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- Lisbon Cruise Terminal / Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos
- Petit Place / RoosRos Architects
- Bamyan Provincial Hospital / Arcop (Pvt) Ltd.
- Kobiler House / Architextit- Einat Erez-Kobiler
- Heli-stage / ATAH
- Maison 390 / Le Sixieme
- Monday Monday Floral Art Studio / UM
- Curra Community Hall / Bark Architects
- CTBUH Announces the Initial List of Speakers for the 2018 Middle East Conference on "Polycentric Cities"
- DWC House / Rob Paulus Architects
- Life on Mars? Foster + Partners to Showcase Extra-Terrestrial Habitats at UK's Goodwood Festival
- Coo Lodge / Ortuzar Gebauer Arquitectos
- Henning Larsen Release Images of Revitalized Shipyard District in Gdansk, Poland
- Cranley Residence / Architecture Building Culture
- Populous Creates Design-Build Group to Deliver Sports Venue Upgrades (Without Upsetting Fans)
- House + House in Amparo / Aleph Zero
- Atelier Bow-Wow Designs Stage for Music Festival at Horst Castle
- The Capela do Monte Through the Lens of João Morgado
| Lisbon Cruise Terminal / Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos Posted: 05 Jul 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Raised ground  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Site Plan  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Compact (the smallest of the buildings presented to the 2010 international competition), it is inserted — with the open-air car park and the tidal tank — between the walls of the landfilled former Jardim do Tabaco dock, seeming not to touch the ground, between the trees of the Park/Boulevard that, along with the building, now inhabit this stretch of the riverfront. Raised from the ground, it lifts the public space along with itself, transformed into a terrace/viewpoint — abstract topography — between river and city, like a transshipment raft that connects and reveals both.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The programme of the terminal is housed under this shell, raised ground: car park underground (connected to de open-air car park); luggage delivery, processing and claim, at ground level; passengers (check-in, waiting lounge, VIP lounge, duty-free shopping, public access coffee shop) in the upper level; all flexible spaces, as are those of the Park/Boulevard, that allow for the future evolution of the terminal, as for events of other nature to take place outside the hours, and seasons, of its use as a maritime station.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Ground Floor Plan  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG This sort of exoskeleton, that encircles the areas assigned to the terminal’s programme, is built of structural white concrete with cork — a solution specifically developed to lighten the building’s weight, limited by the preexisting foundations, stemming from a concept by Carrilho da Graça originally for experimental design, the Lisbon design biennale —, with a particular haptic quality, and that lightens up with the sunlight reflected on the estuary, the famous ‘ light of Lisbon’.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Virtually blind on the riverside — from where the building appears as a discreet stony socle of the city — and creasing, on the city side, just enough to reveal its access points, the building mediates the visual relations between its users and the river and city: in a building that is used almost always in motion — along the gangway, in the loggias that give access to the ships or from these to descend directly into the city, walking on the rooftop, on the tangential approaches to the main façade — the gaze wanders, cinematic.  © Rita Burmester  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Petit Place / RoosRos Architects Posted: 05 Jul 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Christian Fielden
 © Christian Fielden Text description provided by the architects. Petit Place is a tiny house which is fully modular and sustainably built. The tiny house will allow you to be partially or fully self-sufficient and even live off the grid. In addition to the spatial experience provided by the location, health and comfort are important design principles.  Graphic 02 Petit Place fulfils the demands of a sharing economy - based on the WikiHouse principle - it is a construction kit with milled, wooden elements; an open-source solution which is accessible to everybody. A variety of different types are available. The number of elements determines the size of the Petit Place and floor plans range between 25m² and 1000m². A Petit Place is a ready-made which you can put together or have a third party put together for you.  © Christian Fielden Unique location  © Christian Fielden Architecture  © Christian Fielden  Floor plan  © Christian Fielden Circular  Courtesy of RoosRos Architects Energy generating cladding  © Christian Fielden In addition to the solar panels, two alternative 'exteriors' have been designed. The Green Machine, a fully planted version, and the Zero Waste which has been created using reclaimed wood. A sustainable character is guaranteed regardless of the cladding selected. Furthermore, the diverse cladding available means you can adjust the Petit Place to the location you want to place it.  © Christian Fielden Good for you and good for the planet  © Christian Fielden  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bamyan Provincial Hospital / Arcop (Pvt) Ltd. Posted: 05 Jul 2018 06:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Arcop
