Casa SG - Di Natale arch. Vincenzo

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La casa in oggetto nasce dalla ristrutturazione di un appartamento esistente che è stato riprogettato interamente ed ampliato di circa 50 mq. Cuore del progetto è la scala che collega la zona giorno alla zona notte. Posizionata al centro dell’appartamento è realizzata utilizzando tutti i materiali presenti nella ristrutturazione: pietra lavica, acciaio e vetro. La scala, oltre ad essere elemento di collegamento dei vari livelli, rappresenta il vero perno intorno al quale si articolano le varie funzioni dell’abitare, dando vita ad uno spazio non definito, delimitato esclusivamente dalle pareti bianche usate come riflettori per le fonti di luce alloggiate nel controsoffitto, dove i vari sistemi di illuminazione enfatizzano gli scorci prospettici. Oltre la scala, un altro protagonista assoluto della ristrutturazione è lo spazio. Esso è pensato come l’insieme di aree, con funzioni diverse, che confluiscono l’una nell’altra senza soluzione di continuità. Il lavoro di ristrutturazione non si è solo soffermato nel disegno esecutivo e nella direzione dei lavori, ma anche nella scelta dei materiali e nella definizione dei particolari costruttivi. Utilizzando un equilibrio tra geometria, materia, luce e funzioni. (in fase di realizzazione)

Render della zona living

Render zona cucina e living privato

Render zona living privata

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Fernandez Leal 62 - Raul Peña Arias, Leticia Crispin

April 30, 2014, 3:28 pm

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Architecture: Raúl Peña A. Architects Location: Mexico City, México Project Team: Leticia Crispín Acuña, Raúl Peña Arias Area: 490 sqm Year: 2014 Photography: Alberto Moreno Guzmán, Raúl Peña Arias Structural Engineer: Vicente Robles Jara

FERNÁNDEZ LEAL 62 CASA 1 BARRIO DE LA CONCEPCIÓN COYOACÁN MÉXICO D.F. The house is located in La Conchita neighborhood in the traditional district of Coyoacán. Basically, the house has been resolved in a T scheme; the basement and three levels belong to the main body and a double height glazed space to an appendix. This four bedroom house program has got a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a half bath and two open studios. In addition, the house has a guest room with its own bathroom located in the basement and a service area with bedroom and bathroom, laundry room, machine room in the third floor, 2 staircases connect every space. All developed in a total area of 490 sqm. The land where the house is placed has a lot area of 488 sqm and 1.5 sqm lower lever down the street. All the structure has been solved with  steel beams. They create a set of rigid frames and turn almost all the walls as divisors, except those of white concrete in the garden floor level. All exterior walls are white concrete. It is important to note that these side walls are attached to the metal frame, allowing depth and provide rigidity. The structure of the double height room is supported by circular section columns creating a trapezoidal prism. The access to the mezzanine is by a wooden and steel staircase and a metal and timber bridge that connect both spaces. The windows have been fixed with a vertical pattern of asymmetric angles (6 “x 4”) providing verticality to the house. Both the dining room and the kitchen have one height and a half level because of its position beside the garden. To provide balance to the white concrete, floors on the ground facing the garden were designed in black matte slate. To balance out the coldness of the steel in matt black, the division screens and the mezzanine floor are made of natural pine wood unvarnished. Except for some slabs that have been left in white concrete, there are some covered with white plaster ceiling for recessed led luminaries. Another difference in the concrete walls is that unlike the interior the facade was finished with shuttering hardwood board to match the textures of the timber screens. Finally the house is intended to be raw but no so stern to live in.

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Fernandez Leal 118 - Raul Peña Arias

April 30, 2014, 3:54 pm

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Architecture: Raul Peña A. Architects Location: Mexico City Area: 62 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Alberto Moreno Guzman, Raul Peña Arias Structural Engineer: Vicente Robles Jara

