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• Architects: Charles-Henri Tachon
• Location: 21210 Saulieu, France
• Area: 1775.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Nicolas Waltefaugle

• Sculptor : Olivier Cyr Noël
• Management And Organization Of The Construction Site : ABC Lieutet
• Environmental Consultant : Chaleas
• Structure : Betecar
• Kitchen Construction Company : Clic
• Surveyor : SEEM
• Contractors : Pennequin / Bachy Pieux / Ponzo / Les Charpentiers de l’ouche / Pedron / Labeaune / Rabuteau / Serrurerie Bernard / AMG / Bonglet / EURL Pascual / Schindler / Potier / Clemessy Centre Est / Retif / Rieufort / Delagrave / Illico / Yves Cougnaud

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From the architect. On the Morvan’s foothills and three steps away from the restaurant of Bernard Loiseau, the high school Francois Pompon named after the famous sculptor and town’s native, occupies a strategic position at the entrance of Saulieu (in Burgundy).

Alongside the road N7, it marks the way in to the town’s historic heart.

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The recently built extension allows the grouping of all the high school’s classrooms, which were previously divided in two separate sites.

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This new wing in the form of a prow opens up to the outdoors and adds to a previously L-shaped building, which is now U-shaped. This way it creates a closed courtyard, reproducing the style of Jules Ferry’s Republican schools.

Ground Floor

This unexpected shape represents partly the wish to follow the limitation of the curved piece of land and partly follows the rules defined by the Department of Architecture and Heritage, which is a building with two roof sections.

The combination of these two conditions led to define the very special and remarkable geometry.

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The rooms occupying this part of the building are used for art and music classes. Their less conventional teaching benefits from this astonishing situation.

The new building’s ground floor is made of a raw concrete base and both floors have a wooden frame. The wooden structure of the KERTO type (post & beam structures and flooring) makes it possible to cross the 12-meter thick building with a single span and therefore completely releases the plates of bearing points.

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The high school provides a place for learning and knowledge sharing in which students evolve; they will develop their culture and connection with the space. 

Our recurrent approach as an agency is to express the structure as the fundamental basis of architecture. In Saulieu, the wooden structure defines the whole space; it is visible and its regular composition gives sequencing to the front of the construction which shows the institutional nature of the building. It isn’t a domestic building. It is a public and republican institution that not only conveys the universality of knowledge but also the regional culture through local architecture and construction processes.

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Our motto for this project was “sound mind in a sound body”. For children to learn in a peaceful environment, they must be in a “healthy” building, in a sound mind and healthy body. Opening this building only a few days ago, it seems that students and teachers appreciate the peacefulness, the brightness and light that prevails.

We hope that everyone finds learning to be a cheerful experience and that students keep happy memories of their time in high school. 

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Product Description.This project has a double-structure : the basement of the ground floor is realized in poured-in-place concrete while the two upper floors are made of lamibois structure (pole and floor) and a lamibois frame. This choice of structure correspond with a construction strategy. The wooden structure allows a much faster realization than the masonry.

On the facade, the wood is left untreated in order to hold a silver patina for the Douglas wood poles, the Douglas wood claddings, the Larch wood exterior joineries (Larch) and the Oregon pine rolling shutters. The construction work have been carried out by local companies (10 to 20 workers).

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• Architects: Arquitecturia
• Location: Carrer de Girona, 25600 Balaguer, Lleida, España
• Architects In Charge: Josep Camps, Olga Felip
• Area: 3874.23 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Pedro Pegenaute

• Structure: GMKgrup
• Consultant: JG&Asociados SA
• Quantity Surveyor (Project Phase): Planas Casadevall
• Quantity Surveyor (Construction): Alfons Pastor
• Constructor: Acciona SA
• Client: Departament de Justicia de la Generalitat de Catalunya
• Design Year: 2006

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Balaguer Courthouse is located at the old Quarter of the city. Balaguer is characterised by the brown-red chromatic of the geology –stone and earth- and a structure of extremely narrow and steep streets. The irregular morphology of the old quarter is well adapted to the rugged topography.

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There is a balance between the strict and thigh requirements of the brief and the irregular and complex reality of the site. Inside, a regular structure organises the internal spaces and program. Outside, the alignments, porches and urban traces shape the volume. In-between inside and outside, in-between program/type and site, there is a thick space of transition that deals with privacy, intimacy and modulates natural light.

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Materiality is explored to achieve a permeable architecture. From basic units, an assembly system is established that configures a new element. Industrialized elements are applied hand- craftily. The facade may seem very opaque from the distance outside, but when one gets closer inside, it becomes permeable. On the daylight, the facade is heavy and mute and at night comes it becomes lighter and permeable. Materiality is live and variable as it changes and responds to its context conditions.

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El vestíbulo y el espacio aporchado de acceso configuran la fachada de la plaza y enlazan el nuevo equipamiento público con la estructura urbana del casco antiguo de Balaguer.

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© Shen Qiang

• Architects: Wanjing studio
• Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
• Design Team: Hu Zhile, Zheng Jie
• Client: MISA
• Construct Team: Huang Yaoqing
• Area: 600.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Shen Qiang

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From the architect. The project is a high-level personal studio of an artificial intelligence company, located in a hollow old factory building. Its design is to be in the moment work and living in a single unified environment will be the city’s abandoned space into a multi-dimensional interesting living space.

