Bamboo Forest and Corinth Hut / RAA
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.
“Monuments + Bits; Work by Khoury Levit Fong”, an exhibition
“Monuments + Bits; Work by Khoury Levit Fong” is an exhibition that combines parametric modeling and fabrication techniques with emerging responsive media to present architecture and urban design projects in an interactive and digitally augmented environment.
The exhibition opened at the University of Toronto’s Eric Arthur Gallery on September 28 2009 and is currently at the CMYK Gallery of the University of Michigan’s A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, running until the end of December 2009.
“Monuments + Bits” dramatizes the event of collective monuments and their tense relationship to the immediacy of individual experience. Conventions are recast through new parametric capacities in the production of architectural form, while current developments in interactive media refashion perceptions of the fixity of the built environment.
Rathaus in Rosenberg / Ecker Architekten
Architects: Ecker Architekten
Location: Rosenberg, Germany
Client: Gemeinde Rosenberg
Construction Area: 1,050 sqm
Project year: 2006-2007
Photographs: Constantin Meyer, Köln
Otter Cove Residence / Sagan Piechota Architecture
Architects: Sagan Piechota Architecture
Location: Carmel, CA, USA
Principal in Charge: Daniel Piechota
Project Team: Jaeson Greer, Ben Frombgen
Collaborators: Mike Eggers, Tim Whitehill, Audrey Hitchcock, Jeremy Tsai
Interior Designer: Jorie Clark
Structural Engineer: Alex Rood, Fulcrum Engineering
Landscape: Christian Lemon
General Contractor: McLeod Construction
Project Year: 2005-2008
Photographs: Joe Fletcher
Innovative Design Competition – The Gardiner Expressway in Toronto
Design Challenge: The elevated Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway has been a controversial element of the Toronto skyline since it was completed in 1966. In recent years, public debate has been intensifying over whether its future should be a renovation, relocation, or complete removal. While many plans and proposals have been put forth over the years, none have produced a sufficiently compelling vision for a new urban identity and truly functional transportation system.
Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto are seeking input from the world’s most talented and creative design and engineering professionals in developing bold new concepts for the future of the elevated Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard, including the adjacent lands. The goal of the Innovative Design Competition is to produce a bold solution or series of bold solutions that can generate broad consensus on the best way forward for the eastern portion of the elevated Gardiner Expressway.
The intent of the Innovative Design Competition is to infuse the Environmental Assessment process with incisive design ideas and bring creative new solutions to the table. For more information about the submission requirements, click here.
Waterloo School of Architecture / Levitt Goodman Architects
Architects: Levitt Goodman Architects
Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Client: University of Waterloo School of Architecture
Design Team: Janna Levitt, David Warne, Greg Latimer, Daniel Bartman, Veronica DelGuidice
Construction Manager: Alberici Constructors, Ltd.
Structural Engineering: Blackwell Bowick Partnership Limited
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Keen Engineering
Code Consultant: Arencon Inc.
Lighting consultant: Gerry Cornwell Lighting Design
Millwork consultant: Henderson & Associates Inc.
Project Area: 7,897 sqm
Budget: $8,200,000
Project Completed: 2004
Photographs: Ben Rahn/A-Frame
Wood Block Residence / Chadbourne + Doss
Architects: Chadbourne + Doss
Location: Mercer Island, WA, USA
Project Area: 279 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Benjamin Benschneider
AD Round Up: Best from Flickr Part VI
Our Flickr Pool is just short of 9,000 pictures! So choosing the best five may be a little difficult. Don’t miss any so check every photo right here. Otherwise, you can check our previous selections to find some great pictures submitted by our readers. As always, remember you can submit your photo here, and follow us through Twitter and our Facebook Fan Page to find more features.
This amazing picture was taken by Luis Alfaro in Brasilia, Brazil. Check the other four after the break.
Turkish Association of Notaries / MuuM Architects
Architects: MuuM
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Principals: Murat Aksu, Umut Iyigun
Project Team: Ezgi Ak, Serkan Sen, Adila Sancakli, Damla Unal, Feriye Yurdusev, Ozlem Catik, Ozlem Bagdiken
Design Architects: Selim Velioglu, Umut Iyigun, Orkun Ozuer, Murat Aksu
Client: Turkish Association of Notaries
Competition Team: Selim Velioglu, Umut Iyigun, Orkun Ozuer, Murat Aksu
Competion Date: 2003
Project Date: 2006-2009
Project Area: 20,595 sqm
Photographs: Gürkan Akay
Master Plan Ideas Competition for Gold Coast won by Super Colossal
The Gold Coast is Australia’s sixth largest city and one of the fastest growing regions. It’s also home for one of the most popular spots in Australia’s East Coast. The Gold Coast’s population is around 500,000 and, if as forecast, it continues to grow by 13,000 to 16,000 annually, it will be home to 900,000 residents by 2030.
Gold Coast City Council, with endorsement of the Australian Institute of Architects, organized an open Master plan Ideas Competition for a proposed Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct. The 16.5 hectare site is bordered on three sides by rivers and canals. Formerly a simple rural cane farm, the site is now at the heart of a growing city with views across the skyline of Surfers Paradise, Main Beach and Broadbeach.
