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- Matt Daniels Maps World Populations as Mountains
- Cottage in Las Herencias / OOIIO Arquitectura
- Black House / Benjamin Heller + Freier Architekt
- Sacher Park Cafe / Yaniv Pardo Architects
- 37FC-House / ONG&ONG Pte Ltd
- Giabinh.House / AD9 Architects
- Uniuni / dongqi Architects
- Four Leaves Villa / KIAS
- Vita Planet / YPYC Architects
- Casa Panguipulli / ABESTUDIO
- Benzina Bar / SuperLimão Studio
- Escape Vehicle #9: ICE / Studio Morison
- UAE Architects Design Shipping Container Housing for Cairo
- Louis Armstrong Stadium / ROSSETTI
- Exhibition Images explore how Coding can Impact Architectural Representation
- MMS House / Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos
- Foster + Partners Unveil Plans for Soaring Shenzhen Towers
- Staff Training Center GCR / AMOO + Mora Sanvisens Arquitectes
- House MC2 / Gastón Castellano
| Matt Daniels Maps World Populations as Mountains Posted: 03 Jan 2019 08:00 PM PST  Human Terrain. Image Courtesy of Matt Daniels Engineer Matt Daniels has created a new interactive map to visualize the world's populations. Called 'Human Terrain', the project includes extruded block-by-block population data for cities across the world to give viewers fine-grain insight into population distribution. Daniels used data from the Global Human Settlement Layer and processed it using Google Earth Engine to create a mountainous digital landscape.  Human Terrain. Image Courtesy of Matt Daniels Each city's form stands out to better understand population density. Daniel's created a 3D view to see the "world's center of human mass." Different cities take on different shapes: Paris and London are the largest peaks in their respective areas, with a slow descent surrounding them, denoting suburbanization. This project utilizes the data from the Global Human Settlement Layer and takes advantage of "satellite imagery, census data, and volunteered geographic information" to create the population density maps. A detailed explanation of the data gathering and manipulation is available here. News via The Pudding  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cottage in Las Herencias / OOIIO Arquitectura Posted: 03 Jan 2019 07:00 PM PST  © niveditaa gupta
 © niveditaa gupta “Rural camouflage”  © niveditaa gupta Our client commissioned us with a comfortable cottage in which to enjoy his retirement, returning to the village where he grew up. Thousands of childhood memories came to his mind during every visit we made with him to follow the evolution of the work. The large plot of land allowed us to develop a comfortable house on a single floor, which we decided to fragment into elongated modules that connect the street with the backyard. Some modules are in the shape of a gabled roof house, others are flat roof prisms.  © niveditaa gupta  Section 1  © niveditaa gupta It is in the interspersed combination of these pieces that the project arises. The country house, which seems to be actually several houses if you look at it from the outside, becomes in its interior a succession of wide spaces with different heights, filled by natural light everywhere. We felt it was disrespectful towards the context to play with too modern design languages in this house, so we decided, without complexes, to use rustic elements from the local collective imagination in our project.  Axonometric Section 1  Axonometric Section 3  Axonometric Section 5 In this way, we achieve a country house with a rural appearance, well integrated into its surroundings, but on the other hand it is not a habitual dwelling there at all, since in the end it is a completely different dwelling from any other one that is usually built in the village, both in terms of floor plan and volume and spatiality. We provided the project with textures, materials, constructive elements and formal games typical of what we imagined we would find in a village in the area, but we played with contemporary design techniques to conceive the building.  © niveditaa gupta  Details  © niveditaa gupta In the fields surrounding the site we can find numerous abandoned tobacco drying sheds, which are agricultural buildings that had facades built with brick lattices to encourage cross ventilation inside, and thus better dry the tobacco leaves that hung inside. As architects, the drying rooms seemed too attractive for us not to incorporate them into our country house in any way, so we decided to create double ventilated facades in certain parts of the house to reduce the passive and natural effect of the sun inside the house.  Axonometric 1 The windows were marked with wooden lintels, traditional wrought iron grilles and carpentries and blinds were used, green carriage, etc., all of which are elements of the collective imagination of the rural world, without necessarily being elements used in the traditional architecture of the area. A country house with a contemporary floor plan and spatiality, but camouflaged in the rural world through symbolic elements of village architecture.  © niveditaa gupta  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Black House / Benjamin Heller + Freier Architekt Posted: 03 Jan 2019 06:00 PM PST  © Benjamin Heller
