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- How to Make Earth Plaster in 5 Easy-to-Follow Steps
- Swisshouse Galbisio / Davide Macullo Architects
- Wilkinson Eyre Unveils Glass Chimney Lift for Battersea Power Station
- Tingbjerg Library and Culture House / COBE
- Drivelines Studios / LOT-EK
- SIHORU / 100A associates
- Beipo Bridge Intervention / f.i.t
- AD Classics: Los Manantiales / Felix Candela
- Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture / United Design U10 Atelier
- Tetris Extension / Crosshatch
- P02 Apartment / Comma Studio
- Coralville Intermodal Facility / Neumann Monson Architects
- 79&PARK / BIG
- Puukuokka Housing Block / OOPEAA
- LAVA Selected to Design German Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai
- Roofless House / Craig Steely Architecture
- Zaha Hadid Architects Among Firms Chosen for Russian Mega-Smart City
- House Minard Ghent / aNNo architects
- Harvard GSD's Wheelwright Prize 2019 is Open for Submissions
- International Student Competition for the Design of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ethiopia
| How to Make Earth Plaster in 5 Easy-to-Follow Steps Posted: 08 Nov 2018 08:00 PM PST  © Rafael Loschiavo | Ecoeficientes The use of earth plaster is very common in natural buildings; it is the same mixture used in adobe. Though easily made, its use is not widely known. Rafael Loschiavo, from Ecoeficientes, teaches the step-by-step method for bringing a new life to a run-down wall without the need for major renovations.  Loschiavo specializes in sustainable architectural solutions and puts its principles to use in his works. In an interview for CicloVivo, he says that we must demystify the idea of expensive sustainable architecture. "Lots of design choices don't add cost, and such is the case with passive architecture, which makes use of nature itself to provide ventilation, shadowing, and lighting. For example, creating agreeable and efficient environments." In one of his renovations, the architect decided to renew a brick wall that had been coated in layers and layers of plaster and paint. The wall was scraped off to remove the old layers and a new electrical installation was made. After this, it received the earth plaster made of dirt, sand and natural fibers, which was mixed by bare feet and manually applied to the wall.  © Rafael Loschiavo | Ecoeficientes How to Make Adobe PlasterTo make adobe you need a sieve, a bucket, and a canvas  © Rafael Loschiavo | Ecoeficientes Adobe Composition
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 © Rafael Loschiavo | Ecoeficientes  © Rafael Loschiavo | Ecoeficientes The result is a rustic wall, naturally colored with natural fibers, with a brick line detail. It is important to stress that the dung does not smell once the mixture is applied.  © Rafael Loschiavo | Ecoeficientes Rafael Loschiavo writes for the Portal Ecoeficientes, and works in architecture and consulting. See more of his works here. News via CicloVivo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Swisshouse Galbisio / Davide Macullo Architects Posted: 08 Nov 2018 07:00 PM PST  © Alexandre Zveiger
 © Alexandre Zveiger Text description provided by the architects. Our design is an articulated construction meant for the enjoyment of the spaces for many years to come.  © Alexandre Zveiger From afar the building is a marker in the landscape, it expresses a meaning already suggested by its context. From close up, it is a collection of many things and from within, a world, that changes with the passing of the hours of the day and the days of the year.  © Alexandre Zveiger The design is like a constellation of points, each one's luminosity defining our priorities, corresponding to the ambitions of those who live within it and is an interpretation of the spaces that embrace the joys of life.  © Alexandre Zveiger We have built a place for the present that projects back into memory and forward into the future: the memory of pristine landscapes where the buildings of local stone had to resist until eternity, protecting the inhabitants; when gestures were used sparingly in order to concentrate strength. Now, they respond to a different perception, perhaps more evolved, to adapt to the speed of life.  Ground floor plan However, the ultimate goal of a space remains as giving comfort to its inhabitant. This for us represents the drive towards the future; working to improve the quality of life and creating a place of positive energy, where man is the protagonist in finding his way to become a better person.  © Alexandre Zveiger The construction is used as a primary dwelling. It is designed as a volume enclosed by a set of concrete sects. Beginning as a cube and a square plan, these concrete blades are shifted three dimensionally to open the space up to the Alpine landscape, while maintaining privacy. It protects the inhabitants from visual collisions with the neighbours yet is generous in its prospect, the borrowed landscape becoming part of daily life.  © Alexandre Zveiger The plan of the house is staggered by a mid level floor, allowing the house adhere to the gentle slope of the land. To the south, a double stair system brings us to the terraces of the kitchen and the living room. This aspect underlines the importance of the relationship between this new presence and the traditional stone constructions of the region where the external stairs offered access to the upper floor level.  1st floor plan The cube, the primal element of this new organism in which to live, is the place of calm and the fulcrum of the hill. Its concrete blades are fragments, broken off from the medieval castle walls of Bellinzona. It is our ideal home, an enclosure that opens up to the context and breathes it in, making us part of these wonderful surroundings.  © Alexandre Zveiger The space dilates across diverse horizons, in different directions, all intended by the design, and by the nearby details, like the tree or the vines of the neighbours' gardens.  Section Architecture takes its roots from the place in which it is born and defines the time that runs in our senses. It changes and grows with us. It outlast us and we gift it to the future. Every house built with love will never stop surprising us, helping us and growing with us and those who will follow us.  © Alexandre Zveiger  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Wilkinson Eyre Unveils Glass Chimney Lift for Battersea Power Station Posted: 08 Nov 2018 06:30 PM PST  The Chimney Lift. Image Courtesy of Wilkinson Eyre Wilkinson Eyre has revealed new images showing a plan to create a glass elevator in Battersea Power Station. The lift will travel 109 meters to the top of one of the building's iconic chimneys. On opening, it will offer visitors views of the capital's skyline from one of the most unique viewing platforms in London. The Chimney Lift is one of three new and exciting event/attraction spaces on offer inside the iconic Power Station. The station is working closely with a wide collection of heritage and emerging retail brands from the UK and across the globe to complement its vision for the 1930s and 1950s turbine halls.  