Month: July 2016
Thinkin’ Outside The Fox / party/space/design
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- Architects: party/space/design
- Location: 14 Soi Sukhumvit 55, Khwaeng Khlong Tan Nuea, Khet Watthana, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10110, Thailand
- Area: 190.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: party/space/design
- Client: Thinkin’ Outside The Fox
- General Contractor: LS Builders Co.,Ltd.
- Designer Or Designer Office Based In (Country): Bangkok, Thailand
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From the architect. The key word of this cafe project is “ Thinking outside the box” which encourage us to initiate the new idea and and break all rules of interior design.
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We have twisted the word and rephrase as “Thinkin’ outside the fox”. We have adopted the fox as the symbol of the cafe because fox is the clever animal. It is isolated and independent from the group of itself. The fox character reflect the style of the cafe which is independent and has its own uniqueness.
Elevation
The structure of cafe is the 3 floors of commercial building. The designer has visualised the space as several boxes stacking on each others. The designer team have to restructure the building and make it look spacious and airy, like thinking outside the box.
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After we had studied the building structure, we have created the key theme of the cafe, which are TREE , HINT ,and LIGHT. In order to have these theme, we have to think outside the box and break all ordinary rules.
Elevation
Firstly, TREE. We use the from of tree which is the triangle shape to restructure the building. Then the building has the triangle roof likewise the big tree among Thonglor area.
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Secondly, HINT. The hint of the cafe make it more fascinated among customer. We make the cafe look like the fox house which should have the foxes in it but suspiciously disappeared and remain only some hint in the cafe. We design the high wall of 9 meters which is resemble to the entrance way of fox cave.
Elevation
Lastly, Light. As the building is slightly dark like the fox cave, we have designed that the light should naturally shine into the building like the sunbeam shine a light into the fox cave. Customer will enjoy the natural light and feel homie when staying here.
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Inside the cafe has been divided into three areas, shop, dessert bar and dining area. When customer walking into the cafe, they will firstly impressed in cute collections of foxes then they will enjoy the food and beverage inside the cafe. The cafe was simply decorated as a white tone as a background which make the foreground of variety colour of dessert looking more interesting.
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If you are the fox lover and enjoy the natural and comfortable environment, we are surely that you will fascinated in The Thinkin’ Outside The Fox Cafe, the peaceful sanctuary among Thonglor area.
Le Corbusier’s Cabanon seaside cabin is his smallest building on the World Heritage List
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Stephen Phillips clads modern San Francisco townhouse in black zinc
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Balmoral House / Fox Johnson Architects
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- Architects: Fox Johnson Architects
- Location: Mosman NSW 2088, Australia
- Architect In Charge: Fox Johnson Architects
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Brett Boardman
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From the architect. In an area where many houses are monumental, inward looking and truly ‘larger than life’, this family home overlooking Sydney’s iconic Balmoral Beach presents as something of a paradox: it manages to feel simultaneously spacious, bold and sculptural, and at the same time, intimate and connected to nature.
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Located on a terraced north-facing slope overlooking Balmoral Beach and the bushland setting of Middle Head and Hunters Bay, the form of the house follows the natural contour of the land and consists of a masonry platform with two elongated volumes above. When viewed from the street, Balmoral House is moderate in scale in comparison to its neighbours, and follows the natural slope of the land.
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Once inside, the house is imbued with a sense of calm and being open and responsive to its surroundings – to the sky, the water and the bush like landscape that surrounds it – a remarkable achievement in a suburb where privacy is often defined by high walls, and turning inward.
Ground Floor Plan
Inside, with the sea breeze flowing through past rammed earth walls, you have a sense of being part of the vast Australian sky as much as looking at the water. Back towards the street, a defining deep sandstone wall, painstakingly created by a Hungarian stonemason from Sydney sandstone sourced on the site to make room for the house, wraps its arms around the house and garden, to form a sheltered, private oasis.
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As the client says” the brief we gave Fox Johnston was to create a house that is ‘natural and neutral’. This is above all, a family home, and we wanted it to feel like one. The last thing we wanted is a showpiece. Fox Johnston understood that, and has given us exactly what we asked for… “
Section
A rammed earth and brick base sits back into the landscape, enabling the metal clad volumes above to be carefully sculpted to embrace views, sunlight and breezes. Entry to the house is between these two volumes across the masonry platform – the arrival point modulated to capture views of Sydney Harbour.
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Pivotal to this design is the location of living areas on this entry level – embracing the views and more private spaces below. These living areas have been orientated to embrace the north-easterly aspect as well as open onto terraces and courtyard spaces. Bedroom spaces below open onto the lower level garden areas – with a separate lower living area adjacent to this connecting to a private garden and swimming pool orientated towards the bay.
Lower Ground Floor
The slender building forms have been designed to be permeable to allow for both a conversation with the street as well as a connection to private garden spaces. These forms also allow for good cross ventilation and sunlight access, as well as embracing of the north-easterly aspect and surrounding views.
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A natural and neutral toned palette of concrete floors, studded and rammed earth walls, brick, timber and zinc anthra has been used, defining the sculptural forms of the house and providing continuity between exterior and interiors.
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The landscape around the house is a pivotal part of this project. The house is designed around front and rear garden spaces with emphasis placed on apertures to garden and landscaped elements from all spaces. Great consideration was also given to the idea of a landscaped buffer to the street – providing privacy and a softer street presence. The design delivers good sustainability and efficiency measures, and includes a number of a number of water and energy saving elements.
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Boston – Massachusetts – USA (by Anh Dinh)
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Gruen Associates, MLA and Oyler Wu Selected to Design 12-Mile Section of LA River Greenway
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The City of Los Angeles has selected a team led by Gruen Associates to design a 12-mile section of the Los Angeles River Greenway as a part of Frank Gehry’s comprehensive master plan. The design team will also include architects Oyler Wu and landscape firm Mia Lehrer + Associates, who recently won a competition for a new park at First and Broadway in downtown LA. Upon its completion, the greenway will allow residents to walk and bike nearly 30 miles between the neighborhoods of Canoga Park and Elysian Valley.
The greenway design will include a bike path, pedestrian walkways and shading elements, as well as landscaped areas to support habitat and manage stormwater. The project will also complete the existing Los Angeles River Bike Path from the West Valley to Griffith Park.
“The Los Angeles River is a common thread that links us to our history, and connects us to the natural world,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in a press release. “This bikeway will give all Angelenos a new way to experience our city, build accessibility to our revitalized river, and expand green space for families to enjoy.”
The team will now take the next 9 months to complete a detailed feasibility study and hold public forums for community input and review. Construction is expected to be done in several phases, with a yet unspecified completion date.
News via the City of Los Angeles.
5 Reasons Frank Gehry Might be the Perfect Choice for the LA River Master Plan
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