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- Oscar Niemeyer to be Featured on the Streets of Rio
- How to Design Smart Homes: 8 Tips for Incorporating Domotics Into Architecture
- Generation Gain / Architectural Farm
- Multi-Purpose Hall of Shaoxing Hotel / UAD
- Est64 / Slip Architects
- Lan House / H2
- Traditional Kominka Renovation in Jonan / Takashi Okuno Architectural Design Office
- YT House / rear studio + AHO design studio
- East Bund Footbridge / Atelier Archmixing + YeArch Studio
- Plumeria House – Student Center / LUWIST
- Sappun Flagship Store / LABOTORY
- Pabellón Rojo / Sarovic Plaut Arquitectos
- Tala Studios / Archer Architects
- Snøhetta Designs Outdoor Retreats for Norway’s Largest Hospitals
- Frans Halsstraat / Cantero Architecture
- Columbia University Creates 3D-Printed Timber Lookalike with Internal Grain Pattern
- The Cake / balbek bureau
- KPF Completes the Third-Tallest Building in Shenzhen
- Hither Hills / Bates Masi + Architects
- The Most Anticipated Projects of 2019
| Oscar Niemeyer to be Featured on the Streets of Rio Posted: 07 Jan 2019 09:00 PM PST  Contemporary Art Museum (MAC). Image © Iñigo Bujedo-Aguirre The work of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is currently being featured by the city of Rio de Janeiro. Throughout the month of January, mock-ups and engravings signed by the architect can be seen in Barra da Tijuca, in the city's West Side. There, visitors can discover the history of Brazilian architecture and see some of Niemeyer's most famous work. The RioCVB created the exhibition to celebrate Niemeyer's legacy and showcase Brazil's landmark buildings.  Contemporary Art Museum (MAC). Image © Paulinho Muniz Niemeyer was one of the greatest architects in Brazil's history, and one of the greats of the global modernist movement. After his death in 2012, Niemeyer left the world more than five hundred works scattered throughout the Americas, Africa, and Europe. His works, with peculiar traits and genius forms, create strangeness and attract attention, and end up becoming tourist attractions. Cariocas and tourists who walk through the streets of Rio and Niterói, in the city's metro area, bump into this legacy daily. A few works in the exhibition include: Sambódromo, Contemporary Art Museum (MAC), and Casa das Canoas.  Portela. Image © Cezar Loureiro, Riotur Sambódromo opened in 1984, the stage of the samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro, which was also a venue for the 2016 Olympic Games and hosts concerts, is the architect's work. The highlight is the Praça da Apoteose, with its large arch. The Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) is a symbol of the city of Niterói, 13 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro, in its metro area. The futuristic shape created by Niemeyer became an architectural landmark and is considered one of the seven museum wonders. Casa das Canoas was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1951 for him to live in, it is considered one of the most significant examples of modern Brazilian architecture, and is notoriously acknowledged by history and art critics experts as an accurate and premonitory synthesis of the modern architecture of free authoring that flourished in Europe and the Americas. The exhibition in Barra da Tijuca will be open until January 31st.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How to Design Smart Homes: 8 Tips for Incorporating Domotics Into Architecture Posted: 07 Jan 2019 08:00 PM PST  Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & SPA. Image © Juergen Eheim Home automation has long been associated with high costs, a burdening assembly time, and a cumbersome process that impelled us to discard the idea of automating projects. However, these days are long gone. With lower costs and easier assembly, today, developing a new project without home automation seems somewhat absurd. Below, with the help of AVE Chile, we've compiled a series of tips to help you incorporate domotics into your next project. 1. Experiencing home automation is key to convincing the clientThe vast majority of people who have ever inhabited an automated space will hardly feel comfortable returning to traditional systems. To convince a new client, it's key that they can experience in situ the benefits of home automation: test the different options of a control panel, manage the environmental conditions of a space, change the intensity and color of the light, adjust the temperature, and/or interact with the different types of switches and their sensors.  © AVE Chile 2. The user must identify what they really want to controlOnce the user experiences home automation, they may want to control everything, without much reason. By definition, home automation seeks to be globally intelligent, so it must function as a system that facilitates processes, without unnecessarily complicating the user's life. Automating the operation of an iron or a coffee machine, for example, may not make a real difference in the user's quality of life. However, the ability to program lights, alarms and/or heating at certain times of the day, will.  © AVE Chile  © AVE Chile 3. It's more effective to apply home automation to 'generate integrated solutions,' than to fulfill individual functionsOnce the needs of the user have been identified, it's advisable to plan integrated solutions that allow programming and controlling of environments. For example, when selecting a predefined environment for the night, the system will execute, in a single process, the attenuation and shutdown of lights, the closing of curtains, and the activation of the alarm. This doesn't prevent the management of each option separately, but it's easier and more effective to consider them, from the outset, as responses as a whole.  © AVE Chile  © AVE Chile 4. There is no difference between a traditional electrical plan and a domotics planWhen bringing home automation into a built project, the architect must simply define the locations of the switches and other devices, and the specific functions of each one of them. With this plan, the company in charge of the installation of the automation system is responsible for intervening the electrical installation on site, giving the specialist the instruction to incorporate the wiring required by the home automation. This UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cabling is much simpler than the one traditionally used, and occupies a single pipeline. It's important to point out that home automation must be included in the construction plan before beginning the heavy work since in more advanced stages the complete process becomes more complex.  © AVE Chile  Example of connection of domotic transmitters and actuators for the management and automation of lighting and blinds. Image © AVE Chile 5. In just a couple of hours, an electrical specialist can learn to install a home automation systemIt's not necessary for the electrical specialist chosen by the architect or client to be an expert in home automation in order to install it. The training related to this process can be done in just a few hours.  Traditional System v/s Domotic System. Image © AVE Chile 6. Properly programmed, the home automation system greatly reduces the energy consumption of the buildingIn the case of hotels, home automation allows spaces and rooms that are not in use to be kept completely off, taking detailed control of the use that each guest gives to each room. For example, if a guest has the heating on in his room and opens a window, the thermal system will shut down to avoid energy waste. Even during the night, while the guest sleeps, the system can be programmed to reduce the temperature slightly, saving a large amount of energy without the user noticing. In addition, in buildings that use three-phase systems, it's possible to determine a maximum monthly energy consumption, avoiding that the expense exceeds the predetermined limit at the end of the month. The control panel gives the user a complete detail of this consumption: daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.  © AVE Chile  © AVE Chile 7. Home automation can improve the quality of life for elderly or differently abled peopleThrough centralized control panels and motion sensors, home automation can greatly facilitate and support the way in which older adults or people with disabilities inhabit their daily spaces. Among other benefits, it is possible to program the lighting of lights at a certain time of the day, increasing its intensity with the passing of the hours, or turning on and off automatically when the person enters certain rooms. In addition, people with Parkinson's disease or other motor diseases can solve the handling of the switches without touching them.  © AVE Chile 8. Integrate alarms in the home automation system to control remote intrusions or dangersIncluding the alarm in a home automation system avoids the need to connect to a central, notifying the user directly on his mobile phone and showing in detail which door or window has been intruded. If surveillance cameras have been included, it's possible to see in real time what is happening in the building. In the case of other hazards, such as a gas or water leak, the system warns the user to close the passage of these elements, while a definitive solution to the problem is found.  © AVE Chile  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Generation Gain / Architectural Farm Posted: 07 Jan 2019 07:00 PM PST  © Ste Murray
 © Ste Murray Text description provided by the architects. The project comprises of the renovation and extension to rear of a 1930′s semi-detached house to accommodate 3 generations of a family with the addition of the owner's elderly parents. The existing house was previously extended and reconfigured resulting in a ground floor layout of a series of rooms which where underutilised with very poor connections to each other and to the existing mature south facing garden.  © Ste Murray The brief called for the provision of sleeping and bathroom facilities to provide semi-independent space for the elder generation, a new family room for all 3 generations to share and improved engagement with the garden.  © Ste Murray This was achieved with the reconfiguring of the ground floor by removing the internal partitions to the rear series of rooms and extensions to create a large family room and inserting a partition to recreate an independent front room which acts now as a bedroom.  © Ste Murray  © Ste Murray An additional 5 sqm was provided to the rear of the original house and extensions providing sufficient space in the enlarged family room, to celebrate the families Generation Gain and to form a threshold between the house and garden. This addition provides a window seat, a stove and covered external space.  Isometric The form of the new handmade brick structure is derived from and celebrates the shared positive values of Nurturing, Shelter and Support of this new inter generational relationship. The fire/chimney grounds the new structure, while the saw tooth brick detail provides privacy and a sense of enclosure while providing support to the new timber clad roof, which replaced the old extension roofs and over sails the recessed pivot doorway to provide an external sheltered space addressing the garden. The garden is accessed from the external covered space via a series of interlocking stepped patios.  © Ste Murray  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Multi-Purpose Hall of Shaoxing Hotel / UAD Posted: 07 Jan 2019 06:00 PM PST  Partial View of the South Elevation of Multi-Purpose Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao
 Carved Hollow Windows on the West Elevation of Multi-Function Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao Text description provided by the architects. Shaoxing Hotel originating from "Lingxiao Pavilion" is made up of very traditional architectural complexes with white walls, black tiles, winding corridors, bridges over flowing water, and well-spaced flowers and trees, full of the features of Jiangnan dwelling. The multi-purpose hall of Shaoxing Hotel, located to the west of original Shaoxing Hotel, to the east of Fushan West Road and City Park, to the north of Huanshan Road, has a gross floor area of 7978.34 m2 and is 16.595 m tall with one-story main part and three-story local part.  Night View of the Multi-Function Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao  Structure Diagram of Multi-Function Hall  South Elevation of Multi-Purpose Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao A contemporary and future combined style hall containing thousands of people in such a cramped place is a challenge. From the beginning of design, we try to avoid drastic rebuilding and seek an artful fusion of landscape so as to build an appropriate urban forest looking on the complex city life.  Perspective View of the West Elevation of Multi-Function Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao We try looking at the natural and cultural properties of the base, the centennial buildings of Shaoxing Hotel, Fushan combining the Wu and Yue cultures, and profound cultural deposits of Shaoxing from a broader perspective. In the process of design, we reorganize the natural and traditional elements—mountain, stone, roof, window, column—into the new architectural form as significant symbols. Traditional big roofs sketch the contours of mountains in a range; well-arranged side walls form vivid elevations of the building. Carved hollow windows and modular columns switched life between city and forest.  Copper Column of Multi-Function Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao On the north of the building are streets. We realize the perfect transition from traditional to modern through well-arranged reorganized eaves corresponding to the gray walls and double eaves of Datong School on the opposite of road.  Partial View of the North Elevation of Multi-Purpose Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao  Tripe Eaves on the North Elevation of Multi-Purpose Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao On the west is natural landscape. We emphasize the fusion with daily urban life. Thedifferences in architectural from treatment between before and after and the staggered linear roof coverings hide the big meeting space from views and soften the building volume. Well-arranged side walls separating the auxiliary rooms inside are designed to be significant nodes guiding observation paths.  West Elevation of Multi-Purpose Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao On the south, we emphasize the longitudinal depth of field by deconstructing and reorganizing traditional roof coverings and reduce the perceived volume of building by extending the horizontal vision through colonnade and water pools, light and shadow.  South Elevation of Multi-Purpose Hall. Image © Qiang Zhao Hall design inspired by the daily city life and developed from the sentiments to landscape is embodied in scenes. We try to create modern experience in the urban forest by means of design.  Interior View of Multi-Purpose Hal. Image © Qiang Zhao  Interior View of Multi-Purpose Hal. Image © Qiang Zhao  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2019 05:00 PM PST .jpg?1546802622 "© Sofography") © Sofography
