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• Architects: Gould Evans
• Location: 1647 Naismith Dr, Lawrence, KS 66044, United States
• Project Designers: Tony Rohr, Design Principal; Sean Zaudke, Architect; Jonathan Holley, Architect
• Area: 48000.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Steve Hall

• Mechanical Engineer: Henderson Engineering, Lenexa, KS
• Structural Engineer: Bob D. Campbell + Company, Inc., Structural Engineers, Kansas City, MO
• Civil Engineer: Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A., Lawrence, KS
• Geotechnical Engineer: GeoSource, LLC, Topeka, KS
• Exhibit Consultant: Ralph Applebaum Associates, New York, NY
• Food Service: Robert Rippe + Associates, Inc, Minneapolis, MN
• Building Science Consultant: Building Science Corporation, Westford, MA
• Structural Glazing Consultant: Novum Structures, LLC
• Acoustic Consultant: Acoustical Design Kubicki, Shawnee, KS
• Code Consultant: FP+C Consultants, Inc., Kansas City, MO
• Construction Mangaer: Marlan Construction, Lawrence, KS

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From the architect. A unique hybrid of museum and student commons, the new DeBruce Center at the University of Kansas creates a permanent home for the historic two-page document on which, in 1891, James Naismith outlined The Original 13 “Rules of Basket Ball.”

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Gifted to the University, The Rules document became a catalyst for a new $12 million, 32,000 sf facility. The DeBruce Center needed to be more than just a game day attraction, however, as the University desired a building that would provide more student commons space to serve its campus throughout the academic year. Gould Evans responded with a design that weaves together the two distinct programs – an interpretive center built around the concept of The Rules, and a student commons – allowing the story of basketball to unfold at multiple scales and to multiple audiences.

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Using The Rules document as a point of departure, the architecture focuses on the creation of an immersive experience to tell the story of the University’s role in the development of the game. Program is arranged along a linear pathway that winds through the open interior, connecting the story of The Rules and all building program – including a 200-seat dining commons for students and visitors, nutrition center for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, coffee shop, museum store and exhibits.

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The building consists of two main volumes: a three-story transparent prism within which exhibit and path are delicately suspended, and a single-story bridge connecting the building to the historic Allen Fieldhouse arena where James Naismith perfected the game. Within this bridge, the original 451-word document is enshrined by a perforated scrim containing the more than 45,000 words that make up the contemporary rules of the game, offering visitors a way to physically experience basketball’s evolution over 125 years.

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A refined material palette of structural glass and honed black concrete highlights pedestrian movement within a transparent and overlapping building program. This spectacle of social activity breathes life into what might otherwise be a very traditional museum experience. Aluminum provides a substrate for marrying architecture and museum content – a continuous aluminum ramp weaves together exhibit content while perforated aluminum scrim walls wrapping the space where The Rules document is housed pay homage to its author and other significant figures in the history of the sport.

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Open since May 2016, the building is making a significant impact on the University by bringing student traffic to a growing quadrant of campus, acting as a primary attraction for prospective students and athletic recruits, drawing visitors from across the country, and strengthening its pride and sense of identity as “the cradle of basketball.”

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Product Description. An aluminum-clad bridge enshrines the original Rules of Basketball document and connects to Allen Fieldhouse. Excerpts from the contemporary rules of basketball are engraved in the aluminum plate, wrapping the 451-word historical document in the more than 45,000 words that define the game today. This juxtaposition gives visitors a unique way to experience how the game has evolved over the past 125 years.

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Likewise, the area between the exterior scrim and the building is a new “pocket park” where students and basketball fans can gather. The wheat pattern on the scrim references the KU Basketball fan tradition of “the waving of the wheat” during games.

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Digitally modeling objects from real life has just become easier.

Tech innovation company InstruMMents has unveiled a new functionality to their 01 portable dimension scanner that allows you to capture the 3D curves of any surface. Logging in to the Pro App, users can then track, share and export the curves into key 3D formats, allowing you to quickly recreate any desired object in 3D.

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“Capturing not just dimensions, but character lines and sections of objects in 3D is essential to anyone working in 3D,” said founder and CEO Mladen Barbaric. “Yet today, it’s a really painful experience. We are going to change that.”

The 01 scanner launched in November with the Lite app, which allows you to capture the dimensions of any object. Now with the Pro app, users can create 3D curve files directly on their Android or iPhone.

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The architectural applications of this new product are obvious – need to document an unusual wall contour or produce a 3D model of a unique furniture piece for a perspective drawing? The InstuMMents 01 with Pro App makes that possible.

The 01 is available now for $149 at Indiegogo, and can be integrated into a pen, pencil or stylus for increased practicality. The Lite app is available for free download on Google Play and Apple App Store starting on December 10th, while the Pro app is expected to become available in Spring of 2017 at a cost of $10/year.

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Learn more about this product, here.

