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• Architects: Colorado Building Workshop
• Location: Leadville, CO 80461, United States
• Lead Architects: Rick Sommerfeld, Will Koning (Faculty), Joshua Allen, Andrew Baur, Devyn Bernal, Michael Black, Leigh Bryant, Amanda Gonzales, Anna Griffith, Jeffrey Heger, James Hillard, Kyle Hoehnen, Andrea Kelchlin, Craig Kibbe, Jesse Leddin, Amie McDermott, Tanner Morrow, Nina Najmabadi, Kyle Plantico, Christopher Powell, Genevieve Sellers, Michael Schauble, Andrew Schrag, Diana Souders, Henry Spiegel, Samantha Strang, Catrina Weissbeck, Tyler Whaley, Brittany Wheeler, Ryan Wresch (Students)
• Area: 200.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Jesse Kuroiwa

• Colorado Building Workshop Staff: Katherine Hartung
• Structural Engineer: Andy Paddock
• Lighting Consultant: Blythe von Reckers

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In 2016 the Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS), a not-for-profit organization focusing on outdoor education, continued their partnership with (name withheld). This second group of 28 students designed and built seven insulated cabins for year-round use. The cabins were intertwined within the same village housing boundaries as the 14 seasonal cabins constructed in 2015; deep within a lodgepole pine forest, 10,000 feet above sea level, and accessible only by a narrow dirt road.

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In the spring students were required to conduct a critical architectural inquiry into materiality, structure, light, context, environment, and program to create innovative solutions to prefabricated, accelerated-build, micro housing. Each 200 square foot cabin was required to house one or two residences and be powered by a single electrical circuit. The circuit provides lighting, heating and a series of receptacles with the capacity to charge technology and small appliances (mini refrigerators, tea kettles, coffee pots, etc). A central staff lodge is accessible to the residences for bathing, cooking, and laundry. With an average annual temperature of 35o Fahrenheit, the seven all-season structures were required to meet the standards of the International Energy Conservation Code climate zone 7&8 (the coldest zone in the United States). Inspired by quinzees, a snow shelter made from a hollowed out pile of snow, the students adapted the logic of “snow insulation” for their structures. 

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Morphology

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The cabins employ structurally insulated panels (SIPs) for the walls and flat roofs. The roofs are designed to hold the snow in the winter, providing an additional R-20 to R-30 of insulation depending on the depth of the snow. A single electrical circuit powers each structure. This is accomplished by the small cabin footprints, LED lighting, and the super insulation of the SIPs combined with the snow’s natural insulation. This efficiency reflects the school’s commitment to the environment. The orientation and articulation of each of the seven cabins react individually to the immediate site conditions present in the landscape. No two cabins are alike. Hot rolled steel cladding provides a low maintenance rain screen for the structure. The cladding and the vertical columns of the moment frame below blend with the pine forest, minimizing the visual impact. Cedar clad front and back porches are carved from the main mass to create entry and private outdoor spaces for the more introverted, permanent COBS staff. The cabin interiors are skinned in birch plywood bringing warmth to the structure and evoking a connection with the trees surrounding the site.

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Product Description. Prefabricated structurally insulated panels, manufactured by Big Sky R-Control, served as the primary building enclosure for the cabins. The single panel wall assembly reduced construction time and minimized thermal bridging. This product was combined with 3MVHB glazing tape and Oldcastle Low-E glass to create frameless windows. 

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Exploded Axo

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In New York City, as in many cities worldwide, residents rely on the subway system to get around. But despite its importance, there are still plenty of locations throughout the city so difficult to get to, it’ll leave you cursing, “Who designed this thing anyway!?”

Now thanks to a new game from engineer Jason Wright, you have a chance to correct the design flaws of the current system – virtually, anyway.

The game, titled “Brand New Subway,” starts with either a blank slate, or with preloaded versions of the present map, the planned 2025 system, or the system depicted in the famous 1972 Massimo Vignelli-designed map. You’re then able to add new stations off of existing MTA lines, or to create a completely new line of your own.

The game will grade you based on your system as you go (the present-day map receives a “B”), based on overall accessibility.

You can also input any other city and create your own system from scratch there, using the traditional New York City designations.

Check out the game for yourself, here.

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• Architects: Fernanda Canales
• Location: Mexico
• Design Team: Alejandra Téllez, Aarón Jassiel
• Area: 50.0 m2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Jaime Navarro

• Structural Engineering: Grupo SAI – Gersón Huerta
• Modules: Campeche (Campeche), Tepic (Nayarit), Oaxaca (Oaxaca), Cuautlancingo (Puebla), Cancún (Quintana Roo), Culiacán (Sinaloa), Mérida (Yucatán), Zacatecas (Zacatecas)

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From the architect. The proposal consists of a minimal prototype that occupies the same amount of space than a parking spot for a car: 2.5 x 5.0 meters. It is designed to be built by community members in almost any residual space of a low cost housing project that in Mexico always lack collective services and cultural facilities. 

