Thursday, January 28, 2010

Architectural Updates

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Infrastructure , Selected , , ,

© Jesús Granada

Architect: Julio Barreno
Location: Cadiz, Spain
Technical Architect: Rocío Román Aguillar
Project Area: 200 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Jesús Granada

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European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Events , Uncategorized , ,

ULHT (Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias) organized an international workshop on the theme of waterfront design (European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design) EWWUD. This event will take place between 14 and 28 March 2010 and has several international specialists in nine foreign universities.

Solutions for the relocation of port facilities and the consequent waterfront regeneration of old ports are dependet upon the capacity of both port and city to sucessfully develop the necessary means of negotiation, to work towards mutual improvements. while Port Representatives privilege the efficiency of maritime activity, City leaders pursue improvements to their citizens quality of life.

Exchange of good pratices between port cities is required with two goals: to support the port’s needed to expand and relocate, and to produce urban waterfront REGENERATION that integrates rather than segregates neighborhoods and their citizens. The Workshop’s objectives and list of universities involved, after the break. read more »

House on the Mountain / Alric Galindez Arquitectos

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

Architects: Alric Galindez Arquitectos / Santiago Alric, Carlos Galindez, Federico Lloveras
Location: Bariloche, Argentina
Collaborators: Alfredo Quiroga, Sofía Peluffo, Joaquín Adot
Interiors: Patricia Gurfinkel, Sofía Mendoza
Structural Engineer: Jorge Zapata
Contractor: Arrieta & Arrieta construcciones
Interior Area: 591 sqm
Exterior Area: 70 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy Alric Galindez

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Congress and Hotel Centre / SHL Architects

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , , ,

Schmidt hammer lassen architects have won a competition for a Congress and Hotel Centre on the central harbour front of Helsingborg in Sweden, which is a 15-minute ferry trip from Elsinore in Denmark. The property development competition was won in conjunction with Swedish developer Midroc and engineering/architect consultants Sweco.

Architect’s description and more images after the break. read more »

Williams Studio / gh3

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Offices , Selected , ,

© Larry Williams

Architects: gh3
Location: Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Principal in Charge: Pat Hanson
Project Team: Deni Papetti, Walter Bettio, Diana Gerrard, Raymond Chow
Structural: Blackwell Bowick
Mechanical: Patrick Lam
Construction manager: Jim Thompson
Project Area: 167 sqm
Construction Year: 2007
Photographs: Larry Williams

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Orange Memorial Park / Marcy Wong & Donn Logan Architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Public Facilities , Selected , , , , ,

© Sharon Risedorph

Architects: Marcy Wong & Donn Logan Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Owner: Sharon Ranals
Structural Engineer: Umerani Associates
General Contractor: RGM & Associates
Landscape Architects: Gates & Associates
Project Area: 595 sqm
Budget: $5.3 M
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Sharon Risedorph

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Memory Museum / Estudio America

By David Basulto — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Selected , ,

© Nico Saieh

Sao Paulo based practice Estudio America recently completed the new Memory Museum in the cultural district of Matucana in Santiago, Chile.

Interesting combination, as the Sao Paulo architecture scene has a strong heritage from Brazilian architects Oscar Niemeyer, Mendes da Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, and other architects from the modern movement. The result? A pure volume, on which every effort has been put into the structure, cantilevering between two ponds on which a line of shadow on the base make the volume gravitate. Finishes are simple, with no pretension.

Under the volume, a big shadow welcomes visitors, who pass by a small lobby before entering the triple-height inside the container, with the different exhibition spaces. Circulations go on the perimeter, from where the perforated copper skin offers a perfect view of the outside.

More photos of the museum after the break, and the complete photoset on Nico Saieh’s website:
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AD Round Up: Industrial Architecture Part II

By Sebastian J — Filed under: AD Round Up , Industrial Architecture

From Italy, Chile, Austria, Taiwan and Argentina. Here’s our second Round Up from our previously featured industrial architecture. Check our first part here!

