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ST Nursery / HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro

July 15, 2016signordalLeave a comment

Architects: HIBINOSEKKEI , Youji no Shiro
Location: Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Area: 3111.99 sqm
Photographs: Studio Bauhaus – Ryuji Inoue

Surface Area: 882.90 sqm
Building Area: 768.74 sqm

As number of children has been decreasing recently, the number of brothers and sisters is decreasing in proportion to it. As a result, the children in different ages are not connected strongly.

It is also a problem that the number of children who cannot communicate with others well has been increasing due to above fact. This site is located in the area where we can see this tendency remarkably.

In this kind of area, by using “connection” as a key concept, we set an environment where the children can feel those around them each other all the time by designing floor planning. In this environment, we also set not only communication space at the end of the entrance where they can see residents in the area and those who graduated from the kindergarten but also the garden classified by age where the children of other ages can see.

We planned to increase the opportunity where the children can communicate with nature and others while they are playing. It created an environment where they develop communication with others and consideration to others.

As a whole structure, we arranged the buildings as if they were the huts along the river, which had been scene of the area long time ago.

The roofs are connected and have grade in accordance with direction and function. It provides up and down in space by producing a difference of height of the ceiling in the building, and draws children’s curiosity.

What is noticeable is dining room. In the dining room, comfortable wind blows through by high side sash that is connected by roofs, and it is a comfortable and bright space.

The space that is produced by connecting the buildings is used as patio and the garden classified by age. We planned size of the patio to have an appropriate distance where the children can see on the same level. In toilet for the children, section of picture book, dining room and nursery room for infant that face the patio, they can establish the relationship that they can see each other naturally in life.

Regarding the garden classified by age, it is divided not only by difference of their growing but also is arranged that they can see the children of other ages each other while dividing. We created an environment where the children of other ages or the same age learn together through each garden, and feel each other.

This floor planning produces not only the relationship among children but also the one that teachers of the nursery school see each other. It means that it contributes to communication among the teachers of the nursery school.

A space that is derived from image of cafeteria along the river where they can relax without taking off shoes is set around entrance. It is a place where parents and nursery school as well as the area and the children can communicate.

As a result of above facts, we made sure that more communication has been realized than before, and we can look forward to growth of the children in this nursery school.

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S-Project / AXIS Architects

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Architects: AXIS Architects
Location: Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Area: 998.19 sqm
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of AXIS Architects

Site Area: 390.50 sqm
Building Cover Area: 202.96 sqm

From the architect. The site faces the 40m Sapyeongdae-ro and there is 4m road on its left. It is located at the corner of the residential area of high density. It could be concealed by next buildings since the 3m retreat for scenic zone was applied not to the surrounding buildings but to the site. Fortunately, the 4m alley left to it provides scenic and spatial room at the corner.

The disadvantages of the circumstance where the site was required of relative retreat could been resolved by vacating. Horizontal balcony was combined with the dynamic stairs which are not stacked but whose directions are changed by floor. The single flow as a whole is connected up to the canopy at the rooftop garden. This emptiness allowed vertical expansion and makes the volume and story of verbal language. This approach creates a coarse space in which a building and the city interacts and filter each other. Thus it results in the positive composure and communication while resolving the problem of suffocating city.

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House of Nagahama / Takashi Okuno Architectural Design Office 

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Architects: Takashi Okuno Architectural Design Office 
Location: Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Area: 224.26 sqm
Photographs: Isao Aihara

From the architect. My concept is to make Japan a more beautiful to live in. We built a beautiful Japanese house with the best quality material adaptation to local climate worldwide. Some of this techniques were for example the use of local plants and vegetation in the garden to grow in harmony.

Taking advantage of the spacious site, I placed 5 gardens, each one with a different atmosphere (which are all designed to ensure privacy); a traditional Japanese front yard (Maeniwa) extending to the entrance and the living room overlooking Shuniwa.

In order to maximize space, the sliding doors that separate the kitchen/dining from the living, can be completely drawn.
Paper sliding doors filtering light for better rest, with view of the garden , when opened.
The windows in the hallway are small intentionally in order to reduce light and a Japanese-style room, is overlooks the garden.

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Federico Babina’s ARCHIPLAN Illustrations Analyze the Floorplans of Master Architects

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“The architectural plan is a formula to order the anarchy of space.”

In these latest images from Federico Babina, the artist explores the design styles of 25 of history’s greatest architects, abstracting the plans of some of their most famous creations onto simple geometric backgrounds. The resulting illustrations resemble dynamic labyrinths or abstract symbols, and are what Babina refers to as “Planimetric graphologies.”

“Analyzing an architectural plan is how to make a graphology study,” explains Babina. “The plans are like the signatures of architects and can reveal conceptual details about the artistic and aesthetic personalities of their authors.”

