Architects: JSª: Javier Sánchez - Juan Soler, Diana Elizalde, Angelica Soberanes, Enrique Salazar, Ana Luna, Alejandro Ita
Location: Temístocles 12, col. Polanco, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Project year: 2006
Client: Grupo Pegaso
Structure & Services: Hector Margain, Fernando Valdivia
Contractor: Ménsula México S.A. de C.V.
Architectural Supervision: Mariana Ugalde
Technical Supervision: Hugo Mendoza
Average Area: 150 sqm
Total Area: 1,892 sqm
Number of Units: 9 apartments
Photographs: Paúl Rivera (PR), Mariana Ugalde (MU)

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Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Izola, Slovenia
Design Year: 2003
Construction Year: 2004-2006
Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik with Martina Lipicer, Nejc Batistič, Neža Oman, Florian Frey, Marisa Baptista
Structural Engineering: Valide d. o. o.
Mechanical Engineering: Oves d. o. o.
Electrical Engineering: Winky d. o. o.
Contractor: Makro 5 gradnje, d. o. o and Kraški zidar d. d.
Client: Slovenian Housing Fund and Community of Izola
Site Area: 2,294 sqm
Constructed Area: 5,452 sqm
Apartments: 30/block
Budget: 1,54 M EURO (US $2.42 M) /block
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric

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Starchitects are all over New York, giving an extra value to new condos in Manhattan. A few months ago i visted the Herzog & de Meuron and Bernard Tschumi projects on the lower east side, and they looked quite impressive. While most people didn’t liked the Tschumi’s Blu Condo, despite it’s iconic image, i had mixed feelings with HdM’s 40 Bond St.

But on West Chelsea a new 9 unit condo is under construction, designed by japanese Shigeru Ban. The project is located on the south side of West 19th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in West Chelsea’s art gallery district, right next to the High Line, the Hudson River Park, Ghery´s IAC Building and Jean Nouvel´s 100 11th.

On this building, Shigeru Ban once again innovates on the material use by incorporating motorized perforated metal shutters on its -dynamic- facade, which act as light-modulating privacy screen at the outer edge of each residence’s terrace adjacent to the double-height living rooms.

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There’s nothing more exciting for an architect than to shape the form of his own city with a new building. And that’s what Rem Koolhaas is about to do in Rotterdam with a large scale mixed use building. Also, a project developed for The Hague, also in the Netherlands, will start construction as of next year. Site visits will be closer to the central OMA headquarters this time.

First, we’ve got a 120.000m2 (30.000m2 for retail, 70.000m2 for office, residential, culture and leisure) mixed use building in the Rotterdam’s shopping district, the Coolsingel. This district is actually the true centre of Rotterdam, where the most important streets in Rotterdam merge (Coolsingel, Lijbaan, Binnenweg and Beurstraverse).

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Architects: Elenberg Fraser Architecture
Location: Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia
Project year: 2004
Construction year: 2005
Client: Zacamoco
Project team: Callum Fraser, Zahava Elenberg, David Harrap, Lauren Holland, Cassian Lau, Andrew Davidson, Eugenia Lai, Karl Engstrom, Bryan Miller
Budget: AU $4.8 millions (US $4.59 millions)
Structural Consultant: Felicetti
Hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, fire services: Norman Disney & Young
Fire Engineering: ARUPs
Quantity Surveyor: Slattery Australia
Building Surveyor: Gardner Group
Photographs: Tony Miller

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Architects: Arons en Gelauff Architecten
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
Design Period: 2003-2007
Construction period: 2005-2007
Programme: Apartments, Parking
Client: Woonstichting (housing association) De Huismeesters, Groningen
Architectural Team: Joost van Bergen, Jan Bart Bouwhuis, Rianne Kreijne, Adrie Laan, Floria Schrage, Aldrik Stegenga, Mahir Dündar, Claudia Temperilli, Mariska Koster-Berbé
Landscape Architect: Kraaivanger Urbis
Contractor: Schutte Bouw, Zwolle
Budget: 9.600.000 EURO (US $14.9 millions)
Constructed Area: 15.400 sqm
Photographs: Allard van der Hoek, Peter de Kan

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Architects: Foreign Office Architects (FOA)
Collaborators: David Casino, Leo Gallegos, Joaquim Rigau, Caroline Markus, Nerea Calvillo
Location: Madrid, Spain
Construction year: 2007
Client: Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo
Contractor: ACCIONA
Superficie construída: 11.384 sqm
Structural Engineer: Jesus Hierro
Quantity Surveyor: Alfonso Cuenca Sanchez
Electrical Engineer: FASEVEN
Contract Value: 6.060.530 euro (US$9.565.230)
Photographs: Francisco Andeyro Garcia & Alejandro Garcia Gonzalez (FAG, AGG), Sergio Padura (SP)

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Right next to their VM Housing project, BIG is currently finishing their new project: Mountain Dwellings. But this time, the client asked for a specific program with 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. Rather than doing 2 separate buildings, BIG decided to combine the splendours of the suburban backyard with the social intensity of urban density, resulting on a terraced housing over the parking area.

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Architects: AFGH / Andreas Fuhrimann - Gabrielle Hachler (Switzerland)
Clients: Andreas Fuhrimann, Gabrielle Hächler, Pipilotti Rist, Balz Roth
Consutants: Reto Bonomo, Rüdingen (Ing,), SJB.Kemptner.Fitze AG, Herisau (Holzbauing.), Bauphysik Meier AG, Dällikon
Project year: 2002-2003
Construction year: 2003-2004
Area: 1035 sqm
Budget: $2,2M CHF (USD$1,7M)

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Architect: NOBEL arkitekter a/s
Location: Arne Jacobsens Allé 11, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Client: KPC-BYG A/S/Lejerbo
Landscape: NOBEL arkitekter a/s
Engineer: COWI A/S
Building contractor: Hoffmann A/S
Size: 8.300 m2
Build: 2004-2006
Project type: Competition
Photographs: Jens Lindhe, NOBEL arkitekter a/s

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Architects: BIG + JDS = PLOT
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Collaborators: Plot, JDS, MOE & Brodsgaard
Client: Hopfner A/S, Dansk Olie Kompagni A/S
Contractor: Hopfner A/S
Program: 230 Apartments
Construction period: 2004 - 2005
Total Area: 25000 sqm
Photography: BIG & JDS

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Realdania is a strategic foundation that initiates and supports built projects that improve the quality of life in Denmark. They are involved in aprox. 54 flagship projects, and now they are starting a mixed use building in Bryghusgrunden, one of the few undeveloped remaining areas of Copenhagen, Denmark with the potential to link the city to the waterfront. And guess who they choose for this project: OMA.

But what´s interesting in this project is the mixed of use. Housing, offices, public spaces and parking are put together with the Danish Architecture Center, with its own exhibition areas, research facilities, an auditorium, conference rooms, a bookstore and a café. It´s architecture meets one of it´s own key subject of study: mixed use.

Video, renders, plans and more info after the break.

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