Article source: Maxthreads Architectural Design and Planning
The vision responds to the extending aim of positioning Taiwan in general, and Tainan city in particular, as a major historical based tourism destination, contributing Taiwan’s economic diversification from its current infrastructure lead planning system.
DISTRITO 38 is an office-park project of 70,000 square meters developed on a 35,000 square meter lot, which is to be built in three phases according to a master plan produced in collaboration with FOA. The area can be found at the foot of Montjuic hill, to the west of Barcelona, in a zone abounding in office projects currently under development, thus converting the area into an important tertiary centre located close to the airport and the seaport.
White Cave House is a white massive house characterized by a series of open-air voids bending and engraving the lump of the building. The purpose of these void spaces is to introduce sunlight into the house, protecting privacy and controlling scenes not in an exclusive way. And these spaces are practically used as entrance porch, garage, courtyard and terrace, so some spaces have to be seen from inside of the house as scenes.
The intention of the design was to put more emphasis on the product rather than the booth itself yet making the booth attractive to draw more clients. Having clean straight lines while inserting a curve form made it simple yet interesting, thus achieving the design intent.
The building consists of two fifty by twenty horizontal planes, connected with ten perimetrical columns and two independent glass volumes. Each volume is double stories connect wit each other with underground path. Top horizontal plane acts as a common roof for both volumes. Lower horizontal plane acts as common platform and a public space.
The concept consists of a simple joist nested in the terrain including the garage wing which is built in contrast to the houses around.“
The west-oriented rooms are connected with the exterior by a glazed facade. The terrace and the balcony with impressive roofing and external blinds are the most dominant elements of the house. The facade is accentuated by wooden tiling. The roof above the garage is green. Architectural concrete and wood are abundantly employed in the interior.
“The Wintergarden Façade is a radically experiential composition, a complex and beautiful study of nature, geometry and layering that communicates the rich diversity of life”
The brief for the new facades to the three street frontages of the Wintergarden Shopping Centre in central Brisbane required the creative application of a coherent identity and architecturally holistic sensibility in order to realise a multitude of intentions – to create an entertaining and engaging retail experience, a lifestyle destination and a ‘must-go-to’ meeting place and thoroughfare – at the heart of Brisbane’s city centre.
Tongjiang Primary School is located in Jianxi Province, south-east China. The charity World Vision commissioned Joshua Bolchover and John Lin at The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture, to design a new school building at no additional cost to a typical school building found in China. These buildings are generic two story buildings with open balconies constructed from reinforced concrete and brick infill. Our aim was to work within these constraints to produce a building that responded to the site context and could create unique spatial experiences for learning and social interaction.
Image Courtesy Ruf Work
Architects: RUF (Rural Urban Framework)
Project: Tongjiang Recycled Brick School
Location: Jianxi Province, China
Designers: Joshua Bolchover, John Lin (RUFWORK/ The University of Hong Kong)
Commissioning Donor: World Vision
Additional Donors: Luke Him Sau Charitable Trust
Project manager: Maggie Ma
Project team: Christiane Lange; Jess Lumley; Mariane Quadros de Souza; Anna Wan
Image Credits: RUF WORK
Date: April 2012
Size: 1,096m2
Cost: 73,616 USD
List Of Principle Materials Used: Concrete, bricks, recycled bricks
The BH2 programme is located at the north-east end of the ZAC mixed development zone, in the “Bois Habité” area. It is bounded by the Rue Claude Bernard to the east, and by the Boulevard de Cleunay to the north.
The immediate vicinity:
To the south of the programme there is a recent housing estate made up of small collective housing units of between R+1 and R+3. There is a difference of about one metre between the levels of the existing housing estate and the land.
To the west of the land, the existing sports ground is being kept, and included in the public parkland bordering the operation, and linked to it by footpaths.
The spatial experience unfolds as one descends from the entry ramp down into the home, here the view of the street and its noise are diminished and the quite realm of the house pervades.
The program is organized vertically with the public living, dining, kitchen, and the main art gallery spaces on the lower level and the private children’s and parent’s rooms on the upper level. The lower level’s open plan is designed for shifting social activities. The floor is seen as a “field” in which pool, furniture, and objects sit. Large pivoting and sliding glass doors extend the habitable space through to the outside. Horizontal circulation wraps this field and serves as path for the viewing of art displayed on the walls.
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