Architects: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos - Juan Coll-Barreu & Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Collaborators: Fernando de la Maza, Jorge Bilbao, Pablo Castro, Gorka García
Project year: 2003-2004
Construction year: 2004-2008
Constructed area: 9,200 sqm
Budget: 12,935,436 EURO (US $17,9M)
Structure: Mintegia y Bilbao
Electrical Consultant: ndotec
Safety: Tesysal
Photographs: Aleix Bagué
The last 2 times I went to San Francisco, I saw the progress of the new California Academy of Sciences building, by italian architect Renzo Piano. It was amazing to see how the 2.5 acre green roof took shape. The building is now complete, it was opened to public yesterday.
The building recovers two and mixes it with a whole new structure, which is actually very transparent, connecting it visually with the Golden Park, away from the old conception of dark museums. Shade will be provided by a canopy that goes around the bulding, with solar panels on it.
Sustainability was a key aspect of the design, as this project is one of the ten pilot “green building” projects of the San Francisco Department of Environment, aiming to get platinum LEED certification. Actually, the building will consume 30-35% less energy than required by code.
The project conserves two limestone walls from the previous building (1934), and houses a planetarium, a rain forest habitat and an aquarium, and several exhibition spaces to house the several Academy collections.
The planetarium and the bubble that contains the rain forest habitat are the two big spheres that shape the green roof. The roof becomes a landscape with California native species, that won´t need extra maitenance or water, attracting local species to occupy it. Thus, the green roof won´t be fully accesible to visitors, who can only walk through a small path.
All the pictures on this post are © Tim Griffith. Check out his website for great architecture photography.
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Year: 2004
Landscape Architect: Marianne Levinsen Landscape architects
Client: The City of Copenhagen
Engineer: Moe & Broedsgaard A/S
Photographs: Jens Markus Lindhe
Architect Guillermo Hevia has been doing nice industrial works, focusing on sustainability. This glass bottling plant features passive ventilation and a daylight use strategy that reduces the energy consumption of the building. Check the sections for more info about that.
Architect: Guillermo Hevia H.
Collaborators: Francisco Carrión G. (Architect), Marcela Suazo M. (Development/CAD)
Bioclimate: BIOTECH Chile Consultores, Jorge Ramirez F.
Location: 5 Norte Route, Km. 85, Llay-Llay, V Región - Chile
Site area: 270.000m2
Built area: 27.500m2
Year: 2006
Building materials: Steel, Silk-screened glass and concrete
Architects: Ramírez Buxeda Arquitectos
Collaborators: Jorge F. Ramírez-Buxeda, Francisco Matta, Nelson Cotto, Robin Planas, Beatriz Fernández, Bryan Copp, Migda Colón, Luis Maldonado, Hanelore Freer
Location: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, USA
Structural: José Espinal Vázquez y Asociados
Electrical: Juan R. Requena y Asociados
Mechanical: Torres y Vélez
Contractor: Maridian Construction Corp.
Site Area: 3,930 sqm (1,980 sqm - VS-1 & 1,950 sqm - VS-2)
Constructed area: 818 sqm (380 sqm VS-1 & 438 sqm VS-2)
Design Duration: 6 months, 2005
Construction Duration: 18 months, 2006-2007
Photographs: Carla Martínez and RBA
Designer: DLF studio
Location: Culver City (Los Angeles), California, USA
Site Area: 269 sqm (2,900 sq.ft.)
Constructed Area: 185 sqm (2,000 sq.ft.)
Contractor: GSB Construction Inc.
Landscape: DLFstudio
Materials: Wood, glass, stucco
Project Start: 2005
Project Complete: 2006
Photographers: DLFstudio
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Of the things i really love about maintaining this blog is that it gathers architects from all around the world. In this case, the people from ZLG Design in Malaysia sent us their project for the BOH Visitor Center through our contact form - same as many other offices we will publish in the next days. Everyone is invited!
This great building -my personal favorite in the last month- is located in Malaysia, overlooking an amazing landscape. I think that its tectonic work really frames the natural surrounding.
Architect: ZLG Design
Team: Huat Lim, Susanne Zeidler, Jimmy Wong, Mary Verhaeghe, Hong Chieh
Location: Sungai Palas, Cameron Highland, Boh Visitor Centre, Malaysia
Locale description: Tea plantations and factory
Site area: 12,168.32 sqm
Built area: 1,233.8 sqm
Building start: November 2005
BUilding completion: July 2006
Budget: USD$498,652.29
Architects: Atelier Bow-Wow / Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Momoyo kaijima, Shun Takagi
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Client: Showa Kinen Park Office
Commission year: 2002
Construction year: 2005
Function: Museum
Site Area: 6031 sqm
Constructed area: 5480 sqm
Architect: Guilherme Machado Vaz
Client: Matosinhos City Hall
Location: Matosinhos, Portugal
Project: 2002-2004
Construction: 2004-2006
Graphic Design: Ezzo Design
Structural Engineer: José Basto Lino
Electrical Engineer: Alexandre Martins
Contractor: Domingos Carvalho S.A.
Constructed Area: 760 sqm
Budget: 600.000 EURO (US $888.240)
Photographs: Leonardo Finotti
Architects: Pascal Arquitectos
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Contractor: Pascal Arquitectos
Furniture: Pascal Arquitectos
Project year: 2007-2008
Constructed Area: 885 sqm
Photographs: Sófocles Hernández & Jaime Navarro
Architects: Arquitectura X - Adrian Moreno Núñez, Maria Samaniego Ponce
Location: La Tola, valle de Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador
Contractor: Adrian Moreno Núñez, Carlos Guerra Espinosa
Client: Adrian Moreno Núñez, Maria Samaniego Ponce, Lía Moreno Samaniego
Design year: 2003 – 2006
Construction year: 2006 – 2007
Structural Engineer: Pedro Caicedo
Electrical Engineer: Pedro Freile
Services: Raúl Cueva
Constructed area: 380 sqm
Photographs: Sebastián Crespo
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Design Year: 1998-2000
Construction Year: 2000-2004
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik
Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, Rok Gerbec, Josip Konstantinovič, Karla Murovec, Damjan Bradač
Competition Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, Lidija Dragišič, Marko Coloni
Client: Mestni muzej Ljubljana
Constructed Area: 2,650 sqm (existing building) / 790 sqm (extension)
Structural Engineering: ELEA IC d. o. o
Budget: 6,71M Euro (US $10,6M)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
