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- The Górny Taras Multi-Family Residential Building / Neostudio Architekci
- BIM Workstations Go Head-To-Head in REVIT Shootout
- The Kensington / Zaha Hadid Design
- Shipwreck Lodge / Nina Maritz Architects
- Hillside Villa / Joe Serrins Studio
- Single Family House Hoffstad / Knut Hjeltnes
- Life and Aesthetics Experience in Phoenix Mansion / gad
- Mega Foodwalk Landscape / Landscape Collaboration
- CN Tower Reboot / Cumulus Architects
- Hanhai / ARCHIMORPHIC
- Hotel at Oberlin / SCB
- Shaft House / Urbanscape Architects
- Querkraft to Design Austria's National Pavilion for EXPO 2020 in Dubai
- House ADM / Fanesi Navarro Arquitectas
- Henning Larsen Creates The Springs, an Urban Mountain Development for Shanghai
- Unisinos - Campus Porto Alegre / AT Arquitetura
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- University of Oxford Beecroft Building / Hawkins\Brown
- Eileen Grey, Le Corbusier, and the E-1027 House: A Tale of Architecture and Scandal
| The Górny Taras Multi-Family Residential Building / Neostudio Architekci Posted: 17 Sep 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Neostudio Architekci
 Courtesy of Neostudio Architekci Text description provided by the architects. The structure was designed as a freestanding, five-story multifamily residential building, supplementing the buildings along the main street of the city. Architects' goal was to create a project with a different approach to the aesthetics of buildings commonly constructed throughout the city.  Courtesy of Neostudio Architekci The Client's wish of providing maximum surface of balconies was achieved by surrounding core of the structure with terraces wrapping around the entire building.  Ground floor plan  Courtesy of Neostudio Architekci  Section White balconies were chosen to contrast with the dark core of the building. Railings of balconies are open to allow as much natural light as possible into the building's living areas.  Courtesy of Neostudio Architekci  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BIM Workstations Go Head-To-Head in REVIT Shootout Posted: 17 Sep 2018 08:30 PM PDT  Courtesy of BOXX Lanmar Services' CTO Larry Kleinkemper, AIA, creates 3D laser scans and BIM project files for some of the world's leading architecture firms and their high-profile projects. Because of these massive data sets, Lanmar demands the best CAD computer workstations available. In this must-see video, Kleinkemper compares two workstations recommended by their respective manufacturers as optimal Autodesk Revit solutions. The BOXX APEXX S3 and the DELL PRECISION 7920 battle it out in a side-by-side comparison to determine which workstation runs CAD applications better. After watching the video, click here to learn how to customize a CAD workstation and why an optimized system accelerates your workflow—saving you both time and money.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Kensington / Zaha Hadid Design Posted: 17 Sep 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Luke Hayes
 Courtesy of JCDecaux Text description provided by the architects. JCDecaux invited Zaha Hadid Design to redefine the design language of billboards – providing a unique communications channel in the capital that integrates contemporary design and digital media.  © Luke Hayes Established in France in 1964, JCDecaux transformed the concept of street furniture and invented the concept of bus shelter provision funded by advertising. Today, JCDecaux provides a range of products and services free of charge to cities and transport authorities across the world, all paid for through advertising. Developed for the benefit of cities, their inhabitants and visitors, these services include bus shelters, street lighting, public benches, toilets, bins, Wi-Fi hotspots, mobile device charging stations and interactive wayfinding screens that provide practical everyday assistance. In 2003, JCDecaux introduced one of the world's first self-service public bicycle hire schemes - Cyclocity - in Vienna. Public bicycles, funded by advertising revenue, are now available 700 cities in over 50 countries.  © Luke Hayes JCDecaux ensures that their services adapt to society's changing needs with ongoing integration of technology solutions and the introduction of smarter, greener services and products equipped with photovoltaic panels, green roofs, USB chargers and digital information screens providing real-time and localised information.  © Luke Hayes Combining innovative digital screen technology with a double-ribbon of matt stainless steel framing a curved digital screen, The Kensington is located on West Cromwell Road and is the first billboard by Zaha Hadid Design. .jpg?1536583693 "Courtesy of JCDecaux") Courtesy of JCDecaux "Both a civic gesture and a promotional medium, the intertwined, looped ribbon design expresses the dynamism of pedestrian and vehicle traffic movements that intersect at this important London junction. The stainless steel ribbon twists as it encircles the screen, defining a varying silhouette when seen from different viewpoints," said Melodie Leung, senior associate at Zaha Hadid Design.  © Luke Hayes "It will be fascinating to see how brands respond to this sculptural digital canvas. This has been a unique collaboration with JCDecaux to develop new possibilities for media platforms; reimagining the billboard as public art," continued Leung. "Design is at the heart of JCDecaux's DNA, and we are proud to have worked in partnership with Zaha Hadid Design to bring this exceptional vision for a contemporary advertising structure to London. This project underlines how JCDecaux works with the world's leading designers to transform cityscapes for the benefit of the public and advertising clients," said Spencer Berwin Co-Ceo of JCDecaux.  © Luke Hayes The Kensington's high resolution 8mm pixel pitch screen (26 x 6 metres) will provide visibility and maximum quality of display for brands, framed by the (30 x 9 metres) steel structure. Set in an area that has been landscaped to enhance the local environment with the planting of trees and greenery, The Kensington features integrated lighting that increase visibility for pedestrians.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shipwreck Lodge / Nina Maritz Architects Posted: 17 Sep 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Shawn van Eeden
