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- Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam Explores "Building Happiness" in Historic and Contemporary Design
- This Moss-Covered, Octagonal Micro-Cabin Combines Luxury and Rustic Aesthetic
- Orange Architects + KCAP Create a Golden City Block for St. Petersburg in Russia
- Issa Megaron / PROARH
- D3 House / Pitsou Kedem Architects
- Reading Room - Atlibrary / Sher Maker
- Nha Nhim Homestay / A+ Architects
- Maya Somaiya Library, Sharda School / Sameep Padora & Associates
- AD Classics: Dutch Parliament Extension / OMA
- Infinite Living / Crossboundaries
- DP9131 House / skimA
- Folk Culture Center / Lacime Architects
- Salt and Pepper House / Kube Architecture
- CABB Auditorium / GRHOUND OFFICE
- Zaha Hadid's Project in Rio Canceled
- Flo & Jet / SHoP Architects
- MIT Team Working with Neri Oxman Design "Fiberbots" to Respond Quickly to Natural Disaster
- PH Freire / Ignacio Szulman arquitecto
- Biohm's "Vegan Insulation" System offers a Future for Green Construction
- The Peak / Grimshaw
| Posted: 11 Oct 2018 10:00 PM PDT  In recent years, architecture film festivals have erupted around the globe providing critics, theorists, and all architectural thinkers with an additional median for architectural expression and discussion. The symbiotic relationship between architecture and film stems from architecture's effect on its built environment and its determined social/cultural impact. As the international audience grows and new genres emerge, architecture film festivals have come to encompass more than just the film's initial viewing; programs, lectures, and discussions are organized, enhancing the intellectual impact of the viewing material. Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) is celebrating its tenth edition this October by exploring the concept of "building happiness" in an age when we seek to build a more sustainable world - a challenge for both historic and contemporary design. 1. Mole ManFrom the creator: "Mole Man tells the touching story of Ron Heist, a 66-year-old man with Autism, who has been working on an elaborate building in his parents' backyard since 1965. Built without cement or nails, the building has fifty rooms by now. The structure can bear its own weight due to the careful way it has been stacked. Although his continual building process keeps him happy and satisfied, his family and friends are beginning to worry about Ron. Where will he end up when his 90-year-old mother passes away?" 2. Do More with LessFrom the creator: "A film that touches the foundations of architecture: how to be inspired by the limited resources and limited use of materials to create interesting architectural feats. Many young architects in Latin America are forced by necessity to work in such circumstances but see it less as a limitation than a challenge. Do More With Less offers a view of optimistic and inspiring architecture Inspiration to get straight to work!" 3. Frey: The Architectural EnvoyFrom the creator: "He was one of the architects that shaped the optimistic, modernist style in Palm Springs in the 1950s and '60. Born in Switzerland, Albert Frey worked on the Villa Savoye with Le Corbusier, but his passion for new materials and daring structures did not come to full fruition until he came to America. His streamlined aesthetic appealed to lots of Hollywood stars who wanted to build a house in Palm Springs. The film is the first half of a two-part portrait of Albert Frey. The second half is expected in the spring of 2019." 4. Jean Nouvel: ReflectionsFrom the creator: "Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel is at the height of an already legendary career. At age 70, he circles the globe, tending to such monumental projects as The Louvre Abu Dhabi, The National Museum of Qatar and The National Museum of China. Among the most innovative, thought-provoking and rebellious architects of his generation, Nouvel reflects on his work, as well as his design philosophy." 5. Kevin Roche: The Quiet ArchitectFrom the creator: He worked with Maxwell Fry and Eero Saarinen, he won the Pritzker Prize, and his immense oeuvre reflects that past 70 years of American history. Sculptural, iconic, with a powerful flair for drama, and always – in line with his Irish roots – in close communication with nature. This feature documentary film about 96-year-old Kevin Roche offers an intriguing overview of an exceptional architect's oeuvre, focusing on the versatile nature of an era when America was still optimistic. 6. Planeta PetrilaFrom the creator: "The coal mine in the Romanian town of Petrila is more than a mine. To the city's inhabitants, it is their life, their source of income, and the pivotal point of the community. But the mine is closing down, and European regulations dictate total demolition. Former mineworker and artist Ion Barbu decides to make every effort to prevent the mine's destruction. He uses his art to keep the spirit of the mine alive, resulting in absurd imagery. 'Europe is just a continent. Petrila is a world.'" 7.Portrait of a GalleryFrom the creator: "The National Gallery in Dublin is the most important museum in Ireland. Like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the National Gallery was recently renovated. Cameras followed the renovations for three years. As is apparently common practice in such matters, the renovations encountered delays and turned out to be far more expensive than estimated and projected. How does a country handle its national cultural heritage? Film for people who love The New National Gallery." News via Architectural Film Festival Rotterdam  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This Moss-Covered, Octagonal Micro-Cabin Combines Luxury and Rustic Aesthetic Posted: 11 Oct 2018 09:00 PM PDT lumadeline.jpg?1539283261 "© Madeline Lu") © Madeline Lu Jacob Witzling may lack formal architectural training, but his passion for nature and cabin architecture has provided him with all the tools needed to both design and construct idyllic living spaces. Witzling's cabins can be found throughout the United States; these structures are often sequestered to the woods, providing a remote escape from urban centers and suburban sprawl. Witzling's interest in cabins began at the age of 16. His father, an architect and engineer, provided him with a preliminary exposure to the world of designing and building. "I needed to exist in the woods, and even though I had never built anything other than a blanket fort, I knew that my passion to create would be sufficient," says Witzling. "I remember pouring over the pages of my dad's favorite book, 'Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art.' I would gaze at the pictures from inside my blanket fort and daydream about building one of my own." _Chrispoops.jpg?1539283250 "© Chris Poplawski") © Chris Poplawski The structures themselves vary greatly in terms of their construction, size, and amenities. One example, in particular, is Witzling's octagonal cabin, which embodies an overall feeling of architectural maturity. Built from a collection of salvaged lumber and furniture elements, the Octagonal micro-living space includes an open area equipped with comfortable seating, a stove, and a sleeping space. _Zillow.jpg?1539283272 "via Zillow") via Zillow The structure is entered through a pair of large doors, creating an opening the size of two of the structure's eight sides. This allows for a fluid movement between the interior and exterior, engaging both spaces as a single entity. _Allen_Meyer.jpg?1539283238 "© Allen Meyer") © Allen Meyer Other elements of the design that enhance the close relationship between the structure and its natural environment include its many windows and integrated vegetation. Above the main gathering space is a lofted sleeping area surrounded by triangular windows that allow natural light to illuminate the interior. On the exterior, the cabin's roof is covered with a local moss, harvested and replanted by Witzling during the cabin's construction.  © settle.in.the.forest News via Dwell / Jacob Witzling  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Orange Architects + KCAP Create a Golden City Block for St. Petersburg in Russia Posted: 11 Oct 2018 08:30 PM PDT  Golden City. Image Courtesy of KCAP and Orange Architects Orange Architects + KCAP have created a Golden City Block for St. Petersburg, Russia. Bordering the Finnish Gulf, the new urban development is part of Vasilievsky Island. Three of Orange and KCAP's projects in the development are already underway, including the towers of block 6, as well as construction for block 7 and block 8. Inspired by the morphology and structure of St. Petersburg's city center, the design utilizes urban blocks with enclosed gardens and courtyards.  Golden City. Image Courtesy of KCAP and Orange Architects  Golden City. Image Courtesy of KCAP and Orange Architects Block 7 consists of one 6-storey perimeter block with three 17-storey towers on top and includes two courtyards: one enclosed and one open. The building has one underground level, while on the first floor there is commercial program and five residential floors are located above. Monumental arches are connect the courtyards with the streetscape. One of the highlights of Block 7 is the open courtyard facing South.  Golden City. Image Courtesy of KCAP and Orange Architects  Golden City. Image Courtesy of KCAP and Orange Architects As the centerpiece of the plan, golden tower spires spring up from the facades below through a refined transition from square to triangular framework. The spires are finished in a golden color, and grow as Fabergé-like patterns to give the blocks their expressive, recognizable, and iconic character. The open space theme for block 7 was created in the St. Petersburg tradition, including courtyards and green streetscapes. The "luxury" and slight formality of the open spaces is inspired by the palace gardens. This classic urban setup offers shelter and protection from the wind coming from the sea and generates a variety of public spaces and different environments. The 15 hectares site will become a new part of the city and the face of St. Petersburg when entering from the sea.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Oct 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Damir Fabijanić
.jpg?1539275069 "© Damir Fabijanić") © Damir Fabijanić Text description provided by the architects. The Issa Megaron project is dealing with questions regarding the context of the site boundary, envisioned on the plot that is read as a "void", a blank space-with deception that context is non -existent. Given that the "genius loci" is not only the plot an island of Vis but actually the Mediterranean, we conceive the house by the system of the Socrates Megaron ( as the first passive house), reinterpreting the ancient traditional stone drywalls and creating a new rural man-made topography. .jpg?1539274932 "© Damir Fabijanić") © Damir Fabijanić  Ground Floor Plan .jpg?1539275130 "© Damir Fabijanić") © Damir Fabijanić The assignment was to design a house for a temporary family retreat on a site without infrastructure, at the same time completely satisfying the needs of the user. The complete lack of infrastructure and general inaccessibility imply that self-sustainability is prerogative, and the only solution for the completion of the project, that encompasses the plausibility of the project, minimal costs, satisfaction of all user needs, local government and urban plans as well as the architectural expression. The house is designed with natural cooling and ventilation systems, rainwater exploitation, solar panels, and other elaborate ways of exploiting natural resources, enabling the facility to function as a place for life. .jpg?1539275021 "© Damir Fabijanić") © Damir Fabijanić  Section .jpg?1539274155 "© Miljenko Bernfest") © Miljenko Bernfest The house is envisioned as a dug in volume, a residential pocket between the stretches of space forming walls, an artificial grotto, a memory of a primitive shelter. It consists of two levels - sleeping quarters/lounge on the first floor and downstairs open space dining/kitchen/lounge area opened to the covered and uncovered terraces and pool deck. All the bearing elements are made of reinforced concrete. Stone from the site was used for the cladding of the facade. The design that emerges from such conditions is subtle, creates a symbiosis with the new/old stonewall topography. The newly built structure is man-made but unobtrusive in intent, material, and ultimate appearance. .jpg?1539274962 "© Damir Fabijanić") © Damir Fabijanić  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| D3 House / Pitsou Kedem Architects Posted: 11 Oct 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Amit Geron
 © Amit Geron Text description provided by the architects. A private family home located in an urban environment. The façade of the house is in fact a kind of sealed "box" composed of two large volumes. One horizontal façade is made up of a white aluminum skin with a repetitive graphic pattern in which, here and there, in a seemingly random way, cut-out openings allow a glimpse into the house during the day and the filtering out of artificial light at night. The upper volume is constructed of exposed architectural concrete to create a tension against the lower volume. Designed to create a sense of flight, the upper volume is positioned on a diagonal and emphasizes the contrast between it and the perforated white aluminum façade. The envelope facing the street forms a minimalistic and polished object that accentuates the monastic and condensed language chosen by the designer. The street-facing façade stands out because of its restraint, successfully fulfilling its purpose of creating a precise and sleek appearance.  © Amit Geron The perforation in the white aluminum envelope allows light and shadow to play through, creating in an otherwise calm space a lyrical and harmonious poetry that seemingly dances across the walls of the building and breathes life into the silent walls. The pattern of semi-triangles, and their seemingly random spacing, appear to epitomize the rhythm of the movement of light. The designer made further use of this pattern, seen sometimes at two-dimensional angles almost like a graphic logo, on the unique stone wall in the entrance which serves as a divider between the entrance hall and the kitchen. This massive wall, in its entirety, is crafted in an artistic mix of iron and natural stone and carries the design theme through from the exterior into the house.  © Amit Geron The other facades are built of huge fenestrations that allow the whole garden to penetrate into the house's spaces. The transparency of the ground floor strengthens the tension between it and the sloped mass of concrete on the second floor. A large patio at the center of the house forms an interesting meeting point between the internal spaces and the exterior, providing an interlude between being inside the house and the courtyard.  © Amit Geron The formal polishing, the precision in the detail and in the meeting of materials, the meticulously yet cautiously phrased monastic language all give us, for a moment, a sense that we are looking at a flat and nearly two-dimensional picturesque stage. The diverse and continuing planes of the white tones and the combination of the geometrical performance of the light against the horizontal and vertical surfaces, give the tranquil picture a sense of space and depth.  © Amit Geron Against this background, a richer and more varied language was employed in selecting the furnishings. This is particularly evident in a central piece in the dining space for which a decorative bookcase of brass and onyx stone was envisaged by the firm's Object brand, according to architect Irene Goldberg's design. The surrounding garden also makes use of a wider palette of color to create interest and a contrast between architecture and nature.  © Amit Geron  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Reading Room - Atlibrary / Sher Maker Posted: 11 Oct 2018 06:00 PM PDT  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu
 © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu Text description provided by the architects. The project start with try to put the reading program in local community area between group of commercial building for business and investment purposes. With the simply idea to built a building under budget constrains.  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu With that condition we use local builder team to make a simple steel structure cladding with translucent wall and roof mix with wooden swing window to give a mix atmosphere of natural material and industrial material together.  Plan / Reading room The interior is designed as a compact. The mezzanine designed for more useful space and build a small partition for private group meeting room , we make public library that merge working area with area for rest and relaxation together. Make attractive space with a colorful, playful floor, various plants, and simple decoration.  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nha Nhim Homestay / A+ Architects Posted: 11 Oct 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Quang Tran
 © Quang Tran Text description provided by the architects. The site challenged the architects with its narrow and prolonging parameters, where the length significantly overshadowed the 8-meter width. It was located on a slope of a mountainous area with deserted scenery from the surrounding neighborhood. Regarding the tricky shaped site, the specific solution for a beautiful homestay for travelers was to create viewports from and within the premises.  © Quang Tran  © Quang Tran Thereby the design team came up with the solution that lifting all the house and cabins from the ground in order to form an open space for the homestay activities. The units were also arranged in order to encourage the connection and communication between different cabins and in-between spaces as the hindrance against the cold winds of Dalat. The turning point of this project came after the initial design when we started a study on the local material.  © Quang Tran During the field trips to Dalat, we had to drive around to listen to local stories and what the local resource offered us. We found so much potential in waste materials from the area. Therefore we decided to collect and upcycle them. For instance, waste materials from local textile factories were classified and recycled into different parts. External wood cells were reused in ceiling modules and fences were made of tree branches.  Ground Floor Plan  © Quang Tran  Upper Floor Plan There were also test concrete blocks being thrown away. No longer garbage. We recreated a new purpose for them when they were carefully aligned to recreate the iconic talus slope of Da Lat. In the end, this project was a story of giving so-called "garbages" a second chance and an architect's adventure of creating something meaningful from trash.  © Quang Tran  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Maya Somaiya Library, Sharda School / Sameep Padora & Associates Posted: 11 Oct 2018 04:00 PM PDT  © Edmund Sumner
 © Edmund Sumner Text description provided by the architects. The site chosen for this small addition of a children's library within a school in rural Maharashtra, was a sliver between existing buildings and the school boundary, a site that almost implied a linear building footprint to adjust the program for the chosen site. Alluding to the impetus that children have towards landscape over a building we imagined the library building to be a formal extension of the ground plane. A place inside for study and a place above for play. With the limited teaching resources available in the larger vicinity we needed the inspiring spatial experience to be a magnet to attract students and hopefully other residents from the nearby settlements after school hours.
On our first visit to the site it was interesting to see Geodesic structures built by an engineer for a few of the school buildings, we were somewhat encouraged by this to pursue a project that followed from a construction intelligence. We hence parsed through several possible material configurations ranging from concrete shells to brick vaults for building this 'architectural landscape'. At this point we were captivated by the material efficiencies of the Catalan tile vault from the 16th century, it's use by Gustavino in the early 19th century and finally the incredible details from the work of Eladio Dieste from the mid-twentieth century. While working with the specific site condition we used Rhino Vault developed by the Block Research Group at the ETH to articulate a pure compression form for the project.  © Edmund Sumner The library lies at the intersection of a student's daily routine it became a pavilion accessed from multiple sides with students potentially engaging with books while traversing through the library or over it.  Concept Diagram -Load Transfers The library interior has varied spatial & seating systems, a floor stool system towards the edges for a more intimate study area and towards the centre, tables and stools for collaborative study. The self-structured window bays are striated profiles for increased stability with economical window section sizes.  © Edmund Sumner The construction technology for the project also makes a case to reexamine the age-old binaries of the global and local as being in opposition. The regional or the local within the South Asian paradigm typically manifests within strict formal constraints of the style in memory. This is often at the expense of material efficiencies.   Construction Details  © Edmund Sumner Our effort to search for a material and construction efficiency in brick tile looked to leverage the networks of knowledge that our practices are situated in, allowing us to enrich the regional or local through the extended capacities of the global.  Section In using principles ranging from the Catalan Tile Vaulting sytem to the compression ring detail from the work of Eladio Dieste in Uruguay, to using a form finding software plug -in made in Switzerland the library is a resultant of not only lessons learnt from various geographic locations but also various lessons through time/history.
