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- Cats in the Right Place at the Wrong Time in Architectural Photography
- Architecture For Landscape: The Natural Environment as the Stage for Design
- Haddington Park / Robert Bourke Architects
- Pakistan to Feature For the First Time Ever at 2018 Venice Biennale
- Curved Girder Bridge Neckartenzlingen / Ingenieurbüro Miebach
- 3 Cabins in Belgium / Slow Cabins
- Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten / KIENTRUC O
- Fairhaven Beach House / John Wardle Architects
- Will Alsop Dies at the Age of 70
- Massachusetts' LEED Platinum Award Winning Arena Named US' Most Environmentally Sustainable
- Tredje Natur and Lendager Group Feature Upcycled Materials On New Copenhagen High-Rise
- Mylla Hytte / Mork-Ulnes Architects
- Rammed Earth Construction: 15 Exemplary Projects
- London's Landmark Brutalist "Space House" Is Captured in a Different Light in this Photo Essay
- Parque do Rola Moça Visitors Center / TETRO Arquitetura
- These BIG-Inspired Posters Highlight the Evolving “Syntax” in Architecture
- Showroom Plicosa / Miel Arquitectos
| Cats in the Right Place at the Wrong Time in Architectural Photography Posted: 13 May 2018 11:00 PM PDT  © Pedro Vannucchi Cats just don't care. They don't care if you bought them gourmet food. They don't care if you got them customized furniture or luxury cardboard boxes, and they definitely don't care if they are barging into an architectural photo shoot (although, we do think it's their way of being the center of attention). The Screen / DMOA architects © Luc Roymans Habitus Boatsheds / Strachan Group Architects + Rachael Rush © Patrick Reynolds Fuzzy House / SO © Filippo Poli Moenda's House / Felipe Rodrigues © Pedro Vannucchi Town House in Antwerp / Sculp[IT] © Luc Roymans Open Source House / studiolada architects © Olivier Mathiotte House for Booklovers and Cats / BFDO Architects © Francis Dzikowski Cat House / FANAF © FANAF Casa 50m2 / OBBA © Kyungsub Shin Nionohama Apartment House Renovation / ALTS Design Office © Fuji-Shokai - Masahiko Nishida Gwang-Gyeong-Won / Kang-il Lim + Eunmi Kim © Eui-tae park  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Architecture For Landscape: The Natural Environment as the Stage for Design Posted: 13 May 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Architecture for Landscape: YACademy's high-level training course offers 8 scholarships, and internships in internationally-renowned architectural firms. 110 hours of lessons, a 60-hour workshop and internships/lectures in internationally-renowned architectural firms like Eduardo Souto de Moura, Jean Nouvel Design, Snøhetta, HHF, Duque Motta & AA, Stefano Boeri Architetti. The Course From Stonehenge to Greek temples, architecture is the signature of humankind on landscape, the artificial element that has always been connected to the natural environment. Architecture and landscape are linked by a fundamental continuity that is now starting to fade, damaging the quality of the space we dwell. More than ever today, landscape is a precious heritage that architecture can and must enhance, while protecting it to pass it on to future generations: architects must not give up on working on landscape, instead they should be able to design architecture that responds to each landscape's specific feature and generates wonderful and unique spaces. The Architecture for Landscape course is created on these premises: it aims at training designers who are able to meet the diverse needs of transforming territories, enforcing an attentive and productive dialogue with the surrounding landscape to respond to the needs of prestigious clients in outstanding contexts. Through a thorough analysis of the natural world, light and geomorphological features of terrains, the designers will become more and more able to reconnect human design to the natural environment and being inspired by landscape to design outstanding, sustainable and impressive architectures. The course aims at training professional designers who are able to intervene in astonishing and monumental natural contexts. Thanks to the workshop activities ( also carried out during a 3-day visit to the amazing park of Arte Sella ), the designers will be able to interpret the characteristics of the natural environment to transform it into a fine setting for elegant, sustainable and integrated architecture. The course aims at providing the students with skills that are immediately usable and at granting a focus on the choice of materials, technologies, elements of sustainability and care of different botanical items. Moreover, thanks to their internships in well-renowned professional firms, the students will gain an efficient link to the labor market. .jpg?1525975627) YACADEMY YAC is an association which promotes architectural competitions aimed at fostering culture and design research. Over the years, YAC has broadened its experience of work and collaboration with the main architectural firms of contemporary architecture, dealing with diverse and numerous topics of architectural design. Nowadays YAC expertise can serve young designers better, providing them with the creation of high-level educational programs aimed at polishing the skills of the students and offering them a valuable connection to the labor market. Thanks to the close relationship with internationally renowned professional and academic actors, YAC is the perfect frame within which complete or specialize one's skills and create a significative link with the most internationally-renowned architectural practices. The courses will take place at YACademy's headquarters: a historical building located in the heart of Bologna historical city center, close to the Two Towers and next to Piazza Santo Stefano, undoubtedly one of the most picturesque corners of the city. .jpg?1525975632) 110 Hours of Lessons INTERPRETING LANDSCAPE | 12 hours Special Lectures
60-Hour Workshop Internships At the end of the lessons, the students are guaranteed an internship in one of the professional firms relevant to the course topic.
