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Zhongshan Road CoWorking Space / VARY DESIGN

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 07:00 PM PDT

Coworking Space Building inside Building. Image © ARCHEXIST Coworking Space Building inside Building. Image © ARCHEXIST
  • Interiors Designers: VARY DESIGN
  • Location: Zhongshan Cultural Industry Park on Zhongshan 4th Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
  • Lead Architect: Fan Qi, Dingliang Yang
  • Design Team: Zhixing Cai, Yinan Jiang
  • Area: 650.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2018
  • Photographs: ARCHEXIST
Entrance from Building-1. Image © ARCHEXIST Entrance from Building-1. Image © ARCHEXIST

Text description provided by the architects. The project is up on the 4th floor of Building A and B in Zhongshan Cultural Industry Park that is located on Zhongshan 4th Road – a street known as the most beautiful street in the city of Chongqing. The aim of the project is to create a new office form that promotes interesting and diversified interactions while maintaining high spatial efficiency.

Section Perspective Section Perspective

The design is crafted based on our two definitions of what make co-working spaces viable:

Entrance from Building-1. Image © ARCHEXIST Entrance from Building-1. Image © ARCHEXIST

Firstly, it goes beyond a mere open space for sharing, but rather a coexistence of both public and private spaces: this includes fluid shared work-spaces, as well as enclosed individual offices, meeting rooms and reading quarters.

Coworking Space in Building. Image © ARCHEXIST Coworking Space in Building. Image © ARCHEXIST

Secondly, co-working urges for a complex mix of spaces for serious work, relaxation and play: thus requiring standard offices where individuals work in sitting and standing formations, and free office configurations where people can work lying down.

Coworking Space in Building-2. Image © ARCHEXIST Coworking Space in Building-2. Image © ARCHEXIST

Based on these two principles, we try to reinterpret the Chinese Garden as a typology that effectively connects pathways with functional and leisure spaces, resulting in the concept of a SPACE WITHIN SPACE. The two space in Building A and B treated as two gardens have distinctive characters and are connected by a glass skybridge.

Bridge connects Building-1 and 2. Image © ARCHEXIST Bridge connects Building-1 and 2. Image © ARCHEXIST

Mezzanine levels in the offices introduce a new dimension to the internal circulation, extending the office experience from two-dimensions to three dimensions.This way, the experience along the pathway interlacing these different spaces is filled with diverse views and encounters. The internal building is another key element.

Sections Sections

Two complementary pavilions are inserted into the office, strategically placed to formulate the center of attention. These pavilions and the working space around form a dialogue between the "performer and spectator". Sectionally, these two contrasting types of offices are placed in close proximity to one another so that users can easily switch between them. The open shared space, on the other hand, is designed as a giant multifunctional room that can accommodate functions like office, social, educational or food activities.

Coworking Space in Building-1. Image © ARCHEXIST Coworking Space in Building-1. Image © ARCHEXIST

Wood sets the tone as the main material in the office space, interspersed with volcanic rock panels. The purpose for limiting the material palette is to accentuate the project's function and identity as primarily a work space, and avoid the trap of over-emphasizing on leisure features and other distracting elements that tend to define many co-working spaces today. This way, the design allows users to enjoy and relax while exhibiting a high level of dedication and professionalism.

Public Meeting Space. Image © ARCHEXIST Public Meeting Space. Image © ARCHEXIST

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SIXX Hotel / MODULO architects

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 01:00 PM PDT

Hotel Facade Perspective. Image © Haibo Wang Hotel Facade Perspective. Image © Haibo Wang
  • Architects: MODULO architects
  • Location: Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie, Hunan , China
  • Lead Architects: Mi Li
  • Principal Architects: Mi Li, Xuan Liu
  • Interior Architects: Kun Ma, Yongmiao Chen
  • Landscape Architect: Mi Li, Xuan Liu
  • Area: 2176.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: Haibo Wang
  • Client: SIXX Hotels
  • Hotel Management: SIXX hotel management Ltd.
Main Facade. Image © Haibo Wang Main Facade. Image © Haibo Wang

Text description provided by the architects. The SIXX hotels is located in the Wulingyun national forest park, the main scenic spot in Zhangjiajie of Hunan province. There is a mountain at the back of the hotel, and there is a stream pass through in the front.