 © Denzel Bezuidenhoudt Text description provided by the architects. Inspired by the deprivations endured by survivors from the foundered Dunedin Star and the desolate and harsh Skeleton Coast landscape, the architects tried to capture the contrast between shelter and exposure in their Shipwreck Lodge design (named after the architectural concept). Conceived of as abstracted wreckage fragments put together by survivors as shelter against the relentless wind and searing sun, the cabins are spread out along the dune edge like a listing flotilla against the skyline.  © Denzel Bezuidenhoudt Sleeping spaces are separated from the bathrooms with a small link, to create privacy. The sharp bow of the bathroom diverts the prevailing south-west wind around the cabin to reduce the noise and battering the structure has to take. Large windows look out onto the distant sea view, with a minimum of external elements. Much of the furniture is built-in, similar to the interiors of sailing ships of old. The main lounge and dining area is a much larger version of the cabin, with built-in benches and seats recalling vessel bunks and bulkheads. Guests return from activities such as game drives to see desert-adapted wildlife to a warm and solid haven.  Main Building Plan The design is a fine balance between being evocative, but not too derivative, with here and there around porthole window and a broken spar sticking out for some fun. To meet the challenging brief of a 20-bed luxury lodge with almost zero environmental impact, structures were pre-manufactured in panels off-site and went through 3 changes of transport to be assembled on site. This minimized the number of construction workers and the amount of waste on site. Solar power, solar water heating, gas cooking and bio-digesters for sewer are only some of the green strategies applied to minimize impact.  © Denzel Bezuidenhoudt  Cabin Plan  © Michael Turek For the guest facilities, timber was selected as the most durable material in these harsh coastal conditions, as well as the most easily removable at the end of the 25 year concession period, and is plantation grown. The double-skin envelope is insulated with a recycled water-bottle fiber blanket and the exterior cladding is fixed with a revolutionary new timber nailing system to minimize the use of metal screws (which would rust easily and create problematic waste). Interior cladding varies from oriented strand board (OSB) and pine planking to saligna planks in wet areas.  © Denzel Bezuidenhoudt For the back-of-house and staff facilities, shipping containers from the harbor of Walvis Bay were adapted off-site and installed on pre-cast concrete piles in courtyard formations to create wind-sheltered areas. Unlike inland lodges, all activities have to take place indoors, as the wind is too harsh to be outside for very long. Despite the architects' longstanding experience on several tourism-related projects such as lodges, the Shipwreck Lodge was particularly challenging due to its remoteness, the harsh environmental conditions and the use of full timber structures, which is not at all common in Namibia. It needed the skills of a great team to pull off the entire project successfully.  © Michael Turek  Main Building Section  © Denzel Bezuidenhoudt  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hillside Villa / Joe Serrins Studio Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:00 PM PDT _.jpg?1533606150 "© Vicky Mokbel") © Vicky Mokbel
_.jpg?1533607141 "© Vicky Mokbel") © Vicky Mokbel Text description provided by the architects. Twenty miles above Beirut, the village of Baaddat on Mount Lebanon serves as the dramatic site for this single family villa. The property is covered with pinenut trees clinging to the rocky slope which drops twenty meters at a 45-degree incline. The architecture is a vehicle for traversing the steep slope and bringing the client in contact with the landscape.  First Floor Plan Composed of a series of boxes, the building climbs four stories, digging into the hillside to create outdoor terraces at each floor. Multiple interior and exterior stairs wind through and around the house, linking the program with landscape and view. Several double-height interior volumes reinforce visual links to the sloping hillside and highlight the movement of people through the house and around the property. Large picture windows frame mountain vistas and allow for moments of stillness. _edited.jpg?1533606283 "© Vicky Mokbel") © Vicky Mokbel The program is organized by floor: the lowest level is the garage, and level two includes a media room and three bedrooms. The third level is the living area which has tall ceilings and the largest of the four terraces. The fourth level holds the master suite and a private terrace with a swimming pool tucked against the hillside. The building is made of CMU and cast-in-place concrete which is typical for structures of this size in the region. _edited.jpg?1533606645 "© Vicky Mokbel") © Vicky Mokbel  Cross Section _edited.jpg?1533606419 "© Vicky Mokbel") © Vicky Mokbel The exterior is clad in a rough-hewn grey stone interrupted by a volume of white plaster and several folding glass planes with operable doors. Landscape terraces and property rubble walls are made with a rough-faced local rock. The interior finishes are composed of a limited palette of materials: the same grey stone from the exterior is sliced and honed for floor and tile applications and cedar siding wraps the elevator and interior stair core top to bottom. The bedroom levels have end-grain oak floors and simple plaster walls. .jpg?1533606114 "© Vicky Mokbel") © Vicky Mokbel  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Single Family House Hoffstad / Knut Hjeltnes Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Inger Marie Grini
 © Inger Marie Grini Text description provided by the architects. The house is located on the top of the Vesterøya peninsula, overlooking the fjord both east- and westwards. The site is steep and was considered unbuildable and had been vacant for 20 years.  © Inger Marie Grini It is very wet and windy due to the location, so special care had to be taken into consideration regarding the outer skin of the house.  © Inger Marie Grini The lower part of the house is in situ cast concrete, the upper a prefabricated massive wood construction, with the inner visible skin in aspen.  Section X Between these two parts, a void occurs that contains the entrance and garage (that doubles as a covered outdoor summer living room). The outside of the timber construction is completely covered with fiber cement cladding.  © Inger Marie Grini  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Life and Aesthetics Experience in Phoenix Mansion / gad Posted: 17 Sep 2018 04:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of gad
 © Yi Fan Foreword: Recall and Expectation, Dialogue and Codependence  © Yi Fan Start well: Modest Beginnings, Intelligential Creation  Ground Floor Plan Forget everything, arrange in a good order - Secluded in a garden entrance of the corner of marketplace, by virtue of horizontally extended canopy to restrain space perception properly, narrow, deep and quiet Chinese asters wriggle, isolating noises. The dialogue between experiencers and core gardens are repeated again and again among isologue and retrospect. Dappled VIP rooms are destinations, hidden and quiet. Pavilion, balcony, corridor and other semi-outer spaces, are organic compositions of core gardens, also a sound open place for experiencing life, and single red maple indoors serves as a center of the experience. Peaceful state of mind is pure in oriental Zen's aesthetics. Here, quietness and open coexist, and purity and abundance accompany.  © Yi Fan Indoor place and core garden directly face to each other, continuing a comfortable and elegant indoor atmosphere. Japanese rock garden integrates abstract lines, showing a distant mood to modern from tradition. A white toe wall between garden and north building is laid to for appropriate separation. Exposed roof is hidden but implied. Box-shaped building volume and scattered VIP room echo with each other. Half-seen light on the roof is the metaphor to traditional lanterns, demonstrating oriental implications within small spaces. Home, heart, sincerity and nature, still are the invariable themes in life.  © Yi Fan Observing universe by the way of up and down to the origin - Gardens in north adopt solemn styles of overhanging, ornament on roof ridge as well as bracket, to map with historical contents; boards under the roof employ hollowed-out rhombus with dainty and exquisite; production for modern large glasses combines with the traditional one, integrating view borrowing with opposite scenery and other skills of traditional gardens, is the unify between modern lifestyle and traditional spatial series.  © Yi Fan Master heart, with everything in harmony - Interior design is also an integration of oriental artistic conception under the vision of internationalization. The Western antique silver and Chinese woodcarving patterns contrast finely with each other. Long cherished Four Stack Room Pandect foils warm and elegant atmosphere, and high quality solid wood, granite, marble and other materials mix and match, presenting an acute and artistic effect, refining and focusing on internal and external functions, and extending the balance aesthetics between inner space and outer environment.  © Yi Fan To Be Continued: A Peaceful Mind Converting All Nature on Earth  © Yi Fan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mega Foodwalk Landscape / Landscape Collaboration Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Rungkit Charoenwat
 © Rungkit Charoenwat Text description provided by the architects. Mega Food Walk is an extended semi-outdoor expansion zone at Mega Bangna. The project teams completed the expansion project near the end of 2017 in a collaborative effort of design and engineering that contains an enjoyable landscape courtyard with a relaxing amphitheater and experiential boardwalk that brings visitors into a vibrant F&B commercial space and through interactive landscape features within a comfortable micro-climate. The microclimate within Mega Food walk is controlled by the integration of landscape design and innovative engineering resulting in a waterscape that is a successful catalyst of activities, where adults can enjoy the atmosphere while children line up for the interactive water features.  © Rungkit Charoenwat The water features are also used as a cooling system by circulating cold water generated from solar-powered chillers. The cool water flows along various features in the landscape, as the changing physical form of meandering flows, ripples, and cascades of water deliver unique forms of water splash and an evaporative cooling effect at each bend. In addition, concealed jet fans create a breezy airflow which distributes cool moisture from the water features' surface. As a result, the microclimate is adjusted to an ideal human comfort zone while also providing added moisture for plants to grow.  Diagram An integrated cooling system provides additional benefits to the space by controlling the humidity and temperature at an ideal temperature for growth of a softscape scenery inspired by the Scandinavian forests of Småland, Sweden. The designed 'forest' uses a softscape palette of plants indigenous to a sub-tropical to a tropical climate, including finely textured ferns and moss, to create a unique commercial landscape that blends the surrounding restaurants with natural greenery. User-based landscape design creates a new way to experience both the landscape and shops that are located at different levels. The lower level is dropped to create a sunken plaza space for various events.  © Rungkit Charoenwat Amphitheater seating with genuine wood finish provides cozy spectator seating throughout the day and night, but more importantly, serves as generous crowd access to the lower level plaza from the higher main entrance level of the mall. The pathways are friendly to all users with gentle slopes that are handicap accessible. The experiential boardwalk that floats above the water features and traverses through the forest green is intersected by crossing granite stone pathways and giant slate slabs stacked to display the contrast in form and color of the refined and unrefined material.  © Rungkit Charoenwat The landscape design is a very interactive and experiential space that encourages visitors to be in contact with its material design. A major highlight of interactive design can be seen with the water levers made of stainless steel. The handles of the levers were specifically designed for users to feel the cool rush of water carried through the thermally conductive pipes. The landscape for Mega Food Walk attracts its visitors throughout the site, including the dancing fountain plaza at one terminus of the site extension. The expansion zone represents a marrying of different disciplines to create a unique commercial experience that engages at nearly every corner and path.  © Rungkit Charoenwat  Site Plan  © Rungkit Charoenwat  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CN Tower Reboot / Cumulus Architects Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:00 PM PDT  © Lisa Logan
 © Lisa Logan Text description provided by the architects. Cumulus and MackayWong, aims to upgrade the Canadian landmark and create a world-renowned viewing experience. The design concept revolves around the idea of uncluttering and releasing the perimeter edge of the observation level to maximize the impact of views and provide universal access for everyone, including those with mobility challenges. Reflective surfaces are added to extend the height of the space, and a flexible distributed audio-visual solution with infrastructure that accommodates scalability is included. A new glass floor has also been installed directly above the Tower's original glass floor, providing a two-tier vertical view toward the ground.  © Lisa Logan  © Lisa Logan Time capsule and signage displays have been added to provide educational content to visitors. Food and beverage areas are divided into three hubs – the "Waterfront Hub", the "City Hub" and the "Lake Hub" – based on their location. Dispersing food and beverage from the former single restaurant, which took up more than half of the level and only generated 3% of the Tower's revenues, has made the space more suitable for multiple events of varying sizes and types.  © Lisa Logan Demand for early morning visits, late night corporate events, product launches and community announcements have already surpassed expectation – this is a testament to the business case approach championed by the Design-Build team. The Cumulus design has effectively transformed the CN Tower into a highly flexible and accessible event venue where Toronto's coming of age is literally reflected in one of its most iconic structures.  © Lisa Logan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Terrence Zhang
