TOWOdesign created an exhibition space for 2018 Design Dream Show (DDS) in Shanghai. DDS is a cluster exhibition that leads the design trend in the furniture industry, with 23 exhibitors taking part in the event in 2018. Considering the common goal of general exhibition spaces, which is to provoke people's deep thinking about the whole industry through designs, this project focused on fairness of visual display for each participating exhibitor, as well as the coordination between the overall thematic image of the exhibition and individuality of the 23 exhibitors. If the image of the whole exhibition was too strong, it would weaken the characteristics of exhibitors, while on the contrary, if the individuality of each exhibitor's booth was too conspicuous, it would cause visual clutter and fail to convey the theme of the whole exhibition.
Wu Guanzhen, an emerging artist from China, welcomes the first stop of his 2018-2019 Asian exhibition tour in Beijing Today Art Museum. The building combines industrial heritage with modern design, allowing the artworks to be displayed through a unique aesthetic expression.
In a pure white-toned atmosphere, elaborately arranged lighting hightlights Wu’s 5 series of works, including Weaving Recall, Dunhuang Scroll, Mountain Plan, Daydreaming Land and Microscopic Nature. These works witness his careful interpretation of traditional materials like lacquer and ramie, and also reflect the artist's inner insistence on natural materials and traditional craftsmanship.
The NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, designed by Brooklynbased nARCHITECTS, was opened to the public in a ceremony on November 13th with State and City officials, and members of the Auburn community. Commissioned by the City of Auburn, NY and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, nARCHITECTS designed the new 7,500sf building and outdoor space, transforming a former municipal parking lot into the new civic and cultural heart of historic Auburn, NY, home of Harriet Tubman. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the building and a new statue of Harriet Tubman was attended by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Pauline Copes Johnson (Harriet Tubman’s great-great-grandniece), NY State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey, Auburn Mayor Michael Quill, and others.
Project: New York State Equal Rights Heritage Center
Location: Auburn, New York, USA
Photography: Brett Breyer, James Ewing OTTO
Design Lead / Prime Consultant / Architecture: nARCHITECTS, PLLC Eric Bunge (Principal-in-Charge), Mimi Hoang (Principal); Amanda Morgan (Project Manager), Thomas Heltzel, David Mora
Exhibition Design: MTWTF and nARCHITECTS
Structural Engineer: Silman
MEP Engineer: OLA Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer/Landscape Design: Environmental Design and Research
The archeological site of Troy has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 because of its outstanding universal value as a site that has witnessed various civilizations for over 4000 years and has been a significant influence on the development of the European civilization, arts and literature over two millennia.
Museum of Troy, located 800 meters from the site, is honoring this heritage and is a medium to tell the rich history of Troy in relation to its natural, cultural, artistic and archeological context. The museum building was acquired as a result of a national architectural design contest held by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey in 2011. The museum was opened to visitors in October 2018 as a result of 7 years of work. At the same time, 2018 was declared by the ministry as the “Year of Troy”.
Timeless architecture is the philosophy of Mecanoo & MAYU’s design for the National Taiwanese Archive: a building that hosts the memory and the collective identity.
The National Archives building is composed of two volumes: one that extends horizontally, forming a large canopy, protecting the ground floor, establishing the relation interior-exterior; the other, a perfect cube, landed on top of the horizontal volume.
Following its clear shape, the building is also organized in two zones: the public and the restrict access areas. The public zone is located in the east part of the site, connected to Wenhuayi road, while the restrict access area is organized on the west part.
The Administration of Mesola has shown the need to intervene on the Estense Castle with a restoration project in order to fit out transformable spaces for exhibitions and events. The Administration has nominated the intervention at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism and has obtained financing in the Inter-provincial Intervention Project No. 30 called Ducato Estense (implemented in the Interministerial program “Piano Stralcio _ Cultura e Turismo” Fund for Development and Cohesion _ FSC 2014-2020.).
