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Namur Province Administrative Centre in Belgium by Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS sprl, architects & engineers

Friday, April 19th, 2019

Article source: Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS sprl, architects & engineers

Sponsor’s vision

Province Administration is bringing almost all its services together in one building to be constructed at its Salzinnes site. By establishing itself on the outskirts and at the edge of the Sambre River rather than in a high-profile city centre Namur Province has plumped for a high-impact yet sensitive position, to reflect how it regards its role.

This site should act as a city-level focal point with the outlying area serving to complement the centre. Consequently, the idea is to create a structure that has the ability to generate a deep affection for this new intellectual centre in Namur.

The image that springs to mind is of a village centre reflecting the province’s rurality and symbiotic relationship with nature. An invitation to our five senses to experience pleasure through the channel of art and culture.

The construction of the Namur Province Administrative Centre (MAP) will involve huge financial and environmental costs. The project seeks to obtain the maximum number of BREEAM credits, while highlighting the limits of this approach, as well as the questions raised. The project achieves a score of 93.53 %, or 8.53 margin points above “Outstanding” level.

Image Courtesy © Asymetrie

  • Architects: Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS sprl, architects & engineers
  • Project: Namur Province Administrative Centre
  • Location: Namur, Belgium
  • Photography: Asymetrie
  • Project Management Assistant: BEP – Territorial Development Department
  • Lead and Design Administrative: Dr Ir Philippe Samyn.
  • Management: Quentin Steyaert.
  • Technical Management: Denis Mélotte.
  • Dir. NWOW: Åsa Decorte.
  • Dir. BIM: Vlad Popa.

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CR Land Jinan in China by Waterfrom Design

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Article source: Waterfrom Design 

The Gently Flowing Walls Wind Into a Slow Andante

Jinan is known as the “Spring City” for its many springs since ancient times, with a landscape of lakes and water being a nutrient of life for the city and also a source of cultural enrichment. The copywriting takes springs as a starting point to conceive the spatial pattern and hopes to interpret the fluent posture that the flowing water emerges from the stone crevices, sparkling. Meanwhile, with abundant urban landscape culture as the venation, the design of aqueous phase starts from the concept of museums, with the hope that the space created can not only display objects but also bring viewers a pure enjoyment of architectural strength and aesthetic feeling. The unusual special scale and viewing method make the intuitive experience mix with the exhibits to be interwoven into a unique cultural memory and offer more in-depth field implications.

Image Courtesy © Yuchen Chao

  • Architects: Waterfrom Design
  • Project: CR Land Jinan
  • Location: Jinan, China
  • Photography: Yuchen Chao
  • Area: 2800m2
  • Design Period: 2018.1-2018.6
  • Construction Period: 2018.7-2018.10

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Grammarly office in Kiev, Ukraine by balbek bureau

Sunday, April 14th, 2019

Article source: balbek bureau

Grammarly is a global company with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Kyiv. Grammarly is a digital writing assistant used by millions of people every day to make their communication clear and effective, wherever they type. Grammarly operates 24/7, with the extensive use of IT devices and a high volume of communication and data exchange, both within individual and group settings.

Image Courtesy © Andrey Bezuglov and Yevhenii Avramenko

  • Architects: balbek bureau (Slava Balbek, Andrii Berezynskyi, Anastasia Marchenko)
  • Project: Grammarly office
  • Location: Kiev, Ukraine
  • Photography: Andrey Bezuglov and Yevhenii Avramenko
  • Clients: Grammarly Kyiv
  • Project Manager: Borys Dorogov
  • Area: 1750 sqm
  • Project Year: 2016 – Nov 2018

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Norval Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa by dhk Architects

Monday, April 1st, 2019

Article source: dhk Architects

Norval Foundation is a modern pavilion for art set against a dramatic mountain and vineyard landscape, located on the slopes of the Constantiaberg Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. The Norval family who are the founders and initial funders of Norval Foundation envisioned a world-class art museum in an exceptional location that would be accessible to the general public. This provided a unique opportunity for architecture studio dhk; to strike a balance between two motivations: protect the artwork within and maximise views of the natural landscape outside.

The building’s architectural design is a pure expression of form; a bold rectangular mass, delineating its heavy-walled enclosure and light over-sailing roof. It is constrained by a linear site, between a busy road and an existing wetland; turning its back to a neighbouring embassy compound. The linear circulation spine is positioned along this edge, with the galleries and public spaces facing the natural landscape, capturing framed views of the wetland, vineyards and mountains beyond.

Image Courtesy © Dave Southwood

  • Architects: dhk Architects
  • Project: Norval Foundation
  • Location: Cape Town, South Africa
  • Photography: Dave Southwood

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Omnicos cosmetics in Crema, Italy by Beppe Riboli Studio

Monday, March 25th, 2019

Article source: Beppe Riboli Studio

Three different architectures describe a unique architectonic scenery.

1. The Headquarter

I wanted it to be a light, suspended architecture, like a swarm of butterflies.

It’s a manifest, communicates the company’s philosophy and creativity.

The box- esternal skin is crossed and supported by sinuous waves, to form spaces, empty and full, offices, gardens, terraces.

Here everything is white, clean, aseptic.

Image Courtesy © Beppe Riboli Studio

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Hotel ME Sitges Terramar in Spain by lagranja design

Friday, March 15th, 2019

Article source: lagranja design

The hotel, which reopens under ME by Melia, will be replete in the style associated with the brand, and at the same time bring new life and splendour to this historic establishment.

The Barcelonese studio Lagranja Design has carried out the transformation of this historic building, which is situated on the Sitges esplanade. Artisan materials have inspired the interior and creative processes, in order to create one-off pieces of contemporary style that still maintain a traditional quality.

