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• Architects: Dean Jay Architects
• Location: 892 Umgeni Rd, Durban, 4001, South Africa
• Architect In Charge: Dean Jay
• Area: 28000.0 m2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Andrew Griffin

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From the architect. The Lion Match Office Park is a redevelopment project, the conversion of commercial and industrial space of approximately 21000 m2 into an office park environment with the addition of approximately 4000m2 of new built space. routes and the city’s ‘Golden Mile’. Commissioned by JT Ross Property Group, the developing client, it well positioned between Durban’s Stadiums, transport included

Partial conversion of the premises occurred between 1979-1980, but for the most part the original white envelope and other site elements remained in tact; subsequently placing the original building under the protection of KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial heritage agency AMAFA, necessitating that the project have a historical and sustainable underpinning.

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Dean Jay Architects’ approach to the redevelopment was one of visual harmony; by sensitively removing certain elements of the built fabric, the commercial viability and life of the existing infrastructure could be extended through upgrades and adaptable reuse. Visually distinct and legible additions are reconciled to the existing through the use of a uniform white palette, by echoing the established roof profiles and through sensitive articulation between old and new.

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The office park is subdivided into 10 different zones, to the most part consisting of offices, with a notable intervention being the conversion of the original Incinerator room into a bistro style restaurant facility that serves both park occupants and the public.

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The primary new built intervention houses the head office of JT Ross, who had the express desire to maximize sea views to the East and establish visual ties to the rugby fields below. The notable 20m2 post-tension concrete cantilever is not purely demolish original structures.

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aesthetical, but acts to reconcile spatial requirements with the inability to The greatest challenge can be accounted to the massive parking requirements generated by the amount of office space. Through the introduction of green pockets and envelopes, a park continuity was established to soften these hard edges and delineate pedestrian and vehicular circulation from each other.

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Facebrick and concrete compliment the predominant white palette. COROBRICK Terracotta Satin facebrick is used in a ‘relief’ and ‘flush’ English bond pattern, as well as ‘edge’ bond pattern.

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• Architects: Paulo Martins
• Localization: Sever do Vouga, Portugal
• Area: 45.0 m2
• Year Project: 2016
• Photography : Ivo Tavares Studio, Cortesia de Paulo Martins

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Established in only 35m2, this house with an useful floor area of 45 m2 is the perfect place for a weekend break.

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With the original outline, the only change was in the existing stairwells, through the usage of weathering steel e dimensioning its usage according to the visual weight in order to hierarchize the absence of mass. This way, it was possible to balance the whole building. 

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Floor Plan

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Floor Plan 01

The house is divided in two floors, where the social room, placed in the ground floor, enjoys the direct relation with the outdoor areas, while the suite, located in the first floor, can be reached by indoor stairs used for storage and but also to separate the rooms.

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The original outline was as important as the contemporary style added to the building. Clear colours and a minimalist language were used in order to maximize the bounds and give an idea of wider and open area.

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• Architects: Kwas
• Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Area: 144.52 m2
• Project Year: 2014
• Photographs: Koichi Torimura

• Structural Engineer: Ladderup Architects. Takashi Takamizawa
• Mep Engineer: a’gua e c’eu. Akihiro Nanjo
• Contractor: Sekiwa. Katsunori Ishii

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The site is located in Kamakura, one of the ancient city of Japan. Y house is a house for a couple and their three children.

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The surrounding can be characterized by gabled roof low rise houses built in high density with lush greenery, narrow street with hedge and clayey wall. Y house is considered as a continuous space to this ambient context supported by treelike structure.

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House Concept

The diagonal columns are tied together at the bottom and reaching the roof grid frame at their top. On the ground floor, these columns appear as trunks of trees making the space open and one continuum with the garden. In contrast, on the first floor, they become dispersed and one may feel like surrounded by branches of trees. Daily goods inserted and stored in-between these columns, act as leaves of tree, will gradually define personal space for each family member.

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We consider Y house as a case study, an application of more general system that spread columns and their density defining the space. However, in contrast to modern architecture models that is more universal in all direction, this system is pursuing an architecture that blend and respond to ambient context, or gravity.  

