HASSELL has unveiled a contemporary new addition to the Geelong Performing Arts Centre in Geelong, Australia. Just over an hour south-west of Melbourne, the complex is a significant hub for the growth and promotion of the arts in regional Victoria. Over its illustrious 35 year life, it has built a reputation as one of the premier performing arts spaces in the state, and the $38.5 million upgrade will cement its prominence.
The redevelopment centers around a new entrance and facade, completely redefining the building's street presence. Contemporary and sleek, the addition sits atop the current building at an angle parallel to the existing roof pitch. The new entrance also provides a crucial upgrade to the building's accessibility and amenity.
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The expansion will also include rehearsal facilities, new dance studios and provision for creative industries offices. As the only state-owned arts centre outside Melbourne, Geelong Performing Arts Centre will not only be a landmark destination it will also service the needs of the growing creative and cultural community, said Mark Loughnan, HASSELL Principal and Head of Design in a press release.
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Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-2017 and stage 2 is slated for completion in late 2018.
It is a house with its exterior wall cut off at an acute angle for the relationship with the surrounding environment. Plants gently define the boundary and link the house with its neighborhood.
The site is located in Oita prefecture, slightly away from the center of Oita city. It is situated at a low ground area coming down from a rise in a dense residential area with many detached houses and public buildings. In front of the site, there is a street in 4m wide, which diverges into the west and east directions and affects the shape of the site. It was necessary to think about the living in a valley-like condition with such surrounding conditions as the narrow yet heavy traffic streets, condensed houses and public buildings in the east and west sides of the site. Considering owner’s privacy, we placed a living room and water section on the second floor as a public zone, while bedrooms and other private spaces were located on the first floor.Openings on the first floor level were minimized for security reason. In addition to the basic plan configurations, we sorted out the conditions of those enriching external elements to be layered, such as openness, day lighting, natural ventilation, and borrowed scenery.
Plan 1
Tall west-side wall is built for privacy against the adjacent house across the street, to the height not to lose the sight of wild cherry tree on the rise. On the east side—since cherry blossom trees line up at the boundary of the public building, and the street on the east is about 80cm lower along the site, opening is provided for the living room on the second floor level to enjoy the view of those cherry blossoms. Daylight can be taken in from the corner of the site facing to the fork road on the south side because there is no adjacent house. By creating a courtyard as a buffer zone, daylight and wind can come into the interior space. We also planted trees at the boundary of the courtyard to connect the house gently with surrounding environment (neighborhood). Those trees are rather a part of the building translated into the element for the expression of the house— in this case, it is a lattice-like element, or used as screen—than typical vegetation of a house
By doing so, this building, with acutely cut off expression, detaching itself from the surrounding environment, can still connect itself with the surrounding environment (neighborhood) in gentle manner, as the expression of the house changes when the trees move or grow. Our aim for the interior space was to create rich spaces through the borrowed scenery with courtyard trees and cherry blossoms trees to be viewed beneath the living room on the second floor.
An ancient winery is rehabilitated. Its main attributes are a wide space and thick walls. Though introducing a new program, the universal character of the space remains. Together with the existing wall, a new thick wall houses all of the social functions on the main level.
Stairs within the thick wall and day lit from above make the light transition from social to private space. The more private areas – bedrooms, bathrooms and a studio– are conceived as habitable volumes in an “impossible” balance, structuring the space. The volumes, articulated by light, modulate the main space of the lower living room, emphasizing its breadth.
From the architect. In Selva of Val Gardena at an altitude of 1563 meter, at the foot of the impressive natural landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites, the studio Perathoner Architects designed a house in a peculiar architectural style.
It is located in the middle of a unique landscape and offers an exceptional view of the Sella massif. The entire building has a modernist architecture with clean lines, but also carries echoes of architectural traditions like the use of local materials such as stone and wood.
The main goal of the project was to merge the building with the surrounding natural alpine landscape.The steepness of the terrain suggested extending the building over four floors with the first two levels partly below grade. The house presents a smaller front on the north side, while the main front faces the south side featuring large windows overlooking the beautiful mountains.
The building offers three separate living units and a large garage with a car lift that provides access to an underground parking space. The preferred space of the house is the attic with floor-to-ceiling windows for a striking view of the landscape.The house was constructed according to high energy efficiency standards in full compliance with regulations of environmental sustainability of the materials used and earned a Nature Climatehouse certification.
This former garment factory in Bethnal Green had previously been used as a commercial office before being converted into a large open plan live/work unit nearly ten years ago. The challenge: how to retain the open plan arrangement whilst creating defined spaces and adding a second bedroom.
By opening up the enclosed stairwell and incorporating the vertical circulation into the central atrium, we were able to add space, light and volume to the main living areas. Glazing is used throughout to bring natural light deeper into the floor plan, with obscured glass panels creating privacy for the fully refurbished bathrooms and bedrooms. The glazed atrium visually connects both floors whilst separating public and private spaces.
The industrial aesthetic of the original building has been preserved with a bespoke stainless steel kitchen, open metal staircase and exposed steel columns, complemented by the new metal-framed atrium glazing, and poured concrete resin floor.
Designed for the MOLEWA (Mount Lu World of Architecture) competition, Liaisons is a residential project in Ruichang, China near the “Flower Ocean Garden,” one of the world’s largest flower theme parks.
Inspired by the concept of blooming, the project centers on introducing a flourishing essence to the neighborhood by analyzing floral and vegetal properties in pixels and converting them into patterns, which are applied in arrangements and spatial organization principles.
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The project is developed in six areas which are defined by distinct flower colors (purple, pink, red, orange, yellow, qing). The areas appear with diverse materialities throughout the horizontal and vertical surfaces (for example in the circulation zones, in the landscape design, in the facades, etc). The color succession remains the same throughout the total height of the buildings, but the specific limit between the areas varies from floor to floor - explained the architect on a press release.
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In each of these areas, beds of flowers that bloom year-round will cover the landscaping, as well as semi-public terraces throughout the building.
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Both active and passive design strategies are utilized in the project to improve sustainability. For example, the building takes advantage of optimal Southern orientation, utilizes geothermal energy and solar energy, and collects rainwater for watering plants.
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While most cities strive for a sustainable level of urban density, there are limitations at play that can restrict the amount of upwards growth. In Mexico City, for example, height restrictions guide the growth outwards rather than upwards, and often the preservation of historic low-rise architecture halts expansion plans. In an attempt to mine the possibilities for alternative expansion, Kurt Kohlstedt from 99% Invisible has presented a round-up of the different ways in which architecture can instead grow below the ground surface.
Real-world concerns such as the cost and logistical nightmares of large-scale excavations ground some of the following proposals, but their provocative nature is opening up the dialogue for future possibilities. Several conceptual new projects, such as a 35-story subterranean "Earthscraper" designed by BNKR Architectura and the recent "New York Horizon" proposal which won the 2016 eVolo Skyscraper competition present audacious alternatives to traditional skyscraper design.
"New York Horizon" / Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu. Image Courtesy of eVolo
"The Earthscraper" / BNKR Arquitectura. Image via 99% Invisible
While removing the multi-million dollar infrastructure below Central Park can understandably be deemed as a polemic response to a serious question, the notion of below ground skyscrapers is one that is gaining more and more traction. More than likely, the first to be realized will be an infill project wherein the sunk costs have already been expended, and a stable underground framework already exists for the new architecture to cling to.
As Kohlstedt explains, "large-scale underground architecture is rarely created from scratch," but rather is reincarnated through adaptive reuse projects where the excavation occurred years ago. Often taking the form of abandoned mines and silos, within these projects the below-ground void is asking to be revived with a new program. A prime example of the ways in which these subterranean spaces can provide valuable public space for a crowded city is the New York Lowline; the mimetic cousin of the famous High Line.
