Comic and Animation Museum by MVRDV. Dutch studio MVRDV have won a design competition to build a Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, formed of eight giant balloon-shaped forms. Each balloon will contain a different function within the museum, including two exhibition spaces that will display cartoons, comics and animations. The permanent exhibition space will spiral out of its chamber and on through the building to connect with three auditoriums and a comic book library. Where balloons touch an opening is created internally, allowing views between spaces. More projects by MVRDV on Dezeen » More museums on Dezeen » Here are some more details from the architects: MVRDV win competition for China Comic and Animation Museum, Hangzhou Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced MVRDV winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum (CCAM) in Hangzhou, China.
Part of the project is also a series of parks on islands, a public plaza and a 13.000m2 expo centre. See also: Jeongok Prehistory Museum project, Korea Jeongok-Prehistory-Museum-project- Korea-19 – Architecture Design. Museo Soumaya by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE. FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE have completed this anvil-shaped museum in Mexico City, with a windowless facade composed of hexagonal aluminium tiles.
The Museo Soumaya is constructed of 28 steel curved columns with different diameters and geometries, which create its irregular form. The building widens at the top, where a roof suspended from a cantilever allows natural daylight onto the top floor gallery. The museum will house over 6,200 Latin American artworks in a continuous exhibition space spread across six storeys, as well as an auditorium for 350 people, a library, offices, a restaurant, a gift shop and a lounge. Photography is by Adam Wiseman. More museum stories on Dezeen » Here is some more information from the architects: Completion of Museo Soumaya FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE Mexico City–Designed by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE, Museo Soumaya opened to the public on March 29, 2011 after four years of development.
Location: Lago Zurich # 245, Col. See also: Literally twisted. Los angeles CALIFORNIA suckerPUNCH: describe your project. sofia BORGES/fallon JAMES/jei jeeyea KIM: Literally Twisted Library applies a single continuous surface logic interspersed with moments of articulated disruption, creating varied experiences for the user based on programmatic function. From the outside, the building reads as a sinuous and fluid topology, with more subdued moments of articulation providing aperture for the interior spaces. The muted exterior articulation and surfaces transform the spectator into participant, beckoning the user to enter and engage the various surfaces.
sP: what or who influenced this project? sB/fJ/jK: the Alhambra and Moorish architectural detailing, Georgina Huljich, Preston Scott Cohen sP: what were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project? sB/fJ/jK: grasshopper manuals, Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation, Homo Ludens, korean pop music, Michael Jackson sP: whose work is currently on your radar? DUO² by UNStudio.
Amsterdam architects UNStudio have completed a new headquarters for the Dutch national tax offices and the student loan administration in Groningen, the Netherlands. Called DUO², the 92 metre-tall building has a facade covered in horizontal fins to provide shade and reduce the need for artificial cooling. The project comprises 2,500 work stations, underground parking for 1,500 bicycles and 675 cars and a public park.
More about UNStudio on Dezeen » Above photograph is by Ewout Huibers. Photographs are by Ronald Tilleman unless otherwise stated. Here are some more details from UNStudio: UNStudio/ Ben van Berkel, with consortium DUO², realizes one of the most sustainable large office buildings in Europe for two governmental offices. A greener approach to tall buildings in the post-iconic age - The Education Executive Agency and Tax Offices move to one of Europe’s most sustainable offices. A new, 92 meter tall complex of soft, undulating curves marks the skyline of Groningen. See also: 건축문화 소통의 공간 {Voice Maker}SPACE. 이 프로젝트는 지은 지 30년 된 아파트를 재건축하여 신축 아파트를 리모델링하는 작업이다.
