Arch Daily |
- House Between the Mountains / Gangoly & Kristiner Architekten
- Grosspeter Tower / Burckhardt+Partner AG
- BUFTEA Residence / ASSAR LLOX ARCHITECTS
- Tianhe Youth Commune / O-office Architects
- Dalvey Road House / Guz Architects
- House in Mita / Horibe Associates
- Forest Dining Club / PLAT ASIA
- Vila Calando / Chiasmus Partners
- House by Rafter 2 / Hiroki Tominaga-Atelier
- Wisner-Pilger Public Schools Addition / BVH Architecture
- Open Letter From the Institute of Brazilian Architects Regarding the Tragic, Irrevocable Loss of Brazil's National Museum
- Malaga House / Prietoschaffer arquitectos
- Greek Pavilion Takes Center Stage at the 2018 London Design Biennale
- Hunan Slurp / New Practice Studio
- New Photographs Reveal Studio Gang's Solar Carve Tower as it Nears Completion in New York
- Folly / Cohesion Studio
- 13 Instagram Accounts That Showcase the Diversity of Facades Around the World
- L10 / Pereira Miguel Arquitectos
- Dame Zaha Hadid's Private Miami Residence Sold by Sotheby's
| House Between the Mountains / Gangoly & Kristiner Architekten Posted: 05 Sep 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © David Schreyer
 © David Schreyer Text description provided by the architects. A specific approach to the building tradition and a special respect for the landscape characterize the building in Ausseerland. To combine this particular atmosphere with the ideas of a timeless, comfortable home for family and guests was a challenge.  © David Schreyer The cross-shaped ground plan creates a connection to regional models, defines the views of the lake and the mountains, and simultaneously creates spatial zoning.  © David Schreyer  Floor 1  © David Schreyer Wood as the material of the panel is in the foreground. Used on the outside as a pre-grayed cover, it creates a warming atmosphere on the inside in combination with exposed concrete and brass elements, without a rustic finish.  © David Schreyer  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Grosspeter Tower / Burckhardt+Partner AG Posted: 05 Sep 2018 07:00 PM PDT _Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485320 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo
_Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485447 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo Text description provided by the architects. The prerequisite of the client was that an in all respects sustainable building should be designed. These aspirations are particularly expressed in the façade, as the integrated photovoltaic elements generate enough electricity to cover a large part of the energy requirements. As the solar cells are almost unrecognisable the Swiss architects Burckhardt+Partner AG could reinterpret the otherwise seen as technoid expression of these elements into an item of design and architecture. _Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485367 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo The rigorous design of the façade of the two interlocking structures impresses already from afar. The Grosspeter Tower expands the skyline of the city at a prominent location along the railroad tracks leading to the SBB train station. Within the six-storey base are a hotel, conference rooms and office spaces; the almost square tower offers additional office spaces. The design of the façade concept is the result of the condition by the client that only half of the façade itself should be transparent. The smaller the area of glass the lesser the heat loss and input, which at the same time creates a good balance between utilisable daylight and agreeable indoor climate. _Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485232 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo  Facade detail _Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485292 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo During the realisation of this extraordinary building the architects benefitted from a technical innovation. "Just as we started the design of the façade a significant development within the solar power market was made" says Andreas Kaufmann, project architect with Burckhardt+Partner AG. The solar elements, which up to 2014 were only available in standardised dimensions could now be manufactured according to client and project specifications. _Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485483 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo In order to keep the floor plans of the office units flexible and to allow them to be joined over several floors all tenant offices are provided in a basic fit-out. According to the client PSP Swiss Property more than 80% of the available spaces are already let or reserved. _Adriano_Biondo_(3).jpg?1535485542 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo The Grosspeter Tower, whose façade is basically a power plant, does not only set a statement in technical, energetic and aesthetic aspects, but is in addition also an expression of the necessary urban densification and efficient use of the limited availability of land in the canton Basel-Stadt. _Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485201 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo Several awards have already been bestowed upon the Grosspeter Tower for its energetically exemplary measures combined with the classic, timeless architectural language. It received a prize for the Best Swiss solar architecture 2017 in the category new builds. Besides winning the third prize in the Prixforix 2018 it also won the jury prize of the sun21 Faktor-5 award 2018. _Adriano_Biondo.jpg?1535485171 "© Adriano Biondo") © Adriano Biondo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BUFTEA Residence / ASSAR LLOX ARCHITECTS Posted: 05 Sep 2018 06:00 PM PDT  © Radu Malasincu
