Comments on: A-Lab wins competition with Eco-Office design http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/ Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects and competitions every day. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Noticias destacadas ecología y medio ambiente semana 06/03/09 al 13/03/09 | Verdecito http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-19774 Noticias destacadas ecología y medio ambiente semana 06/03/09 al 13/03/09 | Verdecito Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:25:14 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-19774 [...] Via Archdaily [...] [...] Via Archdaily [...]

]]> By: Dugas http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18978 Dugas Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:33:14 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18978 Mr Cheap, get your facts right, you sound bitter...I have worked with A-Lab and they are a division of Dark Architecture, which just happens to be one of the largest and most respected firms in Norway. They work on concepts and are guided by one of the best Architects in the country. And no they don't order there illustrations from another company, they do some themselves and others by Placebo Effects which is part of the same company. If you are questioning Dark's credibility, have a look at what they are doing at Bjørvika now, that all came from their office... A great design by a great group of architects... Mr Cheap, get your facts right, you sound bitter…I have worked with A-Lab and they are a division of Dark Architecture, which just happens to be one of the largest and most respected firms in Norway. They work on concepts and are guided by one of the best Architects in the country. And no they don’t order there illustrations from another company, they do some themselves and others by Placebo Effects which is part of the same company.
If you are questioning Dark’s credibility, have a look at what they are doing at Bjørvika now, that all came from their office…
A great design by a great group of architects…

]]> By: Mr. Cheap http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18642 Mr. Cheap Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:14:39 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18642 Another Norwegian firm just ordering their illustrations from some vizualisation company. No materiality, no real sense of what the site is like, and no architectural intent in any of the drawings. Just real unpersonal and cold. It would have been more interesting to se a model picture of five wooden sticks put together, than theese renders. As for the facades, jippykayei-graphcis is everywhere at the moment. Instead of actually taking a risk, and trying to invent something and then build it, it's just graphics, it can be binned if it's no good, -except this building will actually be made and be there for a 100 years. If they are actually going to build this shit for an oil company, they should spend some serious bucks investigating how huge triangle-based trusses are made, and then come up with a fascinating facade. But that takes an engineer, not an architect ... pherhaps ? Another Norwegian firm just ordering their illustrations from some vizualisation company. No materiality, no real sense of what the site is like, and no architectural intent in any of the drawings. Just real unpersonal and cold. It would have been more interesting to se a model picture of five wooden sticks put together, than theese renders.

As for the facades, jippykayei-graphcis is everywhere at the moment. Instead of actually taking a risk, and trying to invent something and then build it, it’s just graphics, it can be binned if it’s no good, -except this building will actually be made and be there for a 100 years.

If they are actually going to build this shit for an oil company, they should spend some serious bucks investigating how huge triangle-based trusses are made, and then come up with a fascinating facade. But that takes an engineer, not an architect … pherhaps ?

]]> By: nico http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18636 nico Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18636 Rubbish, there is nothing eco about this building. Rubbish, there is nothing eco about this building.

]]> By: dZ http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18549 dZ Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:36:23 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18549 there´s no way to know how "green" is a project based on renders... "the facades are cool", that´s all i have to say about it. there´s no way to know how “green” is a project based on renders… “the facades are cool”, that´s all i have to say about it.

]]> By: Dan Bates http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18534 Dan Bates Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:17:09 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18534 green? My theory is they'd hardly have to put the the heating on during the day, look at all those windows. If it's well insulated in the right places there would be a storage/release effect from the thermal mass of the walls. A solid glass wall on the other hand wouldn't store much heat at all. green? My theory is they’d hardly have to put the the heating on during the day, look at all those windows. If it’s well insulated in the right places there would be a storage/release effect from the thermal mass of the walls. A solid glass wall on the other hand wouldn’t store much heat at all.

]]> By: Diego.S http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18482 Diego.S Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:40:30 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18482 I agree with "blk", I don't know what makes this biulding so green. It would be great if you could post drawings explaining how the building works, or add more information in the text. Thanks. I agree with “blk”, I don’t know what makes this biulding so green. It would be great if you could post drawings explaining how the building works, or add more information in the text.
Thanks.

]]> By: blk http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18477 blk Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:07:35 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18477 What is so energy-efficient about it? What is so energy-efficient about it?

]]> By: Artur Viveiros http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18458 Artur Viveiros Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:58:17 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18458 Please post some more info and drawings, can't make my mind up based on views posted here Please post some more info and drawings, can’t make my mind up based on views posted here

]]> By: christos http://www.archdaily.com/16027/a-lab-wins-competition-with-eco-office-design/#comment-18452 christos Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:50:34 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=16027#comment-18452 excellent....i just love boxes..i wish i would do this project!!! Simple yet extremelly powerful!!! excellent….i just love boxes..i wish i would do this project!!! Simple yet extremelly powerful!!!

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