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- Interior ILL / INT2 architecture
- Small House / Masih Fazile
- Bite to Eat / HAO Design
- Pangyo H Residence / Kim Seunghoy (Seoul National University) + KYWC Architects
- Yu Qingcheng Gallery / Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tianjin University
- Bookshelf House / Shinsuke Fujii Architects
- Artron Arts Center / Atelier Deshaus
- Dovecote / Atelier Andy Carson
- Intuit Marine Way Building / WRNS Studio + Clive Wilkinson Architects
- Meandering Skydeck Features in HASSELL's Competition-Winning Shenzhen District Masterplan
- Casa Bogavante / Riofrio Arquitectos
- Venice Biennale 2018: Collateral Events Announced
- Scavenger Studio / Eerkes Architects + Olson Kundig
- 6 Tips for Designing and Building a Tiny House
- Loba House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen
- Tiny (Yet Incredibly Detailed) Sketches of the Eiffel Tower and Historic Cathedrals
- 93-Building Shortlist Announced for 2018 RIBA London Awards
Interior ILL / INT2 architecture Posted: 02 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. A small private house is located in a picturesque place about 30 km from Riga. The land plot is on the boarder of the forest and is located near the Gulf of Riga. A separate position of the buildings (house and garage) on the site is due to the fact that they were erected on the previously existing foundations. The buildings are connected by a terrace. The house is functionally divided into two parts: the main and guest areas. Connection between the zones is carried out through an indoor passage in the building, which visually connects the courtyard with the forest. For external finishing and the terrace, Latvian granary board impregnated with a hydrophobic compound was used. The roof and facades of the house are finished with anthracite standing seam roof panels. From the guest side of the house there is a small roof overhang and a mini-terrace for storing firewood for a wood stove in the living room. On the terrace from side of the main bedroom there is an outdoor shower. Interior of the house is minimalist: simple finishing, lack of catchy details and decor, ecological materials. Emphasizing the connection between the forest and the interior is the main concept of this project. A laconic interior background is created with the help of Latvian birch plywood and Douglas fir flooring. The guest part of the house is separated from the main house by a covered passage. The guest bedroom has a spacious bathroom with a small sauna and a shower. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Posted: 02 Apr 2018 08:00 PM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. The increase in population and conversion of villa houses to small apartments caused residential buildings to change to a limited space with certain functions, which often lacks light, view and fresh air. Such conditions can affect not only the morale of the inhabitants, but also the everyday interactions of people with each other. Small house project had an area of 70 square meters, and as a usual case could have been a space as it is said. We tried to break the limits of a small apartment, and any space, instead of having a particular function, becomes a multi-functional space, in addition, all spaces of the complex have light, view and proper ventilation. Considering the limited dimensions of the area, and the limitations of elevation and height, it was tried to separate spaces through designing sub-spaces with different altitudes in each unit instead of using segregated elements such as the wall. This way, through establishing a logical connection between spaces and observing the principle of hierarchy, we witnessed the formation of flexible and multi-functional spaces. Therefore, a harmonic and warm space with optimum lighting was created. Moving from one space to another is possible through a limited number of stairs; therefore, the sense of motion and dynamism increases. While moving around the space is easy, the sense of tranquility is enhanced. Keeping the unused spaces to a minimum made the inhabitants of the complex experience a variety of spatial qualities. In fact, the whole house space turned into a staircase set in which the difference between the landings is less, and each landing is extended to a usable space, these flights of stairs has a sense of motion and dynamism as well as a sense of tranquility. In addition, growing plants at different levels and unused spaces and creating visual and tactile sense between residents and plants can regain a little sense of a villa house in this small building, which can greatly impact on the morale and cheerfulness of the residents. Our motive to design this building is to create a model for designing high-rise buildings, which not only has a decent quality of life but also has a positive impact on the interactions of individuals in the community. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:00 PM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. At a party in an Italian manor, some people dine around a table in the dining room, some set up tents around the house, while others leisurely bask in the sun on park benches. How to put all these relaxed, happy events into one room? Inspired by simplistic yet gorgeous Italian houses, the facade of the restaurant features the silhouettes of many small houses, creating an inviting scene. The first floor porch has an arched design and two benches, creating a simple and relaxing area for customers to meet, wait, and chat. At the entrance is a cast iron gate of intricate craftsmanship, accented by kiln-fired tiles on the ground to recreate a scene of an European street. Another arch is built to allow a view of the pizza oven within, so that people can peer into the goings on in the kitchen, turning the baking process into a mysterious ritual performed to summon delicious food. The subtle yellow lighting creates the slightly dimmed but warm atmosphere of a pub. The first floor is a relaxed pub ambiance, with tables and chairs arranged in a way people are accustomed to, catering to the dining patterns of business guests and dating couples. Near the first floor window, a "Little Bazaar" sells a variety of Italian ingredients such as olive oil, noodles, and vinaigrette. The assortment of goods are displayed on a modern black iron stand, which is not only convenient for shoppers, but also attracts passing guests to stop and take a look. Next to the "Little Bazaar", a spiral staircase with ample lighting on top uses the green belt background it creates to lead people into different levels of spatial narratives. Walk up the second floor, and sunlight filters in as if you've stepped into an indoor patio. Walk further inward to find two main sections: One side of the wall features a lively