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One Thousand Museum, the Zaha Hadid-designed skyscraper in Downtown Miami, has unveiled new interior renderings, including communal spaces designed by the architect. The 62-story tower, which began construction in December of 2014, will contain only 83 residences, consisting of a two-story duplex penthouse, four townhouses, eight full-floor residences, and 70 half-floor units. Overlooking the Pérez Art Museum by Herzog & deMeuron, the soon-to-be-completed Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science by Grimshaw Architects, and the American Airlines Arena by HOK & Architectonica, One Thousand Museum tilts the scales in luxury residences from a market historically centered on Miami Beach to Miami’s rapidly densifying Downtown.

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Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

The building’s exterior features a curvaceous, structural exoskeleton that keeps floorplans large and nearly column-free, and the geometry creates unique terrace spaces for each of the tower’s residences. The communal spaces designed by Zaha Hadid, include the building’s lobby and a two-story Aquatic Center and Sky Lounge on the 61st floor. One Thousand Museum is one of the many projects that was started by Hadid, but after the architect’s untimely passing in March, will be completed posthumously. One Thousand Museum is scheduled to open in late 2018.

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Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

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• Architects: Est Architecture
• Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
• Design: Felix Tue
• Area: 375.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Courtesy of Est Architecture

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The project is the fit-out of an office space that is meant to accommodate about fifty employees of a transportation company.

Plan

The architectural concept stands on two factors: the intrinsic nature of the customer’s operations and the short time of construction. However, the development meets several criteria (I.e. functionality, occupants’ comfort, environmental design) and reflects the company’s philosophy.

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Functionally, the design is based on a concentric scheme that facilitates circulation and organizes the layout in an effective fashion: closed spaces are located in periphery while open space office is in the center. The open space is flooded with natural light through generous windows. In addition to the traditional functions, the fit-out contains a space for relaxation and entertainment, which allows employees to work and meet outside the areas designed for this purpose: at the table in the dining room, in the armchairs watching TV or at the counters that separate these spaces from the open office.

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3D

The choice of materials is simple: the wood in the form of plywood and OSB as well as glass. The resulting image is consistent with the carrier’s philosophy of openness, simplicity and transparency in addition to creating a warm, relaxed and cheerful working environment. Beside the OSB rough surfaces, sliding doors contribute to the ‘cargo’ character of space. In contrast with the simplicity of the materials,  other elements eliminate any ambiguity about the role of the space. While the light in the background can change color according to the mood of the occupants, the white office furniture stands out against the brownish surfaces. The offices bear the names of the North American cities that are most frequented by the carrier. The counters and reception desk, made ​​of plywood on a CNC machine, evoke traditional Romanian patterns.

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Finally, the fit-out is fully dismantable and can be easily modified. Upon departure of the carrier, most of the components can be reused, recycled or simply reintegrated into the natural cycle through bio-degradation.

3D Model

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• Architects: Emilio López Herrera
• Location: La Merced, Quito EC170140, Ecuador
• Area: 72.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2011
• Photographs: Ramiro Salazar

• Constructor: Emilio López Herrera
• Engineer: Herberto Novillo

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The project consists of the extension of a house located in the foothills of Ilaló volcano. This land has a privileged view towards the oriental mountain chain, as well as to the Cayambe and Cotopaxi volcanos.

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The client required several additions: three new rooms, one full bathroom, a laundry room, and a social area.

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One of the main goals was to achieve a coherent integration within the preexistent architecture. Where do the physical limits of the current house begin and end? Which elements will be taken as reference? How do we reconcile these new elements to what was previously created and to the landscape?

Diagram

The new house envelope (see diagram) is conceptualized by referencing one of the structural modules from the pre-existing construction. This envelope is articulated as a projection/ spectrum of the existing house, while determining new relationships between the former and the current, the interior and the exterior, and the public and the private.

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The four modules of the house envelope were established by using the following parameters:

-Three modules define the interior spaces (laundry room, bedrooms and bathroom).

 -A fourth module defines the semi exterior social area, and in turn establishes the connection with the pre-existing house.