Cabel Industry / Massimo Mariani
Just out the edge of the town of Empoli, the building is the Cabel headquarters (a company dealing in computer systems for banks), it covers an area of approximately 4.500 square metres and it is incorporated on the local industrial estate. Partially set into the ground, the building is composed of two extended floors (read more…)

Inotera Headquarters & Production Facility / tec Design Studio
The Asia Pacific region, an evolving hub for advanced technology and creative intelligence, benefits from a unique juxtaposition of hi-tech development and natural environment. We seized this opportunity, investigating strategies that integrate the latter two and bring the human being back to the center of all deliberation (read more…)

Olisur: Olive Oil factory / Guillermo Hevia
A volume of architecture simple and emphatic, which reinterprets allegorically anonymous architectures of the central valley, sits on the softer mountains of olives, looking subtly with its wooden facades and colors that stand out with the luminosity of the place. The body will mimic the geography and planning lines of trees on their facades (read more…)

Industrial Plan in Junin de los Andes / Alric Galindez Arquitectos
On a valley placed on the right margin of river Chimehuin, we can find the city of Junin de los Andes. It develops along N°234 national road, part of the Seven Lakes turistic circuit, and it is the main entrance to the National Park Lanin. The Industrial Plan´s terrain is on the roadside, and is the very fisrt building we meet (read more…)

SSC voestalpine Stahl Service Center / x Architekten
The building functions as an interface between road, rail and waterway transport. The delivery and outgoing goods sections embody the dynamism and efficiency of the company voestalpine SSC. Architecturally, the financial success of the enterprise is symbolised by the wide open access gates (read more…)

P.S.1 2010 entry: Weathers Permitting by William O’Brien Jr

By David Basulto — Filed under: Competitions , Structures , ,

As I told you on our previous post, the summer installation competition held by the MoMA and the P.S.1 is a platform for young architects, and that’s why we are presenting you all the entries for this year. You can read our whole P.S.1 competition coverage here.

We continue with William O’Brien Jr, who has been very related to the academy and is currently a professor at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and he also runs his own practice in Cambridge, MA.

© William O'Brien Jr

His proposal for the summer installation, Weathers Permitting, constructs an elevated boardwalk with a topology which collects water, which varies or evaporates depending on the current weather at the location. The action of the weather over the boardwalk reminds me of the weathering effect described by Mohsen Mostafavi on his book On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time.

More about William’s proposal after the break:

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Kemang Medical Care / Aboday Architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Health , Selected , ,

© Happy Lim Photography

Architecture: Aboday Architect
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Project Architect: PT. Parama Loka Cipta
Client: Private
Structure Engineer: PT. Agoes Kurnia
M&E Consultant: PT. Policipta Multidesain
Interior Desainer: PT. De Stijl Cipta Kreasi
Main Contractor: PT.Adhi Karya Cab.III
Gross Floor Area: 6,500 sqm
Construction: 2006–2008
Photographs: Happy Lim Photography

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Stockholm Bypass / Rotstein Arkitekter

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Infrastructure , , ,

Stockholm Bypass (Förbifart Stockholm) is the new highway linking the southern and the northern parts of Stockholm, planned to be open in 2020. The major part of the project – 17 of the 21 kilometres – consists of tunnels. The length of the tunnels requires extra care in designing a safe and attractive environment.

Early conceptual sketches are now interpreted by researchers in behavioural science and traffic safety in cooperation with Rotstein Arkitekter, the architects in charge of the tunnel design. Daylight illumination in the tunnels, optical guidance based on curvature and designed underground domes (working as lungs with fresh air and natural light) are creating continuous flows and unique landmarks.

An early stage of the design concept is now featured in this autumn’s main exhibition at the Swedish Museum of Architecture, spotlighting infrastructure – road and rail traffic – and its connection with urban planning.

More images after the break. read more »

Shifting Sands / Work AC

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Mixed Use , News , ,

Work AC’s design for a utilitarian industrial building for the Brooklyn navy yard becomes an opportunity to explore the efficiencies of scale through possibilities of long-span structures. A two-story truss rests on four columns at the ground level, allowing the upper floor to cantilever out past the entrance, creating a dynamic entry point and a new shared entrance plaza. The stripped facade is comprised of low-cost standing seam metal panels in a variety of colors. The color palette is taken from the varied hues of the surrounding buildings as a way to tie this contemporary structure with the existing context. The form, a long rectangle with the top level shifted off center, allows space for a shared green terrace on the back side of the building while the protruding side makes the protected entry condition. The top floors are also lifted and clerestory windows inserted to provide extra natural light for the lower floors. The building’s placement on the site was studied using the assumed 23,333 sqf footprint as well as acknowledging the fact that buried 138 KV electric lines still had to be accessible.

