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• Architects: Kolossa Architects
• Location: Csomád, Hungary
• Architect In Charge: József Kolossa, András Weiszkopf
• Area: 389.0 m2
• Project Year: 2014
• Photographs: Tamás Bujnovszky

• Associates: Katalin Kolossáné Bartha, Lilla Árkovics, Annamária Babos, Zsófia Gönczöl
• Structural Engineer: László Mózes
• Electric Engineer: Tamás Piller
• Building Services Engineer: Zoárd Mangel
• External Graphics: Dóra Máthé
• Manufacturer: Tildi Bau Kft., Kristóf Keresztes
• Supervisor: Géza Áts
• Client: The Municipality of Csomád, Mayor: János Klement

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From the architect. The Sports Center is located in Csomád, Hungary. Csomád is a small settlement in the northern metropolitan area of Budapest with the population of ca. 1500 people. The leadership of the village is dedicated toward architectural quality: in 2008 they won 2^nd prize on Pest County’s Architectural Award, and in 2015 they won the special award for village renewal of the Association of Hungarian Architects (Magyar Építőművészek Szövetsége)!


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 The Sports Center is the first phase of the local sport area development. The building was placed between the two existing football pitches. The 2^nd phase future extension will be placed alongside the bigger football field, hidden partially under the hillside. Phase one is designed to perform as a balanced architectural element on its own, yet the two phases are also going to provide a nice composition. The thin, concrete slab serving as a “levitating” outdoor bridge connecting the two phases is built already in phase one lending a somewhat dynamic touch to the otherwise closed shape of the Sports Center.

1st Floor Plan

2nd Floor Plan

The geometry of the building evolved a lot through the design process. In the end it “found” its place and shape interacting sensitively with the site and its urban function.

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The ground floor contains a pub and the restrooms while the changing rooms and the spaces of the football club are on the first floor. The ground floor is open to visitors and the two floors can be used separately.

Sections

Due to its dynamic, simple design, the new building stands out among the pitched roof residential buildings of its surroundings. Small gestures and detailing like the special blue color used many places throughout the building which is typical to the village, or the abstract reappearance of the inner yard of traditional local houses however make locals recognize the Sports Center as their own, and they seem to take pride in showing it to all the guests of various sports and village events.

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Product Description. The white plaster is the principal material used on the façade and emphasizes the simple and dynamic form of the new Sports Center in Csomád, Hungary. The white plaster facade gives a characteristic, modern look to the Sport Centre among the residential houses and the green landscape in the village. Moreover plaster is one of simplest facade materials and easy to maintain.

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• Architects: Anna Thurow
• Location: Gmina Kobylanka, Poland
• Architect In Charge: Anna Paszkowska-Thurow, Krzysztof Paszkowski-Thurow
• Area: 240.0 m2
• Project Year: 2012
• Photographs: Bartłomiej Bieliński 

• Collaborators: urbicon sp. z o.o.

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In close vincinity of Szczecin, in Kobylanka there is one house, differing from the “typical” suburban cityscape. Designed by architect’s couple Anna and Krzysztof Paszkowski-Thurow resembles immediately a picture of modern barn. Compact and energy-saving house is exploring archetype of typical polish countryside architecutre yet Anna and Krzysztof have merged it with innovation by using modern material and colour settings like dark-grey fibre cement slates as facade and roof cladding. On the contrary gable walls were plastered in white. Southern wall has a dynamic cut-out which forms roofed sundeck. Bold silhouette of the building makes a strong statement: there is a border between contemporary and “typical” architecture. 

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This house was a comission from a young couple and although it may not seem obvious, this is a family friendly “barn”. To proove that, there is a clear distiction between day, working and resting zones both for parents and yougsters. There is also a double height living room interconnected with common space on the 1st floor, allowing for good communication among the house.

Ground Floor

First Floor

When designing interiors of this house, Anna has referred to the character of the owners, their job as landscape developers and their numerous travels. Therefore all surfaces in the house might be characterised as rough and natural. Floor is paved with open-pore travertine and white-oiled oak planks. Kitchen is open integrated with the dining room. Spine of the building is created by centrally located staircase housing also storage area underneath, finished with white-oiled oak. Modern bathroom was designed in black emperador marble inspired by turkish-bath look, resembling distant eastern voyages of owners. 

