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• Architects: Grzywinsi + Pons
• Location: London, UK
• Area: 8600.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Nicholas Worley

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Leman Locke is a new 168 room hotel that we designed in the rapidly evolving East London neighborhood of Aldgate. This commission allowed us to continue our interrogation of the intersection of hotel and residential programs. We (and our client) had in mind that young, creative professionals who are increasingly nomadic for purposes of their work might like to have an option that combines the best of two worlds from a hospitality perspective: The design-led and convivial atmosphere one often finds in good boutique hotels, mixed with the convenience of an extended stay product. Our process was driven by the search for a way to hold on to the aspirational excitement of a hotel stay while enjoying the advantages of something more akin to a home in one’s adoptive city no matter how long – or short – the stay.

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We faced an additional challenge in that the scheme was to be built within a newly constructed and rather sterile tower (that we did not design) so we couldn’t lean on the building to augment the character of the spaces. As the construction of the frame and envelope were still underway when we were working, we were able to intervene and make some changes to structural aspects that we were positively disposed to on the interior. The reception and the cafe-bar space are bifurcated by the lift lobby and we designed them to be distinct from one another yet congruent in their prioritization of light, warmth and texture. We also created a feature stair that almost demands to be climbed to foster the connection between the cafe-bar-forthcoming restaurant space (that we are currently designing) that spans the ground and first floors and is sectionally legible from the street.

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We designed nearly all of the furniture within the rooms, from the sofas and beds to some of the light fixtures and tables. Much of this was driven by the desire to create a unique and harmonious aesthetic, but our other imperative was maximization of function and economy of space. We wanted to avoid the “transformer” vibe apparent in a lot of current micro-residential products that include murphy beds, retractable desks and flip up tables. While that approach appeals to the “inventor” side of us as architects, we hoped to spare guests from the chore of clearing up and manipulating their furniture when finishing a meal or getting ready for bed. Our intention was to dispel the underlying sense of being unsettled which complicates our self imposed directive to inculcate the feeling of being at home while away.

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Detail 3

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Product Description. We used Viroc Cement Bonded Particle Board as an interior finish material both on the walls and some soffits. It is not only very robust and functional but helped tie in some of the spaces that were more finished with some of the areas where we chose to expose and celebrate the concrete superstructure.

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• Architects: MAD arkitekter
• Location: Oslo, Norway
• Architect In Charge: Karen Selmer
• Area: 12000.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Tomasz Majewski, Courtesy of MAD arkitekter, Hans Grini

• Collaborator: Landskapsfabrikken
• Client: Sørenga Utvikling

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From the architect. The Sørenga quay was until recently a container port in the eastern harbor of Oslo, near the medieval town. The redevelopment of Sørenga is part of the city’s major plans of reconnecting the city to the waterfront. While the Barcode and Tjuvholmen projects are extensions of the existing city structure, Sørenga is at the tip of what will be an entirely new district in Oslo, also comprising the Bispevika area which is still in its planning phase. The eight blocks on the Sørenga quay were planned by four architecture firms, and Block 6 is the most recent of the two blocks designed by Mad arkitekter.

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Layout

Sørenga Block 6 is a residential block with 110 flats and a semi-public green courtyard. Two large, diagonally aligned passages cut through the block to bring the waterfront presence into the courtyard and central park of Sørenga, and vice versa. This visual connection invites visitors into and through the courtyard, and offers easy access for the residents.

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Fjord access

Block 6 is adjacent to one of Sørengas perpendicular canals, and there is direct access to the fjord from basement level via two floating docks. With a practical storage room for kayaks and Norways largest outdoor sea bath within throwing distance, the residents of Sørenga enjoy qualities far beyond the fjord view. A Sørenga resident reportedly caught a seatrout from his balcony!

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The characteristic sloped roof of Block 6 brings a lot of daylight into the courtyard and the flats within. Also, the sloped structure offers generous terraces and views for the rooftop flats. There is also a large, common rooftop terrace for all residents to use – for parties, cruise ship watching or for sunbathing when their private balconies are in the shade. Block 6 is eight storeys tall towards the boardwalk to the north, yet only one storey tall towards the central park to the south.

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Materials

The outer and inner façades of Block 6 are in stark contrast to each other. While the outer ‘shell’ is the dark-yet-shiny brick developed specifically for all eight Sørenga blocks, the façades (and ceilings) within are bright white. This bright white cladding is Steni panels partially embossed with motifs from historic nautical charts of the inner Oslo Fjord. We like to say that the green roof is the 5th façade of the building, and that it creates a visual green link between the Sørenga central park and the green hills surrounding Oslo.

