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A Seafront Villa / Nava Yavetz Architects
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- Architects: Nava Yavetz Architects
- Location: Ashdod, Israel
- Area: 600.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2014
- Photographs: Shai Epstein
- Construction: Benoo Berkovich
- Hvac Consultant : Meir Lusky
- Contractor : Yosi Briga
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From the architect. Situated in southern Israel, in the city of Ashdod, steps away from the beach. The house overlooks the Mediterranean waves, sand and wind. The design aims to accentuate this connection with the sights and sounds of the sea.
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The structure expresses function, maximizing viewpoints and airflow.
A wide entrance door leads to the house composed of two wings, one public and one private. The public area includes a living room that soars to a height of two stories. The blue waters of the sea and pool are viewed from multiple angles and in different ways throughout the house. The house ‘greets’ the sea.
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Floor Plan
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A floating roof connects the two wings of the house. The spaces within the house are arranged around a large courtyard that separates the public wing from the private one while enhancing the connection between the interior and exterior, enabling the breeze and view to flow through the house.
The master suite is located along one side, the children’s rooms along another, and between them is the public area including a large living room, a spacious dining room and a well equipped kitchen. The layout allows interaction between the public and private while also guaranteeing an appropriate amount of separation.
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2nd Floor Plan
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The house is well ventilated. The plan enables air to flow from east to west and from north to south, admitting the feeling of the whirling wind into the courtyard.
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Clean, raw materials such as concrete, steel, wood, aluminum and glass are used throughout the house. This choice of materials facilitates the plasticity and dynamism of the structure and creates a web of connections between both the massive and the light. The roof constructed of steel covered with aluminum, seems to float above the massive concrete walls, as if disconnected from the main structure and part of the wind.
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Smart glass fenestration filters out excess heat and radiation from the sun while allowing the light and view in throughout the day. The house lives and breathes with the daily movement of the sun, its changing shades of gold.
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Leaning
Wood walls connect the cement and glass adding depth, wrapping the interior walls in a continued expression of the design of the structure.
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Richard Yasmine’s Ashkal mirrors slice into geometric bases
Vinero Winery and Hotel / CM Mimarlik
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- Architects: CM Mimarlik
- Location: Çanakkale, Çanakkale Merkez/Çanakkale, Turkey
- Area: 16000.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Cemal Emden
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From the architect. A winery that takes place in Çanakkale’s Eceabat district in Gelibolu… The architectural project belongs to Tekeli-Sisa Architectural Partnership, which is one of the well established architectural offices in Turkey.We commenced our interior architectural project following the start of the construction phase of the building. We had the advantage of working within a relatively good timing, in presence of Dilgün Saklar and Mehmet Emin Çakırkaya from Tekeli-Sisa Office.
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A winery, like all other factories, has to be designed to meet all the necessities of it’s existence, in the best way possible. Our aim was to provide a design preventing any disruption of the organic process. The building which is approximately 16.000m2 includes production and storage sections as well as service programmes such as laboratories and offices. In addition to this there is a guesthouse with 25 rooms including service areas for food and beverage etc. and a specific spa program.
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1st Floor Plan
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At the production section the structure (concrete) was left as plain as possible while using coating partially as needed for water resistance and for any impacts that may come from the moving modules. Raw metal structures were incorporated with rough industrial attachment details while solid wood elements being delicately handled. These type of wineries are most likely to become active on particularly short periods of the year and inactive for the rest of it. Various visits, tasting events and the presence of the guesthouse becomes the extroverted face of the facility. We designed an amphi – presentation space as well as an in house lounge for these visits/ events. The common space facing the main entrance for the offices, guesthouse and winery were setup to be figuratively three dimensional.
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Sections
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Including the storage and ageing sections, we considered the reproduction of all materials and relations within the inclusion of the whole winery space.
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The guesthouse consists of rooms differing form one another. As in each room the sleeping space, the setup, the material use and wet spaces differ while all were designed/ programmed in relation with their attachments, services and materials.
Walthamstow Central Parade / Gort Scott
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- Architects: Gort Scott
- Location: United Kingdom, Walthamstow Central, Walthamstow Central Station BR Hoe St, Walthamstow, London E17 7LP, UK
- Design Team: Susie Hyden, Joe Mac Mahon, Alice Shepherd, Nadine Coetzee
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Dirk Lindner
- Project Architect: Susie Hyden/ Joe Mac Mahon
- M&E/Sustainability Consultant: NPS
- Quantity Surveyor: NPS
- Cdm Coordinator: MLM
- Structural Engineer: NPS
- Main Contractor: : Bolt & Heeks
- Client: London Borough of Waltham Forest
- Funding: London Borough of Waltham Forest and Greater London Authority
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From the architect. A high quality refurbishment of the prominent Central Parade brings a new cultural and creative enterprise hub to the heart of Walthamstow.