The New York Lowline. Image Courtesy of NYCEDC
The recently approved Lowline will run beneath Manhattan, making use of old rail infrastructure in a similar way to the High Line. The main difference? Rather than an open-air walkway, the Lowline is comprised of a cavernous underground trolley terminal, illuminated by solar reflectors. It will be the first park of its kind in the world; the borrowed sunlight will allow plants to grow, creating an underground oasis.
The New York Lowline. Image Courtesy of NYCEDC
Strong political connotations can often be embedded within these kinds of spaces, especially where the existing void was related to the military. But the Lowline is not the first example of an underground recreational or business zone; others include an amusement park in a mine in Romania, a wellness retreat in an old salt mine in Ukraine, and a trampoline center in an old slate mine in Wales.
A wellness retreat in an old salt mine, Ukraine. Image via 99% Invisible
An underground trampoline center, Wales. Image Courtesy of Weburbanist
Each of these projects lies in peripheral or completely rural areas, where it is currently more feasible to mine below ground. This makes the Lowline's approval a historic moment in the development of underground public space, due to its centrality in one of the world's most bustling metropolis. The unsustainable surges in the cost of real estate, coupled with advancement in construction methodology will undoubtedly result in many more spaces of its kind in the near future, most likely giving rise to an eventual real-life Earthscraper.
From the architect. Lyon Park, in Arlington, Virginia is an “urban village” near Washington, DC. Most of the houses in this established neighborhood were constructed in the 1920’s and 1930’s. The houses vary in style, ranging from small single-story bungalows to larger wood and brick colonial revivalist houses. Streets are tree lined and the topography is gently rolling. After living in their house for about seven years, a young family of four hoped to transform their colonial house to better fit their lifestyle. A series of small but cozy rooms failed to connect with each other and to the deep, sloping landscaped backyard. Excluding the basement, the existing house comprised less than fourteen hundred square feet, with two bedrooms and only one full bathroom. Ideally, the transformation would retain the “sense of home” while providing spaces open to each other, additional bedrooms and a better connection to the landscaped site. A building that avoided stylistic mimicry with modern light filled spaces was desired. Sustainable construction techniques and the use of environmentally sensitive materials were expected.
The budget for this project was moderate. The result is a modest, restrained and compact modern renovation project that respects the scale and rhythm of the street. The project combines three small additions, totaling two hundred fifty square feet with a complete reconfiguration of the existing spaces. The existing second floor exterior walls and roof were removed and rebuilt to provide spaces on the second floor with high ceilings and light filled spaces. On the main level, floor to ceiling windows allow expansive views to the backyard, while large windows on the street side insure a connection to the neighborhood. The previously dark and compartmentalized house is now open and flooded with light.
The FSC-certified wood siding, combined with gray stucco and charcoal fiber cement panels provide a quiet, warm exterior that recedes into the tree lined streetscape. The compact massing with simple fenestration is organized to respect the scale of adjacent houses. A rain screen system is employed to provide a ventilated envelope. Windows with high level efficiency ratings provide transparency and light transmission without compromising the performance of the envelope.
Ultimately this is a modest project with a moderate budget. Although this project is very small on many levels, the impact on the lives of this family of four is substantial.
Last year, we asked the graduating students among the ArchDaily community to show us the design-build projects which they may have completed as part of their studies. The response we received was astonishing, and we were so impressed with the results that we simply had to do it again this year. So, two months ago we once again teamed up with ArchDaily Brasil andallfourArchDailyen Español sites to put out another call for submissions, and once again the response was overwhelming. Across over 100 submissions, the quality of the projects we received was so high that this year's results are bigger and better, containing 36 projects from 20 different countries. So, read on for the best student-built work from around the world in 2016.
Project Title: Project O (Hongkong Baptist University) Tutors: Peter Benz, Dr. Siu Kee Ho, Dr. Momo Leung, Kalen Lee Students: Frank Chan Country: Hong Kong, China
Project O (Hongkong Baptist University). Image Courtesy of Frank Chan
The whimsical "Project Circle" captures multiple ideas about architectural space and form, interaction and play. The attention-grabbing orange fabric seats “cocoon” the user in their individual pods, while the circular configuration of the seats encourages interaction between the different users. At the same time, the circular form of the pavilion interacts with the circular motifs of a basketball court, its site. At the center of the circle, a convex mirror reflects the sky above and plays with the user’s perception.
Project Title: LIMÓNagua (UNAM) Tutors: Taller Juan O’Gorman, Facultad de Arquitectura UNAM Students: María José Barrera Pavón, Nicole Galván, Priscila Quintanilla, Daniel Kaufmann, Primitivo Arquitectura, Diseño Elemental / Karina Manriquez, RGH arquitectura / Roberto Gómez, Adlai arquitectura & diseño / Adlai Pulido, Escuela Libre de Arquitectura Country: Mexico
LIMÓNagua (UNAM). Image Courtesy of LIMÓNagua
To mark Parking Day Mexico 2015, LIMÓNagua converted a parking space into a human space, giving the opportunity for passersby, even for just one day, to take precedence over automobiles. The proposal consists of 70 pallets stacked strategically to generate a hydraulic system in which water can be pumped manually to simulate the complex process of bringing water to Mexico City.
Project Title: TwoXTwo (Iowa State University) Studio Name: ARCH202 - Studio Tutors: Nick Senske, Correa-Diaz, Hur, Palermo, Wheeler Students: 77 students of the ARCH202 Spring 2016 Class Country: USA
TwoXTwo (Iowa State University). Image Courtesy of Nick Senske
TwoXTwo is an in-depth exercise towards an understanding of public space through the rethinking of formal proportions and conventions of program and privacy. The project is primarily composed of 2x2 lumber pieces. The final assembly appears as a kinetic and continuous surface that incorporates various spatial qualities such as inclines, overhangs, ledges and pockets. Similar in form, SHoP Architects’ Dunescape served as major inspiration to the project.
Project Title: UWE Digital Design Research Unit Pavilion 2016 (University of the West of England) Tutors: John Harding, Scott Hills, Olga Kravchenko Students: Raymonde Bieler, Paul Cooper, Lee Bartholomew, Shadie Elyaei Country: UK
UWE Digital Design Research Unit Pavilion 2016 (University of the West of England). Image Courtesy of John Harding
As part of the university’s year-end show, a group of undergraduate students partnered with local firm Format Engineers were tasked with the creation of a pavilion. The task was to demonstrate the benefits of parametric design and digital fabrication by devising a low cost but structurally efficient method of construction. Forming a dynamic double-curved shell structure, the pavilion is constructed with straight strips of 6 millimeter birch plywood that are woven together along geodesics.
Project Title: Erizo PEI (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña y Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) Studio Name: Taller en Morfología Estructural Tutors:SMiA Research Group / Omar Avellaneda, Natalia Torres, Diana Peña Students: Estudiantes del programa PEI 2015 de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, Colombia Country: Barcelona, Spain - Bogotá, Colombia
The Erizo PEI Pavilion comprises a convex surface created from a system of straight articulated bars. The pavilion is the result of doctoral research into deployable structures with articulated bar systems, and possible methods of motion control. The Erizo PEI Pavilion develops these features through joints and rods, generating a fast and versatile method of assembly and disassembly.
