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• Architects: SmithGroupJJR
• Location: Fayetteville, AR, USA
• Architect Of Record: Miller Boskus Lack
• Project Team: Mark Kranz, Design Principal; Jay Rambo, Principal in Charge, Carrie Perrone, Randall Daniel, Kenda Draper, Steve Hackman, Roger Boskus, Mark Bradley
• Area: 67277.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Liam Frederick

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From the architect. Funded primarily by the University’s athletics department, Champions Hall is located on the southern edge of the University’s historic academic core.  The building fills a deficit in classrooms and laboratory environments while serving as an interactive hub and student destination that energizes the surrounding campus neighborhood.  

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Students have opportunities to engage with the building utilizing the large open lounges and exterior terraces as social and interactive learning environments. The project is primarily and undergraduate classroom and class-lab building that combines two core curriculum, Math and Science.  As the building’s hub, the Math Resource and Testing Center (MRTC) connects students in the earliest phases of their education to their peers and faculty. Inside the MRTC, the student centered/directed environment allows students to engage in learning at their own pace with faculty support. 

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The design also includes a wide variety of types and sizes of student collaboration and interaction spaces. Outdoor terraces and interior spaces of varied sizes expand the learning environments beyond the classroom or lab.

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Integrating a complementary material palette to the adjacent brick and metal clad structures, Champions Hall elegantly interweaves this language into a simple and understated campus building. With the majority of neighboring buildings being taller, the roof becomes the building’s ‘fifth elevation’ with an economical standing seam room that folds down to become wall and student portal.

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The project embraces the challenges of the site’s steep topography, welcoming students at level three at Dixon Street (front) with a one story portal, and a grand stair that ushers students to level four classrooms. The building strategically steps down the site with a ‘side front’ entry at level two, revealing four full stories at the building’s south entry.

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An entry plaza aims to re-create the pre-developed Oak Ridge, while an elevated roof terrace surprises students and creates a secluded oasis for study and gathering. Light monitors pull daylight through the compact floor plates to bring daylight to lower level laboratories that are submerged by the grade.

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Known for its seven miles of “golden” beaches, the English town of Bournemouth is planning to build a £25 million cultural centre on the country’s south coast. The project’s organizers, Bournemouth Development Company (BDC) has shortlisted five international practices from 38 interested participants to vie for the commission: Zaha Hadid Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Levitt Bernstein Associates and Jestico + Whiles.

As BD Online reports, the proposal is expected to “conserve and enhance the architectural style of the town as a historic public realm and provide a sense of arrival and place,” as well as improve landscape and transport connections. 

The site, currently being occupied by a car park, calls for a new 300-seat theater, gallery, hotel and six restaurants. 

A winner will be announced in April. 

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• Architects: Atelier d´ Arquitectura J.A Lopes da Costa
• Location: São João da Madeira, Portugal
• Architects In Charge: José António Lopes da Costa, Tiago Meireles
• Project Year: 2008
• Photographs: Manuel Aguiar

• Co Workers: Rita Gonçalves
• Engineering: Paulo Reis (Eng.), Filipe Pinho (Eng.)

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From the architect. The house is completely covered in white Estremoz marble and its horizontal character is emphasised by concrete slabs which mark out the floors on the sides of the building. The stairs featured on the eastern façade take on an almost sculptural importance. 

The house is accessed from the east, freeing up the western side for the swimming pool and patio areas. 

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The construction is composed of a two-storey main structure (ground floor and first floor), which is west-facing and perpendicular to the street. A second structure completes the ensemble to the north, comprising only the ground floor (and part of the basement). 

Plan 1

In the main body of the house there are living and dining rooms, a play room with an attached bathroom which means it can also function as a guest room, and moving to the lower structure there is a kitchen and utility room. 

The east-facing hallway accompanies the stairs which stretch along the building ́s side and which have the detail of being transparent under the steps. As a result, there is a surprising play of light in the house ́s interior. 

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All bedrooms are west-facing and open onto a continuous veranda, which equally ensures some shaded areas for the living and dining rooms located on the ground floor. 

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The master suite and office can be considered as a small apartment, benefiting from a small south facing terrace. 

A green area surrounds the whole construction up to the boundary walls. 

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C.F. Møller Landscape‘s Nordhavn Islands project has won the international competition for an innovative learning, activity and water landscape in the harbor basin in front of the new Copenhagen International School in Nordhavn, Copenhagen. The new Nordhavn district is taking shape fast, and, having won the international Nordhavn Islands project competition, C.F. Møller Landscape will now create one of the first and most unique projects in, on and under the water in the quarter.

The Nordhavn Islands will lie in close contact with C.F. Møller’s Copenhagen International School, connecting the school with the quarter and the quarter with the rest of Copenhagen. The Nordhavn Islands are an urban park on the water, an ocean of activities and recreational spaces at one with the water, the weather and nature – a new and different urban space for Nordhavn.