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| Haddington Park / Robert Bourke Architects Posted: 13 May 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Ste Murray
 © Ste Murray Text description provided by the architects. An extension and renovation of a 1940's bungalow in Glenageary, Co. Dublin. Within a regular grid and structurally efficient timber roof structure, a new living space is created for a young family. Beneath this protective timber lattice, lies a brickwork wall, which surrounds and encloses, but never touches the roof, creating high-level openings through which morning sunlight can enter while providing privacy to neighbouring houses.  © Ste Murray  Plan  © Ste Murray The brickwork wall starts in the corner as an alcove for a window seat, folds to form a log store and bends to enclose an oak bench: the focal point of family life. High-level mirrors over the kitchen appear to double the length of the room, and conceal a utility and shower room behind.  Axonometric A simple material palette provides a robust yet tactile environment: an alternative take on the 'single storey rear extension'.  © Ste Murray  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pakistan to Feature For the First Time Ever at 2018 Venice Biennale Posted: 13 May 2018 09:00 PM PDT  City of Karachi. Image © Sakina Hassan As part of our 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale coverage we present the proposal for the Pakistan Pavilion. Below, the participants describe their contribution in their own words. Keeping the subject of FREESPACE in perspective, the Pakistan Pavilion takes inspiration from the physical and social dimensions of the sparsely open spaces embedded within the many informal settlements of Karachi, the most populated and fastest growing city of Pakistan. Karachi has long served as the premier financial and industrial center of Pakistan. Home to a large service sector, it has attracted people from all parts of the country in search of employment opportunities. It has also drawn migrants from near-by countries facing conflict and economic deprivation. This influx has seen Karachi grow from a city of about a million inhabitants in 1950 into an ethnically and linguistically diverse metropolis of over 20 million today. This irrepressible growth has revealed an urban fabric composed of both regulated and unregulated development patterns. Characterized as informal settlements, the unregulated development has largely resulted from a widening gap between demand and supply of affordable housing.  Regulated and Unregulated Development Patterns of Karachi. Image Courtesy of Google Earth Today, over 60% of the city's population resides in these settlements, covering only 8.1% of the city's land. Highly dense, these settlements predictably face a number of issues, one of which is the severe contraction and disappearance of open spaces for communal sociability. In fact, the only open spaces that remain in these settlements are the streets and alleys which too, quite often, reduce to narrow corridors, trapped between endless layers of buildings. Receiving only fractured light, these corridors occasionally open into slightly wider pockets of space.  Informal Settlements of Karachi – Sparsely Open Spaces. Image © Sakina Hassan Despite their confined physical conditions, these open spaces remain full of life and vitality, not only functioning as thoroughfares, but serving as vibrant arenas for interaction, dissemination of information, exchange of ideas, and play. Inconceivable as it may appear, they make enough room for everyone, displaying an overwhelming sense of community that builds and thrives on consensus.  Informal Settlements of Karachi – Avenues of Life and Vitality. Image © Sakina Hassan The Pavilion of Pakistan, titled The Fold, explores these ideas of limitation and interdependence, inviting visitors to comprehend FREESPACE as a consequence of unity, mutuality and harmony amidst a restrictive physicality. This makes it simultaneously a global as well as a local phenomenon. Located in the Levante section of the Gardens of Marinaressa, the Pavilion is composed of a layer of unevenly spaced verticals, consuming a small portion of the garden. Upon closer proximity and inspection, the layer reveals itself as a singular folding system, with the intention to confine, while partially reveal what it encloses.  