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- Tactile House / Thomas & Spiers
- 3XN Unveils Sloping Design for Sydney Fish Market
- PanGenerator Reimagines Spiral Staircase as a Voice-Transforming Installation
- The Concept App, a Free Structural Engineering Tool, is Now Available on iPhone and Desktop
- Church of the Major Seminary of the Pontifical University of Comillas Integral Renovation / Fernandez-Abascal + Muruzabal + Alonso and Barrientos + UP Arquitectos
- Erieta Attali's Poetic Archaeology of Light Shows Architecture in Extreme Terrains
- Studio Loft / Yerce Architecture + zaas
- Hartford Architecture Students Win Urban Sustainability Competition Through “Live, Work, Play” Park Design
- Pavilion House / Irene Goldberg + Pitsou Kedem Architects
- Village Center in Sanhe / Wall Architects of XAUAT
- Brick-Mesh / ThEPlus Architects
- AD Classics: Cenotaph for Newton / Etienne-Louis Boullée
- Yatsugatake Annex / Takanori Ineyama Architects
- Kornerstone International Academy / hyperStiy Architects
- Christian Dada Taipei / Fumiko Takahama Architects
- NANZER Building / V + Arquitectura
- Calgary Central Library / Snøhetta
- Pedro Aguirre Cerda City Hall / GMM Arquitectos
- Arquitectonica Reveals Tower of Pools for Downtown L.A. in New Renders
- Nogal House / BGP Arquitectura
| Tactile House / Thomas & Spiers Posted: 05 Nov 2018 10:00 PM PST  © James Whitaker
 © Billy Bolton Text description provided by the architects. Tactile House is a split-level family house in Dulwich. The project was for a ground floor rear extension, loft conversion and internal alterations throughout.  © James Whitaker The ground floor spaces are defined by a varied playground of textures and materials for interactive family living. A mix of materials including painted steel, exposed brickwork, ceiling levels and textures, plywood and rope curtains create specific areas for playing, relaxing and eating.  © James Whitaker  Proposed Ground Floor  © James Whitaker The upper floors are reconfigured to open up bedrooms and bathrooms with a focus on shaping modern and clear interiors. Unique features, such as the reading nook in the upstairs loft, provide spaces to relax with natural light and joinery for handy storage.  © James Whitaker  Sketch Section Proposed  © James Whitaker  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 3XN Unveils Sloping Design for Sydney Fish Market Posted: 05 Nov 2018 09:00 PM PST  Sydney Fish Market. Image Courtesy of 3XN Danish office 3XN has unveiled finalized designs for their Sydney Fish Market project after announcing their attachment to the project last June. The scheme, which is expected to begin construction in 2019, combines the traditional working market program with contemporary features and is intended to establish a strong public connection to the waterfront at Blackwattle Bay.  Sydney Fish Market. Image Courtesy of 3XN 3XN's design is a contemporary take on the market archetype; the large, semi-open space is populated by rows of vendor stalls. Maintaining this free and human-scaled atmosphere was a primary focus of the design. The undulating roof form preserves both the essence of this typology and creates a modern icon for the waterfront.  Sydney Fish Market. Image Courtesy of 3XN While markets are traditionally known as open spaces, fish markets are often closed from the public, due to health risks posed by the machinery and processes. Rather than following this module, however, 3XN's design provides a strong visual connection to the interior functions, allowing the public indirect participation in the building's program.  Still from video by 3XN of the Sydney Fish Market. Image Courtesy of 3XN A large tribune connects the ground level plaza to the public market, allowing visitors to dip into the structure while traversing the new public waterfront route. It also serves as seating and a gathering space and is intended to play host to various public events. Public squares at each end of the market also provide additional space for gathering and recreation and will be planted with wetland flora to filter storm and greywater from the building.  Sydney Fish Market. Image Courtesy of 3XN The design for the market also pushes sustainable strategies to the forefront, combining rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling, biofiltration, and mechanical filtration systems. The waste systems also prioritize best practice recycling strategies to reduce unnecessary waste. "Environmental and social sustainability are essential and inseparable parts of the design," explains Kim Herforth Nielsen, founder of 3XN. "The roof, landscaped forms, open atmosphere, plantings and materials that characterize the experience of the design are examples of this union. Throughout the course of the new Market's concept and design development; public amenity and environmental sustainability have formed the core of our decision-making processes."  Still from video by 3XN of the Sydney Fish Market. Image Courtesy of 3XN 3XN's plan was selected from a submission pool of more than 60 international design studios. Construction is expected to start on the Market in mid-2019 and reach completion in 2020. News via: 3XN  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| PanGenerator Reimagines Spiral Staircase as a Voice-Transforming Installation Posted: 05 Nov 2018 08:30 PM PST The media arts & design collective panGenerator have released a new video showing how they turned the iconic spiral staircase of the Szczecin Philharmonic into an "instrument" that transforms audience voices. Dubbed SPIRALALALA, the site-specific project invites the audience to experiment with various sound effects applied to their vocalizations. These are synchronised with the movement of a ball falling along a 35m track. A series of speakers create the illusion of the sound "falling" with the ball. Designed for the MDF Festival, the installation's interaction starts with the insertion of the ball into the microphone. Then recording starts and after the recorded sound stops the ball is released to slide down along the track. Custom built gates with infrared sensors and radio modules resonate with the sound transformations applied to the recording that are synchronized with the current speed and position of the ball. The light trail following the ball has also been created thanks to the sensors and micro-controllers measuring the speed of the ball passing the gates. Projection mapping was synchronized with the motion of the ball to make the whole thing more visible for the people standing in the lobby of the Philharmonic. VIDEO CREDITS DOP – Hola Hola Film  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Concept App, a Free Structural Engineering Tool, is Now Available on iPhone and Desktop Posted: 05 Nov 2018 08:00 PM PST  via Fast + Epp Vancouver-based engineering firm Fast + Epp has created a free tool, called Concept, for architects and designers to explore a variety of building materials. The interface allows the designer to explore the aesthetics of wood, concrete, and steel while also providing additional information about the composition and feasibility of these materials.  