 © Terrence Zhang "Harmony with nature" originated from an environmental ethic - non-anthropocentrism, that is, to treat the species of the entire planet equally, while anthropocentric ethics hold that only human beings have moral value. Architects focus on transforming buildings into a common home for both human being and other animals and plants: by multiplying the "vertical forest" system, building a high-density city of biodiversity.  Support Analysis Hanhai Luxury Condos is an attempt by Archimorphic in the sub-center of Eastern Zhengzhou New District CBD, China: a residence that is in harmony with nature.  © Terrence Zhang The total construction area is 215,000 square meters. It consists of nine high-rise residential towers and three living facility buildings enclosing the large central garden. These facility buildings include a public club house, a supporting facility building, and a nine-classroom kindergarten. The project is positioned as a high-end residential community, targeted to be the signature project of this kind in the area.  300 Unit Floor Plan Type 1  300 Unit Floor Plan Type 2 The residential units have been designed for privacy and comfort with ample opportunity for cross ventilation and multiple spaces with good solar exposure. The large private terraces and small balconies bring the natural environment to each unit, and the terraces allow each unit to expand the living spaces into the outdoors through the use of large sections of operable glass walls.  © Terrence Zhang This strong connection to the outdoors and landscape help meet the goal of providing each residence with the feeling of a garden villa in the sky. Special features for the larger unit types differentiate the project with other ones of its kind and include double height living spaces, double master suites, western and Chinese kitchens, en-suite bathrooms, and terrace swimming pools.  © Terrence Zhang © Terrence Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Brad Feinknopf
 © Brad Feinknopf Text description provided by the architects. The Hotel at Oberlin is the major program element of the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center, a 104,000-square-foot mixed-use building thatreimagines the campus hotel typology to create a focal point that unites the city and the college. The high-tech and highly sustainable center visually signals the technologically and ecologically progressive nature of the Green Arts District.  © Brad Feinknopf Through a groundbreaking mix of sustainable strategies and technologies, it is on track to become LEED Platinum certified—just the fifth new hospitality project in the country to achieve this standard. As measured by Energy Use Intensity, the building will be within the top ranking of commercial structures in North America, using 55 percent less energy than comparable buildings.  © Brad Feinknopf Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) in collaboration with Transsolar Climate Engineers, the Gateway Center is a model for high performance building design and whole-systems thinking. Rather than use a traditional air conditioning system that circulates hot or cold air to regulate the ambient air temperature, the hotel utilizes a radiant heating and cooling system. It is the first hotel in the country to utilize this passive system, which relies on surface temperatures within the building to heat and cool interior spaces. Each guest room contains a radiant ceiling panel and a ceiling fan, which helps increase the cooling performance of the system by moving air across the panel.  Sustainability Diagram The radiant heating and cooling system is supported by a geothermal field composed of 48 405-foot- deep wells. Photovoltaic panels supplement power production for the hotel. Oberlin's on-campus ten-acre, 2.27-megawatt solar array can generate approximately three million kilowatts of electricity annually. Rainwater is harvested and used for landscape irrigation, while on-site bio-retention basins slowly filter storm water. A high-performance facade and exterior automatic solar shading devices reduce heat gain.  © Brad Feinknopf The interior design for the project uses natural, salvaged, or recycled materials and sourced 50% of building materials from within 500 miles from Oberlin. Whenever possible, materials with low volatile organic compounds (VOC) were specified to minimize off-gassing and improve interior air quality.  Ground Floor - Second Floor As part of the Green Arts District, art was obviously to play a major role in the project's design. Ohio native Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., created a three-part installation called "An Ecological Primer: A Landscape in 3 Parts" that spans the hotel's lobby and grounds.  © Brad Feinknopf The Hotel at Oberlin takes a proactive approach to educating guests on how they can impact building performance and participate in conservation measures. Guest rooms are fitted with indicator lights that show when outdoor conditions are suitable for opening the windows. When the windows are open, sensors automatically shut off the radiant panels and ventilation system. Educational signage and an information kiosk that displays energy consumption data are presented in an easy-to-understand manner, making sustainability education part of the guest experience.  © Brad Feinknopf  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shaft House / Urbanscape Architects Posted: 17 Sep 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Borxu Design
 © Borxu Design Text description provided by the architects. Shaft House is a project pertaining to the urban-regeneration and aesthetic rejuvenation through low-cost building strategies. Slightly in contrast with its immediate surroundings, it nevertheless, subtly resides in a camouflage of the neighborhood through appropriate use of materials and building techniques.  © Borxu Design The structure of the house revolves around a central shaft, which is open to all levels of the house and lit by a skylight and south facing windows; this allows for natural ventilation and maximizes air circulation. Through this method, this 16-foot wide project manages to be innovative in its formal complexity and spatial configuration while respecting all the city bylaws. Materials employed (rusted steel, aluminum, and untreated wood) are more sustainable than those used traditionally (brick, shingle, and stone, etc.) As the building ages, these organic materials age along with it and the house eventually blends into the vernacular oeuvre of the neighboring dwellings. The materials also provide efficiency and sustainability through maintaining ideal lighting situations and heating conditions. The openness of the south façade allows for the optimal intake of natural light during day hours while the implementation of the rusted steel on the north façade operates dually to insulate the climate conditions of the interior (heat), and, simultaneously, prevents the emission of excessive sound from the street within the interior.  © Borxu Design The innovative and economical aspect of the project were accommodated to meet our client need and concerns. The urgency of revitalization is emphasized through raising social awareness and urban expectation, and in due time this process of re-urbanization will encourage and attract the "young professional" and widen the distribution of socio-economic opportunities.  © Borxu Design  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Querkraft to Design Austria's National Pavilion for EXPO 2020 in Dubai Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT querkraft-bagienski.jpg?1537196954 "Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten") Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten The Viennese architecture office Querkraft has been selected to design the Austrian Pavilion for the EXPO 2020 in Dubai. The design combines traditional building materials with modern techniques to present Austria as a center of innovation. Former Federal Minister Beatrix Karl was appointed honorary commissioner for the world expo and will represent Austria externally. The Expo in Dubai will be the first world exhibition in an Arab country in the 170-year Expo history. The Austrian Pavilion will center on questions of how resources can be used more thoughtfully and respectfully in the future. querkraft-bagienski.jpg?1537197015 "Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten") Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten During the World Expo, the pavilion will be competing with more than 180 participating countries and pavilion organizers. The Austrian Pavilion is funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. The exhibition area for the Austrian pavilion will be located between Switzerland and China in the Opportunity district: "unlocking the potential within individuals and communities to shape the future". In a time where huge amounts of information create misleading answers for complex issues, the Austrian Pavilion will focus on a framework of innovations. querkraft.jpg?1537196968 "Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten") Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten querkraft.jpg?1537197037 "Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten") Austria Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Querkraft Architekten A grid of truncated cones will unfolds to create patterns of light and shadow. The cone forms will be carefully engineered to invite the visitor to rest and contemplate the surrounding exhibition. To finalize project identification, an EU-wide, two-stage realization competition was announced in which 43 teams from all creative sectors participated. The task encompassed the architecture of the pavilion, the design of the exhibition, as well as the design and integration of the exterior spaces into the exhibition activities. An interdisciplinary jury of experts recommended the project "in dialogue with austria" under the direction of Querkraft Architekten. With the theme "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future", Expo 2020 will run from October 20, 2020 to April 10, 2021.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House ADM / Fanesi Navarro Arquitectas Posted: 17 Sep 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Gonzalo Viramonte
 © Gonzalo Viramonte Text description provided by the architects. The house is located in the north area of the city of Córdoba, in the private neighborhood of Santina Norte. The users of the house requested to develop a project on the ground floor, of a house that can be used in its entirety, without spaces that are relegated to private uses. The project is developed in a single plant. It consists mainly of two rectangular volumes that intersect at one point. Responding to the idea of the project, the volumes; each with a different height to contain the different uses of the house, they leave their structures visible, which are supported one above the other. In this way, the structure becomes part of the facade of the house.  © Gonzalo Viramonte The volume with the lowest height contains the private spaces and the garage, while the other volume incorporates the social spaces of the household. At this higher volume, two lightweight structures are attached to each of the sides, which work as an eave for the entrance and gallery in the back part of the building. We sought to compose the project with simple shapes and materials. Therefore, the exposed concrete and the sheet metal, perfectly combine the composition of volumes on the outside.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  Axonometrics  © Gonzalo Viramonte The social space of the housing is the central core of the same, which is formed into a single space that contains all the daily uses of the house. The kitchen space is integrated so that it is not only linked but so that it has a leading role in its design. The interior of the house was meant to generate bright, warm and pleasant spaces with large openings. The eaves and the gallery not only fulfill the function of giving the house a semi-covered space but also protect the construction of the sun.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  Floor Plan  © Gonzalo Viramonte  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Henning Larsen Creates The Springs, an Urban Mountain Development for Shanghai Posted: 17 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  The Springs. Image Courtesy of Henning Larsen Henning Larsen have created a new proposal for The Springs, an urban oasis designed for Shanghai. Inspired by shan shui, a traditional form of Chinese landscape painting, the project is developed for Tishman-Speyer to evoke the mountain landscapes found throughout rural China. The project will mirror the mountain landscape with tall, terraced towers around a green public square. Made to create workspaces for creative industries, the three buildings will provide wide provide flexible workspace and common areas in the city center.  The Springs. Image Courtesy of Henning Larsen The Springs features terraces and balconies along the stepped buildings that host lush gardens with native vegetation. Outdoor terraces on every floor extend the ground-level terrace landscape upwards, supporting an immersive green atmosphere within the city. The massing of the buildings creates a sheltered microclimate within the central plaza, a space designed in collaboration with landscape architects SLA, that helps reduce noise pollution and bring natural light into the development. Natural pedestrian flow is encouraged from all surrounding areas, inviting the community into an active shared space characterized by green gardens and public art.  The Springs. Image Courtesy of Henning Larsen "We wanted to create a protected environment in this city center that contributes to the potential for this development to become a new focus that generates and attracts public life in uptown Shanghai," explains Claude Bøjer Godefroy, Design Director and Partner at Henning Larsen. "We understand sustainability in broad terms. It is important to offer people an environmental-friendly surrounding while at the same time developing a building that stages human interaction."  The Springs. Image Courtesy of Henning Larsen The Springs began construction in July, and is expected to finish in 2020. The project aims to provide a sustainable and innovative workspace to the Yangpu district - one of the fastest growing neighborhoods and education hubs in Shanghai.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Unisinos - Campus Porto Alegre / AT Arquitetura Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Marcelo Donadussi