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| AD Classics: Dutch Parliament Extension / OMA Posted: 11 Oct 2018 03:00 PM PDT  via OMA This article was originally published on April 22, 2016. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.  Model. Image via OMA The complex that houses the Dutch Parliament, known as the Binnenhof, is situated in the heart of The Hague – The Netherland's governmental capital. The oldest structures in the Binnenhof were built in the 13th century, with several additions made as the complex adapted to serve a variety of programs – from a royal palace to the headquarters of the fledgling Dutch Republic. The center of the complex was dominated by the Ridderzaal (or Hall of Knights), a Gothic structure that received a Romantic restoration in the 19th century. By then, the Binnenhof had finally settled into its current role as the meeting place of the Dutch Parliament, and had become an agglomeration of buildings representing six hundred years of shifting architectural styles.[1] When a competition for a new extension of the Binnenhof was announced in 1978, there was more at stake than the creation of new office space. The competition brief called for a deeper reinterpretation of the complex, one which would physically—and symbolically—separate the gathering spaces of the Parliament from the office spaces of the government proper.[2] The new Parliament buildings were to stand on a roughly triangular site just beyond the rectangle formed by the original medieval fortress.[3]  Het Binnenhof, Den Haag (Nederland). Image Courtesy of Flickr user Abdulsalam Haykal OMA's proposal consisted of three main elements, the products of three different designers: Zaha Hadid, Elias Zenghelis, and Rem Koolhaas. Hadid proposed a long, tall, and narrow rectangular office block, parallel to a lower, wider block designed by Zenghelis. The two orthogonal elements stood in contrast to Koolhaas' contribution, an extrusion of an irregular plan sitting atop pilotis. Though connected by bridges, the three structures were otherwise spatially independent of one another.[4] The main point of incorporating public access in the proposed addition was in the horizontal block designed by Zenghelis. Facing directly onto an open plaza, this structure—built of glass bricks—was to be the main forum for political activity; accordingly, it would house a number of meeting rooms of various sizes for varying purposes. Toward the northern end of the block was an elliptical tower whose ovoid rooms were connected by a spiraling ramp. The tower's mezzanine would serve as a space for the press – those who would serve as representatives for the Dutch public.[5] Going beyond the specified distinction between government and Parliament, this added layer of separation between government and the public increased the number of factions to be represented in the Binnenhof to three.  Courtesy of A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co., Ltd. Running parallel to Zenghelis' public forum was the tall, narrow volume of Hadid's Parliament block. Whereas the lower structure was to be open to the public, its loftier neighbor was reserved for the business of politicians.[6] The upper levels of the building provided space for political parties to gather and discuss their positions, while the lower levels were to accommodate the professional managers of parliamentary procedure. The two groups could then move toward the center of the building, where an ambulatory led them into the assembly room itself.[7] Office space for the members of Parliament and their staff were to remain in the existing structures in the complex, where proposed arcades would lead from three courtyards to the assembly hall.[8] The assembly room was not fully contained within either Zenghelis' or Hadid's building elements. Instead, it rose straight up from the roof of the public block, then bent to a horizontal thrust that pierced through the Parliament block. This connectivity carried clear symbolic intention: in essence, the assembly room was intended as a bridge between the amateur and the professional, the civilian and the government. The overhang of the assembly also served as a new gateway to the interior of the Binnenhof, framing a view of the Ridderzaal within.[9]  "The Podium: Accommodation for Orgies of Speech". Image Courtesy of A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co., Ltd. Almost entirely detached from the other two additions, Koolhaas' contribution literally towered over both. Its form was an extrusion of an irregular polygonal plan.[10] Though seven stories tall, the tower only contained five habitable levels which sat upon a number of two-story high pilotis.[11] It was from beneath this tower, between the small forest of pilotis, that the long, trussed ramp led from the Parliamentary offices to the assembly hall itself.[12]  via OMA The end result of the collaboration between Hadid, Zenghelis, and Koolhaas did more than simply address the programmatic and symbolic directives laid out in the brief. The trio of late 20th century buildings, while visually quite distinct from their older neighbors, were by no means out of place. In fact, their stark modernity was meant to respect what OMA deemed the "slow-motion process of transformation" that had led to the Binnenhof's eclectic representation of Dutch architectural epochs.[13] Though it was ultimately never realised, OMA's proposal remains a fascinating glimpse of what could have been, and raises the question of how the Binnenhof will continue to transform in the future.  via OMA References [1] "Dutch Parliament Extension." OMA. Accessed April 18, 2016. [access]
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| Infinite Living / Crossboundaries Posted: 11 Oct 2018 02:00 PM PDT  © Mini Liu
 © Mini Liu Text description provided by the architects. Modern China is a place of continuously shifting socioeconomics. By 2020, more than 60% of the population will reside in urban areas – a dramatic increase from the 26% of 1990. This massive urbanization and densification puts tremendous pressure on both cities and citizens to adapt quickly. Soon the majority of people in China will live in mid- or high-rise residential towers, whose standardized layouts will become increasingly unaccommodating for the new nuclear family unit, digital nomad, or co-living / co-working community.  Solving the urban high-density population living needs with personalized modules Emerging technologies, too, continue to change the way we live, work, and move. The rise of the internet of things has decentralized commerce, business, education, and entertainment. However, the building sector remains largely stagnant. Smart home technology has yet been limited to the appliance industry; voice-controlled household electronics add convenience to an otherwise unchanged lifestyle and architecture. How might technology respond to individual needs across living spaces? How could it unlock new, healthier, more efficient spaces, and affect a similarly ideal urban fabric? Crossboundaries imagines a more responsive, changeable home – one that taps into future technologies to allow the residents to infinitely shape their space. Infinite Living is a full-scale housing prototype – an experimental, adaptive living environment and the culmination of a years-long collaboration with HOUSE VISION, the Pan-Asian platform of multidisciplinary research and development initiated and curated by designer KENYA HARA in Japan since 2013. Sponsored by TCL, Infinite Living uses the television as a window to explore new interactions in virtuality.'  © Mini Liu
 © Hao Dong As a visual portal, television can transcend the monitor, create infinitely many spaces within and beyond itself, respond to everyday needs, and break through the increasingly blurred line between the virtual and the actual. Like a kaleidoscope, the pavilion envisions the television not as a singular gathering point, but as something that can put the human at the center of the home. Each television can become an interface, expanding all the functions of the modern mobile device and integrating them with the spatial dimension of everyday life.
