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AD Round Up: Health Architecture Part IX
May 15th
© Nick Kane Five great healthcare projects published early 2011 for our 9th selection! Waldron Health Centre was designed by Henley Halebrown Rorrison in London and was completed in 2010. The Moerkerke Medicare And Neighborhood Facility by Krill Architecture answers the following question: How to implement a necessary, but impopular program in a run down neighbourhood? You can’t miss the beautiful Fonderie , designed by Atelier Zündel & Cristea in France .
Summer House In Southern Burgenland / Judith Benzer Architektur
May 15th
© Martin Weiß Architects: Judith Benzer Architektur Location: A-7535, Deutsch Tschantschendorf 130, Oberbergen , Austria Photographs: Martin Weiß © Martin Weiß Project Information Summer House In Southern Burgenland. The project Summer House in Southern Burgenland (Austria) describes a sharp-edged cubature which fits into its surroundings through its simplicity and homogeneous appearance. In being used as a summer house, and by virtue of the installation of a wine cellar with production surfaces at a later date, the building’s design is oriented by the cubature of the Kellerstöckel(wine house) typical of the Southern Burgenland region. © Martin Weiß The cellar contains rooms for wine storage and production; the aboveground rooms are for residential use.
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.
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.