A studio and a roof terrace in an adjoining house to the Frida Kahlo’s Garden ends facing Venustiano Carranza Street in La Conchita patrimonial wooded square. The program consists of a space divided by a base cabinet with different uses: an office, a living room and the other half as a TV room and guest bedroom. The folding bed is hidden in one side of the wall divisor of the bathroom that serves this transformable space. The terrace surface is a hardwood deck for outdoor with some existing skylights of the original house. The height facing the park has been protected by a steel and light cable railing painted in black. The studio has 62 sqm and 180 sqm the wooden terrace. The steel structure has been painted in matt black. The roof is a metal insulated system supported by I beams with a white plaster ceiling lined with the surrounding glazed skylights that make the appearance of different separated planes accentuating the Cartesian rigor of the work. The house has a courtyard that in the 80´s decade was covered by with glass skylights and a metal stair with a white huge tubular railing. It is noteworthy that the house on the outside slavishly respects the type imposed regulations in the area. The studio makes a difference in both language and time showing itself free and lighter. The black color of the structure emphasizes simplicity and passes unnoticed abroad. The windows open onto the terrace with a system of sliding floor to ceiling glass doors, opening the half of the façade. Plant pots with flowers have been set beside the existing house skylights to protect them from eventual stumbles. Accurate lighting accents set on the terrace convert the studio in a light box at night.

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MARINA OFFICER'S CLUB - Manuel Montaresi, Giancarlo Regnicoli, Doriana Pirino

April 30, 2014, 11:03 pm

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An Indoor-Outdoor sport facilities, with beach boutique hotel _ MACKEEN DEVELOPMENT _ DOHA _ QATAR

Marina Officer's Club_ MACKEEN DEVELOPMENT

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Visitor Centre Hammershus - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 12:32 am

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The project includes a new visitor centre and a landscape plan. The visitor centre basically consists of three elements: a passable roof, heavy concrete walls and wooden floors. The visitor centre function as a huge covered terrace with one continuous room, from where the view of the landscape, the castle and the sea is amazing.

The floating passable roof is naturally integrated in the area’s paths. Likewise the bridge, which is situated at the end of the visitor centre, continues the paths and establishes additional vantage points. The light roof enlightens the house and creates great spatial qualities. Towards the cliff the practical functions in the house are placed, and to the opposite side the house opens up with large windows facing the stunning view of Hammershus, the landscape and the sea.

The roof is designed as a scenic platform with a stunning view to the ruin. The roof establish a public space, which gives something back to the place by being available to the visitors both summer and winter, day and night – a welcoming cultural imprint in the landscape. The visitor centre has a number of functions placed in its elongated shape. From the foyer you can either go to the exhibition or towards the café. From there you can enter the educational rooms.

The framework, made of laminated wood and beams, creates a simple and beautiful construction. With the wall and ground deck made of reinforced concrete it appears simple, but still robust. The floors, the walls and the niches are casted in concrete containing granite or local stone. The furnishings, the cabinets and the counter are performed in oak. All of the materials are simple, robust and refined materials that suit the visitor centre and the place.

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University of Copenhagen, KUA2 - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 1:03 am

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KUA2 is the result of a first prize in an invited architectural competition. KUA2 is a new, central section of Copenhagen University, Southern Campus.

The project is part of a trilogy, which includes faculties of the Humanities, Law and Theology. The new section forms a new organizational center for the Humanities and the Southern Campus as a whole. The vision of the project is to create a basis for the future development of the Humanities, focusing on a dynamic and open 24-7 study environment.

Furthermore it was important to create an optimal workplace for researchers and teachers, with optimal and flexible opportunities to organize scientific work and education.

The building has a base in three levels, which are coupled with four overlying lengths in two or three levels. The basic elements of this structure come from the original town plan for Ørestad North. This dictates the use of the original north-southward super wings as a basic element of the urban structure. The section is developed as a transformation project, where parts of the original complex are reused in the new building structure. This has consequences for the main module, which now is the last remnant of Kobbels original university.

The ground floor in the building is organized around a large inner square including a bookstore, two cafes, a conference center, a multi-purpose hall, a printing office, a television studio, a D-Vip Lounge and in the center a “one-stop-shop”. This brings together a number of different service functions for the users, the faculty administration and for the campus’ operations center. The facilities serve three institutes and a department of music science with music studios and practice facilities located in the upper floors. The learning environment is organized around a new learning street where the different institutes, a comprehensive research center and educational facilities together create a functional synergy. Furthermore interdisciplinary study environments, that can support the interdisciplinary development of the Humanities, are created.

The architecture is dominated by the north-southward super wings, which are covered with the “logo-material” of the university; travertine. The other materials are aluminum, glass and perforated, galvanized steel. In the application the materials aim to tone down the formal outline. That way, the building as a whole enters into the duality between the formal and tight urban structure and the dynamic and informal life as a student.