 © Marcelo Donadussi Text description provided by the architects. The new Universidade do Vale do Rio do Sinos campus in Porto Alegre occupies an entire 13,000 m² block located on one of the city's most valued commercial axes, in front of a traditional school maintained by the same Jesuit congregation.  © Marcelo Donadussi The program was divided into four units: Educational, Theater, Services and Parking.  © Marcelo Donadussi The Educational building is the most important of the set, with 10 floors, 2 of them underground, located on the corner with better visibility. The building was retracted from the road creating an access esplanade and allowing a better perspective of the whole. There are 90 classrooms, library, administration, study spaces, and socializing areas.  © Marcelo Donadussi The access esplanade is an important space of articulation, visually integrating the services sector, the access lobby. and the students' patio, flanked by a grandstand that reinforces this visual contact and creates spaces where for gathering.  © Marcelo Donadussi The theater, for 470 spectators, occupies a volume located in front of the Educational building, next to the corner, of its three floors, only one is above the level of the ground, subtly marking its presence. The stage sits on the same level as the students' courtyard, and has a 14.00 m door allowing the performance of spectacles with the public outdoors.  Longitudinal perspective section The footbridge crosses the avenue and interconnects the Campus with the School, is an organizing element, separating the service area from the education building. It is a metallic structure, coated with expanded aluminum plate, transparent and light.  © Marcelo Donadussi The service sector is the great living space, occupying two floors, accessible by the footbridge, or through the esplanade, or the public sidewalk, integrating the university with urban space.  © Marcelo Donadussi The facade of the service sector is a green wall, measuring 80.00 X 11.00 m, which aims to rebuild visually the vegetation removed due to the widening of the road, it is one of the icon of the project.  © Marcelo Donadussi The thousand parking spaces occupy four underground floors, taking advantage in part of the natural unevenness of the terrain, a fundamental strategy for a subtle implantation in the block, with wide sidewalks and distances that allow to contemplate the architecture.  © Marcelo Donadussi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 7 Installations to Watch Out For at the 2018 London Design Festival Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:30 AM PDT  Multiply / Waugh Thistleton Architects. Image © David Parry The 2018 London Design Festival is now underway, having returned for its 16th year. Running from 15th to 23rd September, and spread across the city, the Festival features works such as Snøhetta's rotating book pavilion and a series of installations at the V&A celebrating the venue's 10th year as the Festival's official hub. Below, we have compiled a list of collaborations to look out for throughout the week, including investigations into issues such as climate change and plastic pollution, and artistic themes such as Cubism and classical music. Alphabet / Kellenberg-White Alphabet / Kellenberg-White. Image © Lee Mawdsley With support from Festival Headliner British Land, Kellenberger-White has designed a series of alphabet chairs experimenting with folded metal to create a typographic system. The 26 chairs have unique colors, chosen from a specialist paint manufacturer used for industrial metalwork, featuring hues matching San Francisco' Golden Gate Bridge and more. Multiply / Waugh Thistleton Architects Multiply / Waugh Thistleton Architects. Image © David Parry Collaborating with the American Hardwood Export Council and Arup, Waugh Thistleton has created an interactive modular maze-like installation encouraging visitors to re-think how homes and cities are built. Addressing the issues of housing and climate change, the three-dimensional permeable structure uses a modular system made from re-usable tulipwood panels. Dazzle / Pentagram Dazzle / Pentagram. Image © Andy Stagg Inspired by "dazzle," an experimental camouflage pattern derived from Cubism and used during the First World War, Pentagram's installation abstracts the letterforms of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson's poem "Suspense" to create an immersive experience. The installation forms a culmination of the Dazzle Ship series co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the UK's arts programme for the First World War centenary, and Liverpool Biennial. Memory and Light / Arvo Pärt and Arup Memory and Light / Arvo Pärt and Arup. Image © Andy Stagg Curated by Clare Farrow with Eva Woode in collaboration with Arup, this multi-sensory installation investigates the meeting of design and music. An acrylic, transparent, curved screen combines with a luxurious leather listening bench allowing visitors to experience the words and music of prominent Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The Onion Farm / Henrik Vibskov The Onion Farm / Henrick Vibskov. Image © Andy Stagg Vibskov's Onion Farm consists of a light, dynamic structure activated by colorful brushes and red textile "onions" seemingly growing from the frame. The installation seeks to create a strong tactile impression, offering viewers a new perspective on everyday objects. The Onion Farm is meant to be interactive, inviting visitors to touch and move through it as they walk along the gallery. A Fountain for London / Michael Anastassiades A Fountain for London / Michael Anastassiades. Image © Andy Stagg Supported by the London Fountain Co. and inspired by the abundance of water fountains in the London of the mid-19th century, A Fountain for London is conceived as an "elegant, enduring, and robust addition to public spaces that can be used for refilling bottles as well as drinking." With an abstract form subtly communicating its function, the installation is designed to gain familiarity over time, forming both a staple of urban streetscapes and a protest against the environmental damage of plastic pollution caused by bottled water. Time for Tea / Scholten and Baijings Time for Tea / Scholten and Baijings. Image © Charles Emerson Supported by Fortnum & Mason, and located on the first floor of their Piccadilly flagship store, this live tea party uses 80 products designed by companies across the globe. With a distinctive green hue, blends of Italian marble, British wool, and Japanese porcelain take center stage for the performance held four times per day. News via: London Design Festival  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Definitive List of the Best U.S. Architecture Schools 2019 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT .jpg?1537176629 "via Shutterstock") via Shutterstock Earlier this month, we