The purpose of the Master plan Ideas Competition was to generate creative new visions and ideas for the future of this key site and its facilities stimulate community discussion about the future of the Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct. The competition was won by Sydney-based office Super Colossal. You can see more images of the winning project and architect’s description after the break.
Bent + Sliced Residence / Hufft Projects
Architects: Hufft Projects
Location: Springfield, MO, USA
General Contractor: Smart Design, LLC
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 390 sqm
Photographs: Mike Sinclair
Zagrad Center / Randić & Turato
Architects: Randić & Turato / Saša Randić and Idis Turato
Location: Rijeka, Croatia
Collaborators: Leora Drazul, Ana Stanicic, Sinisa Glusica, Iva Cuzela (Technical Architects)
Contractor: Dragan Ribaric
Client: Austrograd d.o.o. Rijeka
Project Area: 18,000 sqm
Construction date: 2007
Photographs: Robert Leš
Office for Urban Development and Environment / Sauerbruch Hutton
Sauerbruch Hutton was announced first prize winner for their design of a new home for Hamburg’s Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt/BSU (Office for Urban Development and Environment). The new colorful BSU building will be erected in Hamburg Wilhelmsburg and is slated for completion in 2013.
More images and more about the project after the break.
Fireplace for Children / Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter
Architect: Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Client: Trondheim Municipality, Norway
3D consultancy: Scenario Architecture
Rapid prototyping: Espen BÊrheim
Contractor: Pan Landskap AS
Project Year: 2009
Photograph: Jason Havneraas & Grethe Fredriksen
Gateway Arch International Design Competition
The National Park Service and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay announced a new international design competition to re-invigorate the park and city areas surrounding “one of the world’s most iconic monuments”, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. The competition, “Framing a Modern Masterpiece: The City + The Arch + The River 2015,” is called for in the National Park Service’s new General Management Plan, which was created through extensive public input over an 18-month period and approved on November 23, 2009.
According to the Gateway Arch Design competition site, “the Gateway Arch instantly became an international destination and won immediate recognition as one of the world’s premier works of public art. The grounds immediately surrounding it, designed by the late Dan Kiley, are also widely recognized as a landscape masterpiece. However, those grounds, and the city streetscape, highways, and the Mississippi riverfront which they abut, lack the ‘buzz’ of constant activity associated with a vibrant urban park – one of the issues the competition is meant to address.”
Seen at The Dirt. For more information, go to the competition’s official website.
Monster Footprints / MAD
MAD Architects’ latest contribution to Shenzhen came in the form of two huge monster footprints. The design, made for the Urbanism\Architecture Shenzhen & Hongkong Bi-city Biennale, is a sunken space that functions as a playground. Paved in pink EPDM material, the Monster’s Footprint attempts to enter a very “surreal reality”, and offer a possibility for city dwellers to find their own freedom and joy in the Citizen Square. The playful space illustrates MAD ‘s ability to bring their design attitude to smaller scale projects.
More images after the break.
House Ulve / Lassila Hirvilammi
Architects: Lassila Hirvilammi Architects
Location: Seinäjoki, Finland
Architects in Charge: Anssi Lassila, Teemu Hirvilammi
Project Area: 300 sqm
Project Year: 2004-2008
Photographs: Courtesy of Lassila Hirvilammi
MAXXI Museum / Zaha Hadid Architects
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
Horten Headquarters / 3XN
Architects: 3XN
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Client: Carlsberg Ejendomme
Engineering: Rambøll
Project Area: 10,000 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Adam Mørk
3rd International Holcim Forum “Re-Inventing Construction”
Experts from all continents will meet in Mexico City at the 3rd International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction in April 2010. The conference for academics and professionals from architecture, civil engineering, urban planning, natural and social sciences will advance concepts on how construction needs to be re-invented and aligned with principles of sustainable development. Limited places are available – registration is possible until the end of January 2010.
Taking an array of disciplines into consideration, the focus of the Holcim Forum will be on knowledge mining and dissemination, material and product life-cycle assessment, CO2 emissions and energy efficiency, considered deployment of means and economic resources, as well as social welfare and equity. The event will offer opportunities for networking and discussion, stimulated by keynote speeches, workshops, panel sessions and a full-day excursion aligned with the workshop themes to sites in Mexico City.
More after the break.
Art Bridge / wHY Architecture
wHY Architecture has shown us their expertise on cultural projects at different scales: the Grand Rapids Art Museum (the first LEED Gold certified museum) on the large scale in one side and the Royal/T Gallery on a smaller scale, among other cultural projects shown on their website.
And now they share with us a cultural project on the infrastructure scale that I had the chance to see when I visited their office early this year, which got green light and enters construction phase in 2010: the Art Bridge.
The project is located over the Los Angeles river and it’s very related to it, as most of its structure will be built from trash salvaged from the river itself. This project will achieve what many have been looking for, and that is to reconnect with the river that crosses LA. And I think that it will make it.
You can also watch our interview with Yo-ichiro Hakomori from whY Architecture, filmed at Postopolis! LA earlier this year.
Project description and more images after the break:
