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- Hotel Jakarta / SeARCH
- Villa Waalre / Russell Jones
- Seascape Lembongan / Word of Mouth House
- Ruyi Bridge / ZZHK Architects
- House in Ichitsubo / Taichi Nishishita architect & associate
- Weihai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine / GLA
- 6 Projects in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and USA Selected as Finalists for the 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
- Dr. Luis Fournier Biological Reserve Welcoming Center / Fournier_Rojas Arquitectos
- UM Architect's New Zhangjiang City Gate Reconnects Occupants with Nature
- Look Inside the Vatican Venice Biennale Chapels in New Video from Spirit of Space
- Los Altos Residence / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
- 10 Tiny Apartments Under 38 Square Meters and Their Axonometric Drawings
- The Prolific Career of an Early Bauhaus Innovator: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
- IJburg College 2 / Atelier PRO
- How to Calculate the Thermal Transmittance (U-Value) in the Envelope of a Building
- Tabares de Cala House / Alejandro Beautell
| Posted: 29 Jul 2018 08:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of SeARCH
 Courtesy of SeARCH Text description provided by the architects. SeARCH in collaboration with WestCord Hotels won the tender of the city of Amsterdam for the development of a unique hotel at the very tip of Java Island.  Courtesy of SeARCH Given the prominent location on the IJ river, the city council wanted a unique hotel concept, not only in its architecture, but also in its public programming and sustainability.  Courtesy of SeARCH HOTEL JAKARTA is an energy neutral building and BREEAM Excellent certified with 200 luxurious hotel rooms and a sky-bar, all offering stunning views over the river IJ. Unique for the Netherlands is its 30-m high load-bearing timber structure. All the beams, columns, ceilings and window frames are made of natural, FSC or PEFC certified timber. For 176 of the 200 hotel rooms SeARCH developed 4-star luxury wooden prefabricated units of 30 m2. All were placed on site within 3 weeks, reaching a height of 30 metres above the quays of Java Island. SeARCH translated structural and architectural requirements into a clever design where thin high-quality prefabricated concrete floors are combined with cross-laminated structural wooden walls and ceilings. Each room fitted on a standard truck, and was delivered to site fully equipped with a passive façade, balcony and complete bathroom for plug-and play, including all necessary technical installations and interior finishes.  Longitudinal Section  Courtesy of SeARCH  Cross Section HOTEL JAKARTA'S south and east façades are covered with Building integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV panels). The 350 PV panels - over 700m2 in total – are fully integrated into the loggias design. The glass rooftop covering the atrium also contains BIPV cells that, simultaneously collect energy and function as sun shading for the subtropical inner garden. An atrium with the subtropical garden is the center of the hotel. It acts as a temperature regulator in both summer and winter. On every side of the building rooms have their own private covered exterior space which functions as structural shading. The single layered glass curtain of these balconies buffers noise and protects from the harsh winds of the sites exposed position at open waters.  Courtesy of SeARCH Above the IJ at the highest point in the triangular building, the sky-bar is fully enclosed in glass. Its tip is a curved double-layered glass with an outer radius of just 600mm. Its roof is made of triple-layered glass. Both façade and roof are brought together via a very subtle glass-on-glass connection, allowing the internal timber curtain wall construction to be visible throughout.  Courtesy of SeARCH HOTEL JAKARTA'S east and north façades are covered with anodized aluminum panels, each with their own unique perforation pattern that combines ancient trade ship illustrations from Amsterdam's "Golden Age".  Courtesy of SeARCH HOTEL JAKARTA symbolizes Amsterdam's historic maritime connection with Asia. It is built on the quay where until the mid-20th century, immigrants would arrive after a long trip from Indonesia. For many families, the tip of Java Island was their first or last view of Amsterdam.  Courtesy of SeARCH The 4-star hotel houses a dynamic public space with various bars, restaurants, coffee corners, a wellness centre and cultural activities, all built around the central subtropical garden. The design and maintenance of the subtropical garden is a result of a collaboration with the Hortus Botanicus and completes the series of gardens on the island. By terracing the ground floor plinth the hotel is publicly accessible on all side through the transparent façade. SeARCH designed Hotel Jakarta as a truly public building. It is a lively cornerstone of the city and a second living room to both the curious globe-trotter, the neighbours of Java Island and the wider inhabitants of Amsterdam.  Courtesy of SeARCH  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Hélène Binet
 © Rory Gardiner Text description provided by the architects. A recently completed family residence situated within a forested Dune landscape, in Waalre, outside of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands.  © Hélène Binet Background  © Hélène Binet Anton and Gerard Philips had chosen Eindhoven in 1891 as the home of Koninklijke Philips, the Dutch technology company, even though the Philips family came from Zaltbommel, 50 kilometres north of Eindhoven. The company grew spectacularly during the early 20th Century and constantly needed additional employees. In order to be able to attract top managers from other areas in Holland (the Randstad) Philips decided to buy large pieces of woodland outside the city, in neighbouring Waalre. These plots were "given" to top managers who often came from Amsterdam, Rotterdam and other cities in Holland and abroad. In those days Eindhoven was still a relatively small town and not seen as very attractive. A senior position at Philips combined with a very cheap plot of land in a fantastic area (the forests of Waalre) was an interesting proposition and incentive, the result being that an elite group of Philips managers built houses in Waalre during the late 50's and early 60's.  © Hélène Binet A 7,000m2 parcel of land, dominated by conifers and an ancient sand dune, which eventually became the site for Villa Waalre, was formerly occupied by a House, for Frans Otten, the son in law of Anton Philips. Designed by Louis Christiaan Kalff, 1897-1976, the distinguished Design Director of Phillips, the Otten House and landscape, completed in 1961, was one of a series designed by Kalff for Philips senior managers.  © Rory Gardiner Louis Kalff and his Philips design team were instrumental in designing the lighting for many of the World's great Fairs Including the 1929 Barcelona world exposition. Kalff is also renowned for bringing together Le Corbusier, Iannis Xenakis and Edgar Varese to produce the Poème Electronique and Philips World Expo Pavilion, for the Brussels Fair in 1958 and Philips Evoluon in 1966, an Interactive Science Museum reminsicent of Ralph Tubbs 1951 Dome of Discovery.  © Hélène Binet New Villa  Ground floor plan The local planning authority were aware of the history and context of the original house, and advised that if the design of the new building eclipsed the quality of the original, the proposal would be supported.  © Hélène Binet The new architecture takes advantage of key natural features, creating a specific and special exterior and interior relationship with the environment.  © Hélène Binet Villa Waalre covers an enclosed area of approximately 1200m2 over four levels. Two levels are evident in the landscape. Living spaces, divided by a series of north-south transverse walls, occupy the ground plane. Bedrooms and gallery spaces occupy an east-west spanning rectangular structure that rests across the landscape and living area walls. A "drivethrough" tunnels under the western dune, creating a large carport and access to the street beyond. A 25 metre long volume under the ground plane contains a swimming pool. The "grotto" like pool volume is punctuated by shafts that draw light from above roof level.  © Hélène Binet Fundamental to the project was the decision to reflect the textural quality of the bark of the fir trees on the site in the primary building material. Titanium dioxide enhanced white reinforced concrete, which forms all exterior and interior vertical surfaces, is imprinted with the texture and silhouette of roughly sawn fir boards, in a module of 150mm. This module is continued in all exterior and interior joinery elements, which are crafted from similar fir board to those used as the concrete formwork. In subtle contrast to the textured vertical Concrete surfaces, Jura Stone slabs are used on all floors, and articulated bathroom elements are formed from Statuario Marble.  1st floor plan In total, 1660 cubic metres or 4150 metric tonnes of concrete has been used in the project. The thermally separated outer and inner concrete structural walls are articulated to allow for structural and thermal movement, and expressed construction joints are strategically located to further register the planar and volumetric qualities of the project. The combination of the rigorous and comprehensive application of board imprinted concrete and simplified tectonic form produce a legible, sculptural, liveable and environmentally responsive form.  © Hélène Binet The building's environmental performance was an essential part of the design of the project, and balances both active and passive means to create a highly efficient building. Commercially available systems were adapted specifically to enable a fully integrated services design compatible with the architecture and the budget.  © Rory Gardiner The building is orientated such that the main living, kitchen and bedroom spaces are south facing and contain large glazed openings. The structure provides thermal mass with concrete cavity walls reaching 700mm at their thickest and high levels of insulation. These passive measures are used in combination with a ground source heat pump drawing from 16 boreholes in the landscape and a heat recovery central heating boiler which provide heat for the underfloor heating and water. Underfloor cooling is employed between the swimming pool below ground and the main house above to minimise heat gain. Air treatment technology and mechanical ventilation throughout facilitate further regulation of the internal environment.  © Hélène Binet A significant proportion of the essential energy requirements are provided by a photovoltaic array of 40 Suntech modules. The client can monitor and maintain all systems and their internal comfort levels using tablet and smart phone demand-based control technology.  © Hélène Binet The 25 metre long subterranean swimming pool, external plunge pool with movable floor and reflecting pools are treated with smallest amount of chemicals, so that there is no smell of chlorine, and each pool is constructed with a minimum number of discretely located outlets. The "fresh" water quality is achieved through a combination of turnover and filtration principles, and carefully monitored backwash time and frequency. The temperature of each pool may be individually regulated and the movable floor to the exterior plunge pool allows it to act as either a plunge pool, to become a shallow reflective pool or the floor can act as a pool cover and courtyard surface at the highest level.  © Hélène Binet  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Seascape Lembongan / Word of Mouth House Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:00 PM PDT  © Moch Sulthonn for Word of Mouth