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Sluseholmen - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 1:21 am

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Amsterdam, Venice, Christianshavn – it is not hard to see where the Sluseholmen development finds its inspiration. Water is the essential element in the new canal community now taking shape in the old industrial area in the South Habour in Copenhagen.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

In the formation of the new community Arkitema Architects has developed and projected a master plan for the entire area. Arkitema also developed the shell structures and drew up the overall game rules governing the proportions, materials and colours.

These game rules provided a starting-point for the many architects who were invited to design facades. The individual houses are highly diverse in appearance, like Copenhagen vernacular architecture from around 1900. The result is lively and imaginative block housing that is unique in Danish housing construction.

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Sluseholmen consists of eight housing islands, with large and small town houses standing side by side, together forming continuous blocks. Simple and powerful materials and motifs manage to unify the area and create an effective contrast to the fanciful and diverse architectural expression.

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A main theme in Sluseholmen is the close contact with the water. Bridges, wharfs and stairs that dive into the water, allow you to get close to the waterline, dip your toes in the water or launch a small ship – experiences that all emphasize the quality of living that close to the water.

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Another distinctive theme is the attractive urban spaces. In the narrow, intimate streets you really experience the Dutch inspiration. Also there are wide promenades, where the houses have a larger scale. Here you have the view to other areas of the harbor.

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The third important theme in Sluseholmen is the green courtyards between the buildings. Here the families enjoy life in a more private setting, and there is enough space for both playing and relaxation. There is also room for a rose garden or a small private vegetable garden. The courtyards are built on top of big basement garages. The master plan was developed in close cooperation with the Dutch urban planning architect, Sjoerd Soeters, with the owner and with the municipality of Copenhagen.

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The North Star School - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 1:40 am

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The North Star School in Frederikshavn in Denmark is a big school by Danish standards with 1,200 students between 1st and 9th grade and a large contingent of special attention classes.

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With its starlike shape all class rooms in the school can be placed at a facade with direct access to light and fresh air. At the same time the star shape gives an optimum background for natural ventilation and easy access to the playground. The school has two floors for the older students and one floor for the smallest children.

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On top of the lower level we have placed a roof terrace with 750 m2 of solar panels making it possible for the school to reach low energy class 2020 according to the Danish building code (roughly equivalent to LEED gold).

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

The central square of the school, that we call the heart has naturally been placed in the centre of the star. This is the meeting point of all zones – a learning space that is enhanced by a big sculptural stairway.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

The square is the central shared space that can be accessed from all departments. It is the dynamo of the school where teaching, learning and social activities melt in an inspiring atmosphere. Each point of the star makes up a department for two grades – each with its own identity and furnishings, designed for exactly the age group it houses. In this way we manage to subdivide a very big school and to create a scale that appears natural, safe and inspiring for all.

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Swim Stadium Bellahoj - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 1:55 am

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With the opening of the new Swimming Stadium at Bellahoj all swimming activities of the original public pools will be reestablished. But furthermore Copenhagen will now be able to hold national and international competitions. The big swimming stadium is made up of a diving bassin, a training bassin plus the first regulation size 50 meter bassin in Copenhagen – complete with changing rooms, café and bleechers with a capacity of 1200 spectators.

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With the exception of one outdoor bassin the existing park facility from 1959 has been renovated along with the original public buildings and thus the complete facility today functions as one conceptual and architectural whole covering everything from elite swimming to leisure activities and provides a richness of activities with among other things a play landscape for children along with a childrens pool complete with slide.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

The architectural solution in one big move connects the spectacular attractions of the site: The Bellahoj fields and the Bellahoj towers. The park is percieved as a modulated landscape that both connects and separates the city and the new park. At the same time the area strengthens the Bronshoj area as an attractive location by establishing a meeting place in a dense city area.

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In the open air area close to the stadium building we establish an area that can be characterized as a lively beach front with benches, seating pillows and a paddling pool. The characteristic roof of the stadium buildidng seems to hover above the modulated landscape, giving the wole facility a clear horizontal orientation. The horizontal front of the roof is coverd with glass in a greenish colour that mirrors the characteristic copper colour of the surrounding buildings

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In spite of modern demands on energy consumption we have managed to integrate large glass areas in the building further enhancing the close connection between indoors and outdoors. At the same time the light steel construction of the roof makes the building seem both light and crisp.

Kenneth Nguyen. Published on May 01, 2014.

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Frederik VIII's Mansion - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 2:34 am

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The renovation and modernisation of Frederik VIII’s Mansion encompasses internal and external refurbishment, an integrated art project that focuses on the interplay between the art and the architecture, as well as a renewal of the gardens.