It is said that it was in Sitges that the Spanish term ‘chiringuito’ (open-air beach bar) first appeared, a concept imported by returning émigrés from Cuba during an epoch in which artists and the avant-garde where inspired by the town’s light and charm. The first Hotel Terramar (now the ME Sitges Terramar) opened its doors in the 1930s, when tourism here was dominated by the chattering classes. Back then, the establishment had extensive gardens and formal salons, of which very few architectural details remain. Mass tourism of the 1960s brought on another transformation, which converted the hotel into a beach holiday resort typical of the period. One of the challenges for Lagranja Design was to return the lost spirit of grandeur to the hotel, and at the same time respect the identity and signature touches of the ME by Melia brand, along with creating a contemporary new leisure experience by the Mediterranean. 

Image Courtesy © lagranja design

  • Architects: lagranja design
  • Project: Hotel ME Sitges Terramar
  • Location: Sitges, Spain

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Reconstruction of Public Facilites in Mon Perin Camping, Croatia by NFO

Monday, February 18th, 2019

Article source: NFO

Camping Mon Perin is located in the municipality of Bale, Istria Peninsula in Croatia and is spread over 9 km of coastline, halfway between towns Rovinj and Pula. The whole area is protected as valuable natural environment and also as an archaeological site. That resulted with very strict construction conditions that permitted reconstruction but within the existing spatial parameters. That condition has been an extremely aggravating circumstance knowing the standards that had to be met in terms of categorization. The project task was to raise Camp categorization from 2 ** to 4 **** between two summer seasons by reconstructing the main facilities: reception, restaurant and 8 toilets. It was also aimed to create a modern camp with facilities and architectural language that suggests a new direction of services development within the camp. Existing facilities were mostly “reconstructed reconstructions”, too small in size and inadequate aesthetics.

Image Courtesy © Mon Perin

  • Architects: NFO
  • Project: Reconstruction of Public Facilites
  • Location: Mon Perin Camping, Croatia
  • Photography: Bosnic+Dorotic, Nikica  Pavlovic, MON PERIN
  • Lead Architects: Kata Marunica, Dijana Pavić, Nikica Pavlović, Nenad Ravnić, Goran Rukavina, Filip Vidović
  • Gross Built Area (Square Meters or Square Foot):

    • Reception: 230 m2  (cosed space 90 m2)
    • Restaurant Porto Buso: 125 m2
    • Toilets: Total 640 m2 (8 facilities)
  • Completion Year: 2016

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Detsky Mir Headquarters in Moscow by FORM Bureau

Sunday, February 17th, 2019

Article source: FORM Bureau 

Children’s World or Detsky mir is the largest children’s goods retailer in Russia. First opened as a department store in 1947, Detsky mir soon expanded into a nationwide chain. Today there are over 700 stores throughout Russia and Kazakhstan.

With expansion came a desire to modernise the work environment, and the company relocated its headquarters to a former printing factory that would facilitate an open layout. The building was constructed in 1978, a rational structure of silicate brick that had an additional wing built on, creating an L-shaped floor plan.

Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov

  • Architects: FORM Bureau (Vera Odyn, Olga Treivas, Polina Dudkina, Julia Semkova, Alina Yaroshenko, Dilyara Mukhamedova, Victoria Kosichenko, Svetlana Dudina, Fedor Katcuba, Polina Kotelnikova)
  • Project: Detsky Mir Headquarters
  • Location: Moscow
  • Photography: Ilya Ivanov
  • Client: Detsky mir
  • Area: 5500 m2
  • Year: 2017–2018

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Micro-City for Creatives in Montréal, Canada by IMPERATORI DESIGN

Sunday, February 3rd, 2019

Article source: v2com

This past September, the audiovisual production company Attraction moved into their new work space. For the 300 or so employees, the change was drastic. Previously divided by activity sectors on two different floors, each with their own corporate identity and culture, they left their closed offices behind to join together in a shared single floor space of ​​53,000 sq. ft.

Workstations connected to metal structure with multiple functions: power, divider screens and plants, Image Courtesy © Stéphane Brügger

  • Architects: IMPERATORI DESIGN
  • Project: Micro-City for Creatives
  • Location: Montréal, Canada
  • Photography: Stéphane Brügger
  • Design Team: Joanne Imperatori, Chantal Ladrie, Major Galadrielle, Julien Lacroix
  • Lighting Design: Imperatori Design in collaboration with LumiGroup (lighting agent) and other lighting manufacturers
  • Project Manager: Devencore
  • Building Owner: Allied

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The Frames in London, England by Squire and Partners

Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

Article source: Squire and Partners 

The Frames is a bespoke development tailored to small and creative businesses in Shoreditch. The five-storey building creates 80,000 sq. ft. of flexible workspace for London’s new and growing companies, providing office and studio units to suit a variety of users, along with shared meeting rooms, break-out areas, tea points, cycle storage, shower facilities and a café.

Influenced by the characteristic warehouse vernacular of the surrounding South Shoreditch Conservation Area, the building envelope employs a palette of brick, metal and glass. Following the curved line of Phipp Street with a series of brick columns punctuated by corten-clad window reveals, the design emphasises the vertical proportions of the structure.

Image Courtesy © James Balston

  • Architects: Squire and Partners
  • Project: The Frames
  • Location: London, England
  • Photography: James Balston/Jim Stephenson
  • Client: Workspace
  • Main Contractor: HG Construction
  • Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
  • Services: Furness Green
  • Planning Consultant: GVA
  • Facade Consultant: AKT II
  • Environmental Consultant: Etude
  • Quantity Surveyor: Pierce Hill

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