단순한 인테리어 작업이라 생각했지만, 곳곳에 숨어 있는 요소들이 우리를 자극시켰다. 세대가 위치한 꼭대기 31층이라는 위치성, 강남 사거리와 서래마을 근처의 몽마르트 공원 등이 보이는 전망, 그리고 마치 마당처럼 쓸 수 있는 2개의 외부 공간, 약간의 작업을 거치면 더 좋은 공간적 결과가 있을 거라 생각했다. 프로젝트가 진행되는 동안 현관 일부와 거실과 부엌 사이의 가벽이 주요부만 철거 되었을 뿐, 평면상의 변화가 크지는 않았다. 결국 문제의 핵심은 인테리어 공사라는 한계, 즉 물리적 한계를 극복하며 건축적으로 공간의 질을 향상 시킬 수 있는 것이었다. 정해진 평면에 의해 공간의 볼륨은 이미 주어져 있었지만 아무런 성격도 느껴지지 않았고, 마지막 층이라는 이점에도 표준 층고로 지어진 높이의 답답함이 있었다. 이런 문제들을 해결하고 더 좋은 공간으로 만들기 위해서는 최적의 건축적 장치를 통해 질감과 성격을 불어 넣는 작업이 필요했다.
돌과 나무라는 건축 재료의 변주를 거치면서 전체적으로 밝고 따뜻한 분위기를 연출하였고, 시원한 수직 패턴 디자인으로 높이의 답답함도 어느 정도 상쇄시키게 되었다. 한남동은 밤이 좋아. ["魂으로 짓는다" 건축가 우시용] 이 건물 때문에… 건축가 우시용의 '일신빌딩'전통 사찰의 빗살문살 타고 강렬하게 흐르는 LED 조명…"아침·저녁 표정 다른 건물로 눈을 즐겁게 해주고 싶었다"… 건물 안엔 '백남준' 등 전시 서울 한남대교를 건너 남산 1호터널로 향하다 보면 오른편으로 마름모꼴 창 수백개로 온몸을 휘감은 건물 하나가 눈길을 사로잡는다. 행인보다 차량이 많은 곳, 인상에 남는 건물 하나 없는 대로가에서 홀로 오롯이 스스로를 각인시킨다. 지난해 들어선 '한남동 일신빌딩'이다. 잠실 올림픽수영장, 국립과학수사연구원, 경찰청 청사, 서울클럽 등을 설계한 원로 건축가 우시용(65·시공건축 대표)씨의 작품. 격자를 타고 흐르는 또렷한 LED 조명이 밤 풍경을 가른다. "출퇴근할 때 이 길을 지나가는 직장인들의 눈을 즐겁게 하는 건물을 짓는 게 목표였다. " 저녁이 되면 휘황한 LED 조명이 외벽의 격자를 타고 흐르며 무채색 밤을 깨운다. 건축가 우시용은 말한다. 건물의 토대는 건축주와 건축가의 찰떡궁합이었다. "어느 날 형(김 회장)이 날 불러 건물 하나 만들려 한다더라. 1층부터 5층 천장까지 뻥 뚫어 만든 아트리움. 올해는 우씨가 건축가의 길을 걸은 지 만 40년 되는 해. 원로 건축가가 설 땅이 줄어드는 현실도 조금은 아쉽다. 한남대교를 건너 남산 1호터널로 가는 서울 한남동 길 오른편으로 격자 모양 창 수백개로 온몸을 휘감고 있는 '일신' 건물을 설계한 건축가 우시용씨가 이야기 하고 있다. Key projects by Peter Zumthor. Here's a selection of projects by architect Peter Zumthor, who was named 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate earlier this week (see our previous story).
Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. Captions are from Peter Zumthor. Above photo by Walter Mair. Above: Brother Klaus Field Chapel, 2007 Wachendorf, Eifel, Germany The field chapel dedicated to Swiss Saint Nicholas von der Flüe (1417–1487), known as Brother Klaus, was commissioned by farmer Hermann-Josef Scheidtweiler and his wife Trudel and largely constructed by them, with the help of friends, acquaintances and craftsmen on one of their fields above the village.
The interior of the chapel room was formed out of 112 tree trunks, which were configured like a tent. In the autumn of 2006, a special smouldering fire was kept burning for three weeks inside the log tent, after which time the tree trunks were dry and could easily be removed from the concrete shell. Kitchen Inspired by TRON: Legacy / AquiliAlberg - eVolo | Architecture Maga... Creativity and innovation meet design, Disney meets DuPont-Corian at the next Milan week of design (11-17 April, 2011), the most important venue for design companies and professionals from around the world. DuPont – Corian and Disney will showcase at “Padiglione Visconti” (via Tortona 58, Milano) “TRON designs CORIAN”, a design exhibition inspired by the film “TRON: Legacy” from Walt Disney Studios.