Project Title: Ebenezer Gate Pocket Park (University of the West of England) Studio Name: Master of Architecture Course Tutors: Dr Rachel Sara, Mr Matthew Jones, Ms Sally Daniels, Ms Ann de Graft-Johnson Students: Ieva Zetlline, Anna Blamire-Brown, Connie Gregory Country: UK
Ebenezer Gate Pocket Park (University of the West of England). Image Courtesy of Rachel Sara
The Pocket Park concept was born out of an initiative to regenerate abandoned pockets of urban space in order to benefit the local community. After the identification of the site at Ebenezer Gate, and the subsequent active community consultation, a “storytelling space” among greenery was conceptualized. In form, the project consists of various iterations of a sinuous timber bench with an A-Frame structure which allows it to be cut easily and tailored to site-specific dimensions. The “park” continues to be a well-used space with regular public programming.
Project Title: The Paper Cocoon Pavilion (Ho Chi Minh University of Architecture) Country: Vietnam
Every year, handhome.net runs an annual exhibition in Vietnam with the goal of connecting the older generation of architects in the country with students. Using bamboo sticks and traditional Vietnamese poonah paper, architect Nguyen Hoa Hiep of a21 Studio collaborated with students at Ho Chi Minh University to design a pavilion that references the different cocoons found in nature. A process of paper mache, modeled after the traditional Vietnamese craft of lion heads and masks, was used to construct the pavilion.
Project Title: Pabellón Experimental Moriko Studio Name: Grid Shell Workshop Tutors: Eric Valdez, Fernando Flores Students: Paola Tovar, Yoshio Fukumori and a team of 35 students from the Taller José Villagrán García Country: Mexico
This experimental pavilion seeks to not only demonstrate the benefits of using digital tools in the design process, but also to show the applicability of wood as a renewable building material capable of generating highly complex geometric shapes.
Project Title: ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2015-16 (University of Stuttgart) Studio Name: ICD Institute for Computational Design + ITKEInstitute of Building Structures and Structural Design Tutors: Prof. Achim Menges, Prof. Jan Knipers, Prof. Oliver Betz, Prof. James Nebelsick Students: Simon Bechert, Oliver David Krieg, Tobias Schwinn, Daniel Sonntag, Martin Alvarez, Jan Brütting, Sean Campbell, Mariia Chumak, Hojoong Chung, Joshua Few, Eliane Herter, Rebecca Jaroszewski, Ting-Chun Kao, Dongil Kim, Kuan-Ting Lai, Seojoo Lee, Riccardo Manitta, Erik Martinez, Artyom Maxim, Masih Imani Nia, Andres Obregon, Luigi Olivieri, Thu Nguyen Phuoc, Giuseppe Pultrone, Jasmin Sadegh, Jenny Shen, Michael Sveiven, Julian Wengzinek, Alexander Wolkow, Long Nguyen, Michael Preisack, and Lauren Vasey. Country: Germany
ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2015-16 (University of Stuttgart). Image Courtesy of Oliver Krieg
A group of masters students at the University of Stuttgart presented their research findings as a pavilion. As a collaborative effort between various departments at the University including Computational Design, and Architectural Design Research, the pavilion encompasses work on various research topics such as Biomimetic Investigation into Shell Structures, Employing the Material and Structural Logic of Wood and Robotic Sewing for Segmented Timber Shells. The Pavilion is the first of its kind to employ the industrial sewing of wood elements on an architectural scale, resulting in a whimsical organic form.
Project Title: Woodquay Public Parklet (University of Limerick) Students: Hottmar Loch Country: Ireland
Woodquay Public Parklet (University of Limerick). Image Courtesy of Hottmar Loch
"Imaginative Neighborhood Woodquay" is a community design process that has been ongoing since 2013. It is led by the Adaptive Governance Lab (AGL) at the School of Architecture at University of Limerick. Together with Galway City Council, the teams work with the Woodquay Residents and Business Association, to ask them their opinion on what they want to see happen in Galway City as a whole, and how they wanted to revive their local area. Over the summer of 2015, as a part of the Adaptive Governance Lab, the team went back to the community of Woodquay and sought to create a new urban prototype of a temporary outdoor seating installation that would allow them to show the local community and the local authorities the importance of emphasizing human lives in cities, in the hopes of inspiring more permanent change in the future.
Project Title: Sensory Pavilion (University of Kansas) Studio Name: Dirt Works Studio Tutors: Chad Kraus Students: Anna Collins, Kelli Dillion, Nick Faust, Patrick Griffin, Tanner Hyland, Alexa Kaczor, Joseph Kaftan, Stephen McEnery, Caitlin McKaughan, Jeshua Monarres, Jarad Mundil, Dillon Park, Spencer Reed, Shummer Roddick, McKenzie Samp, John Schwarz, Mitchell Starrs, Elayna Svigos, Hannah Underwood, and Jeremy Weiland. Country: USA
Located in the Audio-Reader Sensory Garden which contain plants with interesting textures, fragrant herbs and the chirping birds, the design team was tasked with replacing a derelict gazebo. In its replacement is an “Open-Air Sensory Pavilion” that has been nestled within the garden and constructed in a way that adds to the sensory stimulation provided by the park. The smell of the building materials, charred wood and rammed earth, fills the air, and there is contrast between the wooden and earthen elements. An interesting mix of shadows are created by the pavilion’s form and the rear screen admits light and frames views.
Project Title: Tesis Uno en Uno Studio Name: Taller Mediterráneo Tutors: Arq Alejandro Cohen, Adj. Arq. Cristian Nanzer, Tutora Arq. Maria Fernandez Saiz Students: Lista Pablo Adolfo, Torchio Maximiliano, Vega Ojeda Marcos, Veglio Diego Country: Argentina
Tesis Uno en Uno. Image Courtesy of Stefania Torchio, Santiago Iribarne Wynne
The project is part of a study in Tensegrity systems, in which tensile and compressive forces are balanced with a hinge connecting the two forces, resulting in a more stable mechanism to deploy the space. The product is a systemic architecture, formed from structure and skin. The structure is composed of bars providing compressive strength and steel cables tensile strength, joined by the hinge piece which is a structural and mechanical system itself. The skin is a tensioned diaphragm, designed to be appropriate for the weather.
Project Title: Seminar House Pavilion 2016 (Kingston University) Tutors: Takeshi Hayatsu, Simon Jones Students: Postgraduate architecture students of Unit 5 from Kingston University Country: UK
Seminar House Pavilion 2016 (Kingston University). Image Courtesy of Etienne Wijnen
Following a field trip to Nagano and Tokyo, a group of postgraduate students set out to create a pavilion to be erected in the garden of Dorich House Museum. In workshops with Japanese architect and professor Terunobu Fujimori, the students were exposed to less obvious precedents of Japanese architecture: known as the “Red School” the works were characterized as “raw, tactile, sometimes improvised; sometimes self built, invariably using elemental, natural materials and very often ‘odd’ to Western eyes.” Specific typologies included teahouses, timber castles, and self-built concrete houses, and the students derived techniques such as sandwich panel timber construction as well as zinc and timber cladding to build their own pavilion—an elevated public room with a garden terrace.
Project Title: 80/35 Pavilion (Iowa State University) Studio Name: Interdisciplinary Spring Option Studio 2016 Tutors: Shelby Doyle Students: Alexandra Abreu, Rahul Attraya, Nicole Behnke, Tom Bos, Cole Davis, Shaohua Dong, Hannah Greenfield, Donald Hull, Kaitlin Izer, Makaela Jimmerson, Bryan Johnson, Joshua Neff, Nate Peters, Kelsie Stopak, Coralis Rodriguez-Torres, Kyle Vansice Country: USA
80/35 Pavilion (Iowa State University). Image Courtesy of Shelby Doyle
At the 80/35 Music Festival in Des Moines, this gridded sinuous structure is a light-reactive installation that glows in response to the surrounding music, thereby augmenting the festival atmosphere in real-time through the blending of design, music, light, and color. In addition, the pavilion also provides shade and seating. The design is composed of 6,500 pieces cut on a CNC router. An interdisciplinary team of undergraduate design students in architecture, industrial design and interiors receives credit for this project.
