking Sound and Space, a conference focused exclusively on the intersection of architecture and sound. Elizabeth Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Snøhetta's Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Michael Jones from Foster + Partners, the founders of Meyer Sound, and the pioneer of sound art Bernhard Leitner spoke with reSITE and Canal 180 at MAAT Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. Below are the 4 episodes in the series, where they discuss the role of sound in designing cultural venues and concert halls and the changing role of the architect in an age of specialization: Elizabeth Diller, Founding Partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Elizabeth Diller, founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, elucidates the importance of sound in architecture and the evolving role of the architect in an increasingly multidisciplinary world. Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Founding Partner and Architect at Snøhetta
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, founding partner and architect at Snøhetta, emphasizes the importance of "transpositioning" in an increasingly specialized world to ensure architecture remains collaborative and interdisciplinary. Kjetil also encourages the use of all senses, especially sound, in his work. Foster + Partners and Meyer Sound
In this episode Michael Jones, senior partner at London-based Foster + Partners, founders of Meyer Sound John and Helen Meyer and senior engineer and project director at Meyer Sound John Pellowe all discuss aspects of sound design. Michael Jones delves into the challenges of designing the Bloomberg building, while Meyer Sound experts explain the "invisible architecture" of their Constellation Acoustic System. Bernhard Leitner
Austrian-born artist Bernhard Leitner talks about his sound spaces with reSITE and Canal 180 at RESONATE. Using the "vocabulary of sound," Leitner discusses how he uses sound to define space and create completely new worlds. Credits The short films series RESONATE Talking Sound and Space is a reSITE and Canal 180 co-production in collaboration with Meyer Sound. The next reSITE event reSITE 2018 ACCOMODATE will take place on June 14-15 and bring fifty architects and thought leaders to Prague including Jeanne Gang, Sou Fujimoto, Michel Rojkind and OMA's Reinier de Graaf to present and discuss housing, cost of living and quality of life.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House JM / Darío Sella arquitecto Posted: 10 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Gonzalo Viramonte
 © Gonzalo Viramonte Text description provided by the architects. The house is located in a new neighborhood of the city of Morteros situated northeast of the province of Córdoba, it is a region with a flat topography and has an orthogonal layout as a draughtboard. The project is implanted in a corner place of 16.30 m x 38.75 m.  Floor Plan The job aims to be consistent with the landscape emphasizing the flatness of the plain and simultaneously solve the needs of the client, a young single lawyer, who needs flexible and comfortable spaces for future extensions. The corner is without materials giving rise to a garden space that offers great privacy at the ingress and establishes a green area for the public space. It is also the visual support from the large window of the desk towards the main street.  © Gonzalo Viramonte On the side street an introverted facade with parts that sticks out and variants of materials is proposed, in order to establish a discontinuous opposite plan with the big walls that only delimit a courtyard. Volumetrically it is solved be means or horizontal white prisms in different levels and hollowed by windows. The pure geometries rest on a dark base and they are interrupted by the verticality of the chimney of the spit in exposed concrete and the gray volume of the water tank. The functional approach is compact, minimizing the circulation spaces; it is rests on the south side and opens to the north side, guaranteeing the best visuals, a good sunning and establishing spatial fluidity between the interior and the courtyard through a large gallery.  © Gonzalo Viramonte Inside and outside, harmony is prioritized using few materials, sober colors and leaving as the protagonist the natural light that filters through windows located on the roof, bathing different surfaces and causing the spaces to mutate throughout the day.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Explore This 1:250 Model of Ancient Rome Which Took 38 Years to Construct Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:00 AM PDT  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/daxis/35630556066'>Flickr user dalbera</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> The city of Rome attracts millions of visitors each year to explore its ancient ruins and to learn about how the culture and architecture has transformed over thousands of years. Now, after many years of tedious construction, visitors will be able to see the city as it has never been seen before, through a 1:250 model of imperial Rome, known as the Plastico di Roma Imperiale. The plaster model, which was commissioned by Mussolini in 1933 and completed in 1971, depicts Rome as it stood in the 4th century under the reign of Constantine I.  