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Isometric

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This basic independent module is a cube made of concrete, and can house a reading area and a place of gathering. This prototype can grow combining it with other modules, thereby fostering the appropriation of the exterior space. 

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The design originated out of the concept of transparency, allowing two main contributions: safe public space, with views onto the surroundings, but also a space sheltered from the weather and always visible from the exterior. Even at night, when it is closed, the module serves as a lamp, exhibiting what is happening on the inside.  

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The project was undertaken in collaboration with the Infonavit, Mexico’s workers’ housing fund, and the Ministry of Culture (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Conaculta), which donated one thousand books for each unit. The modules function as meeting and recreational spaces for the community. Some are equipped with bathrooms, computer facilities, and exterior furnishings, depending on the needs of each community.  

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They can withstand flooding of one meter without suffering any damage and have been built in different climates. Chosen for their durability and availability, all of the materials are chosen for their economy and can be obtained in any common hardware store. 15 prototypes have been built during the last year in 15 states in Mexico and they have really changed the life of the communities. 

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Plaza in Tepic, Plan

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Cox Architecture has been selected as the winners of an invited competition for the new North Queensland Stadium in Townsville, Australia, beating out finalist proposals from BVN Architecture, Hassell and Populous. With a roof design inspired by the native Pandanus tree, the new stadium will provide seating for 25,000 spectators as the new home to the National Rugby League’s North Queensland Cowboys. 

“Our team is excited to have been selected to deliver this transformative project for the North Queensland region,” commented Project Director Richard Coulson. “The stadium design is an expression of tropical Queensland and North Queensland in particular. It combines structural, functional and operational aspects of international modern stadiums with engagement of the environment that is quintessentially Queensland.”

“The stadium provides an identity for the region and an important contribution to the city. Through the development of a ‘fan first’ approach to the design of the stadium and its use to create a sense of place and belonging, we have forged a unique architectural and engineering response that can only be ‘of this place’.”

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The evaluation panel for the competition were impressed by Cox’s “elegant design, innovative facility planning and strong local collaboration, including their genuine local input and partnership.”

The $250 million dollar stadium will be integrated into the urban fabric with generous arrival plazas and landscaped greens, as well as an open grassed terrace on the northern edge that will provide views to the downtown and Magnetic Island.

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Inside the complex, corporate facilities, amenities, permanent concessions and state-of-the-art IT will create a fan-centric atmosphere. The stadium’s Pandanus-inspired roof will cover 80 percent of the seating, and has been designed to resist cyclonic wind conditions. The stadium has also been designed to accommodate a future expansion to 30,000 seats. 

A contractor for the project is expected to be selected in mid 2017, with site work starting later that year. The stadium is hoped to be completed in time for the start of the NRL season in early 2020.

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Credits

Local Architect: 9point9 Architects
Mechanical and Electrical: Ashburner Francis
Structural, Civil, Traffic and Transport, Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) specialists, Acoustics: Arup
Hydraulics: Parker Hydraulics
Landscaping and Surveying: RPS
Geotechnical: Douglas Partners
Specialist Wind Engineering: Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University

Learn more about the project, here.

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• Architects: Paredes Pedrosa
• Location: Lugo, Spain
• Architects In Charge: Ángela García de Paredes, Ignacio G. Pedrosa
• Area: 14647.55 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Fernando Alda

• Project Directors: Juan Iglesias, Iván López Veiga
• Project Collaborators: Álvaro Rábano, Clemens Eichner, Lucía Guadalajara, Ángel Camacho, Ingrid Campo, Blanca Leal, Roberto Lebrero
• Collaborators: Ana Ortiz Conlledo, Ana González de Herrero Otero, Rubén Ramos Loureiro, Alejandro Romero Romero
• Budget And Measurement: Luis Calvo
• Execution Direction: Vicente Quiroga Rodríguez
• Structure: GOGAITE S.L. + E3 Arquitectos, Francisco Carballo y Carolo Losada
• Installations: JG Ingenieros Consultores de Proyectos S.A. + Obradoiro Enxeñeiros S.L.
• Glassing: Guardian
• Contractor : UTE FCC Construcción S.A., Vilamiño S.A.
• Owner: Xunta de Galicia

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From the architect. The Auditorium, as the old roman walls of the city of Lugo, has a strong link to the existing site and to the topography. The project involves rearranging the relationships between the open spaces of the slope and the city. The building is organized between two levels: a lower one related to the city and to the avenue and an upper level related to the existing gardens where the entrance to the music halls is placed. Parallel to the avenue the entrance to the congress area builds up the Auditorium’s representative image towards the city.