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• Architects: Pominchuk Architects
• Location: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
• Architect In Charge: Alexander Pominchuk, Marina Pominchuk
• Area: 285.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Ivan Avdeenko

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From the architect. Arthouse is our first built project in the typology of terraced houses. The compact spatial layout of the house, made of several blocks, was largely determined by the small area of the plot and the surrounding urban context. The inner structure of each unit resembles an open “bookcase”, where each living process occupies its own level, all of them being interconnected by means of an open staircase. Besides, each block has its own backyard, which can be accessed from the kitchen-dining room. This unconventional layout of the house originally served as a key to the interior of each of the units. Permeated by sunlight, the interrupted space of the house prevails over colour, texture and other ornamental features. However, while designing the interior in one of the blocks belonging to a cheerful energetic lady, we had to find a compromise between the sterility of the house and its emotional component that could be experienced as warm homeliness. Our close collaboration with the client resulted in a sort of Mediterranean dwelling that combines all the necessary features, striking a delicate balance between integrity and emotions.

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Product Description. The use of white parquet boards is prompted by the necessity to preserve the integrity of the inner space of the house of the house, while imparting a warm homely feeling of natural wood.

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• Architects: Archimontage Design Fields Sophisticated
• Location: Nonthaburi, Thailand
• Architect In Charge: Cherngchai Riawruangsangkul, Akeanan Janeium, Suphot Klinaphai, Thanakit Wiriyasathit, Tanakul Chukorn
• Area: 972.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Beer Singnoi

• Interior Designer: Archimontage Design Fields Sophisticated
• Landscape Designer: Archimontage Design Fields Sophisticated

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If considered a closed environment filled with the conditions conduce towards the use of human life. At least in principle of hedonism which consists of :

– A community where neighbors have many luxury cars.
– There is a playing yard for kids.
– The marsh near the house which we can see gaggles floating in the breeze.
– Sports Club for their evening workout.
– A large tree lined landscape not far from the fence house.
– A width road in front of the house but there are very few cars pass by. Yes, it’s very quiet too.

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 And often see girls coming out for jogging with cute big dog, German Shepherd or Siberian Husky. The mentioned above are contained within one of the village located on the outskirts of Bangkok, and of course, This House is in the village area, this property is ready to truly living. Make a design burden falls to that dream.

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A separate entrance to the gate room and a storage room in front of the house for keeping equipment , this is for spacing the outer and inner to be clearer and more visible.

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Combined with parking, maid service for their part together with the entire yard, laundry room and kitchen. Highlighted in the house, there are long distances before entering the House. To front yard will be seen from this area first.

Floor Plan

A yard for party with the number of guests 40-50 people. Marsh with long shape made for their spacious Canal home page before reaching the entrance. To spread the path split to components inside the semi which is the living room beside the left side of garden, it will be used for their casual time. The right side is the service area as mentioned above.

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Inside the House is divided into general usage area on the ground floor include a living room, high ceiling dining room that we are able to see the garden court in the middle of the house, working room and bedroom.    Master bedroom and small two bedrooms will be on the second floor. All rooms are placed in each  wing. This means there will be a distance between rooms as it result to a maximum privacy.

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Finally, the right three gimmick which will be obviously represented this house are:

– The sun screen façade on the front panel, second floor.
– Canal home page …and
– Smile from a neighbor and that cute big dog.

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• Architects: SUP Atelier
• Location: Tsinghua University, China
• Architect: Song Yehao
• Design Team: Song Yehao, Sun Jingfe, Xie Dan, Chen Xiaojuan
• Illumination Design: Zhang Xin, Han Xiaowei, Zhou Xuanyu
• Acoustics Consulted: Yan Xiang, Wang Xuguang
• Project Size: 1000.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2015
• Photograph: Xia Zhi

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From the architect. The Faculty Canteen of Tsinghua University is located on top floor of the southern student canteen lying at campus’s heart. The initial position of the project aims to provide a unique dining hall where knowledge sparks will be lighted through multidisciplinary communication. This one-floor height and 100sqm canteen is further designed as an open space combining the humanistic atmosphere with the natural style, which can only provide a dramatic view of campus and West Mount during meal or coffee time, but also shape a perfect place for meeting, sharing and cheering.

