Facade sustainable

The Central Building, designed by Danilo Dangubic Architects in Pancevo, represents a bold approach to multi-family residential architecture compared to the current production. On one hand, it demonstrates a careful and responsible attitude towards the microenvironment of the city block and contributes significantly to the city’s identity. On the other hand, it innovatively treats the facade as a new type of living space for each apartment. Ilya Ivanov Ilya Ivanov In relation to the immediate context of the city center, the Central Building successfully establishes a dialogue between contemporary architecture and its neighbors from past epochs, harmoniously fitting into the eclectic ambiance of Vojvode Radomir Putnik Street... More

In the course of the planning process, fundamental wishes for the living space were concretized, which can hardly be formulated in the case of dense development such as a usual row house. A solution could be found for this problem, however, each residential unit is organized like a classic single-family house in order to generate a feeling of independence. Dietmar Tollerian In addition, all floors are connected directly to the garden with oversized verandas. Via these verandas, the roof areas are also partially accessed externally as a replacement for lost floor areas. The alignment of the living rooms and the veranda areas was chosen in such a way that privacy is created for the individual families. Due to the high rainfall in the bu... More

Aluinvent's LO2 (two side open) panels were applied to the entire legth of the platforms at Corvin-Negyed Station in Budapest, a length of 125m on both sides. The panels serve a dual purpose, both aesthetic and functional, providing a unique decorative element and also functioning as part of a noise reduction system to make the station as silent as possible.  Aluinvent Prior to construction lab tests were conducted to establish the sound dampening properties of the panels. Tests showed the panels were twice as effective at reducing sound than originally required by the client. Aluinvent Aluinvent panels are made from 90% recycled materials in a manufacturing facility run entirely by renewable energy which helped the project... More

Early human settlements met the most basic human needs, such as physical shelter, and so there was a very close coexistence between human shelter and nature. Human progress also led to fundamental changes in his dwellings, and metaphysical and psychological needs were added to these human desires, and humans also tried to achieve these desires along with nature. Caption With the advancement of science, the distance between nature and human homes has widened, and pollution and psychological damage to the nature of homes and residences have brought technology. Today, in modern cities, everyone is trying to bring at least part of nature back to their homes. Caption Therefore, in the formation of the initial ideas of this 7-storey b... More

Project Name: FRAME Architecture Firm: VIRAFORM Firm Location: QOM, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN  Completion Year:2017 Gross Built Area:2500 square meter Project location: QOM  Lead Architects: REZA JAFARI Photo credits:   Ali Esmaeili                    Clients: Ghasem Rauofi In this project, the main challenge was visibility and privacy while providing adequate lighting for the spaces. Due to urban laws, the project land is in contact with the city only in one direction. To solve this problem for communication between outside and inside. We think to consider frame as space. Often each window has a frame. This frame is an opportunity to communicate between in and out. In... More

CO Architects designed the 140,000-square-foot Student Services Building (SSB) as a new gateway to the California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) campus in Pomona, roughly 30 miles east of Los Angeles.  As the gateway building, SSB welcomes matriculating students who register for classes and apply for financial aid, prospective students and their families who meet at the site for campus tours, and alumni actively involved in the campus community.  CO Architects topped the SSB with an undulating, standing-seam aluminum roof that spans over two separate structures.  The shape and orientation of this distinguishing feature is driven purely by performance and function with the aims to optimize energy management, maximize... More

The SPEEHUIS is a home and office for SPEE architects. The design allows the house to blend into the surrounding forest, thanks to its natural appearance and the use of natural materials. As well as this, the house and office are energy-neutral and innovatively built with circular and bio-based materials. Not only the façade of the SPEEHUIS, but the sloping roof is also finished with Bamboo X-treme beams, installed on a Grad system making the installation hidden and demountable.   Circular and bio basedThe decision to build with bamboo beams mounted on the Grad installation system is fully in line with the principles of the SPEEHUIS: energy-neutral building using circular and bio-based materials. Bamboo X-treme consists of mor... More

Without a doubt, the privileged situation of the new headquarters will allow the future building to be the best showcase of the objectives and values of the Banco de Crédito Social Cooperativo (BCC).    The offices adapt to the ground, fragmented into different volumes, using a strategy similar to that used by “The Alcazaba”, to dominate the city from the hill of San Cristobal.    The New Headquarters must also serve to introduce an architectural reference in the  Science and Technology Park as a whole, which is a great idea at the urban level, but which nevertheless poses an added difficulty when conceiving the building, which will be private of any close reference, or positive urban data to... More

Two years after starting the Project for the Calle Abelias (stage I) we were commissioned to develop a proposal designed for a different financial situation, to execute the building in Calle Luca de Tena.   This 40,000 m2 office program also had to act as the bank’s representative headquarters, and contain the spaces dedicated to chairmanship and board of administration. The world economic crisis made it necessary to rethink various aspects: resource- and cost-effective optimizing per square meter and employee.   It is obvious that the easiest way of reducing costs in buildings is to separate the light from the perimeter by increasing the floorage. The less façade per square meter, the cheaper the building. The b... More

The project envisages the re-adaptation of the spaces for a new utilization as offices. From a compositional point of view the project is represented by a huge transparent facade sheathed in an external metallic shielding structure, designed in accordance with the protective requirements dictated by the various situations of exposure to the sun. The sustainability of the project idea is driven by a combined strategy of energy conservation and attention to the well-being of the users. In particular passive solutions have been adopted, such as, high thermal heat insulation, natural ventilation activated by a solar chimney, utilization of renewable energy, solar protection, diffusion of green areas inside and outside the building. The architec... More

Yet another Google office in Austin, Texas with Muratto.wall # cork installed. Google demands high standards of their building products and our #cork products deliver! www.sustainablematerials.com More