Battersea Power Station. Image Courtesy of Wilkinson Eyre The Chimney Lift will provide visitors with the unique experience of travelling up the interior of the north-west chimney in a custom-built glass elevator which emerges at the 109 metres high summit as a viewing platform, offering 360° panoramic vistas across the capital and into the Home Counties. Battersea Power Station is set to become a new shopping and leisure destination for Central London. It will also be connected by a new Zone 1 London Underground station on the Northern Line and the MBNA Thames Clippers River Bus which has been running since last year.  Battersea Power Station. Image Courtesy of Wilkinson Eyre  Battersea Power Station. Image Courtesy of Wilkinson Eyre The first phase of the wider redevelopment, Circus West Village, is already open with more than a thousand residents living here and over a million people having visited the variety of independent restaurants, shops, bars and leisure facilities that have opened. The Village Hall, a 5,000 sq ft community arts and cultural venue is open and currently used for a wide range of events. Andrew Hilston, Head of Leasing at Battersea Power Station Development Company, said that, "We are very excited to announce a series of thrilling lifestyle, entertainment and attraction spaces, and to launch our search for commercial partners who share our vision for Battersea Power Station. These unique spaces are central to our plans that will make Battersea Power Station one of London's most exciting destinations." The Power Station is due for completion in late 2020, with it opening to the public in 2021.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tingbjerg Library and Culture House / COBE Posted: 08 Nov 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST
 © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST Text description provided by the architects. With the opening October 1, 2018, Tingbjerg Library and Culture House is a new landmark building in Copenhagen, Denmark. COBE's aim is for the project to serve as an urban catalyst and an architectural framework for social and cultural activities, thereby contributing to a positive development of the local community - currently a marginalised area with high crime rates but also an architectural cornerstone in Danish modernism.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST "As an architect, it is an honour to have the opportunity to build in Tingbjerg because of its rich architectural history, created by two prominent figures in Danish modernism, architect Steen Eiler Rasmussen and landscape architect Carl Theodor Sørensen. Before we even began our work the bar was set high. We wanted to create a new destination in Tingbjerg that respects both its surroundings through choice of materials and shape while at the same time creating a strong identity of its own. Our ambition was for the Tingbjerg Library and Culture House to become a social and cultural engine," says Dan Stubbergaard, architect and founder of COBE.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST Tingbjerg Library and Culture House has been conceived as a large wedge-shaped shell and at its narrowest the building is only 1.5 metres wide. It has been built as an extension to Tingbjerg School with an angled roof sloping down to the school's entrance. Through the transparent glass facade inlaid into the wide face of the wedge, the activities inside can be "read" much like an old-fashioned typeset case. In fact, the very idea of the type-set case inspired the design of the large glass facade, where the building's occupants can engage in a myriad of activities and events within multifunctional rooms.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST The heart of the building is defined by the wedge form - that becomes an open foyer - extending three-dimensionally into the building as a grand unifying space. Shifting floor plates with niches and balconies on the project's four levels are reminiscent of a small mountain village clinging to a hillside. The design makes it possible for users to participate in social activities, to simply observe what is happening or to find a quiet spot within a niche.  Ground floor plan  1st floor plan  2nd floor plan In keeping with Tingbjerg's rich modernist architectural language, COBE has chosen materials that have been used in the neighbourhood. The project's cladding in yellow brick baguettes and its sloping roof pay homage to the historic surroundings. The interior is clad in warm wooden plywood lamellas that form a dialogue with the brick baguettes outside. Conceived of a seamless shell, that attempts to blend in, but also challenge Tingbjerg's materiality and formal expression.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST The community of Tingbjerg itself was built in the 1950s by the architect Steen Eiler Rasmussen and landscape architect Carl Theodor Sørensen. Their conception for the planned community was a modern neighbourhood complete with its own school, church and a housing area - all constructed with warm yellow brick and surrounded by green recreational areas. Eiler Rasmussen's idea was to offer a higher quality of living than that of the congested city centre, which at that time offered cramped and often unsanitary living conditions.  Section Since its inception, Tingbjerg's reputation as a model community has severely declined and today the neighbourhood is on the Danish government's list of marginalised areas with high crime rates. At the same time, Tingbjerg is listed as an area of national significance, and Eiler Rasmussen's work is regarded as a cornerstone in Danish modernism.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 05:00 PM PST  © Dave Southwood