 © Benjamin Heller Text description provided by the architects. Since 2017, the "Black House" stands in the idyllic health resort Öhningen nearby Lake Constance, Germany. In a conspicuous way, it marks the edge of the small village, which is also part of the national boarder to neighboring Switzerland. The character of the building emulates a boundary stone cut by hands: various angles, clear, polygonal shapes and a dark, suspended façade, which surrounds both like a skin, the building and the roof. Thereby, a remarkable light and color change is generated on the surface of the house.  Ground Floor Plan Upon request of the owner, the residential building combines different areas on two levels: public, semi-public and private spaces. Divergent room heights and sizes transmit intuitively the character of utilization of both, the shared areas and the places of retreat.  © Benjamin Heller The "Black House" is explicitly oriented towards the landscape and the water. The spacious areas and rooms inside the building are extended in southern direction. The clear and restrained interior design directs one´s eye instinctively to the outstanding panoramic view with the beautiful landscape. The light, polished screed and the parquet flooring of dark oak result in a harmonic but also contrasting interaction.  © Benjamin Heller The love for nature is also reflected in selecting the technical equipment and building materials for the solid wood house. As an example, a heat pump in conjunction with a ground collector heats the building in a sustainable way.  © Benjamin Heller  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sacher Park Cafe / Yaniv Pardo Architects Posted: 03 Jan 2019 05:00 PM PST  © Amit Gosher
 © Amit Gosher Text description provided by the architects. Initiated by The Jerusalem Development Authority, this project stemmed from winning the Design Competition Of The Jerusalem Open Space and Governmental Area in 2008. The background for the competition was the lack of a central urban park that would serve as a "green lung" and a place for diverse activities; a space that would form educated synthesis and maximal interaction between government institutes, culture, recreation and leisure for both local citizens and guests. The project's site covers over 170 acres and is located near the capital center of Israel: the Knesset, the Supreme Court and Kiryat Hamemshala (the government buildings compound). The park holds high potential. It hosts many activities, but they are separate, specific and lack context and continuous connection between the various elements in the site. The directive was to propose a "local language" without harming its identity and by amplifying its "Jerusalemness".  © Amit Gosher Our project does not deal with planning a defined structure. It aims to study, expose and understand the issues of planning in the Sacker Park site, focusing on the question of what kind of intervention would be suitable for this site in order to turn it into a lively point in city life. The open space defined by this project creates a landscape system that allows the masses, locals and tourists, to enjoy its beauty.  © Amit Gosher Our design concept laid on the following principles: The coffee shop is part of the overall vision of planning the entire space with the intention of rebranding Sacker Park as a modern and active urban space by building a coffee shop and an amphitheater for public events.  © Amit Gosher The project also proposes the development of a promenade overlooking the park. The promenade takes part in establishing a structure that connects and rearranges the landscape, and sets an infrastructure for future development.  Coffee shop level plan The inspiration for the promenade, which faces east and allows an actual architectural linkage between the old city and the western modern one, draws from the image of Jerusalem over the generations and research of the natural topographical data. In order to reveal the urban solution that both characterizes and preserves the image of Jerusalem, we tried to expose the original surface conditions and read them following the natural topography of the wadies.  © Amit Gosher Furthermore, the project adheres to green building principles- the energy required for operating the coffee shop is produced by solar cells that roof the sitting area. The coffee shop is the first milestone of the proposed project, completed in September 2018  © Amit Gosher  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2019 04:00 PM PST  © Derek Swalwell
 © Derek Swalwell Text description provided by the architects. 37FC-House lies secluded within a residential pocket, siting on land that once contained a semi-detached house. The owner tasked architects to conceptualise a standalone house that would suit the needs of a multi-generational family. Maximising plot boundaries, the final design resulted in a new 4-storey structure, complete with an attic and basement.  © Derek Swalwell Ground Floor  © Derek Swalwell  First floor plan  © Derek Swalwell A glass front door opens to reveal the interior of the ground floor volume. Characterised by deep grey finishes, service areas were placed at the front of the house, with the kitchen sitting directly behind. Indoor and outdoor spaces merge through a system of retractable floor-to-ceiling glass windows.  © Derek Swalwell The versatile ground floor living room boasts floors of polished concrete, flowing toward the garden and bluish Sukabumi-tiled lap pool at the rear - acting as a barrier to buffer against the highway that runs directly behind. Greenery is a theme well incorporated into the house, with green spaces placed on each floor at both the front and rear of the home. Glass panelling extends along the length of the ground floor, showcasing the greenery that adorns the outer edge of the home.  © Derek Swalwell Upper Floors, Basement & Attic  © Derek Swalwell A black steel sculptured staircase joins the four floors of the home. The bottom of the stairwell leads to the basement containing a state of the art multimedia room. Light from the swimming pool creeps into the subterranean space through a glass port which lines the far end. A skylight at the top of the staircase allows natural light to cascade into the house. There an attic that also doubles as a guest bedroom, where space allocated for greenery and a water feature adds character.  © Derek Swalwell Smart Home  © Derek Swalwell  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Giabinh.House / AD9 Architects Posted: 03 Jan 2019 03:00 PM PST  © Quang Tran
