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- The Curve / E V A
- MuWeCo / AIM Architecture
- House NO. 46 / FCHY architect lab
- Sinan Books / Wutopia Lab
- Market Land Village / AOMO
- Early Education Center Near the Horse Farm / L&M Design Lab
- C260 House / HDA: Héctor Del Mar Arquitectura
- Shortlist Revealed for 2019 Dulwich Pavilion in London
- PEC House / Mayer & Selders Architecture
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot Win Star-Studded Competition for Adelaide Contemporary Art Museum
- Collège Maxime Javelly / Céline Teddé & Jérôme Apack architectes
- This Company Is Using Prefabrication to Rapidly Deliver Huge Numbers of Buildings in India
- Sapucaí-Mirim House / Paulo Bastos e Associados
- The Often Forgotten Work of Denise Scott Brown
- Green-Lit Mixed-Use Proposal Enhances Hackney Wick Through Regeneration and Retention
- DublDom in Kandalaksha / BIO-architects
| Posted: 05 Jun 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Luuk Kramer
 © Luuk Kramer Text description provided by the architects. Transparency is a core value of the organization that will occupy this office, and was therefore an important starting point for the design. The all-glass facade maximizes visibility and light penetration. The shape of the building follows in essence the existing building lines of the adjacent buildings, the façade jumps in and out where an exception is requested by program or function. The façade rim also detaches from the rest of the façade at specific points and provides canopies to limit sun exposure. On the corner of the intersection and the best view the second floor cantilevers to accentuate the corner. The same floor jumps back at the opposite side of the building to create a roof garden and mark the main entrance.  © Luuk Kramer  Diagram  © Luuk Kramer  Ground Floor  © Luuk Kramer The electricity for he entire building is generated by solar panels. The mossedum grass roof improves infiltration of rainwater. CO2-controlled zone air handling units and presence detectors for lighting ensure that no energy is wasted. The building will have an energy label A ++++ and performs 70% better in energy preservation than is required by building regulations.  © Luuk Kramer  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2018 05:00 PM PDT  Building. Image © Dirk Weiblen
 Interior. Image © Dirk Weiblen Text description provided by the architects. Tucked below the foothills of the Luo Fu Shan range, in Sichuan, China, lies Fushengyu Hot springs Resort. A visit to Sichuan isn't necessary to realize the stunning beauty of the region (but we definitely recommend it!) but from our first visit, it was clear the landscape would be a great influence on the site and its design.  Building. Image © Dirk Weiblen Architecturally speaking, the spa site is an ensemble project. There is a main spa building, villas, small apartments, and a building we call MuWeCo. Set slightly to the side of the grounds, but no less important, this building is a multi-functional structure that houses a wedding hall, a small museum, and a conference space.  © Dirk Weiblen The vaulted roof is striking against the natural landscape, and evokes the feeling of being under big tent, rather than inside a big building, which suits a stay in the mountains.  Interior. Image © Dirk Weiblen The dramatic entrance and lobby provides a strong sense of place, however, and eventually opens the vantage point with a large deck with 360 degree views to the spa and surrounding natural area.  Masterplan Final There's space for a party or a quiet moment with a view under this big top – the sophisticated, warm interiors and excellent views invite both. Planks of timber and cork line the walls, and local river stones are pressed into the flooring so no matter where guests are, they are never distanced from the great outdoors.  © Dirk Weiblen AIM was responsible for the architecture, planning, design, and interior design for this site, and it remains a strong example of the kind of full-scale concepts we have brought to life over the last 10 years. People visit spas for rest and relaxation, and this design opportunity allowed us to re-imagine nature and landscape as public spaces, and our relationship to both. The architecture provides a contrast for the stunning scenery, and has proven to be a lasting and beautiful space for wellness.  Building. Image © Dirk Weiblen  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House NO. 46 / FCHY architect lab Posted: 05 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography
 © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography Text description provided by the architects. House no.46 is located on the old alley of a high-density city, surrounded by all kinds of the buildings that have different functions and usages, such as cram school, hotel, temple, restaurant, retailer, residence, and so on.  Section 01 Compare to nearby cityscape of downtown area, the old alley view is more interesting and gets more levels of sense. It shows that how time affects and changes it. Coexistence between high-density city life and slow paced life would be the topic of this project.  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography The idea of design is to create a cuboid as main volume, then covered it with several elements, like big balconies, high walls, deep headers, that makes this project an semi-enclosed, compact house. Vision from inside would be partly blocked by those elements, in the meantime a new view was created: an inner courtyard. Those elements are not only just partly blocking view, but also keeps interior spaces more private. By arrangement of opening, cityscape had been divided into pieces, it could be cloud, skyline, treetop and vegetation on lower balcony or in ground floor backyard, all these scenes became backgrounds of interior spaces.  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography  First floor plan  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography The palette of materials that conforms the aesthetics of the building responds to the high contrast between textures. The rough surface of warm colors granite tile emphasizes the smooth and fine concrete surface on exterior of building. Major material of interior are teak wood, the warmth of this natural material reduced the sense of isolation that caused by the concrete inner courtyards, and it will produce an unique texture after using it .  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography  Second floor plan  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography Above-mentioned ideas and approach of the design, we made the topic: "coexistence between high-density city life and slow paced life" work in practice.  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:00 PM PDT .jpg?1527818628 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images
