Maragall 310 Building / Bergnes de las Casas
What Types of Residential Floors Favor Wheelchair Circulation?
One of the most important design considerations that residential architects have the responsibility to address is accessibility, ensuring that people with disabilities can comfortably live at home without impediments blocking basic home functionality. Accessibility for wheelchair users is a particularly important architectural concern due to unalterable spatial, material, and other requirements necessitated by wheelchair design and use. Because guaranteeing the comfort of all users, including disabled users, is one of the most essential obligations of all architects, designing for wheelchair users must be done with utmost the attention and care, especially in residential environments. Below, we delineate several strategies for designing floors for wheelchair circulation, helping architects achieve this goal of maximum comfort and accessibility.
Housing for the Elderly: Examples of Independent and Community Living
Architecture is constantly changing and adapting to new needs, which are linked to social, economic, technological, political, and demographic changes. In this sense, the aging population is one of the most outstanding changes of the 21st century: The increase in life expectancy and the decrease in fertility rates mean that the older population is increasingly numerous. How can architecture help to provide a better quality of life, promote the autonomy, dignity, and well-being of the elderly?
Schools of the Future: How Furniture Influences Learning
It is a student's right to be educated in a safe, healthy, and even aesthetically appealing environment, especially young students for whom these factors are even more important. For example, it has been shown that when the ergonomics of chairs are inadequate, they can greatly affect levels of concentration and the development of skills such as calligraphy. At the same time, the effectiveness of traditional teaching methods is increasingly being questioned and the quality of alternative methodologies increasingly being considered. In other articles, we discussed in more detail the design of Montessori schools and the atmosphere of Waldorf interiors.
Today, we will cover the importance of choosing furniture and address some aspects to consider when organizing them in classroom design for the schools of the future.
Casa MJ / Alventosa Morell Arquitectes
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Architects: Alventosa Morell Arquitectes
- Year: 2018
School René Beauverie / Dominique Coulon & associés
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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Area: 6168 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: COPAS, Courbiere & Fils, Cuny Professuinnel, GUILLON, Ravaltex
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Professionals: Batiserf, Solares Bauen, BET G.Jost, Defacto, Dominique Coulon & associés, +2
‘Henri Dutilleux’ Conservatoire / Dominique Coulon & associés
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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Area: 3895 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Albizzati, Antonietti, Atlas Schindler, Beyler, Curti, +12
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Professionals: Steve Letho Duclos, Batiserf, E3 Economie, Euro Sound Project, BEE.FL, +1
La Arboleda Community Center / Picado - De Blas Arquitectos
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Architects: Picado - De Blas Arquitectos
- Area: 498 m²
- Year: 2017
Shortlisted Projects Announced for the EU Mies Award 2019
The European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation have announced the 40 shortlisted works that will compete for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The Prize, for which ArchDaily is a media partner, has seen a jury distill 383 nominated works into a 40-project-strong shortlist, celebrating the trends and opportunities in adaptive reuse, housing, and culture across Europe.
To Design for the Elderly, Don't Look to the Past
When the world undergoes major changes (be it social, economic, technological, or political), the world of architecture needs to adapt alongside. Changes in government policy, for example, can bring about new opportunities for design to thrive, such as the influx of high-quality social housing currently being designed throughout London. Technological advances are easier to notice, but societal changes have just as much impact upon the architecture industry and the buildings we design.
Shortlist for the 2018 Architectural Photography Awards Revealed
The shortlist for the 2018 Architectural Photography Awards have been revealed, bringing together 20 atmospheric images of the built environment. Categories this year ranged from a “portfolio of an individual building to a single abstract: with a professional camera or on a mobile phone.”
The 2018 edition saw a record number of entries, with photographs from 47 countries, including the UK (28%), USA (20%), Germany (6%), and China (5%). The 20 photographs were selected from four categories: exteriors, interiors, sense of place, and buildings in use.
Beautiful Vineyards From Around the World
Wine production is an industry that combines robust economic activity with an extensive cultural legacy. Although there are several programs related to the wine sector, we commonly find spaces dedicated to the process of fermenting grapes into wine. However, there are a variety of duties grouped around wine production that play an important role in boosting the industry, such as tasting rooms, education centers, sales rooms, or broadcast. Below, a selection of 27 inspiring projects of wine architecture.
Housing for Elderly People in Huningue / Dominique Coulon & associés
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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Area: 3932 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: ALSASOL, Atlas Schindler, BURGER, CF CUISINE, FREGONESE, +16
‘Allende’ Performance Hall and Rehearsal Studios / Dominique Coulon & associés
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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Area: 2336 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Atlas Schindler, CDI, CK CARRELAGE, COEXIA, ENGIE AXIMA, +14
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Professionals: Euro Sound Project, Damien Surroca Architects
‘Human Rights’ Sports Center in Strasbourg / Dominique Coulon & associés
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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Area: 2660 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: Batiserf, E3 Economie, Solares Bauen, BET Gilbert Jost, Euro Sound Project
Théodore Gouvy Theatre / Dominique Coulon & associés
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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Area: 2850 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Sto, Balsan, ERTCM, Zumtobel
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Professionals: Changement à Vue, COLAS, BET G.Jost, Solares Bauen, Batiserf, +20
Offices and housing Strasbourg / Dominique Coulon & associés
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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
- Area: 500 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: BALENA, CARCERERI, CBA, FALIERES, FRANK SANITAIRE, +6
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Professionals: Batiserf, BET G.Jost, E3 Economie
Critical Round-Up: The 2017 Pritzker Prize
The 2017 Pritzker Prize was a surprise to many, awarded to the three founders of RCR Arquitectes, a modest Spanish firm located in the small town of Olot in Catalonia. Many people and critics shared their astonishment at the prize being awarded to three individuals for the first time since the Pritzker Prize began in 1979, including the third female winner, and at the relatively low profile of RCR Arquitectes before March 1st.
Whether this surprise was pleasant or shocking differs from critic to critic, but there nevertheless seems to be a consensus on the jury’s decision to venture further into politics and away from their traditional interest in celebrity architects. As clearly stated in the jury’s citation: “In this day and age, there is an important question that people all over the world are asking, and it is not just about architecture; it is about law, politics, and government as well.” Are they steering the prize in the right, or wrong, direction?