 © Quang Tran Text description provided by the architects. Giabinh.house, a house with a fairly small area, located quite far from the city center. The house is located deep in a small alleyway packed with inhabitants, a very particular trait of modern Saigon. It's the living space of 4 people, a married couple and their 2 children, all in their adulthood.  © Quang Tran They lived in their former house for more than 30 years. What we wanted to achieve was to give each family member their personal space, and at the same time connecting their daily activities through the kitchen, the living room, and the plenum. They can talk, discuss, and see each other to maintain a familial atmosphere. We designed a bedroom on the ground floor since the parents, owner of the building, are aged, and we want to minimize their need to move around using stairs. The budget for this project is very limited, so we paid great attention to maximizing the use of interiors from their former house.  Section The width of the house is quite limited, and so we designed the kitchen under the stairs, with the dining table being placed straight under the skylight to maximize light and wind circulation through the interior. The staircases are the connecting points of the various spaces. We always strive for a minimalism design, while finding places for lights and green spaces, in order to create a comfortable atmosphere for familial activities.  © Quang Tran We want this house to bring the family members a sense of balance outside of their social life. The whole building is painted in white to create a feeling of airiness. We chose the kind of traditional, rough tiles to create accents, and to bring contrast and warmth to the open spaces.  © Quang Tran The most important message we want to convey through Giabinh.house is the harmony between human and nature, and the daily happiness of the life of each family members.  © Quang Tran  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2019 01:00 PM PST  © Raitt Liu
 © Raitt Liu Text description provided by the architects. Uniuni Coffee has opened their new shop in Nanjing designed by dongqi Architects. Uniuni team earns high reputation in WBC(World Barista Championship) and has been dedicating to coffee retailing and coffee culture preaching.  Detail On the basis of understanding the key spirit of Uniuni culture, dongqi team develops the idea of "stage and back-stage". The curved bar counters are set like the stages, by the side of which the baristas brew the coffee while the customers watch the process of making from every corner of the space just like the audience. Therefore, the boundary between stage and back-stage is blurred. Different functions are mixed and reorganized. The experience of buying, tasting and making can take place simultaneously in any of the four counters of the space.  © Raitt Liu The bar tables are hung over to the ceiling by using stainless steel tubes, connecting each other by hinge joints. The vertical steel tubes are connected two by two by hinging with horizontal steel tubes at a 3-meter height above the ground. The horizontal steel tubes, sprayed red and fitted with spot lights, help to integrate and stabilize the whole structure. The shelves are also hung over by steel tubes. The facilities, machines and fridges are all hung to the table top by using L-shaped steel bars. Water supplies down from the ceiling and drains up by using pumps through steel tubes. Everything is hung to the ceiling even including power strips. The exposed pipes, wires and equipments enhance the experience of the "back-stage" concept.\  © Raitt Liu  © Raitt Liu The spray rinsers, the knock boxes and the cup dispensers are customized, welded and polished to join with the stainless steel table top as a whole. The glass cup covers are designed to be slightly embedded in the selves. The sides of the bar tables are 45°tilted inwards in order to be perceived light and floated. Translucent polycarbonate sheets are used as the front side material of storage shelves, sealed the edges by the slotted plywood shelves and the stainless steel sheets. The hinge joint steel pieces are welded to the table from below in order to hide the weld seam.  © Raitt Liu Curved steel sheets and clear glass are the main elements of the façade. Red LED lights permeate from gradient patterns of the steel sheets, casting fading away shadows on the white steel panels and the top. The narrow red steel frame outlines the main entrance door, echoing the elegant, exquisite while moderate attitude of design and the brand spirit.  © Raitt Liu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2019 12:00 PM PST  © Norihito Yamauchi
