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- Arc Village Studio / Sim-Plex Design Studio
- Design Festival: FLOW! Getting Around the Changing City
- Lake's Edge / Chow:Hill Architects
- List Sotheby’s Singapore Office / SCDA Architects
- Terra – Nu / Maaps Architects
- First Serpentine Pavilion Outside UK Opens with Design by JIAKUN Architects
- 3104FLATS / A3 LUPPI UGALDE WINTER
- College of Business, University of South Florida / ikon.5 architects + Harvard Jolly
- Kengo Kuma and OODA Win Competition to Redevelop Porto Slaughterhouse
- Rural School Alto del Mercado / Ana Elvira Vélez + Juan B. Echeverri
- World's First 3D-Printed Concrete Housing Project to be Built in Eindhoven
- Loft Renovation in Font Honrada Barcelona / Adrian Elizalde Architecture
- 7 Lessons from New York's New Affordable Housing Design Guide
- Morphosis Releases Images of Proposed Orange County Museum of Art in California
- New Jerusalen de Miñaro Primary School / Semillas
- AQSO Arquitectos Design a New, Twisted Landmark For London's Creative Heart
- Winners of 2018 VEX Competition Reimagine Vernacular Architecture and Design
- Raymond Uldry Business School / meier + associés architectes
| Arc Village Studio / Sim-Plex Design Studio Posted: 01 Jun 2018 07:00 PM PDT
 © Patrick Lam Text description provided by the architects. Sim-Plex has transformed a 606 sq. flat in Hong Kong into combined living & working studio with a clustered of arc frame and round-corner cabinetry to form a village- like communion.  © Patrick Lam Client Inspiration Moreover, all the paper documents were exposed and look messy. The living room is full of debris and look untidy. " Fluidity, openness, brightness and tidiness" as suggested by Sim-Plex to client, are the wordings which would be achieved in this project.  © Patrick Lam Concept of Arc Village Arc and round corners enhanced the fluidity and smoothness of the space, create a working space connecting with the living room harmoniously. Most of the brick wall previously was demolished and the adoption of open plan for work and live help admitting most of the natural light and create the depth of space.  © Patrick Lam "Work in Home" Phenomenon
Project Innovation  Floor plan Under the window, an curvy seat- level cabinetry is elongated from the working space and transformed into the TV cabinetry of the living room. Slots with lighting and copper platform are integrated to allow more display area.  © Patrick Lam In the corridor, a tree- like white wooden enclosure is wrapping from the corridor and extending into the top cabinetry of the living room. A " full- moon " lighting is integrated in the roof cabinet in corridor to light up the space. In kitchen, a semi foyer is created to serve as a supportive space for the kitchen. Storage like rice cooker, boilers, etc could be placed at the slot. A fritted-line glass sliding door is hidden within the wooden cabinetry.  © Patrick Lam In the master and daughter bedroom, dark blue wall- paint is highlighted as a feature of space . No brick wall is built between the rooms, but instead, curvy wooden cabinetry with different copper finish voids is help defining the space and creating privacy. The toilet is hidden within the round corner cabinetry with the marble finish sliding door as the highlight. Through the concept of arc village, a bright, fluent and poetic space is created to enhance communication between family members and allow the co-existence of work and live harmoniously .  © Patrick Lam  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Design Festival: FLOW! Getting Around the Changing City Posted: 01 Jun 2018 05:00 PM PDT  Getting around a city of millions is a miracle of design, engineering and cooperation. In conversation, on foot, by bus, train, bike and ferry, Van Alen's weeklong Spring Festival this June invites participants to experience and consider the present and future of urban mobility. Starting with a bus tour in Manhattan on Sunday, June 17th, and continuing with daily events through a variety show on Governor's Island on Saturday, June 23rd, FLOW! offers multiple opportunities for urbanists of all stripes to enjoy our constantly moving and changing New York City. "We want to bring together the urban planners and designers of today with the city-makers of tomorrow," says Van Alen Curator of Public Programs Robin Schatell, "During the festival, we will imagine new approaches to moving people through our streets, sidewalks, and waterways." The program builds on Van Alen's research, public programs, and design competitions that have focused on urban well-being and climate adaptation in recent years. Following up on the success of Van Alen's 2016 L Train Shutdown Charrette, where design teams proposed implementable and sustainable interventions that looked beyond shuttle buses and private cars, this year's Delancey, Grand & Essex Streets charrette asks multidisciplinary teams to propose design solutions for moving traffic, pedestrians, bikes, and buses safely at this contested crossroads. This intersection in Manhattan's Lower East Side neighborhood at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge faces the maintenance-related shutdown of the L train next year and the anticipated influx of thousands of re-routed L train commuters. At a related event, festival participants have the opportunity to test out their stamina and navigational skills with Everything but the L Train: The Williamsburg Challenge, an afternoon relay race to Williamsburg from Union Square. Working in groups, participants will be assigned a mode of transportation—anything except private cars and the L Train—to get themselves to Williamsburg. Along the way, they will use GPS mobile technology to track their time, mood, and roadblocks. All groups will meet at a designated Williamsburg location to share data, travel stories, observations, and experiences in conversation with an urban transportation planner. This year's festival also expands on Van Alen's efforts to develop collaborative partnerships. The Delancey, Grand & Essex Streets charrette is being presented in partnership with Grand Street's New Design High School, which is steps from the Williamsburg Bridge. Our Going and Coming Crossroads Conversation is being held in Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza in partnership with the Brooklyn Historical Society. Brooklyn Giro Bicycle Tours is guiding our participants through a 15-mile bike ride through Brooklyn's changing neighborhoods. The festival's closing event on Saturday, June 23, our Variety Show, will be on Governors Island as part of Figment NYC. In conjunction with the AIA Architecture Week, which coincides with FLOW!, we are presenting Mind the Gap, a panel discussion on improving urban mobility through science. Flow! Getting Around the Changing City continues Van Alen's tradition of producing innovative programs to engage people in understanding and transforming city life.