picnic theme, while the other is decorated with linen fabric to create a canopy for a romantic, breezy feeling. The two sections have one important commonality: both allow people to feel a sense of enjoying a lovely picnic outdoors. Adjacent to the window facing Fuxing South Road is an area favored by families. The low desktop design mixes richly-colored Mexican fabrics and Japanese fabrics on wood grain bricks as cushions. It is also a place for children to walk and crawl around freely without restraint. As for the presentation of home decor, the plants hanging by the window, picnic equipment on the window sill, and wicker lamps create a relaxed feeling, allowing adults to sit joyfully and enjoy a relaxing "indoor picnic". The walls and ceiling of this entire floor are composed of hand-distressed white fir panels that make the space brighter and richer. Compared to the warm and colorful style of the second floor, the third floor uses terrazzo flooring to create a spatial atmosphere more rugged than the second floor. Small round tables, the type typically found in parks, are placed near the window to create a relaxed atmosphere, and in the front is a small tent area with seats for 2~3 people. There is also a dining area with folded chairs and director's chairs. The height of the chair is purposely lowered to be closer to the ground for a camping experience. The variety of seating styles allows customers to easily select their favorite seats. Plants on the third floor comprise mostly ferns and succulents. Paints with wild textures are selected, paired with hemp hanging lights that have more defined shapes. An arched doorway designed like a cave is added, along with some "animal footprints" on the floor, ingeniously creating the primitive atmosphere of a cave, making this floor textured and dramatic, the first choice for customers wanting to throw private parties. Urban life is tumultuous as always, but in this busy lifestyle, we hope to create a place that embraces natural life and comfortable encounters for every customer that walks into BiteToEat. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Pangyo H Residence / Kim Seunghoy (Seoul National University) + KYWC Architects Posted: 02 Apr 2018 05:00 PM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. The most important task in designing an urban house is providing its residents with privacy from the city's density and creating a rich spatial experience branching out from the garden. The nail-like plan of Pangyo H Residence contains two courtyards. Although surrounded by high rise apartments, the courtyards are secure from their scrutiny. The outer skin facing the apartments keeps a reserved expression with the minimal number of apertures, but the inner skin towards the courtyard opens wide up with plenty of windows. The central courtyard connects the living room, the dining room, the kitchen and the bedroom. The other courtyard is smaller yet provides a beautiful scenery for the corridor and the living room. The facade exposed to the city is covered with brick, but the interior walls surrounding the courtyard are finished with wood. Like the harder skin of the nail and the softer skin underneath it, Pangyo H Residence alternates between two different textures according to the contrasting needs of its inhabitants. As does the body, the house necessarily determines the relationship between the outer world and the inner world. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Yu Qingcheng Gallery / Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tianjin University Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:00 PM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. Yu Qingcheng is a world famous original clay sculpture artist who is renowned in China and oversea, the unique style strike out a new line for himself. To describe this design with the emotional word is "hold mud", rational words is "manifold". The thinking is a main idea of the designer in recent years, he put forward a new concept of "manifold"--- From first to last,the building is full of movement and has two or more different forms at the different ends, the form is not a result but a process, a continuous flowing and changing physical space, a process from static to dynamic, a temporal spatial evolution process. a body growing process, a non-focus building, a geometrical composition from linear to nonlinear changes with both topology and fractal characteristics. Physical space of this gallery has ten changes: Tibet master Alfonso Karupoche wrote a book <the Tibet book of the dead > in 1996 which sold around the world, he said": scientists tell us, the whole universe is just change, activity and process -- a whole flow of change "," life and death were seen as a continuous sequence of transition entity in a changing". American critic Roger Hubert said "every people who love movies will eventually arrived at Yasujiro Otsu's vision, grasp the essence to the film is the choice between movement and stillness." Science, religion and art three have much in common. We used to be accustomed to that a building is either square or round \bases on either straight line or curve, this building with both square and round\ straight line and curve is not logical. Curve and linear are no longer in contrast, but changes from the homeomorphism, non homeomorphic homotopy to a series of topological nonlinear transformation. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Bookshelf House / Shinsuke Fujii Architects Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:00 PM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. By making the wall diagonal, a new easy-to-use bookshelf integrated with the building was born. Because all the shelves of the bookshelf are inclined, children, women and old people can easily climb without a ladder, and books of high position can be easily taken out and put in. In addition, books don't collapse when an earthquake occurs. In Japan where rain often falls, oblique walls play a role as a roof of approach to the entrance. The vertical side plate is used as the pillar (38X235@455) of the structure. The horizontal shelf functions to prevent buckling of 4 m long pillars. From the viewpoint of a safe bookshelf, a new relationship of housing - structure - bookshelf has been created. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Artron Arts Center / Atelier Deshaus Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:00 PM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. Artron (Shanghai) Arts Center is reconstructed from Shanghai Towel 16th Factory. The overall reconstruction is base on the principle of maximum reservation and taking advantage of original space, which is fully considered about the convenience and economical efficiency of construction. The combination of original industrial spatial scale and atmosphere with new design is another benefit of reservation in this reconstruction. Within the Arts Centre, "Dingyi Biulding" is visual core of the whole district, which is designed by the cooperation with artist Dingyi, and transformed from sewage treatment station of original towel factory in result of obtaining the functional form feature. Architect recommend artist to design ceramic tile with different color scheme base on his own drawing style, witch to be used as the primary decorative material for facade with the design purpose of adding a new layer of significance on existing industrial construction. The design reserves the original sewage bucket funnel, which partly be designed as functional form feature for ground floor Cafe, and partly be transformed as courtyard in the upper space. The original sewage channel be treat as the rain water drain device to be present in the interior of Cafe. By design through the implanted new functions such as Cafe, Bookstore and Art Exhibition Hall to transform the original sewage treatment station into a new art space. The colorized crisscross pattern ceramic tiles designed by artist Dingyi has enhanced this construction's artistic atmosphere, while the original information about industrial construction doesn't lose. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Dovecote / Atelier Andy Carson Posted: 02 Apr 2018 10:00 AM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. This new home designed by Atelier Andy Carson is a sanctuary from its harsh surrounds, perched on a sprawling coastal site overlooking Werri Beach, New South Wales. Green pastures and paddocks running dairy cows line this 150-acre property on one side, rugged coastal cliffs and ocean on the other. The four bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom main home consists of three linked pavilions, wrapped around a protected courtyard. The 180-degree views and breathtaking backdrop called for a respectful celebration of the location. Instead of providing the same view throughout the house with wall to wall glass, the design creates considered framed glimpses of what lies outside. Meanwhile, a storm-viewing room pays tribute to the drama of extreme weather fronts creeping up from the ocean. The clients, Beau Neilson and her husband, Jeffrey Simpson, set the brief based on a clear understanding of how they live. No strangers to the design scene (Beau is daughter of art patrons Judith & Kerr Neilson), the couple desired an elegant, comfortable residence for all conditions. Their brief also called for a modest two-bedroom guest house on the site to cater to visitors and extended family. This guest house is inspired by a farm shed, with a plan that's charmingly simple yet highly considered in its detail. Two decks form a cross axis to the home on the north and south, providing opportunities to chase the sun or seek refuge from harsh winds. The architect and builders teamed up with a local engineering firm to develop the operable façade. Large copper panels that cover the entire western façade can be adjusted to any angle, or fully open to light and views via hydraulic cylinders concealed in the floor space. Occupants are treated to a sensory show as the setting sun penetrates deep into the living space. Visitors are encouraged to slow down from arrival – the home is accessed only by foot. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Intuit Marine Way Building / WRNS Studio + Clive Wilkinson Architects Posted: 02 Apr 2018 08:00 AM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. As Silicon Valley evolves to compete with growing innovation centers in walkable, networked areas, Intuit's new Marine Way Building (MWB)—the continuation of a larger update to their Mountain View campus—models a new kind of workplace design for the region. An antidote to the insular campuses still going up throughout the Valley, Intuit's human-centered, urban-minded, deep green workplace anticipates a more sustainable, publicly-engaged development pattern, while providing its community with a place of warmth, choice, and connection in the here and now. Transforming the financial lives of individuals for over three decades, the people of Inuit have long felt part of something vital, and Intuit wanted to honor their employees with new workplace environments that support their strong culture and aspirational mission to power prosperity around the world. In response, WRNS Studio and Clive Wilkinson Architects worked as an integrated team to develop a phased design solution for two new office buildings and two new parking structures. These projects were identified in a 2010 master plan and represent major additions to Intuit's campus, which was originally developed in the 1980's as a suburban office park. The planning and geometry of the MWB, with 185,400 sq. ft. on four floors, can be understood as low, wide, connected, and flexible—a strategy that addresses the specific programmatic and collaborative needs of Intuit's employees, reinforces campus patterns and cohesion, and creates interest along the street. The large floor plates are organized into human-scaled neighborhoods and connected by clear circulation. Each landing and bleacher stair along the atrium connects directly to a large "living room" with pantry functions and generous inter-team collaborative workspace. In addition to more intimate breakout spaces like balconies and casual soft-furniture settings, which offer a range of work opportunities to encourage users to take advantage of the whole building, full workspace neighborhoods are located at the edge of the atrium. This variety of programmatic functions along the perimeter of the atrium helps generate a consistent buzz of activity throughout the workday. Designed to embrace the mild climate of Mountain View, the MWB connects to nature and the public realm. Terraces with views to the bay offer an indoor/outdoor workplace experience that fosters choice and wellbeing while helping to knit the campus together. With a ground floor that emerges from the landscape as a solid, textured base, glassy loft-like upper levels, extensive terraces, and amenities located at the building perimeter, the MWB creates a dynamic new edge along the campus's main spine. It will join with an office building planned for phase two, creating a new campus gateway. Design strategies for this LEED Platinum building enhance resource efficiency, expand the natural habitat, ensure good indoor environmental quality, reduce water consumption and waste, and enable the expanded use of transit options. The terraces and green roofs are part of a comprehensive landscape plan that includes naturalized wetland bio-filtration areas and natural planted areas to help sustain local salt marsh and grassland biome species while reducing the burden on the current infrastructure. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Meandering Skydeck Features in HASSELL's Competition-Winning Shenzhen District Masterplan Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT HASSELL has won a competition for the design of the Qianhai Mawan Mile, a business district for the Chinese "gateway city" of Shenzhen. Stretching over one mile (1.6 kilometers), the masterplan seeks to combine "lush parklands, new cultural buildings, and a meandering skydeck" in a vision centered on human-wellbeing. Aimed particularly at attracting young, mobile residents in a rapidly-changing urban environment, the Mawan masterplan consists of integrated public spaces, neighborhood zones, pavilion buildings, and a mile-long (1.6-kilometer-long) skydeck weaving throughout the development. Central to the urban scheme is a mile-long (1.6-kilometer-long) skydeck, envisioned as a "boulevard in the sky" to form connections between the masterplan, surrounding buildings, and a city-wide street network. The deck features an uninterrupted cycling and jogging path, in keeping with the underlying human-centered ethos of the scheme. A major public transport node has been included, prioritizing public mobility over private transport and other infrastructure. Evidence of the scheme's human-focused ethos also manifests in a wide range of social activities, with particular emphasis on relaxation. The masterplan's neighborhood zones feature gardens, children's play areas, group exercise areas, and piazzas with cafes, restaurants and art installations. Combined with a central, semi-outdoor entertainment district sunken below the Mawan Mile, these attractions offer "a counterpoint to streets dominated by retail." At the southern end of the masterplan, a new cultural district comprises three pavilions, each with a form responding to its function and positioning. As well as being appointed design partner for the masterplan, HASSELL will undertake the architectural design of the three pavilions, lending a common architectural language despite their diverse roles as a headquarters building, public exhibition hall, and multi-use cultural building. News via: HASSELL This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Casa Bogavante / Riofrio Arquitectos Posted: 02 Apr 2018 06:00 AM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. This house is located in an temporary housing development near to the Paracas Natural Reserve overlooking the Bay. The particular climatic conditions of the place are solved by laying a solid base that serves as a barrier for the strong winds of the afternoon. This allows to generate at the interior a sheltered and private garden. The base volume contains most of the program of the house and for each of these environments a small depth is raised in the facade for protection of the interior of the direct wind and to achieve an adequate privacy. The rhythm of these openings unifies the base and gives a clear reading of the composition. On top of this first level rises an almost cubic volume that stands out for its proportions and crowns the geometry of the house. This cube concentrates the main spaces as well as the circulations and connections with the rest of the house. The house aims to relate with the background landscape of the desert. For this, the decision was to use colors and raw textures to express the materials in their brutal character. Exposed concrete, polished cement and concrete blocks are used both outside and inside. Recycling wood is the highlight at the entrance and in the main bedroom window. The program on the first level includes a living room with double entrance, kitchenette, bedroom with bathroom, social area with hall, living room, dining room and kitchen, guest bathroom, two additional bedrooms each with bathroom and full service area. On the second floor there is a large open master bedroom with bathroom and wide view of the sea. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Venice Biennale 2018: Collateral Events Announced Posted: 02 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT The Venice Biennale has released a list of 13 Collateral Events that will take place alongside the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, FREESPACE, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara and chaired by Paolo Baratta. Previews of the main event begin May 24th and 25th, with the exhibition open to the public from May 26th to November 25th, 2018. The collateral events, each promoted by a non-profit sponsor, will take place across the city in an attempt to enrich the diversity of voices that characterize the Biennale. The complete list of events can be found below, and make sure to follow ArchDaily's complete coverage of the Venice Biennale. *Event Descriptions via La Biennale di Venezia* Across Chinese Cities – The Community The third chapter of the Across Chinese Cities program explores approaches to planning linked to the development of 'communities' as mechanisms that create new systems of social, economic and spatial belonging. Promoted by Beijing Design Week and curated by Beatrice Leanza (The Global School) and Michele Brunello (DONTSTOP Architettura), the exhibition presents a selection of case studies from urban as well as rural Chinese contexts based on integrated planning, and therefore on reconciliation, on policy based and community based approaches to organisation with the aims of inclusivity, empowerment and collective creativity. As part of the project, the 'Guest City Suzhou' chapter presents research carried out by a team of design practitioners which centers around the Pingjiang Road Regeneration Plan which collectively explores the city's unique context of preserved traditions as a blueprint for future implementation. Venue: Università IUAV di Venezia, Ca' Tron, Santa Croce, 1957 Borghi of Italy – NO(F)EARTHQUAKE The new exhibition project Borghi of Italy – NO(F)EARTHQUAKE is dedicated to seismic preparedness, to securing the artistic and architectural heritage of our country as well as the revitalization of the architecturally symbolic places: Italian villages. The Freespace concept being launched by the 2018 Architecture Biennale curators is one linked to the idea of a 'free and safe' space, in which those who use or live in spaces – especially residents – can feel 'free': free from the fear of earthquakes and free to return and live in the most characteristic of Italian places which in this historic moment are at risk of being completely abandoned in favour of the new urban centres – new civitas – typically built far from their places of origin and realized in forms that are completely detached from their historic contexts. Borghi of Italy also presents the European Council of Art's "BorgoAlive!" project, which is aimed at the sustainable revitalisation