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Feb 2010
Poland-based Jednacz Architekci shared with us their proposal for the Museum of Polish History competition, for which they received 2nd Prize.
More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
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Jan 2010
We continue with more proposals for the Museum of Polish History Competition, this time with the proposal by kOnyk architecture (more projects by the firm previously featured at AD). One of the key feature’s of their proposal is to construct a parking structure over the Trasa Lazienkowska Highway that will serve as a “land bridge” that will unify the park as well as be a platform for observation of the Wilsa River below.
More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
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Jan 2010
Colombian architects Paisajes Emergentes (one of our AD Futures) shared with us their proposal for the Museum of Polish History competition. The project consists in five historical galleries articulated by an open air courtyard.
More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
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Jan 2010
© Nico Saieh
Sao Paulo based practice Estudio America recently completed the new Memory Museum in the cultural district of Matucana in Santiago, Chile.
Interesting combination, as the Sao Paulo architecture scene has a strong heritage from Brazilian architects Oscar Niemeyer, Mendes da Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, and other architects from the modern movement. The result? A pure volume, on which every effort has been put into the structure, cantilevering between two ponds on which a line of shadow on the base make the volume gravitate. Finishes are simple, with no pretension.
Under the volume, a big shadow welcomes visitors, who pass by a small lobby before entering the triple-height inside the container, with the different exhibition spaces. Circulations go on the perimeter, from where the perforated copper skin offers a perfect view of the outside.
More photos of the museum after the break, and the complete photoset on Nico Saieh’s website:
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Jan 2010
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Selected , France, Guinée et Potin, Stéphane Chalmeau, Wood
© Stéphane Chalmeau
French architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau shared with us the Rennes Metropole Museum by french architects Guinée et Potin.
The project is the result of a competition held in 2006 for an Eco Museum, and it includes exhibition spaces, reception and administrative offices, wrapped in a wooden skin.
More photos after the break:
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Jan 2010
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Museums and Libraries , Selected , Concrete, G.Lab*, South Korea
© 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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Jan 2010
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Housing , Museums and Libraries , Selected , Atelier du Pont, France, Mixed Use, PLAN 01
© Luc Boegly
Architects: Atelier du Pont (Member of PLAN01)
Location: Rennes, France
Project Team: Anne-Cécile Comar, Philippe Croisier -Stéphane Pertusier
Project Leader: Aquilino Torrao
Client: Archipel habitat and City of Rennes (library)
Landscaping: Ronand Desorneaux
Project Area: 7,300 sqm
Budget: 9.2M Euros
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Luc Boegly
26
Dec 2009
LRA’s competition entry for a new 321,000sf, $140m Museum of Polish History campus, Sixpoints, includes extensive permanent & temporary galleries, academic & lecture mini-tower, bookstore & gift shop, indoor/outdoor cafes, and administrative/observation tower overlooking the dramatic Warszawska Scarp greenbelt.
The site is situated adjacent to the historic Ujazdow Castle in central Warsaw, and LRA articulated the six major program elements in discrete architectural elements that reduce the visible massing of the project and that each have a specific character and access. These pavilions radiate out from and define an indoor/outdoor public Forum, creating a vibrant, active museum center – a new hub of cultural and educational activity and a common point that connects all parts of the MHP. More images and full architect’s description after the break. read more »
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Dec 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Selected , Fougeron Architecture, Group 4 Architecture, San Francisco, USA
© Joe Fletcher
Architect: Fougeron Architecture / Group 4 Architecture
Location: San Francisco, USA
Client: San Francisco Public Library
Contractor: CLW Builders
Construction Manager: San Francisco Department of Public Works
Public Artwork: Eric Powell
Project Year: 2002-2009
Photographer: Joe Fletcher
21
Dec 2009
By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Awarded Competitions , Museums and Libraries , News , Basel, Christ & Gantenbein, The Basel Kunstmuseum
© Christ & Gantenbein
Swiss architects Christ & Gantenbein placed first among tough competitors, such as the five Pritzker laureates (Peter Zumthor, Zaha Hadid, Rafael Moneo, Tadao Ando and Jean Nouvel) in the competition to design an extension for the Kunstmuseum. Thanks to a generous donation to the Canton of Basel-Stadt, the Basel Kunstmuseum was able to hold a competition to expand the museum to an adjacent lot. Christ & Gantenbein’s awarded design was defined as a “contemporary brother” of the 1930’s Kunstmuseum.