Following its renovation and modernisation, the Royal Palace will provide a modern and forward-looking setting for the private residence of the Crown Prince and Princess, with associated representative and administrative functions.

The task imposes obligations and demands great care, as Frederik VIII’s Mansion is part of the royal palace of Amalienborg, one of the finest examples of rococo architecture in Denmark. The palace complex consists of four mansions surrounding an octagonal space.

Arkitema bears the chief responsibility for the renovation process as total consultant, assisted by a team of advisers composed of Erik Einar Holm architects and the Rambøll engineering company. Besides bearing the architectural responsibility for the renovation, Arkitema, together with chief of court Per Thornit, gallery owner Mikael Andersen and museum director Poul Erik Tøjner, are also playing an advisory and co-ordinating role in the preparation and implementation of the art project.

A number of leading young Danish contemporary artists have been invited to integrate their works into the mansion and reinterpret the gardens. The selection of the artists was undertaken in close consultation with the Crown Prince and Princess.

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Arts Center in Akureyri - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 2:50 am

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The arts centre will form a social linchpin in Akureyri, which has a population of 17,000. The building, which is located on the banks of the fjord, forms a natural part of the town’s central squares and pedestrian thoroughfares.

Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir. Published on May 01, 2014.

Its significance as a social linchpin is reflected partly in the building’s circular form, and partly in the public pedestrian street which cuts through the building. The arts centre is anchored in Icelandic nature: externally, the building is clad with rods and bars of a special variety of Icelandic granite called Studlaberg. The robust facade presents an organic rhythm, with high narrow windows positioned according to the daylight needs of the various functions.

Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir. Published on May 01, 2014.

The building’s interior also recalls nature; here, the interior pedestrian street is reminiscent of a ravine between rock walls. Openings in the rock walls provide access to the cultural functions: a concert hall with room for 600 spectators, a multi-purpose hall, and a sculpture courtyard. There is also public access to “the ravine” outside the opening hours of the arts centre, when people can visit the café which lies in the centre of the ravine and enjoy the magnificent view across the fjord.

Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir. Published on May 01, 2014.

The location of the arts centre alongside the fjord means that it will be the first building seen by many of the cruise ship tourists visiting the town. It is intended that functions associated with the reception of cruise ship tourists will also be integrated into the arts centre. The arts centre is one of three new projects for arts centres to be placed at strategic locations in Iceland: a project initiated by the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir. Published on May 01, 2014.

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Nørre Vosborg - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 3:38 am

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After restoration, conversion and extension by Arkitema, beautiful Nørre Vosborg manor is now an up-to-date hotel, cultural venue and conference centre, with a newly-built hotel wing and new design solutions for all of the manor’s many different buildings. The architectural practice of Erik Einar Holm was responsible for the restoration and conversion of the manor house.

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The new hotel wing, designed by Arkitema, matches the largest of the complex’s buildings in terms of volume. Despite its size and location, however, it does not compete for attention with the historical courtyard area and the main axis of the complex.

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To lower the impact of the hotel wing and avoid an imbalance in the historical structure, we sought to use alternative materials in relation to the stud buildings’ dominant red brick and thatched roofs. We used wood, which satisfied the relevant criteria, and which is an unpretentious material alongside the frugal red-brick buildings. Wood pervades the entire building, even the roof, which is clad with planks of radial-sawn Siberian larch, laid in a clapboard pattern.

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The hotel is characterised by a roof without dormer windows. We have lifted and opened the clapboard pattern, and thereby enabled the creation of a belt in the roof surface which integrates the openings necessary for habitation in the roof storey.

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By locating the openings to the terraces in this half-open belt, we reduce and dissolve the visual impression of ‘holes’ in the otherwise homogenous roof surface.

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House of Arkitema - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 3:51 am

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Arkitema’s domicile, a contemporary reinterpretation of the classic urban property and infill building, is located in Frederiksgade in Aarhus city centre, where urban properties of various ages stand side by side.

Klaus Bang. Published on May 01, 2014.

The building has been designed on the basis of the desire for physical surroundings that would support both our project-based platform and the company’s values: openness, inclusiveness and relaxation.

Upon entering the foyer on the first floor, the visitor experiences the ethos of both the building and the company via the triple-height atrium that links the house vertically. The atrium reveals the building’s dynamics and activity, and secures universal transparency. The value that the company places on openness is underlined by the almost free-floating glass meeting boxes, and by the transverse walkways, from where there is visual contact with both the atrium and the open-plan offices.

