The Pavilion was built on an existing underground water tank that dictated the foot print of the structure. Glass became the primary material for construction as the Pavilion was sited amidst lush tropical greenery. Glass not only formed the walls but also the roof in the form of a strategically placed skylight opening up to the view of a large jackfruit tree above blurring the boundaries between the inside and the outside.
The structural members were mainly the wooden door frame acting as columns and wooden rafters supporting the roof that were left exposed to the interior. An existing stone compound wall formed the fourth edge of the Pavilion accentuating its natural material palette.
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The architecture of the Pavilion is a minimalist expression of structure, space and materiality.
The restaurant sits in the outskirts of Shanghai in the newly formed Disney town, with views from within over a large lake.
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Occupying a concrete framed building the design seeks to occupy this banal framework; exposing slabs, columns and ductwork whilst shrouding the honest backdrop in certain areas with planes of plaster and ply.
A central white ceiling plane organises the dining space dividing between inward facing with restaurant views and outward with views towards the lake outside. The inner adopts a language of dark leather and dark tables offsetting against the white ceiling plane. Whilst the outward has deep red warm leather with carefully exposed and neatly finished ductwork above.
A private dining room is fully enclosed with this method, with incisions in the form to create door and window openings that ignore the rigor of radial ribs that give the room form.
Lighting fixtures were developed especially for the project; a carefully balanced height adjustable pulley light; cast concrete counterweight, cast resin drop pendant with a brass cowl diffused COB LED within.
Oregon firm Scott Edwards Architecture has created a home in Portland that includes soundproof rehearsal spaces for a family of musicians (+ slideshow). (more…)
The Huffington Post is an American liberalism internet newspaper with 14 branch offices around the world. The office of Huffington Post Korea, a joint venture of Hangyeorye, is located on the 7th floor of Taeyoung Building in Mapo-gu, and various columnists are covering a wide range of topics with a catch phrase ‘life is full of news.’
The text of a concept, ‘NEW TYPE(OF)WRITER,’ claims to support a new type of writers and was derived from a ‘typewriter’ that quickly delivered information in history. Characteristics of space also captured spirit of journalists from pure and righteous period by using design vocabularies and colors of traditional typewriter. Every table was designed in opened shape to create vertical hierarchy and order of offices of the older generation, and boundary of communication was eliminated by arranging an island type conference room at its center. Rest area that all employees can share is arranged by the window with the possibility of political space to induce office atmosphere with full of neoliberal characteristics. The harmony of light bulb color and daylight color lighting on dark background is to create comfortable space where members of the Huffington group can focus more on the contents.
The Huffington Post Korea can be considered as a new news platform beyond a simple online media. They approach people in different ways when delivering information from ‘editor’ and ‘blogger’s’ position, not ‘reporter.’ The public gets to hear news that fits their preference because choices of the public become a high priority when they gather information. Since the space is to be used by an organization with the strength to lead the culture, the purpose was to provide peaceful space with authenticity in an atmosphere of freedom. It is expected to be the healthy media of Korean society.
From the architect. An alley where this house is located is a heavily populate urban area that surrounded by clothing factories in old shop houses. Yet this crowded and chaotic environment, which sometimes leads to unpredictable events, does not obstruct the house owner to buy the land and build home for a newlywed couple. In fact, their main business is precisely the one that creates chaotic atmosphere in this area.
A short distance is essential in making this place their home. Although the environment is unpleasant, a careful design may solve all problems and bring sense of home through various elements such as the three courtyards that scattered throughout the space. The flow of space starts from the entrance where railroad sleepers from the old factory in another alley form the road and the car park. Then the small canal that runs across the land divides the space between the land and a huge glass wall where the third court, the highlight of the house, can be seen through. This distinctive space is surrounded by all essential elements of the house.
– All rooms and all walkways
– A tree : that functions as natural clock The sunlight filters through the tree and creates interplay between the light and the leaves, branches and flowers. At the moment of gaze, one would be prevented from the chaotic environment outside as all the rooms are intentionally designed to generate privacy.
– Metal : wall As time goes by, rust will appear on the metal wall and make it look like floating, creating a beautiful background for the tree.
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– Wooden curtain : the wooden curtain that covers the top of the house functions as a blanket that gives warmly atmosphere. The starlight and moonlight that filter through the curtain also shade spectacle motifs on the lawn as if it is a carpet.
All these should suffice a home for any newlywed couple.
Sales have officially launched for apartments inside this skyscraper in Boston by New York firm Arquitectonica, amid a “boom” in the city’s luxury condo market created by its growing tech scene (+ slideshow). (more…)
Ennead Architects has released images of the new Engineering Education and Research Center for the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering. Currently under construction, the 433,000 square foot (40,200 square meter) building will house undergraduate education, interdisciplinary graduate research and two distinct engineering departments, and will become a new hub of activity at the edge of campus. The design takes advantage of a unique section featuring stacked atrium and outdoor spaces to serve a variety of educational and public functions.
Atrium. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects
In reflection of the school’s area of study, the building has been designed as a showcase for engineering, with an exposed concrete structural frame and steel truss systems, bridges, a glass roof, large-span sun shading systems and a centerpiece spiral staircase.
The educational program has been divided into two limestone-clad towers containing labs, offices and work spaces for the different engineering departments. The wings are connected by a triple-height public atrium capped with a folded glass and steel clear-span roof structure that also becomes the base of a 5-story outdoor volume, shielded from the sun by a screen hung between the two towers. Glass and steel bridges connect the building’s upper levels along the eastern and western facades.
Exterior. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects
Atrium. Image Courtesy of Ennead Architects
Fronting the atrium is the National Instruments Student Project Center, which provides 23,000 square feet (2,100 square meters) of maker space to undergraduate students, putting a strong emphasis on design, fabrication and rapid-prototyping early in their educations. The majority of lab spaces in the two-story Project Center feature floor-to-ceiling glazing, putting student work on display for anyone passing through the building.
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The Engineering Education and Research Center is scheduled to be completed in 2017.
Design agency Pentagram has created a new logo and visual identity for Mastercard, the credit card company’s first branding redesign in 20 years. (more…)
This project involved the rehabilitation of a house located in the center of Porto, with basement, two floors, attic and a small patio. The lower floors are open space interconnected social areas, thus enhancing the interaction between the spaces and spreading natural light.
On the 2nd floor, were implanted 2 bedrooms. All floors are connected by a new staircase that connects the spaces from the front door to the attic.
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From the pre-existence it has kept the memory of a lantern that illumined the 2nd floor. In this new skylight window 3 new windows arise taking advantage of natural light and forward it to other spaces in the attic. In terms of artificial lighting, it was decided to create a minimal uplight integrated system in the house elements (walls, cabinets, ceilings) and thus, in a house with small dimensions, be achieved a hidden general lighting that makes the space highlight without adding to it.
The original granite walls were showed in some specific points, revealing the centenary main structure of the house. All the floor pavements were made with traditional wood beams, spiked in the granite walls such as the original wood structure of the house was built.