More about the awarded winning design after the break. read more »
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Dec 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Refurbishment , Selected , Brick, Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten, Steel, The Netherlands
© Rene de Wit
Architects: Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Client: Utrecht University
Project Year: 2005-2009
Photographs: Rene de Wit
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Dec 2009
By Andrea Giannotti — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Selected , Concrete, Italy, Iwan Baan, Zaha Hadid
© Iwan Baan
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Rome, Flaminio, Italy
Client: Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali – Fondazione MAXXI
Structural engineers: Anthony Hunts Associates OK Design Group
Lights and illumination: Equation Lighting
Year of enchargement: 1999
Year of completion: 2009
Constructed area: 27,000 sqm
Photographs: Iwan Baan
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Dec 2009
By Sebastian J — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , News , Canada, Levitt Goodman Architects, York University
York University has selected Levitt Goodman Architects to develop detailed designs for its competition-winning design for a 26,390 ft2 renovation of York University’s main library on its Keele campus. The “Learning Commons” will provide users with a mix of group study areas that will shift York University’s 40-year old Scott Library into a progressive learning environment.
The $2M renovation will be the first initiative on the campus specifically designed to reflect York’s pedagogical shift from a teacher-centered approach to active and collaborative learning. More images and description after the break. read more »
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Dec 2009
© SHL
Libraries are something that has been revolving my head ever since I read some writings by Kahn on the Exeter Academy Library. Part of my graduate studies focused on how this typology has evolved during this last few years, moving between the silent sanctuary of books we find at Exeter and new public spaces like OMA’s Seattle Library.
As the publishing/reading platforms are changing at an unprecedented speed (Web 2.0, eReaders and the Kindle, an upcoming “Hulu for Magazines”), physical libraries have the challenge to be a place for research, gathering, socializing… being built today, to house activities in the future that we don´t even know yet.
© SHL
A good example is the ongoing “Urban Mediaspace”, a project by danish practice Schmidt / Hammer / Lassen Architects which will be completed by 2014. The project is part of a large scale urban renewal project to regenerate the docks area in Aarhus, Denmark.
A big covered public space offers the flexibility needed for this kind of program, enclosed by a transparent skin that connects the outside public space with the new interior public space.
Project description and more images after the break. Thanks to Trine from SHL for sharing this project with us:
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Dec 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Educational , Museums and Libraries , Selected , Amsterdam, Ira Koers, Roelof Mulder, The Netherlands
Architects: Studio Roelof Mulder & bureau Ira Koers
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project Area: 2,300 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy Roelof Mulder & Ira Koers
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Nov 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Interiors , Museums and Libraries , Selected , Superpool, Turkey
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Nov 2009
By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Awarded Competitions , Museums and Libraries , News , G.Lab*, Gansam Partners, Gimpo, South Korea
Situated on the southern bank of the Han River, Gimpo is a city in the process of transforming from an agricultural economy toward a consumer-based economy. Seoul architects G.Lab*’s, of Gansam Partners, proposal for the Gimpo Art Hall embraces the fact that the city is emerging as a contemporary regional hub and the design also reflects upon the region’s history.
More about the project and more images after the break. read more »
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Nov 2009
By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Awarded Competitions , Museums and Libraries , News , G.Lab*, Gansam Partners, Korea
G.Lab*, a department of Gansam Partners in Seoul, was awarded first prize for their design of a Navy Museum in Korea. The design reflects “the turbulent history of the Korean Navy and the unwavering spirit of the men and women who serve this branch.” Inspired by the unpredictability of the ocean, G.Lab*’s form for the museum is an undulating mass that folds. On the interior, the volume creates a circulation path which weaves and intersects in multiple spaces.
More images and more about the museum after the break. read more »
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Nov 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural , Museums and Libraries , Selected , Concrete, Croatia, Randic Turato
Architects: Randić & Turato / Saša Randić and Idis Turato
Location: Novigrad, Croatia
Client: Town Novigrad
Collaborator: Leora Drazul (Technical Architect)
Construction: Dragan Ribaric
Commission type: Invited Competition
Project Area: 780 sqm
Project year: 2003
Construction year: 2006
Photographs: Randić & Turato
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Nov 2009
By David Basulto — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Selected , BAAS, Barcelona, Fernando Guerra, Spain
© Fernando Guerra
Project: CAN FRAMIS Museum at 22@
Location: Can Framis, 22@ District, Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain
Architect: Jordi Badia
Project leader: Jordi Framis
Team: Daniel Guerra, Marta Vitório, Mercè Mundet, Miguel Borrell, Moisés Garcia
Collaborators
Structure: BOMA, Josep Ramón Solé
Installations: PGI engineering
Measuring and budget: FCA Forteza Carbonell Associats
Executive direction: GPO-Meritxell Bosch
Landscape: Martí Franch
Project Management: LAYETANA
Contractor: Construcciones San José
Client: Fundació Vila Casas. Layetana
Project: 2007
Construction: 2008
Area: 5.468 m2
Photography: FG + SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
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