 © Moch Sulthonn for Word of Mouth Text description provided by the architects. Seascape Villa is an ocean front property on the island of Nusa Lembongan east of Bali. The design approach comes from the clients request to have a "Mediterranean feel" to the villa.  © Moch Sulthonn for Word of Mouth  Ground floor plan  © Moch Sulthonn for Word of Mouth In response to this we have developed an architecture made of clean soft white volumes and we have combined these with various built in elements in concrete and pebbled floors. We had to work within a tight foot print due to building restrictions which resulted in a compact 2-storey main building which includes most of the bedrooms and communal spaces while we have placed the guest room above the service building which has been sunken slightly below ground level to reduce its impact against the main building. The pool area takes advantage of the length of the land and connects the building with the beach.  © Moch Sulthonn for Word of Mouth  © Moch Sulthonn for Word of Mouth The elongated feeling of the pool within the land has been balanced by introducing a circular deck all around it. The combination of round and square shapes continues across the whole project whether it's in the pond design or in wall openings. Materials used have an organic feel and are accentuated by the extensive use of bamboo screens to balance the contemporary lines of the building.  © Moch Sulthonn for Word of Mouth  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Arch-Exist
 © Arch-Exist Text description provided by the architects. Ruyi Bridge is located at Tianfu 2nd Street near the Jian'nan Road intersection in the High-tech Zone of Chengdu, south of CR Phoenix City. The bridge crosses Tianfu 2nd Street, and the main bridge is facing the greenway of Dayuan Central Park.  © Arch-Exist There are 2 spans of the main bridge crosse Tianfu 2nd Street. To facilitate the pedestrian crossing, both sidewalks disposed spiral stairways with inclination 1:4 to 1:12. On the other hand, in order to connect the greenways on both sides of the street, 2 bicycle ramps are installed with inclination 1:12 at the ends of the main bridge.  © Arch-Exist The bridge connects Dayuan Park on the south to the urban space and green landscape on the north side. The pedestrian and bicycle lanes are connected and continued.  © Arch-Exist The design concept is called Sound of Panpipes, as the facade design is inspired by the Chinese Panpipes witch is one of the traditional Chinese musical instrument. The undulations and fluttering of the body are like the flow of music rhythm, fresh and elegant. It shaping a functional urban sculpture.  © Arch-Exist  © Arch-Exist Viewed from the air, the bridge seems just like a Ruyi embedded in the city. Ruyi, a Chinese traditional S-shaped ornamental object, usually made of jade, formerly a symbol of good luck. Bridge like this shape with the meaning that all things are going smoothly and good luck. .jpg?1531972210 "Plan & Elevation") Plan & Elevation In May 2016, this bridge was subordinated to the Chengdu High-tech Zone Major Landscape Improvement Project and was reported by many media. It was officially named "Ruyi Bridge". The project was completed in February 2018, and was re-focused on a number of media outlets with the Chengdu Hi-tech Zone Green Road Signature Node.  © Arch-Exist  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House in Ichitsubo / Taichi Nishishita architect & associate Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Masao Nishikawa
 © Masao Nishikawa Text description provided by the architects. It is a compact site located at the most innermost place of the new subdivision. Despite this compact site, dare not to build a building on full of the site, securing lighting and ventilation by securing a private open space on the south, making a connection with the external space.  © Masao Nishikawa In addition, we planned to be a rich approach even on a small site by keeping it low relative to the road and placing it in deep eaves below the entrance.  © Masao Nishikawa  Floor Plans  © Masao Nishikawa Both the facade and the room are not a strong design but aim for an unobtrusive façade that is familiar to people's lives. Incorporating the "margins" such as the upper and lower connection by the stairwell, the deck spreading out from the living room one after another, the large eaves space at the front door and the free space on the second floor, and put more emphasis on "the richness of the space" than the area indicated by the numerical value.  © Masao Nishikawa  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Weihai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine / GLA Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Li Yao
 © Li Yao Text description provided by the architects. Weihai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is situated in a coastal pinus thunbergii forest in the East New Town of Weihai near the sea, which covers a total construction area of around 8000m2. The hospital, as a comprehensive health care facility, enjoys three main parts: programme exhibition centre of the East New Town, Kangyang Yile Sanatorium and Medical Care Houses.  © Li Yao The original site of the hospital is an area of bungalows, long fallen into disrepair. The decision of choosing this site aims at preserving the surrounding pinus thunbergii forest to the utmose. Facing the status of the popular use of Chinese elements as a style of architecture or decoration as well as the strong and clear requirements of building in traditional Chinese style of the proprietor, the architect made an agreement with the proprietor on "imitating but not copying from the traditional style". Besides, this decision of the hospital project provides us a chance to look into some contemporary expression of traditional courtyard in northern China.  Courtyard refining and space reconstruction Final decision has made on inheriting the essence structure of Chinese style courtyard by using its scale and form based on a research on an array of traditional cases. However, the modern styles of choosing building materials, building details and construction realized the seeking of the balance between the experiential value of the place and the feature of the times.  © Li Yao The designers sorted out the scale, sequence and framework in a typological way, classifying the Chinese courtyard into a courtyard with four walls, a courtyard with two walls and two buildings facing each other's counterpart, a courtyard with four buildings on each side. According to the conditions of the site, different types of courtyards have been connected together by the corridor on the north-south axis and the east-west axis, thus reproducing the sense of layer after layer tour experience of Chinese traditional courtyard. Taking advantages of this site, these classified courtyards enclose the half-open central garden which faces the pinus thunbergii forest, while two wide open yardstick of gardens with different width divide the central garden into two parts: the half open court and the water court with a larger open space. With buildings or walls enclosing courtyards and courtyards enclosing gardens, the multistage nested of different-type courtyards provide people a rich spatial structure experience.  © Li Yao The main design of the construction inherits the basic form of traditional northern architecture. As for the choosing of the building materials, more contemporary materials such as up-right lockrand of aluminum-magnesium-manganese, steel and wood binding components, and stones with better weather ability are used to replace traditional grey tile, grey brick, and wood. Considering the properties and structural characteristics of the material, more simple and contemporary architectural designs are used on the construction details and components to restore the traditional architecture style.  © Li Yao The car entrance to courtyard is capped and enclosed with white, light gray stone and gray aluminum. The surrounding corridors are used for people to walk through, which not only separate people and vehicles, but also form a scenery with plaque, pine and metal blinds screens when passing by.  © Li Yao The method of scenery-borrowing has been used in many places. By compassing the surrounding pinus thunbergii forest as part of the courtyards, the purity and elegance of the courtyard and the vigorous scene outside cast beautiful reflections.  © Li Yao The main entrance courtyard is surrounded by four walls, which changes the road direction from west to south. The main entrance and porch which are symmetric to the north-south going axis are very beautiful. The concise mirror waterscape and the reflection in the water naturally match to the function and entrance scene of the hospital. The west-facing sub entrance is constructed with square courtyards, corridors with eaves and window walls, which shapes an understate guidance way.  © Li Yao  © Li Yao The second courtyard on the north-south direction is another type, surrounded by round corridors with eaves. The fitting circular patio and quadrangle courtyard reflect the simple philosophy "a square earth and spherical heavens, harmony between man and nature" in Chinese culture. Collecting from the rain, the waterscape in the courtyard presents different qualities of warmth and solitude when in the wet season and drought period.  © Li Yao Walking through the entrance courtyard and buildings, we can the third courtyard. These three courtyards form a three-side enclosure, making the eastern pinus thunbergii forest and back yard wider. From west to the east, the courtyard scale which enclose the space at first and then set free it forms a lawn-centered court for people's activities, a concise waterscape court and an ornamental waterscape court centered with isles and pine landscape.  © Li Yao The surrounding constructions form a visual penetration and space continuation with the central garden by being built into sotto portico, gray space and garth. The round windows and "frame view" on both sides of the courtyard provide a visual perception of picturesque sceneries everywhere for visitors.  © Li Yao The new Chinese style architecture is not a stacking of traditional elements, but a combination of modern elements and traditional elements based on the understanding of the latter. The new Chinese style creates buildings with traditional charm based on the modern aesthetic view.  1F Plan The main body of the construction presents an inverted "Y" shape by using the combination of traditional flush gable roofs, double slope tops and few gable and hip roofs. The material of the roof is aluminum-magnesium-manganese plank, smooth and neat.The construction of the façade lays stress on the interlacing of vertically divide lines, white walls, vertical landing window and vertical wooden color metal grille. The structure simplifies the double-deck building and casts a true-or-false reflection with the walls made of pure stones.  © Li Yao The low-rise Chinese style courtyard tucks away in the large pinus thunbergii forest. The combination of traditional courtyards, Chinese style, modern materials and temporary craftwork is an understanding and development of Chinese traditional courtyard style and scale as well as a temporary translation and reconstruction of traditional architecture style.  © Li Yao  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:15 AM PDT  Tepanzolco Cultural Center in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico / PRODUCTORA + Isaac Broid. Image © Jaime Navarro Minutes ago in Detroit, Director Dirk Denison and 2018 MCHAP Jury Chair Ricky Burdett announced the six finalists of the 2018 edition of the Mies Crown Hall America Prize. Selected from a longer list of 31 projects announced earlier this summer in Venice, these outstanding works of architecture will compete for the top honor, the MCHAP Award, which will be announced in October. The authors of the winning award will take home $50,000 to fund research and a publication and will be recognized as the MCHAP Chair in IIT's College of Architecture. The six finalist buildings were completed between January 2016 and December 2017. The descriptive texts, provided by the MCHAP jury, celebrate the merits of each individual project. IMS Paulista / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados in São Paulo, BrazilLocation: São Paulo, Brazil  © Nelson Kon This multi-level, stacked cultural building with galleries, library, and cinema on São Paulo's iconic Paulista Avenue brings the public and pedestrian experience into the structure Edificio E, University of Piura / Barclay & Crousse ArchitectureLocation: Piura, Peru  Courtesy of MCHAP Set within a dry savannah landscape in the north of Peru, this new university building creates a compact and complex network of interconnected classrooms, offices, and open spaces specifically designed to accommodate students from disadvantaged backgrounds. SESC 24 de Maio / Paulo Mendes da Rocha and MMBB ArquitetosLocation: São Paulo, Brazil  © Nelson Kon Shoehorned into a tight site at the heart of São Paulo's dense but fragile historic center, this institution offers leisure, sports, and medical facilities—including a rooftop swimming pool—to members of its progressive trade association, all connected by a generous 11-story ramp open to all. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture / Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smith GroupLocation: Washington, DC, USA  © Brad Feinknopf Responding with dignity to the Washington Monument and neighboring historic structures, the slanted copper screens of this new museum embrace a deep, multi-level experience for visitors to this site of pilgrimage for African American culture. Teopanzolco Cultural Center / PRODUCTORA and Isaac BroidLocation: Cuernavaca, Mexico  © Jaime Navarro Adjacent to a Pre-Hispanic pyramid, the sloping roofs of this new sand-colored cultural center enclose an 800-seat auditorium and performance spaces, offering views of the historic site and city beyond. True North / Edwin Chan / EC3Location: Detroit, USA  © Chris Miele An innovative use of industrial Quonset corrugated galvanized steel structures creates a sequence of dynamic external and internal spaces providing affordable accommodation to a new generation of urban pioneers in Detroit's fragile inner-city communities. On the jury's selection criteria, Chair Ricky Burdett wrote,
The MCHAP 2018 Jury includes Jury Chair Ricky Burdett CBE, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age Programme (London), Jose Castillo, Principal, Arquitectura 911sc (Mexico City), Ron Henderson, Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology and Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism (Chicago), Rodrigo Pérez de Arce, Professor, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica (Santiago), and Claire Weisz, Founding Principal of WXY (New York). The prize, which was established in 2013, recognizes the greatest works of architecture built in the Americas.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dr. Luis Fournier Biological Reserve Welcoming Center / Fournier_Rojas Arquitectos Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  © Fernando Alda
 © Fernando Alda Text description provided by the architects. Our architecture studio engages in pro bono design of various projects of social and community interest.  © Fernando Alda The rural community of Tabarcia de Mora has acquired a 17 Ha property that has one of the few remaining primary forests in the region and natural water springs, and has dedicated it to an environmental educational project. Visitors will have the opportunity of learning first hand about the enormous biodiversity of the place and how to protect the natural environment.  © Fernando Alda A master plan has been designed by our studio for the community with hopes of raising funds for the conservancy project and asked us to design a visitors’ welcoming center as a first and minimal artificial intervention.  Plan Our approach fully encompasses the concept of Architecture of Necessity.  Section It is Responsible – The 108 m2 shelter is set on a small plateau and entirely surrounded by thick tropical forest. One objective is to make the community proud thru architecture that is carefully designed and constructed.  Section It is Diligent – The building has a very straightforward plan, easy to read, that allows for flexibility as a multipurpose space where several activities can happen, including teaching, meetings and festivities. The form of the building has been derived from its close relationship with the site and its surrounding natural environment.  © Fernando Alda It is Sustainable – We have selected very basic materials. There’s a reinforced concrete floating slab that requires negligible excavation. The structure is all made from cultivated wood. Walls for the services core are exposed concrete block. The roof is a common pitched roof used in tropical areas and it’s made of recycled tetrapack (milk and drink containers) which was donated by a local milk company that manufacturers it. Rainwater will be free falling unto bioswales and water is returned to the aquifers. Some of it as well as gray waters may be used for toilets.  © Fernando Alda It is Just – We see this project as part of the rights of citizens to good public architecture that is respectful of its natural environment.  Details .It is Open – The open plan space will allow for a multiplicity of cultural activities that will promote learning to be responsible inhabitants of Planet Earth.  © Fernando Alda  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| UM Architect's New Zhangjiang City Gate Reconnects Occupants with Nature Posted: 29 Jul 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of UM Architects Chinese cities have been on a stride for decades, and are expected to become the world's leading economy within the next few years. With all the ongoing architectural developments, nature remained key in most architects' design developments, honoring the Chinese landscape and integrating it within their projects. The Zhangjiang New District is one of China's new ongoing developments, housing numerous structures and architectural installations. Architecture firm UM has been selected to design the "City Gate," a new iconic landmark in the New District, which will act as a transition between the extensive urbanism of Gan Zhou and its surrounding nature. One of the main purposes of the project was to create an environment that caters to both the residential and commercial needs of the region, making the best of the project's prominent location. The project, which was inspired by Ximeng Wang's "Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers," a timeless piece of Chinese art, reconnects the occupants with nature and allows them to experience its offerings with all their senses.  