레일위의 도시 현실가능성이 얼마나 있을지는 모르지만 정말 재미있는 계획이네요. 도시를 관통하는 레일위에 호텔, 공용화장실, 콘서트홀 등을 계획하여 사람들의 커뮤니티 네트워크를 다른 방식으로 풀고 있어요. 천혜의 자연을 가지고 있는 야외공간이 자기가 머무는 공간 안으로 들어오는 거죠. This morning, we published the shared First Prize winner of the Norwegian master plan competition for the city of Åndalsnes by Danish JAJA Architects. Here is now also the exciting entry by Jägnefält Milton that was awarded a respectable T..
Courtesy of F9 Productions A project for Downtown Fargo: an urban infill competition in North Dakota, F9 Productions began with the question: what would make Fargo grow? They are asking people to imagine if a prairie could become a building’s coat, what could it look like? Can the mighty Red River inform how pedestrians flow though the site? And what form can symbolize the regions enduring stren..
Project: Skien Brygge, Norway Type: International Competition with prequalification [4 teams selected from 33 applicants] Client: ROM Eiendom, Skien Municipality and Grenland Harbor Program: Housing, offices, retail and urban spaces Site area: Approx. 4 hectare Proposed built area: 56,000 m2 Team: A-lab & SEA Consultants: Buro Happold Ltd A collaborative design effort by A-lab (Oslo, Norway) and..
Toronto-based Ja Architecture Studio, in collaboration with Tadj-Farzin Studio, have sent us their proposal for the Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center competition. The international competition aims to make Kaohsiung, Taiwan an incubator of the pop music industry in Southern Taiwan and throughout the Asian pop music network. The announcement of the final winner is expected for ..
The Barcelona architecture firm XV Studio has shared with us their proposal for the new Angola Central Highlands University, where they were a part of the four team short list for the international competition. Proposal images and the architects description after the break. TRACING LUSONA PATTERNS AROUND THE POOLS OF LIGHT “Learning, a young boy enjoys making sand drawings with his fingers… thes..
A couple weeks ago, we featured STL‘s proposal for the Kaohsiung Competition. Now, Sun & Schrempp Associates have shared with us their design for a Marine and Pop Music Center driven by the wave motion of the water experienced at Kaohsiung’s marine port. More images and architect’s description after the break. Kaohsiung’s Marine port is a vital element to the city’s culture and history. It used ..
Architect: Maxwan Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Partner in charge: Hiroki Matsuura Team leader: Jason Hilgefort Team: Hiroki Matsuura, Rients Dijkstra and Jason Hilgefort with Artur Borejszo, Leena Cho, Ignas Uogintas, Nobuki Ogasahara Client: City of Kaohsiung Program: Cultural – Pop Music Center, Marine Center, Large Performance Hall, Music Rehearsal Space, Small Performance Halls Site area: 12 ..
Currently a hot contender in the running for the new V&A at Dundee building, New York-based practice REX was asked to design a residential complex in Songdo Landmark City, Incheon, Korea in which every apartment offers direct southern exposure, cross-ventilation, and views. Korean zoning guidelines and local building practices typically produce towers that fail to provide these three key, locall..
With the intention of framing a new cultural center within the iconic identity of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, STL has designed a complex program that will revive the cultural atmosphere of the city for the Kaohsiung Competition which is to be submitted by January 10, 2011. More images and architect’s description after the break. The Kaohsiung harbor is truly at the heart of the Kaohsiung urban lands..
Winners have been announced for the suckerPUNCH-curatedWilliamsburg Waterfront Performance Venue competition. This openinternational ideas competition asked for an integrated design of aninnovative music venue in the East River State Park located inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn. The new park is the site of the ‘JELLY Pool Parties’summer concert series which brings 10,000 fans to the site on sundayafter..