Japan National Stadium and Galaxy Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects. When Zaha Hadid Architects’ 330,000-square-metre Galaxy Soho complex opened in Beijing last month our readers were left guessing how it relates to the surrounding neighbourhood. This set of images by photographers Hufton + Crow shows just that (+ slideshow). Completed last month by Zaha Hadid Architects, the retail, office and entertainment complex comprises four domed structures, which are fused together by bridges and platforms around a series of public courtyards and a large central “canyon”. The buildings sit within the second-ring business district in the north-east of the city, but are also prominently visible from the narrow alleyways of the densely populated surrounding neighbourhoods.
These ancient passages, named hutongs, have been typical of Beijing’s urban fabric for hundreds of years, but have been in decline since the mid-twentieth century as the city’s development continues to increase. See all our stories about Zaha Hadid Architects » See all our stories about China » Slipscale.blogs.cca.edu. The Metabolism of the City February 19, 2012, 6:04 pm Filed under: Weinstock In this article, Michael Weinstock makes the analogy of cities as living beings.
He craves to see a “large-scale study that couples the analysis of urban morphologies, the flows and capacities of their metabolic system, to the design of the physical geometries and engineering of material artefacts that comprise integrated urban metabolic systems within a regime of rapid and ecological change, rising population and energetic constraints.”
The over-arching idea, connecting one side to the other The extruded geometry, showing the possibilities of urban and green space Park(ing) Day PARK(ing) Day is an annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform mtered parking spaces into Park(ing) spaces: temporary public spaces. Park(ing) days in San Francisco in 2011 Urban Surface Morphology February 19, 2012, 2:50 pm Filed under: Weinstock Metaphors? Designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news. Final Cabin Plans. A Daily Dose of Architecture.