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- Challenge Studio's Award-Winning Design Envisions a New Residential Typology
- Public Bathrooms: Examples in Plan and Section
- Africa’s Tallest Skyscraper Set to Begin Construction in Morocco
- Lodève Museum / Projectiles
- Spotlight: Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- House Srbín / martincenek architecture
- Poly He Clubhouse / ZHUBO DESIGN
- National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts / Mecanoo
- HÒA House / KHUÔN Studio
- AD Classics: Venice Hospital / Le Corbusier
- Tianhong Headquarters Building / CCDI
- Yejin’s Jip-Soori / Moohoi Architecture Studio
- MONOARCHI Shanghai Office / MONOARCHI
- Starr Atrium / LPA
- A High-End Golf Clubhouse / Architecture49
- Schmidt Hammer Lassen Designs Earthquake-Resistant Library in Christchurch
- Preston Hollow Residence / Bodron+Fruit
- M·Cube / MVRDV
- Edoardo Tresoldi's Basilica di Siponto awarded the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture
- Studio in Jardim Paulista / grupoDEArquitetura
| Challenge Studio's Award-Winning Design Envisions a New Residential Typology Posted: 16 Oct 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Challenge Studio In the age of skyscrapers, the immediate solution to housing is to build up and duplicate single units in the plan. In contrast, the Zafereniah Tower designed by Challenge Studio, project laureate of the recent 2018 Architizer A+ Award, proposed a conceptual endeavor as a prototype for mid-rise, multi-unit housing. The Tehran-based firm won both the Jury and Popular Choice Awards for their response to the prompt for a design that "champion[s] its potential for a positive impact on everyday life."  Courtesy of Challenge Studio Consisting of stacked units that act as tri-axis modules, the scheme features two central blocks off-center. The cohesive interlocking of these modules enables the creation of different unit types and deviates from the ordinary double-loaded corridor strategy.  Courtesy of Challenge Studio By using formal strategies of shifting, the modules begin to generate new intermediary programmatic zones enabling the space for amenities such as the swimming pool, covered terraces, and roof gardens.  Courtesy of Challenge Studio Another key component of the design was natural daylight. Optimized to not only perform more sustainably and economically but also as a method to invigorate the interior experience. The creation of the two blocks, tilted to maximize the exposure to the southern warmth, also form pockets of visibility towards views from different directions.  Courtesy of Challenge Studio The feasibility of the modules coupled with the strategic climatic techniques insinuates the buildability of the project for future purposes. The proposal was also a Selected Project in the 2018 2A Asia Architecture Award (2AAA) in the Future Projects/Innovative Designs Category.
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| Public Bathrooms: Examples in Plan and Section Posted: 16 Oct 2018 09:00 PM PDT  © Fabián Dejtiar Who has not felt the anxiety of using a restroom outside the comfort of their home? Various architects have experimented with proposals that address these stressful situations, addressing the efficiency of public restrooms from their sanitary facilities, spatial distribution and, mainly, privacy and comfort. These variations can be seen in the planimetry of numerous examples published on our site. We've selected a number of projects that can inspire your next design. Parque Urquiza Public Restroom / Diego Jobell © Luis Vignoli  © Luis Vignoli  via Diego Jobell  via Diego Jobell Trail Restroom / Miro Rivera Architects © Paul Finkel  © Paul Finkel  via Miro Rivera Architects Göteborg Bathing Culture / raumlabor via raumlabor  via raumlabor  via raumlabor Safe Haven Bath House / TYIN Tegnestue © Pasi Alto  © Pasi Alto  via TYIN Tegnestue Public Toilets in the Tête d'Or Park / Jacky Suchail Architects © Franck Fleury  via Jacky Suchail Architects  via Jacky Suchail Architects Wembley WC Pavilion / Gort Scott via Gort Scott  via Gort Scott  via Gort Scott .jpg?1539704456 "via Gort Scott") via Gort Scott Isemachi Public Toilet / Kubo Tsushima Architects via Kubo Tsushima Architects  via Kubo Tsushima Architects  via Kubo Tsushima Architects 'View' Public Toilet / LiZhu © ZhongNing  © ZhongNing  via LiZhu  via LiZhu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Africa’s Tallest Skyscraper Set to Begin Construction in Morocco Posted: 16 Oct 2018 08:30 PM PDT  Bank of Africa Tower. Image Courtesy of Rafael de la-Hoz Arquitectos Africa's tallest skyscraper is set to begin construction in two weeks time. Designed by Spanish architects Rafael de la-Hoz Arquitectos and Moroccan firm CHB Cabinet Hakim Benjelloun, the 820-ft tall Bank of Africa Tower will take the title of tallest tower from the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. Aiming for LEED Gold and HQE ratings, the tower will begin construction on November 1 and is expected be complete by May 30, 2022.  Bank of Africa Tower. Image Courtesy of Rafael de la-Hoz Arquitectos Belgian construction firms BESIX and Travaux Generaux de Construction de Casablanca (TGCC) have been selected for the project, with BESIX having completed earlier projects like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The Moroccan BMCE Bank of Africa is sponsoring the project, which will cost an estimated MAD 3 billion. The Bank of Africa Tower will have 55 floors with a luxury hotel, offices, and apartments.  Bank of Africa Tower. Image Courtesy of Rafael de la-Hoz Arquitectos  Bank of Africa Tower. Image Courtesy of Rafael de la-Hoz Arquitectos Othmane Benjelloun, CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa said, "I have every confidence in … the expertise and know-how of BESIX to build our tower. Together, we share a common goal so that our tower is a source of pride for the kingdom of Morocco and for the African continent." Rik Vandenberghe, BESIX CEO, said, "'Bank of Africa Tower' will be an emblematic building of the country. I am proud to see BESIX participate in its construction in Morocco."  Bank of Africa Tower. Image Courtesy of Rafael de la-Hoz Arquitectos The Bank of Africa Tower will rise in the new Bouregreg Valley development project, design as part of the program "Rabat Ville Lumiere, Capitale Marocaine de la Culture" (Rabat, the City of Light, the Moroccan Capital of Culture). News via Morocco World News  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Vincent Fillon