Project Title: NYMBÚ, Módulo observatorio de aves Tutors: Peter Seinfeld, Felipe Ferrer Students: Andrea Castro Carbajal, Noelia Silva Mesones, Santiago Silva-Santisteban, Ailed Tejada Álvarez, Sammy Tejada Salazar Country: Peru
NYMBÚ, Módulo observatorio de aves. Image Courtesy of NYMBÚ
The aim of this workshop course was to design and build temporary prototype modules capable of promoting tourism in Cusco, Perú. The joints holding the bamboo together are digitally designed and then carved by a CNC machine. The angling and shape of these joints allow the bamboo to achieve the structure's desired form, which is that of a "nest" with an organic and arboreal appearance that blends into its natural surroundings.
Project Title: Kokoon (Aalto University School of Arts Design and Architecture) Studio Name: Wood Program Studio 2015-16 Tutors: Pekka Heikkinen, Philip Tidwell, Willem van Bolderen Students: Alexander Rantanen Barstad, Akın Cakıroglu, Eduardo Wiegand, Ignacio Traver Lafuente, Ivan Segato, Käbi Noodapera Ramel, Kristin Ekkerhaugen, Léa Pfister, María Inés Quirarte, Nicklas Ivarsson, Satoshi Iiyama, Sini Koskinen, Stephanie Jazmines, Taeho Noh, Tanja Vallaster, Tomoyo Nakamura, Toni Lahti, Yuko Konse Country: Finland
The built component of this project is just a few modules of a much larger system—a transportable and prefabricated system that was designed by the students of Aalto University as a response to Finland’s current housing situation and its lack of temporary housing for asylum seekers, students and families whose homes are undergoing necessary renovation. The modular units, meant to demonstrate the flexibility of the system towards various configurations, can be viewed in the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki.
Project Title: Duna.Birtdwatching (Bergen Architecture School + Slovak University of Technology) Students: 10 second year students and 15 fifth year students Country: Norway + Slovakia
Duna.Birtdwatching (Bergen Architecture School + Slovak University of Technology). Image Courtesy of Emma Voisin Isdahl
The project’s site along the Danube River in Dunau, 25 kilometers away from Bratislava is well known for its recreational use as an international bike route and as a wildlife reservoir where visitors can observe migratory birds year-round. The project appears like landscape itself, and from the sidewalk pedestrians are invitingly led up to the roof of the structure.The wall extruded from the surface’s smooth curve and the metal railing define the path leading up to the roof. When visitors reach the top, they are welcomed into a larger seating area facing the horizon. Underneath the curve is another room that can be used for lounging and enjoying the site’s views from a different perspective.
Project Title: K-OS / Estructura Recíproca (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Tutors: Peter Seinfeld, Felipe Ferrer Students: Nathalie Muñoz Vilcapoma, Xymena Nino Cabrera, Julissa Paredes Cóndor, Lucía Patiño Torres, Néstor Purizaga Patiño, Noelia Valderrama Beizaga Country: Peru
K-OS / Estructura Recíproca (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). Image Courtesy of Néstor Purizaga Patiño
The K-OS / Estructura Recíproca project emerges from the analysis and exploration of systems, materiality, customs, traditions and ways of life in the lush jungle of Pucallpa, Peru. The brief was simply to create a space free from program, but using techniques developed from the research topics. The proposal stems from the fabrics of the Shipibo people, with the patterns, colors and ways to achieve them taken as a starting point. Conducted parallel to this was an investigation into the materiality and construction systems typical of the houses in the area.
Project Title: Ground Ears (PGUAS) Studio Name: team VESCH! Country: Russia
Ground Ears (PGUAS). Image Courtesy of team VESCH!
Ground Ears is an interesting example of “human-scaled architecture.” As team VESCH! writes: “In the forest we all want to feel nature, so we decided to give to the modern citizen the opportunity to listen to the sounds of the Earth.” Built for the “WAFEst Festival” in Russia, the project harnesses acoustic design in architecture which allows the plywood installation to concentrate and enhance the sounds of the forest. All the user has to do is stand in the center while the installation focuses the sound towards his or her ears.
Project Title: (Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG) Tutors: Bráulio Romeiro Students: Aira Fontenelle, Aline Lopes, Gabriela Vilela, Letícia Mastrela, Luccas Chaves Country: Brazil
Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG. Image Courtesy of Luccas Chaves
This project consists of a shelter for resting and contemplation able to host up to six people. The project, which presents formal and plastic ability, was built with bamboo structure, rope and textile to to reinforce the frame and create a shaded environment.
Project Title: HOUSE 1 (EPFL Lausanne) Studio Name: ALICE (Atelier de la Conception de L’Espace) Tutors: Dietder Dietz, Daniel Zamarbide, Raffael Baur, Edouard Cabay, Laurent Chassot, Nicolas Durr, Margherita Del Grosso, Alexa den Hartog Stéphane Grandgirard, Patricia Guaita, Agathe Mignon, Andrea Pellacani, Laura Perez Lupi, Anne-Chantal Rufer, Wynd van der Woude with Thibaud Smith Students: 200 1st year students at EPFL Country: Switzerland
As the team writes: “HOUSE 1 is an architectural installation, based on an experimental format for collaborative design.” The project began with a base “proto-structure” that dictates the different zones of House 1. Under the leadership of 12 studio directors, EPFL’s architecture students were divided into smaller teams that were responsible for a specific room (providing habitation) or a transitional space (providing connectivity) in the structure. Through the heterogeneous quality of the finished product, they hope that the resulting architecture should read as “an unfolding evolution of a space that invokes questions, contains possibilities, and is open for interpretation.”
Project Title: Tubotella (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Tutors: Peter Seinfeld, Felipe Ferrer Students: Marcelo Bettocchi, Isabela González, Ana Lucia Velarde Country: Peru
The project was designed from two elements: plastic bottles and Tetra Pak, elements which are abundant in everyday trash. The design takes advantage of the strength of the plastic for the structure and the layered material of the Tetra Pak for enclosure. The cost of the structure is almost nothing, but still manages to be practical and multipurpose. It takes advantage of each of the elements recycled.
Project Title: DIA 3D Jewelry Pavilion (Dessau International Architecture Graduate School) Studio Name: Cadlogic introDigital Fabrication Tutors: Karim Soliman Students: Orlen Ramzoti, Nabil Rajjoub, Ilya Safronov Country: Germany
Constructed entirely out of 6-millimeter-thick cardboard and fastened with plastic zip ties, this installation demonstrates an economical approach to the typology of temporary pavilions. Due to budgetary constraints, every cardboard sheet had to be cut by hand. Programatically, the structure serves to exhibit 3D-printed plastic jewelry. The challenge for the students was to reconcile two opposing scales—the pavilion, as a whole, must be large enough to be attractive in its location, but to articulate itself in a smaller scale to display the jewelry beautifully. This duality is further shown in the contrast between the characters of the interior against the exterior.
