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Industrial Nouveau: Dramatic Renovation Projects Reimagining Urban Life

Eric Baldwin — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 07:30:00 +0000

No building stands in isolation. Engaging environmental and cultural networks, architecture is an inherently grounded art. As such, limits, constraints, and restrictions drive the design process forward, engendering solutions that celebrate the world as we find it. Embodying this dynamic, renovations and adaptive reuse projects embrace challenging problems and existing conditions. This is especially true when working with industrial buildings, places where machinery, manufacturing, and power combine.

Jiangsu Jingjiang Senior High School New Campus / Zhaohui Rong Studio

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Spatial Intensity. Without density, there is no space, and pure space without people is even more meaningless. Spatial warmth refers to the amount of time people spend in a space per unit of time. The design of public spaces in the new campus of Jingjiang Senior High School in Jiangsu Province is based on this concept. It is built around the idea of student movement routes and forms spatial hotspots at locations where intersections are more likely.

How Color Affects Architecture

Lilly Cao — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Just as the colors of an abstract painting or photograph can produce a certain mood, so can the colors of a building or room profoundly influence how the people using it feel. Physiologically, study after study has shown that blue light slows the production of melatonin, keeping people more alert or awake even at night. Psychologically, people associate certain colors with certain feelings due to cultural symbols and lived experiences – for example, they might perceive the color red as menacing or frightening because of its connection to blood.

Altogether, the way a room is colored can have complex effects on how its users feel, while a façade can be perceived in dramatically different ways depending on how it is colored. Below, we summarize the emotional associations of every color, assessing their differing effects as each is used in architectural space.

Minsheng Wharf Block E15-3 / EID Architecture

Collin Chen — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0000

Located at Minsheng Wharf in Pudong of Shanghai, Minsheng Wharf Block E15-3 designed by Atelier Ping Jiang/ EID Arch is a new waterfront development intended for urban regeneration. Primarily consisted of grade A office space and amenities, the project site is bookended in-between century-old industrial silo warehouse, historical houses with landmark status, and a neoclassical luxurious residential neighborhood designed by American architect Robert Stern. With a GFA of 38,240 sqm, Minsheng Wharf Block E15-3 aims to create an urban structure that mediates and reconnects the complex urban conditions.

Children's Scale: A Brief History of Kid's Furniture

Audrey Migliani — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:30:00 +0000

Children's furniture is all furniture –fixed or mobile– that is designed according to the ergonomic guidelines and anatomical dimensions of children specifically. Following this definition, we can identify two types of furniture: (1) those that facilitate a relationship between the caregiver and the child, and (2) those that allow the child to use them independently.

Polycarbonate for Interiors: 8 Examples of Translucent Architecture Indoors

Lilly Cao — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 01:30:00 +0000

Diversifying the materials of an interior space can greatly improve its depth and visual interest. At the same time, adding partitions or other delineations of internal space can help organize flow, circulation, and visibility. Polycarbonate, a type of lightweight, durable thermoplastic, is an excellent medium for both functions.

Tianjing Zarsion Exhibition Center / Ruf Architects

Collin Chen — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 22:00:00 +0000

The project is located on the side of the winding tributary of Yongding River. In an endless meadow without a clear definition of the external place, the relationship between the building and the place is the floating feeling that arises naturally. The design started from the roof, we tried to use symbolic architectural language to establish a connection with the historical environment. Imagining a crystal clear water drop that would quietly dissolve into the endless and winding river. However, with the gradual development of the narrative, metaphorical polysemy emerges.

Xiake Island Eco City Exhibition Center / SHUISHI

Collin Chen — Wed, 13 May 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Project Background: returning to waterfront cultural space
Located in the town of Xu Xiake, Jiangyin City, China, and adjacent to the Xu Xiake hometown and Xu Xiake Expo Park, with deep historical and cultural heritage and rich ecological wetland resources, the base is the spiritual home of global explorers. The site of the exhibition center is located in the Xu Xiake Expo. How to deal with the relationship between this case and the Xu Xiake's former residence, the Xiake House and the Xu Xiake Museum is the primary issue to resolve.

A House within Thirteen Steps / Limu Design Studio

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Ten years after EXPO-2010 which made the south of Shanghai attractting global attention, the avantgarde temperament in this region fades and a strong smack of everyday life takes the position. Among thousands of households this case of house renovation brings a poetic Garden of Eden in the bustling world.

L&M Design Lab's Office / L&M Design Lab

Collin Chen — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 21:00:00 +0000

L&M new office is located on the top floor of an building with terraces of wide view and total vitality for low-rise Yuyuan Road and Xinhua Road Historic Blocks nearby. The top plane rotates 45 degrees relative to the middle plane to cut out four-sided terraces, while bringing multi-triangle, multi-pipe well and multi-inclined beam in the office. We still accept the challenge of triangle for the heartbeat at first sight.

Designing School Playgrounds: Architecture for Learning Outside the Classroom

Clara Ott — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000

The most important part of children's education happens in the playground, instead of in the classroom. Despite this, many times we find huge empty school playgrounds.

Champion Center / Atelier Z+

Collin Chen — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Champion Center, located at the north of Xuhui Riverside Business Area, is a business building for medium and large organizations. Its site which presents to be a relatively square trapezium is narrow in the north and wide in the south. The center faces the main road East Longhua Road at north and borders on three large-scale commercial complexes and office buildings at east, south and west. On its north locate a residential community and Dong’an Park.

Montessori Kindergarten in Xiamen / L&M Design

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000

XinMeng · Montessori Kindergarten is located on the coastline of Xiamen Island. The original structure resembled a liner. It had limited space and heavily relied on artificial lights, which was against the common expectations of kindergartens.

Xingshe Public Toilets / COBBLESTONE DESIGN CANADA

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:00:00 +0000

“Children are playing in the streets, and some people go to the toilets which are no longer monotonous. The outdoor staffs go to rest in the lounge, while other people are walking and talking in the streets. These streets are consequently activated. The toilets that we designed including 10 completed and 20 being to be build, aim to create such an atmosphere of the city.”

Zhengzhou Jianye Football Town Tourist Center / SHUISHI

Collin Chen — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Jianye Football Town, a town of sports aesthetics in the Cherry Valley Scenic Area, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, integrates in it the natural scenery, sports, recreation and culture. According to the construction plan of the football town, a Jianye Football Town Tourist Center of about 3000m2 will be built at the main entrance to the football town on the platform southwest of Houzhang Highway. It will be the reception and exhibition space for the whole football town in the future.

CIFI Tianing Park Mansion / W&R Group

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:00:00 +0000

The project is located in Changzhou which has been one of the major towns in Jiangnan (the south of the Yangtze River) since ancient times. It maintains people’s hope for life and spiritual relations to Jiangnan-style architecture. Two major limitations can be found in this design.

Beijing Daxing Park / COBBLESTONE DESIGN CANADA

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Daxing nació en una serie de cambios y eventos en esta unión urbano-rural.

Haiyue Community Cultural Center / L&M DESIGN LAB

舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Today, if we discuss the concept of "home" from the perspective of the region, Shantou must be a wonderful topic that cannot be ignored. This is also the beginning for us to think about this community cultural center project.