 © Vincent Fillon Text description provided by the architects. On this complex site, the series of constructions is hard to decipher. Except perhaps for the Hôtel Fleury, none of the buildings really stands out. We chose to insert a contemporary facade as the new entrance to the museum. The pronounced "mineral" nature of the project, both outside and inside, unites the different periods of construction: it binds them together, so to speak, both symbolically and structurally.  © Vincent Fillon  Section B  © Vincent Fillon From Rue de la République, the Hôtel Fleury is now visible and free from all extraneous construction. It acts as a signal. The patrimonial enhancement was carried out together with a redevelopment of all the external spaces of the forecourt.  © Vincent Fillon  Ground floor plan  © Vincent Fillon Inside, the material dialogue between historical and contemporary architecture gives rise to varied exhibition layout forms, in which several levels of approach come into play, resulting in finely nuanced visual perceptions. The aim is to present an argued, sensitive, but not purely descriptive reading, thanks to the redevelopment of real identifiable museum layout sequences, which go well beyond the merely decorative.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Spotlight: Alejandro Zaera-Polo Posted: 16 Oct 2018 07:30 PM PDT  Birmingham New Street Station. Image © Javier Callejas Alejandro Zaera-Polo (born October 17th 1963) is an internationally recognized architect and scholar, and founder of London, Zurich, and Princeton-based firm Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architecture (AZPML). First rising to prominence in the 1980s with his writings for publications such as El Croquis, Zaera-Polo has had a prolific career in both the academic and professional realms of architecture.  © Princeton University, Office of Communications, John Jameson (2012) Born in Madrid in 1963, he studied at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid and received his master's degree in architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Prior to establishing Foreign Office Architects in 1993 as a founding partner, Zaera-Polo worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam beginning in 1991. He went on to establish his own firm Alejandro Zaera-Polo Architecture in June 2011, which was renamed Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architecture (AZPML) in August 2013 when former FOA architect Maider Llaguno joined as a partner.  Yokohama International Passenger Terminal. Image © Satoru Mishima / FOA His most notable projects include the Yokohama International Cruise Terminal in Japan, the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in the United Kingdom, the Carabanchel social housing project in Madrid, the Meydan retail complex and multiplex in Istanbul, the Spanish Pavilion at the 2005 International Expo in Japan, and the Dulnyouk Publishing headquarters in South Korea. He has also received numerous honors for his work, including the Enric Miralles Prize for Architecture, five RIBA awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects, an award from the Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Charles Jencks Award for Architecture.  Meydan – Umraniye Retail Complex & Multiplex. Image Courtesy of Foreign Office Architects Zaera-Polo has also made notable contributions to the academic sphere. He is the former dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University and has also served as the dean of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. He currently occupies the Berlage Chair at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and the Norman R. Foster Visiting Professorship of Architectural Design at Yale University.  Birmingham New Street Station. Image © Javier Callejas Check out some of Zaera-Polo's work previously published on ArchDaily through the images below: Architecture's "Political Compass": A Taxonomy of Emerging Architecture in One Diagram Alejandro Zaera-Polo is Suing Princeton. Here's Why That Matters for Architecture.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House Srbín / martincenek architecture Posted: 16 Oct 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Martin Čeněk
 © Martin Čeněk Text description provided by the architects. Family villa in Srbín was built on a spacious and partially forested sloping plot with a small pond in its more open part. The aim of the design was to minimise the impact of the generous volume on the terrain and garden and connect the house as much as possible with its surroundings by working with the relationship of the volume and the terrain, as well as by the choice of materials. Quarry stone of the same type as the stone found on the plot was used for the facades of the volumes above ground and for buttress walls.  © Martin Čeněk  Floor plans  © Martin Čeněk The house is composed of two basic volumes, the lower and larger one which contains the "public" part of the building being partially embedded in the sloping terrain and is delimitated by stone-clad buttress walls which continues in the interior. Its southeast front is fully glazed and open, allowing the interior to flow freely into the surrounding nature. The upper volume is considerably smaller and set back from the perimeter of the lower floor. It contains the private part of the house with a deck and roof garden continuing freely into the upper part of the garden. The neighbours above the building thus perceive the whole house as a small single storey stone building. The large windows of the bedrooms are shaded by sliding perforated white steel shutters.  © Martin Čeněk  Sections  © Martin Čeněk The interior of the public floor of the house is very open and flows from the entrance hall into the living area and kitchen, the dining and relax zones having different heights and being separated by a double-sided fireplace block. The access to the private floor is via a cantilevered steel staircase with a skylight above.  © Martin Čeněk  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Poly He Clubhouse / ZHUBO DESIGN Posted: 16 Oct 2018 06:00 PM PDT  © Jian Zhang
 © Jian Zhang Text description provided by the architects. Poly Courtyard is located in Chenxiang Town, northwest of Changtai County, Zhangzhou adjacent to Xiamen. We were invited to create the project in a southern Fujian style community club for Poly Group, which will serve as a sales center at early stage and a public club for the entire community in later period. By inheriting the cultural philosophy of "harmony builds goodness", it has been the direction we are exploring to naturally integrate traditional elements into the design.  © Jian Zhang We carried out studies from three aspects, extraction of architectural forms, creation of interior space, and application of building materials.  Analysis The project base is adjacent to the arterial road in the south side as the gateway of the whole community, with a mountain stream of low water level in the east side, the entrance axis of the whole community in the west side, and a residential group the north side. We have designed corresponding coping modes for different periphery states to establish the final architectural form and organized the interior space.  © Jian Zhang Extraction of architectural forms  Diagram Creation of interior space  © Jian Zhang  Elevation&Section  © Jian Zhang Application of building materials  © Jian Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts / Mecanoo Posted: 16 Oct 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Iwan Baan