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• Architects: Ambrosi I Etchegaray
• Location: La Condesa, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
• Architect In Charge: Jorge Ambrosi, Gabriela Etchegaray
• Area: 810.0 m2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Rafael Gamo , Rory Gardiner

• Collaborators: Gerardo Reyes
• Main Contractor: Grupo Desarrollador FG2

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The buildings in Condesa, Mexico City, have special regulations surrounding the preservation of architectural heritage because of the history of the neighborhood.

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The commision ask to design  four living units  on a site where a registred house with a historic facade was to be preserved. This condition inspired us to rethink  life inside the old house and translate the schema into the new building.

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The project’s intention was to create interior spaces mimicking the original patios while mantaining privacy of these spaces from the other apartments. These patios allowed each apartment to be naturally lit and ventilated. Garden beds where also incorporated at the limits between the interior and the patios in order to incorporate the landscape within the architecture.

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This process helped us  understand how to treat a valued heritage with awarness and care and the result is an juxtaposition of memory and urban development. 

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Studio Gang has been announced as the design architect for the $55-65 million expansion of the Arkansas Arts Center (AAC), located in Little Rock, Arkansas, beating out finalists Allied Works, Shigeru Ban Architects, Thomas Phifer and Partners and Snøhetta. Consisting of a renovation to existing theater and studio spaces, new education facilities for families and gallery space to house the museum’s expanding art collection, the project will be Studio Gang’s first art museum commission.

“Designing a re-envisioned Arkansas Arts Center is a truly exciting commission,” said Studio Gang founder Jeanne Gang. “Its extraordinary collection, historic MacArthur Park setting, and rich mix of programs present a unique opportunity to redefine how the arts can strengthen local communities and surrounding regions. We look forward to working closely with the AAC to discover how architecture can enhance the Center’s important civic and cultural mission by creating new connections between people and the arts in Little Rock and beyond.”

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In naming the winner, the selection committee cited the firm’s “elegant and smart approach to architecture, their understanding of the issues posed by the AAC’s current facility, their vision for the center as a cultural beacon for Central Arkansas and their commitment to sustainability and strength as urban planners.”

“This project is about more than just addressing the physical issues of the current building. It requires rethinking how the AAC fits into the downtown fabric,” said Todd Herman, executive director for the Arkansas Arts Center. “How can we best serve the community, and how do the AAC and MacArthur Park connect to other social and cultural nodes in downtown Little Rock? We want to do more than build; we want to transform the cultural experience.”

A capital campaign to maximize the impact of the public investment is currently underway. An RFQ to find a local architect to collaborate on the project will be issued later this month.

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• Architects: Vector Architects
• Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
• Architect In Charge: Vector Architects
• Design Team: Yi-Chi Wang, Dongping Sun, Dan Zhao, Bai Li, Rae-Hsuan Hou, Pin-Chen Yeh, Yilun Wang, Kai Zhang
• Area: 14000.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Chen Hao, Eiichi Kano

• Principal Architect: Gong Dong
• Project Architect: Chen Liu
• Site Architect: Yang Zhou
• Ldi: Suzhou Institute of Architectural Design Co.,Ltd.
• Ldi Project Architects: Cai Shuang
• Ldi Architects: Wang Yin, Zhang Xiaofeng, Wang Wei
• Structural Engineering: Ye Yongyi, Bian Kejian, Tan Qian
• Mep Engineering: Zhang Guangren, Chen Kaixuan, Wang Haigang, Ji Jian, Zhu Hehu, Li Yang
• Client: Suzhou Taihu Horticultural Expo Industrial Development Co., Ltd.

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Suzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum is located at east part of the Suzhou Horticultural Exposition Park, in a reserved village near Taihu Lake of Wuzhong District, Suzhou. The site is surrounded by river on its three sides, and the design is inspired by its natural environment and the traditional culture of the city- Suzhou.

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Our strategy is connecting different scattered functions by courtyards and outdoor corridors in order to generate the spatial experience of traditional building types. In consideration of local climates, it allows visitors to walk through those outdoor corridors between different courtyards when raining. The main spaces located in the courtyards are designed with identities, such as the dome theater covered by laminated bamboo louvers with green vegetation, the iconic cloud installation on the roof-top platform of the museum lobby, the observation tower that overlooks the surrounding view in distance and the restaurant at the water-front.

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To meet the program requirements and reduce the negative impact on natural environment, the majority of the volume is covered by green roof. It amplifies the theme of blending the boundary between architecture and nature. The Suzhou Intangible cultural heritage museum offers people large amount of information and interactive experiences during their visit. Three atriums create natural ventilation and lighting, and direct visitors to the roof exhibition platform. It forms a public park with various types of vegetation where outdoor performances, dining events as well as educational and interactive experience can take place.

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• Architects: Joris Verhoeven Architectuur
• Location: Tilburg, Netherlands
• Area: 340.0 m2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: John van Groenedaal

• Designer: Studio Teun Fleskens
• Contractor: Bouwbedrijf J. Coolen

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The new headquarters of Shoesme, a childrens shoe’s manufacturer in Tilburg, has been given two different faces. This conscious duality originated from its location in the city.

