Article source: Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute
As with all city dwellings, there is a lack of nature and harmony which has been remedied in this design. The building base is facing the west, so as to not be tested by the extremely hot weather in the south of Taiwan. Hot weather does not make for a comfortable living environment which is why its effect has been diminished. The design philosophy uses the basic teachings of modernism from the 1960s, and the large amount of greenery is akin to a forest in the city. The unobstructed view allows for an impressive view of the city while the projected shadows demonstrate the natural passage of time. The facade of the building utilizes a cantilever beam-column system with a sun-shaded aluminum plate for deeper light and a richness of space. We try to make the building look light and modern, and hope to reshape the traditional perception of Asian people, that luxury is more important than a feeling of wellness and contentment.
‘Terramead Villa’, located on the outskirts of the small city of Thiruvananthapuram in the Southern tip of India. Over past 40 years it stood witness to the transformation of its calm village neighborhood to a busy suburban semi residential locality, with the road in front growing from a single lane to four lanes. It’s second-generation owner who had grown up in this house had a qualm of the rooms not growing up with him and the surroundings!
A re-design of the house was initiated, primarily to have more spacious and better lit up rooms.
A young couple, in anticipation of starting a family, desired a new home that reflects their cultural backgrounds. He is Spanish, and was drawn to black and white minimalism. She is Mexican, and wanted splashes of color in a modern home. Their existing house in the Maryland suburbs was small and dark, and did not take advantage of the views to the green parkway running behind.
Color isn’t something to be afraid of. Bright colors fill our lives with emotions.
Rich blue and noble maroon colors have become the leitmotifs of the Musician’s apartment.
Something special can be created even using simple materials as a play of colors, texture and rhythm of tiles, rare musical instruments, ceramics and decor.
As our customers gave us freedom, the project was implemented without any special requirements and restrictions, except for the budget. If you live in the same environment all the time, you will get stuck and bored. Therefore, we tried to avoid stagnation, using unusual shades and trying to leverage them somehow giving the dynamics to the interiors.
This project is located within the gated equestrian community of Bell Canyon, in eastern Ventura County California. The house is nestled midway up a steep hillside with views capturing the rolling hills and mature trees of Bell Canyon below. The topography of the lot had a steep heel and toe, while the middle portion of the lot was more moderately sloped, creating a natural place to locate a building pad.
The main consideration of the design was how the structure would respond to the terrain and capture the canyon views of the Simi Hills. The building elongates itself parallel to the view, thus creating panoramic views into Bell Canyon toward the east, while hiding itself from the two neighboring buildings on either side. By siting the mass of the building along the eastern edge of the slope, it opened up a large garden backyard between the building and the descending slope. Site lines from the interior social spaces extend from the backyard garden to the view of the canyon below.
After more than 40 years living in the same apartment, the owner, a retired woman, decides to completely transform her home. This exercise would involve a complete transformation of her lifestyle, still anchored in a past that she was hard to leave behind. On the one hand, the owner needed a new space of her own that would respond to her current situation, far removed from that shared by the entire family in the past. On the other, it was necessary to accommodate the thousands of objects accumulated after almost half a century of memories that needed to find a place from which to claim their prominent role in her personal history.
This 820 sq ft apartment takes up the entire Parlor level floor in a 1850s townhouse in West Chelsea. The 12’ ceilings in the public areas – the living room and kitchen – are remarkably higher than those in the bedroom and the bathrooms. To create a better sense of flow in the space, and to mitigate the height difference, we introduced two diagonal ceilings.
An arched library built in the living room provides the space a sense of hierarchy, grandeur, and scale, together with a newly designed marble fireplace and crown moldings.
This is a project of two individual houses grouped. A family from Aix-en-Provence living abroad but very attached to its mother land wanted to build two contemporary houses able to accommodate all or part of this family. Two independent houses responding to a versatility of uses: partial occupation, partial or complete rent, permanent or seasonal, future extensions.
The architectural response consists in proposing a large simple and homogeneous roof able to unify the different and separate components of the program. a « figure capable » at the site scale that houses both dwellings and their future developments.
Brusnika’s quarters in the River Port form a new housing estate in the centre of Tyumen, Russia. The area is located at the site of the former river port, which marked the beginning of Siberian steam navigation in the late 19th century. Barges were used to transport grain and salt, metal and peltry, fish and timber. At the time Tyumen was genuinely the door to Siberia. In the second half of the 20th century, the development of rail and automobile infrastructure led to a declining demand for river transportation. Eventually the port faded in importance but it still remains a memorable place for the city.
This project is located in a family house in Emirgan, Istanbul. It involves the design and the application of 3 different major spaces in which kids’ & teen’ room and teen’ bathroom.
This boutique project design aims to be used in childhood & adulthood periods with a new and livable space. On the other hand, “being motivating and bond strengthing for utilisation” was prioritised in the manner of daily habitats and aesthetics concerns for users.
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