Courtyard. Image © Haibo Wang Courtyard. Image © Haibo Wang

There are the main entrance of the national forest park and a popular commercial street on the other side of the stream. The SIXX hotel is a silently protected area in the middle of the prosperity. The hotel court yard is retreated form a natural relief of the original landscape which is full of the loquats, the apricots and the peaches.

Birdview. Image © Haibo Wang Birdview. Image © Haibo Wang

Architectural space:
The SIXX hotel is built on the mountainside. The architect has make several view spots for the visitors by transforming the relief landform into the hotel space. This makes the scenic view into the architecture and this improves enormously the quality of the hotel. Because of the shortage of parking space, the architect has added a garage for 8 cars at the entrance of the hotel by taking advantage of the height balance of natural landform.

Lobby Entrance. Image © Haibo Wang Lobby Entrance. Image © Haibo Wang

To bring a panoramic view into the hotel, the architect has built a gallery with a glass curtain wall along the edge of the cliff. The gallery provides services as the gym, the yoga, the exhibition, the cafe and etc. The garage, the gallery and the green space are connected form inside to outside. This whole connection makes a continuous landscape platform, as well as a protected private court yard of the hotel.

Lobby. Image © Haibo Wang Lobby. Image © Haibo Wang
Tranversal section Tranversal section
Gallery. Image © Haibo Wang Gallery. Image © Haibo Wang

Architectural form:
Based on the traditional architecture language of the West Hunan province, the architect has renovated the building with some traditional materials, such as the local grey stone, the dark pottery roofing tile, the white traditional wall painting and the red pine wood.

Deluxe Room. Image © Haibo Wang Deluxe Room. Image © Haibo Wang

As well as the modern materials, such as the stainless steel, the metal mesh panel and the glass. By being referenced with the traditional structure of Chinese window of the West Hunan, the facade of building is covered by the vertical folding panel made by the black metal mesh . These panels work as the shades of the building, mean while, they decorated the building as a local architecture from the West Hunan.

Deluxe Room Terrace. Image © Haibo Wang Deluxe Room Terrace. Image © Haibo Wang

Interior space:
In the interior of the hotel, the architect used many original and raw materials by paying more attention in the space shape and the light while simplifying the coating and the texture decoration.

SPA Terrace. Image © Haibo Wang SPA Terrace. Image © Haibo Wang

Being consistent with the spirits of the rusticity, the savage and the mystery of the West Hunan culture, there are a lot of typical materials are applied in the space, such as the grey concrete, the withe polished terrazzo, the red pine wood, the brass and the leather.

Lobby. Image © Haibo Wang Lobby. Image © Haibo Wang
Outside View. Image © Haibo Wang Outside View. Image © Haibo Wang

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"Unfolding Pavilion / Little Italy" at the 2018 Venice Biennale

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:00 AM PDT

© atelier XYZ © atelier XYZ

As part of our 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale coverage, we present the Unfolding Pavilion. Below, curators Daniel Tudor Munteanu, Davide Tommaso Ferrando, Sara Favargiotti describe the exhibition in their own words.

The 'Unfolding Pavilion' is an exhibition and editorial project that pops up at major architecture events in previously inaccessible but architecturally significant buildings. 

On each occasion the 'Unfolding Pavilion' features a different theme inspired by the space it occupies, by means of commissioned original works that react to it and to its wider cultural-historic background. The 'Unfolding Pavilion' doesn't necessarily care about the hosting event's theme. It lets its occupied space inspire its own theme. Without a good exhibition space (of the finest architectural making), the 'Unfolding Pavilion' doesn't have any reason to exist.