 © Irfan Naqi Text description provided by the architects. The Architecture for this Provincial Hospital respects and understands the nature of living and building in rural communities of Bamyan. It draws inspiration from the traditional methodologies of the built environment, and the simplicity of forms seen in the local vernacular in the context of home and village settings. The Hospital Master Plan is developed around a series of courts. All outdoor spaces are arranged in a layered sequence, moving from areas of greater public usage to the absolute private areas required for critical care and well-being of patients.  Courtesy of Arcop Overall, our attempt is to take a "biophilic" approach to design, where through natural light and ventilation, views of mountains and gardens and access to outdoor courts, an Architecture is created which fosters healing and well-being.  Ground Floor Plan A North – South orientation is developed to maximize solar gain in winter and optimize day lighting. Through this strategy light is brought into all the corridors and wards. This orientation also ensures a strong visual tie with the mountain range running south of the project. Through the design, we have attempted to introduce hybrid construction solutions which meet the rigorous demands of seismic design for a high risk area, while inculcating practices which are embedded in the local building traditions. The design is also sensitive to the fact that Bamyan lacks technically skilled craftsmen or labour, and so in this rural setting our detailing is kept simple. In this regard stabilized rammed earth is used as external walls along with RCC frame construction. With this adaptation to the prevalent use of "as dug earth" walls, local labour was employed and trained to use a more durable form of earth construction.  © Irfan Naqi Bamyan's climate and topography lends itself to a landscape of strong contrasts. The mountains are stark and arid, while its valleys are green, with farm land, orchards and streams. The landscape design takes inspiration from the juxtapositioning of these two extremes to develop a design which is based on the tradition of Central Asian/Islamic landscapes, centre around courts. The Central Hospital courtyard derives its inspiration from the traditional " Char-Bagh"courts. Strongly defined and axes have been accentuated through landscaping edges. We see these gardens and courtyards as essential to the process of healing. Indigenous flora and fauna has been used for soft landscaping and trees such as poplars and cypress to define outdoor spaces. Fruit trees such as apples and apricots provide shading, emphasize seasons and enhance fragrance. This attitude helps the sustainable design which is further accentuated by the use of indigenous vegetation and gravel as a ground cover to limit the use of water.  © Irfan Naqi In this serene valley it was essential that the hospital belonged contextually and provide a sanctuary for the people of Bamyan and a place of comfort.  © Irfan Naqi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kobiler House / Architextit- Einat Erez-Kobiler Posted: 05 Jul 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Hagar Doppelt
.jpg?1530172843 "© Hagar Doppelt") © Hagar Doppelt Text description provided by the architects. The architect designed her own family house in a small village, located between wheat and chickpea fields. The geometry and the contours of the house continue the long, extending lines of the agricultural area, open to the view and the landscape, that is interacting with the indoors, facades and the movement through the house.  Floor Plan .jpg?1530172409 "© Hagar Doppelt") © Hagar Doppelt Raised above ground level over a concrete slab, due to the site limitation, the volumes are divided into 3 parts that are connected with transparent glass joints that allow one to walk and look through from the street directly to the fields beyond the house. The main central volume was created as a place for family togetherness, the heart of the home, and includes the living room and the integrated eating-cooking area. .jpg?1530172388 "© Hagar Doppelt") © Hagar Doppelt The two other volumes provide privacy between the parents and children. The volumes are plastered with mineral plaster and partially covered with wood planks. In the future, the separated volumes will allow to make changes and modify the structure relatively easily for the convenience of the older tenants. .jpg?1530172875 "© Hagar Doppelt") © Hagar Doppelt  Section 1 .jpg?1530172334 "© Hagar Doppelt") © Hagar Doppelt On the front and back of the house, resting on a concrete slab there are balconies to allow direct access from the interiors to the outdoors and vice versa. The main front balcony is enclosed, separating the house from the street, and allow a relaxing, more private, graduated access into the house. The back balcony is opened up completely to the fields and landscape. From the front to the back, a wood shading pergola was built through the main volume of the house. .jpg?1530172540 "© Hagar Doppelt") © Hagar Doppelt  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Shiromio