 © Dave Southwood Text description provided by the architects. Drivelines Studios is a residential building in Johannesburg, SA. Located in Maboneng, an area of recent urban transformation and renewal, it responds to the post-apartheid generation's desire to repopulate the city's downtown through new models of urban living.  © Dave Southwood  Exploded isometric  © Dave Southwood Embracing the triangular geometry of the site, the building is conceived as a billboard where two separate volumes of residential units are hinged at the narrow east end of the lot, framing the social space of the open interior courtyard. As in a billboard, the building outer facades are straight and flush with the lot line while the facades in the inner courtyard are articulated by the staircases, the elevator tower and the bridges connecting all levels, and by the open circulation paths activated by the units spillover onto their outdoor space.  © Dave Southwood The building is modular and made of 140 upcycled shipping containers. Containers have been selected by colors to be left unpainted, with availability dictating the ultimate building color. They were stacked and cut on site, and combined to form the units. A large diagonal cut-out, from the corner to the center of each container long side, generates the large windows for the units on street and courtyard sides. Its repetition and mirroring generate the building façade pattern.  © Dave Southwood The ground level is occupied by residential at the rear, retail along the Albertina Sisulu Road, and the private courtyard for the residents with planted areas and a pool. The 6 levels above are occupied by the residential units, all open plan studios varying in size between 300sqft and 600sqft. All units include an outdoor space along the courtyard facing walkways.  © Dave Southwood  Typical floor plan  © Dave Southwood The building' social intention and agenda is in line with the emerging urban community of its surrounding neighborhood, taking an active role in the revitalization, reactivation and reimagining of the city downtown.  © Dave Southwood  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 04:00 PM PST  © Jae-yoon Kim
 © Jae-yoon Kim Text description provided by the architects. Sihoru is a building to soak into the environment blandly without using any technical skills. It resembles surroundings harmoniously through its moderate form and natural properties of matter. Natural elements immanent in this space such as light, water, stones and shadow interact one another constantly. This space has the essence to keep dynamic flow in its simplicity.  © Jae-yoon Kim Sihoru is a single pension located at a small village of Jeju named Dongbok-ri. This is the first business for a couple of clients who have lived for a long time in Seoul and 100A associates' first project in Jeju. Above all, we started from understanding Jeju's environment and locality, in proceeding this project as strangers. We intended to express their aims through ways of work and design, by defining the meaning of space.  © Jae-yoon Kim  Plan  © Jae-yoon Kim Architectural image we presented, was another island existing in an island. It is a small island only for rest, of which the space can be remembered perfectly with the time in it. It is also intended to be not a soaring but sunken building, in consideration of its site higher than other buildings around it and its narrow and long topography almost looking larger.  © Jae-yoon Kim We tried not to emphasize the architectural form, by finishing it with the color sense and texture of materials which could be in harmony with surrounding environment naturally. We built the fence facing street higher in order to block the eyes and that facing village lower in order to mitigate the separated sense from the village.  © Jae-yoon Kim Situated passing through two stone fences as tall as an adult's height, inner space is also just like an independent island. However differently from the outside, it is an inner space and at the same time outer space. Glass wall enclosing the space blurs more the boundary between inside and outside. It means that it creates the optimum landscape which can be found in the vicinity because it hardly has the distant scenery. Even though it evokes a remote feeling as if it were in an isolated island, it provides another environment through the connectivity of all spaces from its courtyard to bedroom, corridor and fence.  © Jae-yoon Kim Differently from the exterior space which has the skin of outdoor environment, interior space is arranged with warm materials and color sense. It also has the expandibility in order that three generations of family can gather together even if it is small in area. Functions of living room, kitchen and entrance hall are integrated, and unnecessary space is removed boldly. Above all, ㄷ-shaped large window gives the sense of visible openness.  © Jae-yoon Kim Interior space also has the composition like 'island in island' by connecting vaguely the boundary between inside and outside of private area hidden functionally in open area. However, the open area communicates with the outside positively and honestly, while the private area fills up the outside a little more emotionally.  © Jae-yoon Kim While planning and constructing it, we might want Sihoru to be a space which would be a part of island as the time on this strange land would be accumulated as the memories of island. It is just the reason to name this space 'Sihoru' which means the mind to present those who stay in this space with 'the memorable time kept in their mind deeply without being forgotten'.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Beipo Bridge Intervention / f.i.t Posted: 08 Nov 2018 03:00 PM PST  © Jingwei Zhou
 © Jingwei Zhou Text description provided by the architects. The project is commissioned to renovate an existing bridge as part of the Beipo village's revitalization project, in Qinba Mountains, Chongqing Province. The existing bridge was built by the local community to provide access to the village. As the new road was constructed along the river, the bridge was gradually abandoned.  © Jingwei Zhou Due to the under-developed industry in distant sites, construction standards vary in different village and tectonics ought to be considered as a premise for design in advance. In response, the design consists of prefabricated modules which are manufactured in factory and assembled on site. It not only reduces the budget for labor which is increasing in recent years but also manages to uphold the standard with minimal on-site supervision. As the result, the bridge was built in 43 days, including 30 days on prefabrication and 2 days on assembly. The total cost is ¥350000 RMB ($50000USD) including $110000RMB ($17000USD) on labor.  © Jingwei Zhou After the site investigation, the architects decide to preserve the bridge and intervene only with light structures. Each spatial unit consists a bench and an "umbrella" formed in a way the silhouette of the structure encapsulating a space for visitors to enjoy the beautiful views outwards. The "umbrella" provides a shelter respite from the weather and the benches with the space in-between create a rhythm slowing down passengers to enjoy the view.  Form Generation  Courtesy of f.i.t. Also, the inverted roof collects rain water, symbolizing "fortune" in local culture. When it rains, the water drips along the chain into the pit with gravel and sinks into the drainage system. A pipe inside the steel structure also drains when it rains profusely.  © Jingwei Zhou The original bridge was built collectively by the villagers. To honor the tradition, the intervention is the aggregation of six individual units forming a continuous roof. After the renovation, the bridge has become both a social and physical infrastructure for the community where the locals socialize and exchange.  Section  © Jingwei Zhou The choice of material revolves around one local breed of bamboo, Phyllostachys nidularia. Instead building a structure solely utilizing bamboo which lacks durability, the bamboo-ness is expressed through different materials: the concrete casted in the bamboo formwork, the steel tube resembling the dimension of bamboo, the arrayed bamboo roof stretching to the sky and the steel plate protecting bamboo from weather. The gaps in between materials are lit to underline the tectonic logic and the contrast of old and new.  © Jingwei Zhou  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AD Classics: Los Manantiales / Felix Candela Posted: 08 Nov 2018 02:00 PM PST  via www.rkett.com This article was originally published on April 14, 2014. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section. Los Manantiales was created as Candela's mastery thin-shell concrete construction was solidifying. Initially conceived for another client on a different site, the structure found realization as a replacement for a wooden restaurant alongside a floating gardens filled canal in the Xochimilco area of Mexico City.  via www.rkett.com Candela's fascination with thin-shell structures was piqued during his studies at La Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid. An extraordinary athlete and facile student, he supplemented his formal training with a independent reading on techniques for analysis of form. His academic career was interrupted when the Spanish Civil War erupted, but his experiences restoring buildings for military use gave him first hand exposure to construction techniques. Candela's later practice merged theoretical studies with careful consideration of building processes.  via skyscrapercity During the war Candela was imprisoned, but given the opportunity to emigrate to Mexico as an exile. There, concrete was an increasingly popular building material that represented modernization, efficiency, and a break from the past for a people who had just gotten through their own political upheaval. Candela began building thin shell structures not for clients but as full scale experiments. Although he constructed some cylindrical forms, Candela working intensely with hyperbolic paraboloids, or hypars. Eschewing the trend toward reliance on complex mathematics, Candela developed forms where stresses could be determined with simple equations. A form Candela called "umbrellas," created by joining four straight edge hypars, were an efficient way to cover large spaces such as markets and warehouses. His construction of the Cosmic Rays Laboratory utilized hypars to add stiffness and minimize material thickness, and received international acclaim. The iconic form of Los Manantiales was derived through continued geometric investigation. Called "La Flor" (The Flower) by townspeople, a continuous interior space is enclosed by an singular sculptural surface. Light spills through the glass apertures that infill each vault, highlighting the roof form.  via www.rkett.com The roof is a circular array of four curved-edge hypar saddles that intersect at the center point, resulting in an eight-sided groined vault. The plan is radially symmetric with a maximum diameter of 139 feet. Groins spanning 106 feet between supports. Trimmed at the perimeter to form a canted parabolic overhang, the shell simultaneously rises up and out at each undulation. The force paths from these overhangs act in the opposite direction from forces along the arched groin, reducing outward thrust.  Diagram of hypar forms  Plan The largest membrane forces are carried along the intersections between the forms, called the groins. This areas are thickened by creating hidden steel reinforced "V" beams. The rest of the structure has minimal reinforcing to address creep and temperature effects, but essentially works entirely in compression. The symmetrical plan and innovative use of "V" beams allows edges free of stiffening beams, revealing the radical thickness of the 4cm (1 ½") shell.  via www.rkett.com A section through Los Manantiales shows the parabolic arch along the groins and the inverted arch through the highpoint of each vault.  Section and elevation Narrow boards were used as formwork, following the straight-line generator that forms the hypar surface. Steel reinforcing and a layer of cement grout (to create a smooth inner surface) underlie concrete applied one bucket at a time by laborers.  via skyscrapercity Candela inverted his umbrella form for the footings, a material saving strategy to distribute the weight of the structure onto the poor quality soil of Mexico City. Five 1" diameter steel tie-bars link adjacent footings and resist lateral thrust. Candela softened the form at the intersection of the hypars, creating a curve and giving the appearance of a continuous form. Los Manantiales is still operated as a restaurant today, but the picturesque setting present at the time of construction has changed. Additional structures and a fence block views of the structure. Piecemeal modifications, such as the application of a red waterproofing layer and modifications at the supports blunt the clarity of form initially present. Despite this, the shell is still structurally intact and a majestic presence in Xochimilco.  © Flickr user VivaXochimilco Although not Candela's first groin vault structure, it was the first to receive international attention. The form of Los Manantiales reappears in a later work by Candela in Spain, and has been emulated several times by other designers in locales such as Potsdam and Stuttgart. Candela's work continues to inspire contemporary designers such as Santiago Calatrava.  Candela proposed a similar form for a restaurant at an aquarium in Valencia, Spain. Image © Flickr user duncan c For more information, visit the site created for Princeton's 2008 exhibit on Candela here. Sources Burger, Noah and Billington, David P. "Felix Candela, Elegance and Endurance: an examination of the Xochmilco Shell." Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures: IASS. Volume 27 (2006) No. 3, December n. 152, pgs 271-278. Guthrie, Jill, editor. Felix Candela: Engineer, Building, Structural Artist. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2008. "Recent work of Mexico's Felix Candela." Progressive Architecture 40 (1959): 132-141.
