Browsing: Cultural

City of Arts Ateliers / Lucio Morini

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Public Facilities , Selected , ,

Architects: Lucio Morini
Location: Ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina
Project Team: Lucio Morini + GGMPU Arquitectos – Gramática/Morini/Pisani/Urtubey
Project Manager: Arq. Iciar Lecuona
Client: IECSA S.A. – Electroingeniería S.A.-U.T.E.
Contractor: IECSA S.A. – Electroingeniería S.A.-U.T.E.
Project Area: 950 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2007
Photographs: Lucio Morini, Sosa Pinilla

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Nanjing Performing Arts Center / Preston Scott Cohen

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Educational , Featured , Public Facilities , Selected , , ,

© Iwan Baan

Architects: Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. (Design Architect); Institute of Architectural Design and Planning with Atelier Zhang Lei (Chinese architect of record)
Location: Nanjing, China
Client: Nanjing University
Project Area: 16,000 sqm
Budget: RMB 3,000/sqm
Design Year: 2007
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Iwan Baan

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Korea Center / SAMOO

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Cultural , News , , , ,

SAMOO Architecture, the New York studio of SAMOO Architects and Engineers based in Seoul, Korea, was awarded first prize in an international competition for the design of The New York Korea Center.  Set to begin construction at the end of this year, the 8 story, 33,000 square foot facility will provide space for exhibitions, performances, lectures, and administration. The design is said to “embody the modern Korean sensibility of innovation in harmony with tradition.”

More images and more about the design after the break. read more »

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Cultural , News , , , ,

Inspired by insects, the Bug Dome is a small sheltered area used during the SZHK Biennale for underground bands, poetry reading, and discussions, and after the Biennale as an un-official gathering place for illegal workers from the Chinese countryside.  Built on a wasteland of a ruined building site in-between the Shenzhen City Hall and an illegal workers camp, the structure is intended to reveal the connection we share with nature:  ”In large scale, if we learn to understand the connection what the hundreds of millions of hands that are now migrating from the rural China to the modern cities might bring along them, we might be able to ruin the industrial city. We might be able to make the city to be part of nature.”

More about the dome after the break. read more »

Suncheon International Wetlands Center / G.Lab*

By Amber P — Filed under: Cultural , , ,

Architect: G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Associates
Location: 540 Ochon Dong Suncheon City, Jeonnam Province, South Korea
Project Architect: Chuloh Jung
Design team: Dae Hyun Im, Sang Hyun Son, Daniel Da Rocha, Tana Hovland, Alex Cornelius, Lawrence Ha, Lyla Wu
Client: Republic of Korea
Site Area: 33,000 sqm
Building Area: 8,300 sqm
Competition Year: 2009
Images: G.Lab*

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Jeju Provincial Art Museum / Gansam Architects & Associates

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Museums and Libraries , Selected , , ,

© Gansam Partners Architects & Associates

Architect: Gansam Architects & Associates
Location: Jeju-Do, Jeju-Si, Yon-Dong 680-7, South Korea
Project Architect: Taijip Kim
Design team: Kiyoung Han, Cheonhang Kim, Mi jung Kim, Chang Bae Yoon, Jeong Hoon Sir, Sung Beom Park, Sun A Park, Sang Kyu Jeon, Sun Min Lee, Jin A Yoo, Su Jeong Ko
Client: Jeju Province
Site Area: 39,759 sqm
Gross Floor Area: 7,082 sqm
Building Area: 4,326 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Gansam Partners Architects & Associates

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Schloss Lackenbach / AllesWirdGut Architektur

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Refurbishment , Selected , , ,

© Rupert Steiner

Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur
Location: Lackenbach, Austria
Collaborators: Alexandra Seip, Daniel Payer, Maria Magina, Paula Groß, Viktoria Volozhynska
Client: Esterházy Betriebe GmbH, Domänen Privatstiftung
Project Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2007
Photographs: Rupert Steiner

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Redesign of the Roman Quarry disposed Opera Festivals / AllesWirdGut Architektur

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Featured , Selected , , ,

© Hertha Hurnaus

Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur
Location: St. Margarethen, Austria
Collaborators: Ecki Csallner, Elmir Smajic, Ferdinand Kersten, Maria Magina, Mareike Kuchenbecker, Martin Brandt, Michael Sohm
Client: Fürst Esterházy Familienprivatstiftung
Project Year: 2005-2006
Contruction Year: 2006-2008
Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus

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Railyards Cultural Centre / 3XN

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Cultural , ,

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A few weeks ago, we featured a competition won by 3XN to transform the former freight train halls in Aarhus, Denmark into a new and dynamic cultural center. After the break, several more images and diagrams about this new cultural hub for scenography, visual arts and literature. read more »

SSM Concert Hall / NSMH

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Selected , , , , ,
© Cemal Emden

© Cemal Emden

Architects: NSMH / Nevzat Sayın
Locatıon: Istanbul, Turkey
Project Team: Umut Durmus, Neslı Kayalı, Fatma Olgac, Ahmet Korfalı, Sınem Cerrah
Structural Engıneer: Arce / Necatı Celtıkcı
Electrıcal Engıneer: Enkom / Belgın Merey
Mechanıcal Engıneer: Okutan Muhendıslık
Acoustıcal Engıneer: Team Fores / Turker Talayman
Clıent: Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Contractor: Onder Insaat
Project Area: 2,000 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Constructıon Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Cemal Emden, NSMH

© Cemal Emden © Cemal Emden © Cemal Emden © Cemal Emden

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Woods of Net / Tezuka Architects

By David Basulto — Filed under: Art , Cultural , Structures , , , ,
Woods of Net / Tezuka Architects / TIS & PARTNERS, photo by Abel Erazo

Woods of Net / Tezuka Architects / TIS & PARTNERS, photo by Abel Erazo

During this last few months we have presented you several works by the japanese office Tezuka Architects. The houses have very strong concepts, tied to different ways of inhabiting these projects designed specifically for each client.

