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Ultralight Centrifugal Pavilion / Clavel Arquitectos
Feb 22nd
© Cristóbal Palma Architects: Clavel Arquitectos – Manuel Clavel Rojo Location: Shenzhen, China Collaborators: Ricardo Carcelén González, Diego Victoria García, Robin Harloff, Rafael de Giles González, David Hernández Conesa Client: 2011 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture Completion: December 2011 Total area: 150 sqm Photographs: Cristóbal Palma © Cristóbal Palma ¿How much does your building weight?, asked Buckminster Fuller and now again curator Terence Riley asks to the six international teams invited to the Ultra Lightweight Village project. Apart from the obvious answer we could conclude that any structure avoiding the effects of the gravity would weight nothing. So, can we make gravity disappear
Ultralight Centrifugal Pavilion / Clavel Arquitectos
Feb 22nd
© Cristóbal Palma Architects: Clavel Arquitectos – Manuel Clavel Rojo Location: Shenzhen, China Collaborators: Ricardo Carcelén González, Diego Victoria García, Robin Harloff, Rafael de Giles González, David Hernández Conesa Client: 2011 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture Completion: December 2011 Total area: 150 sqm Photographs: Cristóbal Palma © Cristóbal Palma ¿How much does your building weight?, asked Buckminster Fuller and now again curator Terence Riley asks to the six international teams invited to the Ultra Lightweight Village project. Apart from the obvious answer we could conclude that any structure avoiding the effects of the gravity would weight nothing
Nursery School In Barcelona / Maria Isabel Bennasar Felix
Feb 22nd
Courtesy of María Isabel Bennasar Félix Architect: María Isabel Bennasar Félix Location: Barcelona , Spain Client: Consorcid’Educació de Barcelona, PlaçaUrquinaona 6, 08010 Barcelona, tel. 935511000 Area: 1,080 sqm Budget: 2,791,094 euros Collaborators: Nursery School In Barcelona / Maria Isabel Bennasar Felix CorinaDindareanu
Hauptschule Rattenberg / Daniel Fügenschuh
Feb 22nd
© Christian Flatscher Architect: Daniel Fügenschuh Location: Rattenberg , Österreich, Austria Client: Rattenberger Immobilien GmbH Project Year: 2011 Floor Space: 250 sqm Photographs: Christian Flatscher © Christian Flatscher A 15th century monastery in Rattenberg, Tyrol was first transformed to a secondary school with a new gym extension in the early 1970ies. To meet today’s social needs and pedagogic standards a new school extension became necessary so pupils can stay after school and get lunch. Open plan zones will free up space to allow for alternative teaching methods
Hauptschule Rattenberg / Daniel Fügenschuh
Feb 22nd
© Christian Flatscher Architect: Daniel Fügenschuh Location: Rattenberg , Österreich, Austria Client: Rattenberger Immobilien GmbH Project Year: 2011 Floor Space: 250 sqm Photographs: Christian Flatscher © Christian Flatscher A 15th century monastery in Rattenberg, Tyrol was first transformed to a secondary school with a new gym extension in the early 1970ies. To meet today’s social needs and pedagogic standards a new school extension became necessary so pupils can stay after school and get lunch. Open plan zones will free up space to allow for alternative teaching methods.
The Carlsberg Brewhouse Project Competition Finalists
Feb 22nd
Courtesy of Effekt The finalists of the international competition to transform the Carlsberg Brewhouse into an exciting, must-see Brand and Experience Center, was recently revealed. The competition sought to find proposals that would create a world-class attraction with a broad appeal to visitors who wish to be challenged, engaged and entertained by one of the world’s strongest brands
Museum Santiago Ydáñez Proposal / Matteo Cainer Architects
Feb 22nd
Courtesy of Matteo Cainer Architects Matteo Cainer Architects shared with us their proposal for the Museum Santiago Ydáñez in the town of Puente de Génave, Spain which expresses the relationship between the work of the artists, the site and the building program. Through an engaging, energetic and permeable design, they conceive a musical rhythm where the new museum becomes a reactive and interactive part of its landscaped setting through the intersection of the integrated and sculpted grids. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Museum Santiago Ydáñez Proposal / Matteo Cainer Architects
Feb 22nd
Courtesy of Matteo Cainer Architects Matteo Cainer Architects shared with us their proposal for the Museum Santiago Ydáñez in the town of Puente de Génave, Spain which expresses the relationship between the work of the artists, the site and the building program. Through an engaging, energetic and permeable design, they conceive a musical rhythm where the new museum becomes a reactive and interactive part of its landscaped setting through the intersection of the integrated and sculpted grids. More images and architects’ description after the break
Country Heights House / LOOK Architects
Feb 21st
© Amir Sultan Architect: LOOK Architects Location: Country Heights, Damansara , Malaysia Design Team: Look Boon Gee, Ng Sor Hiang, Looi Chee Kin Local Architect: y’ SHIN Architect C&S Engineers: SM1 Consulting Engineers Main Contractor: Hiap Leck Construction Completion Date: 2009 Site Area: 890 sqm GFA: 407 sqm Photographer: Amir Sultan © Amir Sultan Luxuriant scenery can transcend the role of a static vista, as the single-family home – Country Heights Damansara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – by LOOK Architects can attest to. A land parcel located on a gentle hillock within one of the several select residential districts in Damansara incited the designers to conceive of an integrative architectural approach where the house is virtually an offshoot of the natural setting it is nestled in. © Amir Sultan The existing gradient of the sloping landform is construed to underpin an elevated cascading pool that announces a sense of arrival from the main entrance
Esmeriz House / Cosimo Projectos + Luis Caldeira Arquitectos
Feb 21st
Courtesy of Cosimo Projectos + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos Architects: Cosimo Projectos: João Pestana + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos Location: Vila Nova, Portugal Construction: Ribeiro da Silva Supervision: Paula Pereira|CM de VN de Famalicão Promotion: CM de VN de Famalicão Junta de Freguesia de Esmeriz Completion: 2011 Photographs: Courtesy of Cosimo Projectos + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos Courtesy of Cosimo Projectos + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos The concept of a house is usually related to the function of shelter/home but it also includes a socio/cultural exercise of a specific community. This house is definitely that place where we act as urban individuals protected from time. It is a polyvalent space that articulates an administrative area with another one that promotes culture and civilization as if through a path where the main program/scheme is spread (secretary, offices, WC, auditorium), just like a beast with thousand feet snug to the slope
