Architecture renovation

In recent times, house building has been enough to create a living space. It can be said that apartment living has accustomed us to various limitations. The term "four-wall", which has long been part of our common vocabulary, refers to fundamental points. mohammadhossein hamzehlouei A four-wall is a space that is enclosed and its privacy happens only by creating a solid wall. But have you ever thought that an apartment where a family lives does not necessarily need privacy created by unchangeable barriers! It is possible to see the walls of a living room or a bedroom a little more differently, and seek the creation of spatial continuity even in a small apartment; If the walls of spaces like living room and bedroom are not enclosed an... More

Built in 1903, the Tuborg Harbour Brewery and held a beer brewing function up until 1996. Today, it is a transformed and expanded into an office building still anchored in the strong industrial heritage, but with a clear contemporary extension. Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects Famous Danish architect Henri Glæsel designed the Brewery in Tuborg Harbour in 1903. It was built in two stages, thus regularly modernised with reconstructions and extensions since 1926. The year 1996 was the last time beer was brewed in the old copper cauldrons as Carlsberg Ejendomme sold the Brewery in 2005 with the intent to transform the heritage building for office purposes. Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects The end goal of the Brewery refurbishment was... More

Rehabilitation of a barn into a dwelling in Herve This old barn, included in the inventory of buildings in the process of classification, has been completely renovated. The old envelope is maintained and a contemporary intervention set back from the existing one is created. It gives a remarkable thermal efficiency to the new intervention and a respectful reading of the historical part. crahayjamaigne The entire furniture were designed as well as the choices made for the colors and lighting. crahayjamaigne The techniques used are floor and wall heating by heat pump and CMV. crahayjamaigne crahayjamaigne crahayjamaigne More

Renovation protected office building. The new office building is located in the Hertogstraat, which, like the Koningstraat and the Wetstraat, form one of the main axes of the Brussels Warande district. It is an urban ensemble in classicist style, which was laid out according to a design of 1776 by the architect Barnabé Guimard. The whole is protected as architectural heritage. Pilarshoots The old office consisted of a 5-storey rear building in the garden and a 3-storey front building. These were completely demolished with the exception of the front facade. The new office building was given the same footprint as the existing one. In order to better match the current urban fabric, the rear building of the new office building was... More

The project concerns the renovation study and then its implementation, in an existing stone house of 1931 in the mountainous Mylopotamos of Crete. The house consists of two floors, a ground floor with a terrace and a basement, twice the size of the space, which extends both in the area of ​​the main use of the house and in the terrace, creating a long narrow space, without natural light and ventilation. zeropixel architects In the area of ​​the ground floor, the old bathroom that existed was replaced by blocking the relaxation towards the veranda, with the dining area. At this point, the slab was removed with undisturbed cutting and a floor was created from metal blades, where in combination with the handmade metal glass, plenty of li... More

The 2400m2 construction site with two sides bordering Suoi Cam 2 lake (Binh Phuoc's largest irrigation lake) is surrounded with many fruit trees: durian, longan, star apple, mangosteen, coconut, etc. The seemingly biggest challenge of the project is to create a fully functional living space for a family of 4 without changing the original structure of the old stilt house bought from the local with an area of 10mx10m. The lower floor was used to raise livestock.  Caption Our team started the design with the question: "How to bring natural light into all of the spaces in the building, especially the central area of the floors?", because with the given area, the middle zone of the house is very dark. That is also a limitation of trad... More

Oiso is a small town located south-east of Tokyo, facing the Sagami Bay. It is the location of Roovice’ latest project called indeed Oiso House. his is the renovation of a two-storeys family house with an office space. Initially, the building was designed only as a residential typology, but later on the owners decided to include a room for remote work. In addition, the client asked to preserve the memories and feelings he experienced in this home. Akira Nakamura Commonly, Japanese wooden houses share a standard floor plan where rooms are developed sequentially along a central hallway without any real connection with each other. Because of that, the circulation focuses only on the central passage, which can easily become tigh... More

How do you measure the quality of a piece of architecture? What parameters could establish whether a building is a good example of architectural practice? Photography: Lourdes Cabrera The "Casa delle arti di Comacchio" has been a perfect case study in the analysis of these questions—a public work, of significant social importance, made with a reduced budget and the need to satisfy highly-technical acoustic standards, while also being located in a context of great historical and monumental value—  a true commitment to low-profile local architecture with a high impact on the community.  Caption Comacchio is an ancient town in the province of Ferrara in the north of Italy— a small Venice in the Po Delta... More

Project for the Artea Foundation's operational headquarters. The premises are located in an early 20th century building in the centre of Cuneo. As a result of subsequent interventions, these rooms had elements that were at odds with the architecture of the time, such as the eclectic-neoclassical friezes and stuccoes at the entrance. The intention was to bring the rooms back to their original spirit, removing all inappropriate elements to create a neutral, clean, white environment in which to insert a few important elements to emphasise the environment. A kind of art gallery, where walls display the photographic works already owned by Artea Foundation. Oscar Bernelli Oscar Bernelli Oscar Bernelli   More

The main purpose of the intervention was to maintain the existing building, providing it with the necessary elements to give it new habitability. João Morgado To achieve all the goals of the intervention, it was proposed to do a full renovation, where demolitions of degraded elements were carried out throughout the interior, and distinctive building elements were recovered/replaced. João Morgado The last floor was enlarged, adjusting to the width of the main façade. On the rear façade all the late elements built on the balconies were demolished to restore the original composition. João Morgado The expansion and alteration intended to enhance the existing façades, keeping the skylight, quintessential... More

Marked with Scandinavian minimalism in its functionality and aesthetics, the White House bears the first white front of Carouge’s old town in Geneva. FdMP architectes transformed this townhouse into a triplex, also renovating its shop on the street front and annexe at the back. Given the plot’s narrowness, it was fundamental to optimise the dwelling’s usable floor areas. By gathering all amenities at the centre of the house, the architects increased the habitat’s relation to the outdoor, with enhanced views on the street and courtyard. They also used the space in the attic to create a double-height and offer generous proportions and increased natural light. We access the dwelling from the courtyard through a narrow... More

At the heart of Geneva's old town, Café Slatkine reinvents the genre of the literary cafe, books on one side and bottles on the other.    Opened in 1918 by Mendel Slatkine, the venue is an unmissable, centenary-old institution of Calvin's city. For a long time, it worked as a bookshop only. Two generations later, it made sense to convert the space into a literary cafe, combining the intellectual legacy to something more telling of our time.    In a relatively confined space, narrow in places and with an open window front on the street, the challenge was to bring together books and bottles, mixing heritage and contemporaneity, fiction authors with gossips at the counter. To do so, the architects designed two la... More

The space under study (total area of ​​280 sqm) is located in a typical office building, at Kifissias Avenue in Neo Phychico, Attiki. The main request of the new company was the redefinition of both functional structure and aesthetic upgrade within the aim of rebuilding a modern environment capable of meeting the needs of the new user.   Towards this goal, the spatial organization has been redefined to serve the new character of the offices. Τhe key lines of the design was the recalculation of given spaces (reception, movement areas, working and meetings rooms, auxiliary spaces, etc.), the intertwining of uses and optimization of the space provided. More specifically, the reception area welcomes the visitor / user to the company... More