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Chosen from 81 entries, Toronto-based design firm Office OU has been announced as the winner of South Korea’s International Competition for the National Museum Complex Master Plan of the New Administrative City (Sejong City). As a proposed self-sustaining city of 500,000 people, Sejong City will serve as South Korea’s administrative city, transferring multiple national government functions from Seoul. The Museum Gardens will amplify the cultural landscape of South Korea’s new metropolis. 

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Promoters for the competition described the projects as, a world-class cultural complex that will be on par with Berlin’s Museuminsel, Vienna’s Museumsquartier, and Washington D.C’s Smithsonian museums.

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Museums for architecture and the city, design, natural history, and Korea’s archival traditions and Office OU’s National Children’s Museum contribute to the almost dozen museums that will be built on the site. At 190,000 square meters, Office OU’s master plan was inspired by its surrounding environment —including rice paddies, wetlands, forests, and riverbanks — all organized around a central square. Each museum will be influenced by its adjacent landscapes, guiding the design of the courtyards. 

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The architecture is not iconic, Office OU principal Uros Novakovic stresses, it’s a permeable, space framing device that allows the unique landscapes to be more fully experienced.

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The master plans also draw from the traditional palace architecture of Korea’s Joeseon Dynasty, in addition to creating an organic integration of nature and architecture. This strategy is exemplified by the landscape of the Children’s Museum, which allows children to play and adventure within the space. Similarly, the Archives Museum will be nestled in a mountainous environment, creating a secluded identity, while the Architecture Museum is distinguishable in an urban landscape.  

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Is ARCH has announced the winners of the seventh edition of the ISArch Awards, an international award competition for students of architecture. In an effort to provide students with a “gateway to the professional and corporate world,” the competition calls for students to engage in dialogue and debate within the framework of their university studies. 

The three winners of the seventh IsArch Awards are:

First Prize: Delta Reconfiguratoria / José Alberto González Martín; Spain

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The Ebro Delta is disappearing because of sea level rise due to climate change and the lack of sand coming from the mountains due to over construction of reservoirs. This project proposes a temporary low-tech industrial overlay made of traditional knowledge and local materials and techniques that will let Nature itself draw a new productive delta and restore balance.

Second Prize: No man’s land / Orit Theuer; Academy of Fine Arts Austria

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Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, this law is a powerful political tool to prevent a union between two peoples. I interpret this lack of status and the gaps in the legal system as a socio-political No-Man’s-Land. With the architecture I want to discuss the role of borders and walls through materiality and through the site. The veil represents the metaphysical border between two people. This border gets dissolved by lifting the veil in the wedding ceremony. The changing geometry of the cloth represents the vagueness of the border and the changing power relations.

Third Prize: Explorative Synergy / Stephan Ritzer; Universtiy of Applied Arts Austria

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Education guides us towards our collective and individual future. This project combines a Kindergarten and cognitive research center into a prototype, exploring, discussing, and playing with novel pedagogic concepts, which extend our supporting capabilities for fostering all children based on their individual talents.

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• Architects: Perkins+Will
• Location: Seattle, WA, United States
• Architect In Charge: Kay Kornovich, Erik Mott, Gavin Smith, Ed Palushock, Nathan Williams
• Area: 210.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Lara Swimmer

• Client : Touchstone Corp
• General Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis
• Structural + Civil : Magnusson Klemencic Associates
• Electrical Design Build Contractor: Prime Electric
• Hvac/Plumbing Design Build Contractor: Bellevue Mechanical
• Mep Design Engineer: Glumac
• Mechanical: Glumac
• Energy Consulting + Energy Modeling: Glumac
• Geotechnical: Associated Earth Sciences
• Landscape Architect: PFS Studio
• Environmental Graphics: Studio SC

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NorthEdge is a 208,000-square-foot hi-tech office space in Seattle, Washington’s Wallingford neighborhood.

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It’s design inspiration came from the adjacent Gasworks Park, which was former home to the city’s municipal gas works. The park today contains much of the original 1900s machinery. The rustic and modern materials selected for NorthEdge harmonizes with materials found at the park to celebrate the area’s industrial past. 

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Perkins+Will’s design approach focuses on a single four-story building with stepped forms and natural coloration to enhance and transform a site that, until recently, was a derelict and contaminated brownfield. 

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The building is organized around a 38-foot wide central outdoor court comprised of a series of small roof terraces and walkways that step down the site toward the lake. Developed on a challenging 60-foot terrace, Perkins+Will’s design strategically stacks all four floors of the building along the grade to take advantage of nearby views. The lobby creates a multi-story link that is highly transparent to frame views for pedestrians who also have access to a public roof terrace. 

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The building is certified LEED-Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council. The construction phase included substantial water conservation and clean up to improve water quality in the near and long-term

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Product Description. One of the principal materials used on this project was weathered steel (A606), often referred to by its trademark name Cor-Ten. The panels were pre-weathered off-site for six months and used in a rainscreen application. Thoughtful detailing sought to minimize oxidation run-off including providing sill flashing with river rock to help filter any residue. 

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PLH Arkitekter has been announced as one of two winners in the international design competition for Rail Baltica, organized by The European Railroad Lines, Ltd. As a part of the European transport network, Rail Baltica will be a multi-modal public transport hub in the Latvian capital of Riga, with a railway bridge crossing the Daugava River. 

The focal point of the project will be a train station building “that creates a strong visual identity in the cityscape, strengthening the sense of Riga as a metropolis.” Inspired by the archetypal form of the arch and the Art Nouveau period, the building will feature canopies that resemble arched fern leaves. On the north side of the building, the canopy shape allows for a unique view over the historic city, ideal for travelers entering or leaving the city to create a strong sense of place.

