The world of architecture can be a serious place. Though the rest of the world holds quite a few stereotypes about architects, unfortunately none of them include us having a sense of humor—and perhaps that seriousness explains why one of the most popular memes involving architects isn’t exactly favorable to the profession. Here at ArchDaily we thought we’d do just a little to correct that with some memes riffing on some of the profession’s most beloved names—as our gift to the entire architectural profession. Read on to see what we’ve come up with, and don’t forget to get involved with your own architecture funnies.
And, since we’re talking about correcting architecture’s meme situation, why don’t we take another look at that old “classic” we mentioned earlier:
From the architect. The project is located in the historical center of Torrox, in Malaga (Spain), that it has a very clear homogeneity and a strong Mediterranean character, where the buildings adapt to the topography, so that the resulting streets are winding and uneven slopes between parallel streets.
Faced with these initial conditions, we insert the house in the urban pattern in the most silent way, interweaving the place to the needs of the owners.
What makes characteristic to the house is fundamentally the place where it is located. It is an extremely complex environment, the L-shaped plot and with an area of only 56 m2. The plot is arranged in a corner, giving two of its sides to public streets at different levels.
As for the relationship with the environment, with the landscape, we propose large windows that dilute the boundaries between exterior and interior. In this way, the landscape becomes the essential element of the house. The climatic conditions of Torrox, makes the project open to the environment and dialogue with it.
The program dedicated to private use (bedrooms and a bathroom) is situated on the ground floor, together with the main access to the building.
Plans
The program dedicated to common use is situated on the first floor, as this floor has the best relationship with the environment, creating in this floor a single open space, where there is the triple use of kitchen-dining-living room and a toilet.
On the second floor is a terrace, divided in two by a small space that serves as a laundry room and receives the stairs from the kitchen. The two terraces have different characters, so that one has a more private sense, covered by a pergola and the other terrace is more open, where a small barbecue is located.
One of the key points of the home is the location of the staircase. We decided to attach it to one of the party walls, so that the floor is free. In the common use floor we opted for an open white steel staircase as the walls, so that it becomes permeable to the light and the views.
Elevations
Something important in this house is its bioclimatic character, the energy saving and the adaptation to climatological conditions, projecting cross ventilation and glass with solar treatment.
As a general project strategy, we reduce the range of colors to white and gray. This reduction applies also to the furniture, both the kitchen and the rest of the house. In this way the whole house is understood in an integral and continuous way.
Kazanskaya is a project designed by Geometrium. It is located in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kazanskaya by Geometrium: “The project is made for a young family, for Alexander, Olga and their little daughter Nastya. They like bright light sea apartment in a classic style. The current layout was rather complicated and customers do not want to change it, not to suffer with the agreement. Since small windows in the apartment, and..
From the architect. This Exhibition is located at Tehranpars neighborhood, adjacent to RESALAT highway. It faces issues like urban chaos, variety of scales, and crowdedness like most of neighborhoods in Tehran.
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It is a 20×25 m2 area, built by steal structure concrete ceiling and a 20 m wide opening. The building consists of a ground floor and a half first floors, beside two underground floors allocated for parking and infrastructural amenities.
The idea is defining a new urban representation redefining the relativity of seeing and being seen. The showcase located in the two-dimensional faced into a bilateral interaction between the three-dimensional inner and outer volumes, therefore the new showcase emerged through caving and casting a void from the site spatial-mass brings about the needed space while redefines the relation between in and out.
K House is a private home located in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Completed in 2016, it was designed by G+architects. K House by G+architects: “Before having the new look as you’re seeing, K. House is a 50sqm (538sqft) 4th-grade house with a wooden mezzanine. The house is located in an existing residential area of Thu Duc District, a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Homeowner – a friend of..
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the title means . : silent night : .
theres a dark, silent site of christmas and other human celebrations… but we are just humans… unable to control ourself…
Oh, sorry! Merry christmas or what ever you celebrate!
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