From the architect. The site faces the 40m Sapyeongdae-ro and there is 4m road on its left. It is located at the corner of the residential area of high density. It could be concealed by next buildings since the 3m retreat for scenic zone was applied not to the surrounding buildings but to the site. Fortunately, the 4m alley left to it provides scenic and spatial room at the corner.
The disadvantages of the circumstance where the site was required of relative retreat could been resolved by vacating. Horizontal balcony was combined with the dynamic stairs which are not stacked but whose directions are changed by floor. The single flow as a whole is connected up to the canopy at the rooftop garden. This emptiness allowed vertical expansion and makes the volume and story of verbal language. This approach creates a coarse space in which a building and the city interacts and filter each other. Thus it results in the positive composure and communication while resolving the problem of suffocating city.
Hot pink and orange paintwork accentuate niches in the wooden facade of this school designed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés for the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow). (more…)
From the architect. My concept is to make Japan a more beautiful to live in. We built a beautiful Japanese house with the best quality material adaptation to local climate worldwide. Some of this techniques were for example the use of local plants and vegetation in the garden to grow in harmony.
Taking advantage of the spacious site, I placed 5 gardens, each one with a different atmosphere (which are all designed to ensure privacy); a traditional Japanese front yard (Maeniwa) extending to the entrance and the living room overlooking Shuniwa.
In order to maximize space, the sliding doors that separate the kitchen/dining from the living, can be completely drawn.
Paper sliding doors filtering light for better rest, with view of the garden , when opened.
The windows in the hallway are small intentionally in order to reduce light and a Japanese-style room, is overlooks the garden.
“The architectural plan is a formula to order the anarchy of space.”
In these latest images from Federico Babina, the artist explores the design styles of 25 of history’s greatest architects, abstracting the plans of some of their most famous creations onto simple geometric backgrounds. The resulting illustrations resemble dynamic labyrinths or abstract symbols, and are what Babina refers to as “Planimetric graphologies.”
“Analyzing an architectural plan is how to make a graphology study,” explains Babina. “The plans are like the signatures of architects and can reveal conceptual details about the artistic and aesthetic personalities of their authors.”
See the entire set of ARCHIPLAN illustrations, including takes on Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid, after the break.
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