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| Lake's Edge / Chow:Hill Architects Posted: 01 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Amanda Aitken Photography
 © Amanda Aitken Photography Text description provided by the architects. These northern New Zealand lakes have been a holiday destination for our client for over twenty years; with family camping holidays on the lake edge, enjoying the natural environment this location offers. Our brief was to create a light, airy holiday home that sits naturally within the landscape, which was initially a farm paddock. The house serves as a second home whilst also catering for an influx of family and friends over the holiday periods. Continuing the camping traditions, a designated space for camping, with independent amenities, has been included in the design.  © Amanda Aitken Photography The concept was based around a series of floating planes that peel from the landscape, allowing the home to nestle into the contour of the gently sloping site. The two pavilion roofs of the main living area and master suite have the appearance of floating above the linear form of the house, which in turn creates an ever-changing play of light internally. The long sleek building form stretches across the back boundary, providing panoramic views to the Lake.  © Amanda Aitken Photography The native environment has been extended into the property with extensive planting in order to screen and frame views of the lake and the surrounding landscape. The material palette and colour selections again were chosen to complement the context.  © Amanda Aitken Photography  Floor Plan  © Amanda Aitken Photography With a dual driveway and drive through garage, launching the ski boat is made easy. This second entrance also provides for a separate guest parking area that is adjacent to the camping amenities. The seamless connections between the exterior and interior make the home feel larger than it is, ideal for entertaining and taking in the stunning vista.  © Amanda Aitken Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| List Sotheby’s Singapore Office / SCDA Architects Posted: 01 Jun 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of SCDA Architects
 Courtesy of SCDA Architects Text description provided by the architects. List Sotheby's is a leading luxury residential broker. We were commissioned to design their South East Asian headquarters which involved the fitout of an existing building footprint, internal area 630sqm. The client's brief called for a prestigious office combining together space for a sales gallery, offices and specific broker areas.  Courtesy of SCDA Architects DESIGN CHALLENGE  Plan Practical challenges followed as the client had both time and budget restrictions, necessitating a quick design and construction timeline, thus selection of the contractor was critical.  Courtesy of SCDA Architects The design challenge therefore, was to bring a feeling of high quality distinction, concentrating on details, clean lines and flow of space into a nondescript building, while being mindful of the time and budget constraints. The design must also combine the sales exhibition, broker areas and permanent staff space while defining each space individually and allowing flexibility.  Courtesy of SCDA Architects DESIGN SOLUTION.  Courtesy of SCDA Architects Planning was important to the flow of space and was achieved by clearly identifying the hierarchy of spaces from the impressive sales gallery first entered upon through to the broker and administration spaces, and beyond to the open plan and director offices. One design palate and clean simple detailing was retained throughout to provide a coherent design language, while also helping the contractor, whom we worked closely with, maintain the timeline and budget. As an element of memorability the sales gallery features a sculptured ceiling and folding display panels, which allow flexibility and set the scene upon entering.  Courtesy of SCDA Architects The entailing design creates specific entities for each, all within a clean modern envelope which naturally flows from the directors offices through to the open exhibit space. The overall feel is open, formal and friendly, with an element of surprise as you enter. The design aesthetic recognizes the building's humble beginnings and embraces this to become a prestigious sales suite.  Courtesy of SCDA Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Donghwan Choi
 © Jinseok Yu Text description provided by the architects. The words are exist like a Terrace, Balcony and Veranda. these're a commonly used word in everyday life. but Many experts use these words without knowing the exact terminological difference. in fact, maybe It isn't necessary to know about difference of dictionary definition. the important thing is to understand the situation that those architectural space is nearly can't survive.  © Donghwan Choi Already, architectural outside space in an apartment including housing didn't have to exist in legally, this just documented in 'Plan before confirm' and 'Table of sales area'. in the past, residents (Clients) have extended to balconies like habits after completion of construction, Relevant institutions, they felt limited in improving these illegal actively. so, they were hands off from this problems. as the result The uncomfortable relationship was holded.  Section To resolve situation of overt collective accomplice, finally balconies related laws are revised. with this, the old uncomfortable of the residents and the administration has been solved. but the balcony that exist only in the drawing is lost minimum legal basis for survival. In this way, the situation can be accepted as the result of 'institutional contradiction' and 'our desire'.  © Donghwan Choi The fundamental problem comes from the perception that the value of using terraces is less than its inside space value after expansion. Architectural outside space must prove its worth for survival on its own.  © Jinseok Yu [Terrace survival game] is one theme that Maaps architects design series. Gyeongan-dong project is Skin series. In this project is expended skin's meaning and added several specific functions.  Front elevation [Skin terrace] is designed as integrated result including traditional terrace which have function, noise, observation, controlling skylight and buffer space of inside and outside.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| First Serpentine Pavilion Outside UK Opens with Design by JIAKUN Architects Posted: 01 Jun 2018 10:20 AM PDT  © WF CENTRAL A new Serpentine Pavilion has opened in Beijing, China, marking the first time the prestigious program has been implemented away from its usual home at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park, London. Designed by JIAKUN Architects, the pavilion was commissioned by The Serpentine Galleries working in partnership with WF CENTRAL, and is located just 600 meters away from Beijing's Forbidden City.  © WF CENTRAL The design by JIAKUN Architects is inspired by Confucianism, with curved, cantilevered steel beams and cables representing the symbol of the archer, a representation of the traditional pursuit of Junzi. "Although modern architecture in Beijing has developed a series of powerful techniques to fight the external forces of fierce winds and unpredictable earthquakes, the Pavilion's integral structure aims—like the Tai Chi Master—to conquer the harshness of those forces with softness," explains a press release from The Serpentine Galleries.  © WF CENTRAL The program for the Serpentine Pavilion Beijing has been developed to closely replicate that of the London edition, a program which has taken place annually since 2000 and has included contributions from architects such as Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, and Bjarke Ingels. Just like the London version, the pavilion in Beijing will be open until October 31st and will host a series of public events during 5 "Pavilion Weekends" spread throughout its 5-month lifespan.  © WF CENTRAL The Serpentine Pavilion in London is also scheduled to open in mid-June with a design produced by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo.  © WF CENTRAL  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 3104FLATS / A3 LUPPI UGALDE WINTER Posted: 01 Jun 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Fernando Schapochnik
NEW CUSTOMS. NEW PARADIGMS
Changes in social and cultural customs have a direct impact on the conception of habitable spaces. Time, culture, identity, sustainability are current issues. This building is designed, from the architecture, to give answers to many of these concerns generating spaces that go beyond the basic functions proposing a contemporary way of living.  © Fernando Schapochnik CONCEPT Taking as premise the liberation of the front and the bottom of the land for the location of main premises, the nucleus of circulation and the humid areas in the central area are located achieving a completely free perimeter.  Typology / Concept  Axonometric / Typology  Axonometric / Vegetation This configuration, as a set of inserts (tetris), enables the articulation of cells of one, two, three and four environments.  © Fernando Schapochnik CONFIGURATION AND MATERIALITY  Constructive Detail The bathroom allows simultaneity of uses.  © Fernando Schapochnik In terms of its materiality, a strong image of concrete, glass and vegetation stripes stands out in the profile of a homogenized city in curtains of windows and balconies. Large windows merge with the outside in a game of background and figure. There is a rhythm of sounds and silences played by alternating opaque and transparent bands.  © Fernando Schapochnik SYNTHESIS. THE UTOPIA OF THE URBAN HOUSE IS POSSIBLE Jorge Wagensberg.1948The creative processes that face the problem of current urban housing in an integral way, open a path towards reflection on inhabiting. Those who inhabit the city not only look for spaces to live in, but also belonging and identity.  © Fernando Schapochnik This building, through its typological flexibility and its incorporation of sustainable themes, has the capacity to give answers to the diverse actors that are part of the configuration of the contemporary city's scenario. A space where the vertiginosity of current life can be stopped . A break to drink mate on the lawn enjoying the profile of the fabric.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| College of Business, University of South Florida / ikon.5 architects + Harvard Jolly Posted: 01 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Brad Feinknopf
 © Brad Feinknopf Text description provided by the architects. Conceived as an 'athenaeum for business scholars', the three story, 68,000 square foot structure takes inspiration from its Tampa Bay setting and the indigenous coral stone that lines its shore. Like the stone, the building is a porous container with openings carved out of its volume that house various program elements and allow sunlight and landscaping to penetrate deep within the structure's core. One of these openings is a Palm-lined courtyard with seating that supports learning at the building's entrance. Other openings house a light-filled central commons and an adjacent scholar's garden that support casual learning and encourage productive collisions to occur between students and faculty as they move through the building. The multi-story commons and scholar garden are spatially intermeshed and ringed with active programs spaces including a trading room, community room, break rooms and classrooms that connect the learner to his or her environment.  © Brad Feinknopf  Sustainability Section  © Brad Feinknopf The most unique feature of the building is its glass façade that metaphorically recalls the openings in regional organic coquina or coral stone albeit in an abstract and hyperbolized manner. To achieve a three dimensional impression and depth of surface, such as one would find in coquina, the design team created an inventive composition of glazing units that make a flat glass surface appear to have depth and dimension. The composition is made of a ceramic fritted first pane that is double run with two tones of a circular pattern. The second pane is reflective one way mirror glass that allows view out but reflects the patterned ceramic coating of the first pane outward. The result is a glass surface that has a three dimensional quality or a shadowed depth that belies its constructive flatness. In addition, the glazing system is designed to resisted hurricane force winds and projectiles and reject Floridian heat gain.  © Brad Feinknopf  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kengo Kuma and OODA Win Competition to Redevelop Porto Slaughterhouse Posted: 01 Jun 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA Kengo Kuma and Associates, in collaboration with OODA, have won a competition for the redevelopment of an old industrial slaughterhouse in Porto. The competition was launched in 2017 to transform the building, now abandoned for 20 years, into an anchor for social interaction, while maintaining the memory of the early 20th-century building. The scheme seeks to reconnect the previously important structure with the city center, through interventions such as a bridge linking the site with a nearby metro station. Meanwhile, a vernacular roof stretching across the entire site unites old and new, under which sits a museum, library, performance space, art archive, and creative laboratory. Project description from the architects: For the new Matadouro (Slaughterhouse) project we are interested in creating a building rooted in local history and memory and to develop a sensory translation of the public space that will belong to everyone while each visitor feels as though the space is their own. During its prosperous years, the former Matadouro Slaughterhouse was considered one of the most important economic and development engines for the Campanhã area, however, in the late 1990s it was closed and has remained virtually unoccupied since. Major developments around the site, such as the FC Porto Stadium or the nearby speedway and heavily trafficked city exit route, separated the complex from the city. The Matadouro was lost and forgotten among the surrounding urban elements. With this proposal, we intend to reactivate, reinvent, and engage the local history and memory of the city. In order to achieve this goal, it is essential to create a structure that will have a strong presence from an afar while also reinventing the square underneath for neighborhood uses and new functions to re-establish the site's importance in the city's cultural, business and social network.  Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA The urban approach Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA The brief required a new bridge to establish a connection to the upper side of the city and metro station, once the site is located at a lower level and isolated by the speedway VCI. This created the opportunity not only to access the site itself but also to the neighborhood living in the south area to access easily other parts of the city. The site became part of a path and exchange a new anchor to the city. On the north, the access is made by the building bridge on its top create the uplifted plaza that serves as a public garden and Belvedere for the whole project and the city. And on the South at the level of street and local neighborhood, two other squares would generate another entrance, spots for any social events and interactions. The Form- One Gesture that UnitesThe roof stretches across the entire site to integrate all the program underneath, unite old and new, however preserving the historical heritage. It covers or it integrates with the existing building structures accordingly with the necessity. It establishes a dialogue of scale with the large adjacent infrastructures and, subtly blur through the material with the house of Campanhã.  Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA With a simple gesture of accentuating by the ridge, the specific program underneath is revealed and connected as two front plazas or cultural program (library, museum, performance space etc.) or a new bridge connection with the neighborhood. The Roof- Traditional Materiality Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA The aim for us is to use the knowledge and materials known locally, however, showing their new potential. The ceramic tiles as main covering roof members integrate the new architecture with typical neighborhood appearance and glass panels bring the light, cover from environmental factors as rain or sun or glow with warm light as a lantern the district during the night hours providing a safe cross passage. Further as Porto it renowned of the warm summers with an excessive sun and on contrary the rainy weather during the other time of the year, the new roof appears as a second skin, allows the site to be used all year round ensuring protection and shading, thus enhancing the wind to pass through.  Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA Although it is an innovative design the whole refers to both: local construction but also its form that try to refer to the lightness of the existing big open structures, thus large thin members that levitate weaving as a textile.
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| Rural School Alto del Mercado / Ana Elvira Vélez + Juan B. Echeverri Posted: 01 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Isaac Ramírez Marín
 © Isaac Ramírez Marín Text description provided by the architects. Within the program Antioquia the most educated of the Government of Antioquia and Fraternidad Medellín, a rural school is designed and built in the Alto del Mercado village, municipality of Marinilla located, 1 hour from Medellin.  Floor Plan The rural school for 180 children of the village is located on the top of the mountain ridge overlooking the most beautiful vegetable cultivated slopes. The site had access to either side of trough an open path that connected both roads on each side.  © Isaac Ramírez Marín The building is formed by the repetition of modular naves with gabled roofs that vary in height. The compound itself defines an inside -the school- with the classrooms, library, administrative office and inner playground - and an outside - collective functions located on the edges of the system as activities that extend into the landscaping: a dining room, a multi-purpose room, and the access.  Elevations and Sections The walls in concrete blocks are the structural elements, the wood-framed roofs are supported on the walls, while the shuttered windows foster the relationship between the interior and the landscape.  © Isaac Ramírez Marín  © Isaac Ramírez Marín Las naves de las aulas son diseñadas con materiales sencillos, bloque en concreto en sus muros portantes, techos con estructura de madera y tablilla y ventanas en aluminio con rejas, donde lo más importante es la relación del aula con el paisaje atreves de los ventanales.  © Isaac Ramírez Marín  Axonometric  © Isaac Ramírez Marín  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| World's First 3D-Printed Concrete Housing Project to be Built in Eindhoven Posted: 01 Jun 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Eindhoven University of Technology The Dutch city of Eindhoven is to host the world's first commercial housing project based on 3D-concrete printing, with the first of five planned houses due to start construction this year. The units were developed by a collaborative team including the Eindhoven University of Technology and will be purchased and let out by a real estate company upon completion. The first house will be a single-floor, three-room house measuring 1000 square feet (95 square meters), to be followed by four multi-story units. The irregular shape of the buildings is based on "erratic blocks in the green landscape," made possible due to the flexibility of form permitted by 3D-printing. A phased approach to construction allows for research and innovation from the construction of early units to be enacted for later houses. The elements for the first house will be printed at the university, with the goal of shifting the entire process to the construction site for the fifth unit. The scheme represents the potential impact of 3D-printed concrete on the construction industry, with the ability to construct almost any shape, with a variety of qualities and colors in the same building element. The process also addresses the environmental impact of construction, with the reduction in cement resulting in a decrease in CO2 emissions.  Courtesy of Eindhoven University of Technology The project is only the latest experiment in 3D-printing to come from the Eindhoven University of Technology, following on from the construction of the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge in 2017. The Netherlands is also witnessing the construction of the world's first 3D-printed metal bridge in Amsterdam. The first housing unit is expected to be ready for occupation by mid-2019. For the scheme's design, the Eindhoven University of Technology worked in collaboration with the municipality of Eindhoven, contractor Van Wijnen, real estate manager Vesteda, materials company Saint Gobain-Weber Beamix, and engineering firm Witteveen+Bos. News via: Eindhoven University of Technology  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Loft Renovation in Font Honrada Barcelona / Adrian Elizalde Architecture Posted: 01 Jun 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Adrià Goulà