 © Radu Malasincu Text description provided by the architects. Architect Razvan Oprescu designed this house for him and his family in Bucharest, Romania.  © Radu Malasincu  © Radu Malasincu After 17 years being an associate at the Belgian architecture firm ASSAR LLOX ARCHITECTS (formerly known as LLOX Architecten), his profession would eventually bring him back to Romania.  © Radu Malasincu Knowing that he would once return to his home country, Razvan started buying several plots along the lake of Buftea, gathering a total property of 3,200 square meters.  © Radu Malasincu  Floor Plan  © Radu Malasincu In 2013, the Romanian architect decided the time had come to start building a 'manifesto' of glass and limestone. A spacious villa of 559 square meters, including luxuries such as a home cinema, swimming pool and, of course, an amazing view along the lake.  © Radu Malasincu Protected from the heat, the entrance shows a heavy volume, which unfolds into a glass house with open views and a calming atmosphere.  © Radu Malasincu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tianhe Youth Commune / O-office Architects Posted: 05 Sep 2018 05:00 PM PDT  Green Canyon created out of the abandoned site. Image © Chaos. Z
 Landscaping bridges suturing between the former warehouses. Image © Chaos. Z Text description provided by the architects. Located in Tianhe District of Guangzhou City, the Shadong village, where sits the buildings of this project, was erected in December 1995. The local economic corporation in the late 90s constructed on the commune's fringe land a 4-storey warehouse leased to the Guangzhou Book Center for their new book storage.  Floating landscaping bridges. Image © Chaos. Z Eight years ago, the company constructed a new five-story warehouse building on the northern side of the previous one.The status quo of the site is now one new and one old vacant multi-story warehouse building. The compound's accessibility from the city is poor, but they own the beautiful scenic view of Baiyun Mountain.  Implanted in bridges system running through from the entrance to the roof In consideration of these two multi-storey warehouses, without long history or any spatial distinctives, the architect experiments a bold spatial operation of transplantation of mountain-scape", within the 8.5-meter-wide "canyon" between the long sides of the two buildings, to reshape the post-industrial site.  Floating landscaping bridges. Image © Zhi Xia  Landscaping bridges as outdoor terraces and viewing decks. Image © Chaos. Z The reconversion creates a new state of combination of urban and rural, and this new "urban-rural integration" will serve as an incubator and living home of the new urban young talents.  Outdoor staircase and floating bridge. Image © Zhi Xia 7 solid landscape segments transplanted from Baiyun Mountain link the two buildings into a new community with a total gross floor area of 23,000 square meters and accommodating about 800 young people to work and live in the commune.  Continuous climbing walkway links and runs to the roof-top garden. Image © Chaos. Z By the intervention of the floating landscaping bridges, a continuous climbing walkway links and runs through from the entrance of the compound to the roof-top garden and recreation facilities, offering a real experience of outdoor climbing within the new youth commune.  Continuous climbing walkway links and runs to the roof-top garden. Image © Zhi Xia  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dalvey Road House / Guz Architects Posted: 05 Sep 2018 04:00 PM PDT  © Patrick Bingham-Hall
 © Patrick Bingham-Hall Text description provided by the architects. The owners approached us to design a courtyard home to house their multi-generational family. They would like a house that allowed water and greenery to flow through the house, reminding them of their Peranakan roots. They also asked that the house seeks inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, which they visited once and it left a strong impression on them for its engagement with nature.  © Patrick Bingham-Hall The site is challenging with its triangular shape, sloping terrain and narrow entrance. To create a feeling of openness, instead of having one large box, the massing of the house was pulled apart by intersecting courtyards, gardens and terraces to allow breezes to flow, as well as provide all the rooms with views and access to gardens. The two main wings of the house are connected by lightweight hanging bridges and cantilevered staircase which together allow open, unrestricted circulation on all floor levels.  Section AA'  Section BB' The design is very much in keeping with the spirit of Wright's Fallingwater, whose design seamlessly integrates nature into the home. As Fallingwater emphasizes horizontality through its floating planes, the Water Lily House lays different levels over the sloppy site to stratify the different generations of the family around a central courtyard. Courtyard and roof gardens helps to break down the overall mass of the house as well as inviting greenery into all the rooms.  © Patrick Bingham-Hall For a family that consists of grandparent and three adult children with their respective families, the house has been cautiously split up in various levels and wings to give flexibility for each generation to have privacy yet come together for the more social functions such as dining and entertaining. The grandparents have their own sanctuary on the ground floor; their living room extends out to a courtyard with a pond on one side, and a garden on the other. Retractable glass doors allow the living room to be fully opened up and become a pavilion in a garden. The first storey houses the family's living and dining areas, as well as an elevated garden above the grandparents living area. These spaces are organized around the central courtyard that features a water garden. The bedrooms make up the second storey which houses the owners' adult children and their respective families. The bedrooms are designed to maximize views of the surrounding landscape. Ascending to the attic level there is a secluded apartment which opens onto the landscaped roof terrace overlooking the surrounding greenery and completes a rooftop experience that escapes the hustle and bustle of city life.  © Patrick Bingham-Hall As a tropical home, passive environmental principles are used extensively to provide passive cooling and minimize usage of air-conditioning. Large roof overhangs are introduced to shade the bedroom windows from the tropical sun. Roof gardens are effective in helping to cool the building as well help retaining water at time of heavy rain.  © Patrick Bingham-Hall  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House in Mita / Horibe Associates Posted: 05 Sep 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Yohei Sasakura
 © Yohei Sasakura Text description provided by the architects. Plan for a residence in the southern part of Osaka. The site is located close to nature, with a large wooded area directly in front and many rice fields nearby. The wooded area sits between the site and a main road, meaning it provides not only a natural backdrop, but also a buffer which reduces noise and increases privacy.  © Yohei Sasakura The plan is for a u-shaped design that faces the wooded area. In spring, the reflections of many kinds of trees appear in the water-filled rice fields. In summer, the cool breeze that blows over the green rice plants will flow into the living areas. In fall, the occupants will be able to enjoy the golden rural landscape from the large opening that emerges from the living, dining, and kitchen area.  © Yohei Sasakura  Plan  © Yohei Sasakura The cross-section plan shows how the floor for each room will be raised 45 cm compared to the height of the main living areas so the people working in the fields will not be able to see the occupants relaxing in the living room, dining room, or kitchen.  Section perspective The rooms other than the living areas are arranged so they also face the courtyard, providing an environment that is conducive to communication among family members.  © Yohei Sasakura Thanks to the u-shaped design and the way the floor level of the rooms facing the fields have been set, the plan exudes a garden city vibe that tries to capture the surrounding environment while maintaining privacy. The lovely scenery, changing with the seasons, will provide the backdrop to the occupants' everyday life, adding color to their daily routine.  © Yohei Sasakura  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Forest Dining Club / PLAT ASIA Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:00 PM PDT  © Arch-Exist
 © Arch-Exist Text description provided by the architects. The aim of the dining club is to experience the forest that is next to the site by the shore. The first thing is to deal with the relationship between the building and the nature: by doing this we let the building in contact with the forest from three sides, which then divides the volume into three units with trees planted in between, therefore the building intersects with the forest in a harmonious way and the range of scenery viewing is maximized.  © Arch-Exist The three major units are connected by a circulation block facing the community. Glass curtain walls are applied at the forest-facing facade. Light transmitting concrete is used on the side facing the community, and a layer of timber gratings sits in front of it, which hides the entrance behind and blends the building with its surrounding nature. The two simple-formed pitched roofs are at different heights, and the double-layered eave brings a lightweight feeling to the building.  © Arch-Exist The project has a unique under-eave space, formed by the 2.4m overhanging roof. The space multiplies both aesthetic expression and functional experience; it is not only a transition zone that blurs the boundary between inside and outside, but also an intersected space of the building's interior and its surrounding environment.  © Arch-Exist  © PLAT ASIA  © Arch-Exist The entire floor is paved by grass tatami, nothing can be heard from indoor apart from the sound of falling leaves and breeze in the forest, and it feels relaxing and comfortable to touch the floor with bare foot. From the hearings to the touches, the deliberate and detailed design of this unique experience creates a blank part in the spiritual space.  © Arch-Exist  © Arch-Exist The building is divided into three units according to the level of privacy: the public-opening zone, the irori zone, and the private rooms. The public-opening zone uses washi paper as ceiling finish, which makes it simple and clear. The building's interior is kept minimalist, the timber partitions and concrete walls are free of any decorations. The building itself is intentionally faded out, in order to make people focus on experiencing the nature.  © Arch-Exist The project is an exploration of the spatial aesthetics of contemporary oriental architecture, and is a media for the communication between people and the nature.  © Arch-Exist  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Vila Calando / Chiasmus Partners Posted: 05 Sep 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Namsun Lee
 © Namsun Lee Text description provided by the architects. Yanggu, located in the rugged northeastern countryside of South Korea, has a pristine natural landscape, ironically because its closeness to the front lines of the Korean War discourages urban development. It is regions like these that have been attracting the growing number of Koreans who seek reprieve from the pressures of urban life as their society matures into late capitalism. An architectural model befitting the dreams of those that do return to the countryside would not only mean building less floors, providing proximity to the earth for those escaping from urban high rises, but also architectural answers to more essential ways of life that have long been forgotten due to the industrialization and commercialization of the last century.  © Namsun Lee  Sketch  © Namsun Lee However, one must not mistake moving beyond the limitations of industrialization for regression to pre-industrial times. One may question the freedom afforded by the idea of the 'Living machine' and the 'Living unit', which has created a spatial framework of urban life where the value of the 'product' is calculated from the floor area, the number of rooms, functionality, and efficiency. Vila Calando still avoids weakness, smallness, and deferment in its treatment of nature, facing it instead with honesty. As an urban standard, it is 450sq meter, consisting of 8 rooms and 4 toilets, but it has only two flowing spaces, connected like a Möbius strip.  © Namsun Lee The dining room faces the east and becomes flooded with sunlight at morning; the gallery and leisure space provides a sense of depth and height that is greater than it seems from outside; a bathtub overlooks the backyard with the distant mountain in the foreground; and the bedroom extends into a roof garden that is bordered by the foliage of the surrounding forest. All the walls of Vila Calando are erected vertically, yet the design does not feature any right angles when viewed from above. Each wall is oriented the same way one would orient themselves to face different parts of the natural landscape, similar to the angles one may find in nature.  © Namsun Lee  © Namsun Lee Vila Calando was designed not to satisfy the functions of a family home, but rather to provide an interface between people and nature that is rarely found in cities, through which one may find a sense of freedom and reprieve. I believe such an interface allows people to feel more at ease with the landscape by bridging the difference between the scale of nature and the scale of the human body- in a sense, by allowing the individual to connect to the environment in a space that transcends scale and measurement. Vila Calando consists of concrete slabs of two different heights that cross each other at slanted angles.  © Namsun Lee  Floor Plans and Sections  © Namsun Lee The roof of the lower space provides a platform as if it were the deck of a ship, digging into the high space, floating inward and looking out at the sky. The building divides the site in two, where the front side of the house overlooks the lake, and the back embraces the mountains. A brook flows from the mountain, by the side of the building, and into the lake. Architecture is no longer a machine and unit, but a human extension to nature. This truth must shape the search for alternatives to the urban grid, informing our attempts to harness the human desire for freedom and connection with our environment.  © Namsun Lee  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House by Rafter 2 / Hiroki Tominaga-Atelier Posted: 05 Sep 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Takumi Ota
 © Takumi Ota Text description provided by the architects. This is apartment renovation project which is 83㎡ for parents and two kids. In this project we piled up locally grown cedar solid woods to make kitchen unit and kids loft unit. Around this units kids can go round now, and in the future it can be divided into 2 kids' rooms and living room. As this room is on the 10th floor of the apartment building, we had to lift up 4㎥ rafter woods by EV, so we cut all timbers short to put on EV. And we designed just how to pile up 60x45 rafter woods to make shelf or kids lofts.  © Takumi Ota There are also many C.psifera wood in Saitama, so we line up these woods and tack with wood cement board by nails behind to make walls.  © Takumi Ota Regarding the outer wall and ceiling we use wood cement board to absorb the noise of kids.  © Takumi Ota  Plan  © Takumi Ota In Japanese Forestry, as demand side decide the price of timber, supply-side (Forestry's) can't get enough money now. (Actually the can live by subsidiary aid from the government.) We the Architects are the nearest by demand side and don't need to take large scale distribution. So in order to overcome this situation, we buy the locally grown timber from lumber mill directly, and consider the new design which shows cedar solid wood attractive. This effort to redesign the circulation of timber in Japan is aim of "house by rafter series", and this is the second project.  © Takumi Ota  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Wisner-Pilger Public Schools Addition / BVH Architecture Posted: 05 Sep 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © AJ Brown