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Throughout the building, geometric features, symmetry, and repetition will enhance wayfinding and maintain orientation throughout travel.

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The project additionally features two new train tracks that run parallel to existing tracks and over a new bridge . The architects explained that it will be “designed with a light and floating expression. To maintain the relationship between the old and the new, the bridge has a varying cross section that emerges on the underside of the bridge, with a rolling, wavy line that refers to the large arch construction of the old bridge. The new bridge is designed with integrated bicycle and pedestrian paths, creating a better connection along the rails and across the Daugava.”

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A sew sequence of green urban spaces will also be included in the project, in order to “remedy climate challenges by creating better micro-climates in the city, and improving air quality, thermal comfort, biodiversity, stormwater management, and preventing urban heat islands.”

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The Baltic Rail project not only has the potential of becoming an iconic, significant and beautiful gateway to Riga – but also to be an engine for the further development of the city, said Steen Enrico Andersen, partner at PLH and leading architect for the design proposal. The central station, the connected station area, and the adjacent infrastructure hold great potential to be much more than just infrastructure – becoming an important city hub with a strong visual identity in the cityscape in a modern sustainable urban development.

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• Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architecture
• Location: Dalestraat, 6262 Banholt, The Netherlands
• Architects In Charge: Jeanne Dekkers, Anton Zoetmulder, Elise Zoetmulder
• Area: 800.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Holly Marder

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Jeanne Dekkers Architecture redeveloped  a existing L-shaped farm in the hilly countryside of Limburg into a residential home with studio, exhibition hall, holiday accommodation and a carport. The authentic shape of the carre-farm is restored in a contemporary way. The carre is a farm which encloses  an inner courtyard; a typology often found in the Province of Limburg. By means of a horizontal  façade of larch wood, starting from the old farm into a new carport and closing the courtyard, the carre shape is restored. 

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Ground Floor Plan

This new heart has become an essential part of the internal experience of the whole complex. A non-symmetrical composition of anthracite concrete and Belgian block stone combined with local and native vegetation determines the format of this enclosed outdoor area. The height difference is visible by means of a water system which flows in through the courtyard ending in a round basin. In the complex, the old horse stable is transformed into a light and modern living space with an office. Two large openings, made of Iroko wood, frame the landscape and let light inside. In the middle of the building a stainless steel core is placed, it contains the kitchen, bathroom, toilet and storage. Two round wooden stairwells connect the ground floor with the second floor. The new intermediate floor consists of large oak beams with an aoak floor. The old characteristic beams remain in sight, at the same time, the whole roof and all walls are insulated. The original shed has been converted into a spacious studio with a large round skylight, this space can be used for exhibitions and meetings.

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This project is a collaboration between architect Jeanne Dekkers and her son Anton Zoetmulder (architect) and daughter Elise Zoetmulder (designer). For the design they employed a wide research of the environment and its scenic and architectural history. As a result, the modern design seamlessly joins with the local landscape and small-urban context. In addition, the traditional qualities of the area are highlighted by the historical shape of the building and the use of authentic materials.

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Product Description. Throughout the entire project we found collaboration with local artisans, and we used locally available materials and techniques. Sustainable materials of high quality were used and the house was built according to the sustainable principles of a passive house. Also materials were reused in different ways; the old steel ledgers of the intermediate floor are reused as construction of the new terrace, the roof tiles are used for an artistic pavilion in the landscape and the removed bricks are used for a new gate for the landscape.

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With the opening of the new Design Museum in London, the former Commonwealth Institute building designed by RMJM in 1962 has been given a new lease of life. With an exterior renovation by OMA and Allies & Morrison, and interiors by John Pawson, last month the building reopened after a fourteen-year closure—finally offering the public a chance to experience the swooping paraboloid roof from the inside. Read on to see photographs of the Design Museum’s new home by Luc Boegly & Sergio Grazia.

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© Luc Boegly & Sergio Grazia

© Luc Boegly & Sergio Grazia

© Luc Boegly & Sergio Grazia

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• Architects: NP2F
• Location: Paris, France
• Area: 2900.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Antoine Espinasseau

• Project Owner: City Hall of Paris – DJS
• Cost: €250,000 excl. tax

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From the architect. The Physical Education Ground of Saint-Paul Gardens meets the new sportive program which stems from the participative budgets vote, and offers a wide range of sports in the heart of Saint-Paul area in the 4th district of Paris.

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The French studio NP2F architectes dedicated itself to organize the project in reflecting the place force: its own characteristics (the Philippe August enclosure bordering the field), its aesthetic appearance (a unique site-specific colorimetry), and its long morphology.

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The main idea of the project was to develop and characterize the ground, about 3,000 m2, by making it more efficient and functional in terms of optimal use for game and sport.

To do so, the studio NP2F put into place a sport ground (toping) made of yellow, white, and black aggregates overall the Physical Education Ground. Then, the agency made up the sport areas: the existing 100m running track with a basketball court, a volley/tennis court, a football field at 5, and a sport initiation space for young children.

Axonometric

To organize the practices, while leaving the most open spaces to each other, the studio put ball impact guards divided by 2 pitches, and sport furniture on this large ground.

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Delimited by an octagonal ball impact guard of 6m high, the sport initiation space for toddlers allows the children to discover sport and to awaken with a climbing hill, balance rods, gymnastic rings, a basket for basketball (170cm high) and 3 punching bags.

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Fully derived from their previous works on urban sport spaces, this operation promotes a decompartmentalization of sport spaces for the town and revendicates a strong and vernacular aesthetic for each one, in a particularly constrained location.

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The specific furniture required for practicing is combined with a more neutral equipment (concrete bench, metallic arch) which leaves infinite and undefined beforehand opportunities to the sport practitioners.

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