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- Two Student Teams are Announced as the Winners of International VELUX Award 2018
- The Forest House / Bloc Architects
- PLP Begins Construction on Tower Ten Expansion to Amsterdam's World Trade Center
- Terrassenhaus Berlin / Brandlhuber + Emde, Burlon + Muck Petzet
- A Country House in Chievo / studio wok
- 210 Residential Apartment / Negin Shahr Ayandeh
- Heytea Daydreamer / A.A.N ARCHITECTS
- Ninh Binh House / HGAA
- Caligari Brewing / LABOTORY
- Sury Resort No.3 / Atelier XÜK
- Cisco Meraki / Studio O+A
- CASAFRAN / Gonzalo Mardones V Arquitectos
- Heckfield Place / Spartley & Partners
- Yong Ju Lee and Atelier KJ Create Floating Frames for Korean Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
- Zicatela / Taller de Arquitectura X / Alberto Kalach
- UNStudio Designs Transparent Stacked Theater for Hong Kong Cultural Quarter
- Le Splendid / BAL
- Richard Rogers Wins the 2019 AIA Gold Medal
- House for children Gilching / Hirner and Riehl Architekten
- Getting In: Admissions Advice from Architecture Programs Around the World
| Two Student Teams are Announced as the Winners of International VELUX Award 2018 Posted: 06 Dec 2018 08:00 PM PST  Courtesy of Velux The International VELUX Award 2018 sought to highlight the work of architecture students around the globe who challenge the use of daylight in built environments. The award, titled "Light of Tomorrow," was launched in 2004 and is awarded biennially for creative interpretation, exploration, and investigation of daylight in built environments. This year, the winners were selected from over 600 submissions. The project winner in the category of "Daylight in Buildings" studied the traditional construction of contemporary buildings, their geometries, and their window placement to isolate the limitations of these contractions and propose new methods of building that maximize the natural light penetration and shadow play. The submission, titled "Light Forms Juggler," is by Anastasia Maslova from Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering in Russia. The jury chose this project as the winner and emphasized its work as a manifesto of relevant questions, rather than a design. "The project exhibits rigorous exploration of daylight in buildings related to the urban scale. It showcases a strong architectural mind of thinking and the project raises a lot of interesting questions."  Courtesy of Velux The top prize in the second category, "Daylight Investigations," was awarded to a team from Tianjin University in China. The four students explored the limited infrastructure in the rural towns in China's mountains. The current topography and lack of walkable pathways inhibit students from getting to school safely. The lack of electricity in these areas makes lighting these pathways nearly impossible. However, the team has proposed the introduction of a small amount of a natural-produced local fluorite as a solution. The natural material harvests energy from natural sunlight during the day and illuminates for several hours during the night. "It is a simple solution that changes the lives of children in remote rural areas. By introducing small pieces of local materials, it encourages optimal growth and thinking," stated the jury. News via VELUX  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Forest House / Bloc Architects Posted: 06 Dec 2018 07:00 PM PST  © Peter Oravecz
 © Peter Oravecz Text description provided by the architects. The Forest House is an exploration into materiality, light and the integration of architecture into the landscape. Situated in an exclusive forest estate in Durban, South Africa, the forest house strives to frame the landscape with clean horizontal lines.  © Peter Oravecz The home celebrates raw materials, which helps soften the transition between built form and the precious landscape that surrounds it. This raw materiality reinforces the honesty behind the architectural tectonics of its construction.  © Peter Oravecz Through subtle manipulations of materials and forms we sought to alter perceptions. By chamfering brutal edges, we revealed concretes cool elegance. Concrete Frames are propped off steel columns converting heavy and cumbersome to light and agile.  © Peter Oravecz The pool straddles inside and out, pulling ephemeral reflections of sky and clouds deep into the house. The indigenous wild grasses on the roofs blur boundaries between the landscape and architecture. Besides adding an animated aural experience, the planting offers a more pragmatic insulating layer from the outside.  © Peter Oravecz  Ground floor plan  © Peter Oravecz Conceptually, the house consists of two rectangular boxes on ground ('Service' and 'Storage' boxes), on either side of the site. On top of this another box, the 'Living' box, bridges across the two lower boxes.  First floor plan The 'service' box, to the West, houses the triple garage, laundry, scullery, staff apartment, gym and office. The 'Storage' box to the East, houses general storage and specialized equipment. Both are clad with timber screens to ensure privacy from the open plan 'play' area, which sits directly under the 'Sleeping' box.  © Peter Oravecz These two ground floor boxes serve to provide privacy from the neighbors, and frame the prized views over the Northern landscape and distant sea views.  © Peter Oravecz All doors and timber screens slide away seamlessly into cavities, ensuring cavernous volumes interact directly with the landscape. This house was designed around the sub-tropical Durban climate and the young client's social lifestyle.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| PLP Begins Construction on Tower Ten Expansion to Amsterdam's World Trade Center Posted: 06 Dec 2018 06:30 PM PST  Tower Ten. Image Courtesy of PLP Architecture PLP Architecture's Tower Ten, the new expansion of the World Trade Center Amsterdam, officially began construction last week. The ground breaking ceremony was launched by deputy director Sandra Thesing of the City of Amsterdam and Ronald van der Waals of CBRE Global Investors. Located in the Zuidas central business district, the project will create a radically different appearance from its predecessor, adding 32,000 sqm of new office space and amenities in the process.  Tower Ten. Image Courtesy of PLP Architecture Since gaining planning approval from the city last year, the site has been prepared for demolition and reconstruction. The original World Trade Center was built in the 1980s as a rational sequence of gridded blocks of concrete frame and glazed curtain walling. A thorough refurbishment of the four original towers, as well as a substantial extension to the campus, were completed over a decade ago by the design team led by Ron Bakker and Lee Polisano of PLP Architecture. PLP has now returned to the campus to deliver the third major iteration in the history of the Center's development. The new intervention is the creation of three linked pavilion buildings to the north-east of the campus, adjacent to a feature 22 story tower facing Beethovenstraat and the south-west corner of Beatrixpark, which in turn has recently been developed as an innovative extension of the business district. Circulation atria connect the new and adjacent buildings, bringing natural light into the deeper floor plates. The character of the first campus extension was defined by a curved glass roof covering a lively internal space, and this will now be extended along the northern edge in a swooping wave along the Strawinskylaan, providing a canopy for the pavilion buildings.  