via Fast + Epp The application was initially created to provide an interface to browse inspirational photos and calculate material feasibility at your fingertips. Since the release of the iPhone app, Concept has been expanded to be compatible on desktops as well. This new feature allows Concept to provide information to architects in the office, on a construction site, and in client meetings.  via Fast + Epp
As a structural engineering firm, Fast + Epp believes that the Concept app can serve as a structural engineer at your fingertips. "Given the digital age we are in and the propensity [architects] have to start Revit models pretty early before structural is on board, this is a useful research for establishing some starting criteria," said Stephen Grim of Olson Kundig Architects. News via Fast + Epp  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Nov 2018 07:00 PM PST  © Javier Callejas
 © Javier Callejas Text description provided by the architects. The project focuses on the integral renovation of the Church of the Major Seminary of the Pontifical University of Comillas. This intervention continues the strategy initiated years ago in the Seminar.  © Javier Callejas The church is the central element of this vast eclectic campus, which appears as a result of three imposed plans. Among them, the scheme of Lluís Domènech i Montaner is the more attractive one.  © Javier Callejas  Plans  © Javier Callejas It is characterized by a very clever manipulation of the spaces along the central axis, where the church is located, and the suggestive application of modernist ornamentation.  © Javier Callejas The proposal proffers two types of overlapping interventions.  © Javier Callejas On the one hand, an almost invisible work of restoration comprising laborious structural reinforcements of walls and slabs; a systematic sealing of the envelope, concentrating mainly on the tiles; and a renewal of all the interior finishes including paintings on the vaults, ceilings, carpentry, stained glass and mosaics on the pavement.  © Javier Callejas A series of specific actions belong to the general approach, started in the phase one, that aims to improve both the performance and accessibility of the buildings.  © Javier Callejas A ramp, new openings, materialised through concrete lattices, manipulations of levels, a new lighting strategy, the recovery of the sacristy and a big transformation of the choir space revitalise the space and provide further autonomy to the church within the complex.  © Javier Callejas .  Elevations + Sections .  © Javier Callejas .  © Javier Callejas .  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Erieta Attali's Poetic Archaeology of Light Shows Architecture in Extreme Terrains Posted: 05 Nov 2018 06:30 PM PST  © Erieta Attali Erieta Attali has devoted two decades to exploring the relationship between architecture and the landscape at the edges of the world. Attali's photography interrogates how extreme conditions and demanding terrains provoke humankind to re-orient and center itself through architectural responses. Her unrelenting and highly physical expedition has seen her traverse four continents, working in isolated and remote terrains from Iceland to the Indian Ocean.  © Erieta Attali In Periphery | Archaeology of Light, Attali references the essence of ancient Greek cartology in which the edges of maps represented the outer limits of the known world. Attali's poetic and metaphorical photographs, in which architecture is depicted as a natural feature, inseparable from its context, present visual maps of temporal and spatial transformations at the outposts of human existence.  © Erieta Attali  © Erieta Attali The photographic journey is accompanied by textual contributions from different fields: archaeology, architecture, and history of art, speaking to the idea of a geographical periphery.  © Erieta Attali  © Erieta Attali  © Erieta Attali  © Erieta Attali  © Erieta Attali Erieta Attali |
| Studio Loft / Yerce Architecture + zaas Posted: 05 Nov 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Yerce Art Photography - Emin Emrah Yerce
 © Yerce Art Photography - Emin Emrah Yerce Text description provided by the architects. This is the story of the conversion of a regular, standard flat into a photography studio, private house, and an art gallery. The apartment is located on a quiet street parallel to a busy boulevard in Alsancak, one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Izmir. The brief was to design the ground floor and the upper floor of this apartment which was part of a five-story housing block on this calm and green street, to be used as a photographic studio. During the design process, together with the client, it was agreed upon that this place could go beyond being just a photographic studio.  © Yerce Art Photography - Emin Emrah Yerce Besides meeting the demands of the client who is a well-known photographer in İzmir, who wanted to have a place for his own where he could live and work, the idea of integrating an exhibition area to this space was quickly embraced. While enabling his studio to exhibit and share the photographic work that it produces, this space would also host other photography exhibitions and thus become an alternative art exhibition spot in the city. While the ground floor was planned to fulfill the necessities of a photographic studio and an exhibition space, the upper floor was designed to have the office space, kitchen area, sleeping, and private resting zones.  Axonometric Section However, one of the important targets of the project was to maximize the creative space for the photographic studio, therefore in the design process, upper floor and mezzanine is planned to serve as spaces for photo shooting if wanted. In this way, the project turned into a 'loft' space where working, living & exhibiting functions intertwined with each other under the roof of a photographic studio. Answers were sought to questions such as how could a space which was constructed and used initially as a typical, standard apartment could transform into a multifunctional area where different functions and forms of living can go along together; how could permeability within these functions be established and how could the flow of life and space be in such a place.  © Yerce Art Photography - Emin Emrah Yerce Project got the chance to open more to public thanks to the exhibition space that it had gained. Integration with the wide sidewalk in front of the apartment was essential. The surrounding space around the apartment until the street, was decided to be included in the design. Sidewalk level and the material was to continue until the inner space. The sliding folding glass doors forming the facade, could open completely by being collected on the sides and thus would contribute to the fusion of the inner space with the urban space on an exhibition event.  © Yerce Art Photography - Emin Emrah Yerce Street flowing into the inner space and viceversa, would enable a potential exhibition visitor passing by there to have a look into the exhibition without a filter. This wide sidewalk that belongs to the city and the apartment could become a social area and platform on an exhibition opening night where people could communicate with the comfort of being on the street rather than in an enclosed gallery space. As a result, a cozy, fun, wise layout, set up and the transformation was aimed which would balance well the separation and incorporation of the abovementioned functions and be open to the public and be private to the necessary extent while contributing to the surrounding built environment.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 05 Nov 2018 05:30 PM PST  Department of Architecture, University of Hartford A team of five University of Hartford Master of Architecture (MArch) students recently won the Dream Green, Hartford EcoDesign competition sponsored by the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation and hosted by the City of Hartford Mayor's Office of Sustainability. The competition requested proposals to improve the city through "pop-up" projects that transform underused city spaces while highlighting green infrastructure and sustainable design.  Department of Architecture, University of Hartford The Hartford MArch students' winning design submission proposes a new "5 Corners" pocket park that contains interactive structures to promote learning, socializing, and playing on an underused lot in North Hartford. The 5 Corners site is adjacent to the Swift Factory, which is currently being redeveloped by Community Solutions to bring needed jobs back to the neighborhood. However, even with the new construction, limited site modifications are planned for the corner lot, except for a bio-swale along the north side of the site and adjacent to the factory building. The MArch team's design seeks to enhance the notion of "Live, Work, Play" in the neighborhood by formally developing the corner site into a social and recreational hub for the community.  Department of Architecture, University of Hartford The 5 Corners Park will provide numerous activities in the predominately residential neighborhood while educating residents about the advances in the city's green infrastructure, including the on-site bio-swale. Using mostly salvaged and donated materials, neighborhood volunteers will help construct an information kiosk, community garden raised planters, a play structure, and a reading bench complete with a small community lending library. The design team plans to engage community groups in the coming year to optimize the park's interactive content to meet the needs of the neighborhood residents of all ages. To implement the design, the graduate students along with the Architecture Department's student-led Freedom by Design chapter will engage community members through a series of community charrettes to further develop the design and through volunteer construction workshop days. The city will contribute funds toward the construction of the park, and the Freedom by Design group will seek additional construction funding through various grants.  Department of Architecture, University of Hartford The winning student-design team members are second-year MArch students Nabila Ahmed, Brian Gonzalez, Alexis Hoff, Katie Scanlon, and Patrick Spichal. Their project was generated as part of a graduate design studio course taught by Associate Professor Seth Holmes. The 4-week studio project provided an opportunity for graduate students to explore working in an integrative design team using iterative and analytical design methods based on site-based observations and real-world design requirements. Additionally, a number of undergraduate students from UHart's Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design + Technology degree program engaged with the project during a one-hour design charrette during instructor Terri Hahn's Site Planning course.  Department of Architecture, University of Hartford The University of Hartford's Master of Architecture program focuses its two-year professional curriculum on urban environmental and social sustainability through course offerings, design studio projects, faculty research, and community outreach. The program's community-engaged projects and travel design studios address urban design challenges in local neighborhoods (Hartford), regional centers (New York, Boston, Montreal), and international destinations (Peru, Italy, Cuba). This economical MArch program provides students with an accredited professional degree based on a pedagogy that universally considers people, place, and process. The 5 Corners project is a testament to how University of Hartford students can work together to improve the built environment through a more holistic, socially engaged design process. Prospective students interested in the University of Hartford Master of Architecture program should inquire here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pavilion House / Irene Goldberg + Pitsou Kedem Architects Posted: 05 Nov 2018 05:00 PM PST  © Amit Geron