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Like any pop-up, the 'Unfolding Pavilion' only lasts for a short but intense period of time. After closing its doors, its activity unfolds online with a continuously updated stream of content. Every two iterations of the 'Unfolding Pavilion', a book is released, documenting (and retroactively critiquing) the whole process.

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In its 2018 edition, the 'Unfolding Pavilion' entered Gino Valle's Giudecca Social Housing from the 25th to the 29th of May 2018, on the occasion of the vernissage of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition at the Biennale di Venezia. In order to do so, it refurbished one of its empty dwellings - the n.7, one of the triplex units that are accessible from the elevated walkway, with unique views over the lagoon and the historical center - so to convert it in a temporary gallery of works, and use the commons spaces of the complex as the poetic backdrop for a three days-long program of public events. After the ending of the exhibition, the temporary gallery will be converted once again in one of the available social housing units, after five years of being unoccupied, and finally returned to the citizens of Venice as such.

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All the contributions to the 'Unfolding Pavilion 2018' were produced and/or organized by the members of the 'Little Italy' project: a collaborative network of Italian architects who were born in the 1980s. The exhibition, public and free, hosted three different kinds of materials: first of all, visualizations of the results of the survey that has initiated the 'Little Italy' project; then, a selection of original works reinterpreting the Giudecca Social Housing complex, produced by the members of the 'Little Italy' network; and finally, a selection of the original drawings and the original model of the project, borrowed by the Gino Valle archive.

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Little Italy
Little Italy is a proactive research project which aims at stimulating a public debate about the principal traits of the generation of Italian architects who were born in the 1980s. Such effort is pursued, first of all, by mapping and investigating the most interesting practices that are currently tackling architecture from a diversity of points of view - as designers, editors, curators, critics, researchers, photographers, artists, and so on - so to discover who they are, where they live, what they do, how they do it and why. Then, through the organization of different activities based on different formats, Little Italy aims at collecting and highlighting the specific references, themes, methodologies, networks, imaginaries, aims and concerns of an age group whose identity has been shaped by three fundamental transitions - a geographical (from Italy to Europe), a mediatic (from paper to the Internet) and an economic one (from growth to recession) - so to to better understand its contemporary condition, and therefore foresee its possible futures.

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Authors: abacO; ANALOGIQUE; Arcipelago; Babau Bureau; Boano Prišmontas; Bunker; Campomarzio; Fabio CAPPELLO + Giuseppe RESTA; Fabio CAPPELLO + Rossella FERORELLI + Luigi MANDRACCIO + Gian Luca PORCILE; Michele D'ARIANO SIMIONATO & Caterina STEINER; Roberto DAMIANI ; ECÒL; ENTER; False Mirror Office, gosplan, LINEARAMA, pia, UNO8A; Davide Tommaso FERRANDO + Sara FAVARGIOTTI; Forestieri Pace Pezzani; Malapartecafé; oblò - officina di architettura + Figura/Sfondo; Giacomo PALA + Riccardo M. VILLA + Jörg STANZEL; Gabriele PITACCO; ROBOCOOP; Emilia ROSMINI & Emiliano ZANDRI; Giorgia SCOGNAMIGLIO & Lorenzo ZANDRI; STUDIO associates + atelier XYZ + Davide Tommaso FERRANDO; StudioERRANTE Architetture + Diego BEGNARDI + Giovanni BENEDETTI; Studiospazio; TCA THINK TANK + ZarCola Architetti; Davide TRABUCCO; WAR (Warehouse of Architecture and Research)

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CREDITS

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name: Unfolding Pavilion / Little Italy
curators: Daniel Tudor Munteanu, Davide Tommaso Ferrando, Sara Favargiotti
production team: Daniel Tudor Munteanu, Davide Tommaso Ferrando, Sara Favargiotti, Ana Victoria Munteanu, Eliza Rabiniuc Mocanu, Magda Vieriu & Octavian Hrebenciuc
graphic design:  Magda Vieriu & Octavian Hrebenciuc (volumetrica)
photographs:  atelier XYZ
location:Gino Valle's Giudecca Social Housing (IACP)
address:Calle dei Lavraneri (Giudecca), 30133 Venezia, Italy
dates: from May 25th to May 30th, 2018 

