Concrete is proud to announce the opening of Postillion Hotel Amsterdam, a place for hotel visitors, local businesses and neighbourhood residents alike. With 252 rooms in a 65-meter tower, the hotel programme has been expanded with a wide range of additional public functions. As the final piece of the Kauwgomballenfabriek transformation, the programme and spatial design of the building are in line with the current developments in the area.
Health House was established in 2013 as the first dedicated rowing studio mixing rowing and strength training for a healthier community. The newest location amplifies that notion with an immersive experience catering to a bespoke lifestyle. Every design move from entry to personal interaction, crossing over the threshold from a social space into the transformative studio, to an innovative rowing experience engaging users in a dynamic video wall, to replenishing with natural supplements from t. Loft contributes to a holistic experience. KEM STUDIO, the architect and interior designer, collaborated with Dimensional Innovations who designed a seamless, game-changing rowing experience.
The Pacífico Sur Club, which was founded in the 60s in Lima´s coast, has a surfing tradition. Seventy five percent of its associates practice this sport: surfing defines what the sea means to them. As it usually occurs with other buildings of the time, it became necessary to formulate a series of changes that would cover the new needs of the associates.
The changes had to be respectful with the essence of the club, that is: its unique character and the contact with the sea. Every change had to be careful in improving the functional aspect, as well as strengthening the spaces. New materials to match with the already existent were to be implemented.
Situated in the dense theater district of Midtown West, ARO demonstrates a keen awareness to its surrounding context, utilizing approaches in massing and exterior expression to create a contemporary urban living environment. At 62 stories tall, ARO responds to site and zoning constraints, revealing solutions that maximize floor area, outdoor access and amplified views. Shaping of the form reflects changes in unit mixes, with larger units occupying the top of the building and smaller units occupying the bottom.
Espaço Núcleo Pulso is a body awareness and therapeutic space in the center of São Paulo. The institution is located on the last floor of a tall building, hosting different sorts of activities. The teacher and psychologist Mariana Camarote – head of Espaço Núcleo Pulso – wanted to implement different spaces for individual personal therapy and group activities, as well as corporal expression dynamics, related to Body Movement in Brazil.
The concept of the refurbishment design was to transform a typical open-space office without subdivisions and modular mineral lining with a low-ceiling challenge, into a space that could host the main hall among the rest of the program: a waiting area, a dressing room which eventually became the gateway to the main hall – a decompression and transition space –, an office for individual therapies, kitchen, two toilets and individual locker rooms.
Located in Xuhui No.26 Block in Shunyi District of Beijing, the project was commissioned by Xuhui Group’s Beijing office to create a small-scale sharing space in a leisure park. Powered by the sharing economy in vogue, the space can be booked by residents through an intelligence system. Moreover, through collaboration with BREEAM system in UK and LEED system in the US, the project serves as a zero-energy consumption demonstrative project in cold areas of North China, aiming to reduce energy consumption, improve thermal comfort, and promote sustainability through theme activities of mitigating the increasingly severe environmental problems.
The opening of the Mario Luzzatto Student House residences completes the Humanitas University Campus, the renowned international faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Nursing and Physiotherapy that promotes an innovative teaching system. The new residences, built in just one year, were designed by the architect Filippo Taidelli of the FTA studio, who is also responsible for the design of the Campus itself, inaugurated in 2017
FTA studio has looked after all aspects of architectural, interior and landscape design, creating a location where energy saving and environmental sustainability rule.
The hotel is located at the streamlined complex Meridiam Park —just 15 minutes from the Aguascalientes international airport— currently under development in the southern part of the city; aiming to be the best equipped for the business travelers visiting this important city in Mexico.
The bright orange plus sign at the entrance energizes fitness seekers with an extra burst of power and endurance.
Surrounded with bright orange acrylic paneling, the cylindrical waiting area is a perfect place for people to chat and relax while they wait for their class to start.
The waiting area also displays a selection of Plustime fitness clothing and accessories.
The area of intelligent medical islands is 34 hectares. Once constructed, the project will be the demonstration base of Shanghai intelligent medical innovation, creating more than 500,000 sqm working area for intelligent medicine subdivisions such as intelligent apparatus, precision medicine, testing and R&D, Stem Cell and Regenerative Research, etc.
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