Update: The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center / Renzo Piano. ArchDaily is once again updating you on the progress of The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center designed by Renzo Piano.
We showed you initial plans for the building back in 2009. Since then, we have been provided with more detail on the development of the project, which we continue to share with you. As previously mentioned, the center will be a sustainable arts, education, and recreation complex that will contribute to the community of Athens, financed by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Plans for this building began five years ago but it was not until December 2011 that preparatory excavation work finally began. Construction is scheduled for Spring 2012 and according to the foundation website: The beginning of the construction phase comes at a very critical juncture in modern Greek history and brings a much-needed sense of optimism and hope, as well as a whole range of significant economic benefits to the country. More after the break. Maziar Behrooz on "Inconvenient Space" at Lightning Round. Straight & True Teaser 080813. ELEMENTAL Monterrey. Villa Asserbo: A Sustainable, Printed House That Snaps Together. UPDATE: This post originally stated that Villa Asserbo was 3D Printed, when in fact its pieces were printed using rapid prototyping technology (a subtractive, rather than additive process).
We’ve covered 3D Printing a lot here at ArchDaily, but most of our coverage has been speculative and, frankly, futuristic – could we, one day, print out Gaudi-esque stone structures? Or even print a biologically-inspired, living house? But today we heard a story about an alternative to 3D Printing‘s capabilities in the here and now - and its implications are pretty exciting. In a small town outside of Copenhagen, Danish architects Eentileen joined forces with London-based digital fabrication and architecture specialists, Facit Homes, to create Villa Asserbo: a 1,250 square foot, sustainable home made from Nordic plywood fabricated via CNC miller and easily “snapped” together. No heavy machinery, no cranes, no large labor force. Get more details about this sustainable, printed House, after the break… BASKET APARTMENTS. [Japan Collection #2] NA House by Sou Fujimoto. Green Pavilion Restaurant.
3LHD has won the competition for a new pavilion / restaurant for the Agriculture and Forestry Faculty, University of Zagreb.
The project is placed in Zagreb’s biggest Forest Park Maksimir. Green Pavilion Restaurant, render courtesy 3LHD The most important element and the inspiration for this project is the location itself, with extremely high quality existing vegetation, which is densely distributed throughout the plot and gradually diluted out toward the eastern edge. The idea of the new Pavilion / Restaurant is to construct a space by mapping the area of high quality trees and to define the remaining territory for construction. By raising this “cut” green territory in the air the space “below” is created. Open atrium spaces which let the light enter all parts of the building and provide visual and physical connections with the natural environment are created to enhance transparency in the area around the trees.
Green Pavilion Restaurant - Site plan, image courtesy 3LHD. VitraHaus, Weil am Rhein, Germany. Praça do Patriarca, São Paulo, Brazil. Casa das Histórias Paula Rego in Cascais, Portugal . Eduardo Souto de Moura. TMA -TEATRO AZUL . Manuel Graça Dias + Egas José Vieira arquitectos com/with Gonçalo Afonso Dias. Casa das Histórias Paula Rego . Eduardo Souto de Moura . MADE FOR IPAD.