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- Cabin Sandeford / R21 arkitekter
- STABILO cube / mvm+starke architekten
- Mahallat Residental Building No3 / CAAT Studio
- Wenzhou Central Park Culture Club / Lacime Architects
- House in Akashi / arbol
- Nusang-dong House / studio_GAON
- Shanghai Vanke Qichen Community Center / Shenzhen Huahui Design
- Blue Bottle Coffee Kobe Café / Jo Nagasaka + Schemata Architects
- Lè Architecture / Aedas
- Broadmoor Residence / David Coleman Architecture
- Climate Tile Designed to Catch and Redirect Excess Rainwater From Climate Change
- Casa Coroco 5 / Taller de Arquitectura Miguel Montor
- Janet Echelman’s Moving Sculpture Creates a “Living X-Ray” of Philadelphia
- Fair-Haired Dumbbell / FFA Architecture + Interiors
- OOPEAA + Lundén Architecture Company Design Charred Timber Housing District in Helsinki
- Guarnón House / Fresneda & Zamora Arquitectura
- Sin City Embellishment: Expressive or Kitsch?
- Silvernails / Amalgam Studio
- Carlo Ratti and BAF Win Taiwan National Library Competition
| Cabin Sandeford / R21 arkitekter Posted: 20 Sep 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Åke E:son Lindman
 © Åke E:son Lindman  © Åke E:son Lindman Text description provided by the architects. The cabin is designed as a pavilion among the other buildings of the Sand Farm. The building has the same footprint as an earlier annex building and reinterprets the building to satisfy modern demands. The construction system of wooden frames is reinterpreted in the new building, with a layer of glass with shutters that close off the original volume.  © Åke E:son Lindman  Plan  © Åke E:son Lindman The loadbearing wooden columns are on the outside of the glass wall. The construction stands on a concrete basement and consists of four roof trusses supported by columns, stiffened by a rigid core containing bathroom and kitchen. On top of the core is a mezzanine. All open in summertime, the building appears as a simple pavilion, an outdoor kitchen under a large roof. Wooden shutters make a flexible outer shell to close the building in various degrees to the surroundings.  © Åke E:son Lindman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| STABILO cube / mvm+starke architekten Posted: 20 Sep 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Paul Ott
 © Paul Ott Text description provided by the architects. The central design idea of the STABILO CUBE is the implementation of the brand values with a generous and communication-promoting space offer in a very simple and concentrated building.  © Paul Ott Oriented towards the height development of the existing building, the new building is a striking cube that spatially defines the existing access area to the street. Its appearance is self-confident, at the same time the existing building is respected and spatially upgraded. The distinctive symbolism of the building becomes clear from all sides and achieves the desired long-distance effect as a brand building and structural representative of Schwan STABILO on the premises of Schwanhäuser Grundstückbesitzholding GmbH und Co. KG.  © Paul Ott If the clear and familiar shape of the cube does not raise any questions, the "colour" and facade design of the cube are unusual and decisive for the contrast to the surroundings. As with a "black box", the perforated façade with its perforated cards poses puzzles about the content and storey of the cube behind the black façade. Generous openings in the area of the showroom "Planetkonzept Würfel", the foyer and the conference centre provide insight and allow a different, coloured interior to shine through and emerge to the outside.  While colour can only be experienced as an accent and staging of the insights into the building's interior when one looks at the building, the image turns into the opposite when one enters the building. The compactness of the building dissolves and a sequence of galleries and airspaces allows the whole volume of the cube to be experienced. Strong and bright colours dominate the interior and stand in clear contrast to each other and to the shell of the building. The components that define and structure the space are clearly assigned a colour and thus become striking elements of the overall space inside the cube.  © Paul Ott  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mahallat Residental Building No3 / CAAT Studio Posted: 20 Sep 2018 06:00 PM PDT  © Parham Taghioff
 © Parham Taghioff Text description provided by the architects. The project is located on a residential periphery of Mahallat, 262 kilometers southwest of Tehran with the hot and dry climate. The area surrounding the city is rich with travertine which is mainly because of the two significant travertine local mines called Hajiabad and Abbasabad. The project was delegated to the architect at a time when the structure and floors plates were already built and the client required a cost-effective project.  Floor Plans  Section The land size is 18 * 10 meters with the occupied neighbors on its east and west. Travertine mines and mountains are visible from South and Sarcheshmeh's green area which is one of the most famous neighborhoods and one of the popular tourist attractions is visible from the North of the site boundary. The majority of Mahallat's economy is engaged in the business of cutting and treating stone and our client is also a stone expert and stone seller independently. His expertise is in choosing and consulting various stone at the low price. (and this has obviously reflected on the process of the project)  © Parham Taghioff In 2014 our client bought this governmental property at a reasonable price from which it has been already divided. He had a dream of building his first home to make it as a perfectly constructed sample of his work in the neighborhood. All programs are connected along the soft continues to form to create spatial divisions with a variety of motion throughout the project. Starting at the ground floor from the lobby through the ceiling, internal walls and continues all the way to the rooftop.  © Parham Taghioff  Diagram 4  © Parham Taghioff The orientation of the geometry to the North provides spectacular angle and rotation to the North facade to create a different perspective to environment whereas the same movements without rotation add a different quality to the South facade. This movement was not only a conceptual movement but also a creative way to utilize the stone as an environmental piece helping us to build a cost-effective and environmentally friendly project.  © Parham Taghioff  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Wenzhou Central Park Culture Club / Lacime Architects Posted: 20 Sep 2018 05:00 PM PDT  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture
.jpg?1536933012 "Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture") Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture Text description provided by the architects. The project is located at Sanyou Road, Lucheng District, Wenzhou City, just one road from the city axis of "City Government - Century Square". The land is long and narrow, backed by high-rise residential quarters and facing the green axis park. In the same position as this billboard, a R&F Central Park Club will be built to be used as a living room and cultural display in the city.  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture  Layout  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture Building is poised to conform to the dynamic trend of the green axis, starting from the orientation facing the sky, and planning the future scenery for the existing and the high points.  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture At the corner of the street, unlike the practice of flooding with commercial activities and advertisements, the building opened a corner that might have been closed by cantilever with more than 10 meters, capturing the city's landscape for the inner courtyard and providing a peep hole for passers-by to interact with the process of being watched in a dramatic way.  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture Along the street, the intention of rocks is presented through sculptural forms, forming an unusual interface for places where people travel, breaking the same pattern. Landmark effect will attract more people to inject vitality into the place. The building itself has become the watcher of the bridge scenery, incorporating the impression of the green axis.  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture A piece of paper is cut and folded to form a continuous skin and space. In fact, such an approach formally eliminates the boundary between walls and roofs and minimizes the impact of partitions and columns on the fluidity of the space. Of course, this also puts forward unconventional requirements for the structure and curtain wall design.  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture  Elevation  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture The solid wall that runs through the west side of the whole building serves as the main shear wall to support it. The toilet area is designed as a cylindrical shear wall. In addition, three steel columns are concealed inside the stone curtain wall, and only one column in the room is exposed and used for modeling.  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture The secondary structure system adopts a combination of steel structure and curtain wall joist, and the facade glass curtain wall and roof aluminum plate share L - shaped curtain wall joist with a 250 * 60 mm lattice column section. The concept of curtain wall design was introduced at the beginning of structural design, which not only saved structural cost but also simplified component size.  Exterior. Image © Xingzhi Architecture The indoor space is mainly open, with an average height of 10 meters. In order to improve the energy efficiency of the air conditioner, the air conditioner adopts a ground air outlet, so the ground structure is designed as a box-type foundation, a large number of equipments are built under the indoor floor, and the indoor space is also simplified.  Interior: Reception Area. Image © Xingzhi Architecture  Interior: Open Exhibition Area. Image © Xingzhi Architecture  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2018 04:01 PM PDT  © Yasunori Shimomura
 © Yasunori Shimomura Text description provided by the architects. This house is located in a quiet residential area where a hill land ranging along the castle ruins of Akashi is cut out, near the center of Akashi city in Hyogo prefecture.  © Yasunori Shimomura In spite of the limited site area, the house consists of single story with three courtyards. Harmonizing with wind, the sunlight, and lifestyle, therefore, the number of courtyards is added, and the house is encircled with woods. Without invasion of privacy, taking into nature close by, the design pursed a rich living life which eliminates barriers between inside and outside, in order to feel the endless expansion to the outer world from inside the house.  Drawings The structure is divided into 3 areas, from the entrance to the back of the house, and each area has a small courtyard where private vegetable garden can be enjoyed. The first of the courtyards has a traditional dirt floor, a Japanese-style room for family which they can use freely, and "a yard with kitchen garden", in the middle, semi-public living dining space, and "a yard for viewing", to the back, room for private, and for laundry, "dry area".  © Yasunori Shimomura At "a yard with kitchen garden", to enjoy a harvest, a tree of grapes is planted. For the client who loves fishing, a space where he can check fishing rod bending, is made.  © Yasunori Shimomura At "a yard for viewing", it is designed to enjoy the extraordinary scenery, not only at noon, but at night, planting of the yard will be come up by turning off the inside lights and using the outside lights. At "dry area", the placement of windows is well considered, so as to enjoy the scenery of the downward planting, and the change of sky, when family members get together at the table, even though some of the parts obstructs the view from living dining room. In a dirt floor of the entrance, a woodstove is designed. This is because the client wish the children would feel the sound of wood burning in winter, and the design was created by imagining the family gathering that they would cook roast sweet potatoes by encircling the woodstove and enjoy the season.  © Yasunori Shimomura As for natural daylighting, the design image is not just taking the direct sunlight, but taking the north side light, and the reflection of the light at the exterior wall, afternoon sun which quietly streams all the back to the rooms in winter, morning light which comes from unexpected places, waves of sunshine through the trees. This is like the living dining room which is encircled with 3 courtyards, is wrapped by soft and gentle light.  © Yasunori Shimomura About surroundings, the house is closed, as for taking privacy into consideration, but the plan was made to create a warm living felt impression, by a rich greenery exterior walls, and planting, that would attract passerby on the street, or slight light which comes down from slits set for ventilation.  © Yasunori Shimomura  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nusang-dong House / studio_GAON Posted: 20 Sep 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong
 © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong Text description provided by the architects. Nusang-dong is located in the western part of Gyeongbokgung Palace, built in the old Joseon Dynasty. This is a district commonly known as Seocheon. There must have been a pavilion('Nu') there, since the name means 'an area above pavilion.'  © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong The thick rocks of Inwang mountain support the village like bolsters. Famous poet named Yoon, Dong-ju and a painter Lee Jung-seop lived here. They may have lived here briefly, but nevertheless it is a piece of history which the local Jongno-gu Office is eager to promote. A young couple came to us to build a house in this area. Mother in law was helping to raise their child because the couple both worked. In Korea, three generations often live together for child- care, which means the key to design is to secure each generations' independence.  East - South Elevation  Sections We separated each generation by a vertical split and set separate entries for each, then created a shared space in-between. This scheme caused friction with the administration office since they insisted that the house should be interpreted as a multiplex house, not a single house. (Eventually solved by numerous visits).  © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong Like many towns in the old northern Seoul, the surrounding area is filled with houses along narrow, winding paths like blood vessels. Old style houses are often left among the dense multiplex houses. When we went to site, we found an empty land that had already been emptied, devoid of any trace of the old house.  © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong The road leading to the site was too narrow for automobile's access. This would cause extra work in the construction phase. There were also stairs on the access path, and not much traffic. This gave us an idea to use the leading alley to the site as an extension of court-yard(madang). The design scheme needed to incorporate issues of two generations coexisting in a single house, an island-like geographical location and a narrow alley.  © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong The alley was always kept quiet and there was a very large mountain behind the site, but the view was blocked by many surrounding buildings. The nearby multiplex houses have a very common and boring facade like any other old residential areas in Seoul, mostly finished with lame red bricks or granite.  Site plan  1st floor plan In a case like this, colorless materials are essential. It is moderately intense and moderately emulsifying. It doesn't reveal itself vibrantly, but has an inert power. So we decided to create a gray space with concrete tiles. Gray space means material, but it also signifies the nature of space. It is an intermediate space that is not classified in black or white, while it is ambiguous. Interpretation of overlapped family programs.  © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong From the shape of the long, narrow site, we drew a 'ᄃ' shaped plan to make space for a small court-yard. The residential functions are located in the east and the south wing, allowing as much natural light as possible, and service functions like kitchens and toilets are to the west wing. The courtyard is seamlessly connected to the alley, allowing expansion of outer space.  © Youngchae Park, Seokgyu Hong Since the lot is small, each unit space is designed to fit the required function perfectly like a custom suit. A mother's quarter was placed on the first floor, a couple's bedroom on the second floor, and a living room and kitchen on the third floor. The courtyard is naturally on the ground floor with the terraces on the second and third floor. On the third floor terrace, a view to the disheveled cityscape slowly encroaching solid Inwangsan Mountain is available for the occupants.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shanghai Vanke Qichen Community Center / Shenzhen Huahui Design Posted: 20 Sep 2018 02:00 PM PDT  Open Space at the Entrance. Image © Chao Zhang
 Perspective view of the street corner. Image © Chao Zhang Site and Building  Aerial view of the south side. Image © Chao Zhang  Streetscape of the South Side. Image © Chao Zhang Function Organization and Spatial Sequence  Program Distribution. Image Courtesy of Shenzhen Huahui Design The entrance hall divides the space into two parts: the west part centralizes most community service function and city exhibition center while the east part is senior citizens activity center. Meanwhile, a designed landscape of the canopy in the entrance front area and a corridor in the back area integrate the space in a whole.  Perspective view of the street corner. Image © Chao Zhang The function of the west side arranges around a courtyard, bringing in natural light and landscape. Combining with the grey space at the corner on the first floor, the west side provides a healthy and comfortable activity environment. The community dining hall is located in the east side on the first floor, a relatively independent area so that it is convenient to use and to introduce the ground landscape.  Partial. Image © Chao Zhang The Design of the foyer introduces the daylight and presents a sundial-like look. The pitched roof sets an upward image for the space which strengthens the sense of natural daylight and ritual .In the outdoor, it is the east-west corridor. The skyward opening formed by the roof and the corridor displays a similar logic with the indoor space but a different spatial experience.  Entrance Courtyard and the Water Space. Image © Chao Zhang  1F Plan  Foyer. Image © Chao Zhang The fold window designed on the façade of the building，create a unique sense of rhythm, meanwhile form an impressive image of the light effect.  