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| Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture / United Design U10 Atelier Posted: 08 Nov 2018 01:00 PM PST  Streetscape of the complex. Image © Guangyuan Zhang
 The indoor corridor. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Text description provided by the architects. Changji Cultural Media Center in Xinjiang is a modern architectural complex mainly functioning as a mass media center, into which broadcast and television program producing, broadcasting and transmitting are integrated, also administrative office and information service spaces are included. Comprehensively, a library and a theater are set in this complex. Based on local conditions and essential functions, the project is designed by innovative concepts in a plain way to create a special architectural style for this cultural media complex in the economically underdeveloped region.  Site plan By breaking the tradition of only one integrated medium/high rise building for an urban mass media center, the concepts of "architectural complex" and "information plaza" are produced to build a bond between city and architecture with local, functional and public-spatial characteristics.  Rammed-earth-building image with plain architectural language. Image © Guangyuan Zhang The project site occupies an area of about 90,000 m2, of which the built-up area is less than 60,000 m2 and more public space is ideally available. Functional spaces in the complex include broadcast and television program producing center and relative administrative offices, offices for network companies, Changji Daily, Local Literary Federation, Literature Society for Hui Nationality, Local Music Troupe, Song & Dance Troupe, and a library. The whole building volume is reasonably tore apart into several independent ones with different functions on the site to create an "architectural complex" for mass media. .jpg?1541637168 "The architectural complex. Image © Guangyuan Zhang") The architectural complex. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Changji is a major city on the northern Silk Road, possessing the world's largest, oldest and best preserved earth-building ruins - Jiaohe Ruins, and rammed-earth-building ruins - Gaochang Ruins. The project design is inspired by the traditionally plain architectural language from the cube-shaped and rammed-earth building forms of the two Ruins, which is the prototype of ancient architectural complex on the desert.  Inlaid open space of the complex. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Certain security is always required in the building of broadcasting and television media. Nevertheless, the design team would like to create an urban public space for this project. Public functional spaces are built in a concentrative way, linearly connected by an indoor corridor. On the one hand, it is available for public space connection to ensure convenient communication among people working in different field in the complex; on the other hand, a public visiting walkway is provided for the citizens.  Information plaza. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Infrastructure construction is still incomplete in the newly developing area the project site located, especially the lack of outdoor public space. Hence, the external spaces with various scales enclosed by the architectural complex are fully used to create multi-functional public space as a "information plaza", where landscape, public space and architecture are well interacting with each other for multi-level urban activities.  Hall of the library. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Energy conservation is fully considered in the design due to special local climate of the short term in summer and long term in winter. Granite, as a major material, is adopted on the façade building, strip-shaped glass windows added as auxiliaries instead of large scale glass façade, to ensure better thermal performance inside.  Facade details. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Based on relatively backward local construction technology and the limited investment, the easy-to-build cube architectural form is mainly adopted in each building by unitized mode to reduce the construction difficulty. Karamori Gold Granite, a local stone material for transport and money saving, is used to build the facade to echo with strong style of local architecture.  Semi-outdoor space and the plaza. Image © Guangyuan Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio
 © Jaime Diaz-Berrio Text description provided by the architects. Tetris Extension in Melbourne's inner north-west is a compact addition completed in early 2018. The clients, a young couple with two small children, had outgrown their neat Californian bungalow and needed more room to move. Crosshatch was engaged to create a sympathetic yet efficient rear extension to meet the family's needs, while still retaining the much-loved character of the original two-bedroom home. The existing floor plan was also reconfigured to provide a third bedroom, additional bathroom and central lounge.  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio  Proposed / Floor plan  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio A hard-working solution.  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio Capturing northern light was a priority for the south-facing extension. This was achieved with the introduction of a central courtyard and strategically positioned windows.  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio Bringing the outside in.  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio The suburban tetris.  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio Respecting context.  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio Every design decision, from the smallest interior detail to the exterior's overall form, has been carefully considered to achieve a convincing approach to small footprint modern living.  © Jaime Diaz-Berrio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 11:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Comma Studio
 Courtesy of Comma Studio Text description provided by the architects. In this renovation project, we tried to control the integration of private and common space within the apartment in a flexible way, in the effort of giving the clients a better condition of living and sharing the space between each member of their 4 members family. The structure of the existing space contains a big volume for the kitchen, dining and living area which spreads out from the entry to the main balcony of the apartment, and the two adjacent bedrooms connect to this main space by two swing doors.  Courtesy of Comma Studio  Courtesy of Comma Studio We felt that this composition leads to the isolation of the resting space in terms of spatial interaction and obstruct the unique appearance of the whole apartment. We then started the design with the thought of a change in the center of the apartment where all space around be linked together in order to re-configure the whole space. We decided to locate there an integrated wall-cabinet that serves as a focal element running through all the common – private spaces, giving to the apartment a unique appearance.  Plan Besides, it also benefits each of the areas by offering multiple functions such as storage space, display niches and hidden-folding element… on its surface. Following this design direction, the swing doors of the two bedrooms are replaced with the full height sliding doors in order to get more flexible in controlling the open/close state of the private spaces.  Courtesy of Comma Studio When these doors are opened, they are completely hidden behind the walls and other furniture elements on both of their sides, giving the sense that the private zone are merged in to the common zone, all the interactions between these space are brought up & there is no more division between different space within the apartment.  Courtesy of Comma Studio The elements that define the center of the apartment are featured with the light gray-green paint as the color of the rosemary leaf - the favorite color of the client. It is mixed with the grey, warm wooden tone & natural light giving a calm and airy space. After renovation, beside the existing main circulation of the apartment which is as a straight way goes along with the common space as before, there is now a "sub" circulation along the featured wall that connects the entire space together.  Courtesy of Comma Studio By defining this new circulation, we located a bunk bed in the small bedroom, with a curtain for keeping its privacy when needed, and give the access to the small balcony of the apartment to everybody, which is somehow limited with the old layout of the apartment.  Courtesy of Comma Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Coralville Intermodal Facility / Neumann Monson Architects Posted: 08 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Integrated Studio
