The aim of the sustainable residential complex, designed by Morfearch, is not only the production of new buildings able to satisfy living space requests, but the will to offer public services to the new settlement and open to the “outer” population. The project area, crossed north to south by divergent paths, generates trapezoidal spaces that become the generating principle of the different parts of the whole complex: every secondary parcel is indeed composed by different size tanks, 30 to 120cm high, open to different uses, materials, and patterns: green areas, water, paved spaces, vegetation and gardens, available for residents with a leisure, but also social, function. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Milan: The Latest Architecture and News
Sustainable Residential Complex / Morfearch
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton / Fabiola Minas Roberto Murgia Simona Oberti
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Architects: Fabiola Minas Roberto Murgia Simona Oberti
- Year: 2011
AD Classics: Torre Velasca / BBPR
Eagle Nest Hut Proposal / Piero Ceratti
Architect Piero Ceratti shared with us his concept design, titled ‘Eagle Nest Hut’, for a mountain hut/shelter powered by wind turbines. This alpine hut can be installed in very extreme sites while minimizing the point of contact with the rocky ground. More images and architects’ description after the break.
New EDI Headquarters / tiarstudio + RMA
Milanofiori Housing Complex / OBR
Nebula / Cecil Balmond
- Year: 2011
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Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen
Toshiba Milano Salone / Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane
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Architects: Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane
- Area: 534 m²
- Year: 2011
The Sheraton Milan Malpensa Airport Hotel & Conference Centre / King Roselli Architetti
New Furniture Designs for Sawaya & Moroni / Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Dominique Perrault
Revealed earlier this month in Milan, Sawaya & Moroni‘s New Collection 2011 includes pieces from high profile architects Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid, and Dominique Perrault. William Sawaya and Paolo Moroni, founding partners of Sawaya & Moroni, focus the production of their furniture on contemporary designs intertwined with differing cultural backgrounds, resulting in unique pieces and a selective group of architects and artists.
Ben van Berkel of UNStudio also presented new furniture this month in Milan.
More about the chairs after the break.
New Seating Designs for Milan / UNStudio
This year, I Saloni of Milan will be celebrating its 50th year! The cultural institution has grown dramatically over the years from an initial 328 exhibitors featured in 11,000 square meters to over 2,500 in an area now measuring over 200,000 square meters. The Salone Internazionale del Mobile is almost here and several architects will be presenting new furniture. Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has shared three new seating designs that will be featured this month: My Lounge Chair for Walter Knoll, the New Amsterdam Chair for Wilde+Spieth and the SitTable for PROOFF. “The architectural approach to furniture is different from that of the industrial designer as the architect begins with the space and the environment that the chair will become a part of. All the details of the chair are considered for their spatial effects. This architectural approach to furniture is connected to a very personal ideology of space,” explained Ben van Berkel.
More about the chairs after the break.
Al Mercato / AMA – Albera Monti & Associati
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Architects: AMA – Albera Monti & Associati: AMA – Albera Monti & Associati: Giovanni Albera , Nicolas Monti ,Rita Saragoça Saramago Silva Pereira
- Area: 80 m²
Commercial Building Fratelli Cozzi Auto / Buratti+Battiston Architects
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Architects: Buratti+Battiston Architects
- Year: 2009
Vetreria Airoldi / Buratti+Battiston Architects
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Architects: Buratti+Battiston Architects: Buratti+Battiston Architects - Gabriele Buratti, Oscar Buratti, Ivano Battiston
- Area: 240 m²
Data Center In Milan / AMA – Albera Monti & Associati
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Architects: AMA – Albera Monti & Associati
- Area: 20000 m²
- Year: 2009
Digital Origami / LAVA
LAVA has shared with us their current window installation, Digital Origami a product of parametric modeling experiments and digital fabrication methods. Additional images of this sculptural work, a brief video and a description from LAVA after the break.
Social Housing in Milan / studio wok
Italian architects studio wok shared with us their social housing project for Milan, which received an honorable mention in the “AAAarchitetti cercasi 2010″. More images and architect’s description after the break.