Now we present you Woods of Net, a permanent pavilion for japanese net artist Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam, in collaboration with structural engineers TIS & PARTNERS.

The pavilion is located at the Hakone Open-Air Museum, a unique open museum located in one of the most visited tourist spots in Japan. Woods of Net was added to the collection of art works as part of their 40th anniversary.

After the break, the architects description of the pavilion with photos by Abel Erazo.

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Bamboo Forest and Corinth Hut / RAA

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Cultural , News , ,

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Rryuichi Ashizawa Architects designed a series of temporary wooden buildings for the Aqua Metropolis Osaka Event.  While visitors can meander through the delicate wooden open structures, other wooden pods provide more shelter for varying activities.  Extending past the small island, a geometric, almost folding, form provides the perfect setting to take in the panoramic view of the city.

More images and more about the project after the break. read more »

Led Action Façade, Digital Façade for Medialab Prado / Langarita Navarro Arquitectos

By David Basulto — Filed under: Building Technology and Materials , Cultural , Selected , , , ,
© Miguel de Guzman

© Miguel de Guzman

Architects: Langarita Navarro ArquitectosMaría Langarita, Víctor Navarro
Location: Medialab Prado, Madrid, Spain
Collaborators: María Langarita, Víctor Navarro, Juan Palencia, Roberto Gonzalez
Client: Area de las Artes, Ayuntamiento de Madrid
General Contractor: Pecsa Teconsa U.T.E.
Engineers: Mecanismo
Lighting Consultant: Ca2l
Project Area: 144 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Miguel de Guzman

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Aldeburgh Music / Haworth Tompkins

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Refurbishment , Selected , , ,
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@ Philip Vile

Architects: Haworth Tompkins Limited
Location: London, England
Project Manager: Applied Solutions (Projects) Limited
Main Contractor: Haymills
Structural Engineer: Price and Myers LLP
Environmental Engineer: Ernest Griffiths
Quantity Surveyor: Davis Langdon
Theater Consultant: Charcoalblue Ltd
Acoustic Engineer: Arup Acoustics
CDM Coordinator: PFB Construction Management Services Limited
Access Consultant: Babel Limited
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Philip Vile

@ Philip Vile @ Philip Vile @ Philip Vile @ Philip Vile

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RCA Sackler Building / Haworth Tompkins

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Refurbishment , Selected , , , , ,
@ Helene Binet

@ Helene Binet

Architects: Haworth Tompkins Limited
Location: London, England
Project Team: Graham Haworth, Chris Fellner, Roger Watts and David Lyndon
Client: The Royal College of Art
Main Contractor: LIFE Build Solutions Limited
Structural Engineer: Price and Myers LLP
Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald
M&E Consultant & Lighting: Max Fordham Consulting Engineers
Project Area: 1,280 sqm
Budget: £2,963,138
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Philip Vile, Helene Binet, Katsuhisa Kida Foteca

@ Helene Binet @ Philip Vile @ Philip Vile @ Philip Vile

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Reconstruction of Kremlin Concert Hall / OTASH studio

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Interiors , Refurbishment , , , ,

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Architects: OTASH studio
Location: Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
Authors: Dejan Otasevic, Ivo Otasevic, Uros Otasevic (designer)
Project architectural team: Slobodan Damjanovic, Pavle Bogdanovic
Associates: Nenad Peranovic, Marija Simsic, Dragana Mijatovic
Design Year: 2007
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: OTASH studio

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Taipei Pop Music Center proposal / ICE

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Cultural , , ,

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Our AD Futures #1, ICE, an international office based in Hong Kong shared with us their proposal for the Taipei Pop Music Center competition.

Pop culture is the culture of change. Pop architecture is the space of change. Rather than a building, the TPMC provides a platform for spontaneous activities: a street, a park, a network of pedestrian circulation, which are embedded into an architectural framework. The design strategy for the TPMC defines the site through 3 different elements.

Full architect’s description and more images after the break. read more »

KBcenter and Qubik bar / Waltritsch a+u

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Refurbishment , Selected , , ,
© Marco Covi. Trieste

© Marco Covi. Trieste

Architects: Waltritsch a+u
Location: Gorizia, Italy
Project Architect: Dimitri Waltritsch
Main Contractor: Pasalic, Monfalcone
Project Area: 1,800 sqm
Project Year: 2005-2009
Construction Year: 2006-2009
Photographs: Marco Covi. Trieste

© Marco Covi. Trieste © Marco Covi. Trieste © Marco Covi. Trieste © Marco Covi. Trieste

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Zagreb Dance Center / 3LHD

By David Basulto — Filed under: Cultural , Refurbishment , Selected , ,
© Sandro Lendler

© Sandro Lendler

Architects: 3LHD
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Project team: Sasa Begovic, Marko Dabrovic, Tatjana Grozdanic Begovic, Silvije Novak, Jasminka Jug, Zorislav Petric, Zeljko Mohorovic, Dijana Vandekar, Marin Mikelic
Client: City of Zagreb
Site Area: 1,360 sqm
Project Area: 1,438 sqm
Project year: 2003-2008
Construction year: 2005-2009
Photographs: Sandro Lendler

© Sandro Lendler © Sandro Lendler © Sandro Lendler © Sandro Lendler

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Circa Gallery / studioMAS

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© Tristan McLaren

© Tristan McLaren

Architects: studioMAS architects + urban design
Location: Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa
Structural Engineers: Vela VKE Consulting
Main Contractor: Murray-Dickson
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Tristan McLaren, John Hodgkiss & studioMAS

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