published the results of DesignIntelligence's annual ranking of U.S. architecture schools, listing the top Undergraduate and Graduate schools for 2019. Using feedback from architecture and interior design professionals, the full analysis delves deeper than a generic "Most Admired Architecture Schools" list, and instead breaks the rankings down into twelve categories, focusing on technology, design theory, and more. Free and open to the public, the full list on DesignIntelligence's website offers comprehensive top-10 listings at both Undergraduate and Graduate level across the twelve categories, attained from surveys from approximately 6000 professionals, 360 academics, and 5500 students. Below, we have summarized the findings in a top-5 format, with the full listings ready to be explored on the official website here. Communication and Presentation SkillsUndergraduate Graduate Construction Materials and MethodsUndergraduate Graduate Design TechnologiesUndergraduate Graduate Design Theory and PracticeUndergraduate Graduate Engineering FundamentalsUndergraduate Graduate Healthy Built EnvironmentsUndergraduate Graduate Interdisciplinary StudiesUndergraduate Graduate Transdisciplinary Collaboration across A/E/CUndergraduate Graduate Project Planning and ManagementUndergraduate Graduate Practice ManagementUndergraduate Graduate ResearchUndergraduate Graduate Sustainable Built Environments / Adaptive Design / Resilient DesignUndergraduate Graduate News via: DesignIntelligence  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| University of Oxford Beecroft Building / Hawkins\Brown Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:30 AM PDT _Jim_Stephenson.jpg?1536929051 "© Jim Stephenson") © Jim Stephenson
_Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1536929153 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse Text description provided by the architects. Hawkins\Brown was appointed by the University of Oxford in 2009 to design the new theoretical and experimental physics building. The University's vision was for a collaborative working environment that would sit alongside cutting edge laboratories to provide unprecedented facilities for the university's world-leading research in Physics. _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1536929228 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse The site allotted for the new building presented a number of challenging constraints for the designers. At the junction of Parks Road and Keble Road in the north east of Oxford City Centre, the prominent location sits in close proximity to several listed buildings, notably the grade I listed neo-gothic buildings of Keble College, designed in the 1870s by William Butterfield. A protected cedar tree sits adjacent to the main entrance and the site is also enclosed by Oxford's Central City Conservation Area on two sides. The building enjoys expansive views across the University Parks to the north and its massing has been arranged to respond to the varied local context, which contains a range of scales and settings. _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1536929057 "Model © Jack Hobhouse") Model © Jack Hobhouse The building is clad in a combination of bronze, glass and expanded copper mesh insert panels with a grid of naturally weathering bronze fins. The rhythm, vertical emphasis and colour respond to the upright gothic style of Keble College. Large picture windows frame views into and out of the internal collaboration spaces, creating visual connections between activities within the building and its context. _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1536929183 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse Buildings in central Oxford are restricted by the city's "Carfax Height" policy, which limits new buildings within 1.2km of Carfax Tower in the centre of Oxford to 18m in height. In order to fit the full complement of accommodation required by the university onto the site, including an extensive amount of services and plant to achieve extremely stable and tightly controlled laboratory environments, the development of a 16 metre-deep basement was necessary. This houses two floors of facilities that meet the highest global standards. _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1536929220 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse Within the robust basement floors, structurally isolated "black box" laboratories that require onerous standards of vibration isolation have been created. These are housed on top of monolithic concrete keel slabs, the heaviest of which weighs 54 tonnes, and are mounted on sophisticated damping systems to provide a stable platform for nano- scale experiments that are otherwise sensitive enough to be affected by vibration sources that include the M40 Motorway, nine miles to the east. _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1536929068 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse Major plant equipment is housed in a sub-basement with a physical break between the structures to isolate any vibration that may affect experiments. Despite the heavy servicing of the Experimental Physics laboratories, Hawkins\Brown's building achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating. _Wigwam_Visual.jpg?1536929087 "Section Diagram © Wigwam Visual") Section Diagram © Wigwam Visual The central atrium, through which rises a series of stairs and landings, provides a focal point for the building and establishes continuity between the two halves. The landings are equipped with blackboards and informal seating and act as stages, facilitating presentations by researchers and encouraging them to test, discuss and develop their ideas together. This is supported by strong visual links across the atrium and into individual research offices. This aspect is in line with the university's vision for the Department to break with the traditional academic working model and learn from industry to transform its working methods. _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1536929108 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Eileen Grey, Le Corbusier, and the E-1027 House: A Tale of Architecture and Scandal Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:30 AM PDT  © Manuel Bougot This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "The Sordid Saga of Eileen Gray's Iconic E-1027 House." It's fair to say Eileen Gray's E-1027 French villa hasn't lived a charmed life: It has survived desecration by Le Corbusier, target practice by the Nazis, a stint as drug den and orgy destination, and near dereliction. However, of late, the infamous house's future is looking more optimistic: Cap Moderne, a non-profit dedicated to rehabbing and opening the building as a cultural destination, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to continue the building's restoration. Over the last few years, the conservationists' work had focused on the recreation of the building's Eileen Gray–designed furniture. The latest efforts focus on a particular dining alcove. How that alcove—and the entire house—lost its furniture and fell into disrepair is a long story, with many twists and turns.
