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Baidu Science and Technology Campus / ZNA Architects
May 15th
Courtesy of ZNA Architects The overall campus planning strategy for the Baidu Science and Technology Campyus by ZNA Architects consists of the ecological park and circular main street. By consolidating the green space, they try to achieve the maximized building boundary, to benefit from the surrounding park view while creating a grand gesture for the park. Additionally, to create a highly efficient and flexible office space, they designed a unique but diverse circular main street, to connect different work spaces, such as study, meeting, leisure, recreation and F&B area to form a community center.
Europa City / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
May 15th
© Luxigon Parisian architect, Manuelle Gautrand , has shared her massive cultural, recreational and retail center for Triangle de Gonesse, France with us. The competition proposal intends to showcase a variety of European countries’ features – with regard to retail, leisure and cultural amenities – by organizing specific areas for designated countries. More about the proposal after the break.
House and Design Studio in Kortrijk / Devolder Architecten
May 15th
© Deneve Foto Kortrijk Architects: Devolder Architecten Location: Kortrijk , Belgium Project Architect: Geert Devolder Floor Space: 432 sqm Completion: November 2010 Photographs: Yannick Milpas , Deneve Foto Kortrijk © Deneve Foto Kortrijk The building site contains about 25 large existing trees along a brook.
House in Las Arenas / Javier Artadi
May 14th
© Alexander Kornhuber Architects: Javier Artadi Location: Las Arenas, Lima , Peru Area: 238 sqm Project Assistants: Oscar Luyo, Ivan Navas Engineers: Ing. Jorge Indacochea (Structure), Ing.
Porto Covo Palace / Frederico Valsassina
May 14th
© FG+SG Architects: Frederico Valsassina Location: Rua de S.Domingos à Lapa, Lisboa, Portugal Client: Companhia de Seguros Lusitânia Completion: 2009 Construction Area: 2,300 sqm Team: Sofia Salazar Leite, João Torres, Rita Amado Landscape Architecture: Proap Structure and foundations: JSJ Special Technical Facilities: Joule / GET Hydraulic plans: Ductos Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra © FG+SG The dominate presence of the Porto Côvo Palace as an architectural testimony and the voluptuousness of its garden was conditioning to the design of the new museological space of the Lusitânia Insurance Company, to erect in the existing city block’s interior. An intervention of this kind should impose a coeval language based on the sobriety and simplicity of the architectural elements, offering continuity and depth to the gardens and simultaneously, emphasizing the scenic effect of the Palace
modeLab Scripted Design Workshop
May 14th
Courtesy of Studio Mode / modeLab Studio Mode / modeLab is putting on the Scripted Design Workshop June 9-10, which will introduce participants to the fundamental concepts for designing with programs in Python for Rhinoceros. As the next installment in the coLab Series, they are welcoming Skylar Tibbits | SJET to modeLab as the lead instructor for this workshop
modeLab Scripted Design Workshop
May 14th
Courtesy of Studio Mode / modeLab Studio Mode / modeLab is putting on the Scripted Design Workshop June 9-10, which will introduce participants to the fundamental concepts for designing with programs in Python for Rhinoceros. As the next installment in the coLab Series, they are welcoming Skylar Tibbits | SJET to modeLab as the lead instructor for this workshop. In a fast-paced and hands-on learning environment, participants will be introduced to concepts such as syntax, data types, and variables as well as the creation and manipulation of computational geometry through the Rhinoscript/RhinoCommon libraries
Health Center in Oleiros / Abalo Alonso Arquitectos
May 14th
© Hector Fdez Santos-Díez Architetcs: Abalo Alonso Arquitectos – Elizabeth Abalo, Gonzalo Alonso Location: La Coruña, Spain Collaborators: Carlos Bóveda, Cálculo de Estructuras, Obradoiro Enxeñeiros, Ingeniería Completion: 2009 Photographs: Hector Fdez Santos-Díez © Hector Fdez Santos-Díez A good oriented plot.
Flashback: Merck Sereno Headquarters / Murphy/Jahn
May 14th
Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Architects: Murphy/Jahn Location: Geneva, Switzerland Construction: 2006 Area: 68,000 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn The site is in the old Industrial District near Lake Geneva. Its history goes back to 1892, linked to the emergence of electricity in Geneva
Flashback: Merck Sereno Headquarters / Murphy/Jahn
May 14th
Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Architects: Murphy/Jahn Location: Geneva, Switzerland Construction: 2006 Area: 68,000 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn The site is in the old Industrial District near Lake Geneva. Its history goes back to 1892, linked to the emergence of electricity in Geneva. At its full built out in the 50’s the site had a strong, block-like character, consisting of large scale simple industrial buildings with a dense urban character.