Tower Ten. Image Courtesy of PLP Architecture The combination of new and retained building elements will allow a variety of floor plan configurations, fitting many forms of current and evolving workplace types: from co-working spaces and small tenancies to larger multi-story headquarters. The WTC will benefit from several further new amenities: the rooftops of lower structures in the complex will be topped with accessible planted terraces, and the new tower features a roof garden. The WTC event space located on the tower's top floor will offer panoramic views over Amsterdam's old town and the Zuidas district. Ron Bakker, Founding Partner at PLP Architecture, said: "We are very pleased to be able to continue our involvement with the life and success of the WTC in Amsterdam, which has contributed much to the development of high-quality urban workplace communities" Tower Ten is now under construction and will be completed in 2021.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Terrassenhaus Berlin / Brandlhuber + Emde, Burlon + Muck Petzet Posted: 06 Dec 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Erica Overmeer
 © Erica Overmeer Text description provided by the architects. Located in Berlin-Wedding, the multi-use atelier and gallery building combines different forms of usage. Although the area has no binding land-use plan, a regulation from 1958 only permits the construction of commercial buildings. Yet at the same time, an ongoing grandfather clause also ensures that the area remains essentially a residential zone. In this context, the special status allows for a new building to be constructed, which serves as a commercial building but could become a residential site in the future. The project engages with the unique qualities of the location.  © Erica Overmeer  Section A  © Erica Overmeer The building aims to provoke a typological update of the adjoining buildings: a typical 1900's dwelling and a climbing hall. The site faces onto the suburban railway track, offering a wide view towards the south. The building's levels are staggered, creating a ziggurat-like shape with six metre deep terraces on each floor and a maximized semi-public space in the ground floor, which otherwise would have been sealed off. Shifting the lower floors to the south creates a 7.50 metre deep covered sidewalk that functions as a semi-public plaza in front of the gallery space on the ground floor.  © Erica Overmeer The depth of the units varies from 26 metres at ground level to 11 metres at the highest level. In this sense, the program of the units is aligned with the floor depth and subsequently the amount of light. Two external staircases at the back connect the different floors via the terraces, aiming for a more common and public use of the exterior spaces by the users, leading to a shared public roof space. Neither roof nor patios have extra drainage. Therefore, all surfaces are slightly tilted to drain the water like a cascade onto the garden. Built entirely in concrete, exterior and interior spaces are perceived alike, enabling the users to open their apartments through ceiling-high doors towards the terraces.  © Erica Overmeer The fit-out standard follows the logic of indeterminacy: only the technical connections and sanitary facilities are pre-installed. The latter is part of the two concrete cores, which also house the elevators, reaching from the ground level to the roof top, as well as all technical services. The 5.7 metre stepped profile creates units of different sizes. Besides the gallery, a co-working space with meeting rooms, rentable offices, an artist's residence and ateliers are in the building.  © Erica Overmeer  Isometric view  © Erica Overmeer  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Country House in Chievo / studio wok Posted: 06 Dec 2018 05:00 PM PST  © Simone Bossi
 © Simone Bossi Text description provided by the architects. The new home has been built into a section of the barn of an agricultural court at the gates of Verona, near the river Adige. The project's leitmotif is a spatial and material dialogue between history and modernity, and it is also characterized by the great care taken in terms of environmental sustainability. In addition to the use of technical devices and systems for efficient energy, special attention has been given to the surrounding territory and landscape in the use of materials and design choices.  © Simone Bossi Together with the building, the surrounding garden has also been redesigned and is now an integral part of the house.  © Simone Bossi The focal element of the garden and the house is a magnolia tree, preserved upon the clients' request. Bordered by a square black flowerbed, in contrast to the stone flooring on which the pool is set, the tree is the protagonist of the outdoor space and perfectly dialogues with the house: the shadow of its foliage is projected at sunset on the stone façade and is visible from all rooms.  © Simone Bossi The plaster has been detached on the façades, so as to bring the river pebbles into view which form the structure's load-bearing walls.  Section long On the front towards the garden, a large arch has been reopened as a reminder of the site's historical agricultural function, making it the fulcrum around which the spaces of the house are distributed. A large rear door frames the masonry arch, becoming a threshold and an element of dialogue between the interior space and the garden.  © Simone Bossi The front facing the courtyard is characterized by a glass façade with wooden uprights that recalls, in a contemporary way, the wooden walls typical of barns found in local rural courts.  © Simone Bossi The materials of the façades are traditional and typical of rural architecture around Verona: on the façade, river pebbles are grafted on modern frames in Biancone, local stone from Lessinia and the monolithic elements that house the larch windows.  © Simone Bossi The house is set out across three floors and all levels engage with the space at the full height of the living room. The ground floor, distinguished by a Vicenza stone pavement, welcomes guests into a large living area and a library with brick fireplace; the upper floors, perceived as a wooden volume hanging from the ceiling, contain the bedrooms.  © Simone Bossi The birch plywood cladding designs and defines the interior space, marking a clear distinction between the different sections of the home.  © Simone Bossi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 210 Residential Apartment / Negin Shahr Ayandeh Posted: 06 Dec 2018 04:00 PM PST  © Deed Studio