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/daxis/35630556066'>Flickr user dalbera</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> Now located at the Museum of Roman Civilization, the model was constructed by archaeologist Italo Gismondi who spent many years replicating the city exactly as it once stood. Although Mussolini commissioned the model to be built, the lack of available and accurate references to use in the initial design was due to his order to destroy many of Rome's ancient houses to construct large roadways.  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/daxis/35630556066'>Flickr user dalbera</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> Using Rodolfo Lanciani's 1901 map Forma Urbis Romae, Gismondi was able to complete the main core of the model by 1950, in time for the 2,00th anniversary of the death of Augustus.  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/daxis/35630556066'>Flickr user dalbera</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> The model is considered to be one of the key references in understanding how ancient Rome once looked by visitors and academics alike. Measuring in at an impressive 55 feet by 55 feet, the Plastico also was used by Ridley Scott who used it in a few scenes in the film, The Gladiator. News via: My Modern Met.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This Stackable Emergency Shelter Can Be Assembled in Under 15 Minutes Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT
MADWORKSHOP Fellows Jeremy Carman and Jayson Champlain have designed a unique approach to emergency post-disaster shelters. The 2017 Fellows of the MADWORKSHOP Foundation created "Shelter Squared" as a response to "the current scarcity of design-oriented solutions to emergencies."
 © MADWORKSHOP, Jeremy Carman anad Jayson Champlain Shelter Squared offers an operable fabric enclosure, comfortable sleeping quarters, lockable storage and booth seating, all while only occupying a "modest 50 square feet." The modular shelters can also combine with adjacent units to create a sense of community among units. The lightweight units can be easily stacked and stored on-site and take less than 15 minutes to assemble. Also waterproof for ease of maintenance, the shelters utilize Velcro connections to simplify assembly.  © MADWORKSHOP, Jeremy Carman anad Jayson Champlain  © MADWORKSHOP, Jeremy Carman anad Jayson Champlain The shelters can be utilized in refuge spaces like gymnasiums in a post-disaster situation. Becuase of the ease of storage and assembly, the units can be distributed and personally assembled by the users themselves. The result is a community of individual pods efficiently crafted for easy use.  © MADWORKSHOP, Jeremy Carman anad Jayson Champlain The project was made possible by the MADWORKSHOP Foundation. The Martin Architecture and Design Workshop (MADWORKSHOP) Foundation "supports technological craftsmanship in the arts and design" by aiming to make "radical, sustainable and lasting contributions to design discourse and society at large."  © Buddy Bleckly News via: MADWORKSHOP Foundation.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Student Hotel Campus Marina Barcelona / Masquespacio Posted: 09 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Luis Beltran
 © Luis Beltran Text description provided by the architects. The Dutch hotel group The Student Hotel, which provides a unique co-living and co-working hybrid, has just opened its first two student-only Campus properties in the Marina and Poble Sec districts of Barcelona, Spain. The Student Hotel has collaborated with Masquespacio, the Valencia-based creative consultancy, for the refurbishment and design of both properties.  © Luis Beltran  Floor Plan  © Luis Beltran The Marina Campus is housed in a four-towered 21,000 m2 building that includes 500 rooms. The property features communal spaces, such as swimming pools, gaming zones, open and closed seating areas, as well as quiet study rooms to encourage connectivity and exchange while providing enough space for learning and development.  © Luis Beltran Considering both the international clientele and the strong identity of The Student Hotel, Masquespacio has developed its design by creating a mix that remains in keeping with the brand’s image while adding a touch of Mediterranean identity through the use of local materials and a bold color palette.  © Luis Beltran The property was designed in an eclectic style that fuses materials, colors, and textures. You’ll recognize some Memphis style with a little bit of Seventies vintage and an industrial aesthetic, among others. Each corner, decorative detail, and visual element aspires to blend perfectly with a student lifestyle by being part of their daily activities and aiming to be a source of inspiration for them.  © Luis Beltran Ana Hernández, creative director from Masquespacio points out: “It should be noted how the use of color not only influences one's mood, it can also be used to create a bold design statement in the environment”.  © Luis Beltran  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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