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Anna and Krzysztof are architects, graduated from Szczecin’s Technical University and Copenhagen School of Design and Technology. Their style is underpinned by a subtle play of clean lines and natural materials as well as love for nordic internal warmth and order. They are often referring to Oskar Hansen’s saying: “We’re treating architecture as a backgroung exposing life’s processes, not like a majority of architects, understanding it (architecture) as a thing itself – composed and described” 

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Product Description. Creaton STRUKTONIT fibre cement slates enables homogenous covering for modern buildings. Due to its positive environmental characteristics it can achieve an A+ rating in the BRE Green Guide* providing extra credits under BREEAM Schemes. It is not only the environmental benefits that make Creaton STRUKTONIT fibre cement slates an attractive option for those specifying slate or cladding. This product was developed with the architect in mind and offer the opportunity to produce innovative and imaginative designs either as vertical cladding or slate roof pitches as low as 15°. Unlike other materials, fibre cement slates do not require wet-cutting due to the composition and workability of the material. 

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• Architects: BaO Architects
• Location: Baitasi, Beijing, China
• Architect In Charge: Benjamin Beller
• Photographs: BaO Architects

• Sponsors And Partners: China’s French Embassy, Artistic cooperation service of Beijing’s French Institute, Beijing Huarong Jinying Investment & Development Co. Ltd., Beijing Design Week, JML, ENTRE, CPYA, GEJIANZHU

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The BAITAcinema is an ephemeral activation of a small courtyard located in the historical Baitasi district in Beijing. Realized for the Beijing Design Week 2016, the project is in fact the first step in a longer-term strategy that BaO architects is undertaking with the French Embassy in China to transform this courtyard into a permanent cultural space for collective and shared actions. 

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The core gesture of the project was the construction of a wooden amphitheater within the existing layout of the house. Invading both outdoor and indoor spaces and entirely transforming the visitor’s experience of the place, the installation purposely provokes its vernacular host and creates accidental encounters or spatial events between the new and the old. It opens up a new range of usages, postures and potentials in a space that was considered a straightforward traditional residential space. 

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BaO’s architectural intervention focused on the desire and the possibility to create a spatial event that would enable a socio-political one. In essence, the amphitheater proposed to create a space that is traditionally associated with public life, community space, and civic gathering, within a setting that epitomizes domesticity and the intimacy of the Chinese family life. This cadavre exquis approach was a conscious architectural tactic to trigger an optimistic and progressive outlook on the opportunities of Beijing’s Hutongs’ renewal. It is uninhibited in its design, celebrates the possibilities of smallness, and is bold in its attitude toward its historical setting. It tries to break away from conventional and somewhat too polite approaches to historical district regeneration that is unfortunately too often associated with cultural pride and nostalgia. 

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The project and its associated “open-door policy” created a ambiguity between private public space that was intended as a way to signal the coming creation of a public-oriented program in the heart of the neighborhood. It was designed as an open cultural platform, a flexible artifact, an infrastructure that enables gatherings and celebrates collective actions. The ambition of the pop-up BAITAcinema was to create moments of encounter and shared pleasure where the hutongs community and the design week visitors alike can relax, watch a movie together, attend and participate in a variety of discussion on the city, assist to performances and artistic happenings, and participate in creative workshops. 

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The BAITAcinema program ran successfully for 2 consecutive weeks with a screening program intermingling old Chinese movies, documentaries, silent movies, children cinema, lectures, talks, workshops, and a special Sino-French Environment Month documentaries selection. BaO architects, alongside the French Embassy, local authorities, and the local community, will work on the formulation of the long-term project for the courtyard during this winter with the intention to start construction in the spring 2017.  

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• Architects: IAPA Design Consultants
• Location: Beijing, China
• Architects In Charge: Paul Bo Peng, Yen Hu, Stoney Yu, ZENG Zhe
• Area: 125.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: ZENG Zhe

• Client: The Mother Earth Happiness Group

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From the architect. Courtyard houses are a famous type of historic residence mostly found in Beijing. Courtyards used to be essential living spaces for Beijing locals. ”A house, a courtyard, a story” is the design theme used throughout the project. This theme inspired the project design and through the design process, traditional Chinese architecture was reinterpreted. The design aims to attach a different feeling to each courthouse through manipulating space, layout and building materials. Each courtyard house evokes a different emotion, ranging from calmness and tranquility to vitality and energy. The designs will inspire and uplift the guests, bringing them closer to nature. At the Courtyard House you can let your imagination run wild and find what you truly wish for in life.

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Product Description. The modularity of the Composite panel allowed for fast and flexible construction. The Composite panel also has good thermal properties. The panels incorporated with stone texture paint created an aged look which blends in harmoniously with the natural landscape. 