 © Shiromio Text description provided by the architects. The CTC (China Textile Center) is an art & commercial complex in the Shaoxing, and will officially open in the summer of 2018. The project involves a mix of commercial typologies, and will become the core of the Keqiao Science City in Shaoxing.  © Shiromio
 © Shiromio The Heli-stage of the CTC is the epicenter of the commercial complex and is correspondingly located at the main project entrance, which is the symbolic center of the entire project. Due to the background of the project, a unique structure with its own design language proposes to fuse the various commercial attractions with an artistic blast.  © Shiromio The design concept involves a spiral form, blurring the boundary between floors, therefore connecting the exterior space with the interior, creating a continuous exhibition space. In order to achieve such visual effect, a geometric web fuses onto a helical surface. One will shuttle through both indoor and outdoor landscaping via the access staircase without being aware of the transition due to the blurring effect of the floors. During an artistic presentation, performers seem to be walking towards the center of the stage via a slow spinning staircase.  © Shiromio
.jpg?1530663761 "Interior Lights. Image Courtesy of ATAH") Interior Lights. Image Courtesy of ATAH Structurally, the design adopts a core-tube relationship:
In summary, the structural design adopts the subversive nature of a Mobius Strip.
In order to further strengthen the concept of morphology, curved triangular Low-E double glazed units make up the outer curtain wall (3m by 2.3m by 1.6m in size), wrapping its cylindrical facade. The façade within the central void consists of a single modular unit. As the project is a transport-orientated design in close proximity to the High-speed Rail, it is easily accessible from other cities. The developer have plans to make the Heli-stage the display nucleus of the entire CTC. As such, a projection wall exhibits features of the project, transforming the center into a shining beacon amongst darkness; and an ice fortress in winter.  © Shiromio The interior design adopts the concept of weaving, using abstract design elements such as the spinning wheel. Upon entry, visitors immersed into the architectural extravaganza of rotating, diffusing, and interweaving movement, which celebrates the space. This is accentuated by its interior design, taking cue from the textile production process, as well as the local textile culture in mind. With appropriate planning of both building hardware and software, the project is envisioned to be more sustainable than other new constructs within its era.  Section Rendering Interestingly, as a diversified design studio, we jointly launched a limited edition pendant based on the project in collaboration with a jewelry designer. Popular among clients and fashionistas, the pedant reflects integration of design into life from another perspective.  © Shiromio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Kim Jaeyoon
 © Kim Jaeyoon Text description provided by the architects. The alphabet F of Roof and T of Root were derived from the preposition 'From' and 'To'. Similar context is usually used in Korean like any other English countries.  © Kim Jaeyoon The most important thing, we designed, was to maintain the typical type of house. This gable house which is well expressed on Root (the stylobate) and Roof is the house easily can be seen traditional house.  © Kim Jaeyoon  Floor  © Kim Jaeyoon So when we design this house, we can be more concentrate on nature and living without pressure of formativeness of architecture.  © Kim Jaeyoon Living in and with nature is ideal. In big city like Seoul it is getting hard to live in ideal place where we can live in and with nature.  © Kim Jaeyoon Through dramatic sense of openness and 6 meter high of ceiling height, Client can experience special life which can't feel in ordinary city life.  © Kim Jaeyoon  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Monday Monday Floral Art Studio / UM Posted: 05 Jul 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Che Liu
 © Che Liu Text description provided by the architects. Monday Monday Floral Art Studio is located in Tang Shang 433 Creative Design Center on Yuhangtang Road in Hangzhou. The predecessor was the Hangzhou Ribbon Factory.  © Che Liu The owner hopes that the final status can be presented as a miniature floral art museum. Therefore, concrete materials are selected as the main material, and minimalism is used to set off the delicate flowers.