Courtesy of Zeba Asad Conceptually, it is an abstraction of the verticality, multiplicity, and systematic irregularity characteristic of the physical limitations of informal settlements. The subtle tapering of the profile suggests the tendency of these settlements to rise in synchronization. A gap where the two ends overlap forms a constricted opening leading inside. Once inside, a set of axes animate the space – relying on consensus for activation.  Courtesy of Coalesce Design Studio The design and curatorial team for the Pavilion of Pakistan consists of Architects Bilal Kapadia, Mustafa Mehdi and Salman Jawed of the Karachi-based multidisciplinary design practice Coalesce Design Studio, Assistant Professors Durreshahwar Alvi and Sami Chohan (Curator) from the Department of Architecture, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, and Zeba Asad who is a student of architecture at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. Asad I. Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners is serving as the Commissioner of the national participation project. The Pavilion is supported by the Global Art Affairs Foundation and organized by Coalesce Design Studio and Antidote Art & Design.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Curved Girder Bridge Neckartenzlingen / Ingenieurbüro Miebach Posted: 13 May 2018 08:00 PM PDT .jpg?1526049371 "© Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie") © Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie
.jpg?1526049985 "© Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie") © Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie With timber to new shores .jpg?1526049841 "© Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie") © Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie The construction is defined by a continuous so-called "gerber-beam" (hinged girder system), which is adapted in the area of the large moments of support above the pillars in the cross-sectional height. A reference to historic wooden cantilever bridges was sought here. Various support members have stacked additively at the supporting point. Glulam beams with an increasing cross-section were glued to each other horizontally. At the end of the respective cantilever reduces the number of support members, so that slimming towards the center of the field is formed.  Elevation and Plan The sophisticated geometry of the double-curved bridge elements suggested the material wood. Finally, the historical context of the construction site also speaks for the use of timber: at earlier times, wooden logs from the Black Forest in the Neckar were loaded onto the river at the bridge site. From there, the wood then moved downstream into the European timber trade. .jpg?1526049442 "© Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie") © Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie The underlying wood preservation concept of the bridge has given the deck an important function: watertight, coated precast concrete elements are placed above the wood structure and guarantee a permanent protection of the timber structure by means of gutters below in the joint areas.  Section Details To avoid the laterally attacking driving rain whose fall angle is specified normatively in DIN 68800 with 30 ° to the vertical, the support structure follows this specification. The rejuvenation of the stepped block carrier orients itself at this 30 ° line and is protected by the overhanging decking. .jpg?1526049948 "© Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie") © Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie Wood is the only renewable raw material for load-bearing constructions compared to other materials. The use of about 250 m³ of wood binds about 225 t of CO2. In terms of durability, modern, constructively protected wooden bridges such as those in Neckartenzlingen are in no way inferior to steel or concrete bridges. .jpg?1526050057 "© Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie") © Burkhard Walther Architekturfotografie  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 3 Cabins in Belgium / Slow Cabins Posted: 13 May 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Jonas Verhulst
.jpg?1525953888 "© Jonas Verhulst") © Jonas Verhulst Text description provided by the architects. WHY