Activity Space. Image © Chao Zhang Settings of Open Space  Partial. Image © Chao Zhang Texture and Features on Facade  Part of the Architecture. Image © Chao Zhang The main outer facade adopts the combination of orange flat ceramic panels and triangular ceramic panels. Ingeniously, the design of fold windows on the facade shows great integrality, clear volume and a strong sense of rhythm in the daylight. The bright color also adds a vibrant element to the community. All-glass facade of the community school on the third floor not only brings in sufficient sunlight but also becomes a special element of the whole space. It contrast vividly with the orange-red ceramic panels  Street Corner Courtyard and Grey Space. Image © Chao Zhang  Outdoor Corridor. Image © Chao Zhang As for such a typical community public architecture, we would like to use a clear and simple design logic to create an organic relation among city, community and its people, making the site a special public urban space.  Perspective view of the street corner. Image © Chao Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Blue Bottle Coffee Kobe Café / Jo Nagasaka + Schemata Architects Posted: 20 Sep 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Takumi Ota
 © Takumi Ota Text description provided by the architects. Blue Bottle Coffee's first cafe in Kobe is situated in the former foreign settlement. The settlement was built for foreigners in 1868 when Japan opened the port of Kobe to foreign countries. Many old western-style buildings still exist and there is a distinct exotic atmosphere in this area. Daimaru Department Store Kobe is located at the entrance to the foreign settlement. High fashion brand stores line up on the ground floor and upper floors are occupied by Kobe's top companies.  © Takumi Ota  Plan - Section  © Takumi Ota This building is not an old western-style building, but it is designed to look like one. Blue Bottle Coffee Kobe Cafe is located at a high-ceiling and ample store space on the ground floor, sandwiched between high fashion brand stores.  © Takumi Ota  © Takumi Ota Our design aimed to maximize the sense of spaciousness by building a simple island-style structure where cafe functions are concentrated. We aimed to counterbalance the exotic atmosphere of the area with a simple yet distinctive element  © Takumi Ota  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2018 12:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Aedas
 Courtesy of Aedas Location and Context  Courtesy of Aedas  Concept Design Concept  Courtesy of Aedas Use of Space  Courtesy of Aedas Special Features  Courtesy of Aedas The 70-metre tall office building employs multiple strategies to add greenery to the façade and is focused on minimising energy demands. The building is designed with straight glass panels which optimise construction feasibility. The western wall serves as a `breathing facade' with a series of vertical aluminum fins and green planters providing sufficient sun-shading for interior office spaces and effectively lower the temperature in the interiors which reduces the need for mechanical cooling during summer. The plants also serves as filters for outdoor air.  Concept  Courtesy of Aedas  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Broadmoor Residence / David Coleman Architecture Posted: 20 Sep 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Steve Keating
 © Steve Keating Text description provided by the architects. Our design explores the notion of merging building and landscape. The original house, designed in 1956 by a prominent Seattle architect, is located in the private enclave of Broadmoor. It was conceived as a meandering, one-story structure on a pastoral, ½ acre site. The original plan was rather ambiguous, gesturing toward the landscape but never fully embracing it. A 1970's remodel further eroded the integrity of the plan, resulting in a muddled house with little coherent spatial integrity.  © Steve Keating Our goal was to clarify the plan, add on where needed to improve livability, merge interior and exterior space where possible, and elevate the feeling-tone of the building. To accomplish that we set in motion a series of interventions that had the effect of better defining access to the house, movement through the house, and the relationship between interior and exterior space. This resulted in a transformation of the whole, elevating the overall quality of the building and landscape, allowing the promise of the original structures and site to be fully realized.  © Steve Keating From the street, one ascends the original, meandering stone stair from the sidewalk to a new courtyard, defined by building and stone landscape walls. A portion of this courtyard was excavated 30" deep to create space for a long, low window opening into the lower level yoga room, and to allow construction of a bridge between garden and home. This bridge acts as a threshold, a point-of-arrival, and a clean demarcation between public and private space. The interiors are organized around a gallery on the street side of the building. The rooms have a processional quality, opening to one another and to the great outdoors. Most rooms overlook the meadow, located in the back yard. Oversized lift-slide doors and large planes of glass dissolve the line between inside and out and allow free movement, physically and visually.  © Steve Keating  Floor plan  © Steve Keating The plan retains the openness that one expects in a modern home, but also contains a semblance of intimacy that is not expected in such a large, open building. This is accomplished by the insertion of subtle yet effective architectural devices, all lending a more human and approachable scale. Changes in ceiling height, changes in wall and/or flooring material, the insertion of free-standing cabinets, a floor-to-ceiling wall here, a twist and turn in the plan there, all help to create this quality of intimacy.  © Steve Keating The master suite retains the openness characteristic of the rest of the plan. One enters rather uniquely into a dressing room, complete with vanities, access to the bath, walk-in closet and sleeping chamber. The bath is conceived as a wet room, and contains a free-standing bathtub that opens onto a private courtyard. The sleeping chamber opens on to the meadow.  © Steve Keating The children's wing is located in a 2-story suite, the lower level containing a play/art/work space that opens onto the kitchen and side-entry, complete with a laundry/mud room. An open stair ascends to two bedrooms and a bath, all wrapping around a two-story, light-filled atrium overlooking the play room.  © Steve Keating The material pallet was kept decidedly simple to create a unified ambiance, reduce visual noise, and minimize distraction to the outdoor views. Sapeli windows and doors provide a warm frame for those garden views; complimentary dark wood floors create continuity, warm gray ceramic tile recalls the concrete slabs on the exterior; clean white plaster ceilings and wall partitions help to maintain brightness on the bleakest days; blackened steel hardware and trims provide contrast and visual interest.  © Steve Keating  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Climate Tile Designed to Catch and Redirect Excess Rainwater From Climate Change Posted: 20 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Climate Tile. Image Courtesy of THIRD NATURE The Climate Tile is a pilot project designed to catch and redirect 30% of the projected extra rainwater coming due to climate change. Created by THIRD NATURE with IBF and ACO Nordic, the project will be inaugurated on a 50m pavement stretch at Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The first sidewalk was created as an innovative climate project that utilizes the Climate Tile to create a beautiful and adaptable cityscape. Aimed at densely populated cities, the tile handles water through a technical system that treats water as a valuable resource.  Climate Tile. Image Courtesy of THIRD NATURE  Climate Tile. Image Courtesy of THIRD NATURE First and foremost, the Climate Tile is an adaptation system for future cities. The pilot stretch in Copenhagen is the beginning of a multiannual development process with the City of Copenhagen, Realdania, The Market Development Fund and other collaborators. The Climate Tile reintroduces the natural water circuit in existing cities through a simple process that manages the rainwater from the roof and sidewalks and ensures that the water runs to the right place for plants or water banks. It can catch and redirect 30% of the projected extra rainwater coming due to climate change, and thereby prevent overloads within the existing drainage infrastructure.
 Climate Tile. Image Courtesy of THIRD NATURE  Climate Tile. Image Courtesy of THIRD NATURE As the team states, the Climate Tile develops and couples traditionally separate functions. With the development of The Climate Tile, future sidewalks will collect and manage water, whilst contributing to the growth of an urban nature and improved microclimate. Thereby the tile generates added value for the citizens and raises the level of life quality and general health within the city. The project is seen as an inclusive solution that works in tandem with roads, bike paths, signage, urban furniture, town squares, and urban nature. Ninna Hedeager, Mayor of Technical and Environmental Affairs will officially open the sidewalk on September 27th at 5pm in front of the café at Heimdalsgade22 in Nørrebro, Copenhagen.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Casa Coroco 5 / Taller de Arquitectura Miguel Montor Posted: 20 Sep 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Onnis Luque
 © Onnis Luque Text description provided by the architects. After several years of being located in San Ángel, a neighborhood south of Mexico City, and after our first six years as an independent architecture firm, the opportunity to change our workshop's location emerges. Our needs regarding space and location began to change: that which began as a nearly individual studio began to shift gradually towards a collective space, where a team of several architects take part in our daily tasks.  © Onnis Luque  Isometric  © Onnis Luque  © Onnis Luque We took on the task of looking for a new spot located south of the City, where we have always felt we fit in, and to which we have great affection; a place that had a tight relationship with the natural environment, and at the same time, a place that was well connected to the primary transportation pathways. All of that led to our finding of San Diego Churubusco, a neighborhood nearby the center of Coyoacán, between three of the main arteries of our City, and some blocks away from the Xicoténcatl park.  © Onnis Luque The selected place was a small house with an old carpentry workshop, located at one end of an alley typical of this area. The null maintenance of the property during the last years, as well as the abandonment of the workshop, had left the small house in a nearly abandoned state.  © Onnis Luque Transform, rescue and recycle where the main themes to achieve our new working space, allowing us to keep the essence of the house and workshop. We had on our side the experience of a home/workshop, which mixed with our concept of an architecture workshop, created a kind of laboratory, a place where we could experience with materials, details, textures and environments, generating in our day to day suggestive moments to help us reflect and exercise of our constructive and spatial understanding.  Section 01 The Project has 145m2, distributed in four levels: the reception and showroom on the ground floor, two levels with working areas, and a roof top with a small meeting room and a private office, which are separated by a small terrace, where the natural green aspect is very present.  © Onnis Luque The stairway was one of the most interesting spaces to work with, since we opted to preserve its morphology, simply by removing the railings and some other masonry details, cleaning the space, and placing a light steel handrail which accentuates the void and runs through the four levels of the building.  © Onnis Luque The project’s materiality was dictated by the use and story of the place: a textile created by the past and the present, that forms a subtle speech, honest and simple. We chose wood and natural stucco as the main characters, letting the story of the old carpentry workshop remain in the atmosphere, making a contrast with a dark stucco on the walls, which leaves a perfect backdrop that lets the wood’s tones capture all the attention, in addition to letting the architecture models stand out.  © Onnis Luque The goal was to achieve a studio and architecture workshop where the experimentation sensation was always present, as well as the essence of that house where the everyday life had place, and that the angel of that carpentry workshop remained tattooed in this new workspace, merging itself as one more member of the alley.