In this case, we use "light" as a concept. The floor-to-ceiling windows not only allow the interior to receive sufficient sunlight but also allow passers-by to look at the scene inside the store and contrast with the surrounding environment well. In addition to ample natural light sources in the interior space, we also installed linear light strips and light-emitting walls in the space. The light-emitting wall creates a visual illusion of space extension.  © Che Liu
 © Che Liu In order for the project to achieve the desired results, the understanding and research of floral workflows and requirements are indispensable. The workbenches, flower tables, and rest seats at the entrance where the tools are placed are fully considered at the beginning of design and are uniformly poured during construction to form an integrated design.  © Che Liu We use as much of the basic architectural language of architecture as possible—the walls define the space and control the area can be reached by sight, pick-ups create the sense of multilayers and create the interface of communication, and the steps are endowed with a sense of beauty outside the function. The rustic and concise space provides a stage where people and flowers become the protagonists of space.  © Jie Feng Due to the reason of limited budget, some details and the initial concept inevitably have some differences, but the emergence of white walls solves the contradiction between the cost of the project and the projection function. All materials bring out the best in each other as they blend into a unity.  © Jie Feng  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Curra Community Hall / Bark Architects Posted: 05 Jul 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Christopher Frederick Jones
 © Christopher Frederick Jones Text description provided by the architects. Economical, flexible and rudimentary were the design aspirations for the Curra Community Hall, conceived as a simple and honest construction with robust, natural and cost effective materials, appropriate to its place in regional Queensland.  © Christopher Frederick Jones Stakeholder workshops run by the architects streamlined the design aspirations of the 14 user groups who contributed to shaping an equitable community place for the 1,920 or so people who reside in Curra, a rural settlement just north of Gympie.  © Christopher Frederick Jones The legibility of the exposed timber frame structure celebrates the construction skills of the carpenters who made the building, as well as referencing the timber history of the region.  © Christopher Frederick Jones The single skin construction, reminiscent of and referencing the 'Queenslander' and 'Rural' shed vernacular, is designed using passive principles of solar orientation, cross ventilation and natural air flow / cooling.  Short Section As a 'Lantern', the hall made of light filled walls during the day, also glows at night as a beacon of community spirit.  © Christopher Frederick Jones  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2018 09:50 AM PDT  Creative Commons public domain The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named the initial list of speakers for the 2018 Middle East Conference, Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism. The list features men and women from some of the most influential businesses in the industry, such as HOK, Safdie Architects, Kohn Pederson Fox, Gensler, Perkins+Will, SOM and many more. The conference will highlight a wide array of subjects and disciplines related to the conference theme, as well as other hot topics in the industry, including smart technologies, modular construction, 3D-printing buildings, net-zero skyscrapers and much more. Read on for more about Polycentric Cities and the initial list of speakers.  Creative Commons public domain Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism is a challenge for the future. How do we approach the transition toward massive urban growth? Those cities best positioned for the future are evolving along "polycentric, multi-nodal lines," with several central business districts, ideally all offering something slightly different to the urban inhabitant. The notion of "several cities within a city" embraces higher density through efficient infrastructure and public space. Dubai, the host city for the 2018 conference, is perhaps the best example of the polycentric model. The middle eastern city is comprised of multiple central districts – Downtown Dubai, Business Bay, Dubai Marina, Festival City, Palm Jumeirah and several others. The second host city, Abu Dhabi, is also a unique example of polycentrism taking hold with skyscrapers and a unique architectural expression that responds to the cultural and environmental conditions of the region.  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/akasped/15994396179'>Flickr user Edward Stojakovic </a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> You can find out more about the conference and speakers' abstracts here, where you can also register for the event set to take place October 20-25. News via: CTBUH  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| DWC House / Rob Paulus Architects Posted: 05 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT .jpg?1530627554 "© Liam Frederick") © Liam Frederick