 © Norihito Yamauchi Text description provided by the architects. The villa is located in a forest in Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture of Japan. The privately owned villa is designed to accommodate the owners and their friends in the rich natural environment at a mountain retreat 150 kilometers away from Tokyo.  © Norihito Yamauchi  Floor plan  © Norihito Yamauchi In order to acquire specific natural scenery and light environment, each living function faces its own desired orientation. Living and dining space faces south-east for a brighter living environment while the master bedroom and bathroom face west offering private scenery of the forest. These compartments are assembled into three interconnected volumes that are placed on site among the pre-existing trees.  © Norihito Yamauchi In order to form variable cross section suitable for each function, roofs were designed as curved surface like gently twisted leaves. Combination of a concave and a convex roof configures from a high ceiling expansive space to an introverted compact rooms. Every roof has been designed as a Ruled Surface in which straight Laminated Veneer Lumber joists are arranged continuously to form an organic geometry. A series of wooden joists is exposed on the ceiling highlighting the dynamic spatial characters of each living space.  © Norihito Yamauchi  Model  © Norihito Yamauchi The design process that responds to its environmental context has produced multiple organic roofs and established architecture as an aggregate of diverse living spaces. The appearance of the villa blends in harmoniously with the natural surroundings and is perfectly integrated to the local landscape.  © Norihito Yamauchi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2019 11:00 AM PST  © PROJECTION
 © PROJECTION Text description provided by the architects. Vita Planet is a jewelry selection store filled with works done by worldwide cutting edge designers while offering a touchable experience offline. Instead of the cold style and boring location of traditional selection store, Vita Planet is located in the bottom floor of a old residential building which stimulate a rare space experience.  © PROJECTION The space is seperated into three chapter, each chapter owns a unique color and emotion, guests entering the space with curiosity and at the end of the room, they reach a calm spiritual space.  Plan We transfer the depth of the store from a bad condition to a unique element of the space, with the spread of single tone, we create a warm tunnel of time and space.  © PROJECTION Through the arch, visitors felt like reaching an unkonw planet, but while moving forward, the visual connection keeps a friendly companion to the visitor.  © PROJECTION  © PROJECTION A roll of printed glass at the end of the circulation invites the natrual light gently into the space, enhancing the cozy space atomosphere.  © PROJECTION  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2019 09:00 AM PST  © Nico Saieh
 © Nico Saieh Text description provided by the architects. This house is located in the Puyumén peninsula on Lake Panguipulli, Panguipulli county, Los Ríos Region, Chile. It is located on a flat and vast land, dominating distant views in all its orientations towards the surrounding paddocks, the lake and the volcanic environment.  © Nico Saieh Design scheme in the shape of an L is chosen, leaving one segment for the common areas and the other for the bedrooms. The access hall is located in the meeting between both.  © Nico Saieh A specific requirement of the client was to prioritize a design that would minimize construction times. For this reason, it was decided to structure the house with constant modules every 1.10 mt. All trusses are equal and the house is built based on their repetition.  Plan The proposed structural modulation is evident from the inside, leaving the trusses visible in the common areas, which allowed to increase the interior height and, together with the previous, the arrangement of high windows between the trusses, following the module of the house.  © Nico Saieh Perimeter walls, together with the roof, comprise the house volume, which integrates a garage inside its envelope.  Sections 1 and A The roof is projected in a more flexible way, in comparison with the rigidity of the structural module, thus creating intermediate spaces and eaves that mark the access, adjust the exterior-interior transition and control natural light in the different orientations.  © Nico Saieh  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Benzina Bar / SuperLimão Studio Posted: 03 Jan 2019 08:00 AM PST  © Maíra Acayaba
 © Maíra Acayaba Text description provided by the architects. The Group of Benzina Bar, a SuperLimão client also in other projects, was one of the pioneers in implementing the Fast Casual system in Brazil. The idea for the Benzina Bar project, that is located in São Paulo, was to create a young, interesting and at the same time an empowering environment for the customer to have the free will to come and go at the bar.  © Maíra Acayaba In the house worked an old pub with well compartmentalized areas and that already had undergone a series of reforms, which ended up leaving him without identity. At the same time, the facade of the property has strong lines and expressive angles, which were taken as an architectural objective for its new design. In addition, several openings were made in the frames so that the interior and exterior were integrated.
