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- Shelter for the Homeless / RKW Architektur +
- EeStairs Headquarters / Bronsvoort Blaak Architecten
- Gable House / B.DESIGN24 STUDIO
- LEEGE Office / RAMOPRIMO
- Woo Space Tianjin / hyperSity
- Mar de Fondo Building / Minimal Studio
- JEJE Guesthouse / skimA
- Habanera / Proyecto Singular
- Oregon Becomes the First State to Legalize Mass Timber High Rises
- Oak Park Housing / Johnsen Schmaling Architects
- Would You Spend $145,000 on Zaha Hadid Architects' Lapella Chair?
- Asintelix Office / EZEQUIELFARCA
- Your Favorite Fictional Universes in Pen and Paper
- Sleeve House / actual / office
- Drawing Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Apple Pencil
- Residence Maribou / Alain Carle Architecte
- KILD Wins Competition for Kaunas Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridge in Lithuania
- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Named Chair of the Pritzker Jury
- Hospitals and Health Centers: 50 Floor Plan Examples
| Shelter for the Homeless / RKW Architektur + Posted: 17 Aug 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Marcus Pietrek
 © Marcus Pietrek Text description provided by the architects. In Essen (Germany) the last two blocks of a homeless shelter were handed over to the users in 2018. The three clearly structured, parallel buildings characterised by exposed concrete and sky-blue glazed bricks are the result of an invitation to tender issued by the City of Essen.  © Marcus Pietrek  Ground floor plan  © Marcus Pietrek What was sought were new buildings for a homeless shelter for 119 people, as well as office space for 2 social workers and 2 housing administrators. RKW Architektur + won the public tender with its modular concept. Despite or precisely because of the tight budget, the architects were able to deliver a complex of noticeable architectural quality.  © Marcus Pietrek  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| EeStairs Headquarters / Bronsvoort Blaak Architecten Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of EeStairs
 Courtesy of EeStairs Text description provided by the architects. International staircase manufacturer, EeStairs, has completed the construction of its new headquarters in Barneveld, the Netherlands. Spanning across three floors, the 4800 square metre building has an 'Outstanding' BREEAM rating, making it one of the most sustainable production sites in the country.  Courtesy of EeStairs The task set by EeStairs for architects Bronsvoort Blaak, was to create a new headquarters that combined a production site with work spaces, which was 'contemporary, challenging and cool'. A secondary aim was to create a building that expressed to visitors what the company is able to achieve in terms of design and production.  Courtesy of EeStairs "For us, the building's character is elegance meets functionalism, and from day one we wanted to change how people felt about visiting production sites. EeStairs is a hugely creative company that excels in its field - and the new headquarters had to reflect that," explains Anton Bronsvoort of Bronsvoort Blaak.  Courtesy of EeStairs "The building's giant roof is one of its most impressive features, acting like an umbrella, as we have a lot of rain in the Netherlands! There is an element of storytelling to the roof, too. EeStairs is under one roof – and it's here that we achieve excellence. Hospitality is important to EeStairs and glass has been used throughout to make guests feel as though the building is somewhere that is open to explore."  Courtesy of EeStairs Visitors to the building are greeted by a statement helical staircase at the front of the building that combines with a spiral stair that provides access to the building's main entrance. The entrance is a large, open space with a curved ceiling and an information desk, created by the team at EeStairs. From this space, guests can enjoy impressive views of the surrounding green areas.  Ground floor plan The three key departments in the production space consist of a steel workshop, a finishing area and a wood workshop. All three departments are connected by overhead doors, allowing movement between departments in a logical order as production progresses.  Courtesy of EeStairs Achieving an 'Outstanding' BREEAM (the world's leading sustainability assessment method for buildings) rating was a priority for EeStairs and an integral element of Bronsvoort Blaak's brief. The building features high-performance insulation in the form of sandwich panels that consist of two colour-coated sheets joined to a core of mineral wool, which have achieved A ratings in industry evaluations. In addition, the building is entirely gas-free, with solar panels providing the majority of electrical power for the space.  Courtesy of EeStairs An intelligent KNX system allows EeStairs to closely monitor energy consumption - and has the ability to deactivate lighting in spaces that aren't being used, while automated heating and air conditioning ensures optimum working conditions. EeStairs Creative Director, Cornelis van Vlastuin comments: "We are incredibly proud of our new headquarters - it was important to create a new office and production site where people want to work, and I believe we have achieved that. "The building expresses just how much we value what we do, how we push boundaries and how we are absolutely committed to delivering the very highest standards across our business."  Courtesy of EeStairs  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gable House / B.DESIGN24 STUDIO Posted: 17 Aug 2018 04:00 PM PDT  © Photographix
