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Project • By Mass Studies • Shops
Ann Demeulemeester Shop
The site is located in an alley, at a block’s distance from Dosandae-ro – a busy thoroughfare in Seoul’s Gangnam district – in close proximity to Dosan Park. Primarily residential in the past, the neighborhood is undergoing a rapid transformation into an upscale commercial district full of shops and restaurants.
The building is comprised of one subterranean level and three floors above. The Ann Demeulemeester Shop is located on the first floor, with a restaurant above and a Multi-Shop in the basement.
This proposal is an attempt to incorporate as much nature as possible into the building within the constraints of a low-elevation, high-density urban environment of limited space (378㎡). The building defines its relationship between natu... More
Project • By Bowmer and Kirkland Group • Sports Centres
The Pods
The Pods in Scunthorpe is a unique project using construction techniques never before used in a major leisure development.
Main Contractor Bowmer & Kirkland started the construction of the Sports Academy in Scunthorpe as part of an initiative by North Lincolnshire Council to kick-start the regeneration of the town. The £26m development incorporates timber framed pods covered with natural sedum roofs which provide the building with insulation and reduce excess rainwater runoff. The timber framed pods are supported by an engineered timber glulam frame which comprises hundreds of interlinked cassettes. In addition to this the roofing also reduces the load on local drainage systems as well as helping the building to blend into the neigh... More
Project • By Make Architects • Housing
Bolton Eco House
Planning has been granted by Bolton Council for a new eco-home which will be the first zero-carbon property in the North West of England. The 8,000ft² scheme has been designed following close collaboration between the client, Bolton Council and CABE. The client has been heavily involved in the design process from the outset and is passionate about preserving the natural beauty of this area.
High quality design was a driving factor, but the opportunity to deliver a home of the utmost environmental efficiency was identified from the outset.Already billed as ‘a house of the future’, the unique scheme truly tests the boundaries of current sustainable thinking in terms of design and construction. The four-bedroom, single-storey family home i... More
Project • By Plant architects • Parks/Gardens
NPS Podium Roof Garden
The Podium Green Roof Garden is the first transformation in the competition-winning scheme “Agora Theatre” – the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization. This three-acre upper-level component of Viljo Revell’s 1965 iconic City Hall and multi-level public square was originally conceived as a ceremonial public space, reached via a giant sculptural ramp. The space was never successful at attracting the public – it was a grim, empty, three acres of concrete that has been closed to the public for well over a decade. The Podium Green Roof Garden re-conceives this upper level as a vast public park integrated with the existing elevated walkway system, and while respecting the complex’s heritage status, reopening it to the public as a truly engaging... More
Project • By Bricault Design • Housing
Brooks Avenue House
The clients for this project needed more space to accommodate the needs of a growing family, but they were reluctant to leave their location in Venice - one of the few walkable neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The solution was to maintain and remodel their existing 2000 square foot home, while creating a 1700 square foot addition and courtyard on the rear lane side.
With an ideal climate for much of the year, a primary design driver was to create a seamless connection between inside and outside, while eliminating the need for air conditioning To this end, a central sculptural staircase links the ground floor with the rooftop deck, while doubling as a chimney to draw cooling breezes through the house. On the main floor, a sequence of pi... More
Project • By NEXIT architecten • Urban Green Spaces
Standing Garden
A standing garden has been realized in the Spoorhoek district in Arnhem. This is a standing straight green garden, based on sedum and grasses where you can add a wide spectrum of plants and shrubs. Basic baskets, filled with lava, are piled up to great heights. An integrated irrigation system provides basic water needs. Rainwater can be buffered. Depending on the circumstances, an independent unit can be placed in front of a building or units can be hanged against the wall. The wall in the Spoorhoek district was placed in 2 days. The baskets were planted on site of the gardener in advance.
Green walls should be accessible for normal residential buildings or utilitarian work. In order to these projects, a basic module is developed; the ‘g... More
Project • By BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group • Primary Schools
Vilhelmsro Primary School
A pristine undulating hillside serves as the backdrop for the future Vilhelmsro Primary School and its outdoor activities. The sloping landscape and the building’s sloping roofs merge into one continuous experience no matter if one is inside, outside, on the ground floor or walking across its green roofs. The surrounding landscape does not only serve as an aesthetic backdrop, but is also integral to the school’s curriculum which focuses on nature and sustainability. Formed as sloping landscaped bands, the building merges with the surrounding nature and allows daylight to stream into all of the school’s class rooms. More
Project • By OZ • Universities
Academy of Physical Education and Health Club “Splash”
The new sports centre in Sportpark Ookmeer, on the border of the Amsterdam districts of Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and Osdorp, is a combination of the Academy of Physical Education and Health Club ‘Splash” Amsterdam. “van den Oever, Zaaijer & Partners architecten” opted to combine both programmes under one roof so as to allow a dynamic interaction of the various user groups. The firm of architects developed a transparent spatial concept, which not only stimulates the interaction between the school and the sports club, but also the interaction among the various educational functions. The spatial and functional design consciously uses open spaces, lines of sight and exciting views to create a close relationship between academic theory and practica... More
Project • By Balmori Associates • Parks/Gardens
BILBAO JARDIN 2009
The garden climbs the stairs, running in undulating lines of different textures and colors. Envisioned as a dynamic urban space; it moves in time and with the seasons. Its lush planting cascades down as though the garden was flowing or melting, bleeding the colors into each other. In one gesture, it narrates a story of landscape taking over and expanding over the Public Space and Architecture, therefore transforming the way that the stairs and the space is perceived and read by the user. It is a garden of contrasts: the contrast between native and exotic plants, between the red flowers and the green grass, between the green grass and the grey paving. In form, the garden engages the horizontal plaza with the rising vertical plane of the step... More
Project • By Vector Architects • Housing
CR Land Guanganmen Green Technology Showroom
Design Concept:
The project is a “temporary” Green Technology Showroom of 3-year use for one of CR Land’s residential projects in Beijing. The idea is to develop the concept of “Temporary” from a meaningful perspective, to design a piece of floating “installation” in the garden, which could be built, demolished, and recycled through an easy and straightforward way with the least impact to the planned site.
Sustainable Features:
Site Selection –
We are involved into the project at early stage when client tried to specify the building footprint within the residential compound. The location was finalized at the central lawn, where we believe in that:
1, the minimal impact of the designed landscape construction
2, the minimal impac... More
Project • By KWK Promes Konieczny • Private Houses
OUTrial House
A green clearing surrounded by forest was the only context for the proposed small house. Hence the idea to “carve out” a piece of the grass-covered site, move it up and treat it as the roofing to arrange all the required functions underneath. When the whole was ready, the client came up with another request, to create some space for a small recording studio and a conservatory. The latter was obtained by linking the ground floor with the grassy roof through an “incision” in the green plane and “bending” the incised fragment down, inside the building.
This procedure turned the roof into an atrium, as the only way to reach it was through the interior of the house. As opposed, however, to a typical atrium, the newly-created space has all th... More