© atelier XYZ © atelier XYZ
© atelier XYZ © atelier XYZ

SUPPORTERS: Sponsored by: Förderkreis 1669 - Innsbruck University; Dean's Office - Innsbruck University; Land Tirol; Office of the Vice Rector for Research - Innsbruck University; Department of Architectural Theory -  Innsbruck University; DICAM (Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering) - University of Trento. In collaboration with: Insula spa; Italien-Zentrum - Innsbruck University; Fantoni spa; Valle Architetti Associati

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16 CAD Files of Skylights and Light Tubes Available for Your Next Project

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT

GGL single standard install into natural slate © Velux GGL single standard install into natural slate © Velux

In the spirit of supporting our readers' design work, the company Velux has shared a series of .DWG files with us of their different roofing windows models. The files can be downloaded directly from this article and include great amounts of detail and information.

Check the files below, separated into 'Pitched Roofs', 'Flat Roofs' and 'Light Tube'.

Pitched Roofs

+ Pitched Roofs / Basic Installation

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+ Pitched Roofs / Multiple Installations

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Flat Roofs

+ Flat Roofs / CFP-CVP Extension

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Light Tube

These are designed to provide natural light in corridors, stairwells, bathrooms and closets, where installing a skylight isn't possible.

+ Sun Tunnel / Residential Tunnel

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Chicago Architecture Foundation's New Home, the Chicago Architecture Center, to Open in Late August

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 07:00 AM PDT

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The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has announced the opening date for their new home, the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC). Set to open August 31 of this year, the CAC will be the "home to everything architecture in Chicago." The 20,000-square-foot structure is located at 111 East Wacker Drive, just above the dock for the River Cruise offered by the CAF.

Lynn Osmond, the CAF's president and CEO, said of the new Center, "We can't wait for people to visit and experience how Chicago architects have influenced the world through their innovation and vision. We've engineered a stimulating and immersive space where visitors can have fun discovering Chicago's groundbreaking architecture and appreciate its profound impact on the world."

Designed by Chicago-based firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), the CAC will feature custom spaces designed for education, tour orientation, and other public programs, as well as a store and interactive exhibits. 

Read on for more about the Chicago Architecture Center and its unique design experience.

Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Foundation Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Foundation

One of the CAC's premier exhibits, Building Tall, will be located in the Skyscraper Gallery on the second floor. In a unique space with 40-foot tall windows overlooking the Chicago River and the Michigan Avenue Bridge, the exhibit will be filled with "supersized scale models" of some of the most famous skyscrapers from Chicago and around the world. On the first floor, visitors can view the Chicago Gallery, an immersive exhibit including the Chicago Model Experience, and an in-depth film that explores the city's history.

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Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Foundation Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Foundation

The first week of August, the retail store and walking/bus tours will begin operations at 111 East Wacker, leading up to a week-long celebration prior to the official public opening at the end of the month.

For more information about the Chicago Architecture Foundation and the new Chicago Architecture Center, you can visit their website here.

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Los Miradores / Andrés Alonso Arquitecto

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte
  • Architects: Andrés Alonso Arquitecto
  • Location: Calle Incahuasi 1718, Villa Allende, Córdoba, Argentina
  • Architect In Charge: Andrés Alonso
  • Structural Calculation: Ing. Walter Morón
  • Area: 5026.8 ft2
  • Project Year: 2018
  • Photographs: Gonzalo Viramonte
© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

Text description provided by the architects. Los Miradores is a complex of 4 houses made for temporary use, placed in a 2,368 m2 steep-sloped plot, in the highest area of the city of Villa Allende, Córdoba.