.jpg?1530626563 "© Liam Frederick") © Liam Frederick Text description provided by the architects. The DWC House responds to topography, program and views to create a residence that is simple in plan yet layered with experience in sequence and section. .jpg?1530627153 "© Liam Frederick") © Liam Frederick Designed for an engineer with a love for Architecture and Cars, the concept carves into the hilly site from the East to create a multi-story scheme that steps with the terrain while disturbing the fragile site as little as possible. An access drive is established from the West for guests that climbs up the hill through a stand of Foothills Palo Verdes to arrive at a carport made from extra steel "drops" of the primary structure. A bridge connects this area to the house to begin to convey the multiple sensory experience of being on, being under and finally hovering over the Sonoran Desert landscape. .jpg?1530626854 "© Liam Frederick") © Liam Frederick .jpg?1530630391 "Generative Sketch (1)") Generative Sketch (1) .jpg?1530628285 "© Liam Frederick") © Liam Frederick  Plans .jpg?1530627328 "© Liam Frederick") © Liam Frederick Designed on a tight budget, the house relies on basic materials of masonry, wood, steel, and glass to create a warm and inviting environment to celebrate and enjoy life in the Sonoran desert. .jpg?1530626795 "© Liam Frederick") © Liam Frederick  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Life on Mars? Foster + Partners to Showcase Extra-Terrestrial Habitats at UK's Goodwood Festival Posted: 05 Jul 2018 07:00 AM PDT .jpg?1530807729 "via Foster + Partners") via Foster + Partners Foster + Partners will detail its vision of life on Mars and the Moon at the UK's Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018. Forming part of the festival's Future Lab event, the vision will be presented through a range of models, robotics, and futuristic designs exploring the future of life in space. The firm's showcase will include a virtual reality experience, allowing visitors to explore the inside of a proposed state-of-the-art habitation pod. The FutureLab, returning for its second year, is an event taking place at the Goodwood Festival of Speed which hosts "some of the most innovative and forward-thinking visions of future technology." This year's event will feature a robotic bartender serving drinks to its (human) visitors, shaking Martinis, slicing lemons, and mixing an almost limitless number of cocktails.
Foster + Partners will explore the development of habitats on Mars and the Moon using a wide range of technologies, including 3D-printing, robotics, and Regolith Additive Construction, which uses loose soils and rocks on the lunar surface. Foster + Partners will also showcase a robotic arm, sadly programmed to create plastic objects, rather than cocktails. The vision on display at Goodwood will not be the first engagement between Foster + Partners and the Final Frontier, with the firm awarded top prize in NASA's 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Challenge in 2017. The Future Lab will be open to the public throughout the Goodwood Festival of Speed from the 12th to 15th July 2018. News via: Foster + Partners
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| Coo Lodge / Ortuzar Gebauer Arquitectos Posted: 05 Jul 2018 06:00 AM PDT .jpg?1530144398 "Cortesía de Ortuzar Gebauer Arquitectos") Cortesía de Ortuzar Gebauer Arquitectos
 © Federico Cairoli The Place  © Federico Cairoli .jpg?1530143298 "Location") Location  © Federico Cairoli The first inhabitants, seamen, the Chonos or Payos as they are known in the area, were nomadic navigators, who left their traces in the sea, their fishing corrals.  © Federico Cairoli  Imagén objetivo. Image Cortesía de Ortuzar Gebauer Arquitectos  © Federico Cairoli The cleanliness of the place, allowed to recover a beautiful beach with white sand dunes, which during the last years had been covered with large shin of weeds. The place re-appeared and allowed us to give sign planning to design around an experience of the place.  © Federico Cairoli The Project  Elevation The project was placed in the intermediate layer, in a fractional way, accommodating it to its geography with volumes proposed independently of each other, sculptural, like big rocks of the sea tied by free circulations which organize the space like trails through architecture.  © Federico Cairoli It was recognize in the project, its condition of exterior, of beach, through terraces and circulations communicated with each other, which extends and communicate to trails, dunes, always dominating the views on the immensity of the sea.  Ground floor plan The enclosures being separated, are intimate, typical of the visitors who keep them in their status as a nomad in the place. A great volume is the space of encounter, public space, exposed, that around the fire and the kitchen, invites to live according to the logic of the rural ensemble in Chiloé.  © Federico Cairoli Recycling  © Federico Cairoli  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Henning Larsen Release Images of Revitalized Shipyard District in Gdansk, Poland Posted: 05 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Henning Larsen has released images of their proposed urban development for the historic Imperial Shipyard at Gdansk, Poland. The 4.3million-square foot (400,000-square-meter) development seeks to transform the shipyard, built in 1844, into a "powerful financial and social engine building a thriving, mixed-use, inner-city neighborhood by the waterfront that is alive around the clock." The old industrial site has played a central role in the economic development of both Gdansk and Poland, serving as a key shipbuilding hub on the Baltic Coast. Through creating spines of public life centered on pedestrian/bicycle-friendly streets, Henning Larsen seeks to maintain the shipyard's strong presence through waterfront living, work, and recreation.  Courtesy of Plankton Group  Courtesy of Ra2nski