Project Title: Kitchen21(TU Wien Institute for Architecture and Design) Tutors: Sami Rintala, Johannes Paar, Julian Nocker Students: Rouzbeh Abdollahzadeh Lahiji, Gizem Atac Önal, Yusuf Aytas, Sarah Katharina Beyer, Anna Boustani, Betül Boyacioglu, Adil Cinar, Jana Chlupová, Julia Fuchshuber, Bianca Gamser, Vadim Ghiorghiu, Elis Hackaj, Mireille Hohlbaum, Julia Brigitte Kanz, Stephanie Koppensteiner, Samuel Métraux, Kadri Muzaqi, Pavel Nikolov, Julian Nocker, Agnes Pachucki, Irina Pardametz, Julia Puchegger, Charlie Rauchs, Lorenz Schreiner, Veronika Sevcikova, Thomas Sommerauer, Viktoria Stöhr, Ömer Telli Sait, Cristina Vlascici Country: Austria
Kitchen21 is composed of three separate pavilions with a common connecting platform. In a 12-day workshop, 29 students designed and realized this complex containing a cooking pavilion, a seating pavilion, and a stage pavilion while simultaneously giving new meaning to the architectural concept of “in-situ construction.” Only the project’s use, the perimeters of the site, simple manual tools and material were fixed as a starting point of the workshop. The design, the allocation of resources and construction management were all improvised by the students. With spaces for performance, food preparation, and a place to gather and lounge the project serves as a social catalyst for unplanned low-threshold events like mini concerts and cookouts in its location in the market of Floridsdorf, a suburb of Vienna.
Project Title: BICHO VI (Universidad de Monterrey UDEM) Tutors: Daniela Frogheri, Alberto Estévez Escalera Students: Alejandra Meléndez Elizondo, Ana Patricia Garrido Chávez, Lyz Andrea Ezeta Villarreal, Carlos Andrés Huerta Fernández, Daniela Martínez Chapa, Joshua Ascencio, Karla Cecilia Oviedo González, Katia Lizeth Carbajal Monroy, Lorena Guadalupe Cavazos Muñoz, Rodrigo Gastélum Garza, Sergio Gustavo Parroquin Sansores Country: Mexico
BICHO VI (Universidad de Monterrey UDEM). Image Courtesy of Ana Patricia Garrido Chávez, Fab Lab Monterrey
The project consists of flexible elements, invited by the development of studies into bending wood, either through cuts on the surfaces of the pieces, or by using very thin plates and taking advantage of the flexibility of the material itself. The result was a wooden pavilion, generated through geometric algorithms using Rhinoceros, Grasshopper and Python, whose pieces—in spite of their curvature—are all still workable. Its shape allows bending following the grain of the material, or through laser cutting, using a system which reads the isocurves to generate the cutting pattern.
Project Title: OverCast (University of Pennsylvania) Studio Name: ARCH501 Pavilion Competition Tutors: Mohammad Alkhayer, Andrew Saunders Students: Ruoning Deng, Margaret Gregg, Siyi Li, Yuntao Xu Country: USA
OverCast (University of Pennsylvania). Image Courtesy of Margaret Gregg
OverCast is the winning proposal in the collaboration between PennDesign at the University of Pennsylvania and the Russel Wright Design Center. To celebrate the legacy of the late industrial designer, first year M.Arch students were instructed to analyze Wright’s mid-century modern pieces. The winning design takes inspiration from the curvature of Wright’s 1937 American modern collection. Copying the fabrication process of the mid-century pieces, similarly curved thermoformed polystyrene pieces were used as “bricks” to constitute a larger sculptural pavilion.
Project Title: TOCA Pavilion (University of Tokyo) Tutors: Prof. Yusuke Obuchi, Kaz Yoneda, Kensuke Hotta, Toshikatsu Kiuchi, Kosuke Nagata Students: Gilang Arenza, Hadin Charbel, Ann-Kristin Crusius, Lai Jiang, Samuel Lalo, Déborah López, Ratnar Sam, Pitchawut Virutamawongse, Jan Vranovsky, Lu Yuanfang, Ying Xu,Akane Imai, Pan Kalin, Alric Lee, Nicky Li, Ittidej Lirapirom, Kenneth Lønning, Luca Marulli, Moritz Münzenmaier, Victor Wido, Christopher Wilkens, Isaac Yoo, Yihan Zhang Country: Japan
The project’s name stands for “Tool Operated Choreographed Architecture” and the Pavilion is the result of a study to understand ways of augmenting unskilled laborers in on-site architectural production through the redefinition in the roles between humans and the machine. This project shows its substance in the process as much as the end result—the construction involves a pre-planned lattice formwork filled with foam sprayed through manual labor. The innovation in this study is seen in the way that the the technology assumes and is able to compensate for the margin of human error during the manual spraying process—thus the actual built model is updated and evolving in real time.
Project Title: Pempén, a Transformable Module for the Peruvian Forest (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Tutors: Peter Seinfeld, Felipe Ferrer Students: María Celeste Moyonero Romero, Christine Tomas Huatuco, Lucia Callatopa Ramos, Regina Peredo Paredes, Valerie Arrue Sanchez, Miguel Ángel Meza Vela Country: Peru
Pempén, a Transformable Module for the Peruvian Forest (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). Image Courtesy of Pempén
Pempén developed as a resting place, for use after a day of work or while waiting for the next boat, taking as protagonists the residents and their activities during the day. The possibility of a mechanism that can serve to control both ventilation and shade was one of the main objectives, resulting in the use of moving parts as a cover.
Project Title: Pop-Up Shelter (University of Tokyo) Tutors: Taichi Kuma Students: Jun Shimada, Kantaro Makanae, Masayuki Takiguchi, Aisa Arikawa, Takanori Ishii, Liija Li, Tatsunori Shibuya, Masatoshi Nishizato Country: Japan
This pavilion is created out of glass fiber rods and a stretchable membrane and provides an intimate interior space that serves as a temporary shelter. The structure employs the straightforward tension-based physics behind tensile structures but the undulating forms of the structure are the result of origami-like controlled geometry in the bending and configuration of the rods.
Project Title: Taco aqui, taco lá (Faculdade de Arquitetura - UFBA) Tutors: Profa. Akemi Tahara (Coodinator), Prof. Daniel Juracy Mellado Paz, Prof. Edson Fernandes D'Oliveira Santos Neto, Prof. Naia Alban Suarez Students: Ana Caroline de Sylos Moreno, Elane Isaías dos Santos Dias, Gabriel Macedo de Goes da Silva, Gabriela Sales Otremba, Hamilene Souza Barros, Kênnia Veronique Silva Linhas, Laís da Silva cerqueira, Maicon Rios da Silva, Rodrigo Oliveira Sena Country: Brazil
Taco aqui, taco lá (Faculdade de Arquitetura - UFBA). Image Courtesy of Tectônica
This project was developed for the exhibition “A Arte e o Utilitário” and entails the reuse of materials, specifically, the wooden floor of an old mansion. Throughout the whole process the students kept in mind issues related to the maximization of resources, reuse, economy, building detains and joints, and the relations between project and execution.
Project Title: Treasure at the End of the Rainbow (Bialystok Technical University) Students: Magdalena Jakubowska Country: Poland
This student project was installed as part of the “Light Move” Festival in the city of Łódź. The colorful project was inspired by the mythical stories surrounding the rainbow. With a goal of providing a site that calls people to slow down, sit down and take a rest, meet and get to know other people, the designer believes that in a world of technological mediation and lacking social interaction, peace of mind and friendships are the true treasure of a rainbow as opposed to the mythical pot of gold.
Project Title: Pectus, Módulo Autosuficiente (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Tutors: Peter Seinfeld, Felipe Ferrer Students: Samantha Segura Martel Country: Peru
Pectus, Módulo Autosuficiente (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). Image Courtesy of Samantha Segura Martel
The project comprises a folded structure which works in tension and is anchored to a base. Thanks to its folding joints, the structure is very lightweight, and the cover is modulated according to its function as a ceiling or wall. It also has solar panels to harness solar radiation, providing a night light and the ability to charge electronic devices such as laptops and cell phones.