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

By not having a defined user, center stage is given to the man and the woman of a globalized world, which has been losing the singularity that characterizes each region, that which gives identity and from where man is built.

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

From this paradigm, this work tries to recover the architectural spirit as art, an architecture that goes beyond solving the basic needs of man as a stereotyped object.

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

In a vertiginous world, Los Miradores seek the simplicity that encourages calm, the necessary rest that precedes the question; that question that challenges the established conventions, giving rise to a singular response from the subject pierced by the monologue of the time, that question that answers itself by contemplating the emptiness as the only way to recognize real desire, which should be the cause of all existence.

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

A device that uses the same principle of observance as the panopticon, but this time, at the service of the singularity of the subject that inhabits it.

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

Architecture as art, as a symbol of progress, which contributes to the transformation of man from observed object to observing subject, from the cause of his symptom and the symptom of his time, that is the idea sustaining this work.

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte
Plan type 22hs Plan type 22hs
© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

From this reflection originates a 450 m2 scopic building, with a continuous semi-buried basement housing the bedroom area, covered in brick, retaking the regional tradition as the foundation of our identity. Above it rests the diurnal zone, materialized by four white and pure rectangular prisms of the same proportions as the base, but rotated over the service nucleus, projecting towards the horizon facing east.

© Gonzalo Viramonte © Gonzalo Viramonte

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Steven Holl Architects, Studio Libeskind Among Finalists for University College Dublin's Campus Makeover

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 05:00 AM PDT

Courtesy of John  Ronan  Architects  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of John Ronan Architects / Malcolm Reading Consultants

After receiving 98 entries from teams based in 23 different countries, the jury for University College Dublin's Future Campus project has selected six proposals for their shortlist, putting each selected firm's design on display to the public on the project's website. The finalists include the American firms Steven Holl Architects, Studio LibeskindDiller Scofidio + Renfro and John Ronan Architects, as well as the Dutch firm UNStudio and Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey.

The project will include two major changes to UCD's Belfield campus, located about 5 km from Dublin's city center: a major update to the campus' entry precinct along Stillorgan Road, as well as a new 8,000 square meter Centre for Creative Design, which will house UCD's design studios.

Courtesy of Diller  Scofidio  +  Renfro  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro / Malcolm Reading Consultants

The new €48M Centre for Creative Design will be the centerpiece of the re-designed section of the campus, with many of the design proposals locating the new academic building prominently at the campus' main entrance. UCD hopes that the new building will express the university's creative abilities and help it create a stronger physical presence and identity within the city and the greater international academic community.

Courtesy of Studio  Libeskind  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of Studio Libeskind / Malcolm Reading Consultants

The largest university in Ireland, UCD currently has 33,000 enrolled students and significant alumni including legendary author James Joyce and several Irish presidents. The school moved from the city center to its current Belfield campus in the 1960s, occupying land that had previously been several expansive estates. Many of the historic houses from these estates have been integrated into the sprawling 133-hectare campus and maintained by the school as academic buildings. Two of these period houses, the Belfield House (built 1801) and Merville House (built 1750), are located within the precinct to be redeveloped and will be incorporated into the winning firm's design.

Courtesy of Studio  Libeskind  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of Studio Libeskind / Malcolm Reading Consultants

Today, UCD occupies over a kilometer of frontage along Stillorgan Road, a major artery also known as the R138 that connects Dublin to County Wicklow and the southern areas of County Dublin. In its current form, this boundary is largely impermeable, with a raised berm and thick growth and tree canopies blocking access and views of the campus from the road. As part of the Future Campus initiative, UCD looks to break down this barrier and improve the connection between the university, its community and the city of Dublin as a whole. "We are seeking an integrated design proposal that improves the experience of our campus for its users, and that better connects us to our surroundings," said UCD Architecture Professor Hugh Campbell, "orientating us outwards to the world and inviting our communities to engage with us."