For the participation of dynamic international kitchen manufacturer Ernestomeda at “TRON designs CORIAN”, Milan-based architectural and design studio AquiliAlberg have conceived a kitchen and dining area inspired by the movie. To commemorate the 9th Annual Skyscraper Competition, eVolo is publishing the Limited Edition Book "eVolo Skyscrapers 2" which is the follow-up to its highly acclaimed book “eVolo Skyscrapers”. The 628-page book examines 150 projects received during the last years of the competition. Only 1000 copies are available worldwide.
-> EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS 2 - Limited Edition Book. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre / Zaha Hadid Architects - eVolo | Architectur... Baku Azerbaijan a land uncharacterized by any singular architectural style is the setting for Zaha Hadid’s latest opus, The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre. A government commissioned work, the project was heralded as a building of national importance given Baku’s attempt to host the 2016 Olympics.
With the bid coming and going to Rio de Janeiro, the Cultural Centre continues on as a landmark for Azerbaijan’s capital city as well as a symbol of the country’s emergence amongst the world’s wealthiest. The curvilinear form is engendered from the manipulation of the landscape’s natural topography. The skin undulates across the site, wrapping the various spaces before folding into the interior to become ground. With the floors cascading from one to another, and then connecting to the ramps, the circulation embodies the generative qualities of the skin, creating a continuous path across the interior.
-> EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS 2 - Limited Edition Book. Hong Kong Design Institute by / Coldefy & Associates - eVolo | Architec... Coldefy & Associates (CAAU) beat out 162 international proposals for the commission of the new Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) campus at Tiu Keng Leng. An institute fostering symbiosis between creative and technical design, the winning entry required a reimagining of the interpenetration amongst the multiple disciplines. The purposive iconography created by CAAU goes beyond the deliverables, endeavoring to be the largest state-of-the-art educational design facility in Hong Kong. The architecture abandons the traditional educational hierarchy, splitting the site vertically into two zones, sky city and the legs of education.
This strategy stages a heaven -earth dichotomy between capricious interchanges above, and staged discourses below. The result is a dynamic collegiate environment; a two-storied extrusion of the ground atop four towers. Communal areas, a library and resource centre lie within the extrusion, with the towers housing teaching spaces and vertical circulation. Galleria Centercity by UNStudio. Amsterdam architects UNStudio have completed this department store in Cheonan, South Korea. Called Galleria Centercity, the building has facade comprising two layers of lamellas, which create a moiré effect.
Above photograph is by Kim Yong-kwan Animations and light patterns are projected from this skin at night. Daylight is admitted through the facade and reflected around the all-white interior to reduct the need for artificial lighting. Areas of the department store are set aside for cultural programming, including exhibitions and fashion shows. More about UNStudio on Dezeen » Photographs are by Christian Richters/View unless stated otherwise. The information below is from UNStudio: Ben van Berkel / UNStudio's Galleria Centercity in Cheonan – “If museums are turning into supermarkets, why then should department stores not turn into museums?”
"The Galleria Cheonan responds to the current retail climate in Asia, where department stores also operate as social and semi-cultural meeting places. BMCE headquarters by Foster + Partners. Foster + Partners have completed two modular headquarters for Moroccan bank BMCE in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. The design comprises a concrete frame enclosed by glazed panels, covered by screens made of cut and curved sheet steel. The double-height entrance hall of each building features a bank of seating connected to the domed roof by a swooping ribbon of concrete. Offices and meeting rooms are arranged on two floors in the remainder of the building. Each branch is organised on a modular grid, to be repeated and adapted according to location. More about Foster + Partners on Dezeen » Photographs are by Nigel Young, courtesy Foster + Partners. Here are some more details from Foster + Partners: Foster + Partners completes first project in Africa with BMCE branches in Morocco The design follows a ‘kit-of-parts’ approach, with variations in colour and scale according to the bank’s location.