 Courtesy of Ra2nski Henning Larsen's proposal is anchored by three urban spaces: The Plaza, The Park, and The Dock. The Plaza will host market days, ice skating, and concerts, situated close to where the signing the 1980 Gdansk Agreement brought fundamental change to the Communist political structure. The Park offers views across the river and city and a "lush urban forest" for visitors and residents alike. The Dock forms the heart of the new development, connecting the Imperial Shipyard to the city center through broad sidewalks, a large wooden seating element which doubles as a flood barrier, and an urban beach and marina.  Courtesy of Henning Larsen The proposal will see the creation of 3500 residential units, taking the form of several typologies, including a larger typology derived from the classic residential Gdansk block. The residential aspect will also feature green community courtyards and rooftops, acting as social spaces and safe play areas for children.  Courtesy of Henning Larsen  Courtesy of Henning Larsen For the scheme's development, Henning Larsen has worked in collaboration with A2P2 Architecture and Planning, BBGK Architekci, and Belgian developers Revive and Alides. The news follows other recent urban development proposals by Henning Larsen, including a 16-acre waterside project in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the 11-acre Key West development in Brussels. News via: Henning Larsen  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cranley Residence / Architecture Building Culture Posted: 05 Jul 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Andrew Latreille
 © Andrew Latreille Text description provided by the architects. This project takes its cue from the landscape. It is a single story house that climbs the sloping property in four large steps. Living is at street level and each bedroom is on its own terrace with the master bedroom at the top. To take advantage of the sun and landscape, all rooms have south facing windows with direct access to the courtyard garden.  © Andrew Latreille  Site Plan  © Andrew Latreille The living space is framed by large matching glass sliders and windows that face the front and back yards allowing for more than sufficient daylight during the grey winter months, as well as expansive views extending from the back forest and cliffs through the house to the front garden, the street and ultimately the neighbourhood.  © Andrew Latreille Neither orientation, front or back, is over-emphasized at the expense of the other, so that living in this house is as much about enjoying a private landscape as a shared one.  © Andrew Latreille  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Populous Creates Design-Build Group to Deliver Sports Venue Upgrades (Without Upsetting Fans) Posted: 05 Jul 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Arena das Dunas, Brazil by Populous. Image Courtesy of Populous As an industry populated by creators, the business of design is continually reconsidered and reshaped by processes of reinvention and experimentation. Rarely content with yesterday's innovations in anything from modeling software to building materials, architects naturally look for strategic ways to gain maximum advantage in both building and business. Taking just such a creative approach to the challenge of improving athletic venues within the stringent time frame of a team's offseason, the dominant Kansas City-based sports architecture firm Populous recently launched a standalone service that employs the efficiency advantages of a design-build firm to simplify and expand the process of implementing stadium upgrades without any disruption to the fan experience.  Arlington Esports Arena, Texas by Populous. Image Courtesy of Populous Employing over 200 architects worldwide and specializing in projects as massive as NFL and Olympic stadiums, Populous is one of the largest players to enter the expanding design-build game. While their main business of creating grand-scale megastructures might involve too many complications to feasibly complete outside of the established design-bid-build model, creating a specialized design-build group within their practice opens opportunities for new projects of smaller scale but huge ambition; after constructing a new playground area within Oriole Park at Camden Yards this winter, Populous Design+Build is now building America's first esports stadium within a previously underused portion of the Arlington Convention Center in Texas.  