See the entire set of ARCHIPLAN illustrations, including takes on Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid, after the break.

Like these? Make sure to check out Federico Babina’s previous illustration sets.

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Geocaminos Office / Arias Recalde Taller de Arquitectura

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Architects: Arias Recalde Taller de Arquitectura
Location: Calle el Castañal, 18008 Granada, Spain
Author Architect : Luis Gonzalo Arias Recalde
Collaborators: Manel González de Ribot, Juan Miguel Quirosa García
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Javier Callejas Sevilla

Construction Company: GEOCAMINOS SL

The engineers at Geocaminos, an engineering and civil works company, came to us with the idea that their offices needed to be the faithful image of their business activity: construction materials needed to accurately and truly express how they are used, all other superfluous aspects had to be done away with. Their offices had to mirror the pure nature of basic construction materials.

Given the reduced budget and time frame to carry out the project, we decided to make the most of the interior space of the commercial premise—maintaining it just as we had found it, to introduce a mezzanine—its structure made out of steel plates that are used as auxiliary materials in civil works, to use glass for the partitions and leave all of the services in plain sight.

The upper level is accessed by a folded metal plate, suspended by tensors held to the ceiling, which eliminate vibrations and compensate the flexion of the structure while conforming a guardrail.

The office unit is separated intentionally from the facade, generating a double height space that enhances the entrance area and introduces a spatiality that is unexpected for an office premise. The separation between the facade and offices allows the crossing of glances and views to the outside.

The proposal relies on the denuded surfaces of concrete, structural steel and brickwork to define the unfinished aesthetic experience. Defects are not repaired, they are kept and highlighted, standing in contrast with the technical precision of the structure that is inserted into the premise.

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Four Outstanding Housing Projects Win 2016 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards

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Four housing projects have been awarded the 2016 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards. Given by The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Housing Knowledge Community, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the award is given to projects that “offer examples of important developments in the housing industry.”

“Each of these developments are innovative housing opportunities offering seniors and families alike a place to thrive,” said HUD Secretary Julián Castro. “These winners prove that affordable and accessible housing can become part of the fabric of any neighborhood and reinforce the principles of inclusiveness and opportunity.”

The prize is given to projects in four categories: Excellence in Affordable Housing Design; Creating Community Connection Award; Community-Informed Design Award; and Housing Accessibility – Alan J. Rothman Award. Read on for a brief description from each of the winners.

Category One: Excellence in Affordable Housing

Recognizing architecture that demonstrates overall excellence in terms of design in response to both the needs and constraints of affordable housing.

Lakeside Senior Apartments; Oakland, CA / David Baker Architects

The project is home to 91 very-low-income and special-needs homeless seniors, many of whom have been displaced with the Bay Area’s rapidly rising housing costs. The building has extensive on-site services and is designed to support independent living, with strong transit connections to downtown Oakland and San Francisco and access to crucial retail offerings, including a pharmacy and grocery. The high-density housing—138 units per acre—provides indoor and outdoor community spaces at both the ground floor and upper levels. The central west-facing main courtyard opens visually toward the street and is warmed by afternoon sun. A rooftop suite of community spaces overlooks the lake, maximizing views for the most users. Designed with a complementary series of sustainable strategies, the building is pending LEED for Homes Mid-Rise Platinum Certification.

Category Two: Creating Community Connection Award

Recognizing projects that incorporate housing within other community amenities for the purpose of either revitalization or planned growth.

Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative (DA+HC); Chicago / Landon Bone Baker Architects

As a former Chicago Housing Authority project sitting vacant since 2007, the Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative (DA+HC) stands as the cornerstone of the recently revitalized Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. The project embodies a successful collaboration between private, public, and non-profit sectors committed to transforming the neighborhood into a cultural incubator through the reactivation of abandoned buildings and cultural foundations in the under-invested neighborhood. The DA+HC features a rehabilitated block of 32 of the original 36 two- and three-bedroom townhouse units that now provide mixed-income housing. Four of the center units were removed to create the focus of the development—a 2200-square-foot Arts Center complete with a dance studio, work and tech shops, and public meeting space, offering arts creation, education, performance, and display space for people of all ages.

Category Three: Community-Informed Design Award

Recognizing design that supports physical communities as they rebuild social structures and relationships that may have been weakened by outmigration, disinvestment, and the isolation of inner-city areas.

Disaster Recovery Round 2 (DR2); Houston / buildingcommunityWORKSHOP

Disaster Recovery Round 2 (DR2) launched five years after Hurricane Ike devastated the Texas Gulf Coast. The DR2 program sought to fill the remaining gap in home repair and replacement while offering homeowners choice in their disaster recovery experience. DR2 was designed to bring together the expertise of local design architects and insight from residents directly affected by the storm to build single-family, high-quality, cost-effective, sustainable designs. Through a series of community lead charrettes, the design team gathered contextual information for every affected neighborhood, including demographic research and documentation of neighborhood form and character. This approach created a collaborative relationship with the city, residents, and local designers ensuring the process supported local professionals as well as benefited residents. Over 206 homeowners have met with the design team to select the housing options that best meet their needs.

