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Anabatic Office / Betillon/Dorval-Bory
Feb 6th
© Betillon/Dorval-Bory For their honorable mention competition entry, Betillon/Dorval-Bory have attempted to create a new architectural language rooted in climate analysis for Fundecor, a non-governmental organization focused on environmental preservation. The procedure for creating the project is largely about understanding environmental systems and then allowing the building to respond and support those technical aspects for the desired result. As such, the architecture is “not trying to hide in a neo-vernacular posture, but celebrates its radicalism in aid of its atmospheric functioning.” More about the competition entry after the break. © Betillon/Dorval-Bory A primary feature of the project is to develop a comfortable indoor atmosphere that addresses the climate of Costa Rica. To generate a breeze on a site that has little wind, the architects have allowed the building to carry out the natural phenomenon of anabatic wind production (creating a temperature difference that generates a convective motion of air masses) by using a “dark zone” thermal mass in the South. The surface will become the epicenter of a major upward movement of air as fresh air will replace the stagnant air by suction.
Cyclone Shelter / Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees
Jan 28th
Courtesy of Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees The proposal for the international competition for a cyclone shelter in Bangladesh by Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees is conceptualized as a boat-building, referencing two local typologies – the boat and the landing ghat. Located in Ranggabali , a small village in the Patuakhali Province, the building is half submerged in water in times of cyclone flooding while beached against a concrete ghat in dry seasons. Sheltering its occupants in the liminal zone between land and water, it makes place by transitioning from depth and section to surface and plan
Bamboo Architecture System of WNW Bar in Vietnam
Jul 2nd
Another great architecture has been built in Vietnam. Vietnamese architectural studio Vo Trang Nghia co
MVDRV – Eco City Montecorvo
Mar 18th
We religiously read each post from the EcoFriend, especially the ones from the Eco Architecture segment and this week the following post, really cough our attention. Enjoy! The Eco City Montecorvo is a masterplan for a sustainable city by MVDRV envisioned on the two small hills of Montecorvo and La Fonsalalda