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Floor Plans

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• Architects: HG-Architecture
• Location: Posco Energy Green Park, Chungra, Incheon, South Korea
• Design Team: POSCO + POSCO A&C
• Area: 78.5 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Kyungsub Shin

• Structural Engineer: Thekujo
• Construction: HG-Architecture, POSCO, POSCO A&C, Joyoung Industry
• Client: POSCO Energy

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From the architect. Nature is created by the providence of nature itself. The innate ability to expand in size to take in as much sunlight as possible, the nature of splitting up and penetrating into the earth to absorb even a tiny drop of water, and the vertical impetus to go against gravity and soar perpendicularly; as such, nature endeavors to create the optimal forms and arrangements based on the instinctive energy for survival. To this end, nature finds its own beautiful order, and grows according to the optimal proportion, size, and geometric principles between symmetry and asymmetry, between balance and imbalance.

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This structure is a sunlight generation sculpture that derives from the geometric pattern and form of a pine cone, which are optimized towards natural order and principles, thereby forming a place of rest as a natural creature through cutting-edge digital fabrication. The overall structure largely consists of the roof adorned with geometric patterns, pipes propping up the roof, and materials connecting between them. The roof is built in a shell structure consisting of prefabricated modules designed for the installation of solar panels and electrical wiring. The pipe structure to support the roof forms a three-dimensional structure with two-dimensional arcs that intertwine and support each other without vertical members, resembling vines. Both the installation and assemblage are done through prefabrication, while every component was manufactured in a factory by module and bolt-assembled on the ground, thereby minimizing field work for the optimal use of time and space, as well as maximizing the structural aesthetics of the structure’s geometric shapes. 

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Installed with solar panels, the roof inclines at an angle optimized to receive as much sunlight as possible, in order to create a resting area within nature decorated by beautiful patterns of shadow on the floor of the interior during daytime, while powering the lighting inside the building and the outdoor lighting in the park around the building during nighttime by generating as much as 1.2kW per hour. This project is a prototype for mass production, and also an attempt to respond to the potential demand for an environmental structure using solar panels, as well as for creating a new market by commercializing this type of eco-friendly structure through the incorporation of design elements.

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© Patrick Bingham-Hall

• Architects: WOHA
• Location: 20 Lengkok Bahru, Singapore
• Project Team: Wong Mun Summ, Richard Hassell, Phua Hong Wei, Evelyn Ng, Joshua Seow, Chung Gyeong Oh, Daryl Venpin, Ecknaathh Bala
• Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: AE&T Consultants Pte Ltd
• Civil & Structural Engineer: Ronnie & Koh Consultants Pte Ltd
• Quantity Surveyor: Davis Langdon KPK (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Landscape Consultant: Salad Dressing
• Main Contractor: Sunray Woodcraft Construction Pte Ltd
• Area: 0.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall, Edward Hendricks

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From the architect. Located in Redhill, the project is a demonstration of heartland rejuvenation and community building, through Masterplanning and the adaptive reuse of Bukit Merah Vocational Institute built in the 1970s. The property was re-purposed as the Enabling Village – an inclusive space that integrates education, work, training, retail and lifestyle, connecting people with disabilities and the society.

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Before re-development, the property did not contribute to the neighbourhood. The Masterplan re-imagines the Enabling Village as a park/garden destination, and is designed as an integral part of the neighbourhood’s pedestrian network.

Master Plan

The design scope includes architecture, interior design, signage, lighting, art and landscaping to deliver a holistically integrated environment. The buildings are re-named as “Nest”, “Playground”, “Village Green”, “Hive”, “Hub” and “Academy” – based on their characters and programmes. These are seamlessly connected by ramps, landings and lifts.

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The new Nest building is anchored at the main pond and serves as a beacon, drawing pedestrian flow through the new linkways. The architectural expression and finishes are continued at the existing buildings as facade, canopies and surfaces. A timber terrace is laid over the courtyard at the Playground, stepping down as an amphitheatre with integrated ramps. The terrace continues under and past the building as a balcony overlooking activity islands and as a garden trail connecting to the adjacent housing precinct. Pre-cast concrete pipes are inserted below the amphitheatre as resting nooks. The open space between the Village Green and the Hive is reactivated as a garden yard with re-purposed sea containers as bridges, follies and meeting rooms loosely scattered with recycled oil drum planters. ‘Up-cycling’ continues as interior design features in the Art Faculty and Hive.