of a village and its surroundings, in which the preservation and restoration of a symbolic village building becomes the means for the reuse and regeneration of a historical centre that has been damaged and/or abandoned. This, in turn, becomes an opportunity to enhance the artistic and cultural resources of smaller urban centers and their hinterlands as well as an opportunity to kick-start economic and social growth, the development of local tourism and the repopulating of Italian villages. Venue: InParadiso Gallery, Giardini della Biennale, Castello, 1260 Greenhouse Garden - Reflect, Project, Connect Greenhouse Garden: Reflect, Project, Connect is an event consisting of an exhibition, a temporary wooden pavilion, by In Praise of Shadows architects, and a series of seminars and workshops on architecture, the built environment and the global goals of Agenda 2030, as well as how architecture and wood can be part of it. Plots, Prints, and Projections is the title of the exhibition at Serra dei Giardini. It will house a series of large-scale spatial installations that are the result of an investigation of the contemporary and challenging role of architectural representations and their translations to built form, in the meeting with the dynamic material wood and the manufacturing industry. This will entail architectural explorations of the transitions from architectural drawings, measuring's, notations and virtual instructions for production to their material manifestation using wood as a primary material, and vice versa. Embedded in the history of architectural practice, different digital and analog modes of architectural representation continue to be techniques for understanding and investigating the discipline of architecture. Venue: Serra dei Giardini, Castello,1254 (Via Giuseppe Garibaldi) Living with the Sky, Water and Mountain: Making Places in Yilan The exhibitor Architect Sheng-Yuan Huang stated that "seeking freedom" served his fundamental philosophy of architecture and was shared with his colleagues at Yilan as the core value standing behind every creation. To them, "freedom" is not an abstract concept, and their "freedom" has allowed them to contribute their efforts to their society within 15-minutes driving distance in their real life. The exhibition will be presented with the following themes: condensing social memories- interventions via time; setting a datum- canopy as the new reference line; returning to the land- continuum in suspension of time. These three themes were focusing on the making of public spaces, including the urban scale Canopy, Vascular Bundle Scheme and Cherry Orchard Cemetery. The result of these works was based on the learning from local residences and natural environments with a certain period of time for carefully shaping everyone's everyday life. Venue: Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello, 4209 (San Marco) Primal Sonic Visions Primal Sonic Visions aims to awaken a sense of wonder at the new sounds and forms of energy amongst the public by the primal power and beauty of wind, solar, hydro and thermal energy sources. Renowned international sound artist Bill Fontana, through high-resolution media artwork, explores many of the important types of renewable energy systems from a variety of geographic locations which celebrate the visually and sonically compelling aspects of these systems where the Earth is both client and architect. As people enter the space, they are met with a stirring experience that at first instills a sense of wonder, and later transforms into a deep reflection of the potential and power of these energy sources being used to secure a brighter future for our planet. This work comes at a particularly crucial point in time as the negative effects of climate change are becoming increasingly evident. This work is a collaboration between the artist and IRENA in a unique aural and visual attempt to focus the public's insight, and awaken a global emotional reaction to the environment. The exhibition will also include a media artwork with the new flood barrier system for Venice, MOSE. Venue: Ca' Foscari Esposizioni, Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari, Dorsoduro, 3246 RCR. Dream and Nature_Catalonia in Venice The RCR studio was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2017. In the light of this international recognition, we present an exhibition that introduces Rafael, Carme and Ramon's most intimate universe. The Biennale Architettura acts as a catalyst for all professionals that attend it to pursue inspiration, dreams, and intuitions. For this reason, it's so fascinating (and such an exercise in generosity) that extremely sensitive minds like those of Rafael, Carme and Ramon share their dreams and most enlightened aspirations. In Venice, for the first time ever, we are presenting the dreams of RCR. A utopia under construction. Venue: Cantieri Navali, Castello, 40 (Calle Quintavalle) Salon Suisse: En marge de l'architecture In the long history of architecture, such moments have always proved most fruitful when the discourse opened up to external insights, to ideas and inventions from other scientific and artistic disciplines. Today, in light of the rapid and fundamental changes in society, economy, and politics, it is time to set sail again. If architecture is an island within the archipelago of the artistic and scientific disciplines, then the Salon Suisse 2018 is a ship that has left the harbor. From foreign shores, we will look back at architecture and explore its cultural and social relevance today. On this journey of discovery, we will encounter philosophers and anthropologists, writers, musicians and artists, comparatists and social researchers. By discussing their work and its link to architecture, the Salon Suisse will open new perspectives, not only on the potentials of architecture in the 21st century but also on the hidden connections that have always existed among the different disciplines. Venue: Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Dorsoduro, 810 (Campo Sant' Agnese) The Happenstance The Happenstance establishes a Freespace in the garden at the heart of Palazzo Zenobio, as a place to build new possibilities together for the freedoms we urgently need to claim – and demonstrating what can be built through mapping connections, bringing together needs, resources and ideas of Freespace in both Scotland and Venice. The space acts as an active archive (The Living Library of Ideas), where a team of Artists and Architects, experts in play, encourage everyone into a vital relationship with the built environment, using play as an active agent within the process of rethinking and reclaiming their Freespace. At the heart of Zenobio, you will find a focus on young people, their capacities, their needs, and their imagination harnessed to