The bays are enclosed by glazed panels and 200mm-deep screens, which provide shade and security. See also: Ecological Wall Created with Organic Waste Containers - eVolo | Architectur... The Ecological Wall is a project designed by Polish architecture student Stanislaw Mlynski for an international competition organized by National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) School of Architecture.
“I proposed to create structural wall using organic waste containers. I believe that arrangement of elements, as well as their shape have potential to create shelters for animals, gather water, reduce CO2 . The solar system has the aim to ensure energetic independence. The subject of my interest was every -existing or built in the future- useless, dirty, not-adapted city wall.
Organic waste are nearly 40% of our dust bins and composting is one of the easiest and cheapest ways of recycling. To commemorate the 9th Annual Skyscraper Competition, eVolo is publishing the Limited Edition Book "eVolo Skyscrapers 2" which is the follow-up to its highly acclaimed book “eVolo Skyscrapers”.
-> EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS 2 - Limited Edition Book. Lincoln Mixed-Use Development in Denver / Meridian 105 Architecture - eVolo... Designed by Meridian 105 Architecture, Lincoln Mixed Use is a proposal for an urban mixed-use complex in Denver, CO, consisting of a hotel, retail, parking structure, restaurant, and movie theater. The building is sited on a transition lot between high-rise residential and a primary commercial corridor running through the city. Overlapping, cross circulation is established onsite, easing visitors through the various program uses between these two zones.
The building enclosure employs an aggressive energy strategy, with the hotel facade designed to perform as a twin glazed assembly, but consisting of prefabricated window units in lieu of labor intensive curtainwall installation. The units have densely fritted top and side panels angled to resist solar gain into the cavity during the summer, while allowing it to heat the shell in the winter. The facade is naturally vented in the summertime by the heat stack effect, with air intake at the base and exhaust at the top.
Zaha Hadid & Delugan Meissl Assossiated Architects Win 『Darat King Abdullah II』 Competition in Amman « ▌d╬T™ ▌ The Greater Amman Municipality announced the awards of the design schemes for the culture and performing arts venue ‘Darat King Abdullah II’. The Greater Amman Municipality as the promoter of the ‘Darat King Abdullah II’ architectural competition credited two design proposals with the first prize. The winning offices are the Austrian architects Delugan Meissl Assossiated Architects and the British architect Zaha Hadid. The Norwegian architecture office ‘Snøhetta’ became third. A second prize was not awarded. The competition was initiated following the directives of His Excellency King Abdullah II supported by a selected group of qualified advisers of the Hashemite Royal Office early last year.
The Municipality decided to organize an international architectural competition with top-class architects experienced in theater and opera planning, in order to achieve the best and most appropriate design for this cultural landmark. Prize winners of the competition 3rd PrizeSnøhetta AS, Oslo/Norway. Adel Zakout: Top 10 Buildings: Parametric Design. Voxl. 건축문화 소통의 공간 {Voice Maker}SPACE. Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre by Peter Rich Architects. SuckerPUNCH. Fitness club :: architectural concept on Boryspil highway near Kyiv | DotStudio. Studio of Dmytro Aranchii. Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by Emergent Architecture. Boucle aérienne, Medellin : . 레터박스 하우스. Hilton Pattaya Hotel by Department of Architecture. Mergent Emerging. 고목나무에서… 빌딩이 나왔다. Aldgate_compass : LDVC. Michael Hansmeyer: A cardboard column with 16 million facets. Bittertang.com.
The Hague Dance and Music Center Finalist: Zaha Hadid Architects « VANGUARQ. High contrast high-rise. Zaha Hadid Architects | The Circle at Zurich Airport. Beit Al-Sha'r : Raspberry Fields. Cleve[r]land / Influx_Studio. The Emperor's Castle Chapter 3 : THOMAS HILLIER. The emperor’s castle « runteddyrun. P_004 osaka station. Izmir opera house. Perm Museum. Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec | Allied Works Architecture | Art Museum Architecture | Art Museum Buildings | Art Museum Design. IwamotoScott BPQR House. PAUL PREISSNER ARCHITECTS | CHICAGO. PAUL PREISSNER ARCHITECTS | CHICAGO. PAUL PREISSNER ARCHITECTS | CHICAGO.
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