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Working with a limited budget led to essential process based decisions. In terms of materials the eucalyptus wood used for the structure was obtained from the property itself. The interior finishing elements were designed to be assembled in stages, therefore allowing the client economic freedom. Other finishing elements such as the smoothed cement floor and the Seike wood carpentry were constructed in site.

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Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square. Image © Zaha Hadid Architects

In celebration of the four decade career of the late Zaha Hadid, Fondazione Berengo will host an exhibition of her paintings, drawings, and models at the 16th century Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, coinciding with the 2016 Venice Biennale. The exhibition will display the full range of Hadid’s design work from built projects, to those under construction, and others ultimately never realized. Some of the early, unrealized work that will be represented includes Malevich’s Tektonic, a bridge concept for the Thames River, which Hadid developed while she was still a student at the Architectural Association School in London (1976-77), as well Peak Club, Hong Kong (1982-83), Hafenstrasse, Hamburg (1989), Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London (1985), the Victoria City master-plan for Berlin (1988), and the Cardiff Bay Opera House (1994-95).

Malevich’s Tektonic . Image © Zaha Hadid Architects

Projects that represent the milestones in Hadid’s career will also be on display, including her first built commission, the Vitra Firehouse (1993), as well as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati (2003), which was completed in lead up to her receipt of the 2004 Pritzker Prize, and the MAXXI Museum (2009), a project that emphasizes Hadid’s use of on computer-aided design.  

Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square. Image © Zaha Hadid Architects

The exhibition will also feature works in progress, including the Port House in Antwerp, the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre, and the Mathematics Gallery in London, among others.

Hafenstrasse, Hamburg . Image © Zaha Hadid Architects

Adriano Berengo, president of Fondazione Berengo said, “Visitors to the exhibition will have a greater understanding of Zaha Hadid’s pioneering vision that redefined architecture and design for the 21st century and captured imaginations across the globe. Although I work in the art world and Dame Zaha Hadid’s excellence was architecture, her work is also imbued with art, that patina that makes everything eternal, including the creator herself.”

Victoria City Berlin. Image © Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid told Hans Ulrich Obrist in a conversation in 2011, “I know from my experience that without research and experimentation not much can be discovered. With experimentation, you think you’re going to find out one thing, but you actually discover something else. That’s what I think is really exciting. You discover much more than you bargain for. I think there should be no end to experimentation.”

The World (89 Degrees). Image © Zaha Hadid Architects

The exhibition will be on view from May 27, 2016 through November 27, 2016 at the Palazzo Franchetti in Venice.

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• Architects: Modo Arquitectos Associados
• Location: 2205 Tramagal, Portugal
• Area: 352.86 sqm
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: José Damas – PopCom

• Design Team: Pedro Costa, Ana Barral
• Client: Quinta do Casal da Coelheira

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From the architect. Casal da Coelheira succesfully dedicated more than 50 years to agriculture and wine production. In order to suit the characteristics of the space to the quality of products made, they designed a strategy to refurbish and modernize the exihsting buildings wich includes a new showroom, store and wine lounge.

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The intervention deeply value the way of communication between firm, clients and visitors and express the accuracy and high technology envolved in the process of wine making.

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In fact, a few years ago the factory and the production process were something the industrial firms hid from thrid parts. Currently, this areas are very important because they want to show how good they do. The inspiration for this project came with the evolution of perspective about a factory and the way history, tradition, quality, innovation and sophistication can be represented trough a space.

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Before the intervention, the left arcade of the existing building was sub used as a car park. Now, this is the main entrance and reception of the firm, with a showroom, store and wine longe, a multifunctional space where new products can be presented and wine tasting events cand be conducted. First floor has a meeting room with a window over the wine lounge.

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Finishes and partitions were made with natural materials (stone, wood and metal) that resemble the long tradition of agriculture and viniculture. The building rehabilitation also provides safe and hygenic working spaces, environmentally responsibles. Wordless, Casal da Coelheira can purport their consistency effort to be one of the best wine maker of Ribatejo region.

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