empower this energy in all of us. Our live programme includes animating other spaces out in the city. Likewise, the Outdoor Cinema screenings focus on inspiring examples of individuals, organizations, and situations that underscore this year's Biennale Architettura theme. We have a proposition for the visitor to our garden - expect to get lucky. This is the art of Happenstance. Venue: Collegio Armeno Moorat - Raphael, Palazzo Zenobio, Dorsoduro, 2597 (Fondamenta del Soccorso) Unintended Architecture The word "free space" illustrates the "interactive" changing landscape and the intricate relationship between people and space. Due to the passage of time, the change of social dynamic, and the imagination of space among generations, stagnant spaces have been transformed into spaces with vitality and local aroma. The "interaction" between people and space endue a profound meaning, which we named it Unintended Architecture. Macao, an increasingly internationalized city densely packed with high-rises, fragments of Unintended Architecture could still be found, which scattered in the densely populated housing, hid in the quiet urban gardens, evaded in the bustling bazaar and flashed in the old stepping stones. Our architecture exhibition purposely selected the "playing cards" as our basic design component, which symbolizes the rapidly growing economy in Macao. By manipulating "playing cards" in different forms and combinations, Unintended Architecture will be re-illustrated in an abstract manner. Venue: Arsenale, Castello, 2126/A (Campo della Tana) Vertical Fabric: density in landscape Vertical Fabric: "density in landscape" demonstrates the urban conditions of Hong Kong and explores the freespace through towers. 100 Exhibitors, including architects from Hong Kong and overseas, are invited to design their towers of freespace, making statements on tower typology in the vertical city. 100 white tower models of 2.0 meters in height are open for the 100 exhibitors to re-define the spatial potential while maintaining its envelope as a collective urban form. The exhibition manifests innovation within constraints while generating extraordinary spaces from ordinary from. By installing 100 towers marching along the courtyard extending into of exhibition rooms, the venue illustrates the compactness of Hong Kong's urban form and provides a platform of dialogue with the world, shaping a discourse of Hong Kong's urbanism and vertical architecture. It also provides architects with opportunities to re-think the design of tower beyond, incubating visions when facing global challenges in technology, environment, and society. Venue: Arsenale, Castello, 2126 (Campo della Tana) What makes a home? "Human Shelter" a global cinematic journey exploring the role of the home for people facing large-scale change. It is a curious quest for knowledge and a celebration of diversity asking "what do we really need, to feel at home?" We're living in a time of great change. Megacities are growing rapidly. Displacement due to conflicts and natural catastrophes affect millions. The growth of technology is fuelling new ways of human interaction. Yet, humanity displays a strong ability to create a home with dignity even in the most difficult situations. A dwelling is transformed into a home - how does this happen? Is it possible to work long-term on the passive life of architecture and choreograph the life taking place long after the architect has left the building site? - If so, how? We welcome visitors to attend screenings of Boris Benjamin Bertram's documentary film "Human Shelter", Jan Grarup's extensive photo installation and take part in an interactive "What Makes a Home?" research installation. Venue: Cantieri Navali, Castello, 40 (Calle Quintavalle) Young Architects in Latin America The exhibition underlines the important role played by the Latin American World today, as seen throughout its contemporary architecture. On the occasion of 16th International Architecture Biennale, the CA'ASI will open its doors to emerging Latin American architects in order to emphasize the creativity, originality and social commitment of their new architecture, and to help it gain worldwide recognition. Architecture-Studio has set up the CA'ASI Association to promote the dialogue between architecture, contemporary art, and the Biennale visitors. Venue: CA'ASI, Cannaregio, 6024 (Campiello Santa Maria Nova) Young Talent Architecture Award 2018 The Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA) is promoted by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe with the support of Creative Europe as an extension of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The exhibition presents the designs of the 8 YTAA finalists and the 4 winners. Together with images, drawings and models, other tools such as videos are used to explain graduation projects. The exhibition counts with these documents produced by the authors of the designs and is complemented with the Awards Ceremony and a debate on September 20 in which the theme of the Biennale Architettura 2018 Freespace, the main topics of the "European Year of Cultural Heritage" organized by the European Commission, and those issues which arise from the results of YTAA will be discussed by the winners, the jury members, the Future Architecture platform participants and other guests. The Fundació Mies van der Rohe fosters debate on and awareness of themes related to contemporary architecture and urban planning. Outstanding among its activities is the organization, jointly with the European Commission, of the Young Talent Architecture Award which aims to support the talent of recently graduated architects, urban planners and landscape architects who will be responsible for transforming our environment in the future. 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Scavenger Studio / Eerkes Architects + Olson Kundig Posted: 02 Apr 2018 04:00 AM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. Scavenger Studio is a 693-square-foot studio designed for an artist/activist. The little structure is situated in the woods in rural Washington state and was built using as much free-cycled material as possible. Scavenged materials—ranging from cabinetry to plants—were salvaged from homes slated to be demolished. The kitchen and living area occupy the ground level of the double-height interior, while a floor-to-ceiling window-wrapped sleeping loft, accessible via a steel staircase, provides views of the forest. A panel next to the bed drops down, opening the room directly to its surroundings. The studio sits light on the land, resting on a simple, six-footed foundation which also helped to limit construction costs. The facade is clad in T1-11 plywood, which was charred by the owner to achieve the desired tonal value. The exterior also includes painted HardiePanel. Kitchen cabinets were saved from a house the contractor was demolishing. The floor is masonite, the ceilings are plywood, and the walls are drywall. Polycarbonate panels were used for clerestory windows. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
