Next to the Gushan Ferry Pier that connects Kaohsiung to Cijin is a FamilyMart. Further down the road is a Watsons. Continuing along it is a series of storefronts, most of which are delis and dessert shops.
Would anyone have ever wondered what is behind this row of shops?
Indeed, if you take some time to get around to it, you will discover a local neighborhood situated just between that bustling road and the pier-side, where the place is decorated with some casually erected melon sheds, a small square in front of the temple, and plenty of randomly placed plantations. Above all, you will also be treated to some waterfront sceneries in the cool breeze as you stand in this subtropical city of Taiwan.
Montreal-based yh2 introduces TRIPTYCH, a three-pavilion residence carefully nestled in lakeside surroundings. The house, with its crisp lines and sober palette, was built on a sloping site overlooking a small lake in the Laurentian Mountains, one hundred kilometres from Montreal.
The architects designed this building with a classical triptych in mind. It features a central piece, with direct views of Lac St-Cyr, and two side pavilions meant to be in more intimate contact with the nearby trees. The project is about the idea of fragmentation; it evolved from the desire to integrate three discrete shapes among existing trees on naturally sloping grounds.
The Guyang River, situated in the eastern of He Jian City, is a part of the ancient waterway around the river in history. However, in modern times, the waterway has been abandoned, and the large waste from the surrounding factories and residential areas made the ancient waterway a drain. The Guyang River Park we designed and built is the important part of the renovation of the water system around the city: dredging waterways, rectifying water bodies and ecological restoration of water bodies and surrounding areas. We expand the water surface and add walkways and structures around the waterway for people to pass and rest. The new Guyang River have become a place for residents to relax and integrate into nature in addition to flood discharge function.
The building holds indoor athletic activities such as 100m race or long jump and is used mostly in cold seasons to warm up and avoid injuries of the athletes.
The shape of the building is defined by the footprint of the plot, the street-walk on one side and the athletic stadium and the curved track on the other, while entrances are located on both short sides.
This building houses the information center of Academia Sinica. The ground floor is designed for receptions, presentations and seminars, etc.; the upper floor will be functioning as ecological exhibition hall. (All exhibits are excluded in the architect’s design scope.)
The pavilion situates in the ecological restoration area on Academia Sinica compound. Initial design inspirations resulted from deliberation with landscape and exhibition design consultants. A fierce dialogue, integrated with designers’ fields of specialty, formed the guidelines toward later design process.
The Pavilion covers an area of 178 square meters. The building presents an irregular geometrical form as a whole. The intention of facing the main entrance towards the entrance of the Tianyi Square is to enrich the city interface of the Square while keeping the commercial atmosphere intact.
The roof ridge of the building conforms the direction from the entrance to the central axis of the Square. Considering the temporary nature of the Pavilion and its costs, the form of folding surfaces is adopted instead of using curved roof, and the turning of the roof shows dynamic changes according to different functions. A semi-outdoor sheltered space is formed with a suspended lightweight structure to attract the crowd into the private interior display area.
The Solar and Gravity Powered Art and Science Pavilion is a design proposal for a public functional art structure dedicated to celebrating the relationship between art and science. The umbrella shaped roof covers a very large open floor area that would be used to exhibit art and science based projects along with many other related events.
Sixteen large steel arms (weighted at the orange-colored ends) are hinged at the center of a high tower that is supported by the umbrella shaped roof. A large solar cell array is mounted on top of the tower. The solar cells are used to power sixteen winches that periodically pull the arms up to the top of the tower in many different configurations. Whenever additional energy is needed to power the pavilion, and/or there is a desire to send the energy into the local power grid or just to change the shape of the pavilion, the 16 weighted arms are lowered by gravity back down into their original positions around the perimeter of the tower. The kinetic energy generated by the lowering arms, run 16 electric generators that create electricity for the pavilion, and/or for the local community.
While the official opening of the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai -the next World’s Fair- on October 20, 2020 feels far away, Pavilion USA 2020, the partnership responsible for the United States’ National Pavilion, has been making important headway in the design and planning of the landmark building destined to represent more than 325 million Americans.
The initial plans for the building and its experiences were released at a ceremony in Dubai on November 28th. The event featured the unveiling of an architectural model of the U.S. pavilion, designed by world-renowned American architect Curtis W. Fentress, FAIA, RIBA; and a tour of the American experiences currently being designed by Detroit-based design firm George P. Johnson Experiential Marketing.
The clients approached Feldman Architecture to design a retreat for eventual retirement and visits from their grown children—a retreat befitting the natural beauty of the location in the Santa Lucia Preserve, a 20,000 acre private development and land trust near Carmel, California. The clients were meticulous in the selection of the site, searching for two years for a spectacular piece of land that was flat enough to accommodate living on one level. In an initial meeting with Feldman Architecture, the clients noted their vision of butterflies alighting on the meadow site, which the architects took as inspiration. They also expressed a desire to integrate indoor and outdoor spaces with a simple, modern aesthetic and to provide separate spaces for their visitors.
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