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- Castellana 77 / Luis Vidal + arquitectos
- Jingfeng Academy / Tumushi Architects
- Urban Design and Research of Nantou Old Town / URBANUS
- Identiti Advertising Renovation / Meister Varma Architects
- Habitat Filter / Matt Drysdale + Matt Myers + Tim Dow
- JD2 / Carney Logan Burke
- This Week in Architecture: Australia's Tallest Tower and Questions about Infrastructure
- Sawyer Residence / Vladimir Radutny Architects
- Organic Farm in Cuchi, Vietnam Will Promote Closed-Cycle Organic Farming
- The Top 10 Design Cities of 2018, As Revealed by Metropolis Magazine
| Castellana 77 / Luis Vidal + arquitectos Posted: 18 Aug 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Fernando Andrés
 © Fernando Andrés Text description provided by the architects. Cities have silent icons and Castellana 77 is one of them. Located in the financial heart of Madrid, it beats with the rhythm of a city characterized as a driving force of the country. .jpg?1530217431 "Site Diagram") Site Diagram The regeneration of this emblematic building -LEED Gold certified- puts in value its identity due to its surprising “new skin”. It also reflects the DNA of how luis vidal + arquitects approaches all its projects at all scales: through economic, social and environmental responsibility.  © Fernando Andrés The goa lof the architectural proposal is not only aesthetic but also looks for energy efficiency and sustainability. It incorporates slats that protects from direct sunlight. This is why each slat has a different orientation and each façade has a different image. .jpg?1530217531 "Section EO - Section NS") Section EO - Section NS A study of both the sunlight and shading of the west, east and south façades at different and critical hours of each day of the year resulted in the final envelope design, with uses low emissivity and solar control glasses. The efficient design of this component allows having significant energy savings and optimum comfort for the users. The interventions of luis vidal + architects have modernized its installations and transformed the 17 floors, making a more flexible ground floor and semi basement, meant to accommodate both offices and commercial premises. The four car park floors, which were serving just as basements, have recovered their initial use along with a floor meant to accommodate the building installations.  © Fernando Andrés  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jingfeng Academy / Tumushi Architects Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Chao Zhang
 Birdview. Image © Chao Zhang Text description provided by the architects. The client want to build a small cultural facility on the site. Firstly, it will be a studio for researchers work and be a library for professional book. Due to sit close to Jinfeng village, it is named as Jinfeng academy.  Entrance detail. Image © Chao Zhang Penetrating four sceneries _.jpg?1534253447 "Courtyard with penetrating scenery（West_Direction）. Image © Chao Zhang") Courtyard with penetrating scenery（West_Direction）. Image © Chao Zhang  Courtyard view. Image © Chao Zhang Those also constitute an L-shaped layout. The two L shape blocks spontaneously enclose a yard in the middle. The two L-shapes are slightly separated and rotated at a certain angle in order to penetrate sceneries.  Layout of courtyard and roof. Image © Chao Zhang Dry Landscape Courtyard  Platform extending over the roof. Image © Chao Zhang  1-1 Section  The fifth scenery. Image © Chao Zhang The fifth scenery  Entrance. Image © Chao Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Urban Design and Research of Nantou Old Town / URBANUS Posted: 18 Aug 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Factory Zone Vego Plaza. Image © Chao Zhang
 UABB Birdview. Image © Chao Zhang Text description provided by the architects. The Nantou Old Town in the city center of Shenzhen, China was founded as a city over 1,700 years ago starting from the Jin Dynasty. In the past century, the ancient town has gradually vanished, while the village was constantly expanding. The exacerbation of urbanization in Shenzhen has resulted in an intertwined layering with complex pattern of the historical town embedded in the urban village, which is again encircled by the city—"village in city, city in village".  Baode Square B4 Surrounding Street. Image © Chao Zhang  Baode Square B3-3 Surrounding Street. Image © Chao Zhang At the beginning of 2016, the design and research team of Urbanus started to be involved in the Nantou Preservation and Regeneration Project and concluded that only by respecting the authenticity of the history and cherishing the cultural layers and historical traces of each period of time can we shape a timelessly dynamic urban community rooted in local history and culture.  Nantou Concept Axon We see today's Nantou not as an old historic town in the traditional sense, but as a historical heritage town, which carries on the history and culture of nearly two thousand years, and which preserves the spatial, social and cultural heritage of Shenzhen across every historical period. It is the only precious sample of Shenzhen's urban culture that displays both the Millennium culture heritage a long side all optical spectral juxtaposition of China's rapid urbanization over the last three decades.  