.jpg?1527818039 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images Text description provided by the architects. At the invitation of Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Yongye Group, Wutopia Lab transformed Building 25 of the Sinan Mansion into a new bookstore. The goal was to provide a space for learning and thinking for the general public living in the city. .jpg?1527818079 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images Considering one's mind, thoughts, perception and sub-consciousness, Sinan books is seen as a person with a system of acquiring knowledge while discovering oneself and the surrounding.  Section A-A The entrance level of Building 25 is set on the second floor. It features a café, an area for literature and the public yet intimate Sinan living room. On the third floor, there is an area focused on art, the peaceful Sinan music room as well as flexible spaces that can host exhibitions, book club events, and small concerts. It's a perfect place to experience the charm of art. Located on the fourth floor, the writer's study symbolizes the bookstore's thoughts. Small cultural saloons will be held here. It's a place for conversations and debates. .jpg?1527818216 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images .jpg?1527818305 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images The basement is conceived as the bookstore's sub-consciousness, hosting a collection of history and philosophy books. A labyrinth made of bookshelves offers visitors their own space. On the west side of the labyrinth is the special selection from the London Review Books, a sister bookstore of Sinan books. On the east side, a large study room features a central table that displays various objects of creative product design. Additionally, the spaces underneath the two stairs are used to create two reading rooms for individuals and pairs. The underutilized south patio is redesigned into a flower porch, using planters to create a vivid back façade for the bookstore.  Axonometric .jpg?1527818320 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images Wutopia Lab believes that a monochromatic scheme cannot sufficiently depict the diversity of the period. Color has always been closely related to people's feelings and emotions. Relating Sinan Books to a human body, its color should be a perceived color, experienced in relation to the light of the day as well as one's mental state at a given moment. The entrance features a red arcade, indicating Sinan books' attitude of openness.  Material & color palette .jpg?1527818121 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images .jpg?1527818524 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images Different hues of green set off the exhibition spaces. The gold of his/her reading room is a hidden surprise. The black and white spaces on the fourth floor encourage one to face oneself. Lastly, on the top floor roof terrace, white marble pieces are paved to create a light and airy surface, which the texture of history and the layers of knowledge rest below. .jpg?1527818136 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images It's a richly imaginative and artistic method of architectural practice which seeks to create miracles in everyday life. Let Sinan Books be like a lighthouse, guiding people's learning and thinking. .jpg?1527818612 "© CreatAR Images") © CreatAR Images  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Chaovarith Poonphol
 © Chaovarith Poonphol Text description provided by the architects. The project is an extension of existing open-air market selling food, clothes in a local community near the Suvarnabhumi airport. The developer wants to utilize the land to fullest based on flexibility and capacity of the shops. All possible shapes, orientations, and spaces were explored to the extent for the best use out of limited allowable 2,000m2 building area.  © Chaovarith Poonphol  Diagram  © Chaovarith Poonphol The design intent is to utilize natural ventilation and light as much as possible which is critical in the tropical climate and also provide enough shading and rain protection for the space. The existing building has a unique series of butterfly roof in different levels. A roof break between 2 phases is needed to be simplified as a transition.  © Chaovarith Poonphol The roof is turned sideways to give a straight line between the two. A series of Saw-tooth roof form, with same roof slope as the first phase, is applied for the second phase. The new roof orientation is to captures northern light along with glass louver walls, alternating between translucent and colored glass panels, conducting the hot air out on the top.  © Chaovarith Poonphol  Section 1  © Chaovarith Poonphol The glass walls will illuminate and give life to the project at night when most people come to shop. The building also works as a lantern to draw people from phase 1 and from the main street further in. As a result, this marketplace is significantly shaped by local context, climate, and user behavior, resulting in the straightforward architectural form with an order, contrasting with busy activities inside.  © Chaovarith Poonphol  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Early Education Center Near the Horse Farm / L&M Design Lab Posted: 05 Jun 2018 10:00 AM PDT  Inner side for storage. Image © Pengcheng Yang
 Entrance facade. Image © Pengcheng Yang Text description provided by the architects. Besides the outer rim of Shanghai, Jinting Manor is a private estate that integrates wedding hotels, kindergartens, zoos, equestrian centers and nursing homes, where L&M Design Lab has recently finished the design of Early Education Center beside the Horse Farm. A soft inner boundary indistinctly penetrates through the quiet white elevation, telling the tension of childhood dream.  Isometric view The use space is completely disjointed with the traffic space before reconstruction, the first-floor hallway was totally unattached to classrooms, the second-floor corridor was without light, the classrooms were dull and poorly lit, and the great hall was empty and scary. Terrible internal mashup brought about some sense of violation even with the scenery of horse court outside the window. The design began with the solution of two negative corridors and an empty hall.  Corridor for games. Image © Pengcheng Yang Corridor Compared with teaching space inside the classrooms, the corridor outside is more important because of good vision and its publicity. We switched the classrooms with the corridor on the second floor, eliminating negative space of no light.  