 © Adrià Goulà Text description provided by the architects. The project presents the renovation of an apartment in a building of 1916 located in the old town of Barcelona. It has a surface of 46 sqm and originally presented a decayed image and excessively subdivided with rooms. The two windows of the façade are the only ones able to use for ventilation and natural illumination. It has a very small service yard that is closed and an elevator added later occupying most of it. The main goal has been to achieve the maximum use of natural light and ventilation in the apartment. Strategy, accumulate the servant area and storage on the opposite side of the facade to free the rest of the apartment and the living areas can enjoy the outside windows. We took advantage of a recessed wall of the perimeter wall to place the kitchen.  Floor Plan Loft  © Adrià Goulà  © Adrià Goulà Open boundaries  © Adrià Goulà Materiality  Model - Axonometric View  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 7 Lessons from New York's New Affordable Housing Design Guide Posted: 01 Jun 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Broadway Housing in Santa Monica, by Kevin Daly, was identified by the report as a case study for its circulation. Image © Iwan Baan When we think of public housing architecture in the United States, we often think of boxes: big, brick buildings without much aesthetic character. But the implications of standardized, florescent-lit high-rises can be far more than aesthetic for the people who live there. Geographer Rashad Shabazz, for one, recalls in his book Spatializing Blackness how the housing project in Chicago where he grew up—replete with chain link fencing, video surveillance, and metal detectors—felt more like a prison than a home. Accounts of isolation, confinement, and poor maintenance are echoed by public housing residents nationwide. But American public housing doesn't have to be desolate. A new set of design standards from the New York City Public Design Commission (PDC)—in collaboration with The Fine Arts Federation of New York and the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter—hopes to turn over a new leaf in affordable housing architecture. .jpg?1527852760 "The Richardson Apartments in San Francisco, by David Baker + Partners, were identified by the report as a case study in materiality. Image © Bruce Damonte") The Richardson Apartments in San Francisco, by David Baker + Partners, were identified by the report as a case study in materiality. Image © Bruce Damonte Released earlier this month, "Designing New York: Quality Affordable Housing" discusses general best practices in planning affordable housing and provides case studies of successful affordable housing projects already completed in New York, many of which were designed by high-profile firms like Ennead and SHoP Architects. While the document serves as "a reference for New York City agencies and their applicants seeking guidance on affordable housing design," it's written in language accessible to people outside of design professions and has been publicly released with the goal of empowering "citizens and community organizations to demand design excellence in affordable housing projects in their neighborhoods." .jpg?1527852711 "The Navy Green development in Brooklyn was a key case study in the report. Here, the supportive housing from that development, designed by Architecture in Formation and Curtis + Ginsburg. Image © Tom Powel Imaging") The Navy Green development in Brooklyn was a key case study in the report. Here, the supportive housing from that development, designed by Architecture in Formation and Curtis + Ginsburg. Image © Tom Powel Imaging The report comes six months after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in November 2017 that he would build and preserve 300,000 affordable housing units by 2026. His plan—which is an updated version of a 2014 plan set to be finished ahead of schedule—will "preserve the affordability of 180,000 units of existing apartments and build 120,000 new ones." Architects designing those new units over the next few years will take cues from the design guide. But architects worldwide can learn from the document, too. Here are some key takeaways from Designing New York: .jpg?1527852686 "The Tetris Apartments in Ljubljana, by OFIS Arhitekti, were identified by the report as a case study for their massing. Image Courtesy of OFIS Arhitekti") The Tetris Apartments in Ljubljana, by OFIS Arhitekti, were identified by the report as a case study for their massing. Image Courtesy of OFIS Arhitekti 1. Be creative with massing and respectful with scaleDeviating from big-block high-rises that dominated American public housing for decades, Designing New York recommends breaking up massing within a building to allow variation in units and creativity within the zoning code. The Creston Avenue Residence in the Bronx uses unconventional massing to match neighborhood scale (mostly five-story apartments buildings) while maximizing the number of units offered. In that project by Magnusson Architecture & Planning, street frontages "align with adjacent older residences and echo their smaller scale, while the center portion, clad in metal panels, pulls back to create a generous covered entrance." .jpg?1527852746 "The Richardson Apartments in San Francisco, by David Baker + Partners, were identified by the report as a case study in materiality. Image © Bruce Damonte") The Richardson Apartments in San Francisco, by David Baker + Partners, were identified by the report as a case study in materiality. Image © Bruce Damonte 2. Design with the neighborhood in mind by integrating absent servicesWhen low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets with healthy options and venues for physical activity (like parks and gyms), consciously-designed public housing can fill in some of these gaps to improve the health of building residents. At Arbor House in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, wide stairwells are designed with natural light to encourage use; likewise, an on-site hydroponic rooftop garden meets residents' produce needs.  