As the environment was well compartmentalized, the first idea was to create a visual unification of all spaces, taking advantage of the existing right foot on the old ceiling. Then the liner was demolished, the scissors of the roof structure were exposed and an acoustic treatment was performed.  © Maíra Acayaba Three levels of interaction were defined. The ground floor features a large bar and a series of tables at different heights. A large grandstand unifies the ground floor to the first level, where people can move or stand. In the second level were created lounges, a pool area and a second drink bar. This bar has a playful surface created with colorful liquids that move with the touch, making a connection with the hallucinogenic effects of Benzina inhalation. On this floor there is a staircase to the next and third level, where there is a small support bar, pinball machines and a foosball. The idea for this area was create a play area that makes an interaction between people. All space can be used as a great playground.  © Maíra Acayaba Returning to the ground floor, a large opening window was created alongside the main bar and, taking advantage of the level difference between the ground floor and the street level. A single platform was created, serving as a bench for the internal area and, at the same time, a high table for the outside area.  Floor Plans All the coatings were peeled, exposed and everything that was created again seeks to bring a great differentiation exposing the new and the old.  © Maíra Acayaba On the facade were used different colors and linear illuminations, extolling the angles of the waters of the roofs. Internally, on the stage, a lounge was created next to a bookcase with several objects with references from the 80's and a large Biro-Biro platinum lamp, authored by SuperLimão Studio, shows the size of the right foot.  Exploded Axonometric Innovation: service method, payment system (self-service), use of technology for dynamic purchasing dynamics. Comfort: several ways to use the space, from armchairs, high stools, benches, games, bleachers, for the person to use as he / she wishes. Space creates different opportunities for use.  © Maíra Acayaba Lighting: It has some facets, both dimmable dim lighting that creates diverse scenarios and in all the scissors of the roof were installed addressable and colored LEDs, which can make the house a great ballad. Integration: integration with internal and external.  © Maíra Acayaba  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Escape Vehicle #9: ICE / Studio Morison Posted: 03 Jan 2019 06:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Studio Morison
 Courtesy of Studio Morison Text description provided by the architects. In recent years, artists Heather and Ivan Morison, of Studio Morison, have become familiar with architectural constructions that play with ideas of escape, shelter, and refuge. For Into Nature, they have built a special sculptural pavilion, Escape Vehicle #9, within the landscape of Holtingerveld, Netherlands, that can be stayed in overnight. Escape Vehicle #9 comes from a future in which the bigger elemental forces of the planet have reasserted themselves, leaving mankind a refugee from nature, having to tread quickly and lightly on the land they occupy.  Floor Plan "When first imagining Escape Vehicle #9 I had a vision of a flight into the future. I saw a lightness from that future within the darkness of the present, and this is where the Escape Vehicle can take us towards." Ivan Morison, artist  Courtesy of Studio Morison Experience  Courtesy of Studio Morison Materials  Courtesy of Studio Morison  Diagrams  Courtesy of Studio Morison  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| UAE Architects Design Shipping Container Housing for Cairo Posted: 03 Jan 2019 05:00 AM PST  Sheltainer. Image Courtesy of Mouaz Abouzaid UAE based architects Mouaz Abouzaid, Bassel Omara and Ahmed Hammad have designed a shipping container housing project for Cairo, Egypt. Dubbed 'Sheltainer', the project aims to address a need for low-income, student and refugee housing. The design focuses on Egyptian life around a single house unit with all the necessary needs for a small family. Sheltainer aims to offer a flexible solution with new open spaces, activities and homes.  Sheltainer. Image Courtesy of Mouaz Abouzaid Sheltainer looks to support refugees, asylum seekers, students and people of low income jobs by using a standard 20ft container, as well as a smaller 10ft variety and larger 40ft crates for its structures. Individual house units are combined into a cluster that serves as a small neighborhood of 8 homes surrounding a green courtyard. Units can be adapted to different environments due to the container's ability to provide excellent insulation and flexibility. The team originally highlighted two countries to focus on: Syria, where more than half the population has been displaced, and South Sudan, where the refugee population swelled from 854,100 to more than 1.4 million during the second half of 2016. This year, the team has taken the scheme further to address housing problems in Egypt.  