Another project by recent Dezeen regulars Suppose Design Office: this time a house in Matsuyama, Japan, designed to offer a view of the surrounding scenery from every room. Walls integral to the structure of the building have been scattered across the floor-plan, opening various clear views through the structure while maintaining the building’s required earthquake resistance. The toilet can be h..
The House 53 volumetry was defined following São Paulo city building laws and the site’s peculiar shape, which is just over 10 meters in front and approximately 30 meters in length. According to the legislation one can build in the neighborhood up to a two-floor building, settled upon the site’s lateral limits. A third floor is allowed as long as the lateral setbacks are respected. The house was..
After meeting Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, founders of ecoLogicStudio at the Beyond Media Festival in Florence, they talked to us about one of their latest projects, the STEMcloud v2.0 that now we want to share here, as is a really new and avant-garde vision about parametric and genetic architecture and the way that human interaction can bring new life to architecture projects: The STEMcl..
drdh architects sent us this house with a long previous story. Speculatively built by 19th Century developers, it has been adapted and distorted over time to suit circumstance - acquiring a single storey shop and basement, an extra storey, a cantilevered lavatory and a garage. Of more immediate concern was the basement, where the floor had been dug out and the corbels sheared off the party walls..
Architect: Paul de Ruiter Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Project Architect: Paul de Ruiter Project Team: Michael Noordam, Dieter Blok, Monique Verhoef, Willeke Smit, Sander van Veen Client: Dienst Stadstoezicht Rotterdam & Ontwikkelingsbedrijf Rotterdam Construction Advisor: ABT bv, adviseurs in bouwtechniek Installations Advisor: Halmos bv Car Park Advisor: Spark / Twynstra Gudde, adviseurs e..
Architect: Prax Architects Location: Auch, France Project year: 2006-2007 Project Area: 180 sqm Photographs: Arnaud Saint-Germès This house project is founded on the concept of Louis Kahn: a company of space: the project consisted in organizing spaces with different uses related to the individual, around the space of family, gathered in a coherent space unit. This project is based on the followi..
Architects: Rojkind Arquitectos Project Principal: Michel Rojkind Project leader: Agustin Pereyra Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project team: Juan Carlos Vidals (3D massing) Alejandro Biguria, Moritz Melchert, Mónica Orozco, Phillip Jung, José Moreno, Laura Rodriguez , Roberto Gil Will, Tere Levy, Alan Rahmane Structural Engineer: Juan Felipe Heredia Design year: 2008 Construction year:..
Location: Gojo, Kyoto, Japan Type of Project: Single family residence/ craft studio Project Architects: EASTERN design office /// Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno Construction area: 140.2 m² Total floor area: 259.8 m² Year of Construction: 2007 House with Crest is located in the city of Gojo in Kyoto, Japan, where architects Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno of EASTERN design office reveal their talent..
Architect: Rati Chomakhidze, Studia Arci Location: Tbilisi, Georgia Client: Arci development Design year: 2006 Construction year: 2007-2008 Total plot area: 1,105 sqm Total built area: 4,310 sqm Living area: 2,100 sqm Office area: 650 sqm Photographs: Goga Mamasakhlisi The presented project is located in the general development plan of the Vake district and the surrounding area. The general plan..
Most city parts of Almere, a city with almost 190,000 inhabitants, have a petting farm. In the 'den Uyl' park there used to be one, but it burned down in the early 80's, leaving only its concrete foundation. Early 2005 we were commissioned by the municipality of Almere to design a new petting farm on the exact location and the remaining foundation. The building was finally built using almost onl..