 © Amit Geron Text description provided by the architects. Although from afar it seems one-leveled, this house – which sits on a platform that rises 60cm above ground level - has another level dug underground.  © Amit Geron Its structure resembles a tent on stilts – eight frames of steel poles and beams, set in two-meter intervals, hold the concrete ceiling and frame the central space, reaching 3.85m high. Around the layout of poles and beams the house is enveloped with wide windows held in place with a surrounding steel beam (in which various systems are concealed). A ribbon window situated above the beam makes the ceiling seem to float (another ribbon window, set in the gap between the platform and the house, illuminates the basement). More natural light enters through a rectangular internal courtyard at the heart of the house, completely open to the sky and surrounded with glass walls that allow sunlight to reach the basement floor.  © Amit Geron  Plan  © Amit Geron  Sections  © Amit Geron This abundance of natural light is framed with four thick walls, one on each facade – that delineate the house's different areas (the entrance wall, the living room wall, or the main bedroom). These walls are covered in a thin layer of slate planks placed one slightly overlapping the other. This arrangement of planks sets the tone of the house's overall design – the window openings in the walls, the texture of the internal walls and the carpentry items, the flooring slabs and the garden planters.  © Amit Geron  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Village Center in Sanhe / Wall Architects of XAUAT Posted: 05 Nov 2018 04:00 PM PST  Texture, Volume and depth. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang
 The exterior view at night. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang Text description provided by the architects. The project is situated in Sanhe Village, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, China. This historical village is rich in resources. It is a typical representative of "Guan Zhong" villages and contains a spiritual characteristic reminiscent of the traditional homes of the Shaanxi people. Today, as the spiritual pursuit and cultural heritage become more and more important, the village carries an increasingly important responsibility.  © TrimontImage - Dong Wang  The entrance of happiness courtyard. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang The completion of this project is also aimed at reviving the cultural and spititual connection in rural architecture through a good design. This project will satisfy the rural residents' fundamental materialistic and spiritual needs, and at the same time improve the construction of rural public infrastructure.  Flowing interior space. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang  design sketch (horizontality and verticality of courtyard)  Flowing interior space. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang From the perspective of public services, this project has become a veritable"village complex"which includes homes for the elderly, rural health center, village history showroom, village information service station, rural industry showroom, cultural activity center,reading and studying room, spiritual and cultural center, the village grand stage, and outdoor stadium, which aim to improve the rural lifestyle and satisfy the spiritual and cultural needs of the rural residents.  Rural exhibition space. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang From the perspective of architectural design, the project explores the possibilities of rural architecture in a pure way. There are three important aspects: first, the reacquaintance of the local environment ; second, the redefinition of traditional space and modern rural life; and third, the usage and display of rural regional raw materials in contemporary construction.  Corridor bridge, courtyard and volume. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang  Steps, children and light. Image © TrimontImage - Dong Wang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Brick-Mesh / ThEPlus Architects Posted: 05 Nov 2018 03:00 PM PST  © Ryoo, In Keun
.jpg?1541359363 "© Ryoo, In Keun") © Ryoo, In Keun Text description provided by the architects. The site has a special locational characteristic called Jongno and, at the same time, is adjacent to Unhyeon Palace, which is one of the ancient palaces of the Chosun Dynasty. Located at the end of the secluded alley crossing from prosperous Iksun-dong to Insa-dong, the pre-construction site is about 128.98m² in area and used to be a general commercial area. The client, who was running a psychological consultation institute and living in Gangnam, the complete opposite of Jongno in local color, has always been fascinated about Gangbuk and Jongno.  © Ryoo, In Keun Hence, when he contracted the land and asked for the construction design, he insisted the construction be harmonious with both the local color of Jongno and surroundings. Despite its use as a general commercial area. There were restrictions on the number of floors and the height(limited to 5 stories and 20 meters) according to the regulations of this area. So, in order to overcome this limitation, we had to pass deliberations related to architecture and cultural assets. Looking around, the remains of old things still remain. Across the street, it faces the fence that surrounds Unhyeon Palace and Jongno Campus of Ducksung Women University. .jpg?1541358927 "© Ryoo, In Keun") © Ryoo, In Keun The roads are frequented by tourists as well as local residents. We thought that the new architecture in this area was easy to counter the urban context. It may be that new things have not happened, and modern architectural elements can be. Although the main office of the building is a rental office, I hoped that I could easily see the view from the inside of the building and hoped that the building would not be like a stranger from the outside. Because of small ground, we could not afford to reconstruct the MASS of the building. So, we focused on the design through the FACADE construction and we decided to construct the FACADE of the building using the most familiar traditional material, brick. We wanted to organize itself so that it can be modern and well compatible without being too old.  © Ryoo, In Keun  Sections  © Ryoo, In Keun The exterior wall of the building is made up of net bricks. In the daytime, the interior of the building experiences a split light. At night, the interior light of the building is split and spread out. This facade construction required a lot of effort by the workers and it caused the construction period to be somewhat longer. It seems that the solid image that is felt from the outside has the effect of being bigger than the actual size of the building, it brings up the masculine image during the day and the feminine image at night. .jpg?1541359333 "© Ryoo, In Keun") © Ryoo, In Keun This is because the natural light falling on the brick net constituting the shell is absorbed into the inside, and the artificial light inside is broken through the brick net in the evening. The gates that reflect the image of net bricks are uncomfortable, and the brick finish on the hall-floor matches the image of the building. Light breaks through net bricks of the staircase hit the wall. By itself, it is a great decoration of the wall. Also, there is a small garden on the rooftop so that users can relax and enjoy the surrounding scenery only available in Jongno.  © Ryoo, In Keun  Floor Plans  © Ryoo, In Keun  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AD Classics: Cenotaph for Newton / Etienne-Louis Boullée Posted: 05 Nov 2018 02:00 PM PST  Exterior view This article was originally published on September 10, 2014. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section. Beyond representing his individual creative genius, Boullée's approach to design signaled the schism of architecture as a pure art from the science of building. He rejected the Vitruvian notion of architecture as the art of building, writing "In order to execute, it is first necessary to conceive… It is this product of the mind, this process of creation, that constitutes architecture…" (1). The purpose of design is to envision, to inspire, to make manifest a conceptual idea though spatial forms. Boullee's search was for an immutable and totalizing architecture.  Exterior elevation Paris during Boullée's lifetime (1728-1799) was the cultural center of the world as well as a nexus great transformation. Pre-Haussmanization streets were the breeding ground of class strife as poor crops and costly wars led to financial crisis. Enlightenment ideals, particularly notions of popular sovereignty and inalienable rights, influenced the rise of malcontent and eventual revolution (2). Although Boullée completed a number of small-scale built commissions for private and religious patrons, he was most influential during his lifetime in academic roles at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and the Académie Royale d'Architecture. Boullée rejected the perceived frivolity of sumptuous Rococo design in favor of the rigid orders of the Greeks and Romans. Driven by his search for pure forms derived from nature, he looked back into history to the monumental forms of cultures that predated the Greeks. Transcending mere adulation of historical precedents, Boullée remixed classic elements at a scale and level of drama previously unachieved. For Boullée the sphere represented perfection and majesty, creating soft gradations of light across its curved surface and having an "immeasurable hold over our senses" (3). For Newton's cenotaph a 500 ft diameter sphere is embedded within a three-tiered cylindrical base, giving the impression of a buried volume. Boullée smartly completes the figure of the sphere with a flanking pair of curved ramps.  Split plan showing interior and from above A single grand staircase leads up to a round plinth. The drawings privilege impact and atmosphere over legibility of the layout, for example showing a small exterior door on the second level above a band of crenellation yet illustrating no means of access. Narrow flanking stairs provide an exterior connection between the second and uppermost terrace. Closely spaced cypress trees, associated with mourning in Greek and Roman cultures, circumscribe each level. The spherical entry portal at the lower level gives way to a dark, long tunnel that runs below the central volume. Rising up as it approaches the center, a final run of stairs brings visitors into a cavernous void. Here at the center of gravity lies a sarcophagus for Newton, the sole indication of human scale in the interior.  Section, during the day with interior night effect Boullée creates an interior world that inverts exterior lighting conditions. At night, light radiates from an oversize luminaire suspended at the center point of the sphere. Vaguely celestial in form, its light spills through the long the entry tunnels. During the day, a black starlit night blankets the interior. Points of light penetrate the thick shell through narrow punctures whose arrangement corresponds with locations of planets and constellations. A seemingly inaccessible corridor with a quarter-circle section rings the perimeter. The sections begin to suggest a negotiation of forces, as the dome appears to attenuate or hollow out at the top and thicken towards the supports. The bare walls and lack of ornament create a sombre impression. Changes in tone and fog-like elements bolster the sense of mystery. Exterior view Although unbuilt, Boullée's drawings were engraved and widely circulated. His treatise, bequeathed to the Bibliotèque National de France, was not published until the twentieth century. In The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique, Thomas Wells Schaller calls the cenotaph an "astounding piece" that is "perfectly symptomatic of the age as much as it is of the man" (4). Considered along with Claude Nicholas Ledoux and Jean-Jaques Lequeu the work of Boullée and his contemporaries influenced the work at the École des Beaux-Arts during the mid and latter nineteenth century. His works still inspire designers. For example, in 1980 Lebbeus Woods designed a cenotaph for Einstein, inspired by the Cenotaph for Newton. Check out an English language translation of Boullee's thoughts on the architect as artist, nature, and additional projects here.  Interior night effect Notes
Main Sources Kaufmann, Emil. "Three Revolutionary Architects, Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 42 No. 3 (1952), 431-564 Rosenau, Helen. Boullée's Treatise on Architecture. London: Alec Tiranti Ltd., 1953. Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie. Etienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799): Theoretician of Revolutionary Architecture. New York: George Braziller, 1974. Boullée, Etienne-Louis. Architecture, Essay on Art. Edited and annotated by Helen Rosenau. Translated by Sheila da Vallée. Accessed at http://designspeculum.com/Historyweb/boulleetreatise.pdf Schaller, Thomas Wells. The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1997.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Yatsugatake Annex / Takanori Ineyama Architects Posted: 05 Nov 2018 01:00 PM PST  © Koichi Torimura