Baode Square B3 Surrounding Street. Image © Chao Zhang  Section of Cross Street Zone  Baode square. Image © Chao Zhang Based on the preliminary study on Nantou, Urbanus proposed a development model of promoting the rejuvenation of the ancient city with the guidance of the intervention, promoting the revival of the ancient city with cultural activities with the gradual activation from point to surface. Later on, after sufficient field investigation, urban design and research work in the early stage, we came up with the idea to propose Nantou as the main venue of 2017 UABB in the biennale venue selection process.  Factory Zone Vego Plaza. Image © Qingshan Wu The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (Shenzhen) (shorted as UABB) is themed with Cities, Grow in Difference. Further field surveys and research into Nantou's historical documents helped us to find a narrative line on which spatial renovation and the exhibition implementation could highly coincide. Following the urban design strategy of preservation and regeneration while locating exhibition spaces for UABB, we sought to reconstruct a public open space system which is very rare in Nantou. Serving as an exhibition route, this system consists of both architectural spaces and outdoor venues in the spot distribution.  Factory Zone A1. Image © Chao Zhang  Axon of Main Venue  Factory Zone. Image © Chao Zhang The exhibition venues are in five zones from north to south and extending out toward east and west: A. Factory Zone, B. Cross Road Zone, C. Southern Gate Zone, D. Historic Buildings Zone, and E. Chunjing Street Zone. The whole exhibition spatial narrative is formed with "Introduction, Elucidation, Transition, Conclusion, Agglomeration, Openness and Seclusion" seven interlocking themes, like the opening, developing, changing and concluding with rising and falling climax structure of Chinese literature or drama. The urban intervention of this UABB is highly consistent with the old town regeneration plan, making a smooth transition from one to the other.  Factory Zone After Renovation. Image © Chao Zhang During the renovation of the main venue, the design team selected a great variety of spaces and tailored to, including factory buildingsin village embedded in city, streets, squares, residential buildings, historical buildings, and parks. We hope through renovation for exhibition spaces and architecture, art with organized events interventions, to bring an alternative experimental opportunity for the regeneration of Nantou Old Town and the renovation of villages in urban in general. Intervening the current urban renewal process in the way of "urban organized exhibition", is a long-term strategy for the incremental improvement of urban spaces and the quality of urban life.  Baode Square B4 Surrounding Street. Image © Chao Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Identiti Advertising Renovation / Meister Varma Architects Posted: 18 Aug 2018 01:01 PM PDT  © Vishnu Raj
 © Vishnu Raj Text description provided by the architects. Identiti is an advertising and branding agency run by a father-sons trio who wished to consolidate their home and office in different parts of the city into a spacious live-work unit. By the time we were approached, a building had been purchased for this purpose on a relatively compact 270 sqm site. The existing structure was an archetype of a build to rent style prevalent throughout Kerala with low daylight and even lesser character. Cramped room sizes resulting from a half-baked interpretation of Vastu (traditional Indian system of architecture) made matters worse.  © Vishnu Raj The renovation had to be dramatic to match its energetic occupants. The building was to cater for an office of 20 employees in addition to an expanding joint family. It also needed a look distinct from its neighbours hinting at its mixed-use avatar. We began with an inside out approach carving out the interior to match the space requirements of each floor. The largely column free office on the ground floor proceeding to the parents' apartment on the first (with a traditional closed kitchen and utility terrace) and finally onto the sons' open plan apartment on the second. Ferrous oxide walls feature as prominent elements on each floor with built in lighting features. A cement lattice to the east gives visual privacy from close neighbours and filters light to the living spaces. In addition to the walls, a portion of the second floor slab was also demolished to link the two residential floor balconies.  © Vishnu Raj  Ground floor plan  © Vishnu Raj On the exterior, the public/private functions are visually separated by the surface treatment of plaster and colour. A red ochre wall deriving its colour from the company logo wraps around the building setting it apart from its residential surrounding. Large balconies finished in polished cement and spanning two floors jut out towards the front. Inbuilt planters within act as vertical kitchen gardens used to grow creepers and herbs. The building aims to be a model of invigoration for life in a dense urban environment incorporating a variety of spaces and functions.  © Vishnu Raj  Second floor plan  © Vishnu Raj  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Habitat Filter / Matt Drysdale + Matt Myers + Tim Dow Posted: 18 Aug 2018 11:00 AM PDT  © John Gollings