 © AJ Brown Text description provided by the architects. On June 24, 2014, EF-4 twin tornadoes ripped through the town of Pilger. The Wisner-Pilger elementary school located in Pilger was destroyed and the district had to respond quickly. Studies were done on the viability of rehabilitation of the 1909 building but the devastation was too great. The middle school and high school are located in Wisner but on different campuses. Studies explored a variety of options and in the end, moving all grade levels PreK-12 to one campus in Wisner was the best solution.  © AJ Brown The design of the project was driven by the unique pedagogy of the school district. A variety of spaces where designed to be tactile, break down long corridors, create connections to the outdoors, allow learning opportunities through the architecture and elevate the learning environment using natural diffused daylighting strategies. Natural materials, custom metal wall panels, trackable and writable surfaces, along with lots of glass are used to evoke a creative and engaging learning environment.  © AJ Brown  First Floor Plan  © AJ Brown Interpretative corridor walls elevate math, geography, and languages into interactive walls that help contextualize classroom activities. The building structure is a glue laminated exposed structure to allow a first-hand investigation of how the building functions while also bringing a warmth and natural material into the learning environment.  © AJ Brown Natural daylighting strategies bring ample light into the classrooms and resource spaces. In-depth design options were analyzed to determine the optimal mix of diffuse skylights, clear windows, and windows veiled with a perforated metal screen. The exterior shell of the building was examined to determine the appropriate amount of wall insulation and window ratios to optimize efficiency while also creating a stimulating environment. Several simulations were run to maximize daylighting while minimizing glare in the classrooms.  © AJ Brown Classroom windows were arranged to support the educational activities. High windows are kept away from the teaching wall to minimize glare on whiteboards. Low windows are situated where reading carpets & nooks are envisioned. Standard height windows are located at appropriate heights to allow views for students at desks. The overall arrangement creates a dynamic facade while serving the educational needs goals at each grade level.  © AJ Brown
 © AJ Brown The movement of windows on the exterior facade gives the building a playful design, however, this building was designed from the interior out. The exterior was designed to fit within the existing context and create a unified campus. However the projects main design intentions were driven by the learning environments. The exterior is a response to the activities designed on the interior space.  © AJ Brown  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  luis.rib. <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRSgZfA26Q/'>Via Instagram</a> The following is text is an open letter from the Institute of Brazilian Architects in response to the devastating fire that tore through Brazil's National Museum on Sunday evening. The fire in Quinta da Boa Vista not only left a an architectural ensemble declared national heritage in ruins but also destroyed millions of artifacts and historical documents belonging to its collection, which were of worldwide relevance and among the most representative of Brazilian history. It is, therefore, an irrevocable loss, which is being lamented by everyone who cares about Brazilian culture and memory, both in Brazil and abroad. The destruction of the National Museum, 200 years following its foundation and 80 years after being landmarked, is a result of the significant decline in investments in culture, education and science in recent years. The problems stemming from the scarcity of resources for the museum's maintenance were widely known and have been the subject, in recent years, of several articles published by the national press. A budget of less than 14,000 BRL a month for the maintenance of equipment is representative of the lack of understanding of its importance for Brazilian history, culture and sciences. It also demonstrates the scarce distribution of resources in the financing of cultural and scientific initiatives, a scenario that tends to worsen with austerity measures that freeze investments in these sectors for the coming decades. Despite 81 years of existence of laws aimed at preserving national cultural heritage, the effective safeguarding of our cultural assets has always been limited by the human and economic resources allocated to these actions. The