 © Jonas Verhulst WHAT  Isometric view The cabins are manufactured from 100% wood with only qualitative and durable materials. The design is also created with locally produced and/or circularly designed innovations, such as smart battery systems or dry toilets. Even the interior is decorated with wooden toys from wood waste, lightening from waste materials etc.. The cabins are fully self-sufficient, with no network connections for water, electricity or sanitary. For Slow Cabins 'off the grid' living is no romantic dream, but pure reality. .jpg?1525953711 "© Jonas Verhulst") © Jonas Verhulst Furthermore the company applies an inclusive business model, re-investing part of its profits into local projects to reinforce the impact of its concept. Slow Cabins is part of the new generation of lean 'impact driven' enterprises.  © Jonas Verhulst HOW  Plan Slow Cabins applies a strict circular 'low impact' business model, in terms of both product and process design. Already at the design stage it starts by choosing the right materials and techniques in order to minimize waste streams and impact by the cabin and visitor(s) on nature.  © Jonas Verhulst  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten / KIENTRUC O Posted: 13 May 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Hiroyuki Oki
 © Hiroyuki Oki Text description provided by the architects. The Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten project was introduced to Ho Chi Minh City's District 2 as an educational environment that captivates and stimulates meaningful cross interactions amongst the children and the adult. Installed within the school is an openness with a spark of curiosity that allows people of all ages to venture and explore the space in a relaxing and calming atmosphere.  © Hiroyuki Oki As we have engaged in numerous educational projects, we recognize that these experiences are equally as important as the responsibility of nurturing the kids. It invokes a sense of pride, and interests within the teacher and the staffs. It inspires and embraces them, for they have chosen to dedicate their lives to the education and the well-being of the children on a daily basis.  Ground Floor Plan Like a giant Lego building, the kindergarten is constructed entirely in bare brick forming patterns and openings that is playful to the eyes, conveying a unique aesthetic value and promoting natural ventilation. Classrooms and utility rooms are organized around a playful core. Each floor is arranged in an alternating pattern to enhance vertical interaction, encourage children to be more receptive to their surroundings, and stimulate their inner creativity.  © Hiroyuki Oki  Courtesy of KIENTRUC O Juxtapose to the calming atmosphere of the classrooms, the core is ample and full of movement. From the garden on the ground floor, the spaces form an aperture that frames a continuous perspective that is visible from outside in and inside out. Continually upward, the interior spaces connect to an open rooftop garden, waiting to be discovered with a rewarding experience of the infinite vista of the Saigon river.  Section 1 The journey of discovery in the kindergarten is a very liberating one because of the continuous changes, and the endless experiences that are tailored personally to each space. Conclusively, Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten is a place of surprises that will never cease to tickle the curious souls, children and adult alike.  © Hiroyuki Oki  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Fairhaven Beach House / John Wardle Architects Posted: 13 May 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Trevor Mein
 © Trevor Mein Text description provided by the architects. This nimble beach house enjoys panoramic views over the southern ocean and surf beach. Located on top of the ridgeline above the Great Ocean Road on the Victorian coastline, the proportions, orientation, and dimensions of windows are tailored to particular views and to reveal internal spaces.  © Trevor Mein Our design process is akin to scenography, cutting together sensory and spatial experiences to frame the theatre of inhabitation within. The spatial journey through the house from arrival to view is choreographed to increase anticipation before reaching the main living space.  © Trevor Mein  Ground Floor Plan  © Trevor Mein  First Floor Plan  © Trevor Mein As you step beneath a cantilevered study into a dramatic vertical entry space, you become acutely aware of a number of twists and folds along its length that make the transformation into horizontal living space. The main window aperture matches the cinematic proportions of the ocean view.  © Trevor Mein  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Will Alsop Dies at the Age of 70 Posted: 13 May 2018 11:20 AM PDT  By Malcolm Crowther - Malcolm Crowther, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33576225">Link</a> Will Alsop, the British architect known for his colorful and unconventional designs, has died at age 70. As reported by The Guardian, Alsop passed away on Saturday following a short illness, with his firm aLL Design confirming the news on Sunday. Widely recognized as one of architecture's greatest mavericks—a term used to both praise or disparage Alsop, depending on who was using it—Alsop made headlines throughout his career for his brash designs. In the 1970s, Alsop was taken under the wing of one of Britain's other eccentric visionaries, Cedric Price, and Price's wacky yet progressive style can be seen in Alsop's work throughout his 45-year career. In the early 2000s, the spirit of the new millennium proved the perfect environment for Alsop to make his mark. In 2000 the Peckham Library, one of his best-known works, won the Stirling Prize, and four years later he completed an extension to the Ontario College of Art & Design which has become one of the most recognizable buildings in Toronto. Read Will Alsop's obituary on The Guardian website here.  By <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/45457437@N00">David Jones</a> from Isle of Wight, United Kingdom - <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/45457437@N00/3817054000/">Chips, New Islington, Manchester and Lock 2 on the Ashton Canal</a>Uploaded by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DavidJones">DavidJones</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8859775">Link</a>  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Massachusetts' LEED Platinum Award Winning Arena Named US' Most Environmentally Sustainable Posted: 13 May 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of InkHouse Massachusetts' Bentley University Arena has earned the LEED Platinum certification and was named the most environmentally sustainable arena in the United States. The 76,000 square foot arena emphasizes the university's commitment to sustainability, energy efficiency, and goal to reach carbon neutrality by the year 2030. Bentley Unversity also offers a major in Sustainability Science and a program that will reduce more than 270 tons of material waste per year. This arena hosts several university events such as concerts, alumni events, career fairs, and is home to its NCAA Division I hockey team.  Courtesy of InkHouse
 Courtesy of InkHouse The sustainable features of the arena include but are not limited to: a 504-kilowatt solar panel that will generate 40% of the building's needs, a technology that uses heat from the ice rink to produce hot water in the building, and windows that decrease the amount of electricity needed to light the structure. News via: InkHouse.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tredje Natur and Lendager Group Feature Upcycled Materials On New Copenhagen High-Rise Posted: 13 May 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of TREDJE NATURE Joined by their common interest in sustainability, Danish architecture firms Lendager Group and TREDJE NATUR have announced their design for CPH Common House, a new residential and commercial building in the Ørestad area of Copenhagen that they call "the world's first upcycled high rise" for its use of repurposed and recycled post-consumer material. The focus on environmental considerations extends from material choices to the form of the building itself, which combines courtyard and high-rise building elements by gradually splitting the 75-meter corner tower into a pair of terraced wings that create both a central courtyard and abundant outdoor balcony and roof space for residents.  Courtesy of TREDJE NATURE Designed for SOLSTRA Development and Bellakvarter A/S, the design for CPH Common House expands on concepts that the Lendager Group previously explored in their experimental Upcycle House, which used two shipping containers as structural elements for a four-bedroom house that also incorporated particle board finish pieces made from recycled lumber, recycled champagne cork bathroom tiles and facade panels derived from recycled granulated paper.  Courtesy of TREDJE NATURE  Courtesy of TREDJE NATURE The new high-rise will boast facade elements made from recycled tiles and concrete with brick fractures, paneling constructed from recycled window frames and reclaimed wood flooring. In total, the design team estimates that the project would make use of 17,577 tons of recycled waste material.  Courtesy of TREDJE NATURE Along with the environmental benefits of using repurposed and recycled material, the design philosophy behind the project is also intended to connect the new building to the context and character of its surroundings.