Samovar Pavilion (MARCH). Image Courtesy of Smaga Alexandr
A Samovar is a Russian traditional self-heating kettle, and the students behind this project are seeking to highlight this ancient but ever-relevant innovation. As an entry for the Eko-Tektonika 2016 contest, the project’s jumping off point was to create a project that “expresses the idea of transforming the model of ‘consumer behavior’ in mankind, taking into account the basic aspects of sustainable development.” For these students, the Samovar represents the century-long commitment of mankind to achieve a sustainable existence.
Project Title: The Movable Immovable (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) Tutors: Prof. Rainier Gumpp, Dr-Ing. Stephan Schultz, Christina Much, Olaf Kammler Students: Giovanni Amato, Constanze Barbuceanu, Marie-Luise Budszuhn, Lorenzo Ceccon, Gregory Davau, Vitus Gerbach, Caroline Haase, Thomas Heyke, Miriam Hiltner, Jacqueline Kunze, Benoit Margez, Pier-Paolo Palazzetti, Marta Plage, Theresa Schirmer, Jean-Loup Tscheulin, Katharina Wittke, Maximilian August Country: Germany
The Movable Immovable (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar). Image Courtesy of Stephan Schultz
In a 3 month collaborative effort among an entire class, the students had to think “outside the box” in order to create a “box” which is able to enlarge by at least 50 percent. By using telescopic rails, the initial volume of the box pulls apart into two and opens a three-fold arched membrane that connects two volumes. The interior space contains corrugated cardboard furnishings.
Project Title: Pabellón de aire, sede Gausacs (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura del Vallès ETSAV - Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya UPC) Tutors: Coque Claret, Daniel Calatayud Students: Guillem Bigas, Paola Busso, Andrea Caldas, Gerard Chalaux, Alexandra Ciscar, Ferran Cortés, Víctor Díaz-Asensio, Hugo Dre, Tatiana d’Espaux, Sergi Estruch, Guillem Fàgregas, Miquel Figueras, Albert Garcia, Lucile Garnier, Laia Jiménez, Ivan Masses, Gerard Pagans, Carlota de la Presa, Marc Roca, Guillem Roca, Albert Serra, Marc Serra, Victoria Solina, Pau Sorrosal, Marc Sureda, Marc Valero, Laia Vilar Country: Spain
Pabellón de aire, sede Gausacs (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura del Vallès ETSAV - Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya UPC). Image Courtesy of Xavi Requena, Marc Roca, Marc Valero, Laia Vilar
For this prototype the team sought to generate the minimum volume necessary for the practice of a group of Castellers (practitioners of the Catalan tradition of building human towers) from Sant Cugat del Valles. They designed a space which is supported by pressurized air, trying to maintain conditions of pressure and humidity that are suitable for physical exercise. The base structure is made from basic materials such as pallets and plastic waste obtained from industries in the area.
Project Title: Nes Pocket Farms Barn (The Oslo School of Architecture and Design) Studio Name: Scarcity and Creativity Studio project, Spring 2016 Tutors: Christian Hermansen and Marcin Wojcik Students: Alberto Ballesteros Barea, Jon Erik Dybedal Brekken, Sara Cais Soler, Hiu Yeung Amos Chan, Raphael Fournier, Ingri Heggebø, Jørgen Joacim Høy, Silje Loe, Bao Trung Mai, Alexandra Niedermayr, Sigurd Strøm Nørsterud, Johann Sigurd Ruud, Marc Sanchez Olivares, Johan By Sørheim, Marine Vincentz, Vjera Sleutel Country: Norway
Nes Pocket Farms Barn (The Oslo School of Architecture and Design). Image Courtesy of SCS
The city of Oslo is one of the fastest growing cities in Europe and is currently saturated by development, forcing some to spread out beyond the city’s borders into other municipalities like Nes. However, the municipality of Nes does not want to undergo a process of suburbanization, instead preferring to maintain its rural nature—after all it is one of the principal grain producers of the country. Towards this goal, a new model of “Pocket Farms” promoting small-scale self sustainability are being developed in Nes. The students were tasked not only with the creation of the barn to be shared between a number of families but they also built four “eco-houses.” The final form of the building is a result of the client’s request form a strong integration between the barn and its immediate landscape.
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From the architect. The new swimming pool and the studio are built in the back of the courtyard of an existing house. The studio is a pure volume that flies over the pool, facing the existing house. The pool is proposed as a sheet of water at the same level as the terrace.
The studio is a white frame that flies above the pool and holds a reading area and a toilet. The access is proposed by a porch that leads to a wood wall with two build-in doors.
The Illuminated River Foundation has announced a shortlist of six firms that will compete to design a new permanent light installation along the Thames River in London. From a pool of 105 teams (made up of 346 different firms), the winners were selected based on experience, past projects and team composition. The six finalists will now continue on to develop lighting schemes for the Westminster, Waterloo, London and Chelsea Bridges, as well as a design masterplan for the 17 iconic London bridges between Albert and Tower.
Continue reading to see the list of six finalists.
The six finalist teams (listed alphabetically) are :
Adjaye Associates with Chris Ofili, Thukral & Tagra, Doug Aitken, AKTII, HPF (Hurley Palmer Flatt), Four Communications, DP9, Plan A and DHA Designs
A_LA with Asif Kapadia, Simon Stephens, SEAM Design and GROSS.MAX
Diller Scofidio + Renfro with L'Observatoire International, Arup, Transsolar, Jennifer Tipton and Oliver Beer
Les Éclairagistes Associés with ecqi, ewo, Federico Pietrella, and GVA Lighting Europe Limited
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands with Future\Pace, Leo Villareal, Pentagram, Price & Myers, Atelier Ten, Beckett Rankine and Core Five
Sam Jacob Studio and Simon Heijdens with Electrolight, Daisy Froud and Elliott Wood
“The final shortlist represents an exhilarating mix of talent, inspiration and design approach,” said Hannah Rothschild, Chair of the Illuminated River Foundation.
The competition brief also calls special attention to the environmental impact of the design, challenging teams to create “an elegant and charismatic light installation that will be forward-thinking and environmentally-friendly, enhancing the capital’s status as a low carbon beacon and a world leader in cutting edge technology and engineering.”
Organized by Malcolm Reading Consultants, the competition will be judged by a world-class jury including names such as artists James Turrell and Sir Michael Craig-Martin and Dame Julia Peyton-Jones, former director of the Serpentine Galleries.
The project is supported by a coalition of stakeholders including the Mayor of London, the City of London, Westminster City Council, Transport for London, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Network Rail. The Illuminated River Foundation is expected to raise around £20m from private sources to support the implementation of the design.
The final conceptual proposals will be released in November in London and online, with a winner to be announced in early December.
More information can be found on the competition website, here.
Design Team: Michael Caton, Alfonso Gorini, Wanlika Kaewkamchand, Eliza Montgomery, Adam Sheridan, Natasha Skogerboe, Brent Stringfellow, Margaret Tyrpa, Joanna Williams
Project Team: Jacob Benyi, Dan Childers, Eddie Curiel, Melissa Farling, Aaron Forbes, Rob Huff, Eddie Jones, Joanna Noonan, Bill Osborne, Maria Salenger, Eric Watson
Structural Buro: Happold Engineering
Mep/Fp Buro: Happold Engineering
Lighting Design Buro: Happold Engineering
Sustainability Buro: Happold Engineering
Landscape: Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture
Civil: Dibble Engineering
Geotechnical: Ninyo & Moore
Av/Telecom/Acoustics: McKay Conant Hoover Inc., JBA Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Graphics: Poulin + Morris, Inc.