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Wayfinding is developed as a series of touch-points at entries and strategic junctions to assist with orientation and navigation. Each building is identified by a feature wall with coloured graphics. External lighting is designed to give a serene park ambience. Building facades, drop-offs, cabanas and walkways are accentuated as beacons and connectors in the park. Art is integrated into the garden with building-scale murals, incorporating artwork by autistic artists.

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Landscaping and water gardens are designed with a variety of native species, scales and colours, complementing the conserved trees to attract biodiversity and support ecosystems. Verandahs and cabanas extend out from passages as outdoor meeting spaces, bringing nature closer to people.

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The Enabling Village champions sustainability and sociability by promoting the learning, bonding and healing of people with varying abilities within a biophilic environment. This creates an inclusive space that enables and values everyone.

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• Architects: Colorado Building Workshop
• Location: Leadville, CO 80461, United States
• Lead Architects: Rick Sommerfeld, Will Koning (Faculty), Joshua Allen, Andrew Baur, Devyn Bernal, Michael Black, Leigh Bryant, Amanda Gonzales, Anna Griffith, Jeffrey Heger, James Hillard, Kyle Hoehnen, Andrea Kelchlin, Craig Kibbe, Jesse Leddin, Amie McDermott, Tanner Morrow, Nina Najmabadi, Kyle Plantico, Christopher Powell, Genevieve Sellers, Michael Schauble, Andrew Schrag, Diana Souders, Henry Spiegel, Samantha Strang, Catrina Weissbeck, Tyler Whaley, Brittany Wheeler, Ryan Wresch (Students)
• Area: 200.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Jesse Kuroiwa

• Colorado Building Workshop Staff: Katherine Hartung
• Structural Engineer: Andy Paddock
• Lighting Consultant: Blythe von Reckers

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In 2016 the Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS), a not-for-profit organization focusing on outdoor education, continued their partnership with (name withheld). This second group of 28 students designed and built seven insulated cabins for year-round use. The cabins were intertwined within the same village housing boundaries as the 14 seasonal cabins constructed in 2015; deep within a lodgepole pine forest, 10,000 feet above sea level, and accessible only by a narrow dirt road.

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In the spring students were required to conduct a critical architectural inquiry into materiality, structure, light, context, environment, and program to create innovative solutions to prefabricated, accelerated-build, micro housing. Each 200 square foot cabin was required to house one or two residences and be powered by a single electrical circuit. The circuit provides lighting, heating and a series of receptacles with the capacity to charge technology and small appliances (mini refrigerators, tea kettles, coffee pots, etc). A central staff lodge is accessible to the residences for bathing, cooking, and laundry. With an average annual temperature of 35o Fahrenheit, the seven all-season structures were required to meet the standards of the International Energy Conservation Code climate zone 7&8 (the coldest zone in the United States). Inspired by quinzees, a snow shelter made from a hollowed out pile of snow, the students adapted the logic of “snow insulation” for their structures. 

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Morphology

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The cabins employ structurally insulated panels (SIPs) for the walls and flat roofs. The roofs are designed to hold the snow in the winter, providing an additional R-20 to R-30 of insulation depending on the depth of the snow. A single electrical circuit powers each structure. This is accomplished by the small cabin footprints, LED lighting, and the super insulation of the SIPs combined with the snow’s natural insulation. This efficiency reflects the school’s commitment to the environment. The orientation and articulation of each of the seven cabins react individually to the immediate site conditions present in the landscape. No two cabins are alike. Hot rolled steel cladding provides a low maintenance rain screen for the structure. The cladding and the vertical columns of the moment frame below blend with the pine forest, minimizing the visual impact. Cedar clad front and back porches are carved from the main mass to create entry and private outdoor spaces for the more introverted, permanent COBS staff. The cabin interiors are skinned in birch plywood bringing warmth to the structure and evoking a connection with the trees surrounding the site.

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Product Description. Prefabricated structurally insulated panels, manufactured by Big Sky R-Control, served as the primary building enclosure for the cabins. The single panel wall assembly reduced construction time and minimized thermal bridging. This product was combined with 3MVHB glazing tape and Oldcastle Low-E glass to create frameless windows. 

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In New York City, as in many cities worldwide, residents rely on the subway system to get around. But despite its importance, there are still plenty of locations throughout the city so difficult to get to, it’ll leave you cursing, “Who designed this thing anyway!?”

Now thanks to a new game from engineer Jason Wright, you have a chance to correct the design flaws of the current system – virtually, anyway.