Sheltainer. Image Courtesy of Mouaz Abouzaid "Home is not a place, it's a feeling. People are connected to their homeland. Growing up in an environment with family and friends fuels people's souls with a promising future. But being forced out [of homes] due to starvation, the economy, or even politics creates insecurity," the architects said. "Twenty people are newly displaced every minute, and that becomes a challenge to provide a stable community that can cope with these rapid changes." Sheltainer looks at the informal market Souk Al Jumaa as it serves the daily needs of the residential community there.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Louis Armstrong Stadium / ROSSETTI Posted: 03 Jan 2019 04:00 AM PST  © Rafael Gamo
 © Rafael Gamo Text description provided by the architects. The new 14,069-seat Louis Armstrong Stadium, located inside the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, features an innovative design that encourages air flow through the stadium while keeping rain off spectators and the court, making it the first naturally ventilated tennis stadium with a retractable roof in the world.  Render The vision of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) was for the stadium to host tennis matches in an open, day-lit outdoor environment, as much as possible, and provide weather protection only when necessary. In keeping with this vision, ROSSETTI designed Louis Armstrong Stadium with an operable roof as well as a naturally ventilated bowl. The design offers a unique solution that is true to the outdoor nature of the tournament by allowing play to continue during rain. On each side of the stadium, the facades are covered with 14,250 overlapping terracotta louvers, optimally positioned to keep rain out, while remaining air permeable to maintain natural ventilation. The louvers allow air flow through the upper part of the building on the north and south elevations while protecting the court from the rain and shading spectators from the sun. The terra cotta material was chosen to contextually relate to the traditional brick buildings on the site while using the material in a new way.  © Rafael Gamo The design of the stadium uses a perforated seating bowl that allows air to pass through underground air pathways and into the lowermost seating. The concourse levels are designed to be open around the entire perimeter to allow for maximum airflow into the stadium from all sides and into the spectator areas. Multiple studies, computational models and wind tunnel tests were conducted to understand weather patterns, wind direction and wind driven rain. The stadium is on track for LEED certification.  Render The USTA and ROSSETTI completed the 10-year vision plan to re-imagine the entire campus as a sports spectacle with the culmination of Louis Armstrong Stadium and the finalization of other public realm improvements at the 2018 US Open.  © Rafael Gamo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Exhibition Images explore how Coding can Impact Architectural Representation Posted: 03 Jan 2019 03:30 AM PST  Ibañez Kim: 家神. Image via The Cooper Union The Cooper Union is to host a new exhibition showcasing the impact of technology on architectural drawing. "Drawing Codes: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation: Volume II" will examine how "emerging design and production technologies impact the ways in which architects engage with traditional practices of architectural drawing and how rules inform the ways the built environment is documented, analyzed, represented, and designed." The exhibition will feature 24 experimental drawings by firms such as Aranda\Lasch, Höweler + Yoon, and Outpost Office. The artists were challenged by the curators to consider at least one concept that expands on the notion of "code" in design and representation. A strict set of rules was enforced, including black and white media, and limiting the drawing to two dimensions.  IwamotoScott Architecture: Double Vision. Image via The Cooper Union The exhibition imagines coding as constraint and restriction which can intensify the search for new opportunities in representation, rather than hinder them. The contents therefore imagine how drawings might engage with latent meaning and hidden messages, and how drawings may adopt open-ended processes with no defined outcome.  MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY: Double Agent Operations. Image via The Cooper Union
 Heather Roberge | murmur: Gestural GPS. Image via The Cooper Union Works featured in the exhibition include "Double Agent Operations" by Marcus Fornes / THEVERYMANY that depicts an autonomous agent-based scripting process which generated tectonic parts on doubly-curved surfaces, while "Gestural GPS" by Heather Roberge / murmur explores how algorithmic process can create new forms of vision.  Stephanie Lin: Accumulated Error No. 41. Image via The Cooper Union