 © Iwan Baan Text description provided by the architects. Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo, the extraordinary architecture of Weiwuying is inspired by the sinuous canopy created by clusters of banyan trees commonly found in the region. The single sweeping building covers a surface area of 35 acres (141,000 sqm) and is set in the spectacular 116-acre (470,000 sqm) subtropical park in the heart of Kaohsiung, making it the world's largest performing arts centre under one roof as well as Taiwan's most significant cultural investment in a generation. It incorporates five state of the art performance spaces: a 2,236-seat Opera House, a 1,981-seat Concert Hall, a 1,210-seat Playhouse, a 434-seat Recital Hall and an Outdoor Theater linking the building to the park.  © Iwan Baan   © Iwan Baan Kaohsiung, with a population of around 3 million, located in the south of Taiwan, once a major international harbour, is now a modern, diverse city with a rich cultural offer. The new National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, occupying a site that was formerly a military training base, symbolises the developing outlook for the city of Kaohsiung and Taiwan – with a mission to connect local and global talent through arts and culture.  © Iwan Baan   © Iwan Baan Weiwuying's Artistic Director Chien Wen-Pin said, 'Something that overseas visitors to Weiwuying will encounter is the passion for theatre, dance, spectacle and music that is everywhere in Taiwan. Our audiences are extraordinarily enthusiastic and knowledgeable. I will continue to work with artists at home and abroad to uncover new ideas for programming that reflect the very best in contemporary practice. Weiwuying, with its extraordinary facilities, gives us the opportunity to experiment – to be bold and innovative, and to try different things.'  © Iwan Baan   © Iwan Baan The October 2018 opening of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts will complete Taiwan's national umbrella organisation National Performing Arts Center, incorporating Taipei's National Theater and Concert Hall and the National Taichung Theater. The three flagship institutions will be home to Taiwan's internationally renowned contemporary dance and theatre companies, orchestras of Western and Chinese music, Peking, Taiwanese and Western opera troupes, hand puppet companies, Oscar and Golden Lion- winning filmmakers, Booker-nominated authors, Mando-pop stars and beyond.  © Iwan Baan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2018 04:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio
 Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio Text description provided by the architects. In the beginning, our team was intrigued by the peculiar site of this house, which is formed by two small lots joined by a juncture of over one meter in width. This bridge acts as an important connection of living spaces in the residence.  Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio The brief requires the integration of three rooms for rent, which need to be easily managed by the owner yet having separated access. In addition, effective ventilation, natural lighting, and microclimate are also of top priority. In order to meet these challenges, our team has carried out careful research to come up with the optimal layout.  Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio  Floor Plans 1  Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio  Floor Plans 2 .jpg?1539276279 "Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio") Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio Being a designer himself, the owner greatly contributes to the interior design, completing his own house with a rustic palette of white paint, gray cement, and concrete along with red terracotta and stone. Another key feature of the design is skylights dotted with greeneries. These fill the spaces with natural light, a medium that unites all the different colors and materials of the design.  Courtesy of KHUÔN Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AD Classics: Venice Hospital / Le Corbusier Posted: 16 Oct 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Model. Image © Fondation Le Corbusier (FLC/ADAGP) This article was originally published on August 15, 2016. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.  Sectional Model. Image © Fondation Le Corbusier (FLC/ADAGP) There was no shortage of demand for Le Corbusier's work in Italy after the end of the Second World War. The country experienced incredible economic growth in the decades following the war; what had previously been primarily an agricultural economy rapidly transformed into a major industrial nation.[2] The architect had already been commissioned to design a new headquarters for the Olivetti Company outside of Milan when the city of Venice approached him with their own commission for a new hospital. The new building, which would stand in the neighborhood of San Giobbe, was to serve as a facility for care of the seriously and terminally ill.[3] Le Corbusier's proposal did not stand out from the rest of the city as a brazen Modernist landmark. Rather, it utilized the existing urban vocabulary to appear as a seamless continuation of the old city. The hospital was conceived as a network of interconnected modules clustered around a number of square courtyards, a clear analogue for Venice's traditional urban fabric. As with the rest of the city's buildings, the new hospital was supported by a number of piles driven into the Venetian silt. However, these were not typical wooden piles; in reference to his own design canon, Le Corbusier chose instead to perch the hospital atop a grid of his trademark concrete pillars, or pilotis. The overall intent was that the new hospital would extend the urban fabric rather than interrupt it.[4]  Plan  Long Section While Le Corbusier chose to emulate the typical Venetian structural typology, he did not sacrifice functionalism to do so. The modules that comprised the hospital were to be almost identical, featuring 28 patient rooms facing onto three corridors; four of these squares, dubbed "care units," were arranged around a small central square, the corners of which branched off into corridors connecting to other squares. The system was designed to allow the hospital to expand as needed in the future, ensuring it would have space both for added patient load and newly-invented medical equipment. The hospital was also vertically stratified programmatically: administrative and entry services were located at the ground level, patient bedrooms were on the top floor, and all other hospital program needs on the level between the two.