The top floor, which houses the canteen and roof terrace, provides a magnificent view of the city’s towers and roofs.

At Arkitema, a good indoor climate is partly secured through natural ventilation. Exterior blinds are concealed in the building’s horizontal facade bands. These bands also contain a quantity of air that can be drawn into the building, where it can be used for ventilation and to cool the open-plan offices.

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The Copper Tower - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 4:02 am

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The Copper Tower stands at the harbour gateway to Copenhagen and is the first building seen by passengers on the large ferries from Oslo and the Baltic countries when they arrive in the port. As a landmark, the building must be recognisable, and the Copper Tower is certainly that, with its characteristic round corners and shimmering colours which over time will acquire a patina of verdigris.

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The idea for the Copper Tower was originally part of the Dutch architect Adrian Geutze’s plan for the whole Nordhavn area which Copenhagen Municipality approved in 2000.

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The building is composed of two volumes of four and 16 floors, respectively, but thanks to the rounded corners, the two volumes are experienced as a single elastic form, with the tower appearing to grow out of the lower building. The building has a base of light granite which is separated from the copper facades by a window strip.

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Cladding of natural copper was chosen, which will acquire a patina quite rapidly due to its proximity to the sea. Shortly after construction, the flaming copper-red colour will turn a more subdued dark brown, afterwards gradually moving from brown to black. The facade will then begin to assume the characteristic verdigris copper colour. The time frame for the final patination will probably be several decades.

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The Copper Tower houses the legal firm of Plesner. There are shops and a café on the building’s ground floor, while the remainder of the building comprises the legal firm’s head office. On the first floor is a three-storey tall atrium which forms the Copper Tower’s central space, and which houses, amongst other things, a library.

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The tower’s facade is visible through the broad roof window. The reception area and meeting rooms are located on the 15th and 16th floors, respectively, allowing visitors to enjoy the view. From here, there is also access to a roof terrace with a view across the harbour. Access is via a rapid lift which provides a view of the city through a narrow vertical window strip in the western facade. A canteen and auditorium are located close to the lobby on the ground floor.

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Hellerup School - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 4:19 am

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As soon as you step into Hellerup School, you notice its very special atmosphere. Just inside the entrance lie lots of shoes – because both students and teachers change into indoor shoes when they arrive. This means that students can romp about on the floor for both play and learning.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

The floor areas are not merely flat surfaces, but a modelled landscape with staircases, plateaux, balconies and bridges, where the children can sit, jump about, stand, move around.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

The heart of the building is the large stairway area, which is much more than just a stairwell leading from one floor to another. A wealth of different activities take place here: traffic to and fro, chatting, teaching, group work, presentations and film shows for larger assemblies – and this is also where many students eat their lunch.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

The stairway form is used at many points in the school’s physical structure; besides the central atrium, they are also used in all home areas and in connection with the roof terraces and outdoor spaces.

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Hellerup School is a network school, in which the physical and psychological distances have been minimised.

Simple and clear communications routes lead in all directions from the central stairway area. The central functions are associated with the staircase or atrium, while teaching takes place in the students’ home areas, which are located in the more peaceful corners. The home area is the children’s base in their daily routine, and provides them with a sense of security. With the help of mobile units – cupboards, shelving and screen walls – the home areas can be sub-divided into smaller spaces. The design of the homes areas also matches the pupils’ ages, and classes can also customise their home areas to a very large degree.

One characteristic of the building is the interplay between its outwardly rather stringent cubical form, and the open, organic interior design and fertile diversity that characterises the house internally.

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Samsø Energy Academy - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 4:29 am

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The island of Samsø is investing in a sustainable future through a number of renewable energy projects.

Samsø Energy Academy has been built to concentrate this unique knowledge and make it accessible to others. This is where Samsø communicates all the experience that the island has amassed from its many renewable energy projects, from wind turbines and straw-based district heating to rapeseed oil tractors and solar panels. The academy also functions as a conference centre, where companies, scientists and politicians can discuss renewable energy, energy savings and new technologies, and houses an exhibition and energy summer school for tourists and school students visiting the island.

The two-wing academy building lies in the middle of a green meadow with a view of the sea; close to the sea’s energy, and with plenty of solar warmth radiating down upon it. The building’s form language is a modern interpretation of the local building style of simple saddle-roof houses. Both the design and the materials have been chosen on the basis of sustainable ideas.