6 Tips for Designing and Building a Tiny House Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:30 AM PDT Tiny houses have become popular in recent years as housing prices continue to soar. Whether as an off-the-grid retreat or a way to live more simply and economically, tiny homes offer a more flexible way to live. They are even being used by charity organizations such as the Tiny Homes Foundation in Australia as a way to tackle the issue of homelessness in cities and the need for social housing. As the popularity and need for tiny homes become ever more prevalent, knowing the necessary skills to design a tiny house for yourself or a client is a useful skill to have. Below are 6 tips to keep in mind when designing and building a tiny house: 1. Check Local Laws Before You Start DesigningOften, tiny houses are built on trailers to eliminate the need for building permits. In the US and Australia, most tiny houses have wheels so they can be legally classified as a campervan and not an illegally small house. However, local laws can vary so it is important to check them before you start designing. This will also be helpful in determining the size of your tiny house, as well as whether there are any regulations regarding certain materials or where you can place it. 2. A Good Plan is a Good BuildingThe plan of any building is important, but this is especially true in regards to tiny houses, where every square centimeter of space matters. With careful and clever planning, a 20-square-meter tiny house can feel much larger and more comfortable to live in. One key way to achieve this is through the use of sliding doors, eliminating the space that is taken up by the swing of a traditional door; in fact, it is important to get rid of all unnecessary doors in the first place, to open up the limited space. Another way to create a more spacious environment is to maximize window space (although be careful of insulation issues). By bringing in natural light and views to the outdoors, it allows the inhabitant to feel as if the outside is an extension to the tiny home. 3. Don't Simply Shrink EverythingAn easy mistake to make is to correlate "tiny house" with "tiny everything," which couldn't be more wrong. By shrinking bathroom space or bed sizes too extensively, it hugely affects the quality of the living space. A better way to go about things would be to explore multifunctionality, asking whether each piece of furniture could have multiple uses, such as storage beds, or a bookshelf that transforms into a desk. The adaptability of the spaces could also extend to the architecture itself, with adaptable walls pulling out to become seating, and slotted back when not in use. The possibilities are endless, and the potentials for tiny houses can be extended through innovative architecture. 4. Don't Forget the Foundation (And the Roof)It is important to consider the foundations when designing a tiny house. The first question is whether you want the house to be easily transportable. The appeal of this, in addition to the legal issues surrounding tiny houses discussed above, are the main reason why most tiny houses are built on trailers. However, there are also other ways tiny houses can be built, such as on skids, stilts, or post and beam or concrete slab foundations. It is important to research the best foundation to use in order to suit the needs of your tiny house. The roof is another important part of the design that can't be ignored. For example, a flat roof may cause problems where debris and water can accumulate. The roof design becomes even more important if you live in a part of the world with snowfall and have to consider snow weights—and if your tiny house is transportable, you may wish to consider the entire range of environments it's likely to encounter. 5. Focus on the WeightLeading on from the last point, weight is a huge issue to be considered when designing and building a tiny house. If the house is designed to be transportable, lightweight materials must be used to minimize the weight of the house. If built on a trailer, you must also consider "tongue weight," meaning how much weight is on the front, toward the tongue of the trailer, and how much weight is on the back. If there isn't enough weight on the trailer tongue, it can end up swaying from side to side when transporting the house, and if there is too much weight, it can overload the tires and push the vehicle around. Both situations can be extremely dangerous, so calculating the weight of the house is essential. 6. Think Outside the Box for MaterialsTiny houses are often made with salvaged or recycled materials to reduce cost and to be more environmentally sustainable. Architects are becoming more and more innovative in their use of recycled materials, so think outside the box when designing your tiny house. Every choice of material is significant, as the house is so small that every surface must count. Windows were mentioned previously as important elements to expand the space, so the choice of glass is crucial. Depending on the climate in which you want to build the tiny house, it is important to investigate the thermal qualities of different glass products. With around 40% of household energy used for heating and cooling, the use of materials and passive design can lower energy costs substantially. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Loba House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:08 AM PDT
Text description provided by the architects. Perhaps the only distinction between objects and things resides in their scale. Closer to any natural thing, in its ambiguous scale, this small building is more than a hut but less than a house: it is a cottage. As an opaque block, a monolithic object heavily anchored at the edge of a cliff, it is facing a sea-lion reserve on the Pacific Ocean. In its under dimensioned thickness, in its narrow and tall proportion, the building could be read as an inhabited wall that runs perpendicular to the natural topography. The height of this wall is determined by two lines: a continuous horizon and a stepped sequence of six platforms that descend towards the sea. The separation between that horizontal roof (with the function of an open terrace) and the regular extension of the ground (with the informal arrangement of rest, dinning and living), a single asymmetrical room, is interrupted by three massive columns and two bridges. While beds are placed in the upper platforms, with low ceiling, sofas or tables are meant to be in the lower platforms, within a vertical space. There is a discreet regime of openings at either sides of the long volume with some punctual skylights, a few half-moon perforations that could be used as sun clocks and a singular corner window divided by a round pillar. This is the only window with unframed glass flushed to the outer concrete surface. Mirroring the sunset, an almost impossible and illusory floating rock rests right on top of that reflection. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Tiny (Yet Incredibly Detailed) Sketches of the Eiffel Tower and Historic Cathedrals Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:00 AM PDT Lorenzo Concas, an architect, photographer and light designer based in Florence, creates tiny sketches which are layered with an incredible amount of detail. The width of these drawings only spans the length of a fineliner, yet Concas manages to fit in detailed recreations of elaborate ornament. His drawings accentuate the play of light and dark on these Gothic cathedrals and other famous monuments. Using fineliners and Copic sketch markers, Concas captures these works of architecture from unique angles, allowing us to see the beauty and potential of these buildings in new ways. From intimate details of the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella to low angles which bring attention to the awe-inspiring height of the Eiffel Tower, these drawings exhibit the power of the sketch and how architecture can come alive through pen and paper. More of Lorenzo Concas' work, including his photography, can be seen on his website and his Instagram. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
93-Building Shortlist Announced for 2018 RIBA London Awards Posted: 01 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT Since 1996, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has hosted awards for exemplary buildings across the UK by RIBA Chartered Architects and RIBA International Fellows. This year, 93 projects were shortlisted out of 203 entries for the 2018 RIBA London Awards; including designs by Foster + Partners, Hawkins\Brown, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, and Make Architects. Each project will be visited by one of five London juries during the month of April. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony on May 15th at the RIBA headquarters at 66 Portland Place, London. Scroll down to see a complete list of the shortlisted architectural works. 15 Clerkenwell Close / Groupwork + Amin Taha Architects 25 Savile Row / Piercy & Company 53 Great Suffolk Street / Hawkins\Brown 70 Wilson / Astudio Ltd A Mews Collection / 6a architects Abell and Cleland / DSDHA Alex Monroe Workshop / DSDHA Angel Court / Fletcher Priest Architects Bellenden Primary School / Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture Belvue School Woodland Classrooms / Studio Weave Ltd. Bethnal Green Memorial / Arboreal Architecture Black Stone House / 6a architects Bloomberg, London / Foster + Partners Brentford Lock West Block E / Mæ Bridge Theatre / Haworth Tompkins Bush Theatre / Haworth Tompkins Camden Courtyards / Sheppard Robson Caroline Place / Amin Taha Architects + Groupwork Central Parade / Gort Scott Chadwick Hall / Henley Halebrown Charles Dickens School / Maccreanor Lavington Chobham Manor / Haworth Tompkins Dartmouth Park House / AY Architects De Beauvoir Block / Henley Halebrown Elm Grove Hall, Student residence and conference centre / MJP Architects Faraday House / dRMM architects Fitzrovia House / Carmody Groarke Gasholder Park / Bell Phillips Architects Gasholders London / WilkinsonEyre with Jonathan Tuckey Design Gin Distillery / Open Practice Architecture Graduate Centre, Queen Mary, University of London / Wilkinson Eyre Grange Primary School / Maccreanor Lavington Great Eastern Buildings / Karakusevic Carson Architects Hackney Town Hall / Hawkins\Brown Hawley Primary School / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Hazelhurst Court / Levitt Bernstein Herbal House / BuckleyGrayYeoman Here East / Hawkins\Brown Herne Hill Velodrome / Hopkins Architects House and Studio Lambeth / Carmody Groarke House in Coombe Park, Kingston / Eldridge London Ivydale Primary School / Hawkins\Brown Keyworth Primary School / Hawkins\Brown Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 / Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown Kingsgate Primary Lower School / Maccreanor Lavington Architects Knox Bhavan Studio / Knox Bhavan Architects LAMDA / Niall McLaughlin Architects LSQ London / Make Architects Maiden Lane / PRP Marlborough Primary School / Dixon Jones Midland Goods Shed / Bennetts Associates Mildmay / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios & Matthew Lloyd Architects Moray Mews / Peter Barber Architects No1 New Oxford Street / Orms Nobu Hotel / Ron Arad Architects + Ben Adams Architects Pinnacle N10 / pH+ Porcelain Gallery / Simon Astridge Architecture Workshop R7, Kings Cross / Duggan Morris Architects Red House / 31/44 Architects Riverlight / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Royal Academy of Music – The Susie Sainsbury Theatre & The Angela Burgess Recital Hall / Ian Ritchie Architects Royal Albert Wharf Phase 1 / Maccreanor Lavington Salters Hall / De Metz Forbes Knight Architects Sandringham Central at Sandringham Primary School / Walters & Cohen Architects Scenario House / Scenario Architecture Shaftesbury Theatre / Bennetts Associates Somers Town Bridge / Moxon Architects South Gardens / Maccreanor Lavington St Augustines Church / Roz Barr Architects St James Market / Make Architects Streatham and Clapham High School / Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture Sutherland Road / Levitt Bernstein The Bourne Estate / Matthew Lloyd Architects The Department Store / Squire and Partners The Forge / Emrys Architects The Leadenhall Building / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners The Makers House / Liddicoat & Goldhill The Record Hall / Karakusevic Carson Architects The Sekforde / Chris Dyson Architects The Water Tank, Keeling House / Brian Heron Architects The Westworks / Allies and Morrison Turner's House / Butler Hegarty Architects University of Roehampton Library / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Upper Richmond Road / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris VEX / Chance de Silva & Scanner Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter / AL_A Victoria and Albert Museum Members' Room / Carmody Groarke Victoria Hall King's Cross / Stanton Williams Walthamstow Wetlands / Witherford Watson Mann Waterloo City Farm / Feilden Fowles Architects Weston Street / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris White Collar Factory / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Wilkins Terrace / Levitt Bernstein News via: RIBA.
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