The flexible architecture of Infinite Living contrasts the once-rigid dividing lines of the contemporary house, identifying key activities of the family (sleeping, cooking and eating, grooming, working and learning, relaxing, exercising, celebrating) and concentrating them into zones: recharge, refill, refresh, update, standby, energize and entertain. Interior partitions slide to modulate the house's volume and merge its activities with infinitely many combinations. The pavilion extrapolates the planar nature of the televisions and imagines a future in which every surface of the house, horizontal and vertical, can be customized - both digitally along its surface and spatially within the house's volume.  © Mini Liu With an open plan layout, one can imagine each use happening anywhere – with activity zones shifting, expanding, contacting, and disappearing when desired. A system of smart floor, ceiling, and wall elements can create a diverse range of activity scenarios and combinations of various atmospheres and privacy levels. Activated, actuated panels could slide, rotate, and retract to create pockets of space or open up the entire volume. Telescopic or hydraulic in nature – they could be embedded and installed into an existing apartment that has been cleared of all non-loadbearing walls, and allow one to adjust the space in harmony with needs throughout a day, a month, or a lifetime.  Axon Completely restructured thinking regarding building elements and integrated utilities are on the horizon with advances in nanotechnology and materials engineering. What was once a system of hydraulic panels could soon become a smart layer of nanomaterial whose form and feel can be endlessly manipulated. Crossboundaries imagines a future in which all functions of the home can be embedded in this smart layer and customized by the user. With preferences stored as data presets, the user could then travel another city and stay in another accommodation equipped with the smart system, load them up instantly, and effectively bringing their home with them.  © Mini Liu New technologies are disrupting traditional business models and in turn, many building typologies are becoming obsolete. A plug-in living system enables poorly filled office buildings and other misused urban spaces to become fully livable, comfortable homes. Further, with the increased flexibility in one's own apartment comes more efficiency and greater comfort even in a reduced amount of area. Already, the developing appreciation of shared working, cooking, and social spaces is indicative of a larger shift in mindset across the urban sphere. Architecture can tap into this rise of the sharing economy, and employ emerging technologies to free itself of obsolescence – continually adapting spaces for uses new and old.  © Mini Liu
 Courtesy of CROSSBOUNDARIES In 2015, Crossboundaries and several other leading Chinese architects were invited to pursue research topics and develop concepts focused on the future of domesticity – using the home as an intersection between industries – and present them in ACROSS CHINESE CITIES – CHINA HOUSE VISION at La Biennale di Venezia 2016. In 2018, ten design studios partnered with ten industry-leading companies to construct pavilions, testing their ideas at 1:1 scale. Each studio and its respective sponsor combined creative thinking and technological innovation to address issues in modern Chinese living environments, and discover new possibilities for ideal future lifestyles.  © Mini Liu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Oct 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Hyosook Chin
.jpg?1539215847 "© Hyosook Chin") © Hyosook Chin Text description provided by the architects. DP9131 house is built within the brand new a housing lot where the whole area was empty in the design period. There is neither context nor place-ness to consider. These days in Korea, two-housing units in one building (generally called 'peanut-house') is famous as one is for owner and the other is for rent to manage the cost of construction. As these houses generally tend to juxtapose two houses for independency and privacy, it likely weakens the integrity of building in architectural point of view. For DP9131 house, we aimed to provoke the integrity of form by systemizing the organization of internal and external spaces in the house rather than simply splitting into two masses. DP9131 house is started from 9x9 grid system where 9 division into 1 building, 3 housing units into 1 house transformed by the spatial requirements. By three-dimensional engagement of spaces, it tried achieving the clarity and integrity of form. .jpg?1539216218 "© Hyosook Chin") © Hyosook Chin  Diagram 02 .jpg?1539216380 "© Hyosook Chin") © Hyosook Chin  Diagram 03 For the client who has lived in the apartment housing, we would like to maximize the potentials of the detached house like facing all four directions, having a sky, and a flexible ceiling height. In comparison with the compact and most efficient plan layout in apartment, we provide a circulation with a sequence of various ways facing outside. DP9131, for maximizing south-facing and greenery on the backside, '┒', '┖' shape units are interlocked as each unit faces all four directions by windows, skylight, terrace, stairwell to attic and finally to the roof garden. By this way, the house gains three-dimensional space flow with various interface with external environment. .jpg?1539215949 "© Hyosook Chin") © Hyosook Chin DP9131 house is positioned in black with its luxurious weight and robustness for the completeness and simplicity contrary to surroundings where would be filled with a diverse colors and materials. External finishing material is a polished basalt brick as a single exterior material. The basalt brick is not actually brick but a natural stone with a porous texture and it is polished to ensure color and gloss close to black. The basalt is cut and use like a brick to have a horizontal texture through joints. .jpg?1539216140 "© Hyosook Chin") © Hyosook Chin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Folk Culture Center / Lacime Architects Posted: 11 Oct 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Qianxi Zhang