Outer side for games. Image © Pengcheng Yang Then, on the basis of in-deep studies on the behavior characteristics of crouching, crawling, sitting and jumping in children's growing process, we thickened the partition panel between the corridor and the classroom, making it a multi-functional place that incorporates lighting, parent-child activity, children's games and teaching aid storage.  Arc windows from inner side. Image © Pengcheng Yang After two steps of flipping and thickening, the floor-to-ceiling windows on one side of the corridor not only introduced the landscape into the building, but also made the building itself a stage where children, parents and teachers would perform a play about education and growth.  Flow analysis based on exploration wall Considering the pattern of early education center, we set up arc windows at the top and bottom of the wall, so that the daily activities outside the classroom would not interfere with the indoor activities. At the time when parents are worrying about their children, standing on tiptoe or bending down, the indoor activities will quietly come into view. That's one of spatial strategies that let parents feel their children's perspective and behavior unconsciously.  First floor corridor. Image © Pengcheng Yang Hall The empty hall is the key area in reconstruction, which should inhance the movement and interest of space. We first set up a circular tree house in the center of the hall. The precisely calculated area makes it an exclusive world for children and teachers, while the small stage under the tree house undertakes the function of public activities.  Tree house and small stage. Image © Pengcheng Yang The rectangular pillars are polished into trunk-like shape, the surround moving line restricted by three pillars eventually Activates the original empty hall. The circular moving flow fully activates the empty hall which is furnished with round soft cushions and mirror stainless steel plate reflecting the nearby ocean balls and climbing wall. The monotony of waiting is broken by the experience of watching and playing, where parents renew one's youth and feel loved.  Diagram The climax of the whole space, the blue and wavy sky in the hall, is composed of 218 ribbons in different lengths that are calculated through gravity simulation by computer digital technology. When sunshine is pouring down, the floor would sparkle and ripple the romance and softness of childhood.  Staircase and climbing-wall. Image © Pengcheng Yang Sunlight, the sky, the sea, forest and castle, permeated with natural and romantic intentions, are reassembled in the hall in abstract form and set off children's carefree and innocent figures.  Basic geometric pattern in the hall. Image © Pengcheng Yang Classroom The original mediocre classrooms have been completely transformed as well. The interior space is fully retained thanks to the exploration wall that meets the demands of storage.  Second floor plan A blue arc on the wall that outlines the waves, together with top lights shaped into Big Dipper, endows each classroom with imagination of stars and sea. Looking out of the window, the figure running on galloping horses is ideal model of knight for the children.  Walls with waves. Image © Pengcheng Yang The sunny, warm early education center provides these 2- to 6-year-old children with endless exploration and imagination. Through large windows, they are able to see the elders riding horses on the farm and one day they may grow into real knights from here.  Arc windows from outer side. Image © Pengcheng Yang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| C260 House / HDA: Héctor Del Mar Arquitectura Posted: 05 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Luis Gordoa
 © Luis Gordoa Text description provided by the architects. The site is an old garden with big trees and a flat-roof house built in the 50´s. The client asked to reclaim the structure of this cold, humid, dark house and open to the garden. The Project reclaimed the original structure by revealing what was underneath layers of materials after years of alterations. What was left was the essence of the structure: 21 cms-thick brick walls and concrete slabs. 3 strategies where applied: Make the house adapt to site by understanding its bioclimatic conditions: It was opened to breezes, slab slopes where modified to catch storm water, and openings in the slabs where made to catch the sun´s heat and light so thermal mass could work.  © Luis Gordoa  Diagram  © Luis Gordoa In order to make a dialogue between materials of the existing vs. the new, 3 materials where used: mixing brick powder from the demolished walls with resins and mortar unified Brick in its original 21 cms-masonry. A new material, COR-TEN steel, was used for additions, canopies and a wall, which accompanies the visitor from the entrance to the main hall. Carpentry and wooden features where reclaimed from demolition, also timber beams where reclaimed from a demolished restaurant near by and used for shading the terrace and other additions.  © Luis Gordoa The old house was adapted to receive the new brief, which includes: a gymnasium, 3 bathrooms, dressing room, a pool, and service areas. Pipelines and services where modified with new technology featuring solar panels for water heating, variable velocity devices for pumping water, radiant floors for heating and solar PV panels.  Croquis - Gymnasium The result of these strategies is a group of brick volumes resting in the garden as rocks, receiving the silhouettes of the trees. The spaces between these volumes are transparent, allowing different views of the garden, which gives sensations of serenity within the chaos of Mexico City.  © Luis Gordoa  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shortlist Revealed for 2019 Dulwich Pavilion in London Posted: 05 Jun 2018 07:00 AM PDT  © Projects Office Following deliberation from a judging panel of industry experts, six emerging architecture firms have been shortlisted for the design of the Dulwich Pavilion 2019 in London, chosen from over 150. In collaboration with the London Festival of Architecture, the six schemes will be displayed at the Dulwich Picture Gallery throughout June and July of 2018. The initiative follows on from the success of the gallery's first pavilion in 2017, designed by IF_DO and exhibited at the London Festival of Architecture in 2017. Following the exhibition of the six shortlisted schemes for 2019, a public vote will be combined with a panel vote to select the winning pavilion.