 © Photographix Text description provided by the architects. Designed as a relaxation space and spatially planned as an outhouse that is architecturally unique and different from any other structure of the city, the inspiration of this home is from the tropical houses of Singapore. Designed with a tropical concept, therefore, the house is the result of the client's brief with a similar approach adopted for the interiors too. A clean and simplistic plan determines the spatial planning of this oasis within a huge landscaped area with lush greenery A House in the Garden, the lower floor accommodates living areas and rooms for servants while the first floor accommodates a swimming pool, a baby pool, and a formal living / dining space and kitchen.  © Photographix Each of the living areas opens up to the pool and the greens outside by means of decks and verandahs, creating a spatial hierarchy of open, semi-open and covered spaces. The swimming pool, being on the first floor keeps the overall sense of privacy- deemed crucial in the Indian culture intact. Upon reaching the second floor, all bedrooms are located here, each with its own private balcony that optimizes the surrounding views while creating private, semi-open spaces. All open and covered spaces are reminiscent of the tropical openness and open themselves up to optimize the naturesque surroundings.  Higher Ground Floor Plan A multi-triangular roof anchors the project, giving it a unique identity and become symbolic of its tropical intent. While the implementation of the roof was a challenge, through specific marking of the center points of each roof, this unique structure has been achieved to perfection. Other challenges of execution such as a high water level in the footing and the location of the swimming pool, etc, were all overcome through stringent construction processes. The weight of the entire first floor was carefully calculated and implemented thereafter. Weight, leakage, and privacy were the three issues to be taken care of during swimming pool design and implementation.  © Photographix The interiors adopt the same tropical approach, improvised in an Indian context. Indian Black Marble with different finishes, i.e., Riverwash, Sandblast, and Leather wash is used for the external facade to diversify its aesthetics. Mild Steel, a commonly used construction material is used in the cladding of the columns, which is not a common adaption of the material. The fins surrounding the entire structure are made of rusted iron, in order to endow it with a rustic look and augment the earthy aesthetics.  © Photographix  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Hui Zhang
 © Hui Zhang Text description provided by the architects. RAMOPRIMO re-thinks new visual identity and interior space for LEEGE offices in Beijing. The concept for LEEGE project tries to push the boundaries of the traditional office environment by re-thinking the relationships between all office functions. The space is designed as an empty white page where different elements, sliding walls and volumes are placed freely, like a combinatory game or a playground where people is free to move and choose new paths.  © Hui Zhang LEEGE is a rapidly growing Beijing based company providing local assistance for planning and managing equipment for heating, ventilation, air and water control. The 600 square meters space is located in an office block facing the renovated site of the former old Imperial Granaries from latest Qing Dinasty.  Concept The concept combines four main suggestions: open up the space, to ensure visual connections between the parts, providing the space of a wider breath and making it look larger; freedom of movement, facilitating creation of different working groups and encouraging exchanges among employees; no hierarchy, by abandoning the idea of strong division of executive and open space, while exploring new and innovative ways of working; an office like a cafe', with the relax and pantry spaces to become the functional core of the space.  © Hui Zhang This last point comes directly from the client's background, who'd like his office to be informed by other creative fields and partially look as a comfortable living room, characterized by art gallery accents where people feels a creative and relaxed atmosphere.  © Hui Zhang The answer to this challenge was to create an open system where different functions and objects create a contemporary ever-changing working environment, where creative work can be inspired by a flexible and stimulating space. The different elements, characterized by a coordinate use of materials, graphics and colors, respond to different needs, while the functional program has been widespread in a balanced combination of volumes and open voids.  Render Main Project Elements  © Hui Zhang  media room diagram  © Hui Zhang Public open areas are dotted with several special boxes, with smooth and curve corners, containing functional office services such as small meeting rooms, printing areas, private phone booths, the media room and some storage space. Wooden skin carved with geometrical lines patterns and white leaf patterned iron plates are cladding these service boxes aiding the acoustics and helping control light and sound noise.  © Hui Zhang A built-in partition line, colored with brightly hued blues, divides executive office rooms and other private rooms from the large open spaces and public areas. The blue strip is a long interactive interface running trough the office and containing shelves, seating corners and sliding walls. The mainmeeting room is placed along this line and it can be open completely becoming an extension of the central cafe' space. On the opposite site is located a charcoal grey media room featuring a retractile theatre stage, which can extend or close according to different events.  Concept A long continous white filing storage cabinet is placed along the entrance wall, occupying the largest side of the office with sliding doors featuring a surface with regular polka dots pattern, hiding special areas such the server room and some multifunctional employee room for little relaxing breaks. Large partition panels slide on trail mounted on ceiling. They have been decorated by using traditional Beijing bricks, then painted to create contemporary patterns, as a reminder of the heritage site where the office is located. Circle sofas create little centralities where people can relax or gather for temporary informal meetings.The two main open space areas are characterized by long working tables, to facilitate the communication between different departments while working on shared projects.  © Hui Zhang A continuous striped ceiling made of white louvers strongly characterizes the whole image of the office, providing a diffuse sound absorbing element which is rhythming the space and allowing the view to the existing concrete ceiling, where all heating, anti-fire and conditioning systems are located, majority of which provided directly by LEEGE company.  Concept The COLOR scheme is also a conceptualization of the company's values towards nature. The main color is blue, representing the purity and cleanliness of the two main elements of WATER and AIR. A large blue sky is the first image of the logo presentation and the background of the company presentation book. As counterpart to this main characterizing color, we added the YELLOW color to enlighten the meaning of energy and power. Black and white are the secondary colors for all other standard graphic applications.  © Hui Zhang The LEAF is the evocative mark we design as complementary graphic elements. It has a very high symbolic meaning: nature, growing, change and re-birth. The LEAF can be use alone, as a "brand's signature mark", or it can be combined to create graphic patterns. There is a direct connection between this graphic element and the space identity of the new LEEGE office, where patterns of leaves have been use to dot the walls and ceiling of meeting rooms and community spaces.  © Hui Zhang BLUE, YELLOW, BLACK and WHITE are the main colors of LEEGE visual identity. The same colors are also characterizing walls and elements for the interior space in the new office, where space design and Visual Identity work together as a whole to create an visual result characterized by uniqueness, simplicity and immediate delivery of the company's values message.  © Hui Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2018 02:00 PM PDT  Facade after renovation. Image Courtesy of hyperSity
 Facade after renovation. Image Courtesy of hyperSity Text description provided by the architects. The headquarter of Woo is located in Tianjin, with a floor height of 3.5 meters and an area of about 3,000 square meters. The nature of this project is the renovation of the existing building, which was a commercial hotel built in the late 1990s. Its formal business operation mode and architectural form have been in conflict with the pattern of urban change, which in needs of new adapted functions.  Facade after renovation. Image Courtesy of hyperSity As the traditional service industry business model turns to a more flexible post-industrial one, it strengthens the individualization, privatization and scene creation. On the one hand, this trend allows more dedicated quality in design. On the other hand, it requires the space with flexibility. In this context, Woo Space Company designated the original commercial hotel space into a co-working office, so as to make it more in line with the overall environment of social development, the demands of working, consumption and activities.  Diagram The original design of the building was a combination of a three-story rectangular and a two-story arc volume. In addition to the retaining the formal structure, a rectangular two-story cantilever structure was added. This newly added rectangular volume change not only creates spatial expansion, but also helps to reduce the sense of isolation between the two forms of the original building. Same method is used in two entrance spaces, namely, to add two extended rectangular canopy.  Reception. Image Courtesy of hyperSity  Entrance. Image Courtesy of hyperSity While the architect retains the original basic structure, to better fit the human scale, he changes the facade into a red brick masonry from the formal big block granite. Through hollow-out brick masonry, the effect of light and shadow is increased, and a kind of fuzzy semi-transparent interface is created. The activities inside the building are vaguely mapped to the external urban environment.  Coffee area. Image Courtesy of hyperSity  Public space. Image Courtesy of hyperSity As the major spatial language, square and circle are continually applied to external and interior space. The interior public place is by the window on the side of the entry of the main entrance, the circular space is the largest discussion area, which can accommodate the needs of 10 people's brain storming. There is an external corridor at the boundary, which connects the open workshop in each area and the small and medium-sized meeting and resting areas.  Discussion area. Image Courtesy of hyperSity The original building space does not have much height advantage, but it still tries to improve the utilization rate of space and the sense of space experience through small interlayer design. For example, the upper part of the circular meeting room has the space of tatami mat, and the sleeping box at the top of the corridor becomes the private and relaxation space in the office.  Co-working. Image Courtesy of hyperSity Using environmental - friendly straw board for rapid construction creates different functional modules, including Café, gym, road show hall, sleeping box and other functions to link to community office resources, from work, games to cooperation and discussion demands. They are illuminated by point chandeliers to create a meditated atmosphere, to enhance the interaction and the characteristics of the co-working dynamics.  Facade after renovation. Image Courtesy of hyperSity  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mar de Fondo Building / Minimal Studio Posted: 17 Aug 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Art Sánchez
 © Art Sánchez Text description provided by the architects. Mar de Fondo is a refurbished building with residential character, located on the first row of the seafront of the Port of Alcúdia. The pure white stands out with details that have been inspired by traditional boats which are found in the area.  © Art Sánchez  Plans  © Art Sánchez The formal aspects have been treated such as to give the building a monolithic aspect. Its ventilated facade with ceramic coating has a perfect view towards the sea in the background, thanks to its stronghold and glass enclosures.  © Art Sánchez  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Hyosook Chin
