Gozu House is a private home located in El Retiro, Antioquia, Colombia. The home was designed in 2015 by OPUS. Gozu House by OPUS: “Located in a natural environment at 2,200 m (7,218 ft) altitude, pretends to opens, in a sensitive way, to the different surrounding landscapes of the place by proposing diffuse limits between the inside and the outside of the House. The social module is oriented towards the..
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Form4 Architecture Breaks Ground on Sustainable Technology Park with Sweeping Curves
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Form4 Architecture’s project, Innovation Curve Technology Park, has been honored by the Green Good Design Awards presented by The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies, in collaboration with The Chicago Athenaeum’s Museum for Architecture and Design.
The project, which recently broke ground in Palo Alto, California, “celebrates the creative process of invention” through its sweeping metal curves, which represent the highs and lows of exploratory research and development. The tall, two-story curves “rise to represent the crescendo of the creative spark and pragmatic analysis of ideas, and descend to transition into long, horizontal bands symbolizing the implementation phase of invention.”
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The 13.5-acre campus will feature four buildings, totaling 265,895 square feet, which will be arranged around a central landscaped courtyard crossed by diagonal pedestrian paths.
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Each 35-foot-tall structure comprises two offset wings flanking a central, glass-faced lobby to break up the building mass. In the lobby, both the concrete courtyard paving and metal curves of the building exterior extend through the two-story space to create a sculptural portal connected to the outdoors – described the architects.
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Painted, recycled aluminum will clad the projecting roofs and deep overhangs of the building exteriors. These projecting planes will furthermore support outdoor balconies, offering vistas of the campus.
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The overhangs will additionally serve to control solar heat gain by shading the building exteriors. The buildings will also feature deep horizontal sunshades, as well as solar-controlled skylights that augment the daylighting scheme to reduce the need for artificial illumination.
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To achieve its goal of LEED-Platinum certification, the project will incorporate several other sustainable elements, such as high-efficiency mechanical and electrical systems, solar photovoltaic power generation, recycling of construction waste, locally sourced materials, and bioswales landscaped with native plants.
Anticipated completion of the project is set for 2017.
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Home for Dependent Elderly People and Nursing Home / Dominique Coulon & associés
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- Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Location: Rue de la Source, 14290 Orbec, France
- Architects Assistants: David Romero-Uzeda, Olivier Nicollas, Chang Zhang, Javier Gigosos Ruipérez, Pedro Rodríguez Ruipérez, Ania Klukowski, Gautier Duthoit
- Area: 5833.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Eugeni Pons
- Construction Site Supervision: Emilie Brichard, Jean Scherer
- Structural Engineer: Batiserf Ingénierie
- Mechanical Plumbing Engineer: BET G.Jost
- Electrical Engineer: BET G.Jost
- Cost Estimator: E3 économie
- Acoustics: Euro sound project
- Kitchen Expert: Ecotral
- Landscape: Bruno Kubler
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This care and retirement home has been built in the heart of the Normandy bocage near the village of Orbec. The building follows the sloping curve of the hillside, and is visible from the valley.
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Diagram
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To reduce the visual impact of this imposing building, we felt it preferable to divide it up. We achieved the desired effect by using the colour green, with the result that the building both blends into the larger landscape and reflects the rural nature of the site. The under-faces of the overhangs and the white walls of the base produce a feeling of lightness.
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Plan
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Each of the living units fits into one section of the building, and all are connected to a south-facing street, backed by the hill. This arrangement gives views through the building from one side to the other, with light punctuating the traffic routes and achieving maximum variety. The colour red destructures the space and adds dynamic. We have avoided using the conventional colours of the hospital environment.
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The building has been designed to enhance the living and walking areas. Its strength lies in its relationship with the landscape.
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