Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Emilio Griñó

Europan 12 . Don Benito


3mm | Emilio Griñó

Recuperar un espacio perdido pasa por leer la ciudad en que se sitúa, analizar el contexto en que se encuentra y en responder a un problema existente.
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Superflex

A cool urban space



+ Louisiana Channel

ALTS Design Office

Azuchi House . Shiga Prefecture


ALTS Design Office . + archdaily

“It seem to be small space, but which cause to feel big.”
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Víctor Jiménez Jiménez

Escuela de Buceo y centro de estudios oceanográficos. Cabo de Gata


PFC . uah
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Monday, December 30, 2013

Rabih Mroué

Image(s), mon amour

+ CA2M

Estudio MMX

CAP House . Mexico City


Estudio MMX . photos: © Yoshihiro Koitani . + archdaily

Located in a residential neighborhood at the west of Mexico City, the house responds to a fragmented urban environment where the volumetric configuration of the buildings creates an uneven landscape of colors and volumes.
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Grupo ARANEA

Observatorio de Medioambiente Urbano . Alicante


grupo aranea , fotos: © grupo aranea

El centro genera un paisaje propio, permeable y protegido, ofrece un alto en el paseo por la Vía Parque, una sombra que atempera los duros veranos, un patio fresco…
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Jokin Lecumberri

there'r mirrors in the street


+ isarch

Each volum consist of big bookshelves, a timer frame braced by diagonal cuts across the cover. All of them are coated by reflective aluminum.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

John Pawson

Schrager Apartment . New York


John Pawson . photos: © Gilbert McCarragher . + VANITY FAIR

Spanning the façade’s twenty-one bays, one long edge of the apartment’s floor plan is left clear, preserving an uninterrupted 40-metre vista, with views out to the city at either end.
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Artur Lescher

Pantográfico # 2 . 2011


+ Galeria Nara Roesler

Pensamento pantográfico de Artur Lescher reúne a produção recente do artista, apresentando dez obras inéditas, sendo algumas delas concebidas especialmente para o espaço da galeria.
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Alvarez . Ouburg

Hortus Conclusus . Europan 12 . Ås


laura alvarez architecture . Office Jarrik Ouburg

The Municipality of Ås must during the next 25 years provide space for a doubling of its population. The reason for this significant urban development is the general growth in the Oslo region and the good transport accessibility of Ås – but it is also the expansion of the university, located in the municipality, that requires a modified view of the city.
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Juan Carpio Sánchez

Landscape tension device


+ isarch

Royal Botanical Garden of Bronx. New York.. Maybe, the last vestigium of the ancient environment. It is a special place, surrounded by the near city, where another rules are used to thrive.
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Peter Zumthor

Bruder Klaus chapel . Mechernich



Peter Zumthor . photos: © Rui Cardoso
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Friday, December 27, 2013

Herzog & de Meuron

Jade Signature . Miami


Herzog & de Meuron . photos: © Silvia Ros . + curbed

The first two floors of Jade Signature model
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Ángela Solís Jara

Museo de vídeo y sonido . Juromenha


PFC uah

El proyecto comenzó en 2010 en mi Erasmus a Lisboa, con Aires Mateus de profesores y continuó evolucionando con José Juan Barba como tutor de Alcalá.
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lacroix | chessex architectes

Villa Sabbatini . St-Sulpice


lacroix | chessex architectes . photos: © Walter Mair

Le projet est situé sur un terrain en pente très douce descendant du plateau des Hautes Ecoles (EPFL et UNIL) au Lac Léman. De la parcelle, ni le lac, ni les montagnes ne sont visibles. Les hauts arbres bordant le site confèrent au lieu un sentiment de grande intériorité.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Alexis Smith

Past Lives . 2013


+ Honor Fraser Gallery

Past Lives highlights Smith's ability to focus the power and pathos of her materials, building a whole community of young souls from these worn seats.
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Grupo Aranea

Revitalización del Cauce del río Vinalopó . Elche


Grupo Aranea . fotos: © Jesús Granada . archdaily . + reportaje fotográfico

Proyecto de Revitalización del Cauce del río Vinalopó a su paso por Elche. [1er premio concurso internacional de ideas - noviembre 2009]
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SV60 arquitectos

ESPACIO PARQUE SAN FRANCISCO . PUERTO DE LA CRUZ



SV60 arquitectos

Proponemos una mirada superpuesta, una trama abstracta basada en un modelo racional para establecer un sistema de implantación que intenta aprovechar las características del Lugar.
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Ryo Matsui Architects

Balcony House . Tokyo


Ryo Matsui Architects . photos: © Daici Ano . + frame

IIn the residential area which have a low-rise building apartment complex and new houses with small balconies, we designed RC 4-floor house.
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Sara Miguélez Diez