Courtesy of UM Architects The Zhangjiang New District has been witnessing grand architectural developments and installations for several years, with projects such as West 8's Garden of 10,000 Bridges and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Northwest District Urban Upgrade, the city is gradually becoming a cultural and economic hot-spot. The architects at UM drew inspiration from Earth's topography and natural resources and translated the abstractions of these dynamic forms into nature-inspired architecture. Primarily, the architects wanted citizens to flow gradually into the space, which is why the entire site follows the grid of the adjacent streets and mimics people's movements. The 111,900 square meter project, which will be built in 2019, is divided into three individual units: the main buildings, podiums, and a semi-covered public space, each inspired by a specific natural element and caters to a specific function.  Courtesy of UM Architects  Site Plan
The main high-rise building is contoured with curvilinear lines on the facade, which is an abstract translation of rigid mountains covered with waterfalls. Nature's organic lines continued to be the inspiration behind the project's design as it was also implemented onto the podiums' architecture and public gathering spaces. The interior circulation of the site harmoniously wraps around the project, optimizing the pedestrians' experience. The designers chose to cover some public areas with a large canopy which adopts the same design methodology and blends in with the surrounding landscape and urban planning.  Courtesy of UM Architects  Full Scheme The project is set to include offices, high-end hotel building, apartment complexes, commercial units, public plazas, and other public services. News via: UM Architects.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Look Inside the Vatican Venice Biennale Chapels in New Video from Spirit of Space Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Norman Foster. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners Vatican City participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale for the first time this year, inviting the public to explore a sequence of unique chapels designed by renowned architects including Norman Foster and Eduardo Souto de Moura. Located in the woods that cover the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the chapels offer interpretations of Gunnar Asplund's 1920 chapel at Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm, a seminal example of modernist memorial architecture set in a similarly natural wooded context. A new video produced by Spirit of Space offers a brief virtual tour of the structures that make up the Holy See's pavilion, lingering on each just long enough to show different views and angles. As members of the public circulate through the chapels in each shot, the scenes give an impression of how each chapel guides circulation. The rapid pace of the video helps the projects blend together to feel like a cohesive single experience, while still offering more information about each individual design than a series of still photos could convey. Gentle ambient music adds a calming soundtrack to the video but also doesn't add crucial information, so the audio track can be muted for watching at work. The procession from one chapel to the next is intended to bring visitors on a journey or pilgrimage punctuated with architectural encounters, and Spirit of Space's video gives viewers a glimpse of the sequence of experiences that the Vatican chose to include in their latest artistic endeavor. For more context on each chapel featured in the video, here is a brief guide to this year's Vatican City Biennale pavilions with timestamps to identify each chapel in the video:  Eduardo Souto de Moura. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu Norman Foster, United Kingdom: 00:04 Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portugal: 00:39 Asplund Chapel by MAP Architects, USA: 00:59 Andrew Berman, USA: 01:15 Francesco Cellini, Italy: 01:30 Smiljan Radic, Chile: 01:38 Sean Godsell, Australia: 02:05 Ricardo Flores & Eva Prats, Spain: 02:16 Teronobu Fujimori, Japan: 02:44 Javier Corvalán, Paraguay: 03:06 Carla Juaçaba, Brazil: 03:18 10 Chapels in a Venice Forest Comprise The Vatican's First Ever Biennale Contribution  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Los Altos Residence / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Nic Lehoux
 © Nic Lehoux Text description provided by the architects. Located in an established Los Altos neighborhood, this single-family residence is a modernist reinterpretation of the Northern California ranch style home the clients desired. Nestled amongst neighboring houses and a landscape of mature trees, the residence maintains a sense of privacy and offers this young family reprieve from the bustle of daily activities. Designed around an existing Japanese maple tree—a vestige of the previous landscape and the relationship shared between residence and site—the house takes full advantage of the Silicon Valley's mild climate.  © Nic Lehoux  Floor Plan  © Nic Lehoux While windows and doors fill interiors with air and light, they also frame views of the diverse flora surrounding the home. In the living room, a wall of sliding glass doors blurs the line between indoors and out, opening to the back patio overlooking a meadow of tall grasses. In the master bedroom, one can hear the trickling of water and quiet rustling of trees coming from the meditation garden just outside. It is these moments, when the outdoors extends inside, that help anchor the building to the site. The main house is composed of a central double-height living and communal space that runs parallel to the street, shielding the home from the quiet thoroughfare.  © Nic Lehoux This common area, which includes a modest kitchen and a place for family gathering, connects two single-story volumes, each containing a variety of private and functional spaces. With views from every room, one's eye is easily drawn outside, where a linear pool and board-formed concrete garden wall, located along the eastern edge of the property, visually connects the main building to the guesthouse beyond. The home is detailed with a natural, crisp palette, reflecting the client's fondness for simplicity and tranquility.  © Nic Lehoux A variety of woods, including Douglas fir, western red cedar, and gray elm, are used throughout and provide a sense of warmth directly contrasted by exposed structural steel, polished concrete floors, and a textured concrete fireplace. A locally sourced Claro walnut table, measuring 10-feet in length, creates a comfortable dining space, its live edge balancing the clean lines of the living room. Additional furnishings reinforce the client's desire for a minimalist environment. The simple layout and detailing of this single-story residence, with its numerous connections to the surrounding landscape, create a home that is both calm and restful for the family to enjoy for many years to come.  © Nic Lehoux Sustainability  © Nic Lehoux The following sustainable measures were taken in the design of this house:  Section - Renewable Energy: Photovoltaic and domestic hot water panels are strategically placed upon the roof and pitched south to optimize sun absorption. Energy collected from the PV panels offsets the net energy consumption of the house.  © Nic Lehoux - Indoor Air Quality: Low to no VOC products and materials were chosen for finishes such as paints, wood stains, and sealants. Composite wood products used in the building also met the requirements for low formaldehyde.  Diagram  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 10 Tiny Apartments Under 38 Square Meters and Their Axonometric Drawings Posted: 29 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Finding an efficient configuration for a small apartment is not an easy task. Basic housing programs should be distributed in minimal spaces without losing comfort. Below, we have made a selection of 10 apartments under 38 square meters to inspire you. Appartement Spectral / BETILLON / DORVAL‐BORY Cortesía de BETILLON / DORVAL‐BORY  Cortesía de BETILLON / DORVAL‐BORY Urban Shelter / MYCC © Elena Almagro  Cortesía de MYCC 076 Susaloon / elii © Imagen Subliminal  Cortesía de elii Biombombastic / elii © Imagen Subliminal  Cortesía de elii Darlinghurst Apartment / Brad Swartz Architect © Katherine Lu  Cortesía de Brad Swartz Architect Geneva Flat / FREAKS freearchitects © Ilya Ivanov  Cortesía de Studio Bazi 35m2 Flat / Studio Bazi © David Foessel  Cortesía de FREAKS freearchitects Little Flat Transformation in Lviv / replus design bureau © Maksim Sosnov  Cortesía de replus design bureau Apartment in Paris / UBALT Cortesía de UBALT  Cortesía de UBALT Cazo Apartment / Estúdio BRA © Maíra Acayaba  Cortesía de Estúdio BRA  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Prolific Career of an Early Bauhaus Innovator: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:30 AM PDT  CH XIV (1939) - Lászio Moholi Nagy. Image© <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosimoes7/24973282627'>Flickr user Pedro Ribeiro Simoes</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> The Hungarian artist László Moholy-Nagy was one of the most influential thinkers, designers and art educators of the first half of the twentieth century. His experimentation with light, space and form generated international attention. Among those impressed by Moholy-Nagy's work was Walter Gropius, German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who made Moholy-Nagy one of the youngest instructors in the history of the Bauhaus. In his time at the Bauhaus, Moholy-Nagy utilized multi-disciplinary art practices to revolutionize abstract artistic media. But who was the man? This documentary by John Halas in 1990 playfully highlights the prolific career of Moholy-Nagy through archive footage, photographs and animations. The film outlines his career beginning with his early explorations with light and photography, all the way to his appointment to the "New Bauhaus" in Chicago 1937 by Gropius.  László Moholy-Nagy. Image© <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_of_the_Bauhaus#/media/File:Walter_Gropius_-_Women_of_the_Bauhaus.png'>Wikimedia user DalglishSarah</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a>  The Bauhaus, 1919 As one of the early twentieth century's most forward thinkers, Moholy-Nagy practiced his sensory education through fine art, photography, sculpture, graphic design and architecture. He experimented with the photogram; the process of exposing light-sensitive paper with objects laid upon it. Perhaps his most enduring achievement is the construction of the "Lichtrequisit einer elektrischen Bühne" (Light Prop for an Electric Stage, completed 1930), a device with moving parts meant to have light projected through it in order to create mobile light reflections and shadows on nearby surfaces.  László Moholy-Nagy - Photogram (1923). Image© <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/centralasian/5502208694'>Flickr user cea +</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a>  A 19, 1927 by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, oil on canvas, Los Angeles County Museum of Art In his time at the Bauhaus, Moholy-Nagy focused on an "education of the senses" and began to think in terms of systems and materiality with respect to art. In this way he helped lay the groundwork for the post World War II digital-media shift in artistic practices. Moholy-Nagy even helped rethink the original Bauhaus typography and logo into the lowercase design still used today.  Courtesy of Lars Müller Publishers As a celebration of Moholy-Nagy and his impact on twentieth-century design, Lars Müller and Lars Müller Publishers have announced a reprint of Oliver Botar's Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts (2014). You can find out more about the book and Moholy-Nagy's work from Lars Müller Publishers' website here. News via: Lars Müller Publishers  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| IJburg College 2 / Atelier PRO Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Jan Paul Mioulet