 © Qianxi Zhang Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in the planned 12 sq. Km——Jiashan High Speed Rail New Town. As the origin location of water street core, the importance is self-evident.  © Qianxi Zhang The new Water Street rivals the old streets of Xitang. The images of the entire new area are the traditional Chinese-style, Jiangnan ancient architecture. A folk culture center，as iconic architecture, was built using modern construction methods and structural nodes to interpret the spiritual core of the traditional Jiangnan Water Village, so that both the shape and spirit can be achieved. .jpg?1538738211 "Analysis") Analysis The architecture preserved the space layout of Huizhou architecture of four sides water belonging to the hall, taking water as the pulse, taking street as the outline, taking courtyard as the principle. Through the blocks with dislocation, the roof of the building and the landscape of plants, it creates "Garden" - "Wall" - "Gallery" - "Hall" in the form of space, which integrates an image of "a house in the garden and a house in the house" and expresses a euphemistic poetry with simple and natural attitude.  © Qianxi Zhang  Ground Floor  © Qianxi Zhang At the entrance hall, walls and buildings form a water courtyard and trees are dotted among them. Walk on the hydrophilic stone steps, which seems to float above the water surface. The softness of the water collides with the rigid lines of the architecture. It is totally natural and unique,, which makes the architecture feel quiet and refined.  © Qianxi Zhang  © Qianxi Zhang The entrance hall enters the corridor of the inner courtyard, and a wide mirror pool is full of the field of vision. The reflection of the colonnade is so deep that it is like a pavilion standing in the water. The interpenetration of the wall and the transparency of the glass curtain wall blur the boundaries between the interior and exterior, effectively integrating the architectural landscape with the interior.  © Qianxi Zhang Light rains and light and shadow dance, sitting under the pro - level platform below the corridor to enjoy the misty rain ,a kind of indescribable comfort and joyful leap in the heart.  © Qianxi Zhang The main body of the architecture is steel structure， whose materials are metal curtain wall, glass curtain wall and stone.  © Qianxi Zhang The using of the wood - like aluminum alloy is the bright spot of this case. The delicate textured texture contrasts sharply with the rough cave stone walls, giving people an unpretentious and calm temperament.  © Qianxi Zhang Exquisite metal lattices and louvered grids are used to interpret the windows of traditional buildings, setting people's memories of traditional culture.  © Qianxi Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Salt and Pepper House / Kube Architecture Posted: 11 Oct 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Greg Powers
 © Greg Powers Text description provided by the architects. The Owners, a couple in their mid-70's, purchased this home to start their lives together. They got engaged after they bought the house, and got married in the house while it was under construction. They love to cook and collect art, so the palette of white walls and black steel is both a metaphor for salt and pepper, as well as a setting for framing their artwork. Pops of color highlight the colors in their art collection.  © Greg Powers The house is organized around a central core containing service spaces, which creates a seamless flow along the perimeter, with major spaces facing front and back. The existing house was stripped down to its basic elements: brick walls, structural framing members, and outdoor space. The rear second floor was removed to create a two-story living/dining room facing the rear garden. Steel structure was inserted to allow for a full glass wall to the rear. The kitchen sits at the center of the house facing the garden, and an indoor-outdoor dining table with bench (both custom-designed by the architect) create a strong interdependence of cooking, eating, and enjoying the outdoor space. A Corten steel fountain provides the calming sound of water.  © Greg Powers  Section diagram 02  © Greg Powers Aging in place was an important design factor. An elevator is concealed within the central core, and all circulation routes are wide enough for a wheelchair. The master bathroom has custom stainless grab bars and an open shower for roll-in access.  © Greg Powers  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CABB Auditorium / GRHOUND OFFICE Posted: 11 Oct 2018 09:00 AM PDT .jpg?1538542975 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa
.jpg?1538543322 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa Text description provided by the architects. The project of the Auditorium of the CABB resulted from a request to renovate a large disused space on the first floor of a neo-academic heritage building in the city of Bahia Blanca. It had been recently acquired by the College and had functioned as the headquarters of the newspaper ‘The New Province’ since the beginning of the twentieth century. A new wooden-paneled frame was introduced inside the masonry frame, twice the pre-existing height, to form a double cavity. The new prism created was adjusted in proportion to the overall structure, thereby managing to correct the dimensional irregularities of the original wall face. A mezzanine floor with independent access overlooks the main hall from the balcony.
The stage - the only solid element - organized the distinct areas of the project. One of the lateral walls of the auditorium leans against the main facade; three high windows provide views across the foundational city square. On the opposite side, and linearly coinciding with these three windows, three access ways were opened up towards the pre-existing foyer reached by marble floor stairs and old iron balusters with cedar wood banisters. This area is also recognized as having heritage value. .jpg?1538542989 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa The stage, made with ‘Guatambú’ wood, forms a fixed section (with double access from the dressing rooms) and two mobile platforms. It is equipped with a retractable audiovisual projector screen and a mechanical curtain. Behind the stage, support and service rooms have been organized. The technical room, situated on the mezzanine, houses a sound console system, lighting and projection equipment. The auditorium has a seating capacity of up 177 people: 144 seats (including disabled seating) on the access level and 33 on the mezzanine level. .jpg?1538543425 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa  Floor Plan .jpg?1538543379 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa The model used – Z2 straight – were fitted in mobile tandem pairs and, by adding two mobile stage platforms, allows complete flexibility in creating specific configurations. In order to achieve optimum acoustic standards of sound absorption and reflection, the walls were covered with sheets of paneled veneer. Micro-bored sheets were installed at the lower level with an acoustic diffuser ‘Qrd’ in the central units. Acoustic cloud canopies were also added to minimize any ambient noise.