Step Up on Fifth in Santa Monica, by Brooks + Scarpa, was identified by the report as a case study for its windows and doors. Image Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa 3. Don't make affordable housing "look" like affordable housingToo often, the divisions between public housing and market-rate housing are made clear by visually differentiated structures. When affordable housing is marked with pejorative architecture, residents can become stigmatized or ostracized from the broader neighborhood. Les Bluestone, an advocate of innovative affordable housing and co-founder of Blue Sea Development Company says, "The best role that design can play is to not define buildings as affordable housing. Anything that we can do to get away from that helps the community."  Broadway Housing in Santa Monica, by Kevin Daly, was identified by the report as a case study for its circulation. Image © Iwan Baan 4. Structural innovation can overcome a difficult site for the benefit of residentsIn a city as built-out as New York, many new affordable housing projects occupy odd parcels of city land. Frost Street Apartments in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for example, sits adjacent to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a six-lane highway. In order to mitigate noise disturbance in the apartments, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects employed "high-performance windows and a heavy masonry and concrete structure." The Schermerhorn in Brooklyn's Boerum Hill offered similarly difficult conditions, sitting atop two subway lines. According to Designing New York, "building…over the two subway lines that run below the site required a truss and cantilever structure that took up the majority of the construction budget." The result of building on a difficult site, though, is 109 units for formerly homeless people and people living with HIV/AIDS. .jpg?1527852794 "The Navy Green development in Brooklyn was a key case study in the report. Here, the supportive housing from that development, designed by Architecture in Formation and Curtis + Ginsburg. Image © Tom Powel Imaging") The Navy Green development in Brooklyn was a key case study in the report. Here, the supportive housing from that development, designed by Architecture in Formation and Curtis + Ginsburg. Image © Tom Powel Imaging 5. Green building is about more than just sustainabilityReminiscent of the vernacular courtyard apartment, Navy Green employs varied building forms (townhouses and high rises of varying sizes) around a central courtyard. Residents, in turn, have access to fresh air, natural light, and green space outside their window, regardless of their unit's location in the complex.  Broadway Housing in Santa Monica, by Kevin Daly, was identified by the report as a case study for its circulation. Image © Iwan Baan 6. Design won't solve everythingThe Designing New York report offers a promising paradigm shift away from confining architecture and towards community-building architecture, but it's important to remember, in all of this, that well-designed public housing will help, not solve New York City's housing crisis. The city continues to struggle with its definition of affordability, which relies on skewed median incomes for the New York area. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development has also come under scrutiny this month for their policy on resident selection. And as low-income New York City residents are pushed out of their homes every day, even a substantial commitment from the city to build new units will likely be unable to keep pace with displacement. .jpg?1527852774 "Step Up on Fifth in Santa Monica, by Brooks + Scarpa, was identified by the report as a case study for its windows and doors. Image Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa") Step Up on Fifth in Santa Monica, by Brooks + Scarpa, was identified by the report as a case study for its windows and doors. Image Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa 7. Different cities (and countries) need their own design solutionsWhile we should admire New York City's attempt to provide dignified housing for low-income residents, architectural history shows us that public housing can't follow a one-size-fits-all model. If the success of Le Corbusier's Unité d'habitation in Marseille, France in contrast with the similar (but failed) Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project in St. Louis, Missouri is any indication, different regions need different kinds of public housing. The Designing New York report is conscious of this fact, encouraging site-specific, resident-specific projects. Let's remember that even if the Frost Street Apartments are great for Brooklyn, they shouldn't be plopped down anywhere in the world. The lessons we learn from these projects' attention to residential needs, however, should be broadly applied. .jpg?1527852808 "The Richardson Apartments in San Francisco, by David Baker + Partners, were identified by the report as a case study in materiality. Image © Bruce Damonte") The Richardson Apartments in San Francisco, by David Baker + Partners, were identified by the report as a case study in materiality. Image © Bruce Damonte  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Morphosis Releases Images of Proposed Orange County Museum of Art in California Posted: 01 Jun 2018 02:25 AM PDT  Courtesy of Morphosis Morphosis has released images of its proposed Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in California. The scheme hopes to create an "open and engaging urban presence within Orange County's largest center for arts and culture" when it opens in 2021. At 52,000 square feet, the museum will allow OCMA to organize major temporary exhibitions alongside spacious installations. The museum will contain nearly 25,000 square feet of exhibition galleries, representing a 50% increase on their current location in Newport Beach.  Courtesy of Morphosis Morphosis' design centers on flexibility and functionality, with a reconfigurable main exhibition space flanked by mezzanine and street-front galleries. Exhibition spaces are complimented by an expansive roof terrace, capable of hosting installations, sculpture gardens, or outdoor screenings.  Courtesy of Morphosis  Courtesy of Morphosis