[5] One curious aspect of the design was the lack of conventional windows in the care units. The only daylight to enter the space did so through clerestory windows along the inner corridor walls of each hospital room; an American journal considered this an "unkindness," as it denied patients the opportunity to gaze out at the Venetian lagoon during their stay.[6]  Plan Another design move which elicited concern was the automobile gangway leading from the Santa Lucia Railway Station directly to the hospital's ground level entry. Though an automobile causeway had already been built alongside the rail bridge leading from the mainland to the station, Le Corbusier's proposal would have brought cars even further into a city that remained largely devoid of their presence – firmly out of choice. The same journal which questioned the lack of conventional windows considered the provision for automobiles "inexcusable," even declaring that it was the one feature that would prevent the hospital from achieving the same architectural vitality as the surrounding historical structures.[7] Given Le Corbusier's typical contempt for pre-existing urban fabrics, his deference to the traditional Venetian aesthetic seems anomalous. In the brief of his Plan Voisin, he decried the Haussmann-era buildings and boulevards of Paris as a grotesque mix of mismatched buildings and narrow trenches – a relic which, he insisted, was nothing short of disgusting.[8] While he reviled Paris, however, he developed a peculiar fondness for Venice. As early as the 1930's, he referenced the Italian city as an ideal urban model, lauding its canal network and the acceptance of multiple architectural forms and styles without the need for false, superficial continuity. While Paris would represent his Modernist desire to wipe the slate clean and build anew, it was in Venice that he would contradictorily espouse the benefits of historic preservation.[9]  Model. Image © Fondation Le Corbusier (FLC/ADAGP) The Venice Hospital project came very late in Le Corbusier's life; he proposed the final design only a few months before his passing in 1965. Debates over the value of the hospital as a form of urban renewal ultimately became moot as, due to a lack of funding, the city ultimately chose a different design for a site on the mainland.[10] Nonetheless, Le Corbusier's proposal represents the synthesis of his seemingly contradictory viewpoints – a sort of functional, Modernist historicism. It was fitting, perhaps, that Le Corbusier's final design project was for a city that he came to admire so deeply. ArchDaily would like to acknowledge Socks Studio as a key source of material for this article. Further information related to this unbuilt project can be found here. References
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| Tianhong Headquarters Building / CCDI Posted: 16 Oct 2018 02:00 PM PDT  Diamond shape facade. Image © Tianpei Ceng
 Night view. Image © Tianpei Ceng Text description provided by the architects. Tianhong's headquarters project locate in Shenzhen Houhai Central District, connecting with the Financial and Commercial Zone and Nanshan Neiwan Park, about 400 meters away from the subway line 2 Dengliang Station. The east side of the project is the central road and Houhai River, the south side is the substation, the north side is the green land, the northwest side is the planned public park. The building will be built into Tianhong's headquarters office and the flagship store of Tianhong shopping mall -- Jun Shang department store. Nanshan Houhai District has become a mature business circle nearby No. 1 Shenzhen Bay, surrounded by intensive large-scale residential areas and large-scale international headquarters business office area, and provides a 24-hour urban vitality source to this project .  Aerial View . Image © Tianpei Ceng Based on the analysis of the urban design conditions and the surrounding environment of the block, we drew out the following design strategies. 1. If the building falls to the ground directly, it will form a self-enclosed private space, showing a passive indifference to the urban interface. Therefore, we will erect the main commercial podium forming arcade on the ground floor to create rich and pleasant urban environment, which pedestrian space combined with various small-scale commercial boxes.  Analysis graph 2. In the northwest corner of the site, the building draw back to form the urban public activity area, connected with the East-West pedestrian corridor crossing the base and the North pedestrian green axis.  Analysis graph 3. A multi-level and pleasant-scale atrium in the shopping mall connects with the urban pedestrian corridor and the urban public square on the northwest side to form a whole flowing public space system, naturally introducing urban flow into the shopping mall. There is a roof top garden located on the top of the podium, which combines business activities and opens to the urban public moderately. Each open space accommodates a variety of urban life, and each activity stimulates each other to form a huge urban energy, bringing vitality to the commercial space.  Mall atrium. Image © Tianpei Ceng  East Elevation  Mall atrium. Image © Tianpei Ceng 4. The office tower is divided into corresponding functional modules according to the office requirements of Tianhong Headquarters, adding some cantilevered "square boxes" to form a rich system of sky gardens on the premise of not affecting the use of functions. Improving the office quality of Tianhong Headquarters, the building shares the green space to the city, naturally creating a unique image. The façade uses LED (low-energy lamp )band to form a diamond-shaped skin that texture would be impressive .  Cantilever box. Image © Tianpei Ceng 5. The podium part, wrapped in light-colored stones, gives a solid and steady volume, and the corner part is decorated with gradient strip windows. The changes of lights and exquisite details are stunning.  Facade detail. Image © Tianpei Ceng 6. We will directly reflect the function of the project in the form of the building, embedded by a multi-level, pleasant scale of the city square, atrium, green platform composed of the overall flow of public space system. in conformity with planning guidelines and economic and practical basis, the building form diversified，vibrant，fashionable and innovative image，like magic boxes stacked together.  