The six shortlisted schemes are displayed below in alphabetical order: Casswell Bank Architects © Casswell Bank Architects E10 Studio_copy.jpg?1528216145 "© e10 Studio") © e10 Studio Flea Folly Architects © Flea Folly Architects Pricegore with Yinka Ilori © Pricegore with Yinka Ilori Projects Office © Projects Office PUP Architects © PUP Architects The competition is being judged by writer and historian Tom Dyckhoff, Director of Mary Duggan Architects Mary Duggan, and Architecture and Design Critic at the Guardian Oliver Wainwright. News via: Dulwich Picture Gallery  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| PEC House / Mayer & Selders Architecture Posted: 05 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Dirk Mayer
 © Dirk Mayer  © Dirk Mayer Text description provided by the architects. The task was to remodel an existing single floor residence, part of a semi-detached house, and to build another floor. Building regulations demand to leave 3m to the limits, even to the line that divides the plot and the building in the middle, so only part of the building could be lifted up.  © Dirk Mayer Our aim was to create something that is still part of the original building, especially because the other half would not be altered, but also to go one step further, giving the new part a contemporary look and distinguish it from the old.  © Dirk Mayer The solution was very simple, it takes the original shape of the roof one floor higher, creating a large balancing terrace that would give it a quite dynamic look. A material change in this floor from white render to cork panels and the long horizontal windows underline the impression of dynamics. .jpg?1528083149 "Ground floor plan") Ground floor plan The balancing balcony provides shade for the wide openings and shelter for the outside sitting area. The village of Caniço, on Madeira Island, has a very mild climate all year around so a sheltered outside place, connected to the garden, is where family life is focused around.  © Dirk Mayer The lower floor is conceived as an open space for kitchen, dining area and lounge area, where you can enjoy the light, the green garden and the ocean view between the trees and neighboring houses. .jpg?1528083183 "First floor plan") First floor plan The ground floor was planned to be mostly maintained, simply freed up of some interior walls, and only the top floor was to be constructed in light steel framing, but as the original structure proved to be very weak, the whole house was rebuilt in light steel framing.  © Dirk Mayer  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot has won an international competition for the design of the Adelaide Contemporary art gallery in Australia. Offering a "dynamic people-friendly" space for Adelaide's North Terrace, the scheme features a dramatic "Super Lobby," sky galleries, and a suspended rooftop garden. The Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot scheme was chosen from a strong design field including submissions by Adjaye Associates, Bjarke Ingels Group, David Chipperfield Architects, and HASSELL. The announcement follows on from our publication of details on the shortlisted schemes in May 2018. Situated on the site of a former hospital, the scheme seeks to become one of the most significant new art destinations in modern Australia, with organisers Malcolm Reading hoping the gallery will offer a "national focal point for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and cultures…and the opportunity to unlock the hidden treasures of South Australia's State collections"  © Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot The designers envision the scheme as a "charismatic soft beacon on North Terrace" reflecting the sky by day, and the glow of galleries at night. The visual connection formed between inside and outside, even beyond opening hours, speaks to an aim of giving art back to the city, resonating with Adelaide's famous festival culture. Once enticed inside, visitors are treated to dynamic, multipurpose spaces and a flexible gallery configuration organized on a nine-square model. Outside, a suspended roof garden displays the planting of a pre-colonised South Australian landscape, forming a connection between contemporary architecture and cultural history.  © Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot
 © Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot The competition for the scheme's design attracted over 100 submissions, formed of over 500 individual firms from five continents. Information on the finalists and winning scheme can be found in our previous article on the competition, and the official results page here. The full list of runner-up teams was as follows:
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| Collège Maxime Javelly / Céline Teddé & Jérôme Apack architectes Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Julien Lanoo
 © Julien Lanoo Text description provided by the architects. Located in the Alpes de Hautes Provence, the peaceful town of Riez lives above its archaeological Roman heritage, buried along a former dried-up river. A dilapidated secondary school stands above these ruins. It was built in the 1960's, at a time when such a heritage was rejected, to the point where it vanished in the depths of the school's crawl spaces. The restructuring of the school's functioning and its retrofitting raise the question of the future of these ruins and of their possible enhancement. Due to lack of funding, the project sponsor decided to facilitate access to archaeologists while denying it to the public and to students.  Floor Plan Nevertheless, it seemed to us that the school could humbly tell the story of its soil, thus anchoring it to its territory. In this environment rich with History, the aim is not to produce a generic but a specific architecture. As a result, we wanted to root the project in the history of the Roman city that Riez once was, by considering the school as a living, fully-fledged vestige on which an excavation campaign would be conducted.  © Julien Lanoo  Section and Elevation  © Julien Lanoo Thus, just like an archaeologist draws a squaring line on the soil of an exploration site, facades have been carved so that their cross-sections would reveal the various strata which make up the buildings, from their initial posts and beam structure to today's mineral white coating. Consequently, our intervention tells the story of the walls but also that of indescribable time and of the scores of workers who built those walls. The archaeological specificity of the site forbids to dig the ground more than 60 cm deep and requires future excavation campaigns on the site to be possible.  © Julien Lanoo Thus, the passageway that we propose to build on the edge of the playground to unite the various buildings of the school was designed as a succession of small prefabricated white concrete structures. Each of these units is made up of a floor slab on which an arch rest, itself supporting a roofing slab. The combined structures delineate a shaded walk, like under Roman archways. On the first floor, the roofs of the passageways will link the main buildings of the school, thus offering a separate space and a view on the hills and on the baptistery, which is the only resurgence of Riez's buried heritage.  © Julien Lanoo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This Company Is Using Prefabrication to Rapidly Deliver Huge Numbers of Buildings in India Posted: 05 Jun 2018 02:30 AM PDT  KEF Infra's Philip Johnson House, built in 20 days, showcases its prefabrication methods. Image Courtesy of KEF Infra This article was originally published by Autodesk's Redshift publication as "Can Prefab Construction Meet Infrastructure Needs in India? KEF Infra Thinks So." At KEF Infra One—a prefabrication plant outside of Krishnagiri, India—houses, cafeterias, and hospitals roll off an assembly line, as do the premade doors, windows, bathroom fixtures, and furniture to be installed within them. It's a one-stop shop that makes building a house as easy as buying the food, dishes, and cookware for a family dinner in one fell swoop at Target. The demands on infrastructure in India are huge. Given the country's decentralization and its building trades' reliance on manual labor, this level of modular building integration has been a far-off dream across all sectors. KEF Infra says it's the only such facility in the world, integrating design, engineering, and fabrication to assemble building kits that provide far more than four walls and a roof, right out of the box.
"You don't go to a Mercedes dealership and say, 'Give me a manual and let me put a kit together,'" says Faizal Kottikollon, KEF Infra chairman. "You go and order a car off the showroom, and it works. So that's what we're trying to do with buildings. We're in the business of manufacturing buildings." KEF Infra's goal is to build in half the time compared to industry standards. And there are few places that so urgently need rapidly developed infrastructure as India. By 2030, the consultancy McKinsey & Company estimates that the country's urban population will balloon by approximately 200 million people, requiring a $1.2 trillion capital investment. That's 8 to 10 billion square feet of commercial and residential space—the equivalent of the city of Chicago—built each year.  At KEF Infra's prefabrication plant in Krishnagiri, India, buildings and building parts are produced on assembly lines. Image Courtesy of KEF Infra "For a house for every Indian, the minimum we're looking at is 20 million homes in the next five years. Three million hospital beds in the next five years. How are we going to achieve that?" Kottikollon asks. "We are not going to achieve that with the way we currently build." The Krishnagiri facility is divided into four sections: precast concrete; prefab bathroom pods and modular, volumetric rooms; modular MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) systems; and a joinery for furniture and upholstery, as well as aluminum glazing for complete façade and door systems. Throughout the facility, off-site manufacturing technology is used to pour and mold concrete into elements and entire building sections ready for assembly. The company uses Revit, and building information modeling (BIM) is critical to its business model. Kottikollon's highest-profile project has been the 400+ canteens (semipermanent cafeterias) delivered to nearby Bangalore in 2017. Served by a network of centralized and attached kitchens, the canteens offer inexpensive food (lunch and dinner cost about 20 cents) for working-class and poor Indians. They feed about 200,000 people each day, and KEF Infra is working to install more canteens across the state of Karnataka. Each canteen has the image of former prime minister Indira Gandhi printed on its walls using graphic concrete and is constructed in a warp-speed of four canteens a day. The project's full design and installation was equally rapid. The state government promised to have the canteens installed by mid-August but didn't approach KEF Infra until May 1.  In 2017, KEF Infra built more than 400 "canteens" (semipermanent cafeterias), which offer inexpensive meals for working-class Indians. Image Courtesy of KEF Infra Kottikollon previously founded and sold a company that fabricated industrial oil and gas valves in the United Arab Emirates. Its success was rooted in using technology to slash time and material costs from production schedules, as his valves could be made in one-fourth of the time as competitors. This engineer's mindset has stuck with him at KEF Infra, where buildings are considered commodities, though Kottikollon has said he views his new endeavor as a technology company above all. But whether the output is built infrastructure or new manufacturing technology, what's motivating KEF Infra, Kottikollon says, is a social mandate to lessen India's crushing levels of inequality. He began his first forays as a self-described "social entrepreneur" in the construction world with a pilot project for a public-school upgrade in his home state of Kerala, India. "The situation of government schools is so dire because there are not enough toilets," he says. "There are not enough classrooms. There's not a safe place to eat in these schools. They're all in a largely dilapidated condition." Phase 1 of the first renovation was completed in 95 days during the summer vacation. By refining its prefab and modular techniques, KEF Infra has been able to design, manufacture, and assemble new schools and other infrastructure in just a few weeks. "That state is producing 1,000 government schools based on that one model," Kottikollon says. "That's really what made us realize that the speed at which infrastructure can be designed and built, and obviously delivered, would be the next chapter in my life as well as in KEF's life. And that's how the whole prefabrication idea got realized; then we moved into hospitals and hotels and housing."  