.jpg?1546803399 "© Sofography") © Sofography Text description provided by the architects. The Est 64 is a 1000 sqm office building project, converted from a 40-year-old warehouse on Sukhumvit 64, Punnawithi Railway Station. The former warehouse building was built as a two story reinforced concrete structure, with one mezzanine level and one flat roof. It rests along a long and narrow plot of land of 10m in width and 40m in length. .jpg?1546802845 "© Sofography") © Sofography The front of the building is west facing with a 10x10 sqm open yard. The building is parallel to a local road and opposite an international school's parking lot. The back of the building is in close proximity to the roll house that opens to Sukhumvit road, which makes Est 64 a very accessible and convenient location. During the construction stage, a single-story building on the left became the temporary site office for the contracting company. Right to the building are warehouses with metal louvre façade, which later on became an inspiration for this Est 64 project. .jpg?1546803938 "© Sofography") © Sofography  Diagram .jpg?1546803530 "© Sofography") © Sofography PROGRAM & REQUIREMENT .jpg?1546803129 "© Sofography") © Sofography - During each period of time, the new building should be flexible to accommodate single or multiple tenancy. .jpg?1546803104 "© Sofography") © Sofography PLAN & LAYOUT  Section 01 The first level enjoys a generous floor to ceiling height of 5 metres, which gave an advantage to be accessible by big trucks, for potential art studio, galleries, and warehouse or storage purposes. The mezzanine floor is a compact 2.5 meters height working space for potential administrative and accounting department. A big terrace floods the vast open plan on the second floor with natural sun light, rendering it as a multipurpose space for general use. The extended roof on the third floor has an exposed roof structure with high ceiling level and small balcony. This space is suitable for potential art galleries, offices or managerial work areas. .jpg?1546803460 "© Sofography") © Sofography As a measure to minimize circulation area and to control user's route direction, a single flight of staircase links the building from the first to third floor. It is designed as a semi outdoor public area, which requires minimal maintenance and no air conditioning requirement. On one side of the building elevation, perforated bricks are used along this staircase for ventilation and to gain natural light. .jpg?1546802974 "© Sofography") © Sofography DESIGN CONCEPTS .jpg?1546803331 "© Sofography") © Sofography MATERIALS .jpg?1546803009 "© Sofography") © Sofography The single flight staircase that connects the building is spatially long and narrow; its spatial division with the office space is treated as a full height feature wall, cladded with artificial timber strips. .jpg?1546803833 "© Sofography") © Sofography ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY .jpg?1546804032 "© Sofography") © Sofography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2019 04:00 PM PST  © Quang Dam
 © Quang Dam Text description provided by the architects. Lan' house is located at Road 5, Phuoc Tinh Ward, Long Dien Town, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Viet Nam. When discussing with the owner, H2 ourself caught two main problems which be called body and soul of the house. First about the body of Lan' house that our architects solved the needs of using which divided two parts of space clearly: the first floor for rice business and second floor for living most comfortably. All space of the first floor is in front of Road 5 so it's suitable for developing Vietnamese traditional business best which along the large street or we call façade house.  Section 1 The second floor holds enough functions of a home. There are two sides of the house that are separated with stair and lobby. Cause of facing large street where happens much noise and dusty business activity and want to avoid them, we use ventilation bricks to make style while close space. The architects also make a garden and void to get sunlight inside. The front side is the kitchen, dining room, living room and restroom with laundry. All rooms are bounded with a green garden. The behind side is two bedrooms with its own restrooms and a large terrace that connects two bedrooms each other and with grandparents together in a precinct.  © Quang Dam  Second Floor Plan  © Quang Dam There's a big shape of wood which holds restroom and laundry between the living room and kitchen to avoid seeing thoroughly from each room to the rest. Every corner is a small green one for relax. The space from front to behind is closed and opened continuously to make interesting and conveniences. Such as the face of house is a closed cube for reducing dust and noise; the main space like kitchen, living room and dining room are opened freshly; bedrooms are closed privately; the terrace, in the end, is opened to connect bedrooms to bedrooms, house to house and connect three generations in a big family.  © Quang Dam The soul of Lan' house is pressed with two values: time and religion. The ground had an existing old house with a wood structure of roof that is still strong and was along owner' childhood. So she wants to remain it as a present of time. Our architects treat architecture inside as traditional style combining with modern function to connect old roof structure and new building while respecting all detail of the roof structure. The owner is a Catholic so we research to repeat the details concerning about the church or crucifix. On the large wall, we make the color glass window, chink of light and dome of the wall, all combine with sunlight to celebrate a psychical and mysterious space.  © Quang Dam  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Traditional Kominka Renovation in Jonan / Takashi Okuno Architectural Design Office Posted: 07 Jan 2019 03:00 PM PST  © Hirokazu Fujimura
 © Hirokazu Fujimura Text description provided by the architects. A residence for the family of the original owner's grandchild inherited after the owner's passing. Renovation work focused on preserving vintage portions of the original property while making upgrades to its functionality, seismic capacity, and thermal insulation.  © Hirokazu Fujimura  Floor Plan - Before and After  © Hirokazu Fujimura The kitchen and dining room offer spaces to spend time in close family connection and the design of the living room features integration with the large yard. Semi-transparent paneling offers the effect of softly connecting the spaces rather than partitioning them off completely.  © Hirokazu Fujimura  © Hirokazu Fujimura In its combining of time-weathered materials with new, left just as they are without particular treatment, the property seems to have attained a certain depth of character.  © Hirokazu Fujimura  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| YT House / rear studio + AHO design studio Posted: 07 Jan 2019 01:00 PM PST .jpg?1546703675 "© Quang Dam") © Quang Dam
.jpg?1546704163 "© Quang Dam") © Quang Dam Text description provided by the architects. YT house is located in a small village on a relatively flat plains northwest of Daklak, an area bordering on Cambodian territory, the architecture here is mixed by many different regions as most of the migrants here do the new-economy. We propose a horizontal roof stretches along the land, which forms the under-roof area for the functions of the house. .jpg?1546703866 "© Quang Dam") © Quang Dam  Exploded Axonometry .jpg?1546703410 "© Quang Dam") © Quang Dam With the basic structure to ensure the construction technique and shorten the construction time, the steel structural support system plays the role of supporting the roof, "the roof seems like floating in a natural context". .jpg?1546704087 "© Quang Dam") © Quang Dam Implanted under the roof two private function blocks at two gables, one side is kitchen and toilet, the other side is two bedrooms. These two functional blocks work as the double walls combined with the floor, the roof and the sliding doors form the common space at the center of the house.  © Quang Dam The formation of common space at the center of the house acts as a multi-dimensional connection space, on one hand, it connects two main functional blocks, on the other hand, it connects the external and internal spaces. "natural flowing through the house". Private spaces are stretched beyond the boundary of the roof, framing a part of the landscape to regulate the microclimate and enhance the homeowner experience.  The slot bright on the top of the roof spread along from the northwest to the southeast, work as a light curtain, it forms the conventional space for the dining room and living room, this space will be changed by the sun manifestation system of the day and seasons of the year. We want to create the house as a means of connecting people and nature. .jpg?1546704024 "© Quang Dam") © Quang Dam  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| East Bund Footbridge / Atelier Archmixing + YeArch Studio Posted: 07 Jan 2019 12:00 PM PST  Sanlintang Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu
 © Qingshan Wu Text description provided by the architects. By the end of 2018, it will be a year since the opening of waterfront path along East bank of Huangpu River in Shanghai. Meanwhile, all public spaces and infrastructures have been officially put into use for nearly one year. On this occasion, the design of the southernmost two among the twelve bridges along East Bund, North Sanlin Bridge and Sanlintang Bridge is reviewed and used as a comparison of the current state of usage.  Sanlintang Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu Footbridge is an important part that constitutes this open space system. Usually bridge is merely recognized as the means to pass through, however, footbridges in East Bund is different, which requires a comprehension of multiple factors such as landscape, traffic, architecture, green spaces, etc. Locating along Huangpu River, this unique position proposes more complex design requirement to design scheme. In this 22km waterfront space opened in Pudong, "public space"is the essential concept, which also inspires the starting point of design, that is, besides meeting the basic requirements such as walking and cycling, how does the concept of public space guide the form generation of these two bridges.  Concept When designing these two footbridges, we spent efforts on exploring the possibilities other than these common linear bridge, thus to form a coherent design language to reinforce the impressions of the duo. Therefore, some geometric variations were experimented, with full consideration given to city and landscape environment at both ends of these two bridges.  North Sanlin Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu  North Sanlin Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu Taking North Sanlin Bridge as an example, a straight line directly links north and south bank, with wings gradually spread at the ends of bridge till it forms a large step that merge with the bridge body, naturally connecting the plazas in front of the approach ramps. We also hope that the spaces extend from the bridge can provide alternatives of entry, a different spatial experience of waterfront and bring on more kinds of public activities.  North Sanlin Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu Comparing to the ample green spaces on both sides of North Sanlin Bridge, the density of building around Sanlingtang Bridge is much higher, thus more problems to be answered. On the one hand, it is necessary to avoid the conflict between the entry spaces of bridge and existing buildings; on the other hand, the spaces on both sides of Sanlintang Port is relatively cramped, leaving insufficient length for approach bridges. In design, we elongated the length of bridge and turned it into an "S"shape to resolve the disadvantages of site, then the bridge is slightly widened at the turns to reinforce the morphology. Similar language was adopted when designing the side panels, surface curved both in horizontal and vertical directions to echo the overall undulation.  Sanlintang Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu East Bund stretches from Yangpu Bridge to Xupu Bridge, and environment around each section differentiates from one another. Natural waterfront is preserved in Sanlin area, with surrounding buildings dominated by new Chinese style, and large blocks of industrial buildings remained on the opposite riverside. We assigned a neutral light grey metallic color as the tone of the two bridges, so they can be better integrated into the scene. Square steel tubes were used as the finishing material to wrap the bridge body, sprayed by metal fluorocarbon on surface. Underneath the handrails are the continuous light strips that run through the bridge.  Sanlintang Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu When we revisited the two bridges after a year, we found that they have been well used by nearby residents. Seeing people crossing through this once-closed space along Huangpu river with an unexpected and happy look on their face, you will truly appreciate the value of urban public space.  Sanlintang Bridge. Image © Qingshan Wu  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Plumeria House – Student Center / LUWIST Posted: 07 Jan 2019 11:00 AM PST  © Aldo Tria
 © Aldo Tria Text description provided by the architects. Composed of multiple casual functions – this microcosm of student life is unified under the ground like stairs structure which soars outwards to embrace its newly-interconnected neighbours. Each function is expressed as a self-contained volume with its own unique spatial character. These volumes are lifted, twisted, pushed in and out of the façade, the resulting voids and spaces in-between form the buildings navigable corridor-less public landscape.  Section and view The exterior has strong monotone references to the adjoining context, yet when one transitions through the facade during the day or as evening approaches on the concourse, the fun, colour and vibrancy of this centre springs into life.  © Aldo Tria The building comprises three separate parts: a three-storey building housing the student canteen and a roof structure housing the students co working.  © Aldo Tria The design of the building aim to fulfill two main goals: integration of the building into the natural surrounding landscape on one hand, and functional clarity on the other hand.  Floor plan This clarity was achieved by separating the two main activates: the Students canteen and the co working area into three steps with differing characteristics of space, volume and operational organization.  © Aldo Tria " steep is the slope to the water that the house appears to have been dropped into the ground, a dynamic house -crafted object that has landed in a natural canvas. The intimate dialogue between the greyish of the house and the primary blues and greens of trees, and sky allows the house not only to assert its own presence but to enhance, by contrast, the beauty of its natural environment as well."  © Aldo Tria  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sappun Flagship Store / LABOTORY Posted: 07 Jan 2019 09:00 AM PST  © Choi Yong Joon
 © Choi Yong Joon Text description provided by the architects. Sappun flagship store was opened on the Garosu-gil Road of Sinsa-dong where many prestigious companies' brands are lined along the road.  © Choi Yong Joon From the business' viewpoint, opening a flagship store on Garosu-gil has a great significance and value. For that reason, our client had a great burden, as much as a high expectation. However, the existing Sappun Hongdae Store No. 1 is enjoying a reputation as a 'store that always has people waiting in line,' and it is showing rapid growth offline, so the client wished that the opening of a Garosu-gil flagship store would lead to growth as a more recognized brand.  © Choi Yong Joon During a meeting, the client said, "I want to have a space that will show the brand 'Sappun' is growing further and becoming strong". For the past 2 years, Sappun has become a famous brand, but our designers had to come up with ideas on how to instill the impression of a more mature and deep brand into the space.  © Choi Yong Joon In contemporary times, women's shoes have an expressive function, of expressing oneself, rather than the simple function of a tool. Accordingly, the design of shoes is advancing rapidly, breaking away from the basic formativeness. Designers want to reflect that trend in the space from the formative aspect of shoes.  © Choi Yong Joon In addition to Sappun's existing language of space, "Rhythm of Curves," we wanted to incorporate the spatial languages of "Asymmetrical Balance" and "Multi-dimensionality" in our design.  © Choi Yong Joon The first spatial language, "Rhythm of Curves"  © Choi Yong Joon The exterior of Sappun's new building will have curves, starting from the entrance facade. The curved surface on the right side of the entrance will continue onto the storage room located on the back side of the counter and the space will look deeper and can be expanded. The wall on the left side will start from the back side of the partition and will continue on from the ceiling, so it will look like it has continued on from the outside and the column between the two partitions continues on from the ceiling and heads toward the right side. This design will show that the curved surfaces of the three elements will overlap on the ceiling and will provide various visuals on the ceiling, which could have been simple and boring, and rhythm in harmony with space. In addition, such curves will continue on to the counter in the same form, having innate commonness, and other furnishings and details will have common features, expressing Sappun's controlled sensibility rhythmically.  © Choi Yong Joon The second spatial language, "Asymmetrical Balance"  © Choi Yong Joon The left and right sides in the space will form asymmetry, and different designs of furnishing will be applied depending on each area. On each elevation, partitions and columns will be placed repeatedly, and elevations will be repeated in a regular fashion to provide rhythm and vitality to the space and as the right and left sides contradict, the space will form a unique balance.  © Choi Yong Joon The third spatial language "Multi-dimensionality "  Floor plan Sappun flagship store will be a space smeared with the unique tastes and aromas the brand wants to cherish instead of just being a simple beautiful space. We hope that the space will offer new sensibility experience for customers while they purchase Sappun's shoes.  © Choi Yong Joon  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pabellón Rojo / Sarovic Plaut Arquitectos Posted: 07 Jan 2019 08:00 AM PST  © Leonardo Finotti
 © Leonardo Finotti Text description provided by the architects. In the way of a Folie, as a reference structure of the Bicentenario Park in Santiago de Chile, the project is a temporary pavilion, the access to a fair located in one of the most prominent parks in Santiago that runs along the Mapocho River.  Sheet 01 In the manner of a large cloth tent, the pavilion consists of a vaulted nave covered by a red MetalScreen, a metallic mesh skin by Hunter Douglas. It is proposed as a special experience for visitors that can be remembered.  © Leonardo Finotti The idea is to generate a transfer through the pavilion, marking a moment of change before entering the fair as well as farewell. The space is charged with an atmosphere permeated by light and shadows, blurred vision and red color that generates an activation with the green of the park.  © Leonardo Finotti  Sheet 02 It is an architectural proposal that appeals to lightness, the passage of air and the freshness of a sifted shade in the face of a hot summer weather.  © Leonardo Finotti  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tala Studios / Archer Architects Posted: 07 Jan 2019 06:00 AM PST  © Ed Reeve
 © Ed Reeve Text description provided by the architects. September 2018 saw British lighting brand Tala celebrate a major milestone with the opening of Tala Studios - its new global headquarters situated in the heart of London's East End.  © Ed Reeve Located at 25b Vyner Street, a street famed for its eclectic mix of art galleries, design showrooms, architect practices and tech companies, Tala Studios spans 7,500 sq ft across two floors of a former textile warehouse renovated by Archer Architects.  First Floor Plan The criteria for the space was determined by four key factors. A space that could accommodate Tala's 50 London-based employees as well as international employees, partners and clients who visit. A space to create and test designs. A space to entertain clients and showcase the latest innovations, and a space located in the creative quarter of East London.  © Ed Reeve As a refurbishment project, Tala Studios is inherently sustainable. A key design feature of the space is the state-of-the-art engineering and materials lab which allows Tala to carry out research and testing in-house for the first time. The color palette of Tala Studios is minimalist and refined, and includes exposed brick walls, large crittall-style windows, reclaimed pinewood floors and original steel columns, all of which pay homage to the building's industrial heritage.  © Ed Reeve The fit-out was led by Tala's in-house design team, whose brief was to design a multi-functional space with collaboration and wellness at its core. The layout is divided between the varying styles of the departments, with a focus on nexus points between teams and flexible layouts for events and workshops. With an office, showroom, break-out spaces, balcony terrace, design studio and engineering lab, the design intent was to create both an enriching environment for Tala employees and a destination showroom for the design community.  © Ed Reeve  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Snøhetta Designs Outdoor Retreats for Norway’s Largest Hospitals Posted: 07 Jan 2019 05:00 AM PST  Outdoor Care Retreat. Image © Ivar Kvaal Design practice Snøhetta has created a series of secluded wooden shelters for Norway's largest hospitals. Sited in the forest, the shelters were created on behalf of the Friluftssykehuset Foundation. Designed to make hospitalization easier for patients and their families, the outdoor retreats offer a physical and psychological respite from treatments and the isolation that can follow long-term hospitalization.  Outdoor Care Retreat. Image © Ivar Kvaal Located near Sognsvann creek, the Outdoor Care Retreat is only a hundred meters from the entrance of Norway's largest hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet. Its sister building is situated in the deciduous woodland by Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand in the South of Norway, between oak trees and birch, overlooking a nearby pond. Originally developed in collaboration with the Department of Psychosomatics and CL-Child Psychiatry at Oslo University Hospital, the Outdoor Care Retreat provides a peaceful space where visitors can benefit from the therapeutic qualities of nature.  Outdoor Care Retreat. Image © Ivar Kvaal "Nature provides spontaneous joy and helps patients relax. Being in natural surroundings brings them a renewed calm that they can bring back with them into the hospital. In this sense, the Outdoor Care Retreat helps motivate patients to get through treatment and contribute to better disease management", states children's psychologist Maren Østvold Lindheim at the Oslo University Hospital, one of the initiators of the project. The space can be used for treatment and contemplation, and for spending time with relatives and friends away from the hospital corridors.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Frans Halsstraat / Cantero Architecture Posted: 07 Jan 2019 04:00 AM PST  © Luuk Smits
 © Luuk Smits Text description provided by the architects. Renovation and interior design of the first floor of a traditional residential building located in de Pijp, a neighborhood in the center of Amsterdam. Dutch residential architecture is characterized by deep and narrow spaces, thus creating a 'through-flat'. This allows an apartment to have two main sides, connected to both the front and back of the building, hence two opportunities to relate to the exterior. One side faces a calm and narrow street of the charming capital of Holland, and the other side a magnificent interior courtyard of the building block and a private garden oriented to the west.