Facade detail. Image © Tianpei Ceng In the preliminary tender, we used the concept of multi-layer flexible separation of "business magic box" to gain a more active business atmosphere, and get the approval of clients. After winning the tender, in the mutual communication stage between the two parties, clients hope to enhance the integrity of the building, thereby reflecting a more stable, high-end corporate headquarters image. Therefore, we further integrated the shape of the office tower, and merged the facade and shape of the commercial podium with the tower, highlighting the high-end image of the Tianhong Group. In the further deepening process of the scheme, we continue to optimize the facade and block details. In the context of the declining real economy, Tianhong Department Store, one of the old department stores in Shenzhen, is also actively thinking about the transformation of business model. The traditional form of department stores has met its difficulty, they need to find the new answer for customers. Therefore, in the process of deepening, the design of the interior space of Junshang Department Store has changed greatly, adding more experiential commercial space, exhibitions, handicrafts，product production, cinema, indoor sports and other functions are introduced, by creating a new immersive shopping experience to attract more people to come visit.  Public working area. Image © Tianpei Ceng  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Yejin’s Jip-Soori / Moohoi Architecture Studio Posted: 16 Oct 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Kim JaeKwan
 © Kim JaeKwan It is a jip-Soo-ri for two households. An entry porch is devised so a family of two households can be either connected or separated. The existing structure was 56 years old house, the basic structure was reused, while the rest was repaired to suit the contemporary demands and needs.  © Kim JaeKwan Soo-ri of Levels The reason why many levels exist in and out of the house is not an intention for architectural interests, but an outcome resulting from the process of mitigating the gaps in the house built on the slope, which is directed from the interior space to the yard.  © Kim JaeKwan Soo-ri of Time. This house, which was built long ago, was also a collection of traces of the elapsed time. The validity of the old trees, retaining wall, fences, wooden trusses, and the carbonized Korean floor heating system was judged according to newly found uses, not according to their values as stuffed items like remains.  © Kim JaeKwan Soo-ri of Darkness. Light brightens, but also makes pitch darkness. In particular, this house, which was thick in the north-south direction, did not receive light evenly within. To reduce the differences, skylights were installed so that light can even reach the within because if the windows are enlarged, the differences between lightness and darkness within will increase.  © Kim JaeKwan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MONOARCHI Shanghai Office / MONOARCHI Posted: 16 Oct 2018 12:00 PM PDT  Main office area. Image © Ripei Qiu
 Axis through the the archway and the main office. Image © Ripei Qiu Text description provided by the architects. MONOARCHI is a young architecture design company based in Shanghai. The office is located at the core of the Former Shanghai French Concession. The original neighborhood is referred to the buildings Britain and Spain back in the 1940s. After more a hundred years of history, the neighborhood still retains the peace. As an important witness of the history of Shanghai, it is listed as a protective historical building. The existing neighborhood is a residential area, we, as architects who are obsessed with working in spaces with stories, renovated a building inside this neighborhood and moved in in 2018.
The office of MONOARCHI is located in the first floor of a three story villa. The area is about 100 square meters. The whole building was first owned by a family, but the property rights were split for historical reasons, and a 30 - square meter independent yard was shared by all residents. To respect of the old house, we decided not to make any damage or change to the structure and layout when we first came to the house to retain the existing sense of history as far as possible.  Axonometric drawing We need to create a work space for 8 people as well as an exhibition space inside the small house. The first step is to remove the existing residential functions to make the space simpler; the second step is to hybridize functions: we inserted an exhibition space in the middle of the main work space to satisfy the needs of curating small exhibitions from time to time.  The main office area and the exhibition table. Image © Xiaodan Song  The main office area and the exhibition table. Image © Xiaodan Song The corridor to the conference room is enlarged as a critique area; the conference room is combined with a tiny library; the partition wall between the toilet and shower is opened, and the space was converted into a model workshop, a material room and a printing room. These three spaces are connected to the kitchen, the bar table of the model room and the kitchen are at the same height so the two functions can be shifted.  Arched door between the meeting room and the model room. Image © Ripei Qiu We use arches to form the interior space of the office, which is a tribute to the most distinctive arch corridors and arch doors in the Former French Concession in Shanghai. The arches of different scales define different spaces, the working space with the big arch, the conference room of the semi vaulted arch ceiling, and the small arcades between different functional spaces, such as the critique gallery and other two arcades. On the other hand, the arches also somehow protected the original structure; moreover, the form of the arches ingeniously exploited the space above the head, where more storage space and multi-purpose space are developed.  The arched door towards the cloakroom. Image © Xiaodan Song In the selection of materials, we focus on the ability of materials to create space and functions. The plasticity of black screw steel draws the shape of the arch, and the combination of steel and magnets enables the whole space as exhibition space; the entrance of the office, the critique corridor and the other corridors are made of concrete, which deliver a sense of ritual which we love; The service space is hidden behind the critique gallery, and the sound-proofing concrete makes the office more quiet. The precision and weak reflection of the drawing stainless steel ensured the structural details, and also extended the arches in a certain kind of form.  Axis through the meeting room, the archway and the main office. Image © Ripei Qiu  Detail of the archway. Image © Xiaodan Song Protection of historical buildings  Axis through the meeting room, the archway and the main office. Image © Ripei Qiu The solution to the contradictions between spaces  main office area. Image © Ripei Qiu Explorations on the potential of materials in small spaces  gif. Image Courtesy of MONOARCHI  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2018 10:00 AM PDT _7737.jpg?1538845482 "© Costea Photography, Inc.") © Costea Photography, Inc.