Crudo Carbón Cocido


+ isarch

In the current global crisis situation, Spain presented during the Venice biennale an outrageous' mountain made of rubble obtained from the demolition of Venetian buildings.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

La Errería

Centro de Día de enfermos de Alzheimer . Novelda


La Errería

Se plantea la necesidad por parte del Excmo. Ayto de Novelda, de rehabilitar y adecuar las actuales instalaciones del antiguo Colegio Jorge Juan para la construcción de un Centro para Enfermos de Alzheimer y la ejecución de las obras de edificación oportunas para su homologación como ' Centro de día para personas mayores dependientes'. Para ello, se promueve la reforma del antiguo edificio y su ampliación para adecuarlo técnicamente a los parámetros exigidos para su homologación.
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Aitor Estévez

Paisatges industrials . Antigua Fábrica DAMM . BARCELONA


photos: © 2013 Aitor Estévez . + Paisatges industrials

A través de la fotografía, el audio y el vídeo pretendemos establecer
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Ana Rodríguez San José

Luxury hotel . Barcelona


+ isarch

The Diagonal is the main arterial road in Barcelona, which coordinates all avenues ranging from mountains to the sea and brings a large number of high-rise buildings together.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

New Jersey as Non-Site

at the Princeton University Art Museum



Princeton University Art Museum

Flores Prats

Espacio parque san francisco . puerto de la cruz


Flores Prats

Un gran vestíbulo abierto a la calle y dos patios que se encadenan hacia el interior de la manzana darán acceso a los ciudadanos a los distintos programas: el teatro, los festivales, el bar, salas de exposiciones, salas de reuniones, arte del siglo XX, conferencias…
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3mm

Centro Sociocultural . Reinosa


3mm | Emilio Griñó + Francesco Bosco + Paolo Antonacci

El nuevo centro sociocultural de Reinosa surge sobre las ruinas del Mercado Municipal de Abastos, valorizando lo que queda de los restos de los antiguos muros, memoria histórica para la ciudad de Reinosa y por lo tanto punto de partida obligado para el renacimiento urbano y cultural del área.
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Monday, December 23, 2013

Tatiana Bilbao

biotechnological park building . sinaloa


tatiana bilbao . photos: © Fachadas Ventiladas . +
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Caruso St John

Meet the new Tate Britain, with Director Penelope Curtis



Tate Britain

spatial practice

Light Box . Taichung


spatial practice
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Isa Genzken

Wabe . 1988


+ MoMA . Hauser & Wirth

Isa Genzken’s works express an attraction to that which surrounds and shapes our everyday lives, from design, consumer goods, and the media to architecture and urban environments.
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Kazuyo Sejima

Nishinoyama House . Kyoto


Kazuyo Sejima . photos: © enzo garden . + Nishinoyama House


The Nishinoyama House is a ten-unit housing complex located in a quiet residential area in Omiya Nishinoyama, Kyoto.The complex is built on a gently sloping site directly adjacent to a large vegetable garden that lends it a free and expansive atmosphere. In the summer, the location also offers a distant view of the giant Daimonji bonfire on Nyoigatake to the east.
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Lacaton & Vassal

Equipement polyvalent de quartier . Lille


Lacaton & Vassal . photos: © Philippe Ruault . + LeMoniteur

Ce nouvel équipement s’intègre dans l’opération de restructuration de 28 ha du secteur Arras Europe à Lille.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Destroying in Order to Build

Blighted Cities Prefer Razing to Rebuilding


photo: © Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times . + NYT full article . La demolición como método de renovación urbana

As the populations of many former industrial cities dwindle, buildings are being razed rather than raised to better position the cities for growth.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

John Pawson

Palmgren House . Drevviken


John Pawson . photos: © Gilbert McCarragher . + minimalissimo

This house on the shore of Lake Drevviken takes the form of a simple box, with an enclosed courtyard at the back and a terrace to the front.
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Wade Guyton

at Carnegie Museum of Art


photos: © Contemporary Art Daily . + Carnegie Museum of Art . contemporary art daily

Wade Guyton makes large-scale artworks that “act like” paintings and drawings, but which are created using flatbed scanners, desktop computers, and Epson inkjet printers...
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Lucía de Usera del Valle

Conexión de espacios habitables recuperados . Madrid


El proyecto consiste en un conjunto de intervenciones sobre las edificaciones existentes, que se complementan con una serie de propuestas de organización de los espacios habitables de la manzana, creando una compleja y articulada trama de espacios y recorridos conectados con las calles exteriores.
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Fernando Suárez Corchete