Code: Hughes Associates
Cost Estimating: Construction Cost Management Consultancy (CCMC)
From the architect. The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law reinvents the traditional law school experience through the construction of a new, modern facility, the Beus Center for Law and Society, in the heart of downtown Phoenix. The relocation of the law school to this area of Arizona State University’s downtown campus
provides beneficial programmatic adjacencies to the Phoenix legal and criminal justice community and unique opportunities to advance the College’s pedagogical mission. The Beus Center for Law and Society is designed to act as an institutional change agent, dedicated to educating students and citizens on the importance of the law in shaping civil society. The six-story, 260,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, designed by Tomas Rossant of Ennead Architects in collaboration with Jones Studio, repositions the law school as a conduit for connecting the school’s progressive legal scholarship with its commitment to the community by providing services like a public interest law clinic and the nation’s first not-for-profit teaching law firm.
The building design was conceived and developed with openness to the public in mind and creates a unique urban environment that encourages vibrant connections between ASU, the College of Law and the local downtown Phoenix community. A north-south “slice” through the courtyard massing creates an inviting and active public space with a pedestrian pathway that brings individuals directly into the central core of the law school, exposing them to the main lobby and three double-height spaces located at the heart of the building.
These three spaces are stacked vertically and serve as the core of the College, with the Great Hall on level one, the main library floor on level three and an outdoor courtyard on level five. Library stacks and study spaces extend up to the upper levels and serve as the primary circulation paths, which promote intellectual and social interchange between students, faculty and visitors. The “slice” through the building is stitched together by open-air walkways that bridge east and west and provide access to a suspended double-height reading room at the north and two stories of think tank space at the south.
Sustainability was a key design driver throughout the process. The self-shading, saw-toothed configuration of the main building façade, comprised of Arizona sandstone with aluminum and glass windows, changes in response to solar orientation, window size and programmatic requirements. The façade is unitized and factory assembled, both to assure quality and to achieve a higher standard of thermal performance. Heavily insulated walls and roof also contribute to the efficiency of the shell. Mechanically, the building incorporates energy-efficient technologies, including chilled beams and under-floor displacement cooling. Consequently, the building is expected to reduce energy consumption by 37% compared to a baseline building, per ASHRAE 90.1-2007. Desert-adaptive planting and water features activate the landscape, helping to minimize on-site irrigation demands.
Other design features include an innovative retractable seating system in the Great Hall that allows the space to be converted from an everyday tiered arrangement to a more formal auditorium configuration. Unlike traditional retractable seating where the chairs and tiered platform are attached and both retract together, the design team developed a motorized tray-like system that allows for each row of auditorium chairs to be deployed independently and concealed within the individual tiers. When the chairs are in their retracted position, the tiered array of wood steps serves as a unique social space and interior landscape that encourages interaction. The expansive bi-folding glass door at the front of the Great Hall blurs the line between Indro and outdoor space, providing flexibility while offering a unique civic space to the downtown Phoenix community. Its welcoming gesture of openness clearly communicates and embodies the overarching misión of the College of Law’s new home as a place where the study and practice of law and society converge. In an area of downtown newly invigorated with the addition of retail spaces, a bookstore and an independently owned and operated café, a large interior media display projects out towards Taylor Street and 1st Street and activates the street, featuring upcoming events, current legal topics and other programmable content that informs and reminds the public of the many ways law shapes society.
EFFEKT and collaborator karres+brands have won a competition to transform an industrial waste site into a new vibrant urban district and infrastructural hub in the historic center of the city of Roskilde, Denmark. Beating out seven other invited teams, the winning design will encompass 100,000 square meters of mixed-use development across existing railroad tracks, reuniting the city and “reinventing the station as an integral part of the city center.”
While Roskilde station is already the most trafficked railway hub in Denmark outside of Copenhagen, since its completion, the railroad tracks have acted as a barrier, cutting off the contemporary city development from its historic downtown. EFFEKT’s solution will transform the station into a “unifying hub” by injecting new urban life and improved pathways throughout the district.
“The new Station Area will transform the previous divided city into a new urban destination. It will create a coherent urban experience in Roskilde, inspired by and in respect to both the rich cultural heritage and the cutting edge contemporary culture that Roskilde is known for,” says Sinus Lynge, founding partner at EFFEKT.
To revitalize the station, the team rejected the traditional typology of a station as a ticket office and waiting room, choosing instead to integrate the infrastructural program into the surrounding urban fabric.
“A comfortable seamless transition is crucial to the design of the new station area. For this reason, we have designed the Roskilde passage as a new type of urban landscape, that smoothly flow under the railway tracks and optimally connects all modes of transport. In this way the public space is creates a new relationship between the two parts of the city,” says Bart Brands, principal of karres+brands.
“Where infrastructure often connects on a global and regional level, it also often divides a city in a local level. The new Station Area will be reintegrated as an integral part of the network of streets and public spaces in Roskilde. So many stations have already been transformed into shopping malls and related commercial programme. In Roskilde our aim is to transform the station into a new the city center blurring the lines between the city and the station,” says Sinus Lynge.
The winning design calls for shops, cafés and restaurants to be located directly alongside the station platform, meaning travelers will be greeted with a lively urban area immediately upon disembarking.
Rather than using a traditional bridge or tunnel, the two sides of the city will be connected by an “open green urban space” below the tracks, which will also be lined with shops, cafés, service areas and informal meeting places. Program pieces will be organized to foster increased efficiency and intuitive navigation through the station for the nearly 30,000 daily passengers.
“The passage creates a visual and spatial connection across the railway and is designed as a generous and open urban space adding space instead of occupying. This station area will be a part of so many people’s everyday lives, so the solutions must be optimal in terms of distance, time consumption, accessibility and comfort. The seamless and efficient transition between different modes of transportation will also increase the use of public transport. “ says Lynge.
A former parking area and leftover industrial land will also be transformed, serving as the site for new housing, offices, retail, and hotel structures, interspersed with a series of new urban spaces, each with its own individual character. The new district will be planned for a wide variety of scales, densities and programs that will allow the area to integrate seamlessly into the surrounding city fabric.
The winning design was selected by a unanimous vote from the jury. The two-phase competition was first announced in November 2015.
The starting point in creating the interior was the investor’s collection of paintings, antique furniture and extensive library of books. The apartment was divided and furnished in order to expose these items, but in such a way that they do not compete and do not dominate the space. All the new furniture pieces are very minimalistic and free of any visible details. The books have been closed in double-sided bookcases, which also serve as separators of the communication area and they also contain a bio fireplace and a TV set. The kitchen was also designed in a minimalistic way and all the appliances have been hidden in closets.
The entire system of walls and furniture was designed in such a way that spectacular window view of nearby lake and park can be seen from every place in the apartment. For this purpose, we also decided to give up on traditional doors in favor of full-height sliding doors, hidden in the walls - so that we gained even more open space.
The openwork wooden ceiling was designed to direct attention towards the view outside the window, to improve the proportions of the rooms and to add warm atmosphere.
This past weekend, the Bauhaus in Dessau was animated by the Bauhaus Festival. Titled “Circus, Circus – from Black to White,” the event was intended to present all the fun of the fair with a monochrome twist--in opposition to the wild colors usually associated with circuses--and in the words of the Bauhaus was a “kinetic explorations of bodies, objects, media, space and sound.” The event was also an opportunity to tap into the legacy of Bauhaus legend László Moholy-Nagy, whose experiments in film and media blend well with the performative nature of the circus. The event featured a number of performances by artists, while “Cybernetic Circus” by Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and the Initiative Neuer Zirkus turned the grounds of the Bauhaus into an “architectural landscape” of performance modules inspired by Maholy-Nagy. Also featured were installations by students at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle titled “Neo Luna Park.” Photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu traveled to the event to capture the festivities, showing their interaction with Walter Gropius’ famous building.