 © Hyosook Chin Text description provided by the architects. The project site is located in 5 minutes walking distance from Yeongju train station and at the junction between the residential area and commercial district. Although the site is classified and sit on the commercial district, mostly neighboring with single-family houses built in the 1970s and made of concrete block.  © Hyosook Chin  First Floor Plan  © Hyosook Chin  Second Floor Plan In this context, we focus on slotting in between the 'Guest-Commercial' & 'House-Residential'. It will give guests a comfortable atmosphere like a house within residential blocks while taking the advantage of locating near the main commercial road and the station.  © Hyosook Chin Due to the required maximum floor area with 8 rooms, design aims to articulate the mass by splitting into two for creating a slot as a corridor space & breaking down the scale, by sliding two volumes for front yard working as a filter from the road while backyard giving a breathing space with neighbors, and by slotting internal space for providing guests with a good view to outside, good daylight across the rooms and cross ventilation.  Section 1  Section 2 Pitched Roof volume with a recessed balcony is projected out towards the road to be recognizable for guests. JEJE guesthouse is not overwhelmed, but in a way that reveals itself with a simple and calm look, it is slotting in the existing environment.  © Hyosook Chin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Jose Parreño
 © Jose Parreño Text description provided by the architects. Located in the heart of the city of Madrid, the Proyecto Singular studio designs HABANERA, a restaurant in a space of about 1000m2 that was born with the idea of offering a different disconnection space; With a colonial inspiration in which to take a rest in the Plaza de Colón.  © Jose Parreño The restaurant is distributed on two floors around a large patio generated inside.  2nd floor axonometric  1st floor axonometric On the ground floor there are three different public spaces: a bar area, in green tones and handcrafted materials, in contact with the street; a second restaurant area, homely with sofas and fireplace, and a bar through which the kitchens can be seen.  © Jose Parreño In the courtyard, with its 50m2 and 8m high, the old facades of Havana are reinterpreted by a perforated metal mesh that allows it to be seen from every corner. A large staircase with three sections articulates the connection between both floor plans, leaving in the center a set of vegetation and lighting based on hanging lamps of cloth. In the center a piano for live music that floods with positive vibrations the users of this space.  © Jose Parreño The luminosity of the upper floor is given thanks to the two fully glazed facades, which allow to enjoy a privileged view of the Plaza de Colón with the central bar,  © Jose Parreño The selected materials look for warmth, with natural woods in floors and ceilings, patterned fabrics, abundant vegetation, soft colors, reflections and a delicate lighting.  © Jose Parreño All this generates a tropical atmosphere and promotes the optimism of the Cuban capital from which this place was inspired.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Oregon Becomes the First State to Legalize Mass Timber High Rises Posted: 17 Aug 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Framework. Image Courtesy of LEVER Architecture Oregon has become the first state in the U.S. to allow timber buildings to rise higher than six stories without special consideration. The recent addendum to the state's building code is the result of Oregon's statewide alternate method (SAM), a program that allows for alternate building techniques to be used after an advisory council has approved the "technical and scientific facts of the proposed alternate method." The decision stands as a precedent for future construction across the United States. .jpg?1534475975 "Framework. Image Courtesy of LEVER Architecture") Framework. Image Courtesy of LEVER Architecture In April this year, an Ad Hoc Committee of the International Code Council presented their findings on timber high rise construction to the Oregon Codes Division. The committee was created in 2015 to explore the benefits and challenges of using timber in tall buildings. All 14 of the committee's suggestions were adopted, including standards and best practices for the load-bearing potential of CLT and heavy timber, fireproofing, seismic rating, and more. .jpg?1534475968 "Framework. Image Courtesy of LEVER Architecture") Framework. Image Courtesy of LEVER Architecture Three new building classifications were introduced: Type IV A, timber buildings permitted up to 18 stories and 270 feet tall, Type IV B, timber buildings with a maximum height of 12 stories and 180 feet, and Type IV C, which is permitted to rise nine stories and 85 feet tall at maximum. The tallest, type A, must enclose all exposed surfaces and include a three-hour fire-resistance rating for the structural elements. The shortest of the timber typologies is allowed to use exposed structural timber as an interior finish. As interest in timber construction rises, Oregon's decision to allow tall timber buildings has the potential to impact building codes and standards across the country, especially those states where special considerations on timber high rises do not exist.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Oak Park Housing / Johnsen Schmaling Architects Posted: 17 Aug 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © John J. Macaulay