_0317.jpg?1538845529 "© Costea Photography, Inc.") © Costea Photography, Inc. Text description provided by the architects. The key element of the campus renovation for Edwards Lifesciences, an industry-leading medical device maker, is the LEED Platinum, 22,000-square-foot Starr Atrium, which created a bridge between two existing office buildings and provides a dramatic new entry to the corporate headquarters. The atrium serves as a gathering point, social area and collaborative space for the company's team. The atrium is also used as a venue for hosting events, including product launches and company meetings, requiring a large flexible space that also reflects the company's image and values. _7668V2.jpg?1538845469 "© Costea Photography, Inc.") © Costea Photography, Inc. To bring the space to life, furniture clusters are arrayed throughout the space, creating different spaces for people to work and collaborate. Stadium stairs on one side of the hall are used as seating for large group events, including community meetings and product launches. On a day-to-day basis, the wood stairs offer a casual setting for meetings and solo work time, with red cushions available on different levels.  Floor Plan LPA's engineers designed a unique box truss structural system that spans the space and maximizes the open space. The customized structure also casts an artistic weave shadow across the interior, filtering the light streaming through the skylight that runs the length of the atrium. Floor-to-ceiling windows provide a connection to the outdoors, while a bi-fold vertical door can be opened to provide natural ventilation. _1078V2.jpg?1538845517 "© Costea Photography, Inc.") © Costea Photography, Inc. The atrium operates at net zero, with a rooftop photovoltaic array providing more energy than the space uses. The atrium also includes a variety of conservation measures, such as a displacement ventilation system and LED lighting with controls designed to minimize the project's energy use. The surrounding landscaped area incorporates a variety of water strategies, including bioretention planter areas to clean and conserve stormwater. _0030.jpg?1538845540 "© Costea Photography, Inc.") © Costea Photography, Inc.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A High-End Golf Clubhouse / Architecture49 Posted: 16 Oct 2018 09:00 AM PDT  © Stéphane Brügge
 © Stéphane Brügge Text description provided by the architects. Architecture49 is proud to unveil its latest project, the clubhouse for Golf Exécutif Montréal, located on Nuns' Island, a green oasis in the St. Lawrence River facing downtown Montreal. The building, which boasts an impressive wooden framework, is designed to offer its users an exceptional experience. It includes sheltered driving-range tees, a bar in the center of a spacious lounge, a full restaurant kitchen, state-of-the-art golf simulators, a pro shop, offices, and mechanical spaces. Initially engaged to design a sheltered area that would allow golfers to use the driving range in inclement weather, Architecture49 worked closely with the client to extend the program to the creation of a unique multi-functional building. In the clubhouse's final form, the sheltered driving-range tees back onto the lounge and relaxation areas, creating a unique experience for golfers.  © Stéphane Brügge  Plan  © Stéphane Brügge Function inspires form  © Stéphane Brügge Fluid movement between zones  © Stéphane Brügge Ubiquitous wood  © Stéphane Brügge  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Schmidt Hammer Lassen Designs Earthquake-Resistant Library in Christchurch Posted: 16 Oct 2018 08:30 AM PDT  Tūranga Library, Christchurch. Image © Adam Mørk Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects have announced the opening of Tūranga, the new central library for Christchurch, New Zealand. Built to address the earthquakes that damaged Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, the library is one of the first public buildings to open downtown after the disasters. Working with Architectus and the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand's South Island, the design was made to celebrate rebirth in Christchurch.  Tūranga Library, Christchurch. Image © Adam Mørk Built with attention to resilience, functionality and cultural awareness, Tūranga rises at the center of the earthquake-damaged city's redevelopment. As one of nine anchor projects identified as vital to the redevelopment of the city, the five-story, 9,500-square-meter library in the historic Cathedral Square was made to support the city's desire for public space. The entrance was made to evoke the important cultural concept of whakamanuhiri, the warm and welcoming 'bringing-in' of arriving visitors. Here, the reception wall includes multi-colored transitions of flora and fauna important to Ngāi Tahu, the local Māori tribe.  Tūranga Library, Christchurch. Image © Adam Mørk "Tūranga is the kind of multi-faceted project that layers architectural interest with significant cultural relevance," said Morten Schmidt, Founding Partner at Schmidt Hammer Lassen, lead designers of the library. "It has been a privilege to design a project that not only fulfills the need for a new central library, but also one whose mission of restoring the soul of the city includes the deep cultural heritage of Ngāi Tūāhuriri, the local Māori people."  Tūranga Library, Christchurch. Image © Adam Mørk Early in the design process, the architects collaborated with Matapopore Charitable Trust, an organization whose objective is to ensure the values, aspirations and narratives of the local Ngāi Tūāhuriri people are realized throughout the recovery of Christchurch. Their influence on the design of the building includes everything from building materials to physical orientation, tying together ancestry, traditional knowledge, and culture woven throughout Tūranga. This cultural representation is evident in the golden veil that cloaks the building in a striking, graphic façade. Its visual quality intensifies at sunset when the day's last rays of light draw out a depth of sheen. The vacillating form of the veil is inspired by the surrounding rolling hills that can be seen from the upper floors of the library, and the long, thick blades of the local harakeke flax that is a fundamental natural resource for traditional cultural practices.  