Arlington Esports Arena, Texas by Populous. Image Courtesy of Populous "After 35 years in the sports business, we uniquely understand our clients' challenges," said Earl Santee, managing director of Populous Americas. Since their creation in 1983 as HOK Sport Venue Event, the firm has designed a significant number of the professional and international sporting arenas currently in use, including Olympic stadiums for the Sochi 2014 and London 2012, high-profile reconstructions of Yankee Stadium and Wembley Stadium, and a new retractable roof for Wimbledon's Centre Court at the All England Club. Meanwhile, the design-build concept has been trending upward and gaining widespread acceptance in the construction world. Design-build groups differ from conventional architecture or construction firms by combining the two functions, signing a single contract to perform all design and construction work while functioning as a single point of contact for a project's owner.  Marlins Park, Miami by Populous. Image © Emilio Collavino In a series of editorials on the topic, Steve Lazar of Lazar Design/Build explains that having a single entity handle both design and construction makes a big difference in simplifying communication on a project. "All the finger pointing comes to a screeching halt when there are only two parties in the relationship," he says. "The blame game of 'it can't be built that way' or 'why does it cost so much,' is no longer part of marriage when the process is streamlined between the client and the master builder."  Bristol Arena, England by Populous. Image Courtesy of Bristol City council Thanks to this streamlined communication, elimination of a bid process and other efficiency benefits enabled by the simplified structure, the Design-Build Institute of America says that the process can shorten a project's delivery time by 33.5% and lower unit costs by 6.1% compared to a traditional design-bid-build workflow. By operating as the sole point of contact for their projects, Populous Design + Build say that their approach creates more predictable outcomes, significantly reduces change orders and reduces overall project production time. "We've seen there can be quite a few pitfalls in getting off-season renovations done, whether it is uncertainty in pricing, costly change orders or untested ideas," said Santee.  Aviva Stadium, Dublin by Populous. Image © Scott Tallon Walker Particularly when operating within the cyclical athletic calendar, there are clear benefits in a single firm being able to take full control of the construction process. Working with the owners of a team, Populous is able to execute the ideation, design, valuation, procurement and FF&E steps of a project while the venue is in active use during the season, making sure that construction is ready to begin as soon as the team's campaign ends and their stadium begins its offseason period of disuse. The increased speed of design-build projects allows more ambitious schemes to be realized during the finite time period before the next year's games resume, enabling a team to bolster their product without any negative impact on fan experiences during the construction period. Especially in an openly commercial context like professional sports, this makes stadium upgrades a more attractive investment than ever before. A unified design-build approach also gives the client tighter control over the finished product, which is helpful when a product's final result must fit into a larger established and carefully-deployed brand and gameday experience.  Arena das Dunas, Brazil by Populous. Image Courtesy of Populous The efficiency and speed of design-build construction does come at a price, though, as removing the opportunity for contractors to bid on a project has the potential to increase costs by eliminating competition and decrease transparency throughout the project. While these issues could lead to disaster at the scale of a full stadium, the ability to complete otherwise-impossible smaller projects within such an inflexible time window is arguably worth the potential price inflation. The smaller projects, which might involve adding new concessions areas, interactive amusements or private clubs, are also much less subject to widespread scrutiny and public input—thus decreasing the importance of open and transparent dialogue during construction.  Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi by Populous. Image © 2014 XXII Winter Olympic Games Given the practicalities of sports architecture, design-build solutions are perfect for enabling the Populous team to carry out surgical small-scale interventions that incrementally improve an existing venue without disrupting its use. Approached as a tool, strategic use of design-build construction can also have similar effects on any other buildings with predictable periods of disuse, like schools and academic campuses, vacation homes, or seasonal businesses like ski resorts. Speeding up construction with design-build techniques could allow these entities to improve their facilities in unforeseen ways without any disruption to their function.  Bristol Arena, England by Populous. Image Courtesy of Bristol City council Being a firm with a specialty within the architecture world, Populous' new Design + Build wing gives them a specific new capability that will allow them to continue improving their venues after initial construction and maintain relationships with their clients over time. On a more universal level, if other large global firms were to embrace design-build methods in this manner, it could enable a wide variety of schemes previously considered untenable. While design-build may never fully replace the conventional bidding system, Populous Design + Build will serve as an interesting case study on the potentially expanded role that designer/builders could have in the architecture of the future.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House + House in Amparo / Aleph Zero Posted: 05 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Pedro Kok