The game, titled “Brand New Subway,” starts with either a blank slate, or with preloaded versions of the present map, the planned 2025 system, or the system depicted in the famous 1972 Massimo Vignelli-designed map. You’re then able to add new stations off of existing MTA lines, or to create a completely new line of your own.

The game will grade you based on your system as you go (the present-day map receives a “B”), based on overall accessibility.

You can also input any other city and create your own system from scratch there, using the traditional New York City designations.

Check out the game for yourself, here.

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• Architects: Fernanda Canales
• Location: Mexico
• Design Team: Alejandra Téllez, Aarón Jassiel
• Area: 50.0 m2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Jaime Navarro

• Structural Engineering: Grupo SAI – Gersón Huerta
• Modules: Campeche (Campeche), Tepic (Nayarit), Oaxaca (Oaxaca), Cuautlancingo (Puebla), Cancún (Quintana Roo), Culiacán (Sinaloa), Mérida (Yucatán), Zacatecas (Zacatecas)

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From the architect. The proposal consists of a minimal prototype that occupies the same amount of space than a parking spot for a car: 2.5 x 5.0 meters. It is designed to be built by community members in almost any residual space of a low cost housing project that in Mexico always lack collective services and cultural facilities. 

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Isometric

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This basic independent module is a cube made of concrete, and can house a reading area and a place of gathering. This prototype can grow combining it with other modules, thereby fostering the appropriation of the exterior space. 

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The design originated out of the concept of transparency, allowing two main contributions: safe public space, with views onto the surroundings, but also a space sheltered from the weather and always visible from the exterior. Even at night, when it is closed, the module serves as a lamp, exhibiting what is happening on the inside.  

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The project was undertaken in collaboration with the Infonavit, Mexico’s workers’ housing fund, and the Ministry of Culture (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Conaculta), which donated one thousand books for each unit. The modules function as meeting and recreational spaces for the community. Some are equipped with bathrooms, computer facilities, and exterior furnishings, depending on the needs of each community.  

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They can withstand flooding of one meter without suffering any damage and have been built in different climates. Chosen for their durability and availability, all of the materials are chosen for their economy and can be obtained in any common hardware store. 15 prototypes have been built during the last year in 15 states in Mexico and they have really changed the life of the communities. 

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Plaza in Tepic, Plan

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Cox Architecture has been selected as the winners of an invited competition for the new North Queensland Stadium in Townsville, Australia, beating out finalist proposals from BVN Architecture, Hassell and Populous. With a roof design inspired by the native Pandanus tree, the new stadium will provide seating for 25,000 spectators as the new home to the National Rugby League’s North Queensland Cowboys. 

“Our team is excited to have been selected to deliver this transformative project for the North Queensland region,” commented Project Director Richard Coulson. “The stadium design is an expression of tropical Queensland and North Queensland in particular. It combines structural, functional and operational aspects of international modern stadiums with engagement of the environment that is quintessentially Queensland.”

“The stadium provides an identity for the region and an important contribution to the city. Through the development of a ‘fan first’ approach to the design of the stadium and its use to create a sense of place and belonging, we have forged a unique architectural and engineering response that can only be ‘of this place’.”

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The evaluation panel for the competition were impressed by Cox’s “elegant design, innovative facility planning and strong local collaboration, including their genuine local input and partnership.”

The $250 million dollar stadium will be integrated into the urban fabric with generous arrival plazas and landscaped greens, as well as an open grassed terrace on the northern edge that will provide views to the downtown and Magnetic Island.

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Inside the complex, corporate facilities, amenities, permanent concessions and state-of-the-art IT will create a fan-centric atmosphere. The stadium’s Pandanus-inspired roof will cover 80 percent of the seating, and has been designed to resist cyclonic wind conditions. The stadium has also been designed to accommodate a future expansion to 30,000 seats. 

A contractor for the project is expected to be selected in mid 2017, with site work starting later that year. The stadium is hoped to be completed in time for the start of the NRL season in early 2020.

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Credits

Local Architect: 9point9 Architects
Mechanical and Electrical: Ashburner Francis
Structural, Civil, Traffic and Transport, Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) specialists, Acoustics: Arup
Hydraulics: Parker Hydraulics
Landscaping and Surveying: RPS
Geotechnical: Douglas Partners
Specialist Wind Engineering: Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University

Learn more about the project, here.

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