 © Deed Studio Text description provided by the architects. Apartment 210, with 11 residential units and the total area of 2500 square meters has been constructed on a land of 1000 square meters in the second phase of Mehrshahr district in Karaj. Unit areas vary from two-bedroom 115 square meters to three-bedroom 210 square meters. The construction of this project began in the summer of 2012 and was completed in the spring of 2014. The structure of this building has a concrete skeleton and its mechanical installations are the mix of evaporative coolers and water heaters with split units.  © Deed Studio The problem of Project's Context  © Deed Studio  Section 02  © Deed Studio The main problem of this neighborhood is the rapid development and the increasing human density in emerging apartment buildings as well as changes in urban spaces. The lack of appropriate FAR (floor area ratio) and lot coverage control policies in Karaj and the satisfaction of urban management with the financial penalties instead of a stern opposition to the infringement of FAR and lot coverage control policies has resulted in the full abuse of the regulations by the real estate developers and builders. They have planned for the maximum FAR and GFA (gross floor area) so that they make the most financial profit, therefore the structure, form, and shape of the city is now ruled not by building regulations of the urban plans but by the highest possible profit of the maximum gross floor area to the amount of financial penalties. As a result, the quality of urban spaces and residence patterns and neighborhoods, just like other high-density parts of the city, ranks of a lower importance.  © Deed Studio With this introduction, housing quality improvements of medium-density residential apartments are delineated as the most important question of the project, and general and detailed ideas are proposed to respond to this issue by architectural solutions. Therefore, it has been attempted to improve the quality and the quantity of spaces, versus masses, in public and private realms by studying the project's context as well as combination and balance between mass and building space. Also, a better response to various social, cultural, and economic needs of residents is provided by a variety of housing patterns and structures.  © Deed Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Heytea Daydreamer / A.A.N ARCHITECTS Posted: 06 Dec 2018 03:00 PM PST  © Zeng Zhe
 © Zeng Zhe Distance affects the way of communication  © Zeng Zhe Human beings are natural social animals and supposed to live in different sizes and types of groups, and the social group is constructed by the relationship, which is constituted by the relativity of the individual's position. In this special structure, the individual activity will influence the whole structure, on the other hand the whole structure also affects and restricts the individual's activity.  © Zeng Zhe In the social space, at the same time, the positions of similar individuals who share similar characters, interests and practical activities are also close. A small-scale space makes people feel close to each other, however a large-scale space has greater inclusiveness and possibility.  © Zeng Zhe The ways of communication produced by different distances between people are respective, and the relationship between distance and human activities is also ubiquitous.  © Zeng Zhe  Courtesy of A.A.N ARCHITECTS  © Zeng Zhe Exploring the Social Relationship in A New Age  © Zeng Zhe  Diagram  © Zeng Zhe As a result, Heytea is not only a tea shop that satisfies your appetite, but also represents a new way of socializing in a space.  © Zeng Zhe HeyteaDP 1(Shenzhen Uniwalk) "Believe it, you will meet."  © Zeng Zhe Different ways of sitting, including sitting face to face, sitting oppositely and sitting around, appear in the same large space, making the privacy and the openness coexist, so that each consumer can gain a different sense of space every time they enter the store.  Bird's eye perspective  Diagram  © Zeng Zhe Heytea DP2 (Shenzhen UpperHills) "Streams in the Valley"  © Zeng Zhe Customized streamlined table naturally spreads out from the inside and transfer into a "stream." On both sides of this "creek in the valley", more than 30 guests can be seated, with interspersed green plants and undulating ceiling just like the rippled water.  Qu Shui Liu Shang Painting( one of the most popular things to do for the ancient Chinese literati, which is drinking wine from a winding canal with one wine cup floating on it)  Courtesy of A.A.N ARCHITECTS Heytea DP3（Guangzhou Central Tower) "Beyond the mounts, and people beyond"  Qu Shui Liu Shang Painting (one of the most popular things to do for the ancient Chinese literati, which is drinking wine from a winding canal with one wine cup floating on it). Image Courtesy of A.A.N ARCHITECTS Additionally, the structures that represent the layering hills in the cloud world, which is a classical scene in the Chinese traditional ink-and-wash paintings, upheave irregularly on the top of the table, and meanwhile, divide the tea drinkers into various sections functionally.  Plan  © Zeng Zhe Curved and mountain-like ceiling above,it seems like that customers are placed in the scenario created in the renowned ancient painting, Spring Mountain and Auspicious Pines, by Fu Mi of Song Dynasty: in the valleys teemed with cloud and mist and mountains shadowed by the greens, a sip of tea is taken on each seat.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2018 01:00 PM PST  © Trieu Chien
 © Trieu Chien Text description provided by the architects. Ninh Binh is a small, peaceful city, located 100km to the south of Hanoi – the capital of Vietnam. Most of the new urban houses here are designed and built in the old-fashioned French mansion style, which was carelessly copied from colonial-style villas in Vietnam in the past. Redundant of pretentious and lavish decoration from the outside, but lacking green and open spaces, those buildings take no account of quality space for human life inside.  © Trieu Chien Located among those buildings, Ninh Binh House stands out as a simple, monolithic concrete box surrounded by nature. It is a simple building, using reinforced concrete structure, which is very popular in Vietnam, but designed to create a new, different living space and closer to nature.  © Trieu Chien The house consists of two parts, blended harmoniously into each other: the building box and the garden. The spacious open garden is in front of the house, behind the somewhat closed, private wall. A fish pond, tall trees and a stairway leading to a vegetable garden on top of the garage not only make the landscape of the garden come alive but also helps in filtering western sunlight and air into the building.  Section 01  Section 02 As one enters the building through the gardern and the pond, a large space opens up. All of the common spaces are located in this three-storey "atrium" at the center of the building. In the first floor there are living room, dining room and the kitchen. Reading space and common area are at the second floor. And then, the third floor consists of a fitness area and worship space. All of these are connected by floating staircase, placed in different directions in the atrium.  © Trieu Chien Openings in both façade and rooftop are introduced in a seemingly random fashion, creating an ever-changing light atmosphere for the space. Sitting in the living room, one can fully perceive the changing moments of nature and the daily activities of the house. A bond between men and nature has been formed.  © Trieu Chien Two other blocks of the house include bedrooms and other functional rooms. Windows with greenery balconies are carefully placed in those rooms to provide sufficient light, air and interesting views.  © Trieu Chien From an outdoor patio in the third floor, a spiral staircase leads to the rooftop garden with view to the cityscape and provides vegetables for the family.  © Trieu Chien The house style is minimalist. The exterior walls are not painted. Interior finishing material includes unfinished concrete ceilings and wooden furniture. All of these contribute to help the dwellers fully enjoy the flow of nature surrounding the house.  © Trieu Chien  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Choi Yong Joon
