
2016
SCI-Arc’s Close-up Exhibit Explores the Potential of Digital Technologies on Architectural Detail

SCI-Arc’s “Close-up” exhibition is currently on display at the SCI-Arc gallery, featuring architectural details designed with the use of digital technology by top architects in the field. The exhibit, curated by Hernan Diaz Alonso and David Ruy, seeks to explore the impact of new computational tools not only on large-scale building analysis, but also on the “traditions of tectonic expression” associated with architectural detail.
“Out of the many critical shifts that the discipline has gone through in the last 25 years with the explosion of new technologies and digital means of production, the notion of the construction detail has been largely overlooked,” Diaz Alonso said. “This show attempts to shed light on the subject of tectonic details by employing a fluid and dynamic movement of zooming in and zooming out in the totality of the design.”
The 16 exhibitors include architecture firms like Morphosis, Gehry Partners and UN Studio – see preview images of them all after the break.
AT Office / ITTUE
Call for Entries: Design a Sky Garden System for the Chong Qing Skyline

Competition Theme: Green – Eco - Future Building Systems and Lifestyle
The design intent is to create a system/network of eco-green elevated sky gardens within a soon to be realised super high-rise residential complex, with the aim of drastically improving the living environment and lifestyle of urban dwellers. This competition seeks young architects worldwide to provide innovative ideas to break the existing typology of the super high-rise and isolated lifestyles associated with high density urban living.
16 Social Housing Units / Atelier Gemaile Rechak

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Architects: Atelier Gemaile Rechak
- Area: 1250 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: ETB Antonelli, PAYSARCHITECTURES, CEBAT ingénierie, Loizillon Ingenierie
Temple in Stone and Light / SpaceMatters
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- Area: 4360 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: RWPL - Civil Works Department, Design Roots, Ace Designs
Structures of Spontaneous Architecture in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro by Patricia Parinejad

FAVELAS, named after the Brazilian creeping plant ’favela’ have existed in Brazil since the late 19th century. Wretched areas of closely packed dwellings were planted in the cities, on the outskirts of the cities, and continued to spread rampantly, growing out of all control. The problem became worse around 1950 when the industrialization of Brazil led to mass migration from rural areas to the big cities. At first the municipal administration tried to resolve this problem by building social housing. Some of the favelas were bulldozed and their inhabitants were forced to resettle elsewhere. But areas of informal settlements have continued to grow. According to the Secretaria Municipal de Habitação the slum’s residents are already 22% of the population in Rio.
Troll Hus / Mork-Ulnes Architects

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Architects: Mork-Ulnes Architects
- Area: 17500 ft²
- Year: 2016
Olympic Youth Arena / Vigliecca & Associados

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Architects: Vigliecca & Associados
- Area: 14300 m²
- Year: 2016
New Mechanics Hall - ME Building / Dominique Perrault Architecture

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Architects: Dominique Perrault Architecture
- Area: 223000 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: GKD Metal Fabrics
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Professionals: Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost, PREFACE SARL, Betica SA, Daniel Willi SA, DSILENCE SA, +1
Origami House / Alexis Dornier

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Architects: Alexis Dornier
- Area: 450 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Surya Kembar Properti
Rocycle / XML

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Architects: XML
- Area: 400 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Baars & Bloemhoff, Hi-Macs, Invito, LG Hausys, Lemokoepels, +3
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Professionals: Hats&Tales
National City Aquatic Center / Safdie Rabines Architects

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Architects: Safdie Rabines Architects
- Area: 5500 ft²
- Year: 2016
Holland Green / OMA + Allies & Morrison

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Architects: Allies & Morrison, OMA
- Area: 323000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Effisus
The Innovation House / MON Atelier Architecture

- Year: 2016







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