 © John J. Macaulay Text description provided by the architects. Oak Park Housing is a compact urban infill development on a long-vacant lot in Sacramento's Oak Park district, a demographically diverse neighborhood that, for decades, had suffered from economic stagnation and urban disinvestment. In recent years, young professionals, artists, and students have started to rediscover Oak Park as an affordable community close to downtown Sacramento, with new art galleries, independent coffee shops, and small businesses in tow filling abandoned storefronts throughout the area.  © John J. Macaulay Oak Park Housing is one of the neighborhood's first new residential developments since the infamous 1969 Oak Park Riots, which left lasting scars on the city's social and physical landscape; accordingly, the project is more than just a contemporary addition to the existing housing stock: it is a harbinger of urban revitalization, its architecture cheerfully embracing the creative and buoyant energy that has propelled the ongoing renaissance of this vibrant and culturally diverse community.  Rendered Plan Isonometric The project is a dense cluster of six small homes. Carefully proportioned to echo the massing and scale of the area's existing building stock, the houses are simple, two-story volumes, their appearance crisp but deliberately playful in a nod to the progressive and creative spirit permeating Oak Park. Three of the six buildings are grouped along 2nd Avenue, where they repair the fragmented street edge and mend the ragged fabric of the block. The other three homes are accessed from the public alley, continuing Sacramento's unique typology of residential alleys that serve as active neighborhood pathways.  © John J. Macaulay Designed around an ambitiously limited construction budget, each building has a living area of 1,503 square feet and consists of two interlocking components, a light-grey ground-level base and a darker, slightly cantilevered volume above. Kitchen, living and dining are consolidated as one open space on the main level, with stairs leading up to the three bedrooms on the second floor.  © John J. Macaulay The simple exterior palette includes cementitious stucco and fiberboard cladding, complemented by the prudently sized and carefully placed floor-to-ceiling apertures. On the upper level, the south façade transforms into an articulated field of lacquered vertical metal louvers that act as both sun screen and compositional device. The metered spacing of the louvers sets up a deeply textured, dynamic cadence, their prismatic colors complementing the homes' otherwise neutral, muted tones and cheerfully reverberating the vivid, kaleidoscopic hues of the buildings and murals nearby.  © John J. Macaulay  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Would You Spend $145,000 on Zaha Hadid Architects' Lapella Chair? Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects For those with $145,000 hidden down the side of their sofa, Zaha Hadid Architects has designed and released Lapella Chair, continuing their "investigations in structure and fabrication-aware tectonics by reinterpreting the iconic 1963 lounge chair by Hans J. Wegner." Created from Italian marble, Lapella retains the proportions, scale, and recline of the original chair while introducing "contemporary stone tooling and carbon fiber composites."  Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects While the original Wegner chair was envisaged in steam-bent plywood, ZHA revisited the design to create a hybrid which marries the compressive properties of stone with the tensile properties of carbon. Lapella is forged from precision computer numerical control (CNC) manufacturing, using a blend of Palissandro Classico Marble, a polished, slightly pearlescent Italian marble with a cream color and delicate hazel stripes, and 8-12 millimeter carbon fiber rolls, thus achieving maximum thinness, lightness, and strength.  Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects A "tectonic" approach sees the chair embodying a geometry which expresses its light-weight material fusion and structural performance, seeking to cast furniture design from an architectural perspective. The team imagines furniture as "a precursor and human-scale test bed to the full-scale deployment of novel material and manufacturing technology at architectural scale."  Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects
 Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects For the design of Lapella, ZHA worked in collaboration with London-based engineers AKT-II, the University of Westminster, and New York Institute of Technology. Sponsors included Generelli SA and New Fundamentals Research Group. News via: Zaha Hadid Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Asintelix Office / EZEQUIELFARCA Posted: 17 Aug 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Jaime Navarro
 © Jaime Navarro Text description provided by the architects. A home built in the 1970s was renovated to create a dynamic, multi-purpose work environment for Asintelix, an automation and security company located in Mexico City. This new office space sought to reflect the company's culture and values, incentivizing collaboration and offering employees a diverse environment where their personal and collective needs would be met.  Section A  © Jaime Navarro A central patio was conditioned to become an ideal spot for rest and contemplation, while a rooftop terrace acts as a meeting point for work and recreational activities between employees.  Ground Floor  © Jaime Navarro The restrained materials palette lends protagonism to the greenery located in the exterior areas, while also creating a cool yet stimulating work environment, allowing for optimal focus and motivation.  © Jaime Navarro Throughout the building, a concrete lattice was designed and installed to filter sunlight as it glides into the indoor spaces, establishing a seamless transition between exterior and interior areas during the daytime. After nightfall, the lattice is illuminated with artificial light, creating a new effect that adds character and energy to the space.  