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Owners demand is very easy. The design of a wood workshop with a temporary residence. It can support a large dog, and you can park Ural (a motorcycle)

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The original space between the two plants and the space is a shipping channel, the top left the original lightweight steel roof. The original structure of the house, space, use, does not fit existing design requirements. How to reshape the form of space in a new living experience is critical to the overall design.

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Designers insert a box-shaped space divided into three functional space in the original application for the second floor of the fixed-level high school , and in the space into the two courtyards.

Designers want to create such a rich experience of residential space. There is no good environment around this building from the outside. But into the interior will find it , because there are very bright atrium and another internal courtyard occupied the entire one-third area. It provides a contact with nature, and reveals all aspects of nature, is the center of work and life, but also a device replaces the disappearing light, wind, rain and other natural objects in the modern city . Sky light infiltrates into yard, casting a deep shadow on the wall and yard.

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Indoor space outdoor, natural through the  Light Court was introduced into the interior, the new form of life has also assumed a serious side. “In this case, the design that contact with the natural life is more important than convenience.”

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The first floor

The main function of the first floor for the wood workshop, the entire space without any partition space, the structure of the column and the concrete directly constitute the main visual elements of space. Through a huge automatic sliding door, Ural can be directly into the internal space, and for the wooden work area provides a flexible workspace. 

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The second floor

The second floor is the reception room and open kitchen and living room.Living room, reception room and open kitchen different functional areas here are organic combination .The first floor staircase and the second floor opening walkway will be connected to the two functional space. The external area of the reception area can be moved open, connecting the indoor atrium and outdoor view of the landscape.

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Bedroom door opened, through an inner courtyard, into the most intimate living space, in a small space with more rich empty experience.

The third floor

Leave extra space on the third floor to provide more possibilities for use of the light, from the redesigned planking into the interior space, showing a rich light and shadow.

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• Architects: WOHA
• Location: 85 Dawson Rd, Singapore 141085
• Team: Richard Hassell, Wong Mun Summ, Chan Ee Mun, Pearl Chee Siew Choo, Dharmaraj Subramaniam, Ho Soo Ying, Lim Yin Chao, Ranjit Wagh, Sabrina Foong, Daniel Fung Khai Meng, Tan Yi Qing, Nixon Sicat, Kwong Lay Lay, Sivakumar Balaiyan, Dennis P. Formalejo, Lau Wan Nie, Wan Pow Chween
• Area: 29392.0 m2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Courtesy of WOHA

• Civil & Structural Engr: BECA Carter Hollings & Ferner (S. E. Asia) Pte Ltd
• Mechanical & Electrical Engr: Davis Langdon KPK (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
• Quantity Surveyors: ICN Design International
• Landscape Consultant: BECA Carter Hollings & Ferner (S. E. Asia) Pte Ltd
• Greenmark Consultant: LBW Consultants LLP
• Main Contractor: Hor Kew Private Limited
• Brickwork & Finishes: LBD Engineering Pte Ltd
• Ceilings: Kok Onn Construction Pte Ltd
• Clothes Racks: Prefab Technology 3 Pte Ltd
• Electrical & Fire: United Engineering P/L
• Household Shelter: Prefab Technology 3 P/L
• Ironmongery: Tiki International Enterprises
• Landscape: Prince’s Landscape & Construction P/L
• Metalworks: Prefab Technology 3 P/L
• Plumbing: Ideal Plumbling P/L
• Refuse Handling Equipment: STSE Engineering Services P/L
• Client: Housing & Development Board

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From the architect. The project, located in a high-rise area of mixed private and public housing, demonstrates that high density can be high amenity. Community living, variety and sustainability are central themes. The project is ungated; all common areas are fully open to the public.

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The central innovation is the public, external, shared spaces interwoven through the cluster of towers from the ground to the roof. Each home is part of a Sky Village comprising 80 homes sharing a sheltered community garden terrace. They are designed to foster interaction and be part of daily life. Every resident passes through, or looks over, this space on the way from the lift to apartment and can greet their fellow villagers, see children playing, and residents chatting.

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Other community areas include a plaza located along a public linear park flanked by supermarket, coffee shop and retail spaces, and a childcare facility. Community living rooms – large double-volume verandah spaces – at ground level provided with seating areas overlooking a park. Pavilions for weddings and funerals, play and fitness areas, courts and lawns are bordered by a 150m long bioswale. The rooftop public skypark, open 24 hours, incorporates a 400m jogging track under pavilions capped by a photovoltaic array.

Site Plan

The design offers residents 3 plan variations for each size of unit. Flexible Layouts are based on column-free, beam-free apartment spaces, thereby eliminating waste and making allowance for diverse family sizes, various lifestyles (e.g. home office/loft-living) and future flexibility.

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 The history of the site is celebrated in the artwork project. A local artist has documented the changing character of the neighbourhood, and the art has been cast into the precast walls. The building design also includes blue glass elements that recall the old Hokkien dialect “Lam Po Lay”, which means blue glass district – the older generation public housing in the area had blue windows. Magnificent old rain trees were retained and incorporated into the landscaping.

Awarded a Platinum Greenmark rating – Singapore’s highest and the first for public housing –  the project adopts robust passive design strategies including naturally lit and ventilated lobbies, staircases, access corridors. All apartments are naturally ventilated and due to the open, airy design, a substantial proportion of units have not installed air-conditioning. Photovoltaics on the roof power the common facilities. The design is fully precast and prefabricated, reducing waste and errors on site. The design creates variety through the re-arrangement of the modules, through colour, light and shade.

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