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| Mylla Hytte / Mork-Ulnes Architects Posted: 13 May 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Bruce Damonte
 © Bruce Damonte Text description provided by the architects. The site is located at the northern edge of Nordmarka, which is a vast wilderness just an hour north of where the family resides in Oslo. Though the landscape is still wild, it is easily reached by car, bike, or ski from the city. The location was chosen because of its proximity to Oslo and its easy access to cross country skiing and fishing, which can be done at Mylla Lake just below. It only takes a few hours to reach via back country trails on bike or skis, which Scott has occasionally indulged in, or just over an hour by car. "Amenities" that the clients requested at the outset were: three bedrooms, including a bunkroom for kids; two bathrooms as efficient and small as possible; a small annex for ski waxing, bike and ski storage, and a two person sauna; connection from inside to out.  © Bruce Damonte Hytte is the Norwegian word for cabin. Hytter (cabins) are a huge part of Norwegian culture, with over a quarter of all Norwegians owning at least one. The traditional Norwegian hytte is small and primitive, serving a simple utilitarian purpose to shelter, often with an outdoor toilet and no running water. The typical interior is cramped, compartmentalized, and disconnected, with rooms loaded off a narrow corridor. The living quarters are usually dark with pine clad walls, small windows and low ceilings.  © Bruce Damonte The design challenge was to rework the traditional hytte building type so that it still maintained its utilitarian character — compact, efficient, and driven by function  Plan Though planning regulations required a gable roof, the architects were able to split the gable in half to create four shed roofs. This produced a pinwheel plan with two sheltered outdoor spaces — the Morning porch and the Evening porch — which capture the sun and are protected from wind and snow shedding from the roof.  © Bruce Damonte "The pin-wheel plan and sloping roof form is derived from the climate, the desire  Section A Instead of emphasizing the site's sweeping panorama of pine and deciduous forests, mountains, and lake, Mylla Hytte takes a more deliberate approach to the landscape around it. The wings of the house engage four distinct characters of the site: the great room looks onto Mylla Lake, the guest room looks towards the rolling hillside, the kids' room looks up at the sky, and the bedroom has a private view of the towering forest.  © Bruce Damonte Rather than compartmentalizing the plan into a series of separate rooms, the interior of the 84 square meter cabin is designed as a free flowing landscape. The 2.4m to 4.3m high vaulted ceilings are continuous throughout to form a uniting canopy. Underneath the canopy are three functional cores — one for the kitchen, coat closet and bathroom, another for bathroom and storage, and another for storage and mechanical equipment — which direct the interior flow and create private zones in the interior.  © Bruce Damonte In the end, the small cabin can comfortably accommodate the client's family of four along with 4-6 guests within its two bedrooms, bunkroom, combined living room and kitchen, two full bathrooms.  © Bruce Damonte To create a warm and light filled interior, the architects used pine plywood treated with lye and white oil to finish the interior of the cabin. Custom plywood furniture, including bed frames, bunk beds, couch, dining table, benches, and shelves are found throughout.  © Bruce Damonte "We wanted to create a clean and simple interior so used only two materials for the interiors: lyed pine plywood and concrete," says Lexie Mork-Ulnes. "The cabin is so small, we wanted to make things as multi-purpose as possible. The kitchen island is also the bench for the dining table. The roof over the bathroom volume is a playroom for the kids, since their bedroom is so small. All of the beds have built-in drawers, and the sofa has large cubbies for books and storage bins for games and legos. The sofa is made of two single mattresses, for easy conversion to extra beds when the house is full. We attempted to make the furniture as material efficient as possible, so for example the dining table is built from exactly two sheets of plywood."  © Bruce Damonte  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rammed Earth Construction: 15 Exemplary Projects Posted: 13 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  © Nic Lehoux Photography This week, we're highlighting a selection of the best images of projects built using rammed earth. These 15 works show the attractive aesthetic finish created by the superposition of multiple layers of compressed soil. Despite having been neglected as a construction technique for years, this type of construction is now experiencing a renaissance in architecture. Read on for a selection of images from prominent photographers such as Filip Dujardin, João Morgado, and Nic Lehoux. Shannon McGrathLayer House / Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers © Shannon McGrath Stefan MüllerSparrenburg Visitor Centre / Max Dudler © Stefan Müller Filip DujardinObservation Tower Negenoord / De Gouden Liniaal Architecten © Filip Dujardin Cade HayesCasa Caldera / DUST © Cade Hayes Iwan BaanAjijic / Tatiana Bilbao © Iwan