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A long and irregular shaped volume hosts the programme where public areas link a series of different spaces connected by a large continuous lobby. The music halls, for 900 and 300 seats are designed also for theatre and both are placed over the slope overlooking the garden with natural light.

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The building has a double image, a fragmented small-scale image towards the garden and a continuous glass curtain wall with different transparencies and heights towards the city, conceived as a large vernacular gallery.

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Last week, Richard Murphy Architects’ ‘Murphy House’ in Edinburgh was named the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 2016 RIBA House of the Year. Built into a hillside lot, the unusual site presented the architects with the opportunity to play, loading the house with an assortment of clever architectural details and mechanics, including a hidden bath in the master bedroom, folding walls, sliding bookshelf ladders and operable clerestory panels.

To capture all these moving parts in their full effect, the architect himself created a video walkthrough of the house. Check it out below.

The design of five-story house was inspired by the work of 20th century Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, known for his own finely crafted, playful details in building such as Brion Cemetery, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, and the Olivetti Showroom in Venice.

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The House of the Year judges were charmed by the house’s ability to blend surprises with beautiful craftsmanship.

“Murphy House was a real box of tricks with a unique, playful character,” commented judge Philip Thorn from Hiscox.

“Although a small property, it was deceivingly large inside due to the clever use of space. Every room contained a surprise and the attention to detail was exceptional. The roof terrace was a real oasis of calm and I loved the long list of environmentally friendly touches. A true pleasure to visit and I would imagine a lot of fun to live in.”

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“The Murphy House is this year’s best example of how to overcome challenging constraints – from planning restrictions and an awkward site in an urban location – to build a stunning house. Plus the architect overcame one of the biggest obstacles: a demanding client – himself!” added RIBA President Jane Duncan.

“Nearly a decade in the making, this house is a true labour of love for Richard. Part jigsaw puzzle, with its hidden and unexpected spaces, and part Wallace and Gromit with its moving pieces and disappearing walls, this is a model house of pure perfection and a worthy winner of the RIBA House of the Year 2016.”

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Selected from a 20-strong longlist, the full shortlist for the 2016 RIBA House of the Year award included: 

• Ansty Plum, Wiltshire by Coppin Dockray
• Covert House, Clapham, south London by DSDHA
• Garden House in Hackney, east London by Hayhurst and Co
• Modern Mews in central London by Coffey Architects
• Murphy House, New Town, Edinburgh by Richard Murphy Architects
• Outhouse, Forest of Dean by Loyn & Co Architects
• Tin House in west London, by Henning Stummel Architects

You can read more about the award, here.

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• Architects: Neil Dusheiko Architects
• Location: London, United Kingdom
• Area: 180.0 m2
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Tim Crocker , Agnese Sanvito

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Introduction
The project is a remodelling and extension to a house in a conservation area for a young family. The Brackenbury House forms part of a terrace of five Lillian Villas built in 1879. The “L” shaped double-fronted villas are brick and stucco faced, two-storey high, with front gardens forming a landscaped frontage, set back from the street. 

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Client’s Brief
Dutch born, Niels Swinkels works for Universal Pictures and is passionate about the aesthetic of sci-fi films. Erica Swinkels [Swedish / British], asked for a palette of natural earthy materials and was keen for us to retain as much of the existing fabric of the building and re-cycle it as we reconfigured the house to make it work better for them as a family.

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The ambitions for the project were high in terms of achieving open plan, visually connected spaces to allow for a greater sense of communication between the different rooms. The client wanted to make the house feel connected to the outside through framed views to the garden and to allow as much natural light in as possible.

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Materials and Spatial Strategy
Our design adds a new basement and rear extension, providing an expanded living and kitchen space, sky lit sun-filled bathrooms, a home cinema, playroom and guest bedroom. We sought to create an innovative design solution – rethinking the basement typology in a contemporary way to ensure it was both a light-filled but could also be used in a multi-functional way – as a playroom for their young son or a sophisticated cinema viewing room. 

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The conceptual approach was to create a calm atmospheric interior using carefully selected unified palette of materials stitching the modern design into its historic context within the conservation area. Materials work well together due to the inherent relationships between re-used historic materials juxtaposed with modern industrial elements.