 © Pedro Kok Text description provided by the architects. What drives us in the process of designing this two houses is the possibility to distort and compose with a notion of nature, at the same time wild and artificial. A thin layer of soil floats a few meters above the ground level as if carved from it. Underneath, a world wrapped in natural, though domesticated, elements are revealed - water, vegetation, animals. Above, two metallic volumes appear on a lawn space - from where it is possible to observe the landscape - as if they were cottages on a garden, in a rather usual spatial relationship, except for the fact it takes place at the upper deck quota.  © Pedro Kok  Ground Floor Plan  © Pedro Kok There is thus a certain distortion in the perception of what would be the "natural" ground floor and the artificial elevated "ground floor". Programmatically, the building contains, on the ground level, a workshop, a residence of approximately 100.00 m2 and recreational areas such as swimming pool and living spaces. On the level above, there are two guest bedrooms and another residence with approximately 90,00 m2.  © Pedro Kok  Structure Diagram  © Pedro Kok Each programmatic function contained in the building can operate autonomously, with separate entrances, providing diverse use combinations. A constant grid of 5 meters by 5 meters, in steel and wood structure, hosts the functions that reside in contact with the ground, and supports the higher volumes, as well as the second quota of vegetation, which at times is closed by plants and in others it is open, permitting partial passage of light.  © Pedro Kok  Isometric  © Pedro Kok  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Atelier Bow-Wow Designs Stage for Music Festival at Horst Castle Posted: 05 Jul 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Horst Castle. Image © <a href='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Kasteel_van_Horst_-_Sint_Pieters_Rode_-_Belgica.jpg'>Francisco Conde Sánchez</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en/'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> Kasteel van Horst, a 17th-century castle in rural Belgium, and the raucous music festival it hosts every fall are an unlikely pair. But for the past four years, the Horst Music and Art Festival hosted at the castle just outside of Leuven, Belgium has brought together international artists, musicians, architects, and designers for a weekend of creative celebration. For the fifth and final iteration of the festival this year, Tokyo-based architecture firm Atelier Bow-Wow will join the mix.  Courtesy of Atelier Bow-Wow Invited by the Horst Festival to "create new work reflecting on the historic context of the site," Atelier Bow-Wow has flipped the prompt on its head. Designing a stage that they describe as a "wooden box on the lake shore," they claim its simple form will be activated as it pulses with music, "an antipode of the dead castle and the still scenery."  Courtesy of Atelier Bow-Wow  Courtesy of Atelier Bow-Wow Tension ropes connect walls on either side of the pavilion, creating "an immaterial roof, which seems to blend with the horizon." The stage extends from a platform submerged in water, in turn mimicking Horst Castle itself, which appears to float atop a pond.  Courtesy of Atelier Bow-Wow  Courtesy of Atelier Bow-Wow The Horst Music and Arts Festival will take place September 7th-9th, 2018 in Holsbeek, Belgium. News via: Atelier Bow-Wow  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Capela do Monte Through the Lens of João Morgado Posted: 04 Jul 2018 11:00 PM PDT  © João Morgado Portuguese architectural photographer João Morgado shared with us a series of images from Álvaro Siza's latest project, the Capela do Monte. This chapel is located in Barão de São João, in the Algarve region of Portugal. Part of the Monte da Charneca complex, Capela do Monte was commissioned in 2016 by a Swiss-American couple residing there. Inaugurated in March of this year, the sandy colored, 10.34 x 6.34-meter structure was built at the highest point of a hill and can only be accessed by foot. Its monolithic geometry suggests, from outside, a serenity from the inner space. The wooden furniture within the chapel were all designed by Siza and manufactured by Serafim Pereira Simões Successors of Porto.  © João Morgado Located on a small, cleared out piece of land surrounded by lush greenery, the chapel rises like a solid block with a slightly raised patio that connects to the rest of the building, allowing an entrance into the chapel.  © João Morgado Monte da Charneca Center also includes seven traditional style residences in the region, restored over the last 30 years. Also, new residential structures and facilities seeking to revive the region's agricultural activity will be built by 2021.  © João Morgado  © João Morgado  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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