 © Manuel Bougot The house certainly had optimistic—and idealistic—beginnings. "One must build for the human being, that he might rediscover in the architectural construction the joys of self-fulfillment in a whole that extends and completes him," Gray wrote in the 1929 issue of L'Architecture Vivante. "Even the furnishings should lose their individuality by blending in with the architectural ensemble." The villa was intended as a peaceful retreat for Gray and her then lover, Romanian architect, critic, and editor of L'Architecture Vivante, Jean Badovici, who had partially contributed to the project's design. The villa—essentially a white rectangle perched upon the Cap-Martin cliff face—is clearly a Modernist building. It adopts some aspects of Le Corbusier's five points of new architecture (concrete piles, open plan rooms, a roof garden, horizontal windows and a "free" facade) which the Swiss-French architect had published in his seminal 1923 book Vers Une Architecture. However, despite Corbusier's call for openness within and without, privacy is a main objective of E-1027. On the exterior, floor-to-ceiling concertina windows open to the Mediterranean Sea, providing light and views, yet rolling shutters and two strips of canvas shield the villa's interiors from being seen, thereby also blocking harsh afternoon sunlight and framing the seaside vista.  © Manuel Bougot Inside, the house refrains from using an open plan. Its interior spaces aren't immediately revealed: Rooms are private places waiting to be discovered. Entering either the bedroom or living room-cum-boudoir, for example, requires walking around a series of corners. Furthermore, given the house's compact size (1,400 square feet) and many rooms, Gray was meticulously efficient with space. Such constraints, as is commonly the case, led to delightfully innovative workarounds: Wardrobes open to become walls, the living room sofa turns into a bed, and a whole host of cupboards and other bespoke furnishings are either embedded or intrinsically in tune with the rest of the house. The most prominent example of this ingenuity is the "E-1027 table." Designed for Gray's sister so she could eat breakfast in bed without getting crumbs in the sheets, it is a classic piece of Modernist furniture. The table comprises two steel tube circles whose open base fits around a bed post; the design's height is also adjustable so the table can hover over the bed. For all the work done by Gray, however, it took an essay by Joseph Rykwert in 1967 to bring her deserved recognition. By that time, the house had been credited as entirely the work of Badovici and even Le Corbusier.  © Manuel Bougot In fact, Le Corbusier was a good friend of Badovici's and was obsessed with E-1027. After Gray and Badovici split in 1932, Badovici inherited the house and often stayed there with his wife. Against Gray's wishes, Le Corbusier, as Bodovici's guest, painted murals on the walls. The French-Swiss architect even tried to buy the house but failed, instead purchasing property nearby where he built a small cabin, the Cabanon de vacances. The degradation continued during World War II when German soldiers practiced their aim against E-1027's walls. Actual death came next. On August 27, 1965, Le Corbusier's body washed up on the shores below, having drowned after going swimming against his doctor's orders. After that, the house and surrounding area were declared a "Site Moderne" due to their international significance. Even that, however, didn't halt the villa's plight. More death was to follow. In 1980, E-1027's then-owner, Marie-Louise Schelbert was found dead in her flat in Zurich. Three days prior, her physician, Dr. Peter Kägi had secretly snuck almost all of Gray's original furniture out and auctioned it off in Zurich. When Schelbert died, Kägi inherited the house, using it host an array of hedonistic affairs, notably drug-fueled orgies. In 1996, this came to an end when he was murdered in the living room. Now, finally, the house is being looked after. In 1999, the villa was bought by the Conservatoire du littoral (a cultural conservatory) and since then several efforts have been made to restore the house. The latest is by Cap Moderne, which was set up in 2014 to manage E-1027 as well as Le Corbusier's adjacent cabin. "We have taken the position, which is not fashionable in many conservation courses, to reconstruct [that] which had been destroyed to more or less the 1929 situation," says Tim Benton, a trustee of Cap Moderne and art history professor specializing in 20th century architecture. As recently as 2006, the villa was in a dilapidated state, the living room-boudoir screen wall was in tatters.  © Manuel Bougot "Almost everything has, or is being, or will be redone," Benton adds, pointing to the furniture. Cap Moderne aims to raise up to $50,000, with the French government matching donations dollar-for-dollar. The money will go towards refurnishing the villa's dining alcove, including a dining table with an in-built electric light and cork top designed to protect plates and glasses, and a specially made lemon container (Menton lemons were once a regional specialty). Furthermore, the association has its eyes on recreating Gray's Non Conformist chair and a fold-able table within the dining alcove that opens up to turn the corridor into a bar. "Left empty, this is one of 100 important houses of the late Modern period," says Benton. "But the interior is one of [the] four most important modern interiors in the world. This why we are remaking the furniture with the same tools, the same materials, the same processes as the originals."  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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