 © Choi Yong Joon Background  © Choi Yong Joon  Floor plan  © Choi Yong Joon Advancing into Ikseon-dong was great challenge and adventure for Caligari Brewing. This is because Caligari Brewing's existing brand image and direction is a little different from the mood of Ikseon-dong, which is a traditional Korean style street. As the name implies, Caligari Brewing is a brand that was created in homage of the movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," so the space of the existing stores looks dark and masculine and provides a closed feeling, like in the movie.  © Choi Yong Joon With such a background, it was important to design a space that reflects the brand identity of Caligari Brewing and the sensibility and features of the Ikseon-dong alley. Through collaboration with the star chef Michael, we could incorporate a good plan to serve appetizers suitable for handmade beer into the space. To do that, LABOTORY had to work on Caligari Brewing's new brand identity and space identity at the same time and incorporate elements that will grab the attention of Ikseon-dong's visitors.  © Choi Yong Joon Site  © Choi Yong Joon Concept  Sketch "Both Oriental and contemporary"  © Choi Yong Joon For example, the shape of lanterns becomes a contemporary object and is used as a lighting furnishing for a folding screen, and metal fabric was used for sun shades to be suitable for the mood of a Korean traditional building. In addition, for gate handles, we used a material that would give an impression of metal while using a method of changing the material while maintaining the shape and changing the function when maintaining the material in order to display two types of fun contrast.  © Choi Yong Joon "High and low height"  © Choi Yong Joon "Secret Room" Entrance  © Choi Yong Joon ROOM1,2.  © Choi Yong Joon ROOM3.  © Choi Yong Joon HALL.  © Choi Yong Joon ROOM4.  © Choi Yong Joon  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sury Resort No.3 / Atelier XÜK Posted: 06 Dec 2018 11:00 AM PST  © Yifei Xu
 © Yifei Xu Text description provided by the architects. Located in the winding valley of Mogan Mountain, the newly-built Sury Resort No.3 occupies the site of a decommissioned warehouse. With an area of 580 m2, it contains six guest rooms, an outdoor swimming pool, a bar and other recreational facilities. The building adopts a common and economical concrete frame structure. With a much larger spacing of columns, the building differentiates itself from surrounding local residences in the terms of dimension and scale, bringing in an alien and urban characteristic. The structural frame, with high flexibility for spatial division, provides means to adapt with future variations concerning program and zoning after the lease expires.  © Qing Zhou With the limited cost as a premise, manual and industrial methods are integrated to organize and re-compose common materials for a natural atmosphere representing a regionalized contemporariness. The textures of the slender staggered joint pinewood form-work and the weaving masonry infill corresponds with each other, generates a sense of unity with the consistent surface features of different constructed entities.  © Qing Zhou  Sketch  © Yifei Xu Architectural expression and thermal performance are balanced differently in different zones, responding to individual requirements of each condition. The sandwich construction of "recycled sintered bricks—XPS insulation board—perforated bricks" forms the exterior walls of guest rooms to ensure thermal performance of living space. Whereas the bar sees much more action and movement from people passing through, articulation of structural element is highlighted with beams extending from inside out to express the spatial integrity and tension.  © Lei Zhu  Section  © Xu Zhang Rather than manifesting the differences in living quality and social status through a certain architectural type or ornamental style, Sury Resort No.3 intends to challenge the local stereotype of a decent house with contrast between the brutal, fundamental appearance and the costly room charge. With an experimental attitude in the architectural practice, the architect intends to provoke the society to re-examine the "building a beautiful countryside" movement.  © Qing Zhou  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Garrett Rowland
 © Garrett Rowland Text description provided by the architects. It's not often a design firm gets to go back and check in on past projects. Usually, we visit a few weeks after move-in, but it's rare that we get to see a space a few years later. Meraki's expansion to a new floor offered an opportunity to observe how the company had grown into (or in this case out of) the space O+A designed for it four years ago. Rapid growth is a good thing, but it comes with its own challenges: too many workstations, not enough storage. For Meraki's new space, we put strategies in place that will make the future more manageable.  © Garrett Rowland O+A's project for Meraki 2nd Floor provided a "Day 1" plan for instant implementation as well as a "Maximum Capacity" plan for long-term growth. We located graphics and conference rooms in a way that would prevent workstations from getting crammed into every corner and keep circulation paths clear. In each of five workstation neighborhoods, we placed custom full height storage doors to prevent clutter and provide dramatic color interventions.  © Garrett Rowland  Plan  © Garrett Rowland If we devised the floorplan to allow for organic growth, we made materials and finish selections in coordination with what had been done before. While none of the designers who worked on Meraki 4th Floor in 2013 worked on Meraki 2nd Floor in 2017, the new team recognized the need for cohesion between the two floors and approached the new design not exactly as an homage but perhaps as a variation on a theme. That theme being Meraki's mission of connectivity and illumination as embodied by its sparkling Bayside location.  © Garrett Rowland Using some of the same materials and colors from Floor 4, but using them in different patterns and combinations, Floor 2 took on a distinct personality of its own while bearing a younger sibling's resemblance to its older predecessor. With bold, geometric graphics spanning the entire core of the building and those colorful storage walls giving each department its own chromatic signature the palette of the space is again a celebration.  © Garrett Rowland  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CASAFRAN / Gonzalo Mardones V Arquitectos Posted: 06 Dec 2018 08:00 AM PST  © Nico Saieh
 © Nico Saieh Text description provided by the architects. This is the home of my younger sister Francisca and her family. Nestled on Lo Curro hill in Vitacura, Santiago, the house boasts stunning views of the city and the Andes mountain range.  © Nico Saieh The house was conceived as a simple volume made entirely of perforated concrete with holes that allow a relationship between the interior and exterior elements. Open covered spaces are protected from the afternoon sun and winds. We wanted to make a beautiful and simple concrete rock on the hill, a place that welcomed the family and social interactions, creating a wonderful home tucked away in the forest.  © Nico Saieh  First Floor Plan  © Nico Saieh It is the house of courtyards, a mysterious structure from the outside, yet entirely open from the interior to the exterior.  © Nico Saieh It was about building a house full of light and shadows clearly divided between the adult's room on the first floor and the children's on the second. The living and dining areas are entirely open and transparent to the surrounding landscape and city views.  © Nico Saieh  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Heckfield Place / Spartley & Partners Posted: 06 Dec 2018 06:00 AM PST  © Peter Cook