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The activities on the Nordhavn Islands are spread out over three different islands, each with its own characteristics: “The Reef”, a multifunctional platform for aqua learning and events in extension of the quayside; “The Lagoon”, a floating arena for activities such as kayak polo and other water sports, and “The Sun Bath”, an actual harbour bath with a sauna and protected areas for swimming training. As an extension of the school’s interior space, not only can the functions be included directly in the teaching, but they can also be used by external visitors, as can the school’s facilities, which are intended to function as a “community centre” by the Orient Pier.

In order to provide Copenhagen International School and all the other users with a new and different aquatic environment that stands out from all the other excellent water-related activities in the city, the Nordhavn Islands are deliberately rugged in character, embracing the “Nordhavn nature”. This is done by incorporating the “grown” environment in a design that directly encourages activity in all weathers, rain or sun, waves or glassy water.

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The weather, climate and nature are important resources for movement, recreation and learning – in, around and even under the water. The round islands are therefore surrounded by a band of free-growing, organic vegetation, contrasting with the urban environment and staging the natural environment and the aquatic environment as a learning landscape at eye level. At the same time, this band of vegetation functions as a natural safety zone around the three islands, allowing young children to explore the Nordhavn Islands and the water safely.

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Also designed by C.F. Møller, the new Copenhagen International School will become the largest school in Copenhagen, covering an area of 25,000 m² and accommodating 1,200 pupils. The unusual school building will be clad with 12,000 solar cells and consist of four sections adapted to the different age levels, with a communal base featuring a canteen, library and sports facilities, which will also benefit the surrounding city.

The Property Fund for Copenhagen International School is behind the Nordhavn Islands, which are expected to be ready in summer 2017, coinciding with the opening of the school. In the competition, C.F. Møller Landscape was up against proposals submitted by Norwegian architectural practice Snøhetta and the Danish firm MLRP.

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• Architects: Estudio Arquitetura , MEIUS Arquitetura
• Location: R. Itaúna, 452 – Colégio Batista, Belo Horizonte – MG, 31110-070, Brazil
• Design Team: Eduardo de Oliveira França, Leticia Oliveira Azevedo, Guilherme José Tetzl Rocha
• Area: 1511.48 sqm
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Izabel Diniz

• Construction: Construction F2
• Collaborators: Fernanda Boratto, Lorraine Coscarelli
• Owner: Uilton Roberto Rocha
• Total Budget: 965.089.93 USD
• Cost / M²: 638.50 USD
• Software: Autocad, Sketch Up

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Located in the Baptist College neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Zider is a project of critical response to demand from depleting the constructive potential in a lot of non-usual proportions.

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Because of the fragmentation of large tracts of land, most of the lots in the city has 360 m2 and a rectangle 12 meters tested by 30 long. On the one hand this geometry creates a desirable relationship between the design possibilities within a batch and a number of lots to be filled – in every street – the urban infrastructure, on the other, the existence of any number of lots with dimensions identical previous open to the repetition of types of multi-family residential buildings, whose projects do not always have a desired architectural quality. Thus, a lot to present a variation in the dimensions mentioned is not always valued.

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Lot Zider has 10 meters tested by 40 long. Your building potential is 680 m2, considering the multiplication of its area by 1.7. This amount of net area that can be built led to the creation of eight units. Considering the increase in spatial quality provided by terraces adjacent to the apartments, the units accessed at ground level are designed as two-level studio, with the first located the social area and services, and in the second room. Thus, it enables the creation of a larger number of units in the projection of the building with four studios, all with private area. Above, there is a deck with two units, and finally, two duplexes with cover. Thus, the eight residential apartments, six have a private area.

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The residential project is based, as stated, to refute the logic of the real estate market development apartment-type, separating the ratio of each unit of its space potential across the project proposal, as the increase in the level of the number of apartments ground to own private area. Thus, it creates a project with the following units:

• Studio 01 – duplex with private area, double height in the social area and three bedrooms;
• Studio 02 – duplex with private area and two bedrooms (two suites);
• Studio 03 – duplex with private area and two bedrooms (two suites);
• Studio 04 – duplex more private area, double height in the social area and three bedrooms;
• Apartment 05 – unit with three bedrooms;
• Apartment 06 – unit with three bedrooms;
• Apartment 07 – unit with private area, double height in the social area, three bedrooms and an extra room;
• Apartment 08 – unit with private area, double height in the social area, three bedrooms and an extra room.

Axonometric Projection

Although there is no standard apartments, this project condition does not cause the adopted solution is more costly, financially. Considering that the building is designed to be built in self-supporting masonry walls of different floors are the same, despite the creation of various internal spatial relationships. Furthermore, rooms that require health infrastructure have been leased adjacent to one of the walls, allowing the creation of power and depletion of plumb.