Courtesy of UNStudio  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of UNStudio / Malcolm Reading Consultants

The six shortlisted entries in the competition are each detailed extensively on the project's website, with images, diagrams, and a video explanation of each firm's proposed scheme. These concepts show a wide variety of ideas, from Studio Libeskind's proposal of a series of complexes that represent each of the Nine Muses in Joyce's Ulysses to UNStudio's plan to re-sculpt the campus as a "marketplace of innovation" that brings together the whole UCD community in collaboration.

Courtesy of O'Donnell  +  Tuomey  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of O'Donnell + Tuomey / Malcolm Reading Consultants

The winner of the competition is expected to be announced this August, with the project projected to be fully completed in 2021. The following images show each shortlisted firm's proposals for the project:

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Courtesy of Diller  Scofidio  +  Renfro  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro / Malcolm Reading Consultants

with Scott Tallon Walker Architects, Sasaki Associates, GROSS. MAX., Arup, Atelier Ten, IN2 Engineering Design Partnership, Linesight, Michael Slattery Associates and i3PT

John Ronan Architects

Courtesy of John  Ronan  Architects  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of John Ronan Architects / Malcolm Reading Consultants

with RKD Architects, CLUAA, BSM Landscape, Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture, Arup, Transsolar and Pritchard Themis

O'Donnell + Tuomey

with Allies and Morrison, Arup, Hargreaves Associates, Superposition, Plattenbau Studio, Phil Jones Associates, Max Fordham, MLM Group, Dermot Foley Landscape Architects and Horganlynch

Courtesy of O'Donnell  +  Tuomey  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of O'Donnell + Tuomey / Malcolm Reading Consultants

Steven Holl Architects

with Kavanagh Tuite Architects, Brightspot Strategy, Arup, HarrisonStevens and Transsolar

Courtesy of Steven  Holl  Architects  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects / Malcolm Reading Consultants

Studio Libeskind

with BDP, !melk, NRB, Dcon, Arup, Brock McClure Consultants, O'Herlihy Access Consultancy, JGA and i3PT

Courtesy of Studio  Libeskind  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of Studio Libeskind / Malcolm Reading Consultants

UNStudio

Courtesy of UNStudio  /  Malcolm  Reading  Consultants Courtesy of UNStudio / Malcolm Reading Consultants

with MOLA Architecture, Arup, REDscape Landscape & Urbanism, fwdesign, Maurice Johnson & Partners and i3PT

News via: Malcolm Reading Consultants

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Bêka & Lemoine's Award-Winning Film "Moriyama-San" Explores Japan's Most Influential Contemporary Home

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 02:30 AM PDT

"Moriyama-San" - a film by Bêka & Lemoine - has been awarded the 2018 Best Prize at the Arquiteturas Film Festival in Lisbon. Centered around the famous Moriyama House by Pritzker Prize Laureate Ryue Nishizawa, it becomes part of a developing series called "Living Architectures," in which the filmmakers aim to "put into question the fascination with the picture, which covers up the buildings with preconceived ideas of perfection, virtuosity, and infallibility." In its unique approach, the film "masterfully combines image, sound, and narrative in a compelling story about a unique character and its relation to his house and music."

© Bêka and Lemoine © Bêka and Lemoine

The documentary follows the life of Mr. Moriyama, the owner, and occupant of Moriyama House. Situated in Tokyo, Japan, the house is one of the most influential in Japanese contemporary architecture. Minimal white volumes - each differing in size - create a complex streetscape between the varying functions of the house, while the multiple entrances are unified by the unique spaces in-between.

© Bêka and Lemoine © Bêka and Lemoine

However, rather than concentrating on the image of the house, Bêka & Lemoine focus upon the life that it facilitates, in particular the extraordinary personality of Mr. Moriyama himself. Moriyama-San also highlights one of the key features of the architecture: the way it encourages everyday activities to spill outside and across the volumes.

From noise music to experimental movies, the film let[s] us enter into the ramification of the Mr. Moriyama's free spirit.