Oodi represents a new era of libraries. The newly completed building in the heart of Helsinki consists almost entirely of public space and offers a wide selection of services. It will become the new central point for the city’s impressive public library network.
The design divides the functions of the library into three distinct levels: an active ground floor, a peaceful upper floor, and an enclosed in-between volume containing the more specific functions. This concept has been developed into an arching form that invites people to utilize the spaces and services underneath, inside and on top of it. The resulting building is an inspiring and highly functional addition to the urban life of Helsinki and the Töölönlahti area.
Software used: Revit, Autocad, Rhino, Grasshopper, V-Ray, 3dS Max
Client: City of Helsinki
Team at ALA:
Competition Phase: Competition phase: ALA partners Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, Janne Teräsvirta and Samuli Woolston with Aleksi Niemeläinen, Jussi Vuori and Erica Österlund, as well as Willem Barendregt, Martin Genet, Vladimir Ilic, Tiina Liisa Juuti, Julius Kekoni, Auvo Lindroos, Pekka Sivula, Pekka Tainio and Jyri Tartia
Implementation Phase:
Project Architect: ALA partners Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, Janne Teräsvirta (until 2015) and Samuli Woolston with Niklas Mahlberg
Interior Architect: Jussi Vuori, Tuulikki Tanska, Tom Stevens, Heikki Ruoho
Team: Nea Tuominen, Pauliina Rossi, Anna Juhola and Miguel Silva, as well as Michal Bala, Marina Diaz Garcia, Jyri Eskola, Zuzana Hejtmankova, Harri Humppi, Mette Kahlos, Anniina Kortemaa, Felix Laitinen, Malgorzata Mutkowska, T. K. Justin Ng, Marlène Oberli-Räihä, Olli Parviainen, Alicia Peña Gomez, Anton Pramstrahler, Jack Prendergast, Akanksha Rathi, Niina Rinkinen, Mikael Rupponen, Mirja Sillanpää and Pekka Sivula
“My design agenda for the Bo Bartlett Center was how to make the architecture support Bo’s artwork and legacy. This may seem strange coming from an architect, but my hope is that the architecture disappears and Bo’s work is what lights the place up.” –Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, Design Principal.
A former cotton warehouse on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, the Bo Bartlett Center is a multidisciplinary gallery, archive and educational space on the RiverPark campus of Columbus State University (CSU). For this adaptive reuse project, Design Principal Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, of Seattle-based Olson Kundig maximized the building’s interior volume with its expansive 23-foot-high ceilings to match the monumental qualities of artist Bo Bartlett’s work.
The Red Cross Volunteer House is an extension of the national headquarters of Red Cross in Denmark in Copenhagen. The triangular building has a 850-m2 roof that acts as a large public staircase extending from the street level to the second floor of the building. The extension, which has a floorspace of 750 m2, is placed partially below ground and serves as the main entrance to both the headquarters and the volunteer centre. The Red Cross Volunteer House was designed with the ambition of creating a new meeting place for the 34,000 Red Cross volunteers as well as a new public space – an urban living room that gives something back to the city. That ambition has been realized.
Client: Danish Red Cross – The new building was made possible only with a grant of DKK 30.7 million from the private foundation A. P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formål.
Article source: Noura Al Sayeh and Leopold Banchini Architects
The house for Architectural Heritage is a centre that houses the archival collection of sketches and drawings by the architect John Yarwood, as well as serving as an exhibition space dedicated to architecture. John Yarwood resided in the city of Muharraq between 1983 and 1985, while he was serving at the Head of the Urban Renewal Department at the Ministry of Housing and fell in love with the city. His affection for exploration and documentation found an excellent opportunity in the abundant architectural heritage of the city. Today, his hand drawn sketches and drawings as well as his photographs remain one of the most extensive sources of documentation on the architectural heritage of Muharraq of which unfortunately much has been destroyed since the 1980s.
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