 © John Gollings Text description provided by the architects. Designed for Transurban and situated in the Melbournes Art precinct on an inaccessible freeway off-ramp island, this major sculptural installation provides an integrated approach of artwork paired with habitat. Solar panels power provide some electricity for lighting, bird boxes provide shelter for wildlife,  Buildings Shapes  Capture Diagram  Filter Diagram Steel mesh has been incorporated into the forms so that the vegetation can "take over" and the site has been heavily planted and not accessible to the general public. Our aim on the project was that the trees and planted landscape will eventually grow up and around the sculptures so that they become part of the landscape as opposed to being the key feature. Sort of relics in the bush.  © John Gollings Habitat Filter features a series of 'pods', the largest over 25m high, with a range of sustainability elements including specially designed nesting boxes for birds and bats, solar panels to offset nighttime lighting energy needs and the use of recycled materials in construction.  Render Site Plan  Habitat Diagram  © John Gollings  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Matthew Millman
 © Matthew Millman Text description provided by the architects. Carney Logan Burke was tasked to design an entire compound for a young family relocating from the San Francisco Bay Area to Wilson, Wyoming. From siting and entry sequence to conceiving a full complement of primary and secondary structures — a 5,300-square-foot residence, guest house and gear barn with a pond, waterfall and landscaping — principals John Carney and Matt Thackray and head of the interiors team Jenn Mei worked closely with the clients to bring all aspects of the project to fruition.  © Matthew Millman The site was level, treed with aspens and conifers. It enjoyed mountain views and proximity to town, but presented challenges in siting to take advantage of views while minimizing road noise and glimpses of neighboring homes. The clients envisioned a contemporary house with generous glazing and fresh interiors overlooking a naturalistic pond. Working within the design guidelines of the residential association, the main structure's zinc panels, cedar planking and stone are mimicked in the smaller guest house set amidst the aspens a short distance away. The primary residence takes shape in two volumes. The flat roofline of the mostly transparent single story — which encompasses the open plan kitchen/living/dining areas — extends over an outdoor living room anchored on either side by twin fireplace masses. The two-story residential volume houses bedrooms and utilities downstairs and the master suite upstairs to take advantage of enhanced views. The master suite's sitting room with built-in daybed connects to the sitting room outside the childrens' rooms via a floating bridge that passes above the home's main entry.  © Matthew Millman Both of the home's masses have protruding volumes clad in zinc panels, which add interest and depth to the design. On the two-story volume, these are contrasted with horizontal cedar cladding.  © Matthew Millman  Main Level Plan  © Matthew Millman The interior design was a collaboration, with the homeowner and her mother, a retired interior designer, working in concert with CLB. Interiors are characterized by walnut floors, hemlock ceilings, beech veneer, and Frontier sandstone. Much thought went into the kitchen, pantry and bar design; the sizing of locally made custom elements like wood slab tables; and striking a balance between intimacy and the capacity to entertain large groups. The collaborative approach resulted in an open, airy, nature-inspired home that makes the most of its site while meeting the needs of an active family.  © Matthew Millman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This Week in Architecture: Australia's Tallest Tower and Questions about Infrastructure Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Green Spine / UNStudio + Cox Architecture . Image Courtesy of UNStudio / Cox Architecture Australia loomed large in the news this week following the announcement for the continent's tallest tower in Melbourne. The competition, which was won by a joint bid from UNStudio and Cox Architecture, boasted designs from some of the world's best-known firms including MVRDV, OMA, MAD, and BIG. The winning design, named Green Spine, features a pair of twisted towers that stretch an astonishing 360-meters high and connect to the ground with a large, multi-level public plaza. From street level, the spine of the tower twists to form a series of outdoor spaces along the façade, culminating in residential program at the top of the tower.  