In the beginning, it will be a park – a green area of five hectares, which will immediately replace the asphalt landscape and warehouses constructed in the ‘60s and ‘70s. This first phase will see both the renovation of historic buildings of the old factory and the creation of leisure facilities along the border heading south towards the river Leno. The return of industrial buildings, which will appear at a later stage in the development, will be suggested in the landscape of the park, through parallel strips mimicking the surrounding vineyards, and hiding the pre-constructed infrastructure under the ground. As the development grows, strips of the park will be raised up to reveal the warehouses below, and remain as the roofs of the buildings themselves, integrating the buildings with the park and surrounding landscape. This development will minimize the drawbacks of traditional work yards, and return a large amount of ex-industrial land back to nature and the use of the town.
Credits:
Architects: carlorattiassociati | walter nicolino & carlo ratti; KKAA Kengo Kuma Associates
The Canton Tower is Guangzhou’s most prominent new building that was set Center Stageduring the recent Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games. After 6 years of design and building works, Mark Hemel + Barbara Kuit, the designers of the tower, and their Amsterdam firm, Information Based Architecture, are pleased to announce that theCanton Tower has now been opened to the public. The Canton Tower – reaching 600m in height, has bypassed Toronto’s CN tower and has therefore become “The world’s tallest TV Tower”
Architects: Mark Hemel & Barbara Kuit–Information Based Architecture
Location: Guangzhou, China
Completion Date: October 2010
Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd.
LDI: Guangzhou Design Institute
Client: Guangzhou Municipal Construction Commission
New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy, marks a new era for classical music with the inauguration of the institution’s first purpose-built home, an extraordinary new facility in the center of Miami Beach. Designed by Frank Gehry in close collaboration with the New World Symphony’s founder and artistic director Michael Tilson Thomas, New World Center opens up exciting new possibilities in the way music is taught, presented and experienced and dramatically advances New World Symphony’s mission to provide exceptional professional training for the gifted young music school graduates who are its Fellows.
Cutting-edge architectural design by West 8 defines New Miami Beach Cultural Venue and ExoStage Provides Unique Outdoor Arts Experience. West 8 has delivered on its mission of a green park, not a plaza, a park that feels intimate, shady, and soft was created; a park that will support the world-class attraction of the New World Symphony Building. Lincoln Park reflects the spirit and vitality of Miami Beach and will support a multitude of day and night uses, either under the shade of the trees or a starlit sky.
Prime Consultant/ Lead Landscape Architect: West 8, New York, NY
BIG wins the international competition to design a new waste-to-energy plant. Located in an industrial area near the city center the new Waste-to-Energy plant will be an exemplary model in the field of waste management and energy production, as well as an architectural landmark in the cityscape of Copenhagen. The project is the single largest environmental initiative in Denmark with a budget of 3,5 Billion DKK, and replaces the adjacent 40 year old Amagerforbraending plant, integrating the latest technologies in waste treatment and environmental performance. The shortlisted offices included Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Dominique Perrault Architecture, 3xN, Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects & Gottlieb Paludan Architects who were selected to compete out of 36 international proposals in Fall 2010. The winning team is announced by an unanimous judge panel.
Collaborators: Realities:United (Smoke Ring Generator), AKT (Façade & Structural Consulting), Topotek 1/Man Made Land (Landscape)
Building: 95,000 m2
Landscape: 90,000 m2
Roof + ski slope: 32,000 m2
Façade area: 74,000 m2
Administrative + Visitor center floor area: 6,500 m2
Partner-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels, David Zahle
Project Leader: Brian Yang
Team: Jelena Vucic, Alina Tamosiunaite, Armor Gutierrez, Maciej Zawadzki, Jakob Lange, Andreas Klok Pedersen, Daniel Selensky, Gül Ertekin, Xing Xiong, Sunming Lee, Long Zuo
Archipelontwerpers designed this ‘Steel Study House II’ in Leeuwarden, a provincial town in the north of Holland. The landscape in this region has been conquered from the sea and therefore it is mostly flat and consists of green polders, dykes and many lakes.
The New Bursa Stadium architecture was designed for the TURKEY BID UEFA EURO 2016 . The stadium concept was prepared by the expert planning team of stadiumconcept – professionally supported by the structural engineers of schlaich bergermann and partners.
Studio Octopi designed this beautiful house in London. Located on the site of a former stately home, the historic and existing boundary walls still dictate the layout of the houses in this area of London. Working with the multiple boundary changes, the proposed house sets up a dialogue between the various levels and volumes throughout the 5000sqft of accommodation.