20 viviendas sociales . El Saucejo


Fernando Suárez Corchete . fotos: © Fernando Alda . + reportaje fotográfico

Como premisas de proyecto están el hecho de construir un volumen lo más compacto posible, dejar la mayor superficie de patio trasero posible, y que la imagen exterior de la promoción sea la de un único edificio continuo, no fragmentado. Un muro blanco, liso, rural, a su vez adornado con pequeños cuadros de tendencia moderna por la elección de los materiales que lo componen.
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EMBT Miralles Tagliabue

University Campus . Vigo


EMBT Miralles Tagliabue . + photos: © roberto regatos gómez

Perhaps this is the right time to prepare the way that the University community can identify with a specific form of organization…
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Friday, December 20, 2013

51N4E . OFFICE KGDVS

NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Arts . Moscow


51N4E . OFFICE KGDVS . NCCA

The rebirth of a museum is a rare occurrence, even as the public’s demand keeps growing exponentially.
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Adjaye Associates

Office Campus development . Nakawa


Adjaye Associates . Made in Africa Foundation

Africa’s largest planned urban redevelopment project gets underway with the Made In Africa Foundation and world-renowned architect David Adjaye. Ozwald Boateng and Chris Cleverly presented their vision to the Government of Uganda on the Foundation’s lead project: the urban regeneration of 160 acres of the Naguru-Nakawa areas of Kampala, Uganda.

WXCA

Baltic Sea Art Park . Pärnu


WXCA

The concept of the project starts with the idea for organizing the space of the southern bank of the river as an urban waterfront for the city. The new urban tissue is the missing link between the Old Town and the Pärnu river.
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SOA architectes

Nursery school "Les Coccinelles" . Saint-Gratien


SOA architectes . photos: © Clément Guillaume . + architizer

The geometry of the project is the direct result of its implantation into the middle of a residential area: the volume of the nursery imitates the typology of a contextual house with a sloped roof and fractures into a star-like form.
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Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

ZLB Biblioteca central y regional . Berlín


Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos . fotos maqueta: © H.-J. Wuthenow

Las pistas de aterrizaje del Tempelhof constituyen trazos de una energía e intensidad casi geográfica. Su fuerza formal nos ha parecido ineludible y ha hecho que este proyecto para la futura sede de la ZLB se apoye en ella.
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Ricardo MAYOR LUQUE

ESTACIÓN INTERMODAL EN EL PUERTO . KOPER


Ricardo MAYOR LUQUE

El 21 de Mayo de 2010, finalizando mi año Erasmus en la Universidad de Ljubljana, entregué mi trabajo final que cerraba un seminario de 6 meses con el arquitecto croata Hrvoje Njirič.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Pieter Vermeersch

Untitled (detail) . 2013


+ Pieter Vermeersch . ProjecteSD

Pieter Vermeersch’s artistic research into painting expands beyond the confinement of the canvas.
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HHF Architekten

new Socinstrasse 9/11 building . Basel


HHF Architekten . + competitionline

Competition entry. 3rd Prize.
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen Arquitectos

Wolf House . San Pedro


Pezo von Ellrichshausen Arquitectos . photos: © Cristóbal Palma . + archdaily

Houses with an attic are frequent in this area and in these new suburbs. For many, this is the legal gap when faced with the lack of square meters allowed by the DFL2 (a Chilean law regarding tax benefits on construction).
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imagINArquitecturas

NAVE DE REPARACIÓN DE BARCOS . O Xufre


imagINArquitecturas

La situación de la parcela, en una gran explanada con una pequeña colina en su extremo SO escasamente edificada, condiciona desde el primer momento la configuración de la construcción, que deberá controlar su escala para poder insertarse en un entorno que apenas se eleva.
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OMA

Pont Jean-Jacques Bosc . Bordeaux


OMA

OMA leads the final round for Pont Jean-Jacques Bosc international competition in Bordeaux.
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Koji Tsutsui & Associates

House . Mill Valley


Koji Tsutsui & Associates . Photo: © Iwan Baan . + WAF

The Case Study House in Mill Valley sits on a site with steep slope at 40% (22 degrees) next to the San Francisco Bay Area national park.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

LLÀTZER MOIX

ENTREVISTA A RAFAEL MONEO


foto: Francis Tsang . + entrevista completa: La Vanguardia

ACM Amann Cánovas Maruri

VIVIENDAS “PLATEAU DE KIRCHBERG” . LUXEMBURGO


ACM ARQUITECTURA + ADELINO MAGALHAES . PROAP

El proyecto que planteamos tiene dos caras bien diferenciadas, la primera da al exterior de la parcela, se pone en contacto con la ciudad y se abre a ella de manera estable y contundente.
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