Prior to the renovation, this level of the apartment needed to be better organized. The aim was to optimize the use of existing rooms and to have a lot of storage space cleverly integrated into living areas. A strong connection to the exterior was always a key concept, to capture the wonderful view and to bring it all inside.  Floor Plan  Section 2 In the new design, all the spaces are mainly organized around the "oak heart", a big shared walk-in closet, which communicates visually and spatially with both sides of the floor, the two main bedrooms, and the two exteriors. Upon stepping into this main furniture piece, the perception of being inside a completely wooden element is experienced, only disrupted by the overhead light. Both, the interior and exterior of this oak element are full of practical storage spaces, some of them hidden and unexpected.
The cubic core is sensitively touched by a metal framed glass corridor, which contains the entrances to all the rooms on this level, provides continuity and allows light to reach deep into the interior. Furthermore, the new design emphasizes the connection with the exterior with a complete opening at the back facade to the garden, mirroring the existing translucent extension on the ground floor.  © Luuk Smits The new design of the top floor radiates a neutral internal atmosphere created by the binomial contrast of white walls against the dark floor, which forms a timeless and uncommitted base composition. However the style is also determined by noticeable materials and textures, as oak is used for all the furniture pieces, and sophisticated matt black and brushed bronze elements are used for most of the details of the interior design. In the bathroom, warm wood, blue ceramic handcrafted tiles, and natural lava stone basins add calming and peaceful accents to this room, allowing the residents to focus on their body wellness in a relaxing environment.  © Luuk Smits  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Columbia University Creates 3D-Printed Timber Lookalike with Internal Grain Pattern Posted: 07 Jan 2019 03:00 AM PST  via Columbia University Researchers at New York's Columbia University have unveiled a method of vibrantly replicating the external and internal structure of materials such as wood using a 3D printer and specialist scanning techniques. While conveying the external profile and patterns of natural objects is tried and tested, a major challenge in the 3D printing industry has been replicating an object's internal texture. In their recent study "Digital Wood: 3D Internal Color Texture Mapping" the research team describes how a system of "color and voxel mapping "led to the production of a 3D printed closely resembling the texture of olive wood, including a cut-through section.  via Columbia University To scan the original wood specimen, researchers used a destructive imaging technique where the wood was sliced at intervals of 27 micrometers (.027mm) on a computer numerical control (CNC) mill. The resulting set of 230 stacked images was prepared for manufacturing using a 3D printable code and a polyjet printer supplied by research partners Stratasys.  via Columbia University To produce the vibrant pattern of the wood's internal section, the team used images at a resolution of 600x300dpi, converted into a CMYK color scheme compatible with the Stratasys printer.  via Columbia University
 via Columbia University The research team at Columbia University was led by Fabian Stute, Joni Mici, Lewis Chamberlain and Hod Lipson. Read the full report on the technique the official publication here. Other recent advancements in 3D printed design include the world's first 3D printed stainless steel bridge exhibited by MX3D, and Tonkin Liu's innovative medical device using their signature shell lace structure. News via: 3D Printing Industry  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST  © Andrey Bezuglov, Slava Balbek
 © Andrey Bezuglov, Slava Balbek Text description provided by the architects. Kyiv restaurant advocating fashion for unseen before Modern French Pastry has been opened for public in November 2014. Architects disputed about the name for the design longer than worked on it, which took record-breaking shortest term: four months from first sketches till open day rehearsal. However, they have eventually reconciled with calling it after music genre – "indie" design.  © Andrey Bezuglov, Slava Balbek  Plan  © Andrey Bezuglov, Slava Balbek The diversity of images and forms presented in an 80m2-main hall has only been achieved due to the fact that most of the design elements have been handcrafted. On the contrast to the piles of cakes of ideal geometrical form installed behind the transparent walls of the kitchen, every floor concrete tile has its wrinkle as each of 10.000 of them has been handcrafted. Yet altogether they make up a harmonized puzzled surface.  © Andrey Bezuglov, Slava Balbek Two height seating areas have their own dedicated color and tactile symbol. Rustic wooden high surface with felt thin bar-chairs standing on metallic racks neighbors with velvet fabric of cozy bottle-green couches and sofas covered with warm shade of grey. On a pale and color-muted background of the interior, a glossy pink sculpture looks extremely contrast – just like a glazed cake on a white plate.  © Andrey Bezuglov, Slava Balbek Consistency in contrasts has been demonstrated in mono-color toilets: pink, deep-green, yellow, reminding that, simple solutions might yet look very unusual. Sun light walks in through massive windows, fills up the whole space and reaches the opposite glass walls adding contrast to the beautifully carved bar wooden panels on its way.  © Andrey Bezuglov, Slava Balbek  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| KPF Completes the Third-Tallest Building in Shenzhen Posted: 07 Jan 2019 01:00 AM PST  © Tim Griffith Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has announced the completion of the third-tallest building in Shenzhen. The China Resources Headquarters, a 400-meter-tall commercial office tower, stitches together retail, residential, and office functions surrounded by 2,000 square meters of public space. The tower, inspired by the shape of winter bamboo shoots, seeks to "invigorate Shenzhen's urban fabric while providing one of the country's premier companies with a visual icon symbolizing its historic growth and prominent stature." The scheme is constructed of a light, stable tube and diagrid structural system, producing a tapered, sculptural form. The system allows for column-free interiors, further expressing the tower's radial symmetry. As the tower rises, the prefabricated column and steel units rise and converge, from 56 vertical columns at the base to 28 at the top.  © Tim Griffith The convergence of structural columns forms a series of "entry portals" at the base, merging at a peak towards the top. At the triangular juncture where the columns meet, faceted glass panels illuminate at night to create a "jewel-like brilliance across Shenzhen's waterfront business district." At the tower's peak, a "sky hall" offers a conical, cathedral-like space which is one of few high-rises in the world that is habitable at its highest point.  © Tim Griffith
 © Tim Griffith The scheme marks the latest accolade for KPF, who have designed the tallest buildings in Paris (Tour First), Seoul (Lotte World Tower), Beijing (CITIC Tower), and Shenzhen (Ping An Finance Centre).  © Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Last month, the firm released images of their proposed Huamu Lot 10 towers in Shanghai, seeking to create a "new participatory urbanism," as well as their scrolling tower in Tel Aviv. News via: KPF  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hither Hills / Bates Masi + Architects Posted: 07 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects
 Courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects Text description provided by the architects. This seaside home provides its owners with a weekend respite from the city by optimizing its ties to the land and nature. Located in a postwar planned beach community with small lots plotted irrespective of the steep topography, the property lacked a level ground plane suited to the usual flush relationship between a house and its yard. By nesting the house's volumes into the hillside and stepping them into six distinct levels, the spaces contained within seamlessly connect to the landscape.  Courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects The bulk of the project's resources are devoted to earthwork and site infrastructure to support this terraced configuration. A series of locally- sourced bluestone retaining walls stitch through the site, stepping back with the natural grade and running parallel with the shoreline. These structural walls negotiate the soft, clayey soils and frame the interior and exterior living spaces. Traditional public and private floor assignments are inverted, lifting primary living spaces above the neighboring rooflines, and opening the retracting glass wall onto the ocean's views, breezes, and sunlight. Farthest into the site at the top of the hill lies the swimming pool, set on the sole patch of naturally level ground on par with the house's upper level. A parallel system of interior and exterior circulation sheltered by cantilevers and roof projections facilitates the "upside-down" configuration while promoting connections to the outdoors.  Courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects On closer inspection, a refined palette of materials is articulated to enhance the effects of nature and harmonize with the landscape. Outside, the bluestone walls' joints run vertically, expressive of their insertion into the earth and supportive structural role. In counterpoint, naturally-weathered horizontal mahogany decking spans between the stone walls and alternates as a covering for the roofs, walls, floors, and ceilings of the inhabited spaces. Inside, oak louvers on canvas hinges under an oversized skylight sway in the ocean breezes, casting dynamic patterns of light and providing cooling shade much like a tree's canopy. An elongated variant of the same louvers forms a chandelier of sorts under lighting at the dining room table. Lightweight curtains lining openings to the outside activate similarly under the effects of natural light and air, rendering the intangible tangible.  Courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects  Courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects By integrating the house with its terrain and animating its details to enhance appreciation of the environment, this carefully positioned and developed design provides a vibrant sensory immersion in nature on a challenging site. For owners and visitors alike a stay in the home is both rejuvenating and enriching.  Courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Most Anticipated Projects of 2019 Posted: 06 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST  National Museum of Qatar / Ateliers Jean Nouvel . Image © Iwan Baan As 2018 winds to a close, we've started to look ahead to the projects we're most looking forward to in 2019. Many of the projects listed here have been in the works for years, having experienced the frustrating false starts and lulls that come in a profession dependent on long-term and significant capital investment, not to mention changing politics. With those shifting tides in mind, there are similarities and harmonies between some of the following works that seem to go beyond mere coincidence. Some are obvious. Qatar is to be the site of a number of major works in the coming years, an architectural boom tied to its status as host of major world events such as Expo2020 and the 2022 World Cup. In New York, the Hudson Yards megaproject will be the site of not one, but two architectural follies for the 21st century. As is always the case in these architecture roundups, a vast number of these projects are cultural, but there is a specific and shared focus on national heritage that shouldn't go unnoticed. It's a particularly intriguing development as heritage has and continues to become imbued with fraught political meaning. Money speaks. Below, the projects we most look forward to seeing in 2019: Taipei Performing Arts Centre / OMA.jpg?1546011286 "Taipei Performing Arts Centre / OMA. Image © OMA") Taipei Performing Arts Centre / OMA. Image © OMA OMA's Taipei Performing Arts Centre has been hotly anticipated since the moment it was announced the winner of an international competition for the project in 2009. It's no secret as to why. The project is a striking mix of simple geometry and complex intention, and feels (despite being nearly a decade old) distinctly futuristic. ArchDaily spoke to David Gianotten, the OMA partner in charge of the project, at the building's topping out ceremony in 2014. "We still sometimes say, 'is this real?'" he explains, "because it went in such harmony and at such a speed that happened to our own surprise." No official date has been set for the opening, but expect eyes to be firmly fixed on Taipei in 2019. Taipei Pop Music Centre / Reiser Umemoto Taipei Pop Music Centre / Reiser Umemoto. Image Courtesy of Reiser Umemoto Taipei's investment in the arts continues in Reiser Umemoto's upcoming Pop Music Centre, another megaproject years in the making. The development's unique focus taps into a major local phenomenon - and one whose global popularity and influence has exploded in the years since the project was first announced. The project, which will include performance spaces to accommodate multiple thousands, boasts an eye-popping 62,600m² of floor area and will make it (upon its completion) the fourth largest freestanding museum in the world. Vessel / Heatherwick Studio Vessel / Heatherwick Studio. Image © Heatherwick Studio. Images by Interior View of the Vessel. Image Courtesy of Forbes Massie The prolific British designer caused a bit of a stir back in 2016 when this project was first announced. It's been alternately praised ("New York's Eiffel Tower") and derided ("New York's biggest wastebasket") - but it's fated to dominate Instagram feeds regardless of the shifting tides of public opinion. Opening is loosely scheduled for spring 2019, but visitors interested in experiencing it for themselves would be wise to plan their trip now. Free tickets are already available for reservation; the lucky selectees will be notified in February with their timed slot. The Shed / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Just a stone's throw away from Heatherwick's Escher-like folly is Diller Scofidio + Renfro's more practical (though no less futuristic) Hudson Yards offering. The Shed - an expandable quilted greenhouse along the High Line - is another exciting cultural space in a city full of exciting cultural spaces. Of course, most of those buildings don't come with the ability to shapeshift. The titular 'Shed' is the cap on eight stories of cultural program, intended to appeal to tourists and locals alike. If the Vessel is to be Hudson Yards' chandelier, The Shed hopes to be its hearth. We'll find out how true this is when it opens, alongside the Vessel, in spring 2019. Tank Shanghai / Open Architecture Tank Shanghai / OPEN Architecture . Image Courtesy of OPEN Architecture China, after years of stunning the world with mind-boggling new structures, seems to be turning its eye towards reshaping its former industrial landscapes. One such example is Tank Shanghai, a project by Beijing-based OPEN Architecture that will