Burnham Pavilion / Zaha Hadid

Images courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects © Michelle Litvin
Images courtesy of © Michelle Litvin

The figure of Daniel Burnham has been very important for the city of as we currently know it,  as he was one of the authors of the Plan of Chicago, also known as the Burnham Plan,  which reshaped Chicago’s central area starting in 1909.  To celebrate the centennial of this plan several events have been held during this year, such as the Union Station 2020 competition and the Burnham Memorial competition. Also, two pavilions by UN Studio and Zaha Hadid have been temporally  installed at the Millenium Park (read our previous article about this), hosting multimedia exhibits on the future of Chicago. The pavilions will be opened to the public until Oct 31st, 2009.

Zaha Hadid Architects´s pavilion merges new formal concepts with the memory of Burnham’s bold, historic urban planning. Superimpositions of spatial structures with hidden traces of Burnham’s Plan are overlaid and inscribed within the structure to create a dynamic form.

Read Zaha´s statement on the design after the break:

Skysong at ASU Campus / FTL Design Engineering Studio

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Architects: FTL Design Engineering Studio
Location: Scottsdale, AZ,
Project Area: 4,645 sqm
Photographs: FTL

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Green Void / LAVA

Architects: LAVA – Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck
Location: Sydney,
Project year: 2008
Project Team: Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck
Collaborators: Jarrod Lamshed, Esan Rahmani, Kim Ngoc Nguyen, Anh Dao Trinh, Erik Escalante Mendoza, Pascal Tures, Mi Jin Chun, Andrea Dorici
Materials: Specially treated high-tech Nylon and light
Area: 300 sqm
Volume: 3,000 sqm
Fabrication and : Mak Max
Photographs: LAVA

Temporary chapel for the Deaconesses of St-Loup – Localarchitecture

 

Architects: Localarchitecture & Danilo Mondada
Location: Hôpital de St-Loup,
Project year: 2008
Structure: IBOIS – Hani Buri, Yves Weinand
Client: Deaconess Community of St-Loup
Photographs: Milo Keller ©2008

Night Club / Moomoo

Stylish interiors for a night club in . I like the curtain-like skin that encloses spaces, as it lets light drop on it, generating an ever-changing interior. 

Architects: Moomoo – Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka
Location: Poland
Project year: 2008

Sheet Lightning Cafeteria / Die Baupiloten

Architects: Die Baupiloten
Location: Berlin,
Client: TU Berlin
Project Team: Susanne Hofmann with Marlen Weiser, Monica Wurfbaum, Martin Janekovic and the Baupiloten Christian Baalß, Tobias Bernecker, Anne Doose, Julian Fissler, Patrick Hoffmann, Denitsa Ilieva, Christoph Jantos, Elena Pavlidou-Reisig, Simone Sexauer, Benedikt Tulinius, Katya Vangelova, Ines Wegner und Mario Bär, Jens Kärcher, Eva Kanagasabai, Martin Mohelnicky, Mari Pape, Helen Ströh, Ivonne Weichold
TU Berlin Collaborators: Dipl.-Ing. Roland Lippke, FG Prof. Dr. Rückert, structural design / Reimund Ross, fire protections requirements / Dr. Ing. Paul W. Schmits, FG Prof. Kase, light engineering / Dr. Ing. Joachim Feldmann, TU Berlin, acousics / FG Prof. Mertes, quantity surveying / FG Prof. Dr. Hirche, CAD / FG Prof. Dr. Schäfer, building laws / Dipl.-Ing. Astrid Zimmermann, FG Landscape and Object
Main Materials: , light, terrazzo, medium density fibreboard, ethernit
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Jan Bitter

Summerhouse in Jørlunde / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter  Aps
Location:
Project Year: 2004
Engineer: Moe & Brødsgaard A/S
Area: 200 sqm
Photographs: Torben Eskerod

Szymon Szczesniak house / Moomoo

This house features a dynamic skin,  a curtain that covers the long side of the elevation. The intermediate space changes during the day due to the winds of the area.

Architects: Moomoo – Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka
Location: Wilga,
Collaborator: Tomasz Bierzanowski
Project year: 2008
Constructed Area: 130 sqm

Wall house / FAR frohn&rojas

Wall house innovates on house design, through a sustainable soft skin. This house was awarded the 2007 AR Emerging Awards and selected as one of the 2008 Record Houses by Architectural Record.

Name: Wall House
Location: Lampa, Santiago,
Completion: 2007
Project Team: FAR frohn&rojas – Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, Amy Thoner, Pablo Guzman, Isabel Zapata
Structural Planning : Ingewag Limitada, Santiago; Civil Eng. Mario Wagner
Structural Planning Concrete: Ing. Ernesto Villalon, Santiago
HWAC: Central TechnoPlus / Vaillant, building technology; Nelson Quilaqueo, Christian Aguirre
Model Building: Martin Baden, Dorothee Fritzsche, Carlos Ysenburg

Photos: Cristobal Palma