 © Integrated Studio Text description provided by the architects. The Intermodal Transit Facility provides a vibrant regional node for this mixed-used district's commuter transportation network. Located on a former brownfield site in Coralville, Iowa, the project contributes essential momentum for growth of the community's hospitality, conference, healthcare, office, retail, and residential developments.  © Integrated Studio The facility comprises two components; a parking structure and a bus terminal. It anchors a university hospital bus network, serves as an interchange and transfer point for the city's transit, and provides a stop for regional express bus service between Omaha and Chicago. Not only does the facility promote several modes of transportation, increase bus ridership, and support convenient earth-friendly transportation, it also addresses physical connectivity of the "last mile" for those who use a combination of transportation methods. It provides comfortable, enclosed passenger waiting areas, restrooms, showers, free WiFi, electric car charging stations, LED lighting, storm water planters, and connectivity to the region's extensive bike trail system.  Axon Perforated metal panels veil, shade, and enhance the experience of moving throughout the facility. At night, a lantern effect accentuates the panels' texture, while selective omissions reveal pedestrian activity within. By encouraging views from a variety of vantage points, the design acts as a passive security measure.  © Integrated Studio As the retail and service offerings in the district increase, the facility has contributed to the district's rising walkability rating by providing an anchor for the regional intermodal transportation network. The result is a more vibrant community and a more interconnected, sustainable region – which has become a point of pride for the city.  © Integrated Studio  Floorplan  © Integrated Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2018 07:00 AM PST  © Laurian Ghinitoiu
 © Laurian Ghinitoiu Text description provided by the architects. Located on the edge of Gärdet, a treasured national park, Kullen makes conscious decisions to provide a sensitive, respectful form while allowing the same choices to simultaneously manifest as exceptional residences with spectacular views. In direct response to the context, the northwest and southeast corners take the heights of their immediate neighbors; while the northeast corner, farthest from the park and nominally with the worst view, is pulled upwards to grant it the most spectacular views of park and port.  © Laurian Ghinitoiu  Ground Floor Plan  © Laurian Ghinitoiu The southwest point of the building extends farthest into Gärdet; and to create a humane edge between building and nature, is pushed down to the lowest profile, transforming it into a public platform with a 270 degree view of parkscape and simultaneously freeing the majority of the residential units to views of the park. The same move also ensures that the central courtyard will always receive copious amounts of sunlight. In further deference to Gärdet, the massing is visually reduced through a language of pixels, scaled to the human form.  © Laurian Ghinitoiu  Section  © Laurian Ghinitoiu This manipulation not only allows for a more organic expression, perfectly reflecting the surrounding landscape, but also provides a way to accomplish the building topography in a controlled and inexpensive way through the use of prefabricated units of standardized sizes.  © Laurian Ghinitoiu  Detail  © Laurian Ghinitoiu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Puukuokka Housing Block / OOPEAA Posted: 08 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST  © Mikko Auerniitty
 © Mikko Auerniitty Text description provided by the architects. Puukuokka is the first eight-story heigh wooden apartment building in Finland. Developed in collaboration with Lakea, it is an energy-efficient trio of multi-story timber-framed flats in the Jyväskylä suburb of Kuokkala, neighboring the Kuokkala church also designed by OOPEAA.  Site Plan With the completion of Puukuokka Three, the energy-efficient and ecological trio of multi-story wooden apartment buildings forming the Puukuokka Block is now complete.The Puukuokka housing has been extremely well received by the residents who praise it for creating a comfortable living environment with an excellent framework for a friendly and socially stable neighborhood.  © Mikko Auerniitty The Puukuokka complex offers homes for 184 households from single dwellers of all ages to families with children. Finished in 2015, Puukuokka One was the first eight-story high wooden apartment building in Finland. Puukuokka Two was completed in 2017, and Puukuokka Three in August 2018.  © Mikko Auerniitty Puukuokka explores the potential of modular prefabricated CLT construction to provide environmentally responsible and affordable housing of high quality. Puukuokka attempts to make the best possible use of the technical and aesthetic qualities of CLT and to create a wooden building in large scale with a distinct architectonic expression of its own. The block also pilots an innovative lease-to-own financing strategy that aims to support social sustainability by promoting stable communities.  Axonometric Puukuokka served as a pilot case to develop and test a CLT based system of volumetric modules. The entire load bearing structure and frame of the Puukuokka buildings is made of massive wood and composed of prefabricated volumetric CLT modules. Each apartment is composed of two modules, one housing the living room, the balcony and the bedroom, the other housing the bathroom, the kitchen and the foyer area.  © Mikko Auerniitty The block structure combines the sense of privacy of single-family dwellings with the semi-public character of the shared spaces of an apartment building. The vision is to provide the residents with a functional space that is rich in experiential qualities. The three buildings come together to form a block that complements the Kuokkala neighborhood in Jyväskylä, Finland. It puts an emphasis on the connection between the city and the surrounding natural landscape of hills and the lake. Together with the adjacent Kuokkala Church designed by OOPEAA in 2010 it forms a focal point for the neighborhood. Working with CLT enabled several important aspects in the project: It made it possible to create a spacious hallway and atrium space with a lot of light realized in an energy efficient manner as a semi-warm space. The insulating qualities of massive wood allow for controlling the temperature of the individual units independently. The use of prefabricated volumetric CLT modules made it possible to integrate the piping for heat, water, electricity and ventilation in the wall structure in the hallway making it easily accessible for maintenance. This arrangement also allows for an efficient organization of the plan. The CLT modules are prefabricated in a local factory less than two hours away from the site. The use of prefabricated modules made it possible to cut the construction time on site down to six months per building and to reduce the exposure to weather conditions making it possible to achieve a higher quality in the end result.