Diagram  © Jaime Navarro  © Jaime Navarro  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Your Favorite Fictional Universes in Pen and Paper Posted: 17 Aug 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Angie's List In a world of 3D, HD, 4K, and CGI, architectural representation in the film, television, and gaming industries are becoming ever-more realistic, ever-more dazzling, and ever-more expensive. But strip away the special effects, and the beautifully-crafted architectural forms of fictional worlds such as Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and Marvel are no less impressive. To demonstrate this, Angie's List has produced a set of elemental, greyscale, pen-and-paper illustrations of some of the entertainment industry's most iconic fictional worlds, celebrating style, form, materiality, and shadow. From the sleek futurism of Star Wars and Marvel to the vernacular fortresses of Game of Thrones and Skyrim, the "Fictional Architecture" series captures the finer details of our favorite fictional universes.  Courtesy of Angie's List  Courtesy of Angie's List  Courtesy of Angie's List  Courtesy of Angie's List  Courtesy of Angie's List  Courtesy of Angie's List  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sleeve House / actual / office Posted: 17 Aug 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Michael Moran/OTTO Archive
 © Michael Moran/OTTO Archive Text description provided by the architects. Oriented in relation to the rolling hills of its site and views of surrounding mountain ranges, the house is conceived as two elongated volumes – a smaller inner volume sleeved into a larger outer – sitting on a cast-in-place concrete base. Sleeving the two volumes creates two distinct types of interior space: first, between the inner and outer volumes, and second within the inner volume.  Site Plan More public spaces of the house are in between the inner and outer volumes; they are the spaces remaining in the outer volume after the inner has been inserted into it. They include a dramatic entry gallery, a narrow vertical slot for the stairs, and a high ceilinged living space with a sloping wall of glass. These spaces are on a grand scale and they are finished with exposed concrete and charred wood, which run continuously in from the exterior. The interior of the inner volume contains private spaces of the house – bedrooms, bathroom and a study. These spaces are on an intimate scale with more typical domestic finishes. The experience of moving between these two types of spaces is like moving between two different worlds.  © Michael Moran/OTTO Archive In the design of the house, aesthetics and sustainability are complementary forces. The inner and outer volumes are both wrapped around their tops, bottoms, and longs sides with charred wood. The charring is a traditional Japanese process called shou sugi ban, which leaves wood highly resistant to weather and rot. The wood itself is acetylated soft wood, which combined with the charring, creates a low-maintenance 50-year exterior cladding product that does not require harvesting old growth forest.  © Michael Moran/OTTO Archive Main glazing areas are in short ends of the sleeved volume, which are oriented north-south to admit desirable solar gain and day-lighting. Smaller secondary windows are oriented east–west and screened by louvers to emphasize the purity of the sleeved volumes, reference the volumetric simplicity of historical barns and silos in the region, and mitigate less desirable solar gain.  Exploded Sleeve Diagram The sleeved volumes sit on an exposed cast-in-place concrete base that forms the walls, steps and floors of the lower level. The floors and steps contain radiant heat elements, and together with the walls, they create a large thermal mass that significantly increases heating and cooling efficiency. Other energy efficient features including solar power with battery backup, a heat recovery ventilator, triple-pane glazing, water/sewer self-sufficiency, very low air infiltration and native plant landscaping keep the home's CO2 usage at approximately 1 metric ton per year.  © Michael Moran/OTTO Archive  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Drawing Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Apple Pencil Posted: 17 Aug 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace Want to get the most of your Apple Pencil in Trace? Today, Rome Prize winner Javier Galindo, is going to show you a few features that will make your Trace drawings sing. "Forget anything you thought you knew about previous styluses. Draw with the Apple Pencil as you would with any pencil and the rest will come naturally." -Javier Galindo 1. PressureWant a line to be bolder or darker? Simply press down and watch the lightness of the line change. Make your line look heavy or faint. Perfect for expressing depth in your drawing.  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace 2. TiltWant to fill or shade? Simply "Tilt" your Apple Pencil to allow your watercolor brush, graphite pencil, charcoal or chisel marker to be spread wide or bleed deep. It will feel just like a real pencil on its side.  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace 3. AzimuthWant to see something really cool? Use the chisel marker and notice the direction of the line adjust with the marker as you rotate it. Can you get more real than this?  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace 4. ConsistencyNeed a mechanical line where the pen maintains perfect width and color? Simply select the technical pen and you will have the exact line you need no matter how the pencil moves. To change thickness simply change pen sizes.  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace We hope that Javier's drawings below and these tips will inspire you to take your work to the next level. Want to see more of Javier's work? Click here.  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace  Courtesy of Morpholio Trace This article was originally published on Medium.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Residence Maribou / Alain Carle Architecte Posted: 17 Aug 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Raphael Thibodeau