© Bêka and Lemoine © Bêka and Lemoine

Bêka & Lemoine are highly successful, being lauded by critics and architects alike for their alternative representation of architecture in their work, and through self-publishing and self-distributing the films they retain full creative autonomy.

Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine are two of the foremost architectural artists working today. Their lms focus on the relationship of people and design, emphasising the presence of everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of recent decades.
- Barbican Centre

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© Bêka and Lemoine © Bêka and Lemoine
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Highbury House / Architecture for London

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 02:00 AM PDT

© Jim Stephenson © Jim Stephenson
  • Architects: Architecture for London
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Lead Architects: Architecture for London / Ben Ridley
  • Area: 95.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2014
  • Photographs: Jim Stephenson
  • Structural Engineers: Packman Lucas
  • Contractor: EU Developments
© Jim Stephenson © Jim Stephenson

Text description provided by the architects. This house extension and refurbishment transforms a Victorian terraced property in a Highbury conservation area. The brief was to create open plan spaces with an improved relationship to the garden, and a kitchen that could be enjoyed as a social space. The original kitchen was dark and had a very low ceiling height of just over two meters.

Proposed Ground Floor Plan Proposed Ground Floor Plan

Works included the demolition of the poor quality conservatory and original rear rooms at both ground and first floors. This allowed a double-height space to be created in the new kitchen. A bespoke polished stainless steel chandelier adds drama and the reflections emphasize the verticality of the double height space. Polished stainless finishes are continued internally with a recessed stainless display case and externally with cladding details.

© Jim Stephenson © Jim Stephenson

Tall, 3.1m fine framed glass doors allow uninterrupted views to the exterior, and a sculpted ceiling profile with curved plasterwork leads the eye toward the garden. The previous narrow corridor was unsuitable for carrying large items through to the kitchen, so the ground floor plan was reconfigured and a more generous circulation route created.

Proposed Section B Proposed Section B

This now leads through the reception rooms, with a large opening to the kitchen connecting the spaces and allowing good natural light levels in the rear reception room. The polished concrete floor of the kitchen provides a uniform textured surface that continues into the garden, and this matches the extension cladding. The garden design features a bespoke timber fence with planters in limestone.

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A Look at the Late-20th Century "High Tech" Architecture Movement

Posted: 30 Jun 2018 01:00 AM PDT

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From a historical perspective, visiting a significant work of architecture only amounts to a fractional part of what it takes to understand its importance. Context is crucial; every project responds to the society around it as much as it does the site that it inhabits, and it represents a synthesis of precedents and a point of inspiration for works that follow. As recently featured in Metropolis Magazine, these dynamics take center stage in a new exhibition staged in Norman Foster's seminal Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, a contemporary landmark built in 1978 on the campus of the University in East Anglia in Norwich, England. Entitled Superstructures: The New Architecture: 1960–1990, the exhibit explores the central trends in post-war 20th-century building design, highlighting the historical context of the Sainsbury Center itself on the occasion of the museum building's 40th anniversary.

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Born in 1935 and still producing impressive work today, Norman Foster's career includes the period showcased in the exhibit in the same way that his SCVA building encloses it under the building's 150-meter clear span. Containing a three-meter-long model of SVCA, the exhibit (curated by Abraham Thomas and Jane Pavitt) surveys the so-called High Tech era of contemporary architecture with models and representation of works by many of Foster's contemporaries, including Richard Rogers, Renzo Piano, Michael and Patty Hopkins, Nicholas Grimshaw, Ernö Goldfinger, The Metabolists, and Félix Candela.

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With the connection between technology and architecture as relevant today as it has ever been, the Superstructures exhibit offers insight into the historical context of buildings well outside its nominal date range—from the early glass and iron structures by Joseph Paxton to the provocative digitally-designed forms of today.

The exhibit is currently on display and will run through September 2. If you can't make it to Norwich, see Shumi Bose's recent story in Metropolis Magazine for a full report and analysis on Superstructures: The New Architecture: 1960–1990.

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