 © Peter Cook Text description provided by the architects. Once home to antiquarian Horace Walpole, 'Heckfield Place' has been judiciously re-crafted into an 'effortlessly stylish' countryside hotel with beautiful bedrooms, as well as two restaurants, a private cinema, Little Bothy spa, wine cellar, gardens and Home Farm, centred on sustainability and biodynamic farming principles.  © Peter Cook  Ground floor plan  © Peter Cook  Section Spratley & Partners completed the dramatic transformation of the 430-acre site in Hampshire into the UK's most eagerly anticipated, luxury hotel in 2018, after a significant programme of restoration works which began in 2009 for private investment company, Morningside Group.  Courtesy of Spratley & Partners Later, modern additions to the site, which was being used as a conference centre and wedding venue, were largely unsympathetic and not in-keeping with the original form and layout; the house was extended in the 1980s with a block of bedrooms and conference facilities which were small, basic and required substantial upgrading. The rooms in the listed building had also been subdivided, creating cramped spaces and disrupting the historical plan of the house.  Courtesy of Spratley & Partners After years of careful restoration and collaboration, this elegant, Grade II listed Georgian house and estate has been brought back to life and sensitively woven into its secluded landscape surroundings.  Courtesy of Spratley & Partners "A lot of care has been taken; the attention to detail is extraordinary. The historic property and grounds have been lovingly restored and future-proofed and we have had the luxury of time to do this. You can feel this when you spend time at Heckfield Place – you can see it in the restored architectural details, the established, fruitful gardens, the complementary interior design – you can even taste it in the quality of the produce we grow, the flavour of which has been perfected over time."  © Peter Cook  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Yong Ju Lee and Atelier KJ Create Floating Frames for Korean Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai Posted: 06 Dec 2018 05:00 AM PST  Elusive Boundary Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Yong Ju Lee Architecture + Atelier KJ Yong Ju Lee Architecture and Atelier KJ have created "Elusive Boundary" for the Korean Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The project is designed as a place for radical encounters of different fields. The main theme of Korean Pavilion, Mobility, is defined as a new space of possibility created by movement between territories and escape/expansion to new territories. The movement defined by new mobility is not linear, but a simultaneous event between territories.  Elusive Boundary Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Yong Ju Lee Architecture + Atelier KJ Elusive Boundary, the Korean pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai suggests a physical place by this new territory. This space is created from the collision of two coordinate systems (one is orthogonal system; the other is rotated system of 15 degrees in z-axis and x-axis). The second system expands continually, becoming an independent geometrical structure. It behaves load bearing structure by connecting floating lines though the universal joint and supports the whole building as the main structure frame. Two coordinate systems stay in each territories (the orthogonal structure is occupied by programs; the other becomes skin and structure), however, the expanded boundary where two meet creates new space by supporting each other. And this space becomes stable by itself with the tangled geometry  Elusive Boundary Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Yong Ju Lee Architecture + Atelier KJ Virtual Mobility occupies the space as the architectural program resembling its spatial quality. While it is independent architecture of Korean Pavilion in Dubai, the mirrored images, or twin pavilions are located in different places in Korea. Two types of pavilions in different regions communicate through sensors and cameras presenting each other's environment to make visitors experience. Smart devices and sensors such as VR machine and hologram make it possible to interact with the other side.  Elusive Boundary Pavilion. Image Courtesy of Yong Ju Lee Architecture + Atelier KJ The boundary expands between the exterior and the interior and it makes hard to read the clear boundary of the building. Visitors experience and perceive the building as floating light mass. As a unique ornament, fragmented skin becomes projected screen for a dreamlike image which is hard to be defined by floating particles, different from traditional projection. Experience at inner and outer space is displayed as an exhibit. And it creates direct communication between visitors inside and spectators outside though translucent skin.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zicatela / Taller de Arquitectura X / Alberto Kalach Posted: 06 Dec 2018 04:00 AM PST .jpg?1543915190 "Cortesía de Alberto Kalach") Cortesía de Alberto Kalach
 © Jaime Navarro Text description provided by the architects. Casa Zicatela by Alberto Kalach is a project that is developed as a base of a series of concrete slabs that are connected by a side ladder that supports the columns that extend to the bottom of a pool. Surrounded by a landscape design, this house located on the coast of Oaxaca, embraces the space, mimicking it with its context and stands silently.  © Jaime Navarro This project is based on the concepts of the Domino House by Le Corbusier applied to the tropical context of one of the most popular paradises in Mexico, thus eliminating vertical barriers through a pair of wooden pivoting doors that extend and direct the gaze towards the Pacific horizon.  © Jaime Navarro  Floor Plans .jpg?1543915130 "© David Garza") © David Garza  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| UNStudio Designs Transparent Stacked Theater for Hong Kong Cultural Quarter Posted: 06 Dec 2018 03:00 AM PST  © DBOX UNStudio has released images of their proposed Lyric Theatre complex in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong. Intended as a "celebration of the world of theater," the mixed-use scheme will house three theaters, rehearsal room, and dining, retail, and entertainment functions. Designed to be open, inclusive, and welcoming, the compact scheme is comprised of a series of stacked transparent elements making the arts accessible to the general public. Open displays draw visitors inside from a series of reactivated plazas surrounding the scheme, supported by "an additional programme for the public to enjoy that is independent of performance timetable."  © DBOX The 41,000-square-meter scheme sits within an ambitious 40-hectare cultural quarter masterplan designed by Foster + Partners, containing museums, theaters, and concert halls. Sitting alongside the cultural nodes are a series of mixed-use residences, office buildings, and 23 hectares of public spaces connected along a two-kilometer harbor promenade.  © DBOX