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| LAVA Selected to Design German Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai Posted: 08 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PST  German Pavilion. Image Courtesy of facts and fiction | adunic | LAVA The Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) has been selected to design the German Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai. Designed as a vertical campus that blends nature and technology, the pavilion takes cues from local architecture and Germany's history of outstanding lightweight pavilion design. Formally, the design features a freeform roof that encloses interlinked floating cubes that house exhibition and event spaces.  German Pavilion. Image Courtesy of facts and fiction | adunic | LAVA Demonstrating the Expo theme, everything from intelligent use of local climatic conditions to materials reuse and construction is designed to be sustainable. The concept continues German innovation in Expo pavilion design by using new ways of forming space – from Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona 1929 to Frei Otto's Montreal 1967 to Fritz Bornemann's spherical concert hall Osaka 1970. It also responds to the local climate and references the local courtyard house with closed exterior facade and rooms oriented towards an inner airspace.  German Pavilion. Image Courtesy of facts and fiction | adunic | LAVA The airy construction is an efficiently stacked volume of space. The contrast of enclosed air space and immersive exhibition experiences generates an exciting exchange between interior and exterior spaces. The open structure is formed from abstract elements and surprising materials, a composition of repetition and differentiation. An opaque trapezoidal single-layer ETFE membrane creates a large volume of space with a minimal enveloping surface and highly efficient material. The metallic skin lets light rays into the interior through many small openings, similar to sunlight penetrating forest foliage, creating a continuously changing visitor experience. Supported by vertical steel cables, the cloudscape roof keeps out the heat and controls light and temperature in the atrium. It reduces production energy, optimizes resources by weight savings and creates the technical conditions for a pleasant visitor experience. A central atrium, a green, open space, connects all visitor areas and allows many surprising perspectives. The composition of exhibition spaces, event area and restaurants are interwoven through these manifold visual relationships. The pavilion tour brings visitors continuously onto the terraces of the open atrium, providing an overview of their location within the pavilion, the variety of topics and social interaction with other visitors. Native German plants hang from the terraces and roof creating comfort in the atrium and special light.  German Pavilion. Image Courtesy of facts and fiction | adunic | LAVA The vertical campus courses between a landscaped layer on the lower two levels and the cloud roof. The rear east is a vertical backbone with technical facilities and service functions, and the front western side houses exhibition and restaurant spaces layered horizontally. The sequence of stacked seemingly floating building elements is a journey through the campus learning experience – from enrollment to learning curriculum to graduation. The 'laboratories', purpose designed for exhibition, performance and dining, are grouped around the atrium. The Expo 2020 theme is "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future" and it runs from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Roofless House / Craig Steely Architecture Posted: 08 Nov 2018 04:00 AM PST  © Darren Bradley
 © Darren Bradley Text description provided by the architects. Atherton California, just down El Camino Real from Stanford University, is in the heart of Silicon Valley. It is a suburban city characterized by mature trees and homes on large plots hidden behind fences.  © Darren Bradley  Roofless plan  © Darren Bradley The climate is temperate, almost Mediterranean and the owner of this house wanted a home where she could live outdoors as much as possible. Complicating this desire was that the lot is long and narrow and her view on all sides was of the backs of the neighboring houses which (like most typical suburban houses) are huge and blank. But above these neighboring houses, the mature tree canopy and sky were alive, constantly changing and breathtaking. Focusing on this view "up" rather than horizontally "out" we created a seemingly roofless house that surrounds the living spaces by huge outdoor courtyards that direct the view up.  © Darren Bradley  Section  © Darren Bradley The living spaces are open planned and blur the connection between indoor/outdoor with retractable sliding doors and continuous materials like travertine on the floors and cedar on the walls. But what sets this building apart is the continuous curving wall that surrounds it. It fully encloses the house, blocking out the less desirable views, focusing on the more meaningful views and creating interest as the sunlight and shadows move through the day along it's surfaces. At it's most elemental, the curving wooden wall creates a visual backdrop seen through the interior landscape of plants and birch trees, animated by the shadows moving across it all day.  © Darren Bradley  © Darren Bradley Unlike it's neighbors, this house is not fenced off at it's street perimeter. A meadow of native grasses flow from the sidewalk with existing oaks, redwoods and newly planted birch trees flowing inside and outside of the curving wooden wall.  © Darren Bradley  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaha Hadid Architects Among Firms Chosen for Russian Mega-Smart City Posted: 08 Nov 2018 03:00 AM PST .jpg?1541690682 "© Flying Architecture") © Flying Architecture Zaha Hadid Architects, working in collaboration with Russia-based TPO Pride Architects has been selected as one of three consortiums to realize the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye neighborhood in the West of the Russian capital Moscow. The team will work with fellow winners Nikken Sekkei, UNK Project, Archea Associati, and ABD Architects to develop 4 million square meters of new buildings over 460 hectares. Over one-third of the new neighborhoods will be parklands and forest bordering the Moscow River, with a centerpiece 30-hectare lake. .jpg?1541690636 "© Flying Architecture") © Flying Architecture The urban region will include homes for 66,500 residents, as well as schools, clinics, transport infrastructure, shopping districts, and 800,000 square meters of office space to meet the demands of Moscow's financial, consulting, and legal sectors.  © Flying Architecture The masterplan is in response to rapid projected growth for Moscow, whose population has increased by 30% in the past 20 years. The project seeks to accommodate the city's population growth without increasing congestion in the city center, instead installing a 19-kilometer metro line linking the two centers. The masterplan is to be a "global benchmark for smart, sustainable cities" integrating electric mobilities, services, and smart technologies, with the natural world, permeating through the heart of the city to create "an urban environment of ecological technology that seamlessly integrates natural and human-made systems."  © VA
