En busca de una asimilación del entorno y desde un lenguaje arquitectónico actual, el proyecto incorpora la madera y la estructura metálica, hunde el volumen del frontón aprovechando las dos paredes ciegas para lograr un menor impacto visual y dialoga con las cubiertas tradicionales de los caseríos del valle. El edificio del concejo se resuelve en un pequeño volumen que respeta la altura de corn..
The “Oca” was developed as a temporary pavilion for the event “Resistance and Tradition”, which was part of the World Cultural Forum that took place in São Paulo in 2004. As a center of discussion about Brazil’s indigenous culture, it sheltered many ceremonies and meetings of representatives from the country’s various native communities. Architect: Königsberger Vannucchi - Jorge Königsberger and..
Architects: Localarchitecture & Danilo Mondada Location: Hôpital de St-Loup, Switzerland Project year: 2008 Structure: IBOIS - Hani Buri, Yves Weinand Client: Deaconess Community of St-Loup Photographs: Milo Keller ©2008 In the summer of 2007, Localarchitecture and architect Danilo Mondada were awarded the contract to renovate the mother house of the Deaconess Community of St-Loup. The commissio..
En una azotea de Colonia Anzures, en Ciudad de México, se sustituyeron las áreas de servicio comunitario por cuatro penthouses. PH-N es uno de ellos. En la planta baja se encuentra el área pública: comedor, sala, cocina, servicios y estudio; en planta alta los dormitorios. En la doble altura, una escultórica escalera helicoidal de acero remata las principales visuales interiores. La luz es abund..
Architects: Graça Correia e Roberto Ragazzi Location: Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal Site Area: 3,013 sqm Constructed Area: 355 sqm Promotor: Joaquim Agostinho Carneiro da Costa e Sá Collaborators: Ana Neto Vieira, Susana Silva, Telmo Gomes, Katharina Wiederman, Pedro Gama Structure and foundation engineering: GOP Hydraulic Services: GOP Technical Facilities Engineering: GET Coordinat..
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has been named as one of three winning architectural practices in the competition to design the International Criminal Court’s new headquarters in The Hague. Location: The Hague, Netherlands Competition type: Restricted anonymous project competition Client: The International Criminal Court Subconsultants: Royal Haskoning, Bosch & Fjord Project Year: 2008 Construc..
This photo snapped by Aomori-based blogger Pochiko shows remnants of the JAL logo still visible in this year’s Inakadate rice paddy art, several days after organizers attempted to “erase” it. Has Japan Airlines’ crop-based advertising gone too far? For some residents of Inakadate — a small town with a big reputation for cultivating fantastic works of multi-colored rice paddy art — the answer is ..
Rice-growing season has only just begun, but this year’s first crop of rice paddy art, which is created by planting various colors of rice in the field, has already started to emerge. In the Yamagata prefecture town of Yonezawa, an image of 16th-17th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu has appeared in a field near the Onogawa hot spring. The samurai, whose image is based on a portrait housed at the n..
Dezeen podcasts: in this latest in our series of podcasts for the Design Museum, illustrator Alan Aldridge gives a talk recounting stories from his career, which spans nearly 50 years. A retrospective exhibition of his work is on show at the museum until 25 January. Involving characters from Princess Margaret to the The Beetles, the stories cover Aldridge’s early experiences of illustration, his..
290 Mulberry is defined by its context through a direct response to zoning and building code regulations. Located in Nolita, New York, this building is bound on the north by Houston Street and on the west by the historic Puck Building on Mulberry Street. A zoning district requirement specifying a masonry enclosure for the two street walls created an opportunity to respond directly to the Puck Bu..