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• Architects: Boundaries architects
• Location: Gwanghwamun, Jongno, Seoul, South Korea
• Lead Architect: Kim Youn Soo
• Area: 50.0 m2
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: Hwang Hyo Chel

• Collaborator: Shim Hyungsun
• Clients: Sejong art center

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The project was a work for dual purpose. One is a movable concert stage for midday concerts sponsored by the Sejong Arts Center, and the other is an installation at Yein-madang.

Elevation

Elevation

View

We intend to expose power and heat generated by performances. Irregular trapezoid shapes make frames outside and wires weaves into each relation between those trapezoid shapes as a double helix like shape.

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The wave of wires from breezes that can not be captured in sight becomes music touching our eyes.

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Detail

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• Architects: Tvsdesign
• Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
• Architect In Charge: Kevin Gordon, David J Brown
• Area: 90000.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2014
• Photographs: Shawn Brasfield

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Where Legends Play

Located adjacent to Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, the College Football Hall of Fame is an architecture icon. Perched on a custom-formed concrete “Y” column, the rotunda sits atop the entrance and in front of the lobby, providing views into and out of the Hall. Inside, upper level exhibit spaces wrap around a ground floor field. This field acts as an organizing element for the interior of the facility and is available both for interactive play and special events. This 94,000 sf facility includes exhibit space, the field/ballroom, and retail plus restaurant space along the street edge.

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Plan 1

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Plan 2

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Spring Perspective. Image Courtesy of AZPML

The team of AZPML + DFN has won a competition for the design of the Passerella Ex-Torretta, a new bridge spanning the Ticino River in Bellinzona, Switzerland. The bridge will connect two existing medieval structures, the Torretta tower to the west of the river and medieval arcades on the eastern bank, and will provide a gradual 6% slope to allow for pedestrian and bicycle access.

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The bridge design draws inspiration from the “organic geometry of the waves” in the river, employing an undulating sinusoidal structure to retain a respectful and graceful profile.

“Our project aims to respect and enhance the natural beauty of the fluvial context of the Ticino River. Our intention has been not only to minimize the visual impact of the bridge in the natural landscape, but also to create a visual resonance with the meanders and the ripples of the moving water surface of the Ticino River,” said the architects in a press release.

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Elevation 1-250. Image Courtesy of AZPML

The bridge was shaped through 3 contextual conditions. First, its position between and respect for the two existing medieval structures. Secondly, to place structural supports to minimize the transfer of loads to preexisting structures. And thirdly, for the bridge structure to react to the varying conditions pedestrians will experience as they pass over the river.

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Geometry Relations. Image Courtesy of AZPML

The structure is located below the deck at points where enhancement of the connection to the surrounding context is desired, such as in the center of the river, and located above the deck where the environment is more aggressive, when the bridge reaches the canopy height of the trees along the bank.

“The design of the bridge is defined according to the structural behavior as well as the experience of the pedestrians, alternating along its trajectory between an integrative and protective structural section,” explain the architects.

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The budget for the project is estimated to reach €4.5 millions. A timetable for construction has not yet been released.

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• Architects: AZPML, DFN +DARIO FRANCHINI
• Location: Bellinzona, Switzerland
• Azpml+Dfn: Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Maider Llaguno Munitxa, Dario Franchini, Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal, Ivaylo Nachev, Manuel Eijo, Robert Berenguer, Paolo Toldo, Andrea Sanchez, Xiani Wang
• Client: Dipartimento del Territorio – Bellinzona
• Budget: € 4.5 million
• Consultants: AR&PA Engineering + Pianifica Ingegneri
• Photographs: Courtesy of AZPML

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• Architects: NatureHumaine
• Location: 23 Rue Saint Viateur O, Montréal, QC H2T, Canada
• Area: 50.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Adrien Williams

• General Contractor : Avantage Plus

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The design of the Aesop store in the Mile End portrays in simple ways, the underlying theme of movement found through the heritage of the neighborhood. From the 1880’s to the 1980’s, different waves of immigrants settle in this neighbourhood as described by the documentary of Montreal filmmaker Albert Kish “Our Street was paved with gold”. 

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Floor Plan

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The design of this Aesop store presents itself as a common, but deconstructed, structure. The store appears to be stripped to the bare bones, showing its structural “guts”. As visitors glimpse into the storefront, they are confronted at first with a familiar raw palette of materials – plaster, plywood, limestone, brass, and reclaimed wood. 

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A monolithic demonstration sink, covered in local limestone stands as a visual anchor in the middle of the store compelling visitors to move around it in order to explore the nuances and elements of the walls. The recognizable stud wall is transformed into a plywood structure that unfolds its colors with the motion of its visitors. In front of the ever-changing colors of the walls, the amber glass bottles are placed on thin brass shelves appear to float as they seem to be timeless. 

