autoR / Carsten Nicolai / Temporäre Kunsthalle
In the center of Berlin, an amazing institution known as the Temporäre Kunsthalle is a great venue for contemporary art as exhibits are housed not only within Adolf Krischanitz’s free plan interior, but also on the exterior. As each new artist brings his own personality to the building’s exterior, the 11 meter high building, which covers a ground surface of 20 by 56.25 meters, becomes the artist’s blank canvas, patiently waiting for its new treatment. The most recent exterior exhibition, autoR by Carsten Nicolai, is the third project to be realized on the façade.
More images and more about the exhibit after the break.
Plastic House / Architecture Republic
Architects: Architecture Republic
Location: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Project Team: Maxim Laroussi, Jean-Baptiste Astruc, Javier Buron, John Casey, Mark Carter
Consulting structural and civil engineers: Casey ‘O Rourke Associates
Project Area: 67 sqm
Construction Cost: €120,000
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Paul Tierney photography
The New Domino / Rafael Viñoly Architects
Earlier last week, the City Council of New York City decided to move forward with Rafael Viñoly Architects’ master plan for the New Domino in Brooklyn. While the historic sugar refinery complex, with its familiar yellow signage, has achieved landmark status and will be preserved, the 11.2 acre-site will be outfitted with 2,200 new apartments – 660 of which are affordable housing – and four acres of public park space including a riverfront esplanade along the East River in Brooklyn.
More about the master plan after the break.
Branson School Student Commons / Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
Architects: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
Location: Ross, CA, USA
Project Team: Mary Griffin, FAIA, Eric Haesloop, FAIA, John Kleman, Georgianna Salz, Evan Makiewicz, Tory Wolcott, Juliet Hsu
Landscape Architect: Christian Lemon, Sasaki
Engineer: Mike Forbes, Fratessa Forbes Wong
Contractor: Herrero Construction
Energy/LEED: Loisos and Ubbelohde
Project Area: 7,550 sq ft
Project Year: 2009
Photographer: David Wakely, David Wakely Photography
Monsoons in Pakistan + Flood Control Methods
Throughout this decade, we’ve experienced and endured quite a few severe natural disasters. Whether it be earthquakes in Chile or Haiti, a hurricane in New Orleans, or a tsunami in Ao Nang, Thailand, these powerful natural forces illustrate the amazing, yet catastrophic, side of nature. Currently, Pakistan is suffering greatly from floods and mudslides that have resulted from monsoons. As CNN reports, an estimated 1,100 people have already been killed and thousands more are stranded on rooftops trying to escape the rising waters. The monsoons have destroyed twenty five bridges, washed away 58 kilometers of road, and damaged thousands of acres of crops. Plus, weather officials predict more monsoon rains today.
When Chile battled the 8.5 quake, the country greatly benefited from strict building codes. Yet, we know that many countries do not implement the same kinds of construction guidelines nor adequate flood control systems, plus the poverty levels in countries leave the less fortunate even more vulnerable. Jackie Craven’s architecture blog for About.com shows different strategies designed by architects and civil engineers to control flood water in their low-lying countries.
Take a look at some of the solutions. Would any of these solutions work in Pakistan?
Concrete House II / A-cero
Architects: A-cero, Joaquin Torres Architects
Location: Pozuelo de Alorcón, Spain
Partner in Charge: Rafael Llamazares
Contractor: Helio Construcciones
Interiors: A-cero
Project Year: 2008-2010
Photographs: Luis H. Segovia
Refugium – Kivik Art Center / Petra Gipp Arkitektur
Architect: Petra Gipp Arkitektur AB
Location: Kivik, Sweden
Collaborators: Petra Gipp, Maria Videgård and Kalle Hjalmarsson
Client: Kivik Art Center, Sune Nordgren
Structural Engineer & Contractor: Bengt Nilsson, BN Konsult Lift % Transport AB
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Gerry Johansson
Ganesh Club / Pormenor Arquitectos
Architects: Pormenor Arquitectos
Location: Amarante, Portugal
Project Team: Carlos Bessa, Jose Soares, Luis Portas
Engineering: Nuno Soares
Project Area: 900 sqm
Budget: 2,800,000 €
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Filipe Paiva
Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos Proposal for the Environment Museum Annex Competition, Rio de Janeiro
Earlier this week we presented you an interesting proposal for the Environment Museum Annex Competition and now we received an honorable mention winner, from Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos - Daniel Feldman and Elizabeth Añaños.
The Botanical Garden, one of the oldest institutions in all Brazil, is a space of great relevance for the city of Rio de Janeiro. With around 600 thousand visitants each year, it is an important touristic spot, orientated to environmental and scientific education as well as leisure, and recently also cultural program.
Benning Library / Davis Brody Bond
Architects: Davis Brody Bond Aedas
Location: Washington DC, USA
Co-Lead Designers: Peter Cook, AIA & J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA
Project Team: Christiane DeJong, AIA, LEED AP, Jeffrey Harrigan, Nathan Hoyt, FAIA, Andrew McGee, Cody McNeal, LEED AP, Charlie Salinas
Contractor: Forrester Construction Company
Structural/Civil Engineer: Delon Hampton
Geotechnical Engineer: Professional Consulting Corporation
Mechanical Engineer: JVP Engineers
Lighting Consultant: MCLA
Landscape Architect: Lee and Associates
A/V, Security, IT: Polysonics
Elevator Consultant: Williams-Huntt & Associates
Furniture Management: Fahrenheit, LLC
Cost Estimator: S.C. Meyers & Associates, Inc.
