Apartment House Baselstrasse / Felippi Wyssen Architects


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  • Structural Engineer: Jürg Merz

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From the architect. The plot on which this three-story home is built lies slightly below the level of the surrounding area on the edge of a single-family residential district. The response to this  difference in level is an intelligently designed semibasement, above which soar a full floor and an attic. The emblematic facade and the carefully dimensioned saddle roof projecting on all sides add an archaic touch to the building. It’s kind of presented on a pedestal.


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The eastern part of the semibasement accommodates car parking spaces, on the western side an apartment is stretching over the entire length of the building. In each the upper and the attic floor, two apartments are located which open to three sides. Well defined horizontal layers dominate the visible sides: the partly hidden semibasement, the wide open upper floor and the elegantly tailored roof. Minimally protruding profiles and small plastic  [three-dimensional] interventions accentuate the facades, while the wood of the parquet floors and of the sliding shutters forms a warm counterpart to the fair-faced concrete.


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In the interior, the access areas have been kept to a minimum while the living quarters have been generously conceived. A wide column grid characterises all floor plans and provides for structural affinities between the different levels.  The construction volume draws additional suspense from the alternation between loggias and inside spaces. Floor-to-ceiling doors and passages create intriguing perspectives and attractive spatial volumes. Furthermore, the ground-floor flat benefits from the passage to the green external area which is sheltered by its favourable position.


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Mathieu Lehanneur brings Liquid Marble technique to tables



London Design Festival 2016: French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has added to his Liquid Marble series for an exhibition at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery (+ slideshow). (more…)

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What Does Your Birth Date Say About Your Personality?

Our personality evolves based on our experiences. Life can change us in unpredictable ways. But we have some basic character traits that will stay the same no matter what. We were born with those.

The moment of our birth can predict some of these personality traits. It’s not for nothing that our horoscopes are calculated based on the exact moment of our birth.

birth_dateTake just now this quick and easy quiz and find out what your birth date says about your personality.

What Does Your Birth Date Say About Your Personality?

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Parametr Architecture Designs a Private Residence in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Spouse House is a private home located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Completed in 2014, it was designed by Parametr Architecture. Spouse House by Parametr Architecture: “Every corner in a house owns its respective functions that makes up a braid of atmosphere, Spouse house, presented in a different way. Located in a residential area of Bintaro, this house looks different from the other houses in the vicinity that have similar facade. This..

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Transparent walls reveal wooden skeleton of house in Bohemia



Corrugated plastic cladding reveals the timber structure of this house by Czech architects Matěj Petránek and Adam Jirkal, which replaces a family holiday home near Prague (+ slideshow). (more…)

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KWK Promes Designs a Contemporary Home with Stunning Views of Brenna, Poland

Gorki / Ruetemple


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  • Architects: Ruetemple
  • Location: Moscow, Russia
  • Area: 47.0 sqm
  • Project Year: 2016
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  • Other Participants : Alexander Kudimov, Daria Butakhina

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From the architect. Tasks
We were expected to create a living space in a small 2-room apartment in a new solid-cast building.

The apartment owner is a young man, who shares a similar point of view with us regarding the interior living space, therefore it was very easy for us to find a common ground and create a convenient, functional and modern space.


Diagram

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Concept
The initial data on the apartment is very convenient: no load bearing elements inside the apartment, the concentration of all wet zones along the wall deep within the apartment, and two large windows along the opposite wall, which provide perfect lighting for the whole area.


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It was important to keep the feeling of air and volume; however, at the same time we understood that it would be impossible to do without a private sleeping zone. Not wanting to construct any solid partitions, resulted in the idea of creating some volume in the center of the apartment, which would be multifunctional, and simultaneously enable the transparency and freedom to be retained. A structure containing the sleeping zone, the zone for watching the projector, a cloakroom, and a sofa in front of TV set has become such a volume. The whole structure is made of wood. We tried to make its form interesting like a sculpture: it has large window areas, which let the light penetrate the lobby; it even has the ladders, the storage racks, and the niches for the bed and sofa. The remaining zones, such as the bathroom and kitchen, have been very compactly located along the wall opposite the windows.


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As wood is a rather active material in terms of color and texture, the remaining space has been designed using calm colors: the white walls, floors, kitchen furniture, and concrete ceiling. It creates an impression of the wooden structure floating among the white walls, floor and concrete ceiling.


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8 Reasons Why Spending Time Alone Is Good For You

Social butterflies listen up. As much as it is super fun to be around people all the time it is actually very important and quite beneficial to spend a little time alone, with just you. That’s all. You. Some of us are actually afraid to be alone. We don’t like it one bit. Others prefer to be alone, hello introverts, and get slightly annoyed by people and having to spend time with people. Spending time alone, however, is very good for you.

Human interaction is very healthy for us all. We connect, we learn, we grow and we form healthy bonds and relationships. But too much of a good thing can be bad. Here are a few reasons why you should be spending more time alone.

aloneGet to know you.

Do you know who you are, I mean who you really are? when we take time to be alone with our own thoughts, we are often surprised by the things we think, the things we realize we love and the things we don’t want in our lives. Spend some time with you and fall in love with you. For the first time, or again.

Confidence boost.

When you can spend time alone and enjoy it, you have reached a nice confidence level. You don’t need to be around people to feel special, wanted or validated. You can do all that yourself. Kudos to you. Many people feel very uncomfortable being alone. Almost lost. Start slow and get used to it. Soon you will love it and crave it.

Hello productivity.

Look at all the stuff you got done. Way to go. You know you wouldn’t have done one quarter of that if you were still sipping wine with your best friends. Have a to do list or a bucket list? You’ll start knocking it off faster if you spend more time alone. Being alone can be very inspiring and somewhat motivating when it comes to doing things for you. Things you’ve been putting off.

Learn something new.

Feel like taking an online course or going to a free class at the library? Ok so maybe the library thing isn’t alone time but you will be with new people, not your usual crew and you are there to learn something new. If you start hanging out with yourself more and sign up to classes and courses that you’ve always wanted to take you may soon discover a hidden passion or talent. Try it.

Good bye stress.

Do you ever find that sometimes when you hang out with all your friends you come home feeling slightly frazzled? Maybe someone said something that was a trigger. Maybe there was too much negative energy in the room that night. Whatever the case may be, you come home and your nerves are shot. You feel a little stressed out. You are also seeing that this happens more often than not. Time to start taking time for yourself. give your mind, and your nerves, a break.

Meditation time.

Make room in your schedule for this. Seriously. This practice demands you to be alone and be quiet. Just you, your thoughts and some nice Zen music. When you start doing this more soon you will notice the difference in your day and mood if you skip a day of meditation. It puts you in a beautiful state of aloneness, oneness, be in the present. In time, a very short time for some, you will see how much more relaxed you are throughout your daily life. Not too much gets on your nerves anymore.

Independence is where it’s at.

Do you have a habit of needing to be around people to feel like part of a tribe, a group or one of the gang? That’s ok, many of us do. Start hanging out alone and be part of your own tribe. Feel independent and learn to love your group. Once you start getting accustomed to it, it won’t be long before you head out for dinner alone, movies or even a road trip.

Clear the cobwebs.

Our brains get cluttered, sort of like our houses, and every now and then, need to be cleansed. The only way to do this is to shut it off. Well not completely of course but it is possible to shut it down from the dirty noise of others voices and outside activities. Take some time alone and be with your own thoughts, your own mind, some nice music and Zen out. Make room for new thoughts, clean out the old ones that serve no purpose anymore.

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