 Aranda\Lasch: Another Circle GPS Plan. Image via The Cooper Union Running from January 23rd to February 23rd 2019, the exhibition has been organized by the Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and the Digital Craft Lab at California College of the Arts (CCA). The curators are Andrew Kudless and Adam Marcus, associate professors at CCA.  Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, MOS: FLATSAND_20181024_24562818.tif. Image via The Cooper Union For more information, visit the exhibition's website here. News via: Cooper Union  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MMS House / Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos Posted: 03 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST  © Ricardo Bassetti
.jpg?1530939442 "© Ricardo Bassetti") © Ricardo Bassetti Text description provided by the architects. With a vast program to be fulfilled, the MMS house, was built through a mixed structural system (reinforced concrete and metallic structure), since the client came to us with the intention of realizing a residence with simple solutions and fast execution. For this, we divided the aforementioned program into 4 floors that coincide with the division of the house: the subsoil is configured as a service sector, the ground floor and the last floor as social and coexistence sectors and the first floor as an intimate sector. .jpg?1530939589 "© Ricardo Bassetti") © Ricardo Bassetti  Planta - Térreo .jpg?1530939457 "© Ricardo Bassetti") © Ricardo Bassetti From the centralized implantation in the terrain and the determination of a central axis of vertical circulation, we conceive the spaces in an integrated way in order to stimulate the social interactions of the residents.  Section A Aiming at better comfort, we maximize natural light collection, ventilation and outdoor contact in all environments, which sometimes open onto the street at the height of the treetops, or open onto an outdoor area with a tropical garden. .jpg?1530939636 "© Ricardo Bassetti") © Ricardo Bassetti  Schematic Sketch of the Body Guard .jpg?1530939406 "© Ricardo Bassetti") © Ricardo Bassetti Of a ludic character, the brick facade appears to decompose according to the end of the building and, in contrast to the austerity of the brick, the accesses and openings are well defined from the use of colored steel sheet frames. .jpg?1530939520 "© Ricardo Bassetti") © Ricardo Bassetti  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Foster + Partners Unveil Plans for Soaring Shenzhen Towers Posted: 03 Jan 2019 01:00 AM PST  China Merchants Taiza Bay, Shenzhen. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners Foster + Partners has released details of their proposed China Merchants Bank HQ in Shenzhen. The soaring 350-meter tower, intended to house the bank's 13,000-strong workforce, will be complemented by a sister tower 180 meters in height, containing a luxury hotel and mixed-use office, cultural, and retail spaces. The taller office tower is comprised of large-span column-free floorplates supported by offset cores at either side. A glazed façade has been shaped to avoid downdrafts, thus making the surrounding open spaces on the ground floor more comfortable for the public. .jpg?1546524182 "China Merchants Taiza Bay, Shenzhen. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners") China Merchants Taiza Bay, Shenzhen. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners As part of the complex, a green plaza has been designed linking the towers to the Shenzhen Bay waterfront, lined with shops and restaurants, while the north side of the building links to the metro. At the podium level, a gallery area for art will sit alongside sport and fitness facilities for employees.  China Merchants Taiza Bay, Shenzhen. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners The tower's peak is arranged around a quadruple-height atrium, offering gallery and event space alongside meeting and dining areas, with sweeping views across Shenzhen Bay. Meanwhile, the building's cores have been located towards the east and west to reduce solar gain, while rainwater harvesting systems will be installed to meet 70`% of the building's water needs.  China Merchants Taiza Bay, Shenzhen. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners
 China Merchants Taiza Bay, Shenzhen. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners News of the scheme follows on from the unveiling of several other major works by Foster + Partners, notably a tulip-shaped tower for central London, and a "glittering" flagship stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. News via: Foster + Partners  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Staff Training Center GCR / AMOO + Mora Sanvisens Arquitectes Posted: 03 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST .jpg?1531451805 "© José Hevia") © José Hevia