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Janet Echelman’s Moving Sculpture Creates a “Living X-Ray” of Philadelphia Posted: 20 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  © Melvin Epps Artist Janet Echelman has unveiled her latest site-specific work of public art, with the activation of the first phase of "Pulse" in Philadelphia's Dilworth Park. Pulse seeks to reshape urban space "with a monumental, fluidly moving sculpture that responds to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight. Inspired by the square's history as a water and transportation hub, Echelman's work traces the paths and trolley lines of the subway beneath, with four-foot-tall curtains of colorful atomized mist traveling across the park's fountain surface in response to passing trains underneath.  © Sahar Coston-Hardy Following the footprint of passing subway trains, "Pulse" emits an ultra-fine, fog-like, cool mist by way of a high-pressure misting system of specialized pumps. To make the installation accessible to children, "Pulse" uses a mist made of filtered, softened water, onto which lighting is projected.  © Sahar Coston-Hardy Described by Echelman as "a living X-ray of the city's circulatory system," Pulse makes heavy reference to the site's history. The rising steam evokes both the city's first water pumping station, and the steam from the adjacent historic Pennsylvania Railroad Station, merging a celebration of history with future-looking cutting edge technology.  © Sean O'Neill / Arup
 © Melvin Epps The first phase (green line) of Pulse opened on September 12th 2018, helping to support fundraising for two more sections, intending to trace the city's Market-Frankford Line (blue line) and Broad Street Line (orange line).  © Melvin Epps For the project's realization, Echelman worked in collaboration with Center City District, Urban Engineers, OLIN landscape architects, and water feature consultant CMS Collaborative. The work follows on from previous interventions by Echelman, such as her net sculpture in Madrid, her railroad sculpture in North Carolina, and her net sculpture in London. News via: Janet Echelman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Fair-Haired Dumbbell / FFA Architecture + Interiors Posted: 20 Sep 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Peter Eckert
 © KuDa Photography Text description provided by the architects. The Fair-Haired Dumbbell is a collaboration between FFA and Guerrilla Development, with original mural artwork by James Jean. This speculative office building with ground-floor retail is located in the heart of the Burnside Bridgehead developments. At the eastside intersection of Burnside Street and the Willamette River, the Bridgehead is home to some of Portland's most exciting and interesting new architecture.  © Chuck Slothower The Dumbbell's starting point is a small, challenging 'island' site – bound by busy streets on every side. In order to maximize usable space in the area, which measures in at just over a quarter-acre, the design team incorporated small interconnected public plazas that flow into the ground-floor retail. These allow for pedestrian movement, refuge, and visibility through the site. The Fair-Haired Dumbbell building sits squarely in the center of the action and doesn't shy away from attention.  Ground Floor Plan  Fifth Floor Plan The project consists of two canted six-story towers clad in the hand-painted original artwork on all eight of its elevations. At each level, sky bridges connect the mirrored 4,000 sqft office spaces, giving the creative companies who work there the flexibility to build-out their own floor to meet their needs. Since no two elevations are the same, tenants and visitors alike will take in impressive views of Portland's many angles through windows of varying size. At the ground floor, the Fair-Haired Dumbbell will complement its neighborhood with unique retail offerings and creative landscaping.  © Peter Eckert  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| OOPEAA + Lundén Architecture Company Design Charred Timber Housing District in Helsinki Posted: 20 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of OOPEAA OOPEAA, working in collaboration with Lundén Architecture Company, has won a design and build competition for a timber housing development in Kivistö, Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area of Finland. Organized by the City of Vantaa, the competition asked entrants to design a district of wooden housing, part of a commitment "to provide climate-conscious development in housing." Titled "Upstairs – Downstairs, Living Together on Three Levels," the OOPEAA and Lundén scheme will form part of the broader sustainable district, creating a link between natural forest, active streets, and railway infrastructure.  Courtesy of OOPEAA A comprehensive brief called on joint entries with two architectural offices, a contractor, and a developer to be situated on one, or both, of two plots in Kivistö. Teams were required to respond to the "needs of a diverse population in the fast-growing newly developing areas" while addressing the needs for bicycling, traffic, and public art. The OOPEAA and Lundén scheme will occupy one of the two plots, located next to a small forest hosting rare flying squirrels. The scheme comprises a multifaceted block of wooden apartment housing, combining an active street level with communal green spaces in both an inner courtyard and roof terraces.  Courtesy of OOPEAA Apartments range from two-story townhouses with individual access from the street to apartments with a belt of balconies, to family size apartments with terrace balconies on the top floors. Apartments have been positioned for an optimal balance between light and shade, while environmentally-conscious features such as rooftop photovoltaic panels, and stormwater collection seek to reduce the scheme's carbon footprint. Meanwhile, the scheme's façade responds to various functions, with dark charred wood along the street façade contrasting with a light palette of orange, yellow and red along the interior courtyard. The scheme also features a special bridge providing a connection between the residential block and adjacent forest.  Courtesy of OOPEAA Work will begin on the next design phase will start immediately, with input from contractor Reponen Oy and developer Taaleri Vuokrakoti Ky. News via: OOPEAA
