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Month: October 2016
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Elevated terraces create outdoor space for land-locked house in Tokyo by Front Office
A roof terrace, balconies and an external staircase maximise outdoor space for this overlooked house in Tokyo designed by Japanese studio Front Office. Read more
2A Design Creates a Modern House in Orgères, France
Flying Box Villa is a private home created by 2A Design. Completed in 2015, it is located in Orgères, France. Photos by: Josué Gillet & courtesy of 2A Design
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Valdemingomez Forest Park / Israel Alba Estudio
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- Architects: Israel Alba Estudio
- Location: Calle 3 Sur, 14, 28042 Madrid, Spain
- Area: 1100000.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2013
- Photographs: Imagen Subliminal , Courtesy of Unknown
- Collaborators: José María Cristóbal, Javier Martínez, Juan Nevado, Fernando Sanz
- Landscape: José Antonio de Frutos
- Measuring And Budget: Enrique Medina
- Quality Report: TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A.
- Client: Ayuntamiento de Madrid
- Years Of Activity: 22 years
- Tons Of Waste Accumulated / Accumulated Tons Of Waste: 21,7 million
- Waste Landfill Level Rising: 40 m
- Planted Shrubs: 300.000 units from 35 local species
- Planted Trees: 7.000 units from 16 local species
- Wetlands (New Ecosystems): 2 – 1.500 m2 each
- Hydroseeding: 400.000 m2
- Biogas Collection Wells: 280 – 42 Km of transport pipes
- Regulation And Measurement Stations: 10
- Accumulated Biogas: 433 millions of Nm3
- Electrical Energy Production / Production Of Electrical Energy: 1 million of MWh (equivalent to Madrid’s city lighting consumption durign 6 years)
- Reduction Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 3 millions tons of CO2
- Bicycle Lanes: 3,2 Km
- Pedestrian Paths: 4,0 Km
The project for the restoration and transformation of the Valdemingomez landfill in Madrid brings together four basic actions: sealing the surface of the landfill, extracting the biogas accumulated within it for use in generating electricity, while transforming the surface of the landfill into a public park of enormous biological value. This is a new public educational and cultural facility, situated in a strategic position for the development of the city. All of this was made possible by simply regenerating and transforming a heavily-damaged area.
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Plan 1
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Plan 3
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The Valdemingomez landfill constitutes an example of a proposed model of continuity between the forest and the surrounding area; a pseudo botanical garden with indigenous species seeking integration into the Parque Regional del Sureste. It was transformed into a free public area, along with woods and wetlands which have helped to create small localized ecosystems. Within it, one can observe the life of both nature and the city. The plan was to establish small colonies which would grow over time, expanding and becoming more complex, responding to local conditions, and this has indeed occurred.
Diagram
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Diagram
A series of public facilities were added to the recovery project after the reforestation: trails, paths, a bike lane connected to the rest of the city, small woods, picnic areas and two wetland lagoons with areas for observing both the newly developed ecosystems and the city, into which this new area will soon be incorporated.
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By assigning a new value to waste, the recovery and transformation of a landfill provides a new topography which is capable of being useful and productive for contemporary society, for leisure or for agriculture, revealing itself as a free space of the new city. The architectural project which was undertaken involved the proposal of new strategies for creating an area which will be open, flexible and dynamic throughout time, in a search for equilibrium between city and nature.
Plan 2
This project’s relevance stems from its attainment of the three main objectives that this type of intervention required: resolving a complex technical problem, producing a new free public space and constructing a new landscape via the creation of soil and the manipulation of the topography. It could be affirmed that it is not a full recovery per se, because the natural state which was lost can never be recovered. Rather, it is a “reinvention” whose value lies in changing the attitude of man towards landscapes and areas of deterioration.
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Studio MK27 Designs a Home Overlooking a Valley in Catuçaba, Brazil
Catuçaba House is a private residence designed by Studio MK27. It is located in Catuçaba, Brazil and was completed in 2006. Catuçaba House by Studio MK27: “Laid out over the valley, at an altitude of 1,500 meters (4,921 feet), the house has a strong relationship with the local nature, abundant throughout most of the year. That allow for autonomy in generating energy. The main premise of the project is to..
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This week, David Bowie was revealed as an extensive collector of Memphis design
This week on Dezeen, Sotheby’s announced that David Bowie’s personal collection of Memphis furniture – which is over 100 pieces strong – will go up for auction in November. Read more
SNP conference: Scots can’t trust Boris Johnson and Liam Fox to represent them, says Sturgeon – Politics live
Rolling coverage of the SNP conference in Glasgow, including Nicola Sturgeon’s keynote speech
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Nicola Sturgeon has already delivered her first speech to the Scottish National party’s conference in Glasgow – the one announcing the publication of draft legislation for a second independence referendum – but her main address coming this afternoon. According to the SNP’s overnight briefing, it will contain a “heavy focus on domestic policy initiatives”.
But Brexit is going to feature too. As Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks report in their preview story, Sturgeon is going to announce plans to beef up Scotland’s trade links with the EU – on the grounds that Scotland cannot trust Conservative ministers like Boris Johnson and Liam Fox to represent it. Here is the story.
Related: Nicola Sturgeon plans to strengthen Scotland’s trade links with EU
Make no mistake, the growth of our economy right now is threatened not just by the prospect of losing our place in the single market – disastrous though that would be.
It is also the deeply damaging – and utterly shameful – message that the Tories’ rhetoric about foreign workers is sending.
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