Archive for January 21st, 2012
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: ikon.5 architects
The interior renovation of the Swiss-based Schindler Elevator Corporation transforms an existing mundane 1970’s office building into a distinctive U.S. Headquarters. Schindler’s objective was to create an interior environment that expressed the minimal and purist design aesthetics of its Swiss engineering heritage. Schindler’s corporate mission is to safely move millions of people each day with their elevators and escalators throughout the world. Inspired by contemporary artists working with light and color to illustrate space and movement, our design creates a series of one point perspective ‘mise en scènes’ that abstractly explore movement and displacement.
 Images Courtesy James D’Addio
- Architect: ikon.5 architects
- Name of Project: Schindler Elevator Corporation U.S. Headquarters
- Location: Morristown, New Jersey
- Photos: © James D’Addio
- Software used: AutoCAD
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Tags: Morristown, New Jersey
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: Feix&Merlin
THE STUDENT SALON NOW
The LSE’s student salon is currently an unsuccessful space: Its walls are cluttered with unsightly alarm sounders, fire extinguishers and cable trunking, a big vending maching in front of the window blocks views in and out of the space and the big recycling bins are in everybody’s way. The lighting is mismatched and inappropriate for the type of use and the furniture is neither inviting nor comfortable. The space is quite simply not very attractive.
 Interior View
- Architect: Feix&Merlin
- Name of Project: Student Salon
- Location: London, UK
- Software used: Vectorworks for the cad drawing package. Hand sketches, images and drawings were collated in InnDesign for presentations.
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Tags: London, UK
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: Productora
This property adjoins a large lake in a small town situated a few hours from Mexico City. To take full advantage of the relationship with the surroundings, a system of elongated rectangular volumes was used, with one side of each completely open toward the lake. The sloping plot and the amount of surface to be realized led to the creation of three volumen stacked in a zigzag pattern, generating spacious open terraces and irregular, sheltered patios between them. From the street, the residence looks like a traditional construction; the use of roof tiles, wood, natural stone, and the plastered facade with small openings, grants it the regional character that is required by urban planning requirements. From the lake, the house is perceived as composition of rectangular elements with large glass surfaces; a series of typical modernist volumes, stacked in a dynamic configuration.
 Image Courtesy Paul Czitrom
- Architects: Productora Architect
- Project: Casa Diaz
- Location: Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico, Mexico
- Architectural Design: PRODUCTORA (Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, Wonne Ickx, Abel Perles)
- Collaborators: Felix Guillen, Diego Escamilla, Oscar Trejo, Iván Villegas
- Type: Residence
- Built Area: 450 m2
- Date: 2011
- Client: Díaz Family
- Construction: Diseño e Ingenierías EMET (Leonardo León)
- Photography: Rafael Gamo and Paul Czitrom
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Tags: Mexico, Valle de Bravo
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: Will Bruder + Partners
KAC as Urban Magnet…
Will Bruder + PARTNERS’ design proposal for the reinvented Kimball Art Center creates a community arts pavilion that is scaled to and complementary to its urban context — proportioned to be understood and enjoyed both from the pace of a pedestrian on Main Street or through the perspective of a visitor’s windshield as they arrive in Park City. The Kimball Art Center is conceived as a comfortable building of its place and time that also celebrates the challenge of ‘the new’. It is a home to the possibilities of ‘making and ideas’, as it serves its mission of providing quality arts education, exhibition, and events.
 Heber Ave and Main St looking northwest
- Architects: Will Bruder + Partners
- Project: Kimball Art Center
- Location: Park City, Utah
- Design lead: will bruder
- Design team: andrebighorse, patrickbradley, craigchapple, elizabethgalvez, rob gaspard, richardjensen, christophkaiser, ethanlay-sleeper, kentmcclure, ben nesbeitt, angelapoorman, louise roman, anthonytuminello, matt winquist withbrucetaylor of summit design architecture Park City, UT, &mark rudow of rudow and berry structural engineers
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: ikon.5 architects
The McGee Art Pavilion is an expansion to the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics in Alfred, New York. The Pavilion is designed as a large ceramic vessel for holding art and light. It is set on a plaza between two existing campus buildings on Academic Alley – the main pedestrian thoroughfare on the campus. Its ceramic façade, made of un-glazed terra cotta tubes, is a solar and rain screen. The unglazed terra cotta tubes that make up the screen are expressive of ceramic vessels and art objects being created inside the School of Art and Design.