National Museum, for example, did not have the necessary facilities to prevent and fight fires, which would surely have led to a less traumatic outcome. To denounce the abandonment to which the Brazilian cultural heritage is relegated, the IAB and its partner institutions promoted a "embrace heritage" a little more than two weeks ago, involving hundreds of people in 27 cities in 13 States, from President Figueiredo in the Amazon to Santana do Livramento on the border of Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay. In times of crisis, we must learn. The Historic Center of Quito, the world's first urban site to be added to Unesco's World Heritage List, was hit by a devastating earthquake in March 1987; at the end of the same year, taking advantage of the national outcry provoked by the destruction, Ecuador created the "Fund of Salvation of the Cultural Heritage" which instituted the most successful example of preservation of the urban heritage in Latin America; in the past thirty years it has been used as a reference for guaranteeing the necessary resources for the preservation of the Ecuadorian national memory.at the end of the same year, taking advantage of the national outcry provoked by the destruction, Ecuador created the "Fund of Salvation of the Cultural Heritage" which instituted the most successful example of preservation of the urban heritage in Latin America; in the past thirty years it has been used as a reference for guaranteeing the necessary resources for the preservation of the Ecuadorian national memory. Faced with the loss of the National Museum of Quinta da Boa Vista, the IAB calls on society and institutions concerned with preserving our culture and our memory to demand from the Presidency of the Republic and the National Congress the immediate creation of a permanent fund, managed IPHAN and IBRAM, which guarantees the maintenance of national museums and the preservation of our cultural heritage, regardless of political interests. Likewise, we demand that the presidential candidates and the National Congress commit themselves to the creation and maintenance of this fund. Recently, the IAB and the Brazilian Architecture and Urban Planning Council (CAU / BR) published an "Open Letter from the Architects and Urbanists to the Candidates in the 2018 Elections for the Right to the City", which presented proposals and which is being sent to candidates from all parties from all over Brazil. The proposal to create a permanent fund for the preservation of cultural heritage is detailed in the aforementioned proposals. Via IAB  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Malaga House / Prietoschaffer arquitectos Posted: 05 Sep 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Roland Halbe
 © Roland Halbe PROGRAM NATURE OF CHARGE •Limits of the lot.  1st floor plan •Orientation and light.  © Roland Halbe •The contained space.  © Roland Halbe REFERENSES  © Roland Halbe As in Le Corbusier work, this house is understood “as a machine to inhabit”, in terms of being functional and considering internal space with the disposition of furniture and its objects from the beginning of the design. The house and its interior must act along the measure as a sensor that indicates the relationship between the insides and the outsides. There is no recognizable horizon, just some green that should give the geometry a natural feat, as the enclosed garden in the Petit Maison in Lake Leman.  © Roland Halbe STRATEGY  © Roland Halbe • Architecture redefines the field: • Material and light as a matter of architecture:  © Roland Halbe • Opacity and transparency:  © Roland Halbe  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Greek Pavilion Takes Center Stage at the 2018 London Design Biennale Posted: 05 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Greek Installation. Image © Luke Walker Experimental design practice Studio INI's has designed a kinetic installation to represent this year's Greek Pavilion for the 2018 London Design Biennale. Entitled ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ (Disobedience), the installation responds to the Biennale theme of Emotional States. Selected for the central courtyard exhibit, the design is comprised of a 17 meter-long wall constructed from a steel spring skeleton built up with recycled plastic which flexes, morphs and breathes around the human body.  Greek Installation. Image © Luke Walker  Greek Installation. Image © Luke Walker In its second iteration, the London Design Biennale began September 4 under the theme 'emotional states' and will run until September 23. After the 2016 inaugural launch, the event has expanded to include 40 countries, cities and territories. Taking over Somerset House, including the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court and River Terrace, the event explores ideas ranging from social equality and pollution to migration and cities. ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ allows visitors to transgress through a mechanical boundary, and as they tread, experience the skin of the wall transforming in response. The concept of ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ has been used throughout history to describe the Greek temperament, with explorations of disobedience dating back to Ancient Greece and its internationally influential mythology. Nassia Inglessis, Founder of Studio INI, comments: "We believe that creative disobedience has the ability to break barriers, open borders and reconstruct a space for something better. Our design explores the duality in the nature of disobedience. How can we design to evoke or experience disobedience yet harness its constructive potential?"  