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Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos . eep architekten

Joanneum Quarter . Graz

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos . eep architekten . photos: UMJ / N. Lackner . + baunetz

Güldenberg Architekten

Aussichtsturm . Saarland

Güldenberg Architekten

ECDM architectes

Ensemble de bureaux Cité Municipale . Bordeaux

+ ECDM architectes

CITYING*

Haciendo ciudad

IE school . segovia

Zon-e Arquitectos

RSN House . Mutilva Alta

gracias a Zon-e Arquitectos

La RSN House se desarrolla en horizontal, en dos niveles y medio, intentando tener un mínimo impacto sobre el terreno, desarrollando un esquema anisótropo con tres barras de 5 y 3.4 metros, separadas por dos vacíos de 3 metros.  Las barras se estructuran mediante vigas vierendel de 13.6 metros de luz, permitiendo que el nivel bajo tierra esté completamente despejado de estructura, y bañado en luz gracias a varios patios. Esta organización permite unas circulaciones desjerarquizadas y redundantes, ofreciendo múltiples posibilidades de ocupación programática. La propuesta desarrollada aquí, situa en el nivel sobre rasante el aparcamiento (para dos coches), un salón-comedor a doble altura (con un estudio superior que da acceso a la cubierta-solarium) en la barra ancha, y la cocina, el distrubuidor, tres dormitorios y los baños en las barras más estrechas. El sótano y la cubierta quedan despejados, conformándose como un gran espacio en el que se desarrollarán actividades deportivas, culturales, proyecciones cinematográficas, o un despacho profesional.

F29 Architekten

Mediathek Burg Giebichenstein . Halle

F29 Architekten . + burg halle

François Morellet

Réinstallations

centre pompidou

FRANÇOIS MORELLET was born in Cholet (France) in 1926. Morellet began to interest himself in geometrical abstract forms (usually uniform structures), towards 1950. His initial research led him to mostly two-tone surfaces and, in 1956, to the first superimposed patterns, painted or metallic, determining retinal effects of alteration. In 1960, in Paris, he was a founding-member of GRAV (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuelle) and his interest centered on kinetic perception investigated by means of geometrical lattices or grids, usually very fine, with the purpose of determining vibrant chromatic surfaces and new graduations of color depending on the intensity and quality of the rhythms of perception.
aras gallery

Cheungvogl

Alexander House . New York

cheungvogl

How to inject NY into NY?
New York appears in many ways like the ensemble of thousands of rocky islands; side by side growing out of the very rigid order of the city’s urban grain. On top of these rocks, generations of inhabitants have built little island huts, planted gardens along with rooftop mechanical units, water tanks and parasite structures. Life evolved.Within the boundaries of regulations, budget and ground spaces, there exists a unique culture, a ‘secondary New York’ above the rooftops of these orderly rocky islands. Many buildings try to deny the rooftop activities with parapets or potted plants, which seem like a conservative approach to a fundamental challenge. It is difficult for the city to discard the existence of these secondary living things that have occupied the rooftops, claiming these uniquely serene spaces of New York and making them a part of the city’s recognizable character. It becomes pertinent to address these stranded spaces.
How could existing challenges be considered as opportunities? How could new interventions begin to uncover these secondary New York spaces? Could creativity equal to comfort, freedom or success? The project is an extension to these very dialogues. The transformation works to compliment the spirit of the city rather than denying its existence entirely. Volumes and spaces transform the existing relentless city grain into a more habitable human scale by breaking down the building facades into small visible units, vertical surfaces of this ‘new island’ become more dynamic and efficient. Increasing the opportunities to introduce more views and more privacy simultaneously.
The project does not try to re-invent a new kind of mixed-use injection into an existing context, nor does it introduce a movement to change the existing city grain as it will destroy the character of the existing urban structure. Rather, the project accepts respects and understands these historical growths as significant markings of time and tries to combine them with today’s situation – New needs, New desires – to negotiate a platform for coexistence. The project cultivates a new sense of appreciation for the living things that gives the city its character.

Yoritaka Hayashi Architects

POOL inc.

courtesy of Yoritaka Hayashi Architects . photos ©  Takumi Ota

The disrupted skeleton without an interior finish has a peculiar charm and strength of space.
So I emphasized the shape of this space by painting the whole surface white, and tried to give order and rhythm though arranging the transparent furniture.
The furniture made of acrylic resin is like solidified water and slightly thicker than the ordinary glass, so it feels both heavy and light.