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| Guarnón House / Fresneda & Zamora Arquitectura Posted: 20 Sep 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Javier Callejas
 © Javier Callejas Text description provided by the architects. How to face the construction of a home with a small plot of land enclosed between walls, whose only façade faces north? This is the starting point of a project which, due to its complex answer, is based on simple premises. The project begins by dialoguing with tradition: The idea of building a courtyard house with contemporary style and language arises. The centrality of this type of housing allows the permeability of space and light, giving a feeling of amplitude that contrasts with the original size of the plot. The courtyard acquires its contemporary nature thanks to the chosen materials, concrete and reed, which use light to sift their textures and materiality.  © Javier Callejas  Drawings  © Javier Callejas The house is embedded in the land, and it becomes a large volume that serves to contain the land. This body of containment holds two programs that can function independently.  © Javier Callejas On the one hand, there is the main housing programme, which is developed on the first, second and third floors of the project. The stairs and the courtyard become the protagonists of these spaces. The interior void generates facades that are perforated in multiple points to let the light through, without these rooms losing their intimacy to the street. The staircase appears as a sculptural and vertebrating element of the different spaces. Thus, courtyard and staircase link the house spatially and perceptually.  © Javier Callejas On the other hand, there is a volume which is more tied to tectonic, to the shelter offered by penumbra. This volume is intended for the storage areas in the house, as well as for the entrance hall and guest home. The contrast between the two parts is evident by the way the light from the ceilings sprouts, which is filtered thanks to the double height skylights. The house makes possible to inhabit a basement without being aware that one is in one, and while the tenants enjoy their patio house, the guests enjoy another house as Granadine as the cave house.  © Javier Callejas With economic means, it is possible to execute two houses in this plot of 85m2 and that at first showed such unfavourable characteristics.  © Javier Callejas The spaces of the house contrast for their honesty. The structure appears in the form of planes, generating the main surfaces that serve to form the spaces of this house. In contrast to this stony material, the reed is used to create the necessary auxiliary planes -lattices in openings to the outside and false ceiling planes-. Finally, the floor is made with a noble material such as wood. Concrete, in contrast to wood and reed. The combination of artificial versus natural and which character is reinforced when the light emanates from the skylights, a moment in which games of grammages and textures appear, of shadow lines.  © Javier Callejas In the end, the Guarnón is a house with spaces sheltered by the warmth of material decisions, together with the light of the south.  © Javier Callejas  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sin City Embellishment: Expressive or Kitsch? Posted: 20 Sep 2018 02:30 AM PDT Though the Las Vegas Strip may be garish to some, with its borderline intrusive décor and "pseudo-historical" architecture, some professional architects, most notably Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown, have become captivated by the "ornamental-symbolic elements" the buildings present. The two architects developed the curious design distinction between a "duck" and a "decorated shed", depending on the building's decorative form. In his essay for 99% Invisible, Lessons from Sin City: The Architecture of "Ducks" versus "Decorated Sheds", Kurt Kohlstedt explores how the architects implemented their knowledge of ornamentation in their own works and began an architectural debate still ongoing today.  "Duck" versus "decorated shed, with Big Duck in Long Island (upper right). Image via 99 Percent Invisible Venturi and Scott-Brown developed their terminology after studying the Las Vegas Strip over the late 1960s and early 1970s, inspired by the exaggerated incorporation of decoration in the city's skyline. A "duck" is defined as: "where the architectural systems of space, structure, and program are submerged and distorted by an overall symbolic form." They took inspiration from an actual duck-shaped building called the Big Duck, where one could buy ducks and duck eggs, making it obvious to passers-by what they would find inside. A "decorated shed" on the other hand, is "where systems of space and structure are directly at the service of program, and ornament is applied independently." That is what Venturi and Scott-Brown advocated.  Guild House by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Image via 99 Percent Invisible One of their most well-known buildings is the Guild House, completed in 1963, implemented symbolism and historical references, and came to be an early example of Postmodern architecture. The Guild House was built for elderly residents, featuring Classical orders and structure-specific signage implemented in the façade. Most famous is the golden antenna placed on the roof to symbolize the most popular pastime of the building's inhabitants: watching television. However, this ornament was later removed.  Vanna Venturi House by Robert Venturi featuring playful and non-structural ornamentation. Image via 99 Percent Invisible Venturi and Scott-Brown's criticism towards the "duck" approach was that by "rejecting explicit frivolous appliqué ornament" this Modernist architecture "has distorted the whole building into one big ornament." Critics have challenged their "duck"-"decorated shed" duality ever since it emerged in the architectural discipline, however, this challenge of ornamentation in contemporary architecture remains. Is minimalism really so far from the dreaded "duck"? Kohlstedt argues that both are examples of "form follows function", albeit that the "duck" is taking it to extremes. To read Kurt Kohlstedt's full article, visit 99% Invisible, here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Oliver Mint
