via 500px http://ift.tt/1OGYF8s
via 500px http://ift.tt/1TBqrsv
via 500px http://ift.tt/1U79S6D
In their semester-long project at Zaha Hadid’s final studio course at the Yale School of Architecture, students Lisa Albaugh, Benjamin Bourgoin, Jamie Edindjiklian, Roberto Jenkins and Justin Oh envisioned a new a high density mixed-use project for London’s Bishopsgate Goodsyard, the largest undeveloped piece of land still existing in central London.
The student team utilized biomimicry and sculptural structural members reminiscent of Hadid’s signature style to create a complex consisting of a high-density tower, a mid-rise block, a train station bridging the gap between these taller structures, and a park landscape that mediates between the existing viaduct and the various access points throughout the site.
In their language of smoothly blended towers rising sinuously from the ground, the team sought to respond to the collage-like nature of London’s skyline, where the “agglomeration of differences between towers diminishes their engagement on an urban scale.”
Each of the project’s four typologies retain an individual character, but are blended into a continuous field that allows programs to overlap on the urban scale. In this manner, living, working, recreation and transportation functions can coexist within the complex.
Through their material studies, the team questioned the need and desirability of the traditional tower core, electing instead to break up the crucial tower elements—structure, elevators, stairs and mechanical systems—into individual strands. When articulated on the outside of the building, these elements give the tower a unique appearance from both street level and against the urban skyline that is never the same from two different viewing angles. This also frees up the tower’s center, allowing for crossed views, light and air not typically seen in skyscrapers.
In the project’s base, shifts in scale allow different program types to blur from residential units to hotel units, corporate office to start-ups, large retail stores to cafés. Arched openings allow access to the public areas, and serve as touching down points for the structural and functional strands that give the buildings their character—a character that is both inspired by and contributing to Zaha Hadid’s ongoing legacy.
If you like my work check out my
W E B S I T E or follow me on
F A C E B O O K 🙂
via 500px http://ift.tt/1qClDaJ
via 500px http://ift.tt/1YO1jPs
You may reach me on facebook here:Photo Ventures – Elias Pentikis
My website: http://ift.tt/1NwdD4A
And if you want to buy a photo for commercial purposes visit my marketplace: Prime Marketplace
Every photo of mine can be printed on Chromaluxe glossy metal prints. Ask me for details.
via 500px http://ift.tt/1YO1dHu
When I went home the best part of the clouds were far off, but a few remained and a spectacular sunset erupted. So good that several friends messaged me telling me to get out and take pictures. So, I did. I only had a few minutes to capture the light, so I made the best I could with what I had.
Hope you like it.
via 500px http://ift.tt/1YO1bzp
via 500px http://ift.tt/1YO0A0t
From the architect. The project is located in the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie facing the backyard of Papineau Street, a busy commercial street in Montreal. The project consists of 6 housing units each boasting a private access. Forward, the project is characterized by its simple volume, uniformly coated with a brown brick. For their variable dimensions and offset openings instill dynamism to the front. Street side, 3 parking spaces are covered by a large terrace.
To maximize the contribution of light on the first floor, it was found detached from the facade and the glass walkways with railings. Expanded metal coating covers the exterior structure of the terrace. Copper, the steel cladding covering the lower levels reminds the tone of windows that give rhythm the project.
Sig Nordal 