KEF Infra's prefabricated affordable homes can be assembled in less than three hours. Image Courtesy of KEF Infra Completed last year, KEF's 500-bed hospital in Calicut was built in 18 months, at about one-fourth the per-bed cost of standard hospitals in the United States. And there are even higher-profile projects on the horizon. For Indian IT giant Infosys, KEF Infra is working on what will be the world's largest free-standing clock tower in the Indian city of Mysore. At 443 feet, it will dwarf the previous record holder (the Old Joe clocktower at the University of Birmingham) by more than 100 feet, and will be built entirely off-site. KEF Infra is also heavily invested in prefabricated construction of residential buildings and houses. As far as affordable housing, the firm posits its systems can offer higher quality and more durability than the public sector can supply. The company is experimenting with a variety of models (some of which can be assembled in three hours) at a range of price points. Perhaps most exciting is what Kottikollon has dubbed the "E Home Project": houses you can design and order online, like a bouquet of flowers. "You'd be able to choose from a variety of designs, probably 50," he says. "There'd be single-story, double-story, two-bedroom, three-bedroom, four-bedroom. They can come with all of the technology that goes into a smart home, but the idea is that we're giving the power of home buying to an individual and making the entire process of designing, building, and delivering a home extremely easy." Despite its dire need for rapidly deployable infrastructure, India isn't an intuitive fit for high-tech modular construction, with its cheap manual labor and relatively low thresholds for fabrication technology. But if the company can cost-effectively install prefab there, the rest of the world will likely know about KEF Infra soon as well.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sapucaí-Mirim House / Paulo Bastos e Associados Posted: 05 Jun 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Daniel Ducci
 © Daniel Ducci Text description provided by the architects. Designed in the early 1980s, this country house was completed in 2014, two years after the death of its author, Architect Paulo Bastos, in 2012. Built in Sapucaí-Mirim, a city located by Serra da Mantiqueira, a mountain range that separates the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, the residence was inserted in a natural glade into the woods. The location was carefully chosen by the author, in absolute respect and harmony with the existing vegetation, abundant in Araucárias, large trees indigenous of this mountainous region.  © Daniel Ducci  Sketch  © Daniel Ducci The request of the owner (a former student of Bastos who ended up pursuing another professional path) was simple: a four-bedroom vacation home with an indoor pool. The architect organized the program in three ground blocks, which were connected by sometimes inside/outside circulations, in a conception that spreads the constructions throughout the terrain, trying to take advantage, in the best possible way, of the exuberant landscape of the surroundings.  © Daniel Ducci  Floor Plan  © Daniel Ducci In the entry way of the residence there is a rectilinear pavilion, which shelters guest rooms, a workshop and a garage, in addition to a home theater (that occupies a place originally designed for games room). Two circulations connect this pavilion with the social and convivial block, where the dining room and living room are spread freely and in full visual contact with the surrounding nature, thanks to the glass closures present in most of its perimeter.  © Daniel Ducci On a lower level of the dining/living room area, taking advantage of the sloping terrain, is the indoor heated swimming pool, which is bathed by natural light through the sheds of its roof. Having a volume of its own, the swimming pool pavilion is associated with the social block, even though it effectively represents an extension of it. Finally, seeking to provide greater comfort and privacy, the group of dormitories (three suites) is located in a separate volume, connected to the social block through a closed but transparent glass circulation.  © Daniel Ducci  Section B  © Daniel Ducci Looking to explore as much as possible the very expression of the (few) materials used, the architect chose clay bricks (that appear throughout the residence); wooden pillars made of Aroeira, (a native Brazil tree that was used in their natural trunk shape), metallic/concrete beams and concrete slabs compound the structure of the residence. Floors, except inside the dormitories, were executed in burnt cement, with joints positioned according to a specific design.  © Daniel Ducci After the passing of Architect Paulo Bastos, the company is now lead by his partners, Architects Nelson Xavier (FAU-USP, 1984) and Luciane Shoyama (FAU-UNESP, 1995), who maintained the company’s corporate name and have sought to preserve the memory and work of its founder, a reference in Brazilian Modernist Architecture.  © Daniel Ducci  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Often Forgotten Work of Denise Scott Brown Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Robert Venturi There's something irresistible about Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's architectural romance. They met when they were both young professors at the University of Pennsylvania; Scott Brown held seminars in city planning, and Venturi gave lectures in architectural theory. As the story goes, Scott Brown argued in her first faculty meeting that Frank Furness' masterful Venetian gothic library should not be torn down to build a plaza (then a dissenting opinion). Venturi approached her after the meeting, offering his support. As Paul Goldberger wrote of the couple in 1971, "as their esthetic viewpoints grew closer and closer, so did their feelings toward each other." Architecture lovers can't help but love the architect-lovers.  © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denise_Scott_Brown_1978_%C2%A9_Lynn_Gilbert.jpg#/media/File:Denise_Scott_Brown_1978_%C2%A9_Lynn_Gilbert.jpg'> Lynn Gilbert </a> licensed under <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0'>CC BY-SA 4.0</a> As compelling as this version of Venturi and Scott Brown's collaborative history may be, the couple's eternal association often leaves Scott Brown's personal work in the dust. Other times, Scott Brown's work in collaboration with Venturi is memorialized as Venturi's accomplishment alone. Most memorably, when Venturi won the Pritzker Prize in 1991, the jury cited numerous projects completed in collaboration with Scott Brown (like the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, London) as seminal works in his oeuvre. Even after a group of women from the Harvard Graduate School of Design created a petition and gathered over 20,000 signatures in hopes of retroactively awarding Scott Brown the prize, she remained unrecognized.  Venturi and Scott Brown's addition to the National Gallery, London. Image © Timothy Soar But Scott Brown's accomplishments—as well as her work completed alongside Venturi—deserve their moment in the spotlight. Spanning architecture, city planning, furniture design, and theory, her work is in no way homogenous. Indeed, Scott Brown's varied background means that her work thrives in its ability to reconcile design with social concerns, forging a middle ground between pure aesthetics and pure activism. Here's a look at some of her lesser-known work: Historic Preservation in Appalachia  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwilson1949/25029306930/in/photolist-E8KJWE-22ywPRb-FvpSFf-23Dhf62-23AtEBU-6N8jiS-ge8F4p-6N8jZq-7qNgbR-7qScf7-7qNfPa-7qNfwt-7qScb9-7qScsA-7qNfVi-aaXWnL-6N8k73-eS1Jmo-5bUAaY-6N49r4-5bTvJm-52D2Pj-6N8kcC-5bPwGt-52D33U-52D2TN-6N48HF-5bTF1j-5bUChh-79F8kR-3oK8o2-6N49L2-5bUnQs-6N4936-ht3nsZ-5bPVMv-Esmpk3-6N8DW3-5bTxMs-5bPKCK-ndo96p-5bVuLC-6N49Zz-5bV88E-79JYwb-6N48Lk-DyHT7J-nuBhwd-52D2HW-6N48RM'>Flickr user David Wilson</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> In contrast with Venturi's architectural focus, Scott Brown's most prolific projects were in urban planning. In Jim Thorpe, a small mining town in Pennsylvania, Scott Brown led an effort to revive the Victorian-era Main Street. Through a robust series of demographic and economic analyses, Scott Brown formulated a plan that would resuscitate the mountainous Appalachian town through tourism. Encouraging fluid architectural preservation and introducing consistent signage and branding, Scott Brown's work ushered in a new era for the now-popular destination. Vernacular Celebration in Philadelphia  Courtesy of Collection of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates While at Yale in the late sixties and early seventies, Venturi and Scott Brown taught a number of studios that heralded American vernacular architecture, from the roadside to the rowhome. In 1968, the same year the couple taught their famous "Learning from Las Vegas" studio, Scott Brown undertook a historic preservation project in Philadelphia that followed a similar principle: respect for the ordinary.  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/sashafatcat/2985295317/in/photolist-5xNqhV-4SnqTf-ea3v1-ayqPBB-9mr8mM-9LnDij-pwBwEw-J2mHTm-auENf6-69YKtP-c2x68j-9mubK9-6TqXdq-7Ce2GP-9mr8gP-62taoH-9mubxm-7YZbuC-or58n-7psei2-7Gsh16-bwQt6Y-74zJ6M-7Ce8u4-bwQsCm-bwQtiq-bwQpzq-4KPdfT-bwQnWo-bKKaJp-ffVYyq-qcHGrG-6eFNcv-5XL5Bv-osq4b7-9N8uDQ-de8cr5-36uQYT-4Eq6Lo-bwQshC-bKKa4H-8AGyag-8w5ywj-7fZ4u6-ahtnan-4vKjgt-p1CmHD-9z18cT-4KTu4d-9uT6Rx'>Flickr user Paul Joseph </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> In opposition to a proposed cross-town expressway that would have run through South Philadelphia, Scott Brown collaborated with grassroots organizers to preserve the area; a community that was both architecturally rich and a center for African American life. In a meeting with city officials that September, Scott Brown presented images of the neighborhood on a white background, as if curating an exhibition. In so doing, she demonstrated the value of the three-story brick row homes, storefronts, and schools along Philadelphia's South Street. The strip was ultimately preserved and remains a vibrant area of the city. Decorative Arts at Knoll __new_york_1984.jpg?1527898888 "© <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_venturi_e_denise_scott_brown_per_knoll_international_inc.,_sedia_queen_anne_(in_fantasia_grandmother),_new_york_1984.jpg#/media/File:Robert_venturi_e_denise_scott_brown_per_knoll_international_inc.,_sedia_queen_anne_(in_fantasia_grandmother),_new_york_1984.jpg'> Sailko </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY 3.0</a>") © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_venturi_e_denise_scott_brown_per_knoll_international_inc.,_sedia_queen_anne_(in_fantasia_grandmother),_new_york_1984.jpg#/media/File:Robert_venturi_e_denise_scott_brown_per_knoll_international_inc.,_sedia_queen_anne_(in_fantasia_grandmother),_new_york_1984.jpg'> Sailko </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY 3.0</a> By the late seventies, Venturi and Scott Brown had begun designing furniture for Knoll. A series of chairs by the couple interpreted the shape of the traditional Chippendale chair in a two-dimensional silhouette clad in various modern patterns. For the most part, Venturi would study chairs from different eras – Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Queen Anne, etc.