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Magnum Gallery in PARIS, France by Birds Portchmouth Russum

Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Article source: Birds Portchmouth Russum

Working in collaboration with architect Chris Stead of Paris, BPR designed a gallery, cafe and office for the Magnum Photography agency.

Image Courtesy © Birds Portchmouth Russum

Three architectural moves are key in turning this former hotel ballroom into an integrated set of spaces. A portion of the ground floor concrete slab is cut away, a bridge spanned across it, and a cafe ‘trailer’ inserted into the front facade. The front of the trailer pushes through to the street, defining the entrance and helping to project the identity of the gallery.

Architects: Birds Portchmouth Russum
Project: Magnum Gallery
Location: 13 RUE DE L’ABBAYE 75006 PARIS
Software used: Catia and Vector Works

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Tags: France, Paris
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Hanging Hotel by Decodeine

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Article source: Decodeine

The following project commissioned by Holden Manz & FOCUS gallery Cape Town, situated in South France Massif de L’ Esterel, uses architecture to dictate and choreograph our perceptions of immediate contexts and environments.

The hanging platforms offer a rest for rock climbers, a pause enabling them to enjoy the views and environment for a longer period before setting off on their journey once more. The surfaces are partly embedded partly protruding from the existing rock face structure. A grid of borehole foundations injected into the rock face expand into the existing granite, clamping the main body of the structure into the façade.

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Architects: Decodeine
Project: Hanging Hotel
Software used: CATIA and Maya

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Taiyuan Museum in China by Preston Scott Cohen designed using Rhino & Catia

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Article source: Preston Scott Cohen

The Taiyuan Museum of Art works as a cluster of buildings unified by continuous and discontinuous promenades both inside and outside. The building responds to the urban parkscape in which it is set; visitors are encouraged to pass through the building while not entering into the museum itself. An exterior ramp threading through the building connects the heterogeneous hardscapes, lawns and sculpture gardens. The integration of building and landscape registers multiple scales of territory ranging from the enormity of the adjacent Fen River to the intimacy of the museum’s own particular spatial episodes.

Construction Distance

Architects: Preston Scott Cohen
Project: Taiyuan Museum
Location: Taiyuan, China
Client: Taiyuan City Government
Total Area: 32,500 m²
Construction Budget: 6,500 RMB/m²
^{Software used: Rhino was used to design the form and the facade manufacturers used Catia.}