Project Team: Lindsay Mackie, Bernard Makoare, Martin Leung-Wai, Petelo Esekielu, David Thomas, David Fullbrook, Debbie Tikao, Karl Dawe, Russel Pinel, John Pollard
Te Oro is a creative facility for young people from the communities of Glen Innes and Panmure. Te Oro emerged from the community itself, supported and funded by Auckland Council. Its purpose is to encourage the creativity of local cultures, both as performers and to impart knowledge; and to create a sense of pride and identity as a catalyst for social renewal. The design process was open and collaborative, involving local artists, cultural advisors, mana whenua, environmental and landscape specialists and the community itself, empowered to make every design decision possible.
The site, a carpark adjoining Line Road, terminates a “finger park” following a traditional pathway from the Tamaki River to higher ground. The design enhances the public realm and built environment of Glen Innes. A Master Plan for the whole precinct was developed. The community advocated strongly for the new building to adjoin the Ruapotaka Marae, the Library and the Hall – this was characterised as a “body of buildings”.
The Master Plan ties these buildings together around a new public “shared space” (yet to be constructed) which facilitates both pedestrian and vehicular use, whilst enhancing the spatial experience with landscape and street furniture. The precinct is tied together graphically by a “manaia” imprinted on the land.
The architecture resonates with traditional south-west Pacific buildings. The cross-section of paired columns and superstructure responds on plan to the dynamic of the pathway, deferring to the marae, and is delineated by a series of facetted LVL timber portals. This rhythm of “ribs” is inclined northward, to maximise the efficiency of the roof-mounted PV panels and is clad in an abstracted canopy of foliage.
This layering of ideas means Te Oro is interpreted by the community in multiple ways – a traditional place of learning and tuition; a grove of trees; an adzed log, a modern “fale”; an anthropomorphic “creature”, a giant tree-house or a musical instrument. In all these interpretations, Te Oro retains its sense of being “New Zealand Pacific” and completely specific to its people, place and time.
Local artists were commissioned to create signage and “sound-sites” which combine traditional and contemporary music, visual art and space through an assemblage of “sound cones”, CNC carved column panels and kowhatu.
The 1485m2 building has a strong environmental agenda, with the roof surface covered in 256 PV panels, which make Te Oro “Net Zero Energy”; rainwater harvesting, above-code insulation, double glazing, heat pumps, and LED lighting; all reducing operational cost.
From the architect. As Jakarta is one of the most populous city in the world, we as the architect should find solutions when our client wants us to design a comfort house in small area with plenty of required room and limited budget. In 6 m x 15 m land area, the architect tries to make the house gets a lot of sunshine and good air circulation so the house can save the energy from lamps or air conditioners, with suitable space and budget.
The house with 6 m width in a dense environment in Tebet, Jakarta Selatan. Limited budget with plenty of required room make the architect create Split-Grow House concept which means a split house that can be grown or build more someday depends on client’s budget to build the house. The split concept is used to manipulate the face of the house. The house requires 3 floor height but with split concept it only seen as 2 floor height from facade. It also makes this house adjust other houses height.
3 floor house seems like 2 floor house from facade, make it equal to other house. Split concept makes each floor is counted as half floor, start from first mezzanine to fifth mezzanine. Each floor will be built adjust to client’s budget. For this phase, client decides to build 3 level mezzanine first, and delay 2 other mezzanine. But the architect makes its floor facade to be fully done so the house seems like completely done from the outside. From the first mezzanine to the last mezzanine are connected by one big void which is becoming the main source for natural light and air. The void also has stairs as main access of the house. With the void, people can interact and communicate directly from different floor.
The void that can make people interact each other from different floor. It also become the main source for natural light and air. Beside the void for natural light and air source, the architect also makes 1 m width corridor alongside the house from front to back to be light and air alternative source, because the upper void has louvre glass. The corridor also use to placed water pump, bicycle, outdoor equipments, and also become second access for housekeeper. The architect also placed many biopore as absorption to avoid flood because the ground level lower than the street.
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Louvre glass on the upper void as light and air resource, and side corridor as alternative resource so the house has cross ventilation. There is kitchen integrated with dining room in first mezzanine floor. To get around with limited space, the dining table made with folded style so it can be opened wide if needed. The architect also uses bottom glass under second mezzanine facade so people in first mezzanine can see if there any people coming to the house.
Folded table that can be opened as needed to get around with limited space. Kitchen and dining room in first mezzanine can see through bottom glass under second mezzanine facade so people in first mezzanine can see if there any people coming to the house. Bottom glass as alternative light source and see through way from first mezzanine.
For the front area of the house, the architect makes the upper half of the house overstek for 2,5 m so it can cover the carport and front terrace as an outdoor area for guest. In second floor of the facade, there is a horizontal bouvenlicht as a bottom glass and air circulation for main bathroom. It also become an interesting facade element. Overstek as cover for carport and terrace. Horizontal bouvenlicht as a bottom glass and air circulation for main bathroom. It also become an interesting facade element.
A concrete basement, shaped by the structure, generates a filter space between inside and outside, public and private. It identifies the main entrance and the ground floor cafè and it also structurally support a clear block of bricks on top.
Here, there are other four floors, where offices and apartments are. Selected materials remark the strong contrast with the context and recreate a new order in this high density area of the city.
From the architect. The Treehouse is located in a little woods of poplar and hawthorn trees, where is at the foot of Mount Wuling in Miyun, Beijing. The cliff on the north with a stream meandering under it, and a mountain spring running in all seasons together create a quiet and peaceful environment for the Treehouse. There are two parts of the building, a deck and two separated polyhedrons the function of which are tearoom and bathroom. The inside of the tearoom is floored with Tatami, and the space is designed to serve as tea drinking in the daylight and sleeping as well as at night.
The building of Treehouse is a practice of Wee Studio about the subtle relationship between nature and inhabitation, as well as an exploration about how to achieve the architecture in the era of internet now. At the end of 2015, we initiated a crowdfunding on the Internet which had a great response in a short time. More than just about building a Treehouse on our own, the practice is more about inviting more people with same interests into the process of design and construction and having fun with it.
Going down through the steps from the door of a backyard, you would see the Treehouse floating in trees at the side of a stream. And then you have to climb onto a rock growing from the ground to achieve the deck.
The full size glass to the floor brings the view of trees and cliff in the tearoom, where you can read, rest, drink and even encounter with squirrels sometimes.
You can enjoy the shadow of trees and leafs as well as the sky if lying down.
The Treehouse is equipped with thermal insulating layer and heating system to ensure normal operation in winter, in which you can enjoy another different view of the beautiful mountain area.
Plan
While the north floor window brings the view in, a small window on the west side leads people to the small woods outside far away. The skylight at the end of the sloping ceiling introduces the light into the room, so that you can lying on Tatami and look to the nature with sky and trees outside which makes the small room felt bigger and higher. Through the study of window layout and human body size, we avoid the feeling of cramp in such a small interior space and make a conversation with the nature in a subtle way.
The main structure of the Treehouse is steel frame. We prefabricated all the structures in factory and transported them to be assemble on site to ensure the precision of the irregular form. The facade is installed with recycled wood panels in 60mm width, on which the trace of time makes the building blending into the environment.
Courtesy of HASSELL
Courtesy of HASSELL
Courtesy of HASSELL
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