 © DBOX The three theaters each embody an individual identity based on the types of performing arts they cater for, with distinct colors and intensities. The result is a complimentary family of theaters under one coherent structure, linked by a neutral central spine of circulation.  © DBOX The largest of the three auditoriums, the 1450-seat Lyric Theatre, will house a variety of dance performances, musicals, operas, and film premieres. The most formal of the three spaces, the Lyric Theater "reflects the grandeur and distinction of baroque-era theaters through the use of red and bronze-toned details, while a combination of a cooler grey/brown toned wood adds a contemporary touch."  © DBOX The 600-seat Medium Theater will house theater and dance performances, striking a dark, saturated purple tone contrasted with a walnut interior and metal inlays. Departing from a traditional stacked approach, the upper and lower stall levels of the theater are visually united, only separated by a single geometric gesture to make the upper stalls float, hence creating an intimate, unified audience experience.  © DBOX The 270-seat Studio Theater is dedicated to small-to-medium scale text-based drama productions. Featuring a "homogenous dark blue-colored interior," the black-box-style space is encased in a single shell that also encompasses the front of the stage, creating an intimate relationship between audience and performers.  © DBOX Linking the three theaters is a "Central Spine" with neutral tones contrasting against the vibrant theater interiors. Envisaged as an "inner alleyway," the spine created a direct connection between the Artist Square to the north, and harbourfront to the south, slowly revealing the harbor view as one passes through the scheme.  © DBOX The spine forms two curving, stacked ramps, combining to create a figure 8. While the lower spine leads to the Lyric Theater, the upper section leads to the Studio and Medium Theaters, before opening up to two skylight voids. To enable simultaneous performances across all three theaters, each space is given its own foyer with outdoor terraces overlooking either the Artists Square or harbourfront. The foyers combine with the central spine to therefore act as a "forth performing arts venue, creating a see-and-be-seen relationship between the public spine and semi-public foyers.  © UNStudio News via: UNStudio Architects: UNStudio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2018 02:00 AM PST  © Fabio Semeraro
 © Fabio Semeraro Text description provided by the architects. Closed since 2012, this four-star hotel, an emblematic monument of Dax (Landes, France), embarks on a new life, more open towards the city and its population. The landscaping was created in association with EXIT and makes a tremendous contribution, orienting the building towards Dax, fluidifying its approaches and capitalising on L'Adour and Thiers Square. The entranceways of the various entities of the project were simplified in order to accentuate this new programmatic view.  © Fabio Semeraro Art deco style envelopes Le Splendid. It was crucial to revive the pomp and splendour of the 1930s down to the smallest detail. Kapzul focused on the restoration of the hotel proper. The great hall and its lantern, the convivial spaces of the ground floor and the light fixtures of the building, listed among the historic monuments inventory in 1991 were all renovated with care. In association with Nathalie Saccu de Franchi, Sandrine Forais worked on colours, materials, and furniture to magnify the hotel's 149 rooms.  © Fabio Semeraro The transformation continued with the evolution of the program: the historical thermal treatments were abandoned in favour of a Spa – placed on the ground and basement floors – which BAL architects were responsible for entirely reorganising. Touching the ruins of the previous hotel, which was itself perched on the foundations of a medieval castle, the heterogeneous elements of stone and concrete, particularly the vaults, were reworked and enhanced. In order to facilitate the access, two discreet extensions to the façades in pleated concrete are included in the western courtyard and echo the details of the plaster in the lobby.  © Fabio Semeraro  © Fabio Semeraro Circulation within the Spa was handled with the utmost care. A symmetrical composition places the activities (hammam, sauna, solarium, 15 m2 flotarium, etc.) laterally so as to confer a sense of nobility to the pathway. The perspectives were fashioned in such a way as to emphasise their ends, the overflowing of the great pool or the ice fountain. No corridor, no doors, but a series of situations worked out down to the finest of details by the BAL agency. The lockers in the locker rooms, the chevron doors to the cupboards, the floor folded up to form warm benches or the constellation lighting in the hammam were all meticulously designed. The hues are repeated and complementary, greens for the pools and the fresco of the large pool; terracotta for the fountains; and ochre variations for the stones and flooring.  Section 01  Section 02 Thirteen conference rooms located on the mezzanine reinforce the opening of the program towards an active, contemporary, and possibly local clientele. After two years under construction, this finely wrought metamorphosis resulted in the reopening of Le Splendid to the public on the 31st of March 2018.  © Fabio Semeraro  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Richard Rogers Wins the 2019 AIA Gold Medal Posted: 06 Dec 2018 01:00 AM PST  Centre Georges Pompidou / Richard Rogers + Renzo Piano. Image © Flickr user dalbera licensed under CC BY 2.0 Richard Rogers has been awarded the 2019 AIA Gold Medal by the American Institute of Architects. The world-renowned architect and founding principal of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has been recognized "for his influence on the built environment [that] has redefined an architect's responsibilities to society." Honoring "an individual or pair of architects whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture," the AIA Gold Medal is often considered the highest honor awarded in the United States for architecture.  © 2013 Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners LLP As one of the leading architects of the British High-Tech movement, Pritzker Prize-winner Richard Rogers stands out as one of the most innovative and distinctive architects of a generation. Rogers made his name in the 1970s and '80s, with buildings such as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Headquarters for Lloyd's Bank in London. To this day his work plays with similar motifs, utilizing bright colors and structural elements to create a style that is recognizable, yet also highly adaptable.  NEO Bankside. Image © Edmund Sumner Rogers was born in Florence, but his family moved to Britain during the Second World War, when Rogers was a child. After attending the Architectural Association in London, Rogers studied in the United States at Yale University, where he met fellow Brit Norman Foster. After graduating, the two architects joined forces with Su Brumwell and Wendy Cheeseman to form Team 4 in 1963. Though their collaboration as Team 4 lasted just four years, it would prove to be a crucial formative stage in British architecture, as both Rogers and Foster went on to be the leading names of the British High-Tech scene.  3 World Trade Center. Image Courtesy of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners In the 1990s Rogers became involved in British politics, sitting in the House of Lords as a Labour Peer (his full title is Baron Rogers of Riverside). This led to an invitation by the government to set up the Urban Task Force, which in 1998 conducted a review into the causes of urban decay and outlined a vision for the future of British Cities in the paper "Towards an Urban Renaissance." For 8 years he was also chief advisor on architecture and urbanism for the Mayor of London.  