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| House Minard Ghent / aNNo architects Posted: 08 Nov 2018 02:00 AM PST  © Barbara Joseph
.jpg?1541615620 "© Barbara Joseph") © Barbara Joseph Text description provided by the architects. Restoration and renovation of a 19th century listed mansion in the centre of Ghent for living, working and relaxing. The mansion was originally designed by arch. Minard back in 1878. The house was in a bad shape. Nonetheless…  © Hannelore Veelaert What is striking: the generous passage, the beautifully decorated salons on the ground floor, the rich ornaments, ... What is amazing: the original circulation. The stairs - wide and narrow, curved and straight, light and dark, magnificent and sober - are a translation of the double life that was once lived in the house. The visible and present chic next to the invisible support in the form of maids who moved silently through the house .... The traversability feels good, it offers endless movement through the house. .jpg?1541615437 "© Barbara Joseph") © Barbara Joseph What is surprising is the courtyard enclosed between the house in front and the back house. The relationship with the home is limited to the former coach passage, the only space on the same level as the outdoor space. The current passage has no character. What hinders is an old annex that nestles in an unnatural way against the back of the main house. The extension separates the historic decorated spaces on the ground floor of the courtyard and makes them dark. The construction is broken down and then it can start. .jpg?1541615574 "© Barbara Joseph") © Barbara Joseph Decisions are made: a new kitchen & family rooms in the sous-sol, in harmony with the new annex, the offices in the prestigious salons on the bel-étage, sleeping on the first and second floor, home cinema & atelier spaces in the attic, and pool & wellness in the annex. Interior design is elaborated: mirror cabinets for the daughters, own seating area for the son, marble in the bathroom, warm & cosy dressing, restoration of original features, …. The original circulation & staircases forms a strong backbone for the distribution of the diverse program (living - working – relaxing) and public office spaces vs private family spaces. .jpg?1541615531 "© Barbara Joseph") © Barbara Joseph The preserved circulation is radically reinforced by adding a new metal staircase in the garden and a precast concrete staircase to the sous-sol, designing further on the 19th century circulation concept. The garden & pool house can so become part of the original circulation concept that offers infinites wanders in the family house.  Section 03 The backhouse is transformed into an open and airy pool house. Six meters in height. Twenty meters wide. The pool positioned in the corner to enforce the dramatic effect of an empty shell with skylight. Big sliding panels open the pool house to the courtyard. The complete design forms a symbiosis of restoration - renovation and radical new architectural interventions.  © Hannelore Veelaert  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Harvard GSD's Wheelwright Prize 2019 is Open for Submissions Posted: 08 Nov 2018 01:00 AM PST  © Kris Snibbe/Harvard University News Office The Harvard Graduate School of Design has initiated a call for submissions for the 2019 Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 to a "talented early-career architect to support travel-based research." With an open competition process, the Wheelwright Prize recognizes the importance of field research to professional development and reinforces Harvard GSD's dedication to fostering investigative approaches to contemporary design. The winning entrant will join previous winners such as Aude-Line Duliere in 2018, Samuel Bravo in 2017, and Anna Puigjaner in 2016. The prize is open to emerging architects irrespective of where they practice. Applicants must have received a degree from a professionally accredited architecture program in the past 15 years, however an affiliation with the Harvard GSD is not required. The application must comprise a portfolio, research proposal, and travel itinerary that takes them outside their country of residence. Applications will be judged based on the "quality of their design work, scholarly accomplishments, originality or persuasiveness of the research proposal, and evidence of ability to fulfill the proposed project." The deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 27th, 2019, which can via made via the official website here. Finalists will be asked to travel to the Harvard GSD for March 14th 2019 for final presentations. News via: The Harvard University Graduate School of Design  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| International Student Competition for the Design of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ethiopia Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:30 AM PST  ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, November 2013: Street scene in Addis Ababa. rvdw images / Shutterstock.com If you're a student looking for an opportunity to make your mark and display your vision and direction for your career, this recently launched competition is definitely worth looking into. The Czech Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has offered an exceptional invitation to create a proposal for a new embassy in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. The embassy is going to be built according to the student's proposal. As the organization committee sees this as one of the largest opportunities to support talented students in the creation of such a prestigious project, the competition has been opened up to students from all universities around the world. Find the competition details below. Conditions for participation in the competition: architectural, student, non-anonymous, open, designed for students of the world without restrictions. Within the INSPIRELI AWARDS international competition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Department of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague, will present a student idea competition for the suggestion of the Czech Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim of the competition is to support students in their professional development and to give them the opportunity to participate in the creation of a representative project. Design Brief Objects of the embassy in Addis Ababa will be a business card for the Czech Republic. Their mission will be primarily to express the cultural level of the state and the tradition of Czech architecture within the European and world context of cultural heritage. They will be a place where foreigners can learn basic information about the history of the Czech Republic, culture and economy. The area of the embassy should express its own form and content with an adequate level of state representation, reflecting the genius loci (the environment and the conditions of the place), all while fulfilling the requirement for functionality and purposefulness. A prerequisite for the architectural solution is its expressive time, high quality of execution, rational layout and the choice and use of materials while maintaining the typological attributes of purpose-built buildings (offices and residences) for diplomatic representation. The architectural solution must also respect the basic safety, economic and especially user and operational requirements. The submitted projects will be evaluated both within the design of the Embassy with a separate jury composed of renowned architects and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as within the international competition INSPIRELI AWARDS in the category ARCHITECTURE. For further information visit the official competition website.
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