The new space was supported within the fabric of the old building by creating double cavity walls, and the existing wooden floor blocks and solid wooden doors paneled and adapted. A harmonious balance was achieved between modern architecture and the original academy. The end result was a pleasing blend of the original appearance and building methods used at the beginning of the last century, and new technologies needed to reach the current building standards and wooden-paneled required for this space. .jpg?1538542962 "© Ramiro Sosa") © Ramiro Sosa  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaha Hadid's Project in Rio Canceled Posted: 11 Oct 2018 07:26 AM PDT  © ZHA "Residencial Casa Atlântica" in Copacabana, Zaha Hadid's first project in South America, was canceled. O Globo reported the cause as "the delay of the city hall to release the work license and the consequent delay of the launch and inauguration of the project." The luxury residential condominium was designed in 2013 and should have been opened in time for the Olympics. First conceived as a luxury hotel, the building was changed to a residential project with 30 residential units. According to businessman Omar Peres, who spearheaded the venture and commissioned Zaha Hadid, construction was supposed to begin in January of this year. However, delays caused the investment group to drop out and now the land where the building was supposed to be built is up for auction.  © ZHA The land acquired by Peres in 2013 used to be occupied by the Casa de Pedra, Avenida Atlântica's only remaining residence of in Copacabana. The building was demolished in October 2013 and, since then, the plot has been empty. On the five years of bureaucratic hurdles that led to the cancellation of the project, Peres says: "The project has run its course. Rio loses when it could have had the only Zaha Hadid in Latin America. I will save [the project] to one day construct it in another place." News via O Globo.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Oct 2018 07:00 AM PDT _(2).jpg?1539219147 "© Robin Hill") © Robin Hill
_HI_RES_TIFF_(17)_N2.jpg?1539219112 "© Robin Hill") © Robin Hill Text description provided by the architects. The environment that SHoP Architects has conceived at the gateway to this year's Design Miami exhibition seeks to make visible two qualities—one evident, one latent—in the understanding of the city today. It exists at the intersection of Miami's celebrated spirit of play, represented by a relocated landscape that mimics the beach, but also the city's emergent function —demonstrated by the art and design fairs themselves— as a center for creative visioning and technological discovery. Symbols commonly associated with the beach—sand, parasols, float toys, and even a hint of nighttime phosphorescence—create a ludic foreground for two printed structures that serve as a locus for social and educational encounter. In its explorations of contour, action, process, and materiality, "Flotsam & Jetsam" also aspires to create a link between Design Miami and the physically and conceptually adjacent operations at Miami Art Basel. The installation will have a life after the event as well, when it is demounted and reconstructed as a semi-permanent public amenity at the Miami Design District's vibrant "Jungle Plaza."  © SHoP Architects At once glamorously amorphous and rigorously defined, the dual pavilions of "Flotsam & Jetsam" evoke the geometries of current-borne sea life from diatoms to jellyfish. In their form and mode of fabrication, the pavilions also pay homage to the spirit of collaboration that is an increasingly necessary precondition for success in creative work of every type, including the enterprises now finding a home in Miami's own surging innovation sector. _10.28.20.jpg?1539219135 "Diagram") Diagram Project partners Branch Technology have adapted two industrial robots to implement its pioneering work: using a proprietary method they call Cellular FabricationTM to bring 3D printing out of the realm of prototyping and table-top production and into broader use as a full-scale, practical means of construction. Due to variations in their technical specifications, the product possible from each robot varies along known limits. SHoP celebrated these constraints, determining the form, dimensionality, and structural spans of the pavilions so that each one requires the collaboration of both robots. A close examination of the finished pavilions, themselves a meditation on natural and machine- determined form, may even reveal the "hand" of these eerily anthropomorphic industrial tools that are destined to play an increasing role in forming our shared human environments. A second material printing technology, bringing with it another set of opportunities and constraints, was provided by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The contrasting method used by ORNL— which employs a biodegradable bamboo print medium—is also capable of enormous output sizes.  © SHoP Architects In order to optimize an exploration of the possibilities of the print medium, and to create instruction sets suitable for communicating clearly with the production team (in this case, crucially, the robots themselves), SHoP leveraged a longstanding partnership with Dassault Systèmes. Dassault is an international leader in developing creative design and project management platforms optimized for 3D production and direct-to-fabrication methodologies. Using its 3DEXPERIENCE product for all stages including conceptual development, in the design of "Flotsam & Jetsam" SHoP was able to exploit the software's potential for merging freewheeling creative generation and rigorous production into a single process flow. This mode of working streamlined as well the fruitful integration of the team's engineering consultants, Thornton Thomasetti, who were tasked with determining and verifying full-scale loading requirements on the printed construction media employed. _(1).jpg?1539219124 "© Robin Hill") © Robin Hill Taken together, the installation developed by SHoP, the project team, and our partners at Design Miami presents in microcosm a method of thinking and making that holds the potential to revolutionize the expressive potential of collaborative design in real-world conditions. By evoking a specifically Miami sense of seaside glamor in an environment realized through progressive creative methods, "Flotsam & Jetsam" seeks to be both a celebration of the city as it has long existed in the popular imagination, and an evocation of what it can become.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MIT Team Working with Neri Oxman Design "Fiberbots" to Respond Quickly to Natural Disaster Posted: 11 Oct 2018 06:00 AM PDT
The MIT-based Mediated Matter Group have created Fiberbots, an autonomous digital fabrication platform designed to quickly build architecture during disaster. By utilizing cooperative robotic manufacturing, Fiberbots can create highly sophisticated material structures. The small robots work as a group to wind fiberglass filament and create high-strength tubular structures. MIT researchers envision the bots building in extreme environments and natural disaster zones.  Fiberbots. Image © The Mediated Matter Group  Fiberbots. Image © The Mediated Matter Group Fiberbots was designed as a platform that can enable design and digital fabrication of large-scale structures with high spatial resolution. Leveraging mobile fabrication nodes, or robotic "agents", Fiberbots is designed to tune the material make-up of the structure being constructed on the fly as informed by their environment. These structures can be built in parallel and interwoven to rapidly create architectural structures. The robots are mobile, and use sensor feedback to control the length and curvature of each individual tube according to paths determined by a custom, environmentally informed, flocking-based design protocol.