.jpg?1531451873 "© José Hevia") © José Hevia Text description provided by the architects. The new Staff Training Center of the Generalitat de Catalunya Railways (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya) emerges from the idea of reusing the old Sabadell-Rambla station, recently shut down due to the opening of the new branch that extends and renews the line in 4 stops (Can Feu, Plaça Major, Creu Alta and Parc del Nord). This intervention must be a European benchmark in the training of the railway personnel. .jpg?1531452331 "Axo 02") Axo 02 Although the classroom will be developed on the railway tracks, the project wants to take into account the relationship with the city. The closure of the facilities, which took place over a year ago, has damaged all of the coatings, either because of a lack of ventilation or an excessive moisture in the basement floors, and also due to a lack of maintenance regarding the façade on street level, where a certain air of semi-abandonment is perceived. .jpg?1531452083 "© José Hevia") © José Hevia The project is proposed in 3 phases: .jpg?1531452007 "© José Hevia") © José Hevia .jpg?1531452346 "Axo 01") Axo 01 .jpg?1531451986 "© José Hevia") © José Hevia 2. Installation of the Training Classroom on top of the actual track, defined by two small volumes and a suspended ceiling that, together with a change of pavement, indicates the area. In this room classes will be given, and projections and cabin simulations will be possible, among others. .jpg?1531452103 "© José Hevia") © José Hevia 3. Redefinition of the façade, tortured by the different interventions, emphasising its patrimonial value. This façade, made up of columns, will be framed, under the capitals, by a continuous glass board defined by some minimal metallic contours. The ventilation grilles are formally integrated, and the upper balustrade is completely restored. .jpg?1531451931 "© José Hevia") © José Hevia  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 02 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST  © Gonzalo Viramonte
 © Gonzalo Viramonte Text description provided by the architects. The house MC2 is located in the south of the city of Córdoba, within a residential neighborhood close to the racecourse. Its past ,linked to the equestrian activity, is still a feature of the area.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  Programmatic scheme  © Gonzalo Viramonte A plot with west – east orientation plus a large carob tree ( native tree ) in its interior were the starting points for this house, where the tree was from scratch , the element that conditioned the project. All actions and interventions were based on its preservation and conservation. The main challenge, as regards the carob tree, was to develop an extensive and complex program so as not to jeopardize its integrity.  © Gonzalo Viramonte A plot with west – east orientation plus a large carob tree ( native tree ) in its interior were the starting points for this house, where the tree was from scratch , the element that conditioned the project. All actions and interventions were based on its preservation and conservation. The main challenge, as regards the carob tree, was to develop an extensive and complex program so as not to jeopardize its integrity.  © Gonzalo Viramonte To achieve the above, the building line was moved just behind the tree. The house was resolved into two large superimposed volumes. A first volume at the ground level, containing the public area parallel to the street .The service area perpendicular to it on the dividing right wall. The second volume, exclusive of the private area, was located on the top floor of all the services. Likewise, the transparency and openness of the public area was conscienciously worked on, to enhance the spatial depth of the terrain both from the front and from the backyard. The green of its gardens was visually connected through the living room, the dining room and the gallery, thus allowing the incorporation of the carob tree in the daily experience of these environments.  © Gonzalo Viramonte  Ground floor plan  © Gonzalo Viramonte To the general project a space designed especially for entertainment activities and wine storage, was added . It was fully developed at basement level with access f from the core of vertical circulations.  © Gonzalo Viramonte Safety measures were a key issue since the house is situated in an open neighborhood. Thus, aesthetics and formal resolutions were essential. The railing system both fixed and mobile ended up not only serving its deterrent purpose but also , as a unique feature of this house.  © Gonzalo Viramonte For its construction, the combination of a system of anti – seismic structure was used together with supporting masonry settlements on wells of medium depth. Finally, the choice of materials was based on both the least possible maintenance in the future as well as to optimize the completions in time during the construction stage.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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