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Roof space. Image © Xia Zhi

In order to achieve peace and comfort for the users, eight groups of semicircular arches are set in the main hall. These overhead arches aim to separate the whole large space into several delicate smaller zones which sound fields are more focused and clear. Every two arches share one truss span and their in-between cavities are further utilized for equipment and pipelines, guaranteeing the spatial purity under functional sophistication.

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The full-length dinning table under every arch consolidates the senses of place and rituality. And by reorganizing tables and chairs, the canteen can also act as a conference room, a club or a banquet hall. 

Arch Hall. Image © Xia Zhi

Arch Hall. Image © Xia Zhi

As to the smaller western hall with splendid scenery view, flexibility in use must come first. The furniture with different styles and placements can perfectly meet every single customized need. If necessary, this space can serve as a subordinate zone for the main hall.

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Light and shadow are the best decorators for this space and that is why only the simplest materials are employed. Inside the hall, the modular white aluminum boxes are designed to share the same pattern with the especial brick construction on exterior façades, which aims to introduce the sunlight through the pattern gaps while echoing with the western metal grilling and brick wall.

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As to the artificial illumination, the designers are devoted to create an elegant and peaceful atmosphere, reflecting the inner nature of the architectural space and fulfilling the daily using needs. The various options of lighting color for the arches can further shape the space or atmosphere the users need.

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The ultimate goal of the whole practice is to reach a perfect integration of architectural design and building technologies. 

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• Architects: Schemata Architects
• Location: Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0061, Japan
• Architect In Charge: Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects
• Project Team: Ryosuke Yamamoto, Yui Matsushita
• Area: 397.32 sqm
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Takumi Ota

• Construction: TANK
• Collaboration: SOUP DESIGN(sign), hoshizaki(kitchen), WHITELIGHT.Ltd(sound plan), 1lux(lighting plan), GRANSCAPE Inc.(plant plan)

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From the architect. It was such a great honor for me to design the renovation of my favorite building that I used to see every day. About nine years ago, we had co-established a shared office HAPPA across the street from the building and relocated our former office there; we employed to observe the neighborhood through the glass and this building was my most favorite among others on the street.

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Incidentally, Blue Bottle Coffee decided to open their fifth shop there and we were commissioned to renovate the building to accommodate cafe/office, spaces used for barista training and workshop. It was a three-story steel structure formerly used as an electric factory, and we intended to hereby create a “fair relationship” between all people present, which is our basic spatial concept for Blue Bottle Coffee.

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Since this neighborhood is located far from the station, the streets are lined with many unique and small-sized shops. In order to continue the sense of small scale into the space, floors are divided in a stepped-floor style, while utilizing the existing openings formerly used for loading/unloading and storing. Horizontal pivot windows installed on the front glass façade help defining the boundary between the interior and the surrounding environment, while establishing a visual relationship of “see and be seen” so that people become aware of each other’s presence wherever they are in the space.

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• Architects: Shiro Architects
• Location: Carrara QLD 4211, Australia
• Architect In Charge: Hiromi Lauren Shiraishi
• Team: Hiromi Lauren, Selina Qiu, Jian Wang, Sven Ollman, Michael Smith
• Area: 3600.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Richard Glover

• Collaborators: MBMO Architects (BIM and documentation)
• Consultants: Grummitt Planning, Cactus and Hill landscape architects, CRWP structural
• Engineers: Alder Constructions
• Clients: KDV Sport

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From the architect. Opened in October 2016, the KDV Golf and Tennis Academy project is located near Nerang, on Queensland’s Gold Coast in Australia, and comprises an extensive overhaul of the previous Carrara Gardens Golf Course facility.

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The initial inspiration for its design came from Mies van der Rohe’s “architecture of silence”, and in that tradition, we aimed to bring to life a free-standing building open to many sides, linked to nature.

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We created a single, flexible plan accommodating diverse multi-functional spaces which we believe give the building a modern elegance.

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Transparency and reflection bring the outside environment into the building, to which exposed concrete creates contrast, with the mirrored soffit drawing the image of the sky onto its glass walls.

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The reflections enable the building to announce itself from a distance, giving it a presence greater than its envelope and clearly framing the activities of sports people, community members and students taking place within.

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The scheme’s external pavilion pods comprise the buffer zone between serious sporting undertakings and those of simple relaxation.