Greek Installation. Image © Luke Walker In the spirit of disobedience, the installation changes interactions with the physical environment, challenging a perception of architecture as something static, or emotionally inert. It encourages visitors to imagine a world in which buildings, boundaries and walkways morph and adapt in response to human intent, shedding light on a potential future for cities. The public are invited to participate in a mood of creative disobedience by transitioning from an obedient spectator to a disobedient actor, physically passing through (or 'in between') the wall along an undulating walkway. Emotions such as curiosity, ambivalence, frustration, temptation, excitement and wonder are amplified, as visitors experience the feeling of passing in between a boundary and uniquely impacting its shape. Find out more about the project and the design team on the London Design Biennale website.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hunan Slurp / New Practice Studio Posted: 05 Sep 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Montse Zamorano
 © Montse Zamorano Text description provided by the architects. For an eatery that features authentic street rice noodle from Hunan, we wanted to create a dining space that engages with the bustling neighborhood of East Village. The space is conceived as a place to look into and look out from. A continuous volume is carved out from the storefront into the interior so a direct dialogue is established between the street and the restaurant.  © Montse Zamorano  Floor Plan  © Montse Zamorano A group of communal dining table anchors the center of the restaurant and adds to the continuity of the space. The interplay between the white plastered wall and wood screen creates a bright and warm atmosphere. The rhythmic wood screen with fillet corners reinforces the geometry of the space while resembling the rice noodle featured in this restaurant.  © Montse Zamorano The screen sits in front of existing brick walls were carefully designed backlighting adds another layer of subtlety to the space. Founded by Nianlai Zhong (AIA), New Practice Studio is an interdisciplinary collaboration between architects, interior designers, graphic designers and brand strategists based in New York and Shanghai.  © Montse Zamorano  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Photographs Reveal Studio Gang's Solar Carve Tower as it Nears Completion in New York Posted: 05 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  40 Tenth Avenue. Image © Tectonic Studio Gang 10-story Solar Carve Tower is nearing completion in New York's Meatpacking District. Officially named 40 Tenth Avenue, the scheme responds to the Highline and surrounding site with a dramatic curtain wall and chiseled shape. Sculpted by the angles of the sun, 40 Tenth Avenue explores how shaping architecture in response to solar access and other site-specific criteria can expand its potential to have a positive impact on its environment.  40 Tenth Avenue. Image © Tectonic New photography by Tectonic reveal the latest progress photos from the Solar Carve Tower. The photographs show how the play between the project's curtain wall, light and the Highline. Located at the edge of Manhattan between the High Line park and the Hudson River, the building takes its unique form from the geometric relationships between the allowable envelope and the sun's path. The design sought to preserve maximum access to light and air, with the building's form "carved out" to create a scheme narrower at the bottom than at the top.  40 Tenth Avenue. Image © Tectonic 40 Tenth Avenue topped out on April 12, 2018. The 139,000-square-foot scheme will contain more than 40,000 square feet of retail space fronting onto 10th Avenue. The scheme also includes over 20,000 square feet of outdoor space, including a 10,000 square foot shared roof deck and 8,000 square foot second-floor balcony adjacent to The High Line. 40 Tenth Avenue is being co-developed by Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb Real Estate. The project is scheduled for completion in March 2019.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Sam Frost
 © Sam Frost Text description provided by the architects. Folly is a peculiar prototype built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to its surroundings through an architectural medium. Upon arrival, Folly sets the tone to disconnect from the norm, the expected, and provokes you to connect with the surroundings. I perceived it as a design paradigm, a small space with a big experience, modern and innovative while grounded within its environment. Surrounded by Joshua Tree National Park stands two cabins with siding weathered naturally to a tawny finish. Within these simple gabled forms lies a complex network that enables them to operate entirely off the grid.  Ground Level Plan Alqadi salvaged the building's slab while raising the original roofline to accommodate a living/dining area and kitchen, a sleeping loft, and a bathroom and wet room. The pitched roof does more than increase livable space; it enables hot air to vent through solar-powered skylights.  © Sam Frost At night, the main attraction is the stargazing suite is an open-air portal perched atop the smaller cabin, where visitors can watch movies or gaze at the stars, warmed by a bio-ethanol fireplace and a heated bed.  © Sam Frost A stargazing bedroom with no ceiling, showers with exposed and expansive views and an energy producing solar tree is the exploitation of nature through a respectful approach. Utilizing today's Technology allows the guests to monitor energy consumption and solar production, controlled secured entry, lighting settings, solar powered skylights and set cooling and heating temperatures to the space.  Second Level Plan This interactivity, establishes a reference to what off-grid living is like through automated creature comforts that 'break the ice' to an off-grid lifestyle without compromising the surrounding environment or guest expectations.  © Sam Frost Their creator, architectural designer Malek Alqadi, has been fascinated with sustainable living since his days as an undergraduate architecture student. Later, while working on high-end homes in Los Angeles, the idea of an "off-grid architectural experiment" grew.  © Sam Frost Malek's concept for a green getaway took shape when he and Hillary Flur, his childhood best friend from Florida, visited Joshua Tree, near the 800,000-acre Joshua Tree National Park, they bought a gutted, a run-down homestead built in 1954.  © Sam Frost Folly is expanding into Folly Farm In New York and Folly Mojave in Southern California. Both off-grid destinations will allow for  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 13 Instagram Accounts That Showcase the Diversity of Facades Around the World Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Instagram user @serjios (Serge Najjar). ImageZaha Hadid in Beirut In recent years, social media (especially Instagram) has become an extremely important tool in the field of architecture. Instagram has become the go-to visual platform for showcasing a wide variety of architectural typologies and styles, city views, and stunning edifices that often go unnoticed. While these buildings may seem ordinary to the everyday passerby, they become objects of art for not only architects but those who stop to take notice of their design. Below we have selected 13 Instagram accounts dedicated to highlighting facades and walls from around the world, showcasing the diversity of our cities. @facadesmood@ihaveathingwithfacades@serjios@cimkedi@tehranfacades@nlstevenfacades@barcelonafacades@moscowfacades@straightfacades@helsinkifacades@facade_architecture@fachadafrontal@franciscainfantel This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| L10 / Pereira Miguel Arquitectos Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Text description provided by the architects. Single-family house, composed of two separate rectangular volumes, parallel to each other and to the access road to the West. Arranged along the north-south axis, they adapt to the topography of the existing terrain creating a large platform over the rice fields to the east.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Ground Floor Plan  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The first wooden building occupies a gross building area of 145m2, parallel to the street, next to the entrance, allowing the level access of level minimum slopes and no land movement.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG The second volume, in concrete, appears at a lower level, adapting to the natural topography, relating directly to the existing land and serving as support for the large deck on top.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Protecting the house from the street there is a small dune with autochthonous vegetation, letting the sun go through to the living room but avoiding the direct stares of passers-by.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dame Zaha Hadid's Private Miami Residence Sold by Sotheby's Posted: 05 Sep 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Angelica 728. Image © Jehovy with Zignavisual Dame Zaha Hadid forever shaped the field of architecture and design. As an architect who ventured where few would dare, she left an indelible mark on practice. Now, Sotheby's has reportedly sold her Miami residence at W South Beach. The Pritzker-Prize winning architect's private retreat is 3 bedroom, 4 bath unit that opens out to the Atlantic Ocean. Personally designed by the late Zaha herself, the residence gives a glimpse into the life of one of history's greatest architects.  Angelica 728. Image © Jehovy with Zignavisual Located at 2201 Collins Ave 728/26, the Sotheby's listing describes Zaha's futuristic and elegant residence.
 Angelica 728. Image © Jehovy with Zignavisual The residence was sold for $5.75 million by Angelica Garcia & Ivan Chorney of ONE Sotheby's International Realty's Sports and Entertainment Division. David Pulley of Douglas Elliman's Sports & Entertainment Division represented the buyer. Zaha lived in the unit while she was designing One Thousand Museum – her first and final residential project in the Western Hemisphere. Find out more about Zaha's residence through the Sotheby's listing.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| You are subscribed to email updates from ArchDaily. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
Nema komentara:
Objavi komentar