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• Architects: Alison Brooks Architects
• Location: Kilburn Ln, London, United Kingdom
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Paul Riddle , Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects

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Ely Court is a 44-dwelling mixed-tenure regeneration scheme in London’s South Kilburn Estate. The scheme demonstrates the ability of a Local Authority to lead the process of enlightened city building, by commissioning and delivering housing of the highest calibre to integrate previously segregated communities. 

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Plan B

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Ely Court forms part of Phase 1b of the South Kilburn Estate Regeneration masterplan, a result of Brent’s rolling programme of invited design competitions for each phase. The scheme is the product of a collaboration for two sites within Phase 1b. ABA was invited by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands to design 44 dwellings on the Ely Court site, while LDS designed 144 units on the Cambridge and Wells site to the northeast.

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In May 2016, the After Belonging Agency discussed the theme of the forthcoming Oslo Architecture Triennale—entitled After Belonging: a Triennale In-Residence, On Residence, and the Ways We Stay In-Transit—as part of In Therapy, the exhibition of the Nordic Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale. The hour-long discussion, which also includes presentations by Shumi Bose and Füsun Türetken, begins with an in-depth description of how the Triennale intends to focus on the future challenges of migration by investigating how cities and architecture can react to large groups of people moving and resettling.

Oslo is Europe’s fastest growing city and it is expected that, according to statistics, half of its population will consist of immigrants by 2040. “This global circulation of people,” the Triennale believes, “creates new situations where our relationship to objects, places and belonging are changing.”

The main installation of the 2016 Nordic Pavilion as "discourse machine". Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu

"In Therapy: Nordic Countries Face to Face" / 2016 Nordic Pavilion. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu

The After Belonging Agency comprises Lluis Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Ignacio González Galán, Carlos Minguez Carrasco, Alejandra Navarrete Llopis, and Marina Otero Verzier.

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• Architects: Jean Nouvel
• Location: Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: TDIC

Roof Plan with Dome

Roof Plan without Dome

All climates like exceptions. Warmer when it is cold. Cooler in the tropics. People do not resist thermal shock well. Nor do works of art. Such elementary observations have influenced the Louvre Abu Dhabi. It wishes to create a welcoming world serenely combining light and shadow, reflection and calm. It wishes to belong to a country, to its history, to its geography without becoming a flat translation, the pleonasm that results in boredom and convention. It also aims at emphasizing the fascination generated by rare encounters.

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It is rather unusual to find a built archipelago in the sea. It is even more uncommon to see that it is protected by a parasol creating a rain of light. 

Elevations

The possibility of accessing the museum by boat or finding a pontoon to reach it by foot from the shore is equally extraordinary, before being welcomed like a much-awaited visitor willing to see unique collections, linger in tempting bookstores, or taste local teas, coffees and delicacies.

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It is both a calm and complex place. A contrast amongst a series of museums that cultivate their differences and their authenticities. 

It is a project founded on a major symbol of Arab architecture: the dome. But here, with its evident shift from tradition, the dome is a modern proposal. 

Dome pattern

A double dome 180 meters in diameter, offering horizontal, perfectly radiating geometry, a randomly perforated woven material, providing shade punctuated by bursts of sun. The dome gleams in the Abu Dhabi sunshine. At night, this protected landscape is an oasis of light under a starry dome. 

The Louvre Abu Dhabi becomes the final destination of an urban promenade, a garden on the coast, a cool haven, a shelter of light during the day and evening, its aesthetic consistent with its role as a sanctuary for the most precious works of art.

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• Architects: Team V Architectuur
• Location: Archimedeslaan 10, 3584 BA Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Jannes Linders, Herman de Winter, Luuk Kramer

• Architecture And Interior Design: Team V Architectuur
• Advisor Constructions: Aronsohn Raadgevende Ingenieurs
• Advisor Installations: Deerns
• Advisor Building Physics And Fire Safety: DGMR
• Cost Expert: ABT/Tebodin
• Contractor: Building combination Archimedes
• Subcontractors: Oskomera (facade), Verwol (interior and furniture)
• Project Management: AT Osborne
• Landscape / Garden Design: Michael van Gessel
• Graphic Design Of Signage: Reynoud Homan

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The appearance of the office building has changed to an astonishing extent. It now looks spacious, light and airy. Only the thick concrete pillars give away that this is not new. The climate façade makes the building lighter and more energy-efficient. Winter gardens – bright open spaces with mature trees – have been laid out between the outer and inner façade. The highest winter garden admits daylight to the newly added underground conference centre. Floors have been cut away to create voids, admitting plenty of daylight to what used to be dark and gloomy worksites and creating a very attractive, open working environment.  

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The façade design combines good looks and well-thought-out technical performance. The orientation of the windows on each floor varies, giving the building a layered appearance reminiscent of the original façade. At the same time, the slanting façade sections ensure that reflected daylight penetrates far into the building and guarantee optimum circulation of ventilation air through the cavity. Moreover, the light-weight prefab facade cladding can be mounted quickly, cleanly and without undue noise. 

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Unique, Surprising Overall Concept

The architecture, interior design and garden lay-out combine to form a strong overall concept, which is worked out to the finest detail. The slanting lines of the façade are repeated in the walls of the conference units, the edges of the atria with built-in worksites and the design of the tree planters. The building is divided into three wings, which are given individual colour schemes – green, yellow and purple – for ease of orientation. These colours are repeated in the floor and wall finishings, and even in the choice of the plants in winter gardens and roof terraces. These features distinguish the design of the a.s.r. offices from that of a conventional office building, giving it a surprising, instantly recognisable look. 

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Open Office

The design of the work environment is based on flexibility, collaboration and casual meetings. The 2,800 flexible worksites provide room for 4,000 users. There is a great diversity of workplaces, like enclosed spaces for concentrated work or making phone calls, comfortable lounge areas for informal meetings and flexi-work tables for collaborative work. The public area, with a coffee bar, brasserie, conference centre, work lounge and restaurant, offers a varied and inspiring work environment. 

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Plan 2

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Sustainable and Energy Efficient

The building has been rated BREEAM Excellent for sustainability. During construction 98% of the demolition waste has been recycled. For example, concrete rubble has been used to lay out bicycle tracks. Not only the building has been renovated, also a great deal of the old furniture has been redone and reused. With the new facade and building installations, including the climate ceiling, user responsive lighting and heath-cold storage, energy consumption has been reduced by over 50%. In addition, 1,200 solar panels have been placed on the roof. Green facades, birdhouses, roof gardens and beehives contribute to the local ecological structure. All these measurements allow the renovated buidling to compete with newly constructed buildings regarding sustainability. 

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