The Leadenhall Building. Image © Richard Bryant – Courtesy of British Land/Oxford Properties In more recent years Rogers has continued to produce work of great merit, winning theRichard Rogers - 3" data-status="create" data-insights-category="kth-signup-form" data-insights-label="nrd-save-this-bookmark" data-insights-value="7" data-insights-id="1544102207670.5305"> Stirling Prize in 2006 and 2009, and the Pritzker Prize in 2007.  Y-Cube. Image © Grant Smith As the 75th recipient of the Gold Medal, Rogers joins an esteemed list of winners including Frank Lloyd Wright (1949), Louis Sullivan (1944), Le Corbusier (1961), Louis I. Kahn (1971), I.M. Pei (1979), Thom Mayne (2013), Julia Morgan (2014), Moshe Safdie (2015) and Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi (2016). Last year, the award was given to James Stewart Polshek.  Millennium Dome. Image © Flickr user jamesjin licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 News via: The American Institute of Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House for children Gilching / Hirner and Riehl Architekten Posted: 06 Dec 2018 12:00 AM PST  © Julia Schambeck
 © Julia Schambeck Text description provided by the architects. On the edge of the municipality of Gilching, nestled between a grove and athletic fields on Fraunwiesenweg, the solid-wood construction of the new day-care center rose to offer four nursery as well as two Kindergarten classes.  © Julia Schambeck The building breaks down into two parallel sections slightly offset against one another that are connected by a spacious foyer. The entrance located in the center of the complex marks the junction between the nursery, Kindergarten and community areas. An open staircase leads up to the second-floor parent waiting room, which forms part of the multi-purpose hall and opens up widely for events.  © Julia Schambeck Collectively, these rooms represent the building's core and are designed to facilitate interaction, conversation and exchange. The nursery and the Kindergarten facilities are clustered around a classroom in the center; they can be used as a continuum of space or divided further into zones demarcated by furnishings.  © Julia Schambeck  First Floor Plan  © Julia Schambeck The result is an assemblage of freely scalable spaces for movement, play and cuddling dedicated to diverse activities and accommodating children's individual needs. A mounted perforated activity wall fashions a bonus two-level intermediate space featuring a play house topped by a play gallery that is reached by stairs. Aside from promoting the development of motor skills, these "houses" encourage multifarious and imaginative game-playing.  © Julia Schambeck The children's bathrooms are situated back to back in between the group clusters and serve as a sound-insulating buffer zone while bundling needed plumbing installations.  © Julia Schambeck  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Getting In: Admissions Advice from Architecture Programs Around the World Posted: 05 Dec 2018 11:00 PM PST  MIT. Image As a follow up to A Glimpse Into the Weird World of Architecture Students' First Assignments I wanted to explore what architecture schools from around the world are looking for in creating their institution's community of young architects. Approximately 3,550 students enroll annually in the United States into an accredited Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) program according to the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and about 70% of that enrollment eventually graduate with a degree in architecture. There are 51 Accredited BArch programs in the United States compared to over 2,000 architecture programs worldwide. The United States has such a minimum amount of architecture schools relative to the world. An interesting fact is there are twice as many Master of Architecture programs in the U.S., but the initial quantity of student enrollment into each program is very similar. Each school and country has different expectations of their candidates - expectations not always made clear in application forms or promotional material. Through speaking to admissions officers and school administrators from a number of schools, I gained a great deal of insight into what is expected from the applicant. There are varying perspectives on admissions and how an ideal applicant is selected. Expectations range from concrete requirements to loose suggestions; impersonal to deeply intimate. No two are the same, which is why it can be helpful to understand what they are looking for. Below, some advice from professors and admissions officers at universities around the world: United StatesCal Poly Pomona, Department of Architecture Sarah Lorenzen, AIA"As a public school, admissions are primarily based on a combination of GPA and test scores (referred to as the CSU Eligibility Index - EI). Since architecture at Cal Poly is what's referred to as an "impacted" program we take far fewer students than what is listed as the minimum requirements. For our BArch we receive between 1500-2000 applicants for around 100-150 admits. To make a selection we (the university, not the department) start at the highest EI number and work down the list until we have the number of students we can fit into the program. Transfer student admits are based on GPA only and once admitted they are placed into a given year (1st, 2nd or 3rd year) based on the courses they've taken at their Community College and on their portfolio. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Admissions Office MIT. Image "When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,100-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged mountain—together. We obviously want people who have the training, stamina, and passion for the climb. At the same time, we want each to add something useful or intriguing to the team, from a wonderful temperament or sense of humor to compelling personal experiences, to a wide range of individual gifts, talents, interests and achievements." "We are emphatically not looking for a batch of identical perfect climbers. We are looking for a richly varied team of capable people who will support, surprise, and inspire each other." Syracuse University, School of ArchitectureJoseph Godlewski, Ph.D. Syracuse University. Image "Architecture school is academically challenging. Some think math ability is the most important. While it is critical, I've found success in other AP level courses is sometimes a better indicator of future performance in architecture school." "Perhaps more importantly than grades and test scores is expressing a passion for architecture. This can take many forms-- being well-versed in an architect's work, travel to inspirational projects, a sketchbook full of thoughts and ideas, or enrollment in a pre-architecture or other "discovery" program, etc. I always find it perplexing when prospective students haven't read a book about architecture." "Lastly, portfolios are important, but not in ways many may think. What I look for in student work is potential for projective thinking. What separates architecture from other disciplines is its ability to imagine new worlds. Architects creatively speculate about things that are not yet in the world as is. The best portfolios hint at this ability." University of Nebraska-LincolnBrian Kelly