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Product Description. Using Vitrabond Aluminium Composite mirrored finish panel as the building’s soffit strengthens the building’s architectural concept and helps it to blend with its natural surrounds.

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Dubai Design District (d3) has announced the opening of offices by 4 of the world’s leading architecture firms – Zaha Hadid Architects, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers, Foster + Partners and Benoy – marking another step towards the city’s goal of becoming a global design hub.

Since first launching in April 2013, d3 has become the region’s preeminent destination for artists, designers and creative types of all kinds to work and collaborate. So far, d3 has welcomed in over 30 architecture firms of medium to large size, including RMJM, SSH and Viktor Udzenija, Wanders Wagner and Grimshaw Architects.

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‘We are extremely proud that Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners and Benoy have chosen to make d3 their new home,” said Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi, Chief Operating Officer at d3. “d3 is fully committed to supporting the development of the region’s design industry and the architecture market is a key component of this.  We currently have over 30 architectural practices located at d3 but we are dedicated to ensuring that each and every brand that joins us – ranging from small design start-ups to iconic global brands – is part of a fully-fledged creative community that sits at the heart of our architectural design scene.”

All four firms have ongoing or future projects in Dubai: ZHA’s Opus Office Building and Hotel, currently nearing completion; Benoy’s mixed-use development, The Beach; the Santiago Calatrava-designed future world’s tallest tower at Dubai Creek; and Foster + Partners’ masterplan for Dubai Design District’s stage two.

The news reflects an increased presence of top architecture firms in the Middle East and Islamic regions, as seen in the recent popularity of events such as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Al Ain, for which ZHA partner Patrik Schumacher was in attendance.

“A recipient of the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, ZHA marries concepts of connectivity with the tremendous advancements in design technologies, material development and construction practices. ZHA is working with the many diverse histories and cultures of the region to address important issues in a meaningful way – contributing to the development of more ecologically sustainable and integrated built environments,” said ZHA in a press release.

“Opening on 7 November, 2016  ZHA’s office in Dubai has been established in response to the solid growth in demand from new and existing clients across the region; providing even greater levels of assistance, coordination and communication with our increasing client base throughout the Middle East.”

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To learn more about Dubai Design District, check out the 3D video walkthrough of the campus above, or visit their website, here.

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• Architects: dmp arquitectura
• Location: Playa Copacabana 40, Militar Marte, 08810 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico
• Area: 290.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: Carlos Díaz San Pedro

• Collaborators: Ignacio Santos, Manuel Bernal, Hein Yap, Mauricio Morales
• Structural Engineering: José Luis Ponce
• Construction: dmp arquitectura

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The building takes place in a neighborhood with popular social features and with middle incomes, thanks to that the project develops formally discrete and in harmony with the context. It is located on the Playa Copacabana st, in the Iztacalco municipality.

Diagram

The spatial arrangement is a consequence of the recycling of an existent two-story house, which was reconfigured by the reuse of the structure.

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After the access we find a pure, homogenous symmetry, both in material and proportions, then stands up a latticework based on prefabricated elements all in white with some ecru highlights, such lattice escorts all the building as a solar regulator for the living areas.

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The project is composed by three apartments, one for each level. The access is through a wooden deck which comes together with a green wall, these lead to the circulations core.

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Once inside, we find one by one the halls, and in turn, the apartment type; which has a conventional scheme: living-dining, kitchen, services area and two bedrooms in the back naturally ventilated and illuminated by a backyard.

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Tadao Ando’s only project in the United Kingdom, the ‘Japanese Pavilion’ at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester, is slated for demolition as part of a £10m redesign of the park and plaza.

Built in 2002 as part of a makeover for the square, the pavilion takes the form of a long, gray concrete wall along the park’s southwestern edge, which critics have argued divide the public space, describing the design as “bleak and depressing” and comparing it to the Berlin Wall.

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The plans follow several years of public calls to reenvision the gardens. Six months ago, a 20,000-signature petition to knock down the wall was presented to the Manchester city council.

In 2013, Ando himself admitted that the project could use some livening up, suggesting covering the structure in greenery.

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“For me, just because the building is built does not mean it is completed and it is in the final form,” he said at the time.

In the new plans, the pavilion would be replaced with a similarly sited but much more open structure housing a row of new bars and restaurants and featuring a planted green roof.

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Learn more about the project and see renderings for the wall’s replacement here.

News via Manchester Evening News.

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