More images and diagrams after the break. read more »

Ross Street House / RWH Design

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

© Zane Williams

Architects: Richard Wittschiebe Hand
Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Client: Fred Berg & Carol Richard
Mechanical Engineer/ LEED Coordinator: Fred Berg
Structural Engineer: Diana Quinn, PE
Landscape Architect: Lisa J. Geer, ASLA
Project Area: 250.8 sqm
Budget: $500,000
Project Year: 2009
Photo Credits: Zane Williams

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Le Temps des Environment / Nicolas Dorval Bory Architect

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Art , News , ,

Nicolas Dorval Bory Architect designed an extension artist residency for the International Art & Landscape Center on the island of Vassivière. Situated in the middle of an artificial hydro-electric lake, the project explores the concept of ”de-spatialization” and “blurred architecture” by breaking the building components down into fragments, lines and dots. The building gradually begins to dissolve allowing “its temporal dimension to be experienced as its geometrical dimensions disappear into architecture and landscape.” The team studied time progression to invent a new kind of space and organization based on their conceptual ideas.

More images after the break. read more »

Bowling Pitch / Chartier/Dalix Architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Selected , Sports Architecture , ,

© Mathieu Janand

Architects: Chartier/Dalix Architects
Location: Meaux, France
Client: City of Meaux
Engineering: EPDC, Ivry sur Seine (94)
General Contractor: Sylvamétal, (groupe Beaudin-chateauneuf) St Thibault des Vignes (77)
Project Area: 2,350 sqm
Budget: 2 M€ > 810 €/sqm
Project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Mathieu Janand

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P.S.1 2010 entry: Cumulus by Freecell

By David Basulto — Filed under: Structures , , , ,

© Freecell

Last friday we presented you the results of P.S.1 summer installation competition, held by the MoMA and the P.S.1. As the idea of the competition is to identify and showcase young practices, here at ArchDaily we’d like to introduce you not only the winner as we did last Friday with SO-IL’s Pole Dance, but also the other contestants, as their proposals are good examples of what young architects are thinking these days. So in the following articles we are going to feature the entries by Freecell, William O’Brien Jr, Easton + Combs and BIG.

We start with Freecell, a design and fabrication practice based in Brooklyn, NY, directed by partners Lauren Crahan and John Hartmann. The firm specializes on small scale commissions, as you can see on the many projects featured at their website.

Their proposal “Cumulus” explores pneumatic structures, which respond to the weather changing its configuration between sunny and cloudy days:
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Blob vB3 / dmvA

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Offices , Selected , ,

Architects: dmvA
Location: No Location / Mobile
Principal: Rini van Beek / XfactorAgencies
Project Team: David Driesen, Tom Verschueren, Thomas Denturck
General Contractor : AD&S Thomas Denturck
Constructional Engineer: AD&S
Built Area: 20 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Rini van Beek, Mick Couwenbergh

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The Modern Castle / DEVE Architects

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Urban Design , , , ,

Copenhagen-based DEVE Architects were one of the winners of the Europan 10 Architecture competition. Their project was a revitalization of an industrial harbor area in Augustenborg, Denmark.

Their proposal primarily addresses the historical and spatial implications of building in the small city, but there are significant environmental considerations as well. The encompassing municipality of Sønderborg envisions a carbon neutral ‘Kommune’ by the year 2030, and they hope they’ll get the opportunity to contribute to that goal.

Architect’s description and more images after the break. read more »

Terminus / On Office

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , News , , ,

On Office’s Grand Terminus Hotel in Bergen, Norway is situated next to an exisiting traditional “Heritage” building. For the modern extension, the architects focused on maintaining a relationship with the existing hotel, while also working with sun exposure levels. The triangulated form morphs off the end of existing to become an unique entity that is still tied to its context. The geometric form provides dynamic interior spaces that aim to “establish an intimate relation with the existing small houses in the surroundings.”

More images after the break.

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House VdB / Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

© Michel Kievits

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