Waf 2015 winner
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Project • By Büro Ole Scheeren • Apartments
The Interlace
The Interlace presents a radically new approach to contemporary living in a tropical environment and is one of the largest most ambitious residential developments in Singapore’s history. Instead of following the default typology of housing in Singapore – clusters of isolated, vertical towers – the design generates an intricate network of living and social spaces integrated with the natural environment.
The vertical is turned horizontal: 31 apartment blocks, each six stories tall and 70 meters long, are stacked in hexagonal arrangements around eight large-scale open permeable courtyards. The interlocking blocks create a multitude of shared and private outdoor spaces on multiple levels.
The blocks are arranged on four main ‘Superlev... More
Project • By the Oval partnership • Offices
Chengdu Taikoo Li
Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li is the living urban heart of future Chengdu. Set in the context of the Buddhist Daci Temple, the low-rise, project provides a unique mix of shopping, dining, drinking, entertainment, live performance, workplace, and hotel accommodation in an exciting and enjoyable setting of lanes, squares, streets, alleys and courtyards. Interwoven into this master plan for urban regeneration is the strategic conservation and adaptive reuse of six preserved buildings and ancient lanes associated with ancient Daci Temple at the heart of the development.
Jonathan Leijonhufvud
The project has evolved out of a unique retail planning concept of “Fast Lane” and “Slow Lane” (play fast, live slow), delivering a di... More
Project • By Atelier Marko Brajovic • Exhibitions
Brazil Pavilion at Milan EXPO 2015
Studio Arthur Casas and Atelier Marko Brajovic won the competition to create the Brazilian Pavilion for Expo Milan 2015, commissioned by APEX-Brasil. We aimed to combine architecture and scenography in order to provide visitors with an experience that would transmit Brazilian values and the aspirations of its agriculture and livestock farming according to the theme “Feeding the world with solutions”. More than a temporary building, the sensorial immersion includes leisure, high technology information, interaction and learning.
The inspiring idea of a flexible, smooth and decentralized network is present in every aspect of the building and represents the country’s pluralism. Amidst more than 130 constructions, the Brazilian Pavilion pr... More