Tūranga Library, Christchurch. Image © Adam Mørk  Tūranga Library, Christchurch. Image © Adam Mørk In an effort to enhance the civic activities of Cathedral Square, the second level houses a Community Arena—a space for the people of Christchurch to discuss, debate, share, and celebrate. The Community Arena is expressed as a distinct volume within the form of the library, and is positioned to maximise its visual connection to the square. Ascending further into the library, the upper three floors house various book collections, staff offices, meeting and study rooms, a production studio, a computer lab, and a music studio among other functions.  Tūranga Library, Christchurch. Image © Adam Mørk Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers, the structural engineering firm on the project, worked with the team to develop a structure that could withstand future potential earthquakes. Tūranga was constructed to very stringent performance criteria, and is designed to sustain minimal structural damage during a large earthquake thanks to an integrated, self-centering mechanism that allows the building to sway and then return to its original position. Part of the innovative set up is a seismic force-resisting system made up of a series of large-scale concrete walls that can rock and shift to isolate the building from peak earthquake accelerations during a significant seismic event. Each wall has high tensile, pre-tensioned steel cables that clamp the wall to the foundations with approximately 1,000 tonnes of force per wall. The stretch of these cables return the building to its original position after an earthquake, ensuring the library will stand as a unifying landmark in Christchurch for generations to come.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Preston Hollow Residence / Bodron+Fruit Posted: 16 Oct 2018 07:00 AM PDT  © Scott Frances
 © Scott Frances Text description provided by the architects. The Preston Hollow residence was designed for a couple seeking a new home for their growing art collection. Located on an unusually shaped lot of just over 1 acre in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas, the home is sited to maximize the views from the home and create a vanishing point to the horizon from the primary living spaces.  © Scott Frances These views are framed by a series of exterior and interior planes that allow the landscape to extend from exterior to interior. Located toward the back of the lot the house creates a courtyard of privacy with the lawn and pool terrace as the backdrop, and in doing so creates long views from the front of the home, creating the feeling of an expansive landscape. Buffered by the landscape on the sweeping edge of the lot, the home provides the privacy on an otherwise exposed corner lot.  © Scott Frances  Floor Plan  © Scott Frances Bodron+Fruit designed the architecture and interiors with a rich but subdued palette, using the natural hues from the marble, limestone, and white oak floors to complement the owner's art collection. Furniture was selected for its clean lines and comfort; united in tone, but varied in texture. Numerous architectural details abound, such as the decorative pivoting metal gate and custom door hardware, to provide the finishing touches.  © Scott Frances In an effort to mitigate the Texas sun, the west side of the home is largely solid with light colored limestone, while the south and east sides of the home have large expanses of glass with deep overhangs to provide natural daylight and minimal heat gain. To actively control the sun, the home employs motorized shading when needed.  © Scott Frances The home features 26 solar panels along the roof to reduce its energy consumption and at times return power to the grid. To further reduce the environmental impact of the home, all stormwater from the roof surface is directed to a 10,000-gallon underground water cistern that is used in the irrigation of the site. Other energy-conscious features include geothermal heating and cooling as well as the use of foam insulation.  © Scott Frances  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 16 Oct 2018 05:00 AM PDT  © Seth Powers
 © Seth Powers Text description provided by the architects. The Beijing KWG·M·CUBE, a 40,000-square-metre shopping centre designed by MVRDV, has completed construction in Beijing. Asked by the client to make the building a visual statement, MVRDV created a multifaceted volume that responds to its surroundings with a pearlescent ceramic façade, which shimmers in a spectrum of colours under changing light conditions.  Masterplan  Courtesy of MVRDV Located just within Beijing's innermost ring road, the KWG·M·CUBE is prominently located next to the Beijing Railway Station and near to both the Temple of Heaven to the Southwest, and Tiananmen and the Forbidden City to the Northwest. Given this prime location and the consequent value of the land, the client wanted a building that would stand out from its mostly beige and grey neighbours, while also packing a large amount of space into a relatively small footprint. Contradicting this request were the desires of the city government, whose preference was for a building that would fit in with its muted surroundings on the busy street.  © Seth Powers MVRDV was commissioned to design the building's exterior and responded to these competing hopes with a 7-storey volume that rises to the maximum allowed height of 36 metres—an unusually tall building for this kind of mall. The shape of the building was generated by cutting the volume at various angles to orient the façades to face key locations, such as the railway station and an intersection on the other side of the street, generating a shape that is both contextual and recognizable in its visual presence. It also allowed MVRDV to include open-air terraces on each level, which are symbolically oriented towards landmarks such as the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven—some visible from the building, others more distant—to root the building in its location.  © Seth Powers The building is wrapped in a pearlescent ceramic façade that at different times appears either grey or colourful, creating a subtle façade that does not need large LED screens to stand out and catch the attention of the passers-by. Hand-glazed in China, these tiles were made by applying three layers of glaze to the ceramic, and firing at a different temperature each time.  © Seth Powers "We designed the KWG·M·CUBE so that the building continuously displays new patterns and colours. Depending on the weather and light conditions and where you stand, the façade might look subtly grey, or it might shine with all the colours of the rainbow," says Jacob van Rijs, principal and co-founder of MVRDV. "In this part of Beijing, there are restrictions on architecture and many nearby buildings are completed in shades of grey and beige. Our solution allowed us to do exactly what the client and the city wanted: to create an attractive visual statement in which exuberance and modesty go hand in hand."  © Seth Powers The surface treatment of the façade also breaks up the mass of the building while responding to the light and view requirements of the interior program. While some areas of the surface were required to have blind facades to accommodate the stores behind, other stores are able to use diffuse light to their advantage, and here the ceramic tiles are used in a checkerboard pattern. In other places such as lobbies and cafes, fully glazed facades provide a visual connection between the inside of the shopping centre and the mall.  Elevation  Elevation  Elevation To accommodate the building's 7-storey height, MVRDV proposed to split the M-Cube shopping centre into two layers: on the lower 3 floors is the daytime shopping centre, which mostly hosts retail stores, while the upper levels feature more restaurants, bars, and cafés, and will truly come alive at night. In order to allow the upper floors to function while the lower floors are closed, an express elevator from the ground level takes visitors up to a second lobby on the fourth floor. To complete this layering effect, a landscaped roof terrace allows visitors to relax outside when the weather is pleasant.  © Seth Powers MVRDV won the competition to design the KWG·M·CUBE for client KWG Group Holdings in February 2012 and have worked on the project alongside façade consultants Meinhardt Façade Technology, contractor Gartner Permasteelisa Group, tile manufacturers NBK and HDTC, and co-architect Xinjiyuan.  © Seth Powers  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Edoardo Tresoldi's Basilica di Siponto awarded the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture Posted: 16 Oct 2018 04:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Roberto Conte The Basilica di Siponto by Edoardo Tresoldi has been awarded the "Gold Medal for Italian Architecture – Special Prize to Commission," considered the most prestigious award in Italian architecture. The wire mesh sculpture reinterprets the volumes of an Early Christian basilica which formerly sat on the site of the sculpture, adjacent to an existing Romanesque church. The scheme serves as a "bridge towards the memory of the place" allowing the public to contemplate time and history.  Courtesy of Roberto Conte The Basilica was inaugurated in March 2016, and has since captivated worldwide attention, provoking discussions on new scenarios for the preservation and enhancement of archaeological heritage.  Courtesy of Roberto Conte The award follows another accolade bestowed on the Basilica, which was awarded the Riccardo Francovich Archaeological Prize in 2016 for acknowledging "the site's capacity to combine academic rigor with an effective communication to the non-specialized audience."  Courtesy of Roberto Conte The Medal for Italian Architecture was established by the Triennale di Milano in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Culture, and offers an "active reflection on the role of architects and their work, with the aim of introducing the public in Italy and aboard to a new heritage of buildings and ideas."  Courtesy of Roberto Conte An exhibition associated with the award will be open at the Palazzo della Triennale in Milan until November 11th 2018, curated by Lorenza Baroncelli.  © Gianluca Di Ioia The scheme is only one of Tresoldi's investigations in wire mesh structures, with his "Etherea" structure, representing his biggest artwork to date, unveiled in March 2016 for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. News via: Edoardo Tresoldi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Studio in Jardim Paulista / grupoDEArquitetura Posted: 16 Oct 2018 03:00 AM PDT  © Pedro Kok
 © Pedro Kok A building that needed to be quick and affordable.  © Pedro Kok  Plan There is a garden and a bench in front of the building, where children of the school located in the opposite street can rest and reap some jabuticaba fruit. Yes! The jabuticaba tree was recently planted in the garden and serves the neighborhood. I once read that "happiness is eating jabuticaba under the tree": then it might be, a happy construction.  © Pedro Kok The building: a Pilates Studio with 200m2 leaning on both sides of the site. There are two volumes, one that hosts all the wet and technical areas and the other that organizes the functions, which are two studios and a reception. Courtyards between the rooms play the role of a transposition space among them, composing the following sequence: room – courtyard – room – courtyard – room.  © Pedro Kok Cross ventilation and natural lighting are the functions of the courtyard, because of the high temperatures that can reach the city, it was essential as a project guideline to consider the quality of insolation and ventilation.  © Pedro Kok
 © Pedro Kok The structure is metallic. There are 16 pillars supporting the beams. A spatial modulation was designed considering the use of commercial profile beam which is 12m in length, resulting in rooms and courtyard of 6x6m or 4x4m and also avoiding to waste constructive material. There is no coating in this building, because the poetry is in being who we are, concrete is concrete, metal is metal and brick is brick.  © Pedro Kok The front (west) and back (east) face seals are made by a double layer of bricks, composing a single hollow element specifically designed for this work. The sun does not bother and the ventilation is welcome. There are some glass panels inside the building to seal if is necessary. As Maristela, owner of the Studio says: "with the heat of Prudente I do not even need to turn on the air conditioning".  © Pedro Kok A building that needed to be quick and affordable. And it was! It was 6 months of construction and the project cost less than R$ 2000,00 per m².  © Pedro Kok  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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