— and Scott Brown would create patterns to be applied to the forms. Working in Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop, Venturi and Scott Brown created a design they dubbed "Grandmother" that featured a floral, quilt-like pattern interspersed with hash marks. Printing samples on cotton and sateen, Scott Brown also played with an abstract black-and-white design. According to Scott Brown, with time this pattern began "to look more like the black-and-white blobs on the covers of composition notebooks that American children use in school." By applying a pattern ubiquitous in American visual culture to chairs sold by such high-end manufacturers as Knoll and later Swid Powell, Scott Brown blurred distinctions between "high" and "low" art.  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| Green-Lit Mixed-Use Proposal Enhances Hackney Wick Through Regeneration and Retention Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Forbes Massie Wickside is a £120m "permeable, mixed-use neighborhood" that will provide 475 homes and 300 jobs for the surrounding community. Designed by BUJ Architects and Ash Sakula Architects, the neighborhood has recently received the all-clear from the LLDC planning committee. Almost nine years in the making, the scheme uses "urban blocks set around ordinary London streets" to create a complex, diverse townscape with a variety of uses. The neighborhood is housed within a 28,800 square meter former waste transfer site in Hackney Wick, London. Integrating the context's existing buildings and cultural heritage, Wickside aims to develop the existing creative community through "retention and regeneration," and is one of the largest development sites in the area.  Courtesy of Black Point Design
 Courtesy of Forbes Massie While the existing buildings are re-purposed as pavilions, restaurants, a cafe, and two art galleries, the new elements will introduce residential accommodation, an industrial working yard, a craft brewery, a casting foundry, and a food quarter. The linear park that runs along the southern boundary of Wickside creates an inviting threshold between the buildings and the canal, drawing people in to become one of several points where community interactions can organically occur. "Carefully knitted into the urban realm," the scheme also provides excellent access to the nearby Hackney Wick Station for both pedestrians and cyclists, while the green rooftops offer a unique space for playing, pausing, and planting.  Courtesy of Black Point Design
 Courtesy of Black Point Design The proposal has received universal praise for both its quality and livability. Piers Gough, a member of the planning committee, called it "the best we've ever seen," describing it as quirky, delightful, and beautifully handled. The architect's emphasis on the existing sense of place is part of what makes it so successful. While with the introduction of new ideas to develop the emerging creative community of Wickside speaks of the LLDC's main goal, "to develop a dynamic new heart for east London, creating opportunities for local people and driving innovation and growth in London."  Courtesy of Forbes Massie
 Courtesy of BUJ Architects + Ash Sakula Architects
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| DublDom in Kandalaksha / BIO-architects Posted: 04 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Artem Lasovsky
 © Galina Latushko Text description provided by the architects. DublDom was created and installed as a gift for the town of Kandalaksha and for Alexander Trunkovkiy that have won the competition "Find your place 2016". The contestants had to show photos of their place and tell why DublDom should be installed there. The winner was chosen following the next criteria: future function of the house, social importance and life perception of the participant. We had more than 500 applications and we've chosen Alexander Trunkovkiy that has suggested to install DublDom at the hillock Volosyanaya near Kandalaksha and use it as a shelter for tourists and lovers of the active leisure.  © Artem Lasovsky  Isometric  © Artem Lasovsky The project is based on the standard modules of DublDom and the interior space was fully re-designed so it can be used in the mountains. It was only possible to install the house by using a helicopter, so the whole construction was made using the highest standards of durability and energy efficiency with the minimum weight at the same time. Due to combining high-tech materials we managed to halve the weight of the modules. The materials and the coating are calculated to be used at the low temperatures and high wind loads.  © Artem Lasovsky The interior space is meant to be used for 8 people at once. The rack-beds are made around the perimeter of the central room and there is a table in the middle so everyone can gather together. All the rack-beds are designed so they can be taken off. The space underneath the beds is designed for storage. The hall can be used for storing the outerwear. Minimalistic colour spectrum was used in order not to distract from the main accent - the view from the window.  © Artem Lasovsky  Section 01  © Artem Lasovsky The panoramic window is oriented to the south, revealing the Kandalaksha gulf with the islands. The sun fills up the inner space with the light and warmth, thus passively heats the house.  © Galina Latushko The house is installed on the metal frame, that rests on the stony terrain through the six pillars thus creating the visual perception that the house is off the ground and that the nature intervention is minimal.  Section 02 DublDom will work as a shelter for tourists. There are lot of cycling and water routes and hiking trails in the summer. There is yachting sport in the Kandalaksha gulf. The rivers leading to the gulf are used for river rafting and fishing. In winter, boundless and wide open spaces are becoming the places for ski-tours, and snowmobiles.  © Ivan Ovchinnikov  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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