 Courtesy of Morphosis  Courtesy of Morphosis Alongside its exhibition function, the museum will contain 10,000 square feet dedicated to education programs, performances, public gatherings, administration, and a café. "Hovering" above the lobby atrium, a dramatic performance and education space is illuminated by a full-height window overlooking the outdoor terrace.  Courtesy of Morphosis Meanwhile, on the exterior, a grand public stair links the museum to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Argyros Plaza and nearby performance venues. The scheme is offered a distinctive character by light-colored, undulating bands of metal paneling and exposed concrete. News via: Morphosis  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Jerusalen de Miñaro Primary School / Semillas Posted: 01 Jun 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Eleazar Cuadros
 © Eleazar Cuadros Background  © Eleazar Cuadros  Ground Floor Plan  © Eleazar Cuadros Process and construction  © Eleazar Cuadros In the research phases of the project, we held workshops with students, parents, and teachers to determine the needs, dreams, and priorities for the future school. The construction was carried out under the guidance of master builders and with direct participation from workers in the community. The involvement of local workers allowed for the exchange of knowledge through “in situ” work experience and training workshops held throughout the construction process.  © Eleazar Cuadros  Elevations and Section  © Eleazar Cuadros Project Description  © Eleazar Cuadros Along the north side, a line of trees runs along the façade to create indirect lighting and shade for the connecting corridors. The children have taken ownership of the spacious covered patios and created an imaginary world. They climb on the walls, hide in the wooden divisions, and use the windows as chairs. The covered corridors and continuous patios of the classrooms form circuits, or routes of play, which lead to Parquebambu. The park is a place for children to play and use their imagination and was conceived of during a construction workshop with children from the community. Materials and bioclimatic design  Bioclimatic System Diagram Ambient comfort is achieved using a “passive systems design,” with particular attention paid to controlling solar energy, ventilation, creating indirect sunlight, and the chimney effect. The roof also has a rainwater collection system which stores water in elevated tanks. In conclusion, the school in the native community of Jerusalen de Minaro proposes new, versatile, educational spaces which encourage creativity. The school, being a public space, has become a huge milestone for the community. It acts a social catalyst and provides many opportunities for all.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AQSO Arquitectos Design a New, Twisted Landmark For London's Creative Heart Posted: 01 Jun 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos Found at the junction of two famous roads, the Shoreditch Hotel reacts with its unique context in a striking, ship-like form that preserves, and creates, public space for the surrounding area. Designed by AQSO Arquitectos, the proposed scheme includes a hotel at its front, while a cinema and various retail outlets are separated by a public atrium at its rear. The mixed-use facility "explores a formal response to the site conditions with an alternative contemporary language," the resultant blending of perspectives creating a gateway to London's creative heart.  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos Emphasising the cycling and pedestrian flow, the facade steps back at ground level; a pointed overhang enhancing the angle of the junction to passersby. The contortion of the form aspires to create a project that is "iconic, but not monumental," and as the height gradually decreases along its side, the landmark takes on a much more subtle appearance in the adjacent streets.  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos The proposal features regular 'checkerboard' external openings, which speak somewhat to the surrounding context, but more importantly generate a rational structural and internal layout. This allows for an economical distribution of rooms throughout the facility and simplifies the complex, twisted facades.  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos The interior courtyard that splits the building is both "discrete and enigmatic" - its function not only to allow light to flood into the space, but also to enable the project to become an alternative access point and thoroughfare for the city, enriching the unique urban fabric that surrounds it.  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos  Courtesy of AQSO Arquitectos
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| Winners of 2018 VEX Competition Reimagine Vernacular Architecture and Design Posted: 31 May 2018 11:00 PM PDT  The Association of Siamese Architects (ASA) has announced the winners of the 2018 VEX: Agitated Vernacular Competition. This year's ASA International Design Competition aimed to "upend the typical associations of vernacular architecture and design," what vernacular should or should not be. The goal was to re-think vernacular as something that can "assume performative roles and possess generative potentials." The winning designs challenge the notion that vernacular design is opposed to modernity, thus it is "static and unimprovable," and opposed to technology. Selected from over 230 applications from nearly 30 countries worldwide, the six winning projects are from The Netherlands, India, China, Poland, and Thailand. First PrizeProgress, Death, Assemblage and Life - Michael Daane Bolier and Dorus Meurs, The Netherlands  First Prize: Progress, Death, Assemblage and Life - Michael Daane Bolier and Dorus Meurs, Netherlands. Image via Association of Siamese Architects From the architects:  First Prize: Progress, Death, Assemblage and Life - Michael Daane Bolier and Dorus Meurs, Netherlands. Image via Association of Siamese Architects Through the assemblage of Mies van der Rohe's seminal work and a selection of vernacular buildings from all over the world new dialectical images emerge. This in turn can infuse architecture with new possibilities and horizons for an urban future. The wind catchers and Yakhchal added to the Neue Nationalgalerie provide a cool draft and finally resolves the paradox of freedom underlying its plan. The set back Tibetan slate walls of the Lake Shore Drive apartments function as a trombe wall and provides a placebo for the yearn for enclosure and identity. The inserted Sumba Rumah Adat in the Farnsworth House provides shelter from the oppressive heat and enables to slouch in the shade. Whereas the mid-west sheds turn the sublime negative space of Lafayette into a productive landscape fulfilling its promise of urban arcadia.  First Prize: Progress, Death, Assemblage and Life - Michael Daane Bolier and Dorus Meurs, Netherlands. Image via Association of Siamese Architects Second PrizeLoca(l)motive - Vignesh Harikrishnan, India  Second Prize: Loca(l)motive - Vignesh Harikrishnan, India. Image via Association of Siamese Architects From the architects:  Second Prize: Loca(l)motive - Vignesh Harikrishnan, India. Image via Association of Siamese Architects Loca(l)motive is an attempt to understand the primary questions of what is local and what is modern. With a vast expanse of local wisdom and resources in the Indian Subcontinent, the idea explores ways of not immortalizing vernacular and making it inaccessible, but rather putting it into use.  