.jpg?1536823047 "© Oliver Mint") © Oliver Mint Text description provided by the architects. The first ground-up residential project completed by emerging New York City-based Amalgam Studio. Conceived as a modern barn, the 5,000 sq ft (465 sqm), four-bedroom family residence of stone and wood, sits atop a hillside on a rural, 120-acre property located near the town of Rhinebeck, epicenter of the Hudson Valley's culinary and artistic renaissance.  © Oliver Mint "We all love the idea of living in a barn. We love the barn's generous interior space, the exposed structure, all that wood. But we don't love the lack of light, insulation, comfort. Or the dirt!" says the home's architect Ben Albury, Founder of Amalgam Studio.  © Oliver Mint The local barn shape - its simplicity and honesty in structure, its form, and materiality - drove the design process. Research led to a rich history of local barn archetypes, from the mid 17th Century Dutch Barn, through to the English or Three-Bay, then culminating in the most common building in rural 19th Century New England, aptly-named the New England. The investigation into these archetypes suggested a house design comprising: Much like the traditional communal barn-raising events of the region, the double-height Bent Frames were raised and bolted into place, with the entire timber structure completed in 1 day. To update the barn for 21 century standards the house uses super-insulation, airtight membranes, in-wall heat-recovery ventilation units, and triple glazing to ensure a comfortable interior environment, with continuous fresh air, year round. "From the very beginning, the clients wanted a comfortable house. I believe it would have been irresponsible for me not to look at, and ultimately follow Passive House Standards," said Albury.  © Oliver Mint  Exploded Axonometric  © Oliver Mint Operable windows and doors are positioned to encourage cross-ventilation. Heating can be provided with fireplaces and wood stoves, or energy-efficient multi-split heat-pump air-conditioning systems. All appliances are electric. Lighting is LED. Daylighting is harvested by multiple skylights. "As far as I'm aware the home features the longest triple-glazed Passive House Certified residential skylight in North America," notes Albury. Sunshading devices tilt up to provide shade to the south-facing deck in summer and close down to act as hurricane shutters during winter storms.  © Oliver Mint Endemic tree species on the 120-acre property informed interior material selections: white oak for flooring and lining, walnut for cabinetry, hickory for feature vanity units. Local granite, slate and domestic quarried stone guided choices for the chimney hearth, wet areas, and basement masonry respectively. The entire house is wood-clad, including the roof, by using a unique, innovative clip system to the standing seams of roof sheeting, a first in North America.  © Oliver Mint .jpg?1536822356 "Ground Floor Plan") Ground Floor Plan  © Oliver Mint The family residence celebrates the ever-changing seasonal landscape, designed to exploit natural light throughout. The fully glazed entrance aligns with mid-distant pine trees. Its skylight and central stair of floating threads split the home between its public living and private bedroom areas. Private areas have variously controlled, framed views out to distant hills, a winding river, nearby woodlands, and across wildflower meadows. Living areas utilize large sliding glass doors onto decks delivering more expansive, 180-degree vistas. Upstairs is a bright, white, multi-purpose loft space, complete with skylights placed deliberately for optimal stargazing. "Ultimately, it's a house that plays with light," explains Albury.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Carlo Ratti and BAF Win Taiwan National Library Competition Posted: 19 Sep 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Taiwan National Library. Image Courtesy of BAF and Carlo Ratti Carlo Ratti Associatti and Bio-architecture Formosana (BAF) have won the international competition for the Southern branch of the Taiwan National Library and Repository in Tainan, Taiwan. With the concept of "Library as a Town", the team created a proposal for a new public building that will accommodate a library, book museum and a joint archives center. Selected among nine competitors, the winning design will be placed in the southern part of Taiwan in the XinYing District. The proposal is made to investigate the role of the library in the future.  Taiwan National Library. Image Courtesy of BAF and Carlo Ratti Sited in a town of 80,000 inhabitants and many Tainan City government offices, the project aims to transform a large, undeveloped suburban plot. Hoping to boost urban life and activity in the southern community, the project opens to the surrounding housing, municipal swimming pool and stadium. The library design will include a digital preservation center that will act as a pioneer library in providing preservation service for academic digital materials in Taiwan. The center is designed to enhance Taiwan's competitiveness in an era of knowledge economy.  Taiwan National Library. Image Courtesy of BAF and Carlo Ratti Moving from the idea of a library as a monument to accessible, fluid knowledge sharing, BAF and CRA propose an open, transparent learning environment as a less formal and interactive hub. The event hall, museum and repository are linked through the main axis to build connection between the site and the city. Three main ideas drive the concept: integration with nature, the openness of learning and the "museumization" of the library.  Taiwan National Library. Image Courtesy of BAF and Carlo Ratti  Taiwan National Library. Image Courtesy of BAF and Carlo Ratti Massing was created with the utmost consideration on keeping ecological diversity and integrating with nature, with 90% of the trees on site being preserved. Responding to open source data sharing and digital networking, the library is designed to be an open learning platform to promote collaboration. In turn, the project rethinks the idea of a book museum by redefining the entire museum. Showcasing the Book-bot (ASRS- automated storage and retrieval system), visitors will follow a museum loop to see "behind-the-scenes" of book restoration, preservation and digitization. The National Library is expected to open to the public in 2023.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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