A team of 16 robots was created at MIT, along with a design system to control them. These were developed in-house and deployed to autonomously create a 15 foot tall structure. The structure remained outside and undamaged through Massachusetts' winter months, demonstrating the potential of this enabling technology towards future collaborative robotic systems to create designs in potentially far-reaching environments. Fiberbots utilizes a swarm approach to manufacturing to transform digital construction by digitally fabricating structural materials; generating products and objects larger than their gantry size; and supporting non-layered construction by offering novel fabrication processes such as robotic weaving and free-form printing. With swarm sensing and actuation, the systems can then become more responsive and adaptive to environmental conditions. As MIT states, the research seeks to depart from these uniaxial fabrication methods and develop fabrication units capable of being highly communicative while simultaneously depositing tailorable, multifunctional materials. MIT intends to demonstrate that their research framework is applicable across scales: from the micro-scale to the product scale and, uniquely, to the architectural scale. Each Fiberbot consists of a winding arm and a motorized base. The winding arm is connected to a tank on the ground that contains fiber and resin. The bots draw from the tank with the winding arm to mix it in its nozzle, creating a filament that gets spun by the arm around the Fiberbot's body. The robot then uses an ultra-violet light that solidifies the fiberglass filament. After that, the robot uses a small electric motor that moves with small wheels to continue building. The FIBERBOTS project was developed by The Mediated Matter group at the MIT Media Lab. Researchers include: Markus Kayser, Levi Cai, Christoph Bader, Sara Falcone, Nassia Inglessis, Barrak Darweesh, João Costa, and Prof. Neri Oxman (Founding Director).  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| PH Freire / Ignacio Szulman arquitecto Posted: 11 Oct 2018 05:00 AM PDT  © Francisco Nocito
 © Francisco Nocito Text description provided by the architects. The proposal for the reform is born with the investment of the program, the social part is taken to the upper floor in contact with the terrace and the private area of bedrooms to the ground floor with its two small patios.  © Francisco Nocito  Upper Floor Plan  © Francisco Nocito The apartment is located in the lung of the block, accessing through the common corridor. Limited by walls, it is "enclosed" in a context of heterogeneous constructions of low height.  © Francisco Nocito Seeking to enhance the pre-existing unevenness in the first level between interior and exterior the living room is extended on the terrace, in different level with the kitchen which is "buried" letting the terrace glimpse through a thin slit of glass arranged horizontally.  Longitudinal Section Small sales sew the S-E wall that borders the corridor, providing cross ventilation and showing small cuts of the heterogeneous context that surrounds it.  © Francisco Nocito  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Biohm's "Vegan Insulation" System offers a Future for Green Construction Posted: 11 Oct 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Biohm via Global Construction Review UK entrepreneur Ehab Syed has developed a mushroom-based insulation with his company Biohm, embodying techniques that are "completely natural, biodegradable and vegan." As reported by Global Construction Review, the material will come to the market in the coming months, with interest expressed by Tata Steel, Heathrow Airport, and leading UK house builders. Biohm has developed the material from a vegetative part of mushrooms called mycelium, with attractions such as efficient insulation performance, natural self-extinguishing, air purification, and waste consumption. The insulation blocks are made from allowing fungus within the material feeding off sawdust to grow into a mold. Once dried, the material growth halts resulting in a rigid material which can be sanded and painted.
This investigative research into "vegan" insulation material forms part of Biohm's "Triagomy" system, featuring an interlocking construction typology creating durable, robust structures without binders or fasteners. According to Biohm, the adoption of the Triagomy method could produce 40% to 90% reductions in the environmental impact of the construction process and a 42% carbon footprint reduction. Sayed was recently recognized for his work in natural processes and biological systems with the COINS Grand Challenge Leadership award. News via: Global Construction Review / Biohm  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Oct 2018 03:00 AM PDT  © Michael Kai
 © Michael Kai Text description provided by the architects. Designed for NestdTM, a social enterprise of Kids Under Cover which works to prevent youth homelessness, The Peak is an affordable and sustainable tiny home with a 32.5m2 footprint.  Plan As one of three homes on offer through the enterprise, The Peak is the top of the range option with sophisticated interior planning and a contemporary exterior aesthetic to suit a range of lifestyle settings. Its double-height entrance is punctuated with large glass panels to enhance the sense of space and allow an abundance of natural light into the interior.  © Michael Kai The kitchen, bathroom, laundry, bedroom and couch spaces are integrated into one centralised pod which is envisaged as a beautifully detailed piece of joinery servicing the living space. This centralised pod allows the planning of the interior to be predominantly 'outward facing', creating a connection to the surrounding landscape, and a spacious comfortable living environment. The pod incorporates generous amounts of storage and includes cavities which have been designed to accommodate a variety of standard modules – an opportunity for The Peak to be tailored and styled with ease to the occupants' own aesthetic and budget.  Exploded Axonometric Natural timber finishes within the interior provide a welcoming atmosphere while the careful placement of recessed strip lighting enhances the warmth of the timber and maximises the sense of space. The Peak's structure comprises of sustainably sourced timber LVL and metal external wall cladding while the angle of the roof allows for optimal photovoltaic performance,  © Michael Kai 100% of the profit from every home sold by NestdTM is directed back into Kids Under Cover's charitable work, which Grimshaw first supported with MySpace, a cubby house the practice designed and built for the organisation's 2017 Cubby House Challenge.  Joinery  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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