transform a series of former oil tanks into art galleries connected by a sprawling public landscape. It's a landmark project that will undoubtedly be referenced in case studies for years to come. Completion is scheduled for March 2019 and those in the city need only hop on Metro Line 11 (Yunjin Road stop) to see it for themselves. Al Wakrah Stadium / Zaha Hadid Architects Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects. ImageAl Wakrah Stadium / Zaha Hadid Architects Qatar is soon to be the site of a number of major architectural works, not least among them one of Zaha Hadid's last works. The Al Wakrah stadium is an architectural achievement by just about every measure: it will seat just over 40,000, features highly-engineered structural timber, and will include a retractable roof that can fully retract or extend in just under 30 minutes. It's also been a major headache for ZHA since it was announced. In 2014 the architect was forced to reject reports that the design resembled female genitalia (a hilarious and undignified moment covered everywhere from Jezebel to the Guardian); in 2014 Hadid sued against reports that she claimed not to care about the rights or conditions for the workers building the project. The issue has quieted in the years since, but expect new attention as the project nears opening day. National Museum of Qatar / Ateliers Jean Nouvel National Museum of Qatar / Ateliers Jean Nouvel . Image © Iwan Baan Jean Nouvel has long been known for his dramatic, eye-catching projects (perhaps even more so after his Pritzker win in 2008.) In 2012 his One Central Park set new standards for sustainable design; his Louvre Abu Dhabi dazzled the world over just more a year ago. Expect similar fanfare in 2019 when the French designer officially opens the National Museum of Qatar. Announced in 2010, the project is dominated by an interlocking disc motif inspired by a local crystal formation called 'the desert rose.' The museum will feature an extensive dive into the small nation's history (including its food) and will also house research facilities, laboratories, two restaurants, two shops, and a cafe. No official date has been announced for the opening, but look out for an announcement early in the year. Under / Snohetta Under / Snohetta. Image © Snohetta and MIR Under is the type of project typically relegated to dreams or James Bond movies. The underwater restaurant (touted by the designers to be Europe's first ) resembles an oversized breakwater and will feature pressure-proof concrete walls nearly a meter thick. The structure will also contain dedicated space for marine study, likely making it the most striking laboratory in the world as well. Located near Lindesnes, a small Norwegian village with just over 4,000 residents, the harsh and remote location was chosen by design. "The most exciting experience will be visiting the restaurant during rough weather," explained Rune Grasdal, a senior architect at Snøhetta, to Forbes. "It will be fantastic to see the sea surface broken up by the big waves and the rain." The restaurant has already begun to accept reservations; the first diners are expected in April 2019. 1000 Trees / Heatherwick Studio 1000 Trees / Heatherwick Studio. Image © MIR Heatherwick Studio's 100 Trees is not even completed but has already garnered comparisons to the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Located in Shanghai, the 300,000-square-meter project was conceived as "a piece of topography" that takes the shape of "two tree-covered mountains" populated by "400 terraces" and "1000 structural columns." The megaproject is located on Shanghai's Moganshan Road, proximate to the city's M50 Art District. No official announcement has been made regarding the announcement, but ongoing construction photos suggest a mid-to-end year completion. Leeza SOHO / Zaha Hadid Architects © MIR . ImageLeeza SOHO / Zaha Hadid Architects The Leeza SOHO, slated to open in early to mid-2019, captured public attention nearly two years ago when the firm released images of the tower featuring a glimmering, soaring atrium. It's expected to be the world's tallest when it's completed and is the result of challenging site restraints rather than architectural showmanship. The tower sits atop a below-ground subway line; the tower above, to avoid further pressure on the tunnel, splits into two parts that twist and connect around the atrium. It's also become a part of the sustainable strategy for the tower, which is aiming for a LEED Gold accreditation. Twisting floor plates are intended to allow even light to penetrate the interior spaces regardless of season or time of day. Ruby City for Linda Pace Foundation / Adjaye Associates.jpg?1546016651 "Ruby City Linda Pace Foundation / Adjaye Associates. Image Courtesy of Adjaye Associates") Ruby City Linda Pace Foundation / Adjaye Associates. Image Courtesy of Adjaye Associates The inspiration for David Adjaye's upcoming project reportedly came to namesake Linda Pace in a dream. A little over ten years later, the philanthropist's ruby-hued vision is nearing completion. While the folded geometries of the mass are no doubt appealing, it's the standout color that steals the show. Red is a notoriously difficult tone to uniformly achieve in concrete, and required executive architects Alamo Architects to partner with concrete experts Pretesca south of the border. Construction photos taken throughout 2018 suggest the drastic measures have paid off - the red tone is both striking and smooth, allowing the museum to take on the appearance of an oversized ruby itself. While construction reportedly finished in late 2018, the building will only open to the public in 2019. Pearling Path Visitor Centre / Valerio Olgiati Courtesy of Valerio Olgiati. ImagePearling Path Visitor Centre / Valerio Olgiati Olgiati's visitor center is to be the endpoint of the Pearling Path, a protected heritage site in the Kingdom of Bahrain that examines the region's cultural and economic history in the pearl industry. Comprising more than 15 distinct sites (and 17 architectural components) along a meandering route through the city, the Path will allow visitors a deep dive into the tradition that dominated the region from pre-history to the early 1900s. The site is a comprehensive realisation of shared cultural memory, and one of the first such sites to be built in Bahrain. While Olgiati's structure has technically been completed, it will only officially welcome visitors in 2019. Grand Egyptian Museum / Heneghan Peng Architects Courtesy of Heneghan Peng Architects . ImageGrand Egyptian Museum / Heneghan Peng Architects Nearly 100 years after a mania for Egypt swept the West, the historic site of the pyramids will receive a local space dedicated to the display and preservation of the ancient treasures. The competition for the project was held back in 2003 (practically ancient history itself) and drew nearly 2000 entries from 83 countries. Heneghan Peng's design was at the time notable for its proposal to profoundly integrate digital display in the architecture, in order to show the many crucial artifacts on permanent display in other museums. The museum, which is to be located on a desert plateau adjacent to the great Pyramids of Giza and Cairo, will be the largest single collection of Egyptian artifacts and, at 100,000m2, one of the largest museums in the world. It will include extensive gallery space, conference facilities, libraries, and research facilities in addition to extensive space dedicated to public programming. A partial opening is expected for 2019, with the full opening variously reported to take place between 2020 and 2022. Have we missed any projects? Let us know here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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