Second Prize: Loca(l)motive - Vignesh Harikrishnan, India. Image via Association of Siamese Architects Loca(l)motive also connects the masons of Auroville to the Potters of Dharavi, Mumbai, to help reconstruct the school of Sri Lankan refugees in Chennai through a medium that is not static for vernacular architecture, but rather a lab that runs, settles, learns, shares craft, builds and honks. Third PrizeVernacular Spectacular - Zhifei Xu and Anthony Lam, China  Third Prize: Vernacular Spectacular - Zhifei Xu and Anthony Lam, China. Image via Association of Siamese Architects From the architects:  Third Prize: Vernacular Spectacular - Zhifei Xu and Anthony Lam, China. Image via Association of Siamese Architects  Third Prize: Vernacular Spectacular - Zhifei Xu and Anthony Lam, China. Image via Association of Siamese Architects 3 Honorable MentionsUrban Memory Parasite - Fanbo Zeng, Nan Jiang, Jianhua Lei and Xianhui Bu, China  Honorable Mention: Urban Memory Parasite - Fanbo Zeng, Nan Jiang, Jianhua Lei and Xianhui Bu, China. Image via Association of Siamese Architects From the architects: In our design, we have chosen several kinds of spatial form of vernacular architecture as shared units and put them into high-density cities. Based on their own characteristics, these units continue to develop new functions. The space functions inside may differ from the original building, but the adaptability to climate, the sustainability, the locality of material, and the cultural spirit are all inherited. The exterior structure continues the original form of the roofs and walls of the vernacular architecture to support the new modern functional spaces, which goes out of the "box" and gives "breathe spaces" to the future cities.  Honorable Mention: Urban Memory Parasite - Fanbo Zeng, Nan Jiang, Jianhua Lei and Xianhui Bu, China. Image via Association of Siamese Architects Make the Forest Grow Again - Marta Lata, Dobrochna Lata, Agata Czechowska and Mateusz Pietryga, Poland  Honorable Mention: Make the Forest Grow Again - Marta Lata, Dobrochna Lata, Agata Czechowska and Mateusz Pietryga, Poland. Image via Association of Siamese Architects From the architects:  Honorable Mention: Make the Forest Grow Again - Marta Lata, Dobrochna Lata, Agata Czechowska and Mateusz Pietryga, Poland. Image via Association of Siamese Architects In cities, there is a lot of waste of transient industries and urban trash. Unused machines, buildings and roads that have changed routes, as well as structures that have lost functions. These elements are part of the modern landscape. Reusing them can make cities different, give them identity and create traditions. It is already happening today in architecture made not by architects, when the economic situation makes them used waste for the city. We are talking about slums that formally are surprisingly similar to vernacular homes of ancient peoples. We need to stop constant production. Not everything should be new and shiny - every element that we put in our environment stays. Today's vernacular has a new mission that it didn't have before. It should no longer derive from natural surroundings because eventually, it will destroy nature. It should heal the environment instead. Make the forest grow again.  Honorable Mention: Make the Forest Grow Again - Marta Lata, Dobrochna Lata, Agata Czechowska and Mateusz Pietryga, Poland. Image via Association of Siamese Architects Loy Kratong Revival - Vitchapol Taerattanachai, Thailand  Honorable Mention: Loy Kratong Revival - Vitchapol Taerattanachai, Thailand. Image via Association of Siamese Architects From the architects:  Honorable Mention: Loy Kratong Revival - Vitchapol Taerattanachai, Thailand. Image via Association of Siamese Architects In this project, Loy Kratong is reinterpreted and located at Victory Monument, Bangkok. The reinvented kratong is made of clay and embedded with plant seeds. The kratong eventually erodes and after a few days, the water eventually evaporates, and seeds sprout. The ritual space of the Victory Monument becomes a green space. The architectural design changes the effects created by the kratong by taking benefits of tradition to create interactive architecture. It serves as architecture for Loy Kratong that can be considered as a new vernacular of this region. It reflects the tropical climate, traditional Thai architecture and a new strategy for a modular system.  Honorable Mention: Loy Kratong Revival - Vitchapol Taerattanachai, Thailand. 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| Raymond Uldry Business School / meier + associés architectes Posted: 31 May 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Yves André
 © Yves André Text description provided by the architects. The plot is located at the head of a new urban front of quite a considerable scale, which runs from the Route de Frontenex to La Gradelle. This new development at the top of the plateau is closely linked to a "highway of greenery" coming in from the countryside and entering the city.  © Yves André In order to take account of this particular situation and ensure that the new business school participates in this articulation, the building was designed as a kind of large "flower" placed in a green space. The layout of the entrance to the building pays homage to the presence of the old 'Patry villa' which faces it.  © Yves André  Ground floor plan  © Yves André In opening its 'arms' out to the distant landscape (Salève, Voirons, Jura, etc.), the school is inserted into a world of greenery of which it is an artificial extension. In order to limit the impact to the ground, the three gyms have been superimposed. This sectional layout allows not only to have views into the gyms from the circulation spaces, but also allows these spaces to be naturally illuminated by the light of the gyms themselves.  © Yves André  Second floor plan  © Yves André Arranged in a star shape around a central circulation area, the classrooms and special rooms run along bare concrete walls, perforated by fine breaks of light. The north-west branch of the school houses the common programmatic elements: the cafeteria, the teachers' room, the media library (on a double level) and a multipurpose room.  © Yves André The facades consist of prefabricated elements in high-performance concrete, with a rythm that evokes the structure of a tree. There is a larger density of load bearers at the bottom, and fewer higher up, in line with the natural reduction of effort.  © Yves André  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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