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The new basement area is lit by large skylights cut into the floors above. All levels are opened out to allow the existing rooms of the Victorian house to give way to an open plan interior on the ground floor and tall loft like spaces upstairs. The kitchen and living rooms open out to a south-west facing patio, creating a strong connection between house and garden. 

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All the ceilings in the upper floors were removed, allowing the tall loft-like ceiling spaces to be exposed with large skylights flooding the home with natural light. The bathrooms are top lit by generous skylights linking bathing spaces to the sky above.

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Product Description. 

Although one does not often associate home refurbishments with sustainable design; our practice worked hard to embed sustainable principles and products into the design at the early stages in the project. 

We re-used as much of the existing fabric of the house as possible – the existing bricks of the house were carefully stored during the demolition stage for re-use to construct the new extension. The recycled Hammersmith stock bricks from the existing house are used to create the new extension linking the memory of the old house to the new design. A feature brick wall in the living area extends down to the basement through the skylight visually connecting the two levels. The new rear façade is constructed out of recycled brick and is tied to the existing flank wall with a sensuous curved brick detail. The use of lime mortar ensures future re-use of the brick is still possible.

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The upgraded insulation and heating systems to the property allowed us to include larger areas of glass to the rear facade. We placed the glazing elements, glass doors and skylights on the south / east to maximise the potential solar gain and reduce the amount of mechanical heating needed during the day as well as cutting down on the need for artificial lighting.

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All the external walls are heavily insulated with robust airtightness details to minimise heat loss throughout the fabric of the building. All glazing was upgraded to high quality thermally broken double glazed argon gas filled units.

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A walk-on glass floor allows one to see from the ground floor to the basement playroom as well as allowing light to enter the basement through the tall foldaway glass doors. The glass doors fold away completely linking the kitchen, courtyard and living room. Views to the sky are created at the landings to all the staircases. The bathrooms are top lit by generous skylights allowing one to bath under the stars. The large glazed units meant that a house that was previously dark and pokey was now a light filled space.

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We embedded underfloor heating pipes within the polished concrete floor due to its good thermal mass and heat retention qualities. We also used an air exchange system in the basement that allows for a constant feed of fresh air from the outside and recycled all the heated air back into the house before it is exhausted outside.

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• Architects: Jacobsen Arquitetura
• Location: São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
• Project Team: Paulo Jacobsen, Bernardo Jacobsen, Edgar Murata, Marcelo Vessoni, Jaime Cunha Jr., Christian Rojas, Henrique Vetro, Maya Leal
• Area: 1660.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

• Landscape Design: Bonsai Paisagismo
• Lighting Design: Maneco Quinderé
• Automation Project: Roberto Molnar.
• Facilities: Grau Engenharia
• Air Conditioning: Grau Engenharia
• Structure: Leão e Associados
• Construction: Alle Engenharia

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From the architect. We worked with a maximum lot occupation and construction limit in the design of the house for a couple and their three children in São Paulo.

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The L-shaped project was built within the frontal boundaries and one of the sides of the ground floor. Therefore, at the same time we created a physical and visual protection toward the street, we released a maximum amount of space for the garden, with complete privacy yet greater sunlight. The square shape of the pool sought to formally represent the importance of this free area, which functions as the spatial core of the house and all of the family’s activities.

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Ground Floor

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The program demanded by the clients was based on a clear zoning: the garage and service area was to be underground; the living, dining, kitchen and verandas on the ground floor; and lastly, the bedrooms, family room and office on the upper floor.

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The ground floor is characterized by the opening into the garden and transparency that imbues it with the character of support pillars. The street access features a covered pergola to the front door, which doubles as porte-cochere for cars entering the garage. Here, the ground floor and upper floors are displaced to avoid a two-story façade facing the street.

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The upper floor is entirely enveloped by a wooden skin consisting of mobile and fixed panels structured in metallic frames. The development of this element required several prototypes and special opening systems. In addition to providing visual protection and allowing in natural light and ventilation, the wood panels transfer a unique identity for the project’s façade.

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Land Lines, a new Chrome Experiment exploiting the satellite image data collated by Google Maps, allows anyone—cartographic aficionado or otherwise—to marvel at the contours of the world through gestures. Intelligently designed to detect dominant visual lines from a dataset of thousands of images, cut down from over 50,000 by using a combination of OpenCV Structured Forests and ImageJ’s Ridge Detection, users can simply “draw” or “drag” on a mobile browser or on a desktop to “create an infinite line of connected rivers, highways and coastlines.”

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Interestingly, by employing “a combination of machine learning, optimized algorithms, and graphics card power,” the experiment is able to run efficiently on a web browser without a need for heavy backend servers. The experiment has been made by Zach Lieberman, Matt Felsen, and the Data Arts Team.

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