Architects: Plan B - Felipe Mesa, Alejandro Bernal + JPRCR - Camilo Restrepo, J. Paul Restrepo Collaborators: Viviana Peña, Catalina Patiño, Carolina Gutiérrez, Lina Gil, Jorge Buitrago Location: Botanical Garden, Medellín, Colombia Client: Medellin Botanical Garden Builder: Ménsula S.A. Project start: 2005 Completion: 2006 Budget: 523 US$ / m2 Constructed Area: 4.200 sqm Materials: Wood, Steel ..
Architect: Jager Janssen architecten BNA Design team: Alex Jager, Rogier Janssen, Sanne Braakenburg Location: Blauwestad, Netherlands Client: Michel Dijk & Karin Berrelkamp Gross area: 318 sqm (incl. souterrain) Completion: July 2007 Consultants: Solke Abbring (installations) Contractor: Marcel van der Sluis Photography: Rob de Jong/SAPh, Michiel en karin Dijk House Dijk - Make Room! The facades..
Architects: MAD Location: Beijing, China Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun Design Team: Dai Pu, Yu Kui, Stefanie Helga Paul, He Wei, Shen Jianghai Type: Courtyard Renovation Construction Engineers: Beijing Nade Environmental Art Design Co., Ltd. Construction Cost: 400,000RMB Project Year: 2009 Photographs: ShuHe, Fang Zhenning & Daniele Dainelli MAD’s proposal for the future Beijing 2050 ..
SCALE OROGRAPHY - OPEN AIR THEATER Parametric open-air theater Second Prize Winner 2002 Site: Athens, Greece Program: Variable seating theater from 75 to 500 people Client: Hellenic Ministry of Culture Size: 250-300 m3 Storage volume: 250-300 m3 Cost: 350 000 € Transportation: 10’x10’x36’ containers Ancient Greek Theaters were most of the time built along the curve of existing topography. Hills ..
Project: Haus L. Individual House for a four person family Status: 2006 completed Location: Berlin . Glienicke Germany Projectsize: 350 m2 GROSS Architects: HamannPottArchitekten now Pott Architects and Ulrich Hamann Architekt Cooperations: Kappes & Partner Ingenieurbüro: Dr. Müller Haustechnik: Dr. Specht Photographs: Rudi Meisel Life in the countryside, in the midst of nature, has always had a..
Architects: XPIRAL / Javier Peña Galiano Location: Murcia, Spain Collaborators: Lola Jiménez, Susana Velasco, Malte Eglinger Structural Engineering: IDEEE Services: Federico Garcia Salmerón Construction Engineering: Luis Fernando Perona, Miguel Ángel Carceles Promotor: Juan Carlos López Orenes Project year: 2003-2006 Budget: US $1,15 M Constructed Area: 467 sqm Photographs: Juan de la Cruz Megía..
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo - Japan Architect : Kengo Kuma & Associates Design: 2004 - 2006 - Construction: 2006 - 2007 Client : Private client Engineering Firm : Ejiri Structural Engineers Contractor : Eiger Co. Ltd. Photographer : Mitsumasa Fujitsuka Using 3.2mm thick corrugated steel plates, a house of monocoque construction which resembles a freight car was made, with out having any beams or columns. T..
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Location: Silkeborg, Denmark Ingeneering: The DAI Group Contractor: SKANSKA Danmark A/S Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Constructed Area: 3,700 sqm Photographs: SHL The project – centred on a 19th-century paper mill - was commended for the simplicity of the design, characterised by the choice of materials as well as the successful trans..
Stockholm 2010: in Stockholm this week Swedish lighting brand Wästberg will launch a task light made of brass and rubber, designed by architect David Chipperfield. Called Chipperfield w102, the design consists of a cylindrical lamp head and base joined by an L-shaped arm. The lamp features LEDs that can be dimmed, and rotates at the base and head joints. Wästberg and David Chipperfield in coll..
Architects: Archivision Location: Tokyo, Japan Principals in Charge: Yoshihiro Hirotani & Yusaku Ishida Structural Engineers: Umezawa Structural Engineers Mechanical Engineers: Azu Planning General Contractor: Daido Housing Site Area: 67.88 sqm Constructed Area: 108.31 sqm Project Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Yuichi Higurashi This beauty parlor stands in the Omote-sando area of Tokyo, which repr..