 © Raphael Thibodeau  © Raphael Thibodeau Text description provided by the architects. Originally built in the 1960s, the house featured the traits of that period's Scandinavian architecture. Little known internationally at that time, this architectural trend hit its stride due to architects such as Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), for whom respect for the place, the importance of functionality and materiality would be the keys to design. This "organic" architecture, which has disappeared due to a series of interventions on the residence, will be brought to the forefront in this major transformation.  © Raphael Thibodeau  Ground floor plan  © Raphael Thibodeau Although this house had several insulation and structural problems, its great singularity motivated the owners to invest in its renovation for their retirement project, instead of in a total demolition. The objective thus was to conserve its original character, while modernizing several of its aspects to improve the program's functionality.  © Raphael Thibodeau Apart from the restoration of the envelope and several interior elements, the main challenge was to review access to the residence in order to reduce the number of steps to climb from the parking. The main entrance, previously located on the first floor, was therefore relocated to the ground floor, forcing a complete reorganization of traffic and the program. An arch was erected to signal this intervention and emphasize this new route.  © Raphael Thibodeau Previously topped with a flat roof, the project featured an added roof that was rethought to correspond better to its originally Scandinavian essence. Given the local by-laws requiring a pitched roof, the idea was to negotiate the roof profile to return to a more coherent volumetric architecture.  © Raphael Thibodeau The projecting side walls delimiting the house were also a key component of the initial construction. Unfortunately, these walls had been relegated to the background by the roof that covered them. In this same logic of respecting the original character, these walls were widened and highlighted by the contrast of different materialities.  © Raphael Thibodeau For the interior, the strong elements represented by the big stone wall and the singular railing were conserved in their entirety and restored to context in a more contemporary composition.  © Raphael Thibodeau The new volumetry, freeing more space in the master bedroom, will allow the addition of new fenestration opening on the landscape. On the main floor, new openings will also be made to finally give a view of the rocky landscape from the kitchen. The residence, which previously had a "back room" exclusively orientated to the distant view, will then offer a multitude of framings of different landscape scales.  © Raphael Thibodeau  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| KILD Wins Competition for Kaunas Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridge in Lithuania Posted: 17 Aug 2018 01:00 AM PDT .jpg?1534024322 "Courtesy of Davit Tsanava") Courtesy of Davit Tsanava KILD has been announced as the first place winner for a design competition in Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city. The competition sought for innovative and eco-friendly proposals for a pedestrian and cycle bridge that would connect the downtown area to Science Island. .jpg?1534024368 "Courtesy of Davit Tsanava") Courtesy of Davit Tsanava The firm's proposal considered an environmentally-friendly approach when designing the bridges to connect the two riverbanks. The first bridge, called the Nemunas Bridge, was designed to blend in with the city's silhouette and offer 360-degree views of the skyline. The southern end of the bridge connects to a new plaza and features a panoramic view of the historic area of the city. The northern end provides extended seating towards the Science Museum and faces a newly developed area. .jpg?1534024413 "Courtesy of Davit Tsanava") Courtesy of Davit Tsanava The second bridge is located on the axis of the intersection of the Fire Station. The bridge has a minimal footprint and expands towards the city center creating a wide entrance with bus stops and an underground passageway.
News via: KILD https://www.archdaily.com/874510/eco-bridge-design-winner-creates-an-undulating-mountainside-infrastructure-in-seoul Eco Bridge Design Winner Creates An Undulating Mountainside Infrastructure in Seoul  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Named Chair of the Pritzker Jury Posted: 16 Aug 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Justice Breyer. Image Courtesy of Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer has been named chair of the Pritzker Architecture Prize jury by the Hyatt Foundation. As a member of the award jury since 2011, Breyer takes over from the current chair Glenn Murcutt, Hon. FAIA. Tom Pritzker, chairman and president of the prize's sponsor, noted how Breyer's devotion to "civic-minded architecture underscores the mission of the Prize and his unparalleled ability to guide a group deliberation is essential in creating a unified voice." The international prize is regarded as architecture's highest honor, and this year marks the 41st year of the award. Justice Breyer was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1980 and become Chief Judge in 1990. While he was a federal appeals judge in Boston he played a key role in shepherding the design and construction of the John Joseph Moakley United State Courthouse, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. In 1994 he was appointed a Supreme Court Justice by President Clinton. The most recent Pritzker Prize was awarded to Balkrishna Doshi in Toronto, Canada, and the 2019 Laureate will be announced next spring.  Moakley United State Courthouse. Image Courtesy of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners The jury for the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize is currently comprised of Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice in Washington, D.C.; Wang Shu, architect and 2012 Pritzker Laureate in Hangzhou, China; André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, architectural critic, curator, and Brazilian ambassador to Japan in Tokyo; Kazuyo Sejima, architect and 2010 Pritzker Laureate in Tokyo; Richard Rogers, Hon. FAIA, architect and 2007 Pritzker Laureate in London; Benedetta Tagliabue, architect and educator in Barcelona, Spain; Ratan N. Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts in Mumbai, and Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker Prize and dean of the IE School of Architecture & Design in Madrid. The Pritzker Architecture Prize was founded in 1979 by the late Jay A. Pritzker and his wife, Cindy. Its purpose is to honor annually a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hospitals and Health Centers: 50 Floor Plan Examples Posted: 16 Aug 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Cortesía de Fabian Dejtiar A floor plan is an interesting way to represent and approach the functional program of hospitals and health centers, where the complexity of the system implies the need for specific studies of the distribution and spatial organization for proper health care. From our published projects, we have found numerous solutions and possibilities for health centers and hospitals depending on the site's specific needs. Below, we have selected 50 on-site floor plan examples that can help you better understand how architects design hospitals and health care centers. Maggie's Cancer Centre Manchester / Foster + Partners Cortesía de Foster + Partners Hospital Complex Broussais / a+ samueldelmas via a+ samueldelmas Livsrum - Cancer Counseling Center / EFFEKT via EFFEKT Villa el Libertador Príncipe de Asturias Municipal Hospital / Santiago Viale + Ian Dutari + Alejandro Paz via Santiago Viale + Ian Dutari + Alejandro Paz Municipal Healthcare Centres San Blas + Usera + Villaverde / Estudio Entresitio via Estudio Entresitio San Jerónimo Hospital Refurbishment / SV60 Arquitectos via SV60 Arquitectos Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Hospital / Atelier d'architecture Michel Rémon via Atelier d'architecture Michel Rémon Psychopedagogical Medical Center / Comas-Pont arquitectos via Comas-Pont arquitectos D'olot i Comarcal Hospital / Ramon Sanabria + Francesc Sandalinas via Ramon Sanabria + Francesc Sandalinas Sant Joan de Reus University Hospital / Pich-Aguilera Architects + Corea & Moran Arquitectura via Pich-Aguilera Architects + Corea & Moran Arquitectura Angdong Hospital Project / Rural Urban Framework via Rural Urban Framework Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau / Silvia Barbera Correia + Jose luis Canosa + Francisco Rius + Esteban Bonell + Josep Maria Gil via Silvia Barbera Correia + Jose luis Canosa + Francisco Rius + Esteban Bonell + Josep Maria Gil Dronning Ingrids Hospital / C. F. Møller Architects via C. F. Møller Architects Cerdanya Hospital / Brullet Pineda Arquitectes via Brullet Pineda Arquitectes El Carmen Hospital Maipu / BBATS Consulting & Projects + Murtinho+Raby Arquitectos.jpg?1533937748 "via BBATS Consulting&Projects SLP + Murtinho+Raby Arquitectos") via BBATS Consulting&Projects SLP + Murtinho+Raby Arquitectos Hospital Tierra De Barros / EACSN + Junquera Arquitectos via EACSN + Junquera Arquitectos Nuevo Hospital Universitario La Fe de Valencia / Ramon Esteve, Alfonso Casares via Ramon Esteve, Alfonso Casares Kangbuk Samsung Hospital / Hyunjoon Yoo Architects via Hyunjoon Yoo Architects Hospital Campus de la Salud / PLANHO + AIDHOS arquitectos S.A. via PLANHO + AIDHOS arquitectos S.A. Hospital of Sant Joan Despi Doctor Moises Broggi / Pinearq + Brullet-De Luna Arquitectes via Brullet-De Luna Arquitectes + PINEARQ Nemours Children's Hospital / Stanley Beaman & Sears via Stanley Beaman & Sears Vall d'Hebron Hospital / Estudi PSP Arquitectura via Estudi PSP Arquitectura Hospital of Mollet / Corea Moran Arquitectura.jpg?1533937224 "via Corea Moran Arquitectura") via Corea Moran Arquitectura Hospital General de la Línea de la Concepción / Planho Consultores via Planho Consultores Subacute Hospital of Mollet / Mario Corea Arquitectura via Mario Corea Arquitectura Hisham A. Alsager Cardiological Hospital / AGi Architects via AGi Architects New Lady Cilento Children's Hospital / Lyons + Conrad Gargett via Lyons + Conrad Gargett The Christ Hospital Joint and Spine Center / SOM © SOM Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá / El Equipo de Mazzanti via El Equipo de Mazzanti Hospital General de Níger / CADI.jpg?1533937245 "via CADI") via CADI Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital / Sheppard Robson + John Cooper Architecture + GAPP + Ruben via Sheppard Robson + John Cooper Architecture + GAPP + Ruben NGS Macmillan Unit / The Manser Practice via The Manser Practice Rocio's Hospital / Manoel Coelho Arquitetura e Design via Manoel Coelho Arquitetura e Design Healthcare Center in Valenzá / IDOM via IDOM Urban Hospice / NORD Architects via NORD Architects Legacy ER Allen / 5G Studio Collaborative via 5G Studio Collaborative Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center / SmithGroup via SmithGroupJJR Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center / Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign via Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign Nozay Health Center / a+ samueldelmas via a+ samueldelmas Health Municipal Clinic / studiolada architects via studiolada architects Bridgepoint Active Healthcare / Stantec Architecture + KPMB Architects + HDR Architecture + Diamond Schmitt Architects via Stantec Architecture + KPMB Architects + HDR Architecture + Diamond Schmitt Architects Asahicho Clinic / hkl studio via hkl studio Health Clinic Ruukki / alt Architects + Karsikas via alt Architects + Karsikas Medical Centre Cortes / Iñigo Esparza Arquitecto via Iñigo Esparza Arquitecto Healthcare Center in Tordera / Carles Muro + Charmaine Lay via Carles Muro + Charmaine Lay Primary Care Center / Josep Camps & Olga Felip via Josep Camps & Olga Felip Urban Day Care Center for Alzheimer Patients / Cid + Santos via Cid + Santos Health Center in Oleiros / Abalo Alonso Arquitectos via abalo alonso arquitectos A Parda Health Centre / Vier Arquitectos via Vier Arquitectos Centro de Salud de Quintanar del Rey / MBVB ARQUITECTOS via MBVB ARQUITECTOS  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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