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Gort Scott Architects has completed a refurbishment of Walthamstow Central Parade, converting it into a multidisciplinary mixed-use hub that offers 650m2 to the creative industries.
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London Borough of Waltham Forest secured funding from the GLA to transform the 1960s former office building into retail and co-working spaces with meeting rooms and studio units for up to 50 independent creative businesses. There are also small ‘maker’ shops available for those who wish to pilot new products or services.
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The intention is to support and promote local businesses, allowing them to collaborate and be a part of the community. Flexible event and exhibition space as well as an independent start-up bakery and café are open to the public. The social enterprise Meanwhile Space, who specialise in delivering temporary and affordable workspaces for the benefit of local communities, is running the facility.
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Externally, Gort Scott, worked to respectfully upgrade and enhance the character of the existing building. Notably, the underside of the wave canopy has been painted a vibrant yellow, two new street entrances have been introduced and new signage highlights the change in use. Bicycle parking is also available.
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Jay Gort, director of Gort Scott, said: “Walthamstow Central Parade provides stylish workspaces with varied facilities, enabling a range of creative industries and emerging enterprises to thrive in the area. We stripped back the linings of the outdated council one stop shop; the lowered ceilings, carpets, partitioned desks etc, to create a generous, robust hall like space. Gort Scott also developed a range of bespoke furniture for the project and everything was delivered on a tight budget. Simultaneously, we ensured that the facades of this landmark building were sensitively updated to re-establish the buildings positive contribution to the streetscape. We worked closely with graphic designers Polimekanos to develop a graphic identity for the project which was inspired by the original decorative façade tiles.”
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The refurbishment aims to appeal to Walthamstow’s burgeoning creative community as part of a long-term plan by the Council to enhance business in and around the area. The degree of success of this project may, as a result, inspire similar projects in the borough.
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Cllr Clare Coghill, Cabinet Member for Economic Growth and High Streets said: “Waltham Forest is London’s fastest growing hotspot for culture and creativity, so it is ideal for us to be able to use this building to provide more space for local creative businesses to grow and thrive. This project goes hand in hand with our other ambitions for the regeneration of Walthamstow Town Centre, which include the new Creative Industries Zone in Blackhorse Lane, the redevelopment of St James Street and the Blackhorse Lane Housing Zone.”
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Waltham Central Parade is the latest of a number of successful Gort Scott projects in Waltham Forest that span all scales and types of intervention. Previous projects include; two separate urban design frameworks for Blackhorse Lane and the town centre, the regeneration of Wood Street Indoor Market, a strategy for public realm interventions in the Blackhorse Lane area (which included the Blackhorse Lane Workshops by Assemble) and, recently, they have submitted planning for a residential scheme to the north of the town centre.
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Songprapa House / Archimontage Design Fields Sophisticated
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- Architects: Archimontage Design Fields Sophisticated
- Location: Bangkok, Thailand
- Architects In Charge: Cherngchai Riawruangsangkul, Akeanan Janeium, Suphot Klinaphai, Thanakit
- Area: 341.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2014
- Photographs: Beer Singnoi
- Interior Design: Archimontage Design Fields Sophisticated
- Landscape Design: Archimontage Design Fields Sophisticated
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From the architect. The desire to have small residence that can compromise old concept of space using with bourgeois’ modern life is a primary concern of this suburban house project. The father, the pregnant mother, their unborn son, the grandfather and the grandmother are the five family members of Songprapa House.
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Age difference is a variable factor in designing a separation of space. The elders stay downstairs, close to their old house so they can take a minute walk to the kitchen to bring freshly cooked meal to the new house. The younger three members live upstairs, which contain a large bedroom, an office studio, a home gym, a small bedroom for the baby, a prayer room and a large front balcony that functions as shading for afternoon sunlight. The outer space consists of a fishpond on a downstairs balcony and an L-shape lawn that runs parallel to the long side and the front side of the building.
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The light scoop at the main stair brings natural light to chase away darkness and allows the inhabitants to view the playground outside as well as the huge gable. All these elements formulate the house design that plays between dreaming desire and reality.
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