The latest version of the 3D Display Cube. This new version maintains the same functionality of previous iterations but now uses a custom LED module based off the patented technology that lets you to snap together a spatial display of any size. This means that individual modules can be easily replaced should they go out, make the unit more architectural applicable. Prototype exhibited at the Mus..
A cube is filled with water and fish. Underneath is an array of ultra-violet lights (blacklights) that light up the fish from below. Because of the properties of UV light, the light source itself doesn't glow but only the light bounced off certain surfaces does. The fish are used as light reflectors, glowing as the UV light is bounced off them. An organic lighting system. Exhibited for Cliche ma..
Architects: Arhitektid Muru&Pere Location: Suurupi village, Estonia Project Team: Urmas Muru, Peeter Pere, Anna -Maria Erik Interior Design: Kaido Kivi Site Area: 1,264 sqm Project Area: 320 sqm Project Year: 2006-2009 Photographs: Tarvo Varres Bit by bit have extra rooms been added to the one-storey private house, designed in 1998 and built in 1999. In the first phase the house was a simple woo..
Architect: Elding Oscarson Location: Landskrona, Sweden Structural Engineer: Konkret Builder: Skånebygg Gross Floor Area: 125 sqm Construction Cost: 280,000 Euro Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman The narrow site is sandwiched between very old neighboring buildings in Landskrona, Sweden. Since mid 20th century it has been empty, waiting behind a wooden fence. It is only 5 meters w..
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. Called Anansi Playground Building, the pavilion splits the playground in two. One side is used by teenagers, the other by young children. The interior is divided into three separate playrooms featuri..
The Baltimore, Maryland based Ziger/Snead Architects designed the River House, located on the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The house is divided into three components: the main house, the guest quarters, and a multi-purpose level. By divorcing the primary skin of the house from the steel structure, large sliding glass doors could be used as the only barrier between interior and exterior. As a ..
Architects: Carlos Castanheira & Clara Bastai, Arqtos Lda. Location: Gerês, Portugal Collaborators: Pedro Carvalho, João Figueiredo (3D) Engineering: HDP, Gabinete de serviços e projectos de engenharia civil, Lda. / CONCILIARUM, Projectos e soluções de engenharia, Lda. Carpentry & General Contractor: Carpicunha madeiras Lda. Copper Works: ASA, Antonio Sousa Alves Lda. Metal Works: Val e Quintão ..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Navarra, Spain Project manager: Daniel Galar Irurre, architect Rigger: Pacho Jiménez Structure: Tadeo Errea- LANDABE Engineer: Luis Miguel Navarro Lighting: Anton Aman - ALS LIGHTING Facades: VITROCSA Client: Restaurante Marisol Project year: 2007 Photographs: Vaillo + Irigaray The organizational scheme is due to simil..
제 주도 서귀포 핀크스 골프 클럽 가까이 조성된 비오토피아는 이타미 준과 유이화가 설계한 연립주택, 생태공원, 미술관, 교회 등으로 구성된다. 기존의 황폐한 자연을 개조해 자연과 함께할 수 있는 적극적인 건축 프로그램을 만들었다는 것이 특징이다. 2004년에 시작해 2005년부터 계획된 연립주택은 2010년에 완성된다. 비오토피아는 제주도가 지닌 휴양 요소를 충분히 도입한 저층 집합 주택이다. 자연에 대한 개념은 독일의 뒤셀도르프에서 실험된 예를 적용했다. 이는 황무지에 가까운 자연을 인공적으로 개조하면 10~20년 후에 새로운 자연으로서 다시 태어난다는 점을 확인하는 실험이다. 우리는 자연에 광범위하게 손을 대는 것이 아니라, 인공 요소를 최소한으로 가미하고 인프라를 정비해 미개척 벌판을 새로운 자연으..
SsD Architects designed the Big Dig house in Lexington, Massachusetts. As a prototype building that demonstrates how infrastructural refuse can be salvaged and reused, the structural system for this house is comprised of steel and concrete discarded from Boston’s Big Dig utilizing over 600,000 lbs of salvaged materials from elevated portions of the dismantled I-93 highway. Planning the reassembl..