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Vincent Callebaut Architectures has released in-progress images of their Tao Zhu Yin Yuan sustainable tower, under construction in the Xinjin District of Taipei City, Taiwan. The tower’s rotating form draws inspiration from the double helix structure of DNA and will be covered in 23,000 trees in its aim to become a pioneering sustainable residential eco-construction that finds “the right symbiosis between the human being and the Nature.”

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After being awarded the project commission in a 2010 competition, Vincent Callebaut Architectures set out to create a building “like an inhabited tree” that could create a fragment of vertical landscape with minimal energy consumption.

The design consists of a 20-story tower that completes a 90 degree twist as it rises – a 4.5 degree turn per level. This form was chosen based on four criteria:

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to integrate into the pyramidal profile of the building volume determined by urban setbacks; to generate a maximum area for cascading, suspended open-air gardens; to offer panoramic views of the Taipei skyline to all residents; and to provide each apartment unit with privacy by avoiding direct visual axes.

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The tower has also been eco-designed to take advantage of the climatic and environmental conditions of its site. VCA conducted sunlight, thermal and wind analyses to fine tune the design, optimizing natural light and ventilation throughout the building. In addition, the large planted areas will allow the building to absorb 130 tons of carbon dioxide from the air annually.

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Courtesy of Vincent Callebaut Architectures

The central core of the building features a double skin curtain wall system, that enables passive climate control for the vertical circulation and inner spaces. Other environmental features include a rainwater recycling system, low e-glass, a photovoltaic solar array on the roof and canopies, energy-saving lifts and automated energy saving monitors that adapt to climatic conditions.

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Floorplans of the units follow two typical layouts on alternating floors, so to best fit into the virendeel beam structure. Each unit contains 550 square meters of column free floorspace, allowing for maximum flexibility of the interior layouts.

Additional amenities will include a swimming pool and fitness center, and several levels of integrated parking.

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The Tao Zhu Yin Yuan is expected to be completed in September 2017.

You can learn more about this project, here.

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• Architects: Vincent Callebaut Architectures
• Location: 110, Taiwan, Taipei City, Xinyi District, Songyong Rd, 陶朱隱園
• International Design Architect: Vincent Callebaut Architectures, SARL Paris
• Vca Design Team: Emilie Diers, Frederique Beck, Jiao Yang, Florence Mauny, Volker Erlich, Philippe Steels, Marco Conti Sikic, Benoit Patterlini, Maguy Delrieu, Vincent Callebaut
• Local Architect: LKP Design, Taipei
• Client: BES Engineering Corporation, Taipei
• Structural Engineer: King Le Chang & Associates, Taipei
• Local Mep Engineering: Sine & Associates, Taipei
• International Interior Architect: Wilson & Associates (WA), Los Angeles
• International Landscape Architect: SWA, Sausalito, San Francisco
• Local Landscape Architect: Horizon & Atmosphere (H&A), Taipei
• International Lighting Designer: L’Observatoire International, New-York
• Local Lighting Designer: Unolai Design, Taipei
• Green Consultant: Enertek, Taipei
• Green Certification: U.S. Green Building Council, LEED Gold + Low Carbon Building Alliance, Diamond Level
• Awards: Innovation Award Finalist on Innovative Design by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Chicago 2015 + Highly Commented Award, Future Residential Project, World Architectural Festival, Singapore 2015 + Winner of the International Architecture Award 2014, Chicago Atheneum, New York
• Area: 4233534.0 m2
• Project Year: 2017
• Photographs: Courtesy of Vincent Callebaut Architectures

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• Architects: Sofia Granjo Arquitetos
• Location: Rua da Torrinha, 4050 Porto, Portugal
• Design Team: Sofia Granjo, Tiago Clérigo
• Area: 300.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: A Caixa Negra

• Structure: NCREP – Consultoria e Reabilitação do Edificado e Património Lda
• Mep: ASL & Associados Lda

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The intervention was aimed to keep the preexistent use of the building – single housing -, seeking to improve its dwelling, salubrity, comfort and security conditions. On a conceptual level, the project is based on the rehabilitation of the existent house, developed in order to balance the infrastructural needs of a modern home with the delicacy of a centenary construction.

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However, when confronted with new spatial and functional necessities, it takes a different approach, clearly distinguishing itself from the pre-existence, not only in its shape and also by its materiality.

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It’s our understanding that, by exploring this relation, we are able to find meaning and a framework that allow the contemporary dwelling of historical buildings.

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