Baan Filip DujardinObservation Tower Negenoord / De Gouden Liniaal Architecten © Filip Dujardin Rory GardinerLos Terrenos / Tatiana Bilbao © Rory Gardiner Edward BirchThe Great Wall of WA / Luigi Rosselli © Edward Birch Sun HaitingSanBaoPeng Art Museum / DL Atelier © Sun Haiting João MorgadoVineyard House / Blaanc © João Morgado Jeff Goldberg/EstoTucson Mountain Retreat / DUST © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Iwan BaanRicola Kräuterzentrum / Herzog & de Meuron © Iwan Baan Norman MüllerHouse Gulm / Aicher Ziviltechniker GmbH © Norman Müller Leo EspinosaEarth House / earthLAB Studio © Leo Espinosa Toshihiro MisakiZenkonyu / Tadashi Saito + Atelier NAVE © Toshihiro Misaki Nic Lehoux PhotographyNk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre / DIALOG © Nic Lehoux Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| London's Landmark Brutalist "Space House" Is Captured in a Different Light in this Photo Essay Posted: 13 May 2018 02:30 AM PDT  © Ste Murray Appreciated within the industry but often maligned by the general public, brutalism came to define post-war architecture in the UK, as well as many countries around the world. In his 1955 article The New Brutalism, Reyner Banham states it must have "1, Formal legibility of plan; 2, clear exhibition of structure, and 3, valuation of materials for their inherent qualities as found." One Kemble Street, a 16-story cylindrical office block originally named "Space House" and designed by George Marsh and Richard Seifert, clearly exhibits all of these characteristics, creating a landmark in the heart of London that remains as striking today as it was upon its completion in 1968. Photographing the Grade-II listed building throughout the day, photographer Ste Murray manages to beautifully capture the building's essence, celebrating its 50 year anniversary while also highlighting the intrigue of its form in a way that suggests parallels to contrasting ideologies.  © Ste Murray Dense Y-shaped columns—similar to those used by Marsh and Seifert at another London landmark, Centre Point Tower—elevate the structure, creating an inviting public entrance around its circular plan. The columns support a modular structure: three-meter-high, precast concrete cruciform blocks that fit together to form a cylindrical shell, inset with large glass windows. The depth of the exoskeleton is such that shadows are cast upon the building's own surface, emphasizing the undulating section through the varying shades of raw, white concrete.  © Ste Murray In complete contrast to the Edwardian building it replaced, Space House maintains a unique aesthetic and flair, in spite of its use of the deeply functional design principles of Brutalism. The precast modules fixed end-to-end allowed for cheap, scaffold-less construction, while the floors were precast to reduce the build time. Even its iconic shape wasn't an intentional statement of beauty, but rather an effort to reduce the lateral forces and engineering costs, every decision maximizing efficiency during the commercial property boom of 1960s London.  © Ste Murray
 © Ste Murray However, when isolating the building from its context, Murray's photographs highlight the almost classical symmetry of elements, with each module's subtle angles creating a colosseum-like appearance from afar. In the evening shots, where the angled silhouette of the facade is placed against the turning night sky, you begin to see the hidden nature of Space House, sharing the decadent complexity and ornateness of the architecture surrounding it. Jonathan Foyle, chief executive of the World Monuments Fund Britain, summed up the Brutalist movement it belongs to when he said:
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| Parque do Rola Moça Visitors Center / TETRO Arquitetura Posted: 13 May 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Gustavo Xavier
 © Gustavo Xavier Text description provided by the architects. The Rola-Moça State Park is one of the most important green areas of the State of Minas Gerais. Located in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, it houses some of the sources that supply the capital, as well as the natural habitat of species of endangered fauna such as the brown jaguar, the ocelot, the maned wolf, the wildcat, the macuco and the stag  © Gustavo Xavier The Park is situated in a transition zone from Cerrado to Atlantic Forest, rich in ferruginous fields, which are very rare, being found only in the iron and iron quadrangle and in Carajás.  © Gustavo Xavier The building was conceived as an object lightly placed on the site of Rola Moça mountain range, minimally interfering in the topography of the terrain and preserving the local vegetation.  Plan The lightness in the implantation and the extreme horizontality of its shape make a striking presence in the landscape.  © Gustavo Xavier  Sections  © Gustavo Xavier An architectural landmark for the park entrance, so that visitors recognize it as their center of support, a place of rest, for quick meals, contemplation of the exhibitions and nature itself, and also an excellent place for astronomical glimpse.  © Gustavo Xavier The building has a reception, as exhibition hall, a multipurpose room (mini-auditorium), a snack bar, toilets and an outdoor cinema, where teaching classes, lectures and videos can be held, thus contributing to the education of the population and awareness of park users. The snack bar has openings inside and outside the building, allowing it to operate even when the main museum is closed.  © Gustavo Xavier The chosen materials seek to refer to the place where the building is located through its dark brown color, making reference to the existing canga soil composed largely of iron ore.  © Gustavo Xavier  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| These BIG-Inspired Posters Highlight the Evolving “Syntax” in Architecture Posted: 13 May 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has a knack for combatting a variety of complex issues via its step-by-step approach, yielding a design that seems almost inevitable. Ingels has labeled his design strategy as a form of "architectural alchemy." This combines multiple programs or "ingredients" that on their own, would simply be seen as "normal." But in aggregate, you get more out of the mix than you would keeping them separate. The result of this looks something like a waste-to-energy plant topped by a ski-slope, or a parabolic skyscraper with a Copenhagen-style courtyard. Inspired by BIG's "will to find new solutions for environmental, social, economic and technological problems", artist Giuseppe Gallo has designed these 9 posters that evaluate BIG's unique use of syntax. More on syntax in architecture and how you can get your own copies of the posters after the break.  VIA 57 West. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia  Amager Resource Center. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia Gallo references American philosopher Charles Morris and his study of semiotics and its three different fields: semantics, pragmatics and syntax. Semantics being the study of a particular "system of signs" - or perhaps in this case "forms", pragmatics being the influence of those "forms" on those influenced by it, and syntax being the study of the relationship between "forms". The shift in architectural practice to more digital tools has changed the syntax and delivery of design, thus creating a new process of form generation.  Serpentine Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia  Kistefos Museum. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia  The Spiral. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia Each of the projects in the illustrations epitomizes this shift in syntax via BIG's practice of "architectural alchemy". The projects reimagined in the posters include some of BIG's most notable work: VIA 57 West, AIA 2017 Housing Award winner for Multifamily Housing; The Spiral, currently under construction on the High Line in NYC; and BIG's design for the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion, which is set to be relocated to a permanent location in Vancouver.  Kimball Art Center. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia  VM House. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia  1200 Intrepid. Image Courtesy of Giuseppe Gallo via Mirabilia You can read more about each of the projects, as well as download the posters for free here. News via: Mirabilia.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Showroom Plicosa / Miel Arquitectos Posted: 12 May 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © José Hevia
 © José Hevia Text description provided by the architects. Palm tree, hut and lounger ... this is in essence SHOWROOM PLICOSA, a display of outdoor furniture for wholesalers, a space to sell outdoors Comfort to those who know how best to sell it to us. A sufficiently abstract space to be able to change each season without ever losing its primordial condition, being outside ... or at least pretending to be!  © José Hevia And how does onecreate outer space inside a commercial establishment? ... by opposition? If there is an interior and I'm not inside then I'm out? ... ALL IN! Our commercial space resulted from the addition of 8 attached industrial units with a slightly trapezoidal shape (20m x 7.60 / 8.20m), so when the 7 internal divisions were removed, a sea of pillars appeared on a 1.235m2 space, 5.80m high and slightly radial plant.  © José Hevia The exterior furniture par excellence is the rattan armchair, a climbing palm of Indonesian origin whose fibers are non-prutescent, very flexible and extremely resistant.  © José Hevia 1. From the palm, the tree rattan; 2. From the Forest of pillars,the Palm Grove; 3.andfor the inside / outside, the cabin in the forest. Then the 8 windows 8m wide and 4m high, a 70m long cinemascope screen to watch and to be seen.  Axonometric The natural way in which we find our own way in space is by placing our body in relation to two nearby points, we triangulate just as when navigating ... we never draw a mentalgrid!  © José Hevia Based on this cognitive evidence we established the spatial organization of the set adapting to the rhythm of the forest of palm trees with a "slightly radial" triangulation pattern.  © José Hevia And little more: restraining braces that support tribunes and balconies, lattices of cypress that sift and ventilate, black pipes and air condition shaftslike the night that covers them, boxes inside boxes, hierarchies that are assembled as Russian dolls and the resulting "outer" space prepared for the SHOW, whether Truman or the independent Republic of your home.  © José Hevia  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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