University of Hawai'i at Honolulu, School of ArchitectureSimon M. Bussiere, Assistant Professor Honolulu, Hawai'i. Image
University of Minnesota, Graduate ProgramAli Heshmati, Adjunct Assistant Professor University of Minnesota. Image The most important quality in an applicant is their ability to show how they can be a creative problem solver and an independent thinker. In other words, I do not think students need to seek to find out what the grad school is asking them to do, but emphasize how they can contribute to an existing culture while creating a unique value. Past performance is also very important to me unless one can convince me that they can shine even if they have not done so as of yet. This can be done through a portfolio of past work or current and immediate work that shows engagement with a passion. Statement of purpose is also very important as I see too many students that lack vision and passion. Vision and passion must come from within and be personal. Do not define architecture and tell me what it means to you. Try to consider what it means and then question it. Because if you know what architecture means then you have no business going to school. University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of ArchitectureJoshua Vermillion, Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture UIC. Image Kelly Bair, Associate Professor + Associate Director of Graduate Studies
CanadaDalhousie University School of Architecture Halifax, CanadaDiogo Burnay, Associate Professor + Director Applicants are requested to submit a portfolio with a variety of work ranging from watercolors, painting, graphic work, wood work, carpentry, models, photography, poetry...basically a variety of work that allows the admissions committees to appreciate their special qualities. We do value a sense of delight for their subject matter, a love for craft in their work and a sense of caring for how the portfolio is presented. All admissions committees have senior and junior professors and senior students in them. SpainLas Palmas De Gran Canaria Area, SpainJuan Ramírez Guedes, Full Professor Gran Canaria. Image The main characteristics that are demanded can be defined as:
PortugalUniversity of Porto, Faculty of ArchitectureJose Pedro Sousa, Faculty of Architecture
These four qualities will open the door to the growth of an endless passion for our beautiful and unique discipline. Czech RepublicCzech Technical University in PragueHenri Achten, Faculty of Architecture Prague. Image
SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade Department of ArchitectureVesna Mila Čolić Damjanović We have an admissions test with two parts and lasts 90 minutes. The first part tests a candidate's general knowledge that includes history, philosophy, geography, etc. and general knowledge of architecture and art. The second part tests candidate's verbal and cognitive skills such as understanding of text, logical thinking, and the ability to solve problems and make independent conclusions. Some of the main qualities looked for in a candidate is a passion for studying of architecture with an understanding of cultural, historical, philosophical, socio-economical context in relation to architecture. AlbaniaUniversiteti POLIS Tirana, AlbaniaSaimir Kristo, PhDWe are looking for students that are open, open to challenges, knowledge, and education. The first step to develop creative thinking as we are looking for students with potential for creativity. Architecture, design, engineering, urban planning, and environmental studies are fields that tackle in a wide spectrum many problems, students with a background in scientific, social issues and also artistic formation to respond in these challenges. We stimulate our students to express their independent personality and unique way of thinking as they must feel free to express their qualities and what they believe in… POLIS University is "space for thinking" and all the above qualities are fundamental to make it possible. TurkeyErciyes University Department of Architecture KayseriBurcu SalginAdmission is based solely on the national level university entrance examination Student Selection and Placement System. They are selecting students (for the department of architecture) in terms of students' math, science and Turkish scores in this exam. This is a national exam for all of the students in Turkey. This year, 1.2 million students partook. Generally, one month later, their scores are declared and then, they are trying to list their choices. I don't know how many choices they are listing (maybe 10 or 20), but they are trying to fit more suitable departments in terms of scores. Some of my students come to the architecture department with knowledge about the profession. But some of them come to our department without knowing how difficult it is. Sometimes, they want to give up after one month in the department. LebanonLebanese American UniversityElie G HaddadOpen mind, versatility, dedication and commitment, curiosity Design and Built Environment at Beirut Arab UniversityMarwan HalabiWe look for experience, motivation, team spirit, and maybe a persuasive character. PakistanImperial University, Lahore PakistanAli Akbar Husain_evening.jpg?1544097590)
IndiaSushant School of Art and Architecture Gurgaon, IndiaParul Munjal
IranSiamak Panahi Islamic Azad University Admissions OfficeScoring well on Konkour… that's it! (Note from the architecture admissions: [Konkour] is not a proper exam for Architecture. It only covers questions about diploma of mathematics, [chemistry, mathematics, physic, geometry, literature & similar studies], nothing about architecture and designing.) QatarQatar UniversityKas Oosterhuis
EgyptCairo UniversityMohammed Ghonim Cairo University. Image Architectural education is expected to grow a wide range of knowledge, skills, and abilities in order to enable graduates to achieve an appropriate competency level to practice architecture. Readiness to learn architecture is the concern of many architecture schools, so they usually hold admission exams to check how candidates are ready to handle the architectural learning tasks. Actually, measuring the capabilities of the candidates is a critical task that cannot be done easily through few questions or one type of exams. Therefore, besides written exams, oral exams, interviews and portfolios are sometimes applied. Comprehensiveness of admission exams is required to achieve higher reliability levels, as these exams should cover the different knowledge and skills required to learn architecture. Focusing only on the general architectural knowledge and drawing skills might lead to unreliable results. In addition to the aforementioned capabilities, admission exams should always assess the critical and creative thinking skills of candidates, as well as some important personal skills such as communication and management. Moreover, due to the interdisciplinary and sometimes unstructured work environments in architecture, I do believe that self-directed learning skills are highly important to learn and practice architecture. Consequently, when it is possible, these skills should be tested early to achieve a better architectural education. Finally, the reliability of an admission exam -as a prediction tool- should be regularly checked and developed, through comparing the exam records of the accepted candidates against their final records at graduation.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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