The 3-1 Zone of Government Building in Sejong City is a symbolic gate of the central administration town. The Urban Gate, where nature and citizen are together, and the Urban Plaza, which anybody can freely use, are planned for here. It is designed as a comfortable and cozy resting place shaped after nature. It will be used for various events including festivals and various culture and art activities. In terms of urban scale, the linear shape of existing master plan had been maintained.
Christopher Henry
International Competition Winner of Government Building in Sejong City / Tomoon Architects & Engineers
Urban Interventions / Vallo Sadovsky Architects
Vallo Sadovsky Architects recently sent us their latest book, Urban Interventions. We have featured one of Vallo Sadovsky Architects’ projects before, BA_LIK. That project gets to the heart of what this book is about. Small urban interventions can completely transform and revive a space and city. This book is filled with writings and examples that expand on that idea. “The proposals in these pages are, with few exceptions, practical solutions to real urban problems, most of them having to do with the creation of place or connecting disparate places together, by shifting the perception of the value of a piece of open space or mending a neighborhood from the effects of a multilane freeway. Some of the most inspiring are also the most modest, replacing lost trees with potted plants that provide seating for rest or perhaps a conversation with a neighbor,” writes John Peterson.
Take a look inside after the break.
Update: Covington Farmers Market / design/buildLAB
For those of you that enjoyed our post on the Covington Farmers Market you might enjoy visiting an exhibition that features Jeff Goldberg’s images and the students’ bass wood models of the project at The Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia. The exhibition, ”Design 2011: A Retrospective of Winning Work”, will be held from October 20, 2011 – January 8, 2012.
Additionally, design/buildLAB has been invited to give a lecture to coincide with the exhibit. The lecture, ”Teaching Practice”, will be held at the Richmond Convention Center on Thursday November 3rd from 10:45-12:15. For more information visit: http://www.virginiaarchitecture.org/ae_index.html
More images of the project after the break.
Z5 / Christophe Gulizzi Architecte
BOYI Gallery / TAOA
Railway Control Centre / Moreno del Valle Arquitectos
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Architects: Moreno del Valle Arquitectos
- Area: 2031 m²
Cabezo de la Almagra / Cerrejon Arquitectos
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Architects: Cerrejon Arquitectos
- Area: 21489 m²
- Year: 2010
Kiti / mihadesign
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Architects: mihadesign
- Area: 60 m²
- Year: 2010
House Contrast / KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
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Architects: KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
- Area: 74 m²
- Year: 2009
Humboldt Box | Berlin / Krüger Schuberth Vandreike
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Architects: Krüger Schuberth Vandreike
- Year: 2011
Casa Nueva: Working in the Garden / Van Atta Associates
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Architects: Van Atta Associates
Urban Lofts / Charis Gkikas & Evaggelia Filtsou
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Architects: Charis Gkikas & Evaggelia Filtsou
- Area: 1200 m²
- Year: 2011
Front to Back Infill / Colizza Bruni Architecture
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Architects: Colizza Bruni Architecture
- Area: 111 m²
- Year: 2008
LegacyER / 5G Studio Collaborative
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Architects: 5G Studio Collaborative
- Year: 2008
The POD / Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn with Studio Nicoletti Associati
Farrar Pond Project - FlexFENCE / Mikyoung Kim Design
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Architects: Mikyoung Kim Design
- Year: 2007