 © Koichi Torimura Text description provided by the architects. A small residence for clients living in Tokyo and Yamanashi two bases. The client usually lives in a detached house in the center of Tokyo but while planning the child rearing of three children, the plan started to feel a little disabled part in the life of only Tokyo.  © Koichi Torimura Although it is a large premises compared to the city center, since the area around the site is an area dotted with villas and residents' settlements, it was requested to establish an appropriate relationship with the surrounding environment.  © Koichi Torimura  Section  © Koichi Torimura Specifically, we controlled the sense of distance and the line of sight with the surrounding environment by opening and closing the surrounding trees and buildings, full roads and gardens, and closing "one wall".  Diagram Give new value to this site by proper placement of different personality place such as living, dining, outdoor bath, deck etc. in the environment created by "one wall"  © Koichi Torimura This small residence plays a role to smoothly connect the lives at the two bases while compensating for missing items in the main building by positioning like 'Annex' to the city center house (main house).  © Koichi Torimura Living in Tokyo and Yamanashi brings together plants and living things collected in Yamanashi's garden, such as summer holidays and year-end and New Year holidays with "stay away" for a long time, and this "home master" and " Relationship "has become concrete. Even small buildings can have a rich place of living by having new places. Proposal of a new lifestyle realizing "distant".  © Koichi Torimura  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kornerstone International Academy / hyperStiy Architects Posted: 05 Nov 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Weiqi Jin
 © Weiqi Jin Text description provided by the architects. With the change of educational concept in contemporary Chinese families, expectations for their children are not only limited to their accumulation of knowledge, but also hope that they can learn from intimate relationships, good habits and good personality in their growth.  © Weiqi Jin  © Weiqi Jin With the change of the concept of education in contemporary Chinese families, parents' expectations of their children not only limit their accumulation of knowledge, but also hope that they can learn to enlighten creation, intimacy, good habits and sound personality when growing up. It drives the transformations of kindergarten management mode, which call for the new design of kindergartens.  © Weiqi Jin Located in Yinchuan city of northwest China, the Kornerstone International Academy is a sister school of United Christian Academy, which is one of the best k-12 schools in southern California. Mrs. Maywan Krach, the Chinese-American director of kindergarten teaching, promote education as a "marathon" which originated from the United States and combined with the characteristic development of Stepping Stone's advanced preschool education system in China. She advised that learning process could be beneficiaries of lifelong, and easily stand on the starting line in the process of perceiving life.  2F Plan As the neighborhood of the site is full of high density housing, the architect hope that the kindergarten can bring light and shiny color to the community blocks. On the one hand, the architect set up a series of vertical lattice window on the building facade, which is a way of relaxing the strong light of the northwest China, and brings in more mild light to the interior space. On the other hand, the activities inside the kindergarten vaguely foil the skin of the building facade, and make the whole building much lighter.  © Weiqi Jin  © Weiqi Jin With 25 classes and an early education center, the interior space functions as a large preschool. The architect tries to break through the conventional education functional division eg, defining the classroom as learning area, the bedrooms as sleeping area, the playground as exercise area and so on. Moreover, there is no excessive aesthetic burden in bold colors, but preferring to use natural earth color and environmental friendly material.  © Weiqi Jin The entire southeast level of the kindergarten is a multi-functional hall, and also a shared space open to neighboring community and the public during weekends and festivals. Parents are invited to participate in it. Architect make uses of the staircase space, which composed of different kids' devices, such as slide, trampoline, climbing, and peekaboo, etc, to form a large sculpture installation. Children could play games spontaneously. At the same time, it is also the visual focus in this large space, and teachers and parents can observe different groups of children's activities of children.  © Weiqi Jin  © Weiqi Jin In addition, the second and third floor is the teaching space. While adopting strict safety protection system, it pays attention to excavating the potential of public places, increasing the number of children gathering spaces, to maximize the internal mobility of the building. The hallways of the classrooms are set with rounded corners for reading, and children can choose either arch in different directions for entering. It turns every possible corner into an interactive system of game experience and physical exercise at any time, not only to stimulate children's interest in reading, but also greatly increase their opportunities to interact with different grades.  © Weiqi Jin  © Weiqi Jin What is a kindergarten? Kindergarten is not an amusement park, but a natural, real, simple and comfortable place for children to feel, learn and grow. The design consists of warm, soft and light elements: natural wooden materials, indoor cabins, and flexible lighting treatment. In the evening, when the light comes out of the house, the partition of the facade and the opening of the windows make the kindergarten as translucent shining body lighting up the corner of this northwest city.  © Weiqi Jin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Christian Dada Taipei / Fumiko Takahama Architects Posted: 05 Nov 2018 11:00 AM PST  © Rex Chu
