ArchShowcase Archive for June, 2011VM Houses in Copenhagen, Denmark by PLOT=BIG+JDSWednesday, June 1st, 2011Article source: PLOT=BIG+JDS THE MANIPULATED PERIMETER BLOCK IS CLEARLY DEFINED IN ITS FOUR CORNERS BUT OPENED INTERNALLY AND ALONG THE SIDES. THE VIS-A-VIS WITH THE NEIGHBOUR IS ELIMINATED BY PUSHING THE SLAB IN ITS CENTER, ENSURING DIAGONAL VIEWS TO THE VAST OPEN FIELDS AROUND. THE BUILDING VOLUME PROVIDES OPTIMAL AIR, LIGHT AND VIEWS TO ALL FLATS. ALL APARTMENTS HAVE A DOUBLE-HEIGHT SPACE TO THE NORTH, AND WIDE PANORAMIC VIEWS TO THE SOUTH.  VM House (Image Courtesy JDS FELIX LUONG) House in Ookayama in Tokyo, Japan by Torafu ArchitectsWednesday, June 1st, 2011Article source: Torafu Architects A Collection of Large Furniture
Two generations live in this three-storied wooden house located in a Tokyo residential area. The site corresponds to a 4.7 m wide × 16.5 m long fringe of the land where the owner’s parents lived. Furthermore, the site is enclosed by buildings on three sides while its northern side abuts directly on the street. The layout was designed to alleviate the impression of narrowness of the frontage in as much as possible and make the best use of the site’s conditions within the maximum volume allowed by setback restrictions. To minimize pressure from the corridor on the frontage path we devised a basic plan that placed the entrance and stairs at the center while the bedroom and public areas are divided on a north-south axis.  Exterior View (Images Courtesy Daici Ano)
V-HOUSE in Leiden, The Netherlands by GAAGAWednesday, June 1st, 2011Article source: GAAGA V- HOUSE is designed for a private client and is located in the urban planning area “Nieuw Leyden”, a high dense area in the city of Leiden (The Netherlands).  Front View (Images Courtesy Marcel van der Burg)
Sphere building by EQUIP Xavier ClaramuntWednesday, June 1st, 2011Article source: EQUIP Xavier Claramunt Sphere Building: ‘un globo, dos globos, tres globos’ One could say that the Sphere Building is rooted on a distinguished tradition that says that the Earth was a tiny sphere suspended stationary at the geometric centre of a much larger rotating one which carried the stars. In other words, the planet Earth was the centre of the universe. It’s a start. The origin of such idea has to be found among Greek astronomers and philosophers. For some of them, the sun moved in the vast space between the earth and the sphere of the stars. Outside of the outer sphere there was nothing at all. No space, no matter, nothing! Frightening and at the same time exciting idea.  Exterior View
Mountain Dwellings in Ørestad, Denmark by BIG with JDS ArchitectsWednesday, June 1st, 2011Article source: JDS Architects How do you combine the splendors of the suburban backyard with the social intensity of urban density?  Bird's View (Image Courtesy JDS)
New Waterfront for Porto Alegre in Brazil by b720 Fermin Vazquez ArquitectosWednesday, June 1st, 2011Article source: b720 Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos The architectural practice b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos, the designers of the Veles e Vents building for the 32nd edition of the America’s Cup, will now tackle the revitalisation of a 2.5-km stretch of waterfront in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in collaboration with Jaime Lerner Arquitetos Associados. The project is aimed at transforming the Cais Mauá dock area – a rundown, disused part of the city – into a business, culture and leisure centre for the 2014 World Cup. The project to revitalise the former dock area is expected to cost approximately E198 million.  Torre Business Park e Hotel
Cork House in Esposende, Portugal by Arquitectos AnónimosWednesday, June 1st, 2011Article source: Arquitectos Anónimos An unusual and inverted process. The client convinced us to accept the responsibility to build with such a low cost. The shaped carcass, stoutly wrapped with cork bricks, deals a few radical ruptures, claiming a friendly distance to the neighborhood. Inside, the expectable “ready to inhabit” combines a straight preview to the changeable future and conditions, as direct as possible-translated in interior design. Some found nicknames: “the pavillion”, “the hut”, “the cork”…
 Cork House (Image Courtesy Ivo Canelas)
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