Category Four: Housing Accessibility | Alan J. Rothman Award

Recognizing exemplary projects that demonstrate excellence in improving housing accessibility for people with disabilities.

Port Townsend Residence; Port Townsend, WA / FabCab

This house was designed to meet the homeowners goal of creating a home accommodating to them both – he uses a power wheelchair whereas she does not. Careful site planning was essential to create a continuous accessible route from the street through the home to the terrace and onto the common garden space. The attached carport accommodates the wheelchair-accessible van with its ramp, creating a covered route from the front entrance into the van. An open plan ensures easy circulation within a modest 1,325 sf footprint. The telescoping pocket doors to the bedrooms also allow flexibility in how to use the rooms and how connected they are to the living spaces. The entry door and sidelight feature vertical glazing to allow viewing of the external approach from any height. The kitchen and bathrooms are designed to facilitate use from both standing and seated positions. This project demonstrates that universal design and accessibility features are compatible with a warm and modern aesthetic.

The jury for the 2016 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards included: Jamie Blosser, AIA (Chair), Atkin Olshin Schade Architects; Ariella Cohen, Editor-in-Chief, Next City; Kevin Harris, FAIA, Kevin Harris Architect, LLC; David Lee, FAIA, Stull and Lee, Inc.; Rachelle Levitt, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lynn M. Ross, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Suman Sorg, FAIA, Sorg & Associates, P.C.

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MA House / Plan:b arquitectos

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Architects: Plan:b arquitectos
Location: Santa Fé de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia
Project Direction: Felipe Mesa, Federico Mesa
Design Team: Carlos Blanco, Daniel Tobón, Sebastián Serna, Anne Berkers, Gidka –Gloria Riberos, Laura Kate Correa, Esteban Hincapié, Maria Clara Osorio
Project Area: 595.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Alejandro Arango

Ecosystem: Tropical Humid
Framing: Mario Villamil

From the architect. This project is located in a tropical dry forest ecosystem, with an average annual temperature of 28 degrees Celsius that is uniform throughout the year, a feature Cauca River Valley. Because of this, bioclimatic factors such as the generation of shadow or the use of natural ventilation were decisive in the design.

TOPOGRAPHY
This house adapts to the topographical conditions of a lot that was modified earlier: a sloping hillside was cut to produce a flat area and a large rear slope. Given this condition the house makes use of the flat area, but try to restore the profile of the mountain locating the high areas with two levels to the back, and the low areas shaded to the front. In section, we define a low corridor to the landscape and rooms with two levels towards the slope, connected through an inclined reinforced concrete roof that leads the passage of the wind currents from the low to the high areas.

MODULES
In plan the house is defined by four modules coiled around a tree and the distant landscape of the Cauca River. The first module contains the master bedroom, the second and fourth modules contain two guest bedrooms each, and the third has the social and services areas. These modules connected by a corridor define a concave exterior space where the pool and recreation areas are located. Fragmentation in modules and angle changes allow the house to increases its facade area exposed to natural air currents and thereby increase its permeability.

CORRIDOR
In this case, as in the traditional architecture of the region, the corridor acts as an open, elongated shadow area to hang hammocks and watch the distant landscape; To control the sun and to close this area in some cases, large sliding metal doors were designed with a pattern of 60% perforation, allowing natural ventilation even at times when the space is not open. The house has been located so that the corridor remains shaded almost all year.

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City of London Building Award 2016 Winners Announced

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Winner: New Ludgate. Designed by Fletcher Priest Architects and Sauerbruch Hutton. Image

New Ludgate, a retail and commercial development located two blocks east of St. Paul’s Cathedral in downtown London, has been named the City of London Building of the Year 2016. The complex consists of two new buildings, One New Ludgate by Fletcher Priest Architects and Two New Ludgate by Sauerbruch Hutton. The award was given in recognition of “the buildings that support the ambitions of the City of London in delivering a world-class working environment, by evaluating both the quality of the architectural design and the impact the building has had on the city street scene.”

Salters’ Hall by dMFK. Image © Jack Hobhouse

Additionally, a new award, the Livery Award, was created to commend the new Leathersellers’ Hall designed by Eric Parry Architects and the renovated Livery Hall for the Salters’ Company by dMFK by London Wall Place.

Jury chair Paul Finch, program director of the World Architecture Festival, said about the winning project, “The judges felt that an area of the city where you would not have wished to walk or linger has been transformed. An eyesore had been removed and a destination created, which through the skillful deployment of colour lifted both the eye and the spirit.”