 © Rex Chu Text description provided by the architects. Christian Dada Taipei is a flagship shop in Taipei which is second dedicated store outside of Japan for the noted fashion house. The 150sqm space uses "Ruins" as a design concept – after the first oversea store in Singapore showing the Japanese origins of the label and distinguishing from other luxury brands, the focus is more on "Dadaism", the brand grand concept.  © Rex Chu Reminiscent of an abandoned place where the walls are destroyed, the floor is wet by water leakage, and the light coming through from the hole on the roof, the design proposes a series of random walls sticking out from the floor and the ceiling, exposed untreated black steel pipes, highly glossy mortar floor, and the Barrisol ceiling.  © Rex Chu The walls divide the space gently and inviting the customers to walk around, simultaneously create various areas helping break down collection by story, gender, look etc. The untreated steel pipes for hanging garments are dismountable for occasional events such as installation, performance, and catwalk.  © Rex Chu The walls are made from raw cement boards, in normal use, a backing material. The decision was made during the construction phase when we found on site that "Unfinished" and "Ruins" are contextually opposite but in fact looking alike. The special treatment onto the selected walls, daubing mortar by the designer himself, completed the space.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| NANZER Building / V + Arquitectura Posted: 05 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Gonzalo Viramonte
 © Gonzalo Viramonte Text description provided by the architects. The building is situated in a zone very close to the central area of the city, on Pueyrredón Street, where the low-rise individual housing in a consolidated neighborhood prevails. The architecture does not pretend to be sophisticated, but simple and apprehensive with the neighborhood itself, for that it takes the environment and generates a dialogue with it.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  Section  © Gonzalo Viramonte To achieve this link, traditional and well-known materials as brick, metal sheet and concrete, were used on façade. The proposal is armed in two volumes, these are articulated by means of a vertical circulation core (a lift and semi-covered stairs) that together with a large vacuum guarantee light and ventilation to the whole.  © Gonzalo Viramonte Four apartments per floor, develop a total of five floors of housing plus a baseboard that contains the pedestrian entrance, eight covered garages and the recreation and residence area. In both volumes the private areas are organized in the center with suspended white plaster ceilings (bedrooms) while the social areas are located on the front and back , with reinforced concrete slabs (living room) generating good cross ventilation in all units.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  Second Floor and Third Floor Plan  © Gonzalo Viramonte We designed the façade from a technical aspect rather than an aesthetic search. The vertical parasols fulfill a double function, they guard the west orientation and grant dynamism to the façade. The heart of apple is used as an area of recreation, this has a small longitudinal pool that together with the green area make an urban pause.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Calgary Central Library / Snøhetta Posted: 05 Nov 2018 07:31 AM PST  Courtesy of Snøhetta
 Courtesy of Snøhetta Text description provided by the architects. The building is sited within a complex urban condition, where a fully operational Light Rail Transit Line crosses the site from above to below ground on a curved half- moon path, dividing Downtown and East Village. In response, the design lifts the main entry over the encapsulated train line. Gently terraced slopes rise up to the heart of the building, allowing for people arriving from every direction to interact with the library.  Courtesy of Snøhetta  Courtesy of Snøhetta  Courtesy of Snøhetta Outdoor amphitheaters nestled into the terraces provide places  Courtesy of Snøhetta  Courtesy of Snøhetta The dynamic, triple-glazed façade is composed of a modular, hexagonal pattern that expresses the library's aims to provide a space that invites in all visitors. Aggregated variations on the hexagon form scatter across the building's curved surface in alternating panels of fritted glass and occasional iridescent aluminum. From these shapes emerge familiar forms: Parts of the pattern might resemble an open book, snowflake-like linework, or interlocking houses, anchoring the ideas of the collective and community. Most importantly, the entire building volume is enclosed in the same pattern, allowing all sides to function as the "front" of the building. This visual vocabulary continues inside, expressed in the design of CPL's new visual identity and wayfinding signage in the building, unifying the library's goals of inclusivity.  Courtesy of Snøhetta The crystalline geometry of the façade is carved away to reveal an expansive wood archway that embraces visitors as they approach. Framing the entrance of the building, the form references the Chinook cloud arches common to the region. Created entirely of planks of western red cedar from nearby British Columbia, the double- curved shell is among one of the largest freeform timber shell in the world. Its organic form and texture bring the large building down to a tactile, intimate scale. Visible from the outside of the building is the main atrium, inviting people in.  Courtesy of Snøhetta As the archway continues into the lobby and atrium, the wood spirals upwards over 85 feet to a view of the sky through the oculus. Wood slats line the perimeter of the open atrium, shaped in plan like a pointed ellipse, serving as an orientation device for people to quickly grasp the circulation and organizational logic of the library. Inside, the concrete structure is left exposed and unfinished, hinting at the open-ended possibilities within. The rhythm of beams and columns are reminiscent of a stoa, the public, open-air colonnades of ancient Greek architecture that doubled as spaces of gathering and intellectual exchange. The rawness of the material palette is intended to give people the sense that the library is a place of engagement, rather than a sacrosanct repository for books.  Courtesy of Snøhetta Organized on a spectrum of 'Fun' to 'Serious,' the library program locates the livelier public activities on the lower floors, gradually transitioning to quieter study areas on the upper levels as one spirals upwards. At the street level, a series of multi-purpose rooms line the perimeter of the building, enhancing the connectivity between inside and outside. On the ground floor, a Children's Library offers playhouses that provide space for crafts and drawing-based activities, early literacy programs, and a full-body indoor play experience.  Courtesy of Snøhetta Throughout the six floors, a variety of spaces provide for digital, analog, group, and individual interactions. At the uppermost level of the library is the Great Reading Room, conceived as a jewel box tucked within the library, which provides a space  Courtesy of Snøhetta Arriving at the northernmost point of the library, one finds oneself at the Living Room, overlooking the train line and the meeting point of the two neighborhoods. Filled with light and activity, this prow of the building will not only serve as a beacon to those outside, inviting them to enter, but also as a prospect for looking back out – a fitting vantage point to observe the impact of a building that hopes to re-energize the spirit of culture, learning, and community in Calgary.  Courtesy of Snøhetta  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pedro Aguirre Cerda City Hall / GMM Arquitectos Posted: 05 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST  © Aryeh Kornfeld
