EXHIBITION UNDERGROUND by TORAFU ARCHITECTS
The settings for the exhibition "Underground" was held in Miraikan, Odaiba. The purpose with this exhibition was to showcase the "the underground", which was one of the largest aspects in Miraikan's history. "We were required to make it possible for the visitors to deeply feel that the route starts from the earth surface and that it ends at the deepest part of earth". Read More...
2010 Shanghai Expo Hong Kong Pavilion Concept Design Competition
Collaborators: Ida Sze, Billy Chan
Site Area: 20m x 30m
Image credits: Ida Sze & Billy Chan
The theme of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo is “Better City, Better Life”, and the special theme for the Hong Kong Pavilion is “Hong Kong - a city with unlimited potential“. A concept design competition that received some 80+ submissions. "Our submission was awarded the First Prize, and formed the basis for the final design and execution by the government and another architectural firm."
"Our design is driven by the functional needs of the pavilion, that is how to provide the required exhibition space and other facilities within a limited space and with a height limit; and to make the Hong Kong Pavilion, which is much smaller in size than the other pavilions, to still have its own attraction and uniqueness."
The project does not simply concern itself with the construction of a commercial or railway link, nor a bridge connecting one continent to another. The amplitude, site, geopolitical context as well as the global ecological conscience entails a proposal far more audacious, an active project sensitive to the conditions of the site.
A threshold between the arctic and pacific oceans, the Strait manifests a highly fragile and sensitive climate, linked to the fabrication of ice, acting as a strategic zone for global climate. An incredibly particular ecosystem connected to the surrounding climate is composed of very rare and fragile species which includes belugas, walrus, polar bears, blue whales, dolphins, and orcas, to name a few.
The 220,000 square meter pedestrian-oriented Linked Hybrid complex, sited adjacent to the site of old city wall of Beijing, aims to counter the current urban developments in China by creating a new twenty-first century porous urban space, inviting and open to the public from every side. Filmic urban public space; around, over and through multifaceted spatial layers, as well as the many passages through the project, make the Linked Hybrid an “open city within a city”. The project promotes interactive relations and encourages encounters in the public spaces that vary from commercial, residential, and educational to recreational. The entire complex is a three-dimensional urban space in which buildings on the ground, under the ground and over the ground are fused together. Read More...
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. - Albert Einstein
Leonardo da Vinci had a way of looking and understanding problems, he called it: saper vedere (knowing how to see). Da vinci believed that problems should be restructured in different ways so that we can see it from different perspectives. One of the ways that our minds make things easier is by creating a first impression of a problem. This instant intuitive problem definition makes it really hard to get creative insights. Hence, we need to consciously look at problems from different angles, different perspectives. The first impressions we have are often based on our old knowledge, this knowledge in some way creates the experience and therefore we never look at anything from a different perspective, we constantly look at problems like we always have done.
Sanjay Puri Architects with Sanjay Puri was established in 1992. The firm strongly believes in discovering new territories of design and so has accomplished a range of projects including townships, software parks, residential buildings, retail malls, hotels and entertainment centers. Now they are taking on the Synergy, a corporate building in Dubai.
Designers /Architects - Mr.Sanjay Puri / Ms.Sapna Khakaria
Synergy soon to be built in Business Bay, Dubai is a twenty level structure that will have offices with terraces. The structure is designed to appear as a stack of cuboids that fluidly merge on the sides emanating from a single volume while separating sculpturally towards the front and rear creating open terrace areas accessible to the office spaces.
Another Residence by Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects
This time the Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects. have renovated it.
The original 1950’s house was well constructed, but, with 7”- 6” ceilings and a stair segregating the main living spaces, it lacked spatial hierarchy and volume. In addition, the existing house failed to take advantage of its remarkable site, which offers spectacular views to the north and west across Puget Sound.
WOHA’s design explores strategies of high-density living in a high-rise tropical environment. The Met was awarded in the World Architecture Festival as best housing. It's designed from first principles to create a better lifestyle for central city living in the tropics.
Gross Floor Area: 112,833.523 m2
Building Height: 230.56 m (from Ground floor Datum to Refuge Plate Form Level)
Apartment Unit Details: Total 370 units, with:
2 type of 2-bedroom unit (about 90m2)
2 type of 3-bedroom unit (about 190 m2)
1 type of 4-bedroom unit (about 365 m2)
1 type of Penthouse unit (about 545 m2)
3 and 4 bedroom units have option of additional private pool/garden (about 40m2).
Architects: WOHA
The 30th Street by LSarc.
The renovation of this mid-century box in San Francisco expands the envelope to capture panoramic views of the city while also embracing a sustainable design approach. The addition, located behind the existing structure and set slightly lower than the original floor levels, responds to the down sloping terrain and creates dynamic intersections between the two volumes. The original rooms were preserved on the upper level as bedrooms allowing for continuity between the Kitchen, Living, and Dining areas on the main level. Planning for the future, the roof is outfitted with racks and conduit sufficient for solar panel installation.
Coast apartments by Bark Design Architects is located in Sunshine Beach, Queensland. The site area is 950 sqm.
Parisian architects Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec have designed the Residence Ladoumegue.
Program: 190 Student housings
Owner: RIVP
Architect: Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec
Location: Rue des Petits Ponts, Paris XIXe
Area: 5 600 m²
Cost: 16 M€ Read More...
Habitat 15 by Predock Frane Architects
The Habitat 15 project is a four story, 15 unit infill housing project at the foot of the Hollywood Hills – 1/2 block West of La Brea, and North of Fountain Avenue. Each unit is between 1200 and 2000 square feet. The project is divided into two separate buildings – West and East, with a central courtyard acting as both a buffer and connection between them.
Just found really cool pens by designer Adrian Olabuenaga. They are the EcoPens by AcmeStudio.
These biodegradable ergonomic pens are each equipped with a porthole to check the ink level. They are 100% biodegradable and so will break down in the region of one year when disposed.
 |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
| By N2H | |||