Leathersellers’ Hall by Eric Parry. Image © Dirk Lindner

New Ludgate was selected from a shortlist of projects including:

100 Cheapside by Michael Aukkett Architects & EPR Architects
Motel One, 24-26 Minories by Mackay and Partners
70 Mark Lane by Bennetts Associates
St Dunstan’s House, 133-137 Fetter Lane by HLM
Roman House, Wood Street by The Manser Practise
St Bartholomew’s Hospital by HOK

The City of London Building of the Year is organized by Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects (WCCA), and allows members of the public to nominate buildings they believe to be extraordinary examples of contemporary architecture throughout city.

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Park Associati’s Pharo Business Center Lights Up the Milan Skyline

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Park Associati has revealed their plans for a new landmark business center in central Milan. A series of differentiated volumes make up the complex, one of which rises far higher and has been articulated as a “lantern,” illuminating the skyline. The plan for the Pharo Business Center focuses on visibility and accessibility, taking advantage of the site’s prominent position.

The new office building is situated on the cusp of multiple urban conditions, with up-and-coming districts such as Citylife and Portello at its doorstep, and two arterial access paths to the city center bounding it on either side. To capitalize on this site, Park Associati have focused on fostering “visibility and recognizability,” creating a building which is memorable at all scales, from approaching pedestrian to airplanes flying overhead.

Whilst the uppermost lantern is visible across the city illuminating both day and night, another lit volume at the first level provides a warm entrance and bathes the surrounding streets in light. The series of volumes are composed in a way as to not overbear the surroundings, with some angled facades slicing up the regularity. Slim metal fins emphasize the building’s verticality, breaking down the visual bulk and creating a streamlined look.

The building is afforded with street frontages to all four sides, with the main access route through the front of the building at via Gattamelata. A centrally located piazza, designed as an access route and meeting place, connects from via Gattamelata to Piazza Tur and via Teodorico. The walkthrough zone touches the communal areas at the ground floor of the building and distributes pedestrians to the vertical circulation areas in the main lobby. By enabling the horizontal flow of pedestrians, overall permeability of the site is highly increased.

News via Park Associati

Architects: Park Associati
Location: Via Gattamelata, 30, 20149 Milano, Italy
Project Manager: Marco Siciliano
Project Team: Alexia Caccavella, Fabio Calciati, Antonio Cinquegrana, Giancarlo Gastaldin, Marinella Ferrari, Lorenzo Merloni, Davide Pojaga and Marco Vitalini
Area: 18000.0 sqm
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Courtesy of Park Associati

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Rosewood Park / Woodhouse Tinucci Architects

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Architects: Woodhouse Tinucci Architects
Location: Highland Park, IL 60035, United States
Project Team: David Woodhouse (principal), Andy Tinucci (principal), Brian Foote (project architect), Ed Blumer, Nathan Bowman, Sam Spencer
Area: 18000.0 ft2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Bill Timmerman

Structural: Enspect Engineering
Civil: Terra Engineering
Coastal Engineer: US Army Corps of Engineers
Lighting: Lux Populi
General Contractor: WB Olson
Mep: WMA Consulting Engineers

The Rosewood Beach Development projects integrates four new buildings into Rosewood Park’s splendid beachfront by blending them into a canonical waterside element—a 1,500ft-long boardwalk that hugs the bottom of the bluff, connecting access points at each end and opening to Lake Michigan along its east side. Program elements are housed in simple, small-scale, low-profile units strung out along the boardwalk like kiosks or pavilions. Building elements are long, low and thin, largely transparent in the north-south direction, and topped with boardwalk planks so that all views up and down the beach and from the park above are fully preserved. At the north, the environmental education pavilion is a large, open space, backed up by a thin service bar containing restrooms and storage. The pavilion’s north and south walls are sliding glass doors which open to decks outside, fully connecting it to the boardwalk and allowing views right through the pavilion. Its east wall is mullionless glass, giving an unimpeded view of the lake.

Walking south, park users pass tree-shaded benches to reach the welcome pavilion (and life guard office), then move on to an outdoor dining area with seating and tables defined by the refreshment pavilion and the beach restroom pavilion.

Materials are natural, simple, durable, easily maintainable, “beachy”: Local stone was quarried from southern Wisconsin to clad the buildings, blending them into the natural habitat of the bluff beyond. Ipe decking and cedar siding form the boardwalk and cladding of the individual pavilions and large quantities of operable glass blend interior and exterior and allow for panoramic views of the lake. The glazing on the project is provided with a micro ceramic frit, invisible to the human eye, but able to be seen by birds and reducing bird strikes to a minimum.

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Category One: Excellence in Affordable Housing

Category Two: Creating Community Connection Award

Category Three: Community-Informed Design Award

Category Four: Housing Accessibility | Alan J. Rothman Award

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