Community Outreach: Circle Point
Owner’s Representative: A-1 Construction
Project Area: 22,000 sq ft
Project Cost: $10,000,000
Project Year: 2008-2010
Photographs: Paúl Rivera – archphoto
Aon Insurance Headquarters / SPASM Design Architects
Architects: SPASM Design Architects
Location: Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Design Team: Sangeeta Merchant, Sanjay Parab, Maithili Joshi & Sanjeev Panjabi
Contractors: Holtan E.A. Ltd
Engineers: Pendharkar Associates
Client: SKAN Properties Limited
Site Area: 2,591 sqm
Total Built Area: 820 sqm
Photographs: Muzu Suleimanji & Sanjeev Panjabi
New Queens Library at Hunters Point / Steven Holl Architects
New York will be the recipient of another Steven Holl project – a new library at the Queens West Development at Hunters Point. Envisioned as a contemporary “urban forum”, the project will shape public space and create new connections across the Queens West Development, Hunter Points South, and the existing neighborhood of Hunters Point. Steven Holl states, “We are very pleased with this great commission for an addition to the growing community. We envision a building hovering and porous, open to the public park. A luminous form of opportunity for knowledge, standing on its own reflection in the east river.”
More about Holl’s new project after the break.
Football Stadium of Sports Park Stožice / SADAR + VUGA
Architects: SADAR + VUGA
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Client: Grep d.o.o., Ljubljana City Municipality
Consultant: KSS – London
Structural engineers: Atelier One – London, Gradis, Elea iC
Mechanical engineers: Lenassi, Jelen & Završnik
Electrical services: Elprojekt, Utris, Genera
Fire enineergs: EKOsystem
Traffic: LUZ
Site engineers: LUZ
Building area: 24,614 sqm
Total floor area: 33,738 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Blaz Budja
UdK Berlin Bookshop 2010
Each year UdK Berlin organizes a small competition among the students for the concept of a Bookshop inside the School. This year’s winning proposal for the shop was designed by Dalia Butvidaite, Leonard Steidle, Johannes Drechsler and the all participating students then helped manufacturing the structure.
Cardboard as the main material was chosen because of its flexibility in shape, stability, cheapness, temporary feeling, lightness, mobility and last but not least its recyclability.
Holmes unveils plans for flagship secondary school in Renfrewshire
Holmes has submitted plans for a new flagship school in Erskine, Scotland. Park Mains High School for Renfrewshire Council will not only provide secondary education for the pupils of Erskine and the surrounding villages of Bishopton, Inchinnan and Langbank, but it’s innovative facilities will also be available, and integral, to the wider community.
The new £33 million school, which is due to start on site in January 2011, will accommodate 1400 pupils and 136 staff, and features teaching spaces arranged across 3 levels, as well as a range of enhanced PE facilities, including a four court Games Hall, Gymnasium, Dance Studio, and Fitness Suite with associated changing areas. A multi-use Assembly Hall with main stage and tiered stadium style seating has also been designed to accommodate local community activities including drama and theatre groups.
Tangga House / Guz Architects
Architects: Guz Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Project Architect: Gan Ren Ying
C & S Engineer: MSE Consultants
M & E Engineer: Herizal Fitri Consultants
Main Contractor: Sun Ho Construction
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Patrick Bingham Hall
House in Mormont by PIQUE
Our friends from PIQUE llc shared with us this house located outside the small village of Mormont in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium. Designed for a young family of four, the home will start as a summer house and expand into the sunlit basement to ultimately function as a permanent residence.
Renderings versus Realized
We’ve seen tons of glitzy and glamorous renderings that immediately attract our attention. You know the kind we mean – a picturesque snapshot where the weather is absolutely perfect, the sunlight is bursting through the glass facade magnificently, and people are laughing and strolling hand in hand. And, sometimes, the rendering style speaks louder than the actual architecture – convincing clients and jurors, or perhaps misleading them, to invest in the project. Of course, we love seeing the variety of presentation styles and how firms market their work, but we also enjoy seeing construction shots and finished photography to see if the realized project lives up to the idealized renderings.
More after the break.
Erha Clinic Surabaya / HMP Architects
Architects: HMP Architects
Location: Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Principal in Charge: Heru Mudito Prasetyo
Project Team: Heru Mudito Prasetyo, Mirna Listianti
Interior Design: Joke Roos (Studio Air Putih)
Structural Engineering: PT. Sentra Reka Struktur
General Contractor: PT. Praharsa Vastupala
ME Engineering: PT. Trisakti Mekar Mandiri
Lighting Consultant: Lumina Lighting
Site Area: 2,855 sqm
Project Area: 3,386 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Fernando Gomulya
Minimalist House / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Architects: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates / Urbanist Architect
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Site area: 211.59 sqm
Building area: 102.22 sqm
Total floor area: 102.22 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
2010 Unbuilt Awards / Boston Society of Architects
The Boston Society of Architects shared the four winning projects for the 2010 Unbuilt Awards with us. Each year, the BSA sponsors this award program to honor and promote excellent design. Any project typology can be submitted for review, as long as the project is either purely theoretical or an unbuilt client sponsored project. The four winners show the diversity of the award as the projects vary in program, materiality and, of course, their design strategy. The winning projects and teams include: Land of Giants by Choi & Shine Architects, Playcloud by Nameless Architecture, Retreat House by Hutker Architects and Putting the Farm Back in Farmington by University of Arkansas Community Design Center.
More about the four projects after the break.