 © Aryeh Kornfeld Text description provided by the architects. The new City Hall building is located in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Santiago. As we analyzed the site area, we discovered that the privation of public spaces and the poor conditions of the infrastructure were key factors for unsafety in the neighborhood, leading to lack of social cohesion and therefore to a less fluid relationship between the local government and the community. We believe that bringing people together through the value of architecture and public spaces we could improve the quality of life to both the city hall employees and the community in general. That became one of our main goals and key concepts of our design.  © Aryeh Kornfeld  Ground floor plan  © Aryeh Kornfeld On the other hand we wanted to design a low height simple building that enhances the public areas connecting them through a mayor inner public space that could bring the local community inwards the building.  © Aryeh Kornfeld  Elevations + Sections  © Aryeh Kornfeld We designed a building that relates to the neighborhood by means of the construction of a U-shaped block that maintained the continuous façade towards the street and towards the interior a façade with an inner angle to achieve a passive control against sunlight. In the interior, we located an oval that contains the community dependencies and the municipal conventions hall. The roof of the building was thought as a large terrace and public space for exhibitions and events aiming to multiply the diversity of public spaces for the community and give greater possibilities to the municipality's infrastructure.  © Aryeh Kornfeld  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Arquitectonica Reveals Tower of Pools for Downtown L.A. in New Renders Posted: 05 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PST  5th and Hill Tower. Image Courtesy of Arquitectonica Arquitectonica has revealed new renderings of its proposal for a 53-story tower of cantilevered pools in Downtown Los Angeles. The skyscraper could be built under two different scenarios, where either the building becomes primarily residential units or a hotel and condominiums. The City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning published a draft Environmental Impact Report with further details on the 784-foot tower. Arquitectonica's tower is one of multiple developments underway around Pershing Square.  5th and Hill Tower. Image Courtesy of Arquitectonica JMF Development owns the Pershing Square building at the tower's site along 5th and Hill streets, and they aim to create the new development on the vacant, L-shaped lot around the historic structure. The formal focus of the project are a series of cantilevered, glass-bottom pools for residents on the building's upper levels. Beginning as balconies, the building protrusions increase in size to become pools toward the top of the tower.  5th and Hill Tower. Image Courtesy of Arquitectonica  5th and Hill Tower. Image Courtesy of Arquitectonica Of the two options for the project, Option A would include two, three, and four-bedroom condominiums with a 190-room hotel, guest amenities, and parking for 126 vehicles. Option B would include one, two, three, and four-bedroom condominiums with amenities, ground-floor retail space, and parking for 187 vehicles. "This project will bring those passions to life through a design that was inspired by the iconic California mid-century architecture," said JMF founder Jeffrey FIsh in a released statement. "With 5th and Hill, we are reimagining those classic California designs and their porous indoor-outdoor lifestyle celebrating our beautiful climate in a sleek, vertical tower that evokes the best of the last century while looking forward with innovative design and engineering." Pershing Square is set to begin renovations in 2020. While Arquitectonica's tower is under development and a timeline has not yet been released, JMF says project completion is currently anticipated in 2023. News via Urbanize LA  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nogal House / BGP Arquitectura Posted: 05 Nov 2018 04:00 AM PST  © The Raws
 © The Raws Text description provided by the architects. Paceful and monumental, the Nogal (Walnut) House adopts its name from the conditions defining its location in the site: it respects the existing surroundings by scattering patios around the walnut trees in the plot while the house adapts its contour to them.  © The Raws Each space is joined with the exterior through particular gardens where colors and textures match with furniture in steel, rattan and wood, also designed by bgp. The entrance to the house is through the middle level, where living, dining room and kitchen are located besides a home theater that, by opening and closing doors, could be an independent extra room for the house.  Cortesía de BGP Arquitectura  Ground floor plan A double height space connects this level with the upper library, studio and pool area with a grill. In the ground level, in touch with the patios, are the bedrooms and the family room, in a more intimate atmosphere.  © The Raws  Longitudinal Section  © The Raws  Cross Section Sustainability had special considerations in the design. The use of insulated double-walls and glasses, and the presence of few windows facing south, help reduce solar heat to the interiors, minimizing HVAC requirements.  © The Raws Besides this, the use of crossed natural ventilation, the use of the ground as thermal mass insulation by burying the house partially, and the use of low maintenance vegetation, make an optimal use of water and electrical resources in the project.  © The Raws  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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