 © Jan Paul Mioulet Compact Building  © Jan Paul Mioulet Network of stairs  © Jan Paul Mioulet High tech appearance  © Jan Paul Mioulet Custom made concept design  Sections  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How to Calculate the Thermal Transmittance (U-Value) in the Envelope of a Building Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:00 AM PDT  © ArchDaily When designing the envelope of projects, we must pay special attention to each of the elements that comprise it, since each of these layers has specific qualities that will be decisive in the thermal behavior of our building as a whole. If we divide 1 m2 of our envelope by the temperature difference between its faces, we will obtain a value that corresponds to the thermal transmittance, also called U-Value. This value tells us a building's level of thermal insulation in relation to the percentage of energy that passes through it; if the resulting number is low we will have a well-isolated surface and, on the contrary, a high number alerts us of a thermally deficient surface. Expressed in W/m²·K, the U-Value depends on the thermal resistance of each of the elements that make up the surface (the percentage in which a building element is opposed to the passage of heat), and this, in particular, obeys the thickness of each layer and its thermal conductivity (ability to conduct the heat of each material). Let's review the formulas necessary to calculate the thermal transmittance of our envelope. Thermal EnvelopeThe thermal envelope is defined as the "skin" of the building, which protects the thermal and acoustic comfort of its interiors. This is made up of its opaque walls (walls, floors, ceilings), its operable elements (doors and windows), and its thermal bridges, which are all those points that allow heat to pass more easily (points with geometric variations or changes of materials).  © ArchDaily In the case of envelopes that are not completely homogeneous in their extension, for example in metal or wooden structures, it's possible to perform differentiated calculations for different areas and obtain a greater accuracy in the results. The total is then calculated on the approximate percentages to each of them, which can be found in the local standards and regulations corresponding to the location of the project. Thermal Transmittance CalculationThe general formula for calculating the U-Value is: U = 1/RtWhere:
Rt = Rsi + R1 + R2 + R3 + ... + Rn + RseWhere:
R = D / λWhere:
The Thermal Transmittance is inversely proportional to the Thermal Resistance: the greater the resistance of the materials that make up an envelope, the lower the amount of heat that is lost through it. U = 1/RR = 1/U © ArchDaily Climatic ZonesWhen obtaining our U-Value, we must compare it with the value of the maximum (or limit) thermal transmittance specified for the climatic zone in which our project is located, in winter and summer. This number has been determined by official local regulations, which you must review carefully to ensure proper functioning. * W = Power (Watts) - K = Temperature difference (Kelvin)  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tabares de Cala House / Alejandro Beautell Posted: 28 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT .jpg?1482277891 "© José Oller") © José Oller
.jpg?1482277568 "© José Oller") © José Oller Text description provided by the architects. The renovated single family house is located in the historical city center of La Laguna, Tenerife, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Priori to the renovation, the house was ruined due to the abandonment which it had suffered for decades. .jpg?1482277928 "© José Oller") © José Oller It is a traditional patio-house with a structure of massive walls covered by a wooden structure made of Canarian pine called tea. Its composition is simple and its strictly simetric facade still shows the dignity of an old house of the 18th century. During the course of years the house had been transformed, enlarged, and sometimes damaged.  Section The back part of the house had undergone an enlargement in the middle of 20th century. .jpg?1482278130 "© José Oller") © José Oller The intervention has consisted of the integral rehabilitation of the building, to give it back its use as a single-family house. When it comes to the back part of the building, the most recent volume was maintained, while its distribution was remodeled in order to adapt it to the current needs of the owners. .jpg?1482278034 "© José Oller") © José Oller The patio of the house was covered by overhanging metal and glass structure. A new steel staircase, which provides an access to the rooftop terrace, was designed in the same position as the pre-existing one. The covering of the patio made possible to open the gallery and the main staircase, which is decorated with railing of tea pine wood. Such remodeling favours the spatial understanding of the house and the view over its characteristic elements. .jpg?1482278232 "© José Oller") © José Oller In the back facade, previosly blind, there were introduced new windows and doors to provide light and ventilation to the rooms, and which are creating a new, modern facade facing the backyard square. .jpg?1482277998 "© José Oller") © José Oller The ancient roof, given the advanced deterioration of its wooden structure, had to be completly disassembed and restorated fully respecting and retaining its typology and layout. The ancient tiles that were in good condition were used as covers of the new ones in order to preserve the aged appearance and the homogeneity of the roof cover. .jpg?1482277667 "Cortesía de Alejandro Beautell") Cortesía de Alejandro Beautell However commited to contemporaneity, the design recovers the historical building, restoring its residential use, respecting its values and adapting it to the current needs.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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