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On one side, the building has a classical facade that radiates allure and status and blends seamlessly into the historic ribbon structure of the city. The gap in this typical street structure is filled with a building that always seems to have stood there. As if a missing link is put in the chain. 

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The other side of the building is recessed relative to the street, a playful modern shoebox is put on a black base and slid into a glass facade. This very pronounced statement hides itself to the unwary passerby. 

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Thus, it has become a building with two very different faces.

The design is a result of the collaboration between architect Joris Verhoeven and designer Teun Fleskens. The main entrance of the office is situated under the expanded-metal box at the Trouwlaan and immediately reveals what the company is about; design and manufacture contemporary childrens shoe’s. It tells the story of materiality, layering and plasticity. The building changes from closed to open depending on the facade and the time of day. When it gets dark for instance the shoebox changes in a diorama.

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This week London’s Science Museum will open The Winton Gallery, a new space dedicated to the study and exploration of mathematics, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. While this is the practice’s first permanent public museum exhibition, it also represents the first UK project to open since the death of its eponymous founder and director.

Inspired by the Handley Page aircraft, the design of the space was conceived through observing equations of airflow used in the aviation industry. The layout and lines of the gallery therefore represents the movement of air that would have flowed around this historic aircraft in flight – a metaphor which extends from the positioning of the showcases and benches to the three-dimensional curved surfaces of the central pod structure.

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Positioned at the center of the gallery is the Handley Page ‘Gugnunc’ aeroplane, built in 1929 for a competition to construct an aircraft which could operate safely. According to the Science Museum, “ground-breaking aerodynamic research influenced the wing design of this experimental aeroplane, helping to shift public opinion about the safety of flying and to secure the future of the aviation industry.” It therefore encapsulates the gallery’s overarching theme, illustrating how mathematical practice has helped solve real-world problems and in this instance paved the way for the safe passenger flights that we rely on today.

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When I was growing up in Iraq, math was an everyday part of life. We would play with math problems just as we would play with pens and paper to draw – math was like sketching.

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According to the architects, “our design for the Gallery responds to the ambition of David Rooney and his team to present mathematics not as an academic concept, but as a practice that influences technology and enables the environment around us to be transformed. Mathematics and its tools have always played a central role in the evolution of the human understanding of nature and the constructed world: for example, Sir Isaac Newton’s methods to derive the laws of gravitation, Henri Poincaré’s extension of the Cartesian geometries to the planetary system and Lord Kelvin’s use of the mathematical technique of curve-fitting to predict the tides.”

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The latest publication of the National Association of City Transportation Officials, NACTO, is the “Transit Street Design Guide” in which tips and proposals are presented on how to improve streets through urban design.

The ideas are centered on prioritizing sustainable mobility so that both the member cities of the organization and those that have access to this document can improve their practices in relation to public spaces, mobility, and transportation. 

From these recommendations, the organization made a series of designs classified according to the style of stops that are defined as somewhere “to do more than just wait.”

We talk about three such designs for bus stops below. 

1. In-lane Sidewalk Stop

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Bus stops on sidewalks are probably the most common due to their low economic cost and how quickly they can be made. 

In addition, the design is easy to replicate on both the smaller and larger streets where traffic is mixed and bus lanes and car lanes aren’t necessarily separated by barriers.  

However, keeping cars or other private vehicles from traveling on bus routes is possible if the latter are painted with bright colors. Nevertheless, NACTO maintains that on very narrow sidewalks shelters for bus stops should be omitted. 

2. Median Stop, Side Boarding

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In many cities around the world, it has become more common to see center lanes of large streets designated as bus lanes for public transport. 

This design is classified by NACTO as something that gives identity to the service and offers some of the following functional advantages; greater safety to passengers, allows  buses to pass more frequently by reducing the presence of other types of vehicles, and gives a more orderly visual appearance. 

According to NACTO obtaining part of these advantages is possible if the size of the passenger waiting area is determined by the expected number of buses and the demand of the passengers. 

Additionally, options include using visual methods to indicate safe waiting areas for passengers, making sure the height of the platforms allows both passengers with or without reduced mobility to board the buses without inconvenience, and equipping stops with certain elements that provide comfort and protection such as seats, railings and ceilings. 

3. On-street Terminal

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Streets referred to as terminals can be those close to intermodal stations or where a bus routed begins or ends. It is common for crowds of passengers to be present on the sidewalks and for buses not to travel with a fixed frequency.

For this reason, NACTO recommends putting signage in sidewalk waiting areas so that people know where each bus stops and what their routes are. These signs should also use braille to keep passengers with reduced vision equally informed.

They also advise against other activities taking place on the sidewalk so as not to get in the way of passengers getting on and off the buses or affect foot traffic.

If you want to learn more about this guide, we recommend that you visit the NACTO website.

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