location : Euralille 2, Lille, France competition : May 2005 start of conceptual design : 2005 estimated beginning of construction : 2008 estimated completion : end of 2009 built-up area : 13 000 m² client : Icade Capri, Lille; Loger Habitat, Lille engineers : Perrault Projets, Paris : architectural engineering Khephren Ingénierie, Arcueil : structures Alto Ingénierie, Champs-sur-Marne : buildin..
Architects: Angelo Bucci, Alvaro Puntoni Location: Carapicuíba, SP, Brazil Collaborators: Ciro Miguel, Fernando Bizarri, Juliana Braga Structure: Ibsen Pulleo Uvo, Ruy Bentes Services: Mauro Rodrigues Pinto Landscape: Klara Kaiser Construction: Alexsandro Bremenkamp Project year: 2003 Construction year: 2008 Site area: 450 sqm Construction area: 415 sqm Lighting: Reka Steel panels: Perfilor Scaf..
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo - Japan Architect : Kengo Kuma & Associates Design: 2004 - 2006 - Construction: 2006 - 2007 Client : Private client Engineering Firm : Ejiri Structural Engineers Contractor : Eiger Co. Ltd. Photographer : Mitsumasa Fujitsuka Using 3.2mm thick corrugated steel plates, a house of monocoque construction which resembles a freight car was made, with out having any beams or columns. T..
Tangible Dots are designed for a new video experience that allows users to manipulate the physical boundaries of a video screen, taking the “square” out of the fixed, rectangular screen. A dynamic and tactile screen emerges when users shift the arrangement of small magnet pieces on a projection surface. Tangible Dots from Minsoo Lee on Vimeo. “I love this project. Instead of exhausting ourselves..
Architects: Nicolas del Rio y Max Nunez - dRN ARQUITECTOS Location: Farellones, Chile Collaborator: Oltmann Ahlers G. Structural Engineer: Enzo Valladares Contractor: Eduardo Torreblanca Site Area: 435 sqm Constructed Area: 140 sqm Project Year: 2007 Construction Year: 2008 Materials: Steel, Stone, Wood Budget: US $792 /sqm Photographs: Felipe Camus The site was an existing void in the middle of..
Architects: Manuel Ocaña Arquitectos Location: Madrid, Spain Collaborators: Roberto González García, Lucía Martínez, Sebastian Camacho Promoter: C.R. Project year: 2006 Constructued Area: 163 sqm Budget: 130.000 EURO (US $177.112) Photographs: Miguel de Guzman This project contemplates the refurbishment of an old house, on which the client wanted a swimming pool. The result is amazing, with a ve..
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Location: Silkeborg, Denmark Ingeneering: The DAI Group Contractor: SKANSKA Danmark A/S Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Constructed Area: 3,700 sqm Photographs: SHL The project – centred on a 19th-century paper mill - was commended for the simplicity of the design, characterised by the choice of materials as well as the successful trans..
Architects: Christian Pottgiesser - architecturespossibles (Paris) Location: Paris, France Client: private Design Team: Christian Pottgiesser (architect) , Alejandro Ratier (designer), Pascale Pottgiesser (artist) Engineer: Joël Betito Assistant: Dr. Florian Hertweck Furniture design: arch. Raphael Budin (low table + dining table) Contractors: ERCN (main construction), Carrières du Bassin Parisi..
Turkish design studio Autoban have designed a flagship store for the fashion retailer Vakko. The store, located in the Nisantasi quarter of Istanbul, Turkey; is filled with luxurious materials and customised seating throughout its five floors. Inspired by the swirling Vakko logo, Autoban designed a lamp with a similarly curved lampshade specially for the project, while sleek and simple embedded ..
Tokyo designer Gwenael Nicolas of Curiosity has completed a spa in Interlaken, Switzerland, with silk panels hanging in layers from the ceiling. Called Kanebo Sensai Select Spa, the design leads visitors from the dark corridor of the hotel past the silk layers to a circular waiting room. Treatment rooms have warm wooden walls and timber shelves linked to the ceiling by metal poles. Curiosity has..