 Night View (Images Courtesy Brad Feinknopf)
- Architect: ikon.5 architects
- Name of Project: The School of Art and Design at The New York State College of Ceramics
- Location: New York State College of Ceramics, New York
- Images: © Brad Feinknopf
- Software used: AutoCAD
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Tags: New York, New York State College of Ceramics
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: Amann-Cánovas-Maruri
This building is, without doubt, a parasite The building is situated on the south side of the hill of Monteagudo. It constitutes the first phase of a project that should improve access to the castle of Monteagudo, restoring it to become a place visited and fundamentally safe.
 Image Courtesy David Frutos
- Architects: Amann-Cánovas-Maruri
- Project: Monteagudo Museum
- Location: Plaza de San Cayetano. Monteagudo. Murcia
- Architect Team: Atxu Amann Alcocer, Andrés Cánovas Alcaraz, Nicolás Maruri González de Mendoza
- Colaborators: Javier Gutiérrez. Ana López. Patricia Lucas. María Mallo. Mónica Molero. Carlos Ríos. Antonio Rodríguez.
- Arquitecto Tecnico: Rafael Checa
- Sponsor: Consorcio Turístico “Murcia Cruce de Caminos”
- Construction: Intersa
- Photographer: David Frutos
- Dates: proyecto: 2006-2007. Obra: Junio 2008- 2010
- Software used: Autocad and Rhinoceros
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Tags: Murcia, Spain
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: Kotaro horiuchi architecture
The site is located in Chartres 80km southwest of Paris, France.
This house in the suburbs of Paris, was planned as a residence which stands still at forest which occupies most of this area, characteristic and vast site quietly. In addition to family dwelling houses, weekend houses for people living in Paris as guest.
In order that Japanese wife may transmit Japanese culture in exotic ground France, opening various courses of Japanese culture and people considered it as the house which can touch Japanese culture.
 Bird Eye View
- Architect: Kotaro horiuchi architecture
- Name of Project: Une Salle de Séjour en Anneau
- Location: Chartre, France
- Program: Housing
- Plot area: 1,200 m2
- Built area: 593 m2
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Tags: Chartre, France
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: De Matos Ryan
The Round Tower is a Grade II Listed folly, which had been reduced to ruin by years of neglect and fire. Located on the crest of a hill overlooking Siddington Village, the exposed site is visually integral to the setting of this listed structure. As such the design approach maintains the open relationship with the surrounding agricultural landscape by developing a discreet and substantial underground extension to the tower. This underground extension provides the main open plan living spaces and is lit by both a central open sunken courtyard and a lateral ‘landscape scoop’ concealing the new swimming pool and associated sun terraces from public view.
 Images Courtesy Edmund Sumner
- Architect: De Matos Ryan
- Name of Project: The Round Tower
- Location: Glouchestershire, England
- Structural Engineer: Price & Myers
- Main Contractor: GL50 Properties
- Concrete Contractor: Stallard Construction
- Completed: 2009
- Total area: 3800sq ft inc the tower
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Tags: England, Glouchestershire
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: Richard Meier & Partners
The third project designed by Richard Meier & Partnersin Mexico – is revealed today.The new Mitikah Office Tower will be a state-of-the-art building in the Delegacion Benito Juarez in Mexico City.
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Tags: Mexico City
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Article source: OOZE architects
Living in a Structure
The project is a redevelopment of a villa located in a green neighborhood of Rotterdam.
The existing villa was composed of an eclectic set of buildings stuck together forming a strange architectural patchwork: An original building from the early 20th century, a first extension built in 1991 mirroring the house and a final touch in 2003 to add 3 rooms and several facilities just before the current owner moved in.
 Exterior View (Images Courtesy Jeroen Musch & Ooze)
- Architect: OOZE architects (Eva Pfannes & Sylvain Hartenberg)
- Name of Project: Villa Rotterdam
- Location: Rotterdam,The Netherlands
- Project: Villa refurbishment
- Client: Confidential
- Assistants: Rene Sangers, Interns: Eloka Som, Maartje Franse
- Photos: Jeroen Musch & Ooze
- Software used: Different usual CAD software for architect but the most important one was used by the contractor and is called “xsteel”. It is a very powerful 3d software which enables you to produce all the production drawings in 3d. Very important for this type of project. The tolerance of construction was very low, 5mm.
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Tags: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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