Students of the Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany have won the Solar Decathlon competition to design an energy-efficient solar-powered house. Twenty teams of students from international universities competed to design and build solar-powered houses, which were constructed and exhibited at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Teams then competed in ten contests to gain points. The winn..
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Tower Liverpool, UK, EcoLogicStudio and FCB studios. The concept of a double skin has beenexpanded taking as inspiration the sharkskin system; as for the shark, a secondlayer of micro fins protrudes from thesmooth skin to manipulate the flow locally,allowing for a differentiated optimalresponse.In our design solution a system of largewooden fins have been shaped andmanipulated to allow specific ..
In 2002, Ned Kahn worked with the staff of Technorama, the major science center in Switzerland, and their architects, Durig and Rami, to create a facade for the building which is composed of thousands of aluminum panels that move in the air currents and reveal the complex patterns of turbulence in the wind. from jajaarchitects
555 KUBIK_ extended version from urbanscreen on Vimeo. Art Direction: Daniel Rossa 3D Operator: David Starmann Sound Design: Jonas Wiese "How it would be, if a house was dreaming" The conception of this project consistently derives from its underlying architecture - the theoretic conception and visual pattern of the Hamburg Kunsthalle. The Basic idea of narration was to dissolve and break throug..
Architects: Pedro Pacheco + Marie Clément Location: Luz, Mourão, Portugal Programme: Cemetery Anthropology: Clara Saraiva Engineering: G.O.P. - Gabinete de Organização e Projectos, Lda. Lighting engeneering: Raul Serafim Landscape Architecture: Sebastião Pereira Client: E.D.I.A. - Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva, S.A. Constructed Area: 820 sqm Budget: US $ 800,000.00 Pro..
A Guarda is located at the south western tip of Galicia with the Mino River separating it from its historic “enemy” Portugal. A Guarda’s economy was foundered on fishing and although today it enjoys a more varied economy the town’s fishing heritage still remains important and so does their port! Madrid based architectural office Artectura and Eduardo Zamarro, painter were assigned to give a new ..
Cloud Tower is a pavilion for open-air concerts in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria, designed by the next ENTERprise - architects. Located at Grafenegg Castle along with the copper-clad concert hall in our previous story, the auditorium occupies an existing depression in the landscape, accentuated by further excavations. Visitors enter the auditorium through a corridor cut into the s..
Dutch architects Cepezed have designed a wind responsive façade for their office building in Utrecht in collaboration with Ned Kahn Studios. The façade is made of a 300 square metre area of stainless steel mesh which holds thin transparent plastic disks. Wind causes the mesh to vibrate and move the disks which ‘ripple and create intricate patterns in the light’. As the disks move, they catch the..
The Yas Hotel by Asymptote architects is nearing completion in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The building forms part of the Yas Marina development accompanying a new Formula One circuit. The race track will pass through the complex under a bridge linking the two towers of the hotel. A canopy made of steel and diamond-shaped, glass panels will be supported over the towers and bridge. The 500-room hotel is due ..