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Another point to note refers to the image of the building. In terms of coating, applied externally was ecogranito in light gray color, showing the portion of the building that are rented studios and the other in graphite color, with apartments of a pavement. By way of crowning the building, the upper side gables will be painted in yellow gold color.

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects is part of the winning SPARK consortium to design the new educational facility for the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht in the Netherlands. The new educational facility completes the existing ‘Kasbah’ master plan and will provide space for over 6,500 students, staff and visitors, as well as house seven institutes. 

“It forms a strong and clear mark on the site, where it will activate and support the dynamic life on the campus,” says the architects.

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From the architects: The new educational facility will offer two large 200+ seat auditoriums, two smaller auditoriums, TV / radio studios, a knowledge centre, classrooms, café, food shops and parking for more than 1,200 bicycles.

The project will create a new inner courtyard facing the neighboring student housing block from where the volume steps up towards the east façade allowing it to connect with the existing buildings. This creates a building that is activated from all sides.

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“We have created a strong and clear gable motif that forms the final end of the Kasbah masterplan. The building yields to the adjacent buildings with a series of green terraces and roof gardens. Coherence with the surrounding campus is achieved by the use of a similar floor-tiling outside and inside on the building’s ground floor, which acts as a large open piazza with cafes, conference center, amphitheater and lecture halls,” explains Kristian Ahlmark, Senior Partner at Schmidt Hammer Lassen. 

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The facade is clad in light concave and convex panels of anodized aluminum in seven warm colors, with each color representing an institute. The major functions of the building show in the facade with large color fields.

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With all general functions situated on the ground floor, the seven different institutes are spread over the other seven floors, most with direct access to outdoor spaces, which will be used for learning and interaction. The institutes connects via a spectacular atrium which forms the heart of the plan. On each floor, “academic “bookshelves” containing smaller meeting rooms and study cells serve as gateways to the individual institutes, from which there is access to classrooms and offices via a walkway. 

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“We’ve tried to create a place that encourages the chance encounter. By activating the heart of the building, the atrium becomes the primary function of logistics where the school’s flow distributes via kaleidoscopic stairs, bridges and escalators. Thus, the atrium becomes the building’s meeting place where paths cross, experiences are shared and insight into other institutes is gained,” concludes Kristian Ahlmark.

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The scheme targets the BREEAM Excellent sustainability standard.

The consortium SPARK won the bid to design, build and maintain the new premises for 15 years. The new educational facility is planned to open in December 2017.

• Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
• Contractor: Besix & Strukton
• Structural Engineer: IMd
• Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: Deerns, W4Y
• Acoustics And Fire Safety: Peutz
• Sustainability: W4Y
• Client: University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
• Area: 22310.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2017
• Photographs: Schmidt Hammer Lassen

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• Architects: Dok Architecten
• Location: Lex van Deldenbrug, 1082 Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Architect In Charge: Liesbeth van der Pol
• Design Team: Liesbeth van der Pol, Johan Rombouts, Jan Jaap Roeten
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: Thijs Wolzak, Arjen Schmitz

• Construction: Royal Haskoning
• Structural Engineers: Royal Haskoning
• Contractor, Construction: Dura Vermeer Beton

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From the architect. That is what architect Liesbeth van der Pol had in mind for the new ‘Lex van Deldenbrug’ bridge across the Boele Canal (Boelegracht), Amsterdam. ‘I have been inspired by the Torensluis bridge across the Singel,’ she says. ‘That bridge is magnificent, much more than just a bridge, it is a square. I wanted to achieve something similar at the Zuidas District.’ 

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The Lex van Delden Bridge not only connects the Boelelaan with the Gershwinplein but more-over the city centre to the suburb. ‘That is why it is not just a means to cross on foot or by bike, but also offers the opportunity to give a moment’s thought to all that is happening in the city. 

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To the Zuidas, that is ever-expanding, to the Boelelaan, which is much greener that people seem to realise, and to the water below you, which is flowing through all of Amsterdam.’ A bridge should not only be beautiful but also practical, according to Liesbeth van der Pol. ‘Soon, large numbers of cyclists will cross this bridge, particularly during peak hours. This makes safety very important. The cycle path is, therefore, well-connected to the Boelelaan. Safety at night was also a consideration. The lighting, incorporated into the specially designed high edges of the bridge, is not only attractive, but also clear. ‘The led lights in the pavement also show the way. ‘It is a special place. 

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The bridge allows traffic to cross and at the same time it offers a stopping place, where one can comfortably sit down and have a good look around. Tables, chairs, and residents enjoying a glass of wine in the evening sun. That is the way I envisage this.‘

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