Green Spine / UNStudio + Cox Architecture . Image Courtesy of UNStudio / Cox Architecture "In addition to providing the towers with a twisting, sculptural silhouette, the Green Spine is an architectural element that incorporates a multitude of functions in one fluid gesture," said UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel. And while news of the tallest tower naturally cast a long shadow, this wasn't the only news out of Australia this week. Fender Katsalidis (interestingly, part of a joint bid from BIG for the Southbank tower competition) received approval for their Seafarer's Place project. The building is part of the Northbank Goods Shed development, an effort to redevelop the previously industrial Yarra waterfront. The area, developed following World War Two, is recognized as "the oldest surviving shed specifically designed for modern mechanized goods handling."  Goods Shed Development. Image Courtesy of Fender Katsalidis Architects In other district development news, Sidewalk Labs shared their vision for Toronto's Quayside neighborhood. The project, which is part of Sidewalk Labs' smart city initiatives, features heated pavements, large public spaces and mass timber buildings. Located east of the city's downtown area on the edge of Lake Ontario, the Quayside project would be the first neighborhood in Sidewalk Lab's major redevelopment.  Quayside. Image Courtesy of Sidewalk Labs In lighter fare, Snarkitecture's ebullient installation expertise enchanted both Washington D.C. and Hong Kong, with their Fun House and Bounce installations (respectively) drawing massive summer crowds. But there's even more fun to be had in the deserts of Black Rock City, where preparations are underway for the 2018's Burning Man. The event, which combines arts, spirituality, technology, music, and so much more is set to open next week. But the burning question for architects remains: will BIG's crowdfunding campaign for the ORB succeed?  Courtesy of Snarkitecture. Right now the Indiegogo is hovering - much like the proposal itself - around halfway towards it's $50,000 goal. This isn't the first time the office has turned to crowdfunding to make their visions possible: in 2015 the Danish office also called for donations to make their "White Trash" project in Amager, Denmark possible.  The ORB / BIG  White Trash / BIG But the news of the week came out of Genoa, where the collapse of a bridge claimed nearly 40 lives and opened the world's eyes to issues of infrastructure, maintenance, and funding. The incident occurred on Tuesday 14th August, when one of the bridge's structural components, comprising of pre-stressed concrete stays and trestles, collapsed onto a railway line and warehouse 150 feet (45 meters) below. The cause of the collapse is not yet known, however, attention is now turning to the bridge's maintenance record, concerns of its integrity stretching back decades, and how the collapse sits within the broader context of aging Italian infrastructure.  Image: amansachdev. Via Instagram The event has drawn attention and outrage across the globe, and brings issues of infrastructure to public attention. Renzo Piano spoke to Italian newspaper La Repubblica about the event, saying "...this was no accident," and drawing attention Italy's ineffective site diagnosis. While this tragedy took place in Italy, it calls into question ageing infrastructure across the globe. Other stories you may have missed: Iwan Baan . ImageBirds Nest / Herzog and de Meuron A review of architecture and the Olympics from Tom Dobbins. Hosting the Olympics has become both a financial drain and an honor in recent years. And while architecture is far from the only culprit, can out-of-the-box approaches to Olympic design enable Games' that are both eye-catching and affordable?  Courtesy of Framlab Homelessness is an issue whose roots are complicated, deep-seated, and systematic. And while architecture certainly can't solve the problem, can novel approaches help mitigate the crisis? This issue gained particular prominence in the last month as newly-elected San Francisco London Breed stated that homelessness crisis in the Californian city was the worst she'd ever seen it.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sawyer Residence / Vladimir Radutny Architects Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Mike Schwartz
 © Mike Schwartz Text description provided by the architects. Being tasked with converting this 100-year-old dilapidated Chicago two-flat into a single family home gave us an opportunity to respond to a question: How does one preserve and integrate the intangible building qualities of yesterday and today while breathing new life into an existing derelict shell? Our approach to the question entailed observing the existing "heaviness" of both material and space, considering the juxtaposition of restraint and ornamental excess, exploring qualities of openness alongside compartmentalization, and superimposing old craft with new traditions.  © Mike Schwartz  Site Plan  © Mike Schwartz Furthermore, our interest in "phenomenal transparency" as a space-organizing strategy was tested here both in section and plan. Newly-introduced walnut millwork elements were programmed as stairs, walls, and storage; these elements physically and visually cut through space, connecting rooms and their adjacent zones. Salvaged old doors, hardware, and trim were seamlessly integrated with the new architectural language, keeping the design composition cohesive, and merging past and present together as one articulated thought.  © Mike Schwartz  © Mike Schwartz The result is a home that is light, connected, and fully functional for a growing family. The project thus introduces new spatial meaning into an early 20th-century building, melding qualities from the past with a design logic and lifestyle for today. The exterior of this single family is thought of as an arrangement of continuous landscaped zones offering seasonal beauty for the homeowner, the neighbors, and an occasional passerby. The front, side, and rear yards are all stitched together using a similar material palette of crushed bluestone gravel, large pavers, and indigenous plants.  © Mike Schwartz Varying in both color and aromas throughout the growing seasons, an urban landscape that is wild, yet beautiful is visible from the windows of both the home and the surrounding buildings. The principal element of this landscape project is the backyard, where the new sculpted deck transforms it into a place for gathering, refuge, and play. Composed of cascading cedar platforms, the homes main living floor extends and gradually descends to grade. Each step widens and turns, letting the imagination run wild with its myriad functions.  © Mike Schwartz  Section  © Mike Schwartz The oversized privacy screen is integrated into the overall composition such that it is not perceived as a wall to the neighbor on the North, but as a new shared elevation in between. Treating the overlap and density of wood elements similar at both sides allows for light and shadow to be mutually appreciated. Over time, the planted "Virginia Creeper" ivy will take over the screen, eventually climbing the guide wire and transform the deck into a gazebo, adding extra shade and privacy as well as additional backyard splendor for all to admire.  © Mike Schwartz  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Organic Farm in Cuchi, Vietnam Will Promote Closed-Cycle Organic Farming Posted: 18 Aug 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Integrated Field Architects A project in the works from Thai architecture firm Integrated Field (IF) will trumpet the virtues of closed-cycle organic farming to the public. The so-called Cuchi Organic Farming Masterplan involves the reuse of a decommissioned rubber plantation in Cuchi, Vietnam as an "organic food production farm" with "animal feed, livestock, fruit, and vegetation in the closed-cycle operation." The core of the project, though, is not subsistence but education; as the architects put it, the first 50 hectares of the development will be an "agro-tourism destination" offering visitors farm-to-table meals and agricultural programming. The scheme involves various "nodes" which highlight elements of the farming process, including livestock and food preparation. The client will offer classes organized around these nodes on topics such as the production of organic fertilizer and harvesting.  Courtesy of Integrated Field Architects The masterplan anticipates accommodating visitors in what's being called a "farm-stay." The project's focus on international ecotourism echoes a number of designs in the works from various firms. Baharash Architecture's "Biodomes" project in the United Arab Emirates and Vincent Callebaut Architecture's resort in the Philippines offer similarly upscale, travel-centric answers to questions of environmental sustainability. News via: Integrated Field  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Top 10 Design Cities of 2018, As Revealed by Metropolis Magazine Posted: 17 Aug 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Bund Finance Centre / Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio. Image © Laurian Ghintiou For this year's annual city listings, Metropolis Magazine took an unusual approach: they took the analysis to the streets, surveying nearly 100 design professionals across the globe to get their opinions. The result? A list that boasts not just the cities you'd expect (Milan, London, Berlin) but the under the radar powerhouses you might not have anticipated.
That doesn't mean it's entirely unpredictable. The aforementioned London and Milan have longevity on lists such as these simply because they are hubs for design - it's difficult to imagine a list like these without them. London, for all its massive scale and corporate design, also boasts a craft scene that seems to be growing each day. In Berlin, underground design movements seem to be stepping out into the daylight, be it for better or worse. But try as we might to avoid it, design tends to gentrify - and placement on a list such as this can imply uncomfortable entanglement with issues of affordability, equity, and homogenization of local culture. As design movements in these 10 cities continue to grow, there's a responsibility to uphold the local and ensure that the things that made these cities great in the first place remain. See Metropolis Magazine's editors' picks for the 2018 Powerhouse Design Cities feature here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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