The architecture utilises low-energy, prefabricated and high-insulating building components, and the building is clad with zinc, contrasting with black-painted spruce panels. To minimise electricity consumption the academy makes optimal use of natural daylight, sun screening and natural ventilation.

Integrated into the zinc roof’s distinctive profile are a hidden solar heating system and a visible battery of solar cells. The academy has minimal drinking water consumption and uses rainwater to flush the toilets.

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Casa Spodsbjerg - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 4:40 am

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On a plot facing the Storebælt, that previously held an old summer house from the 1920ies a new house has been constructed.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

A residence that can house a growing family with both children and grandchildren. A dwelling that is the summer home of a couple and at the same time function as an ideal setting for family weekends and sunny summer holidays.

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The house has been designed with inspiration drawn from the previous building that had grown organically to cover new needs and to adapt to the site specific qualities of the plot. The building is made up of two parallel and staggered volumes that contain living rooms, bedrooms and bath rooms respectively.

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The living room with a ceiling height of 3.7 metres has an unhindered view of the sea and the tiny beach at the foot of the building, whereas the bedrooms are more sheltered.

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The house sits on a tall base of site cast concrete, containing garage, basement, spa and a family room with sea view and access to a sunny recess close to the sea shore.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

Sitting rooms and bedrooms are on the first floor, cantilevered from the base. This part of the building is clad with black painted wooden boards with some characteristic sliding panels that open towards the sea towards the east or the evening sun towards the west.

Kontraframe. Published on May 01, 2014.

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Kronborg Beach Town - Arkitema Architects

May 1, 2014, 4:54 am

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Kronborg Beach Town is both named and shaped after its surroundings. Elegant and simple wooden houses, placed in angles, ensure a vivacious and interesting town with great views and good lighting conditions. In Kronborg Beach Town you are always close to the light and near the magnificent view that is characteristic for the place.

Kronborg Beach Town has three types of houses: The beach villas, the beach houses and the town houses with variations within each type. The beach villas are exclusive homes in two or three floors. The villas are primarily placed in the front row with panoramic views and open spaces by the sea. In the second row both beach villas and beach houses are placed. The houses vary in heights with the possibility of both exclusive and comfortable accommodation types.

The town houses are the highest type of houses and can be up to six storeys. The house is intended as a building with a great view and protected open spaces at inside-lying terraces or balconies. Also the town houses are suitable for business because of their size and location close to the city.

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The Pyramid - Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

May 1, 2014, 7:06 am

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The société des autoroutes de France presented the Taller de Arquitectura with a very imprecise brief for the design of a park. Given the aggression the mountain had suffered as a result of its having to accommodate a motorway, and the unappealing nature of this kind of public work, it was decided to build a monument to dignify the new highway and to recall the importance of the pyrenean passes in the history of Catalonia. The pyramid, built from the stones excavated while the motorway was under construction, sits on an 80-m high 100×100-m square base. The garden that surmounts it creates a false perspective that highlights the temple on the top, a monument in homage to Catalonia. Its red brick columns symbolise the four stripes on the catalan flag, the origin of which goes back to the IX century when count Guifré el Pilós, wounded in a battle against the moors, was rewarded with a new banner by the king of France: soaking his fingers in his own blood, the count drew four red lines on his golden shield. With the imminent disappearance of the frontier post at its base, the pyramid became the symbol of a united Europe.

Client: société des autoroutes de France

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L’esigenza di una nuova forma d’attenzione al territorio e alla vivibilità ambientale è divenuta, negli anni, non più una scelta bensì una necessità.

Il territorio

Questa profonda consapevolezza, oramai sedimentata negli anni, ha portato il Comune di Cesate e quello di Solaro a sviluppare una ulteriore scelta a forte valenza ambientale che andasse oltre la storica decisione di aderire alla Comunità del Parco Regionale delle Groane.

L'area di indagine - La connessione ecologica

Questa forte sinergia di intenti e culturale ha quindi fatto maturare alle due realtà Amministrative, in collaborazione con l’Ente Parco delle Groane, l’esigenza di trovare nuove forme di valorizzazione di tale patrimonio territoriale.

L'urbanizzato che separa il territorio agricolo

È stato quindi inevitabile rivolgere lo sguardo ad un orizzonte più ampio cercando nelle realtà comunali contermini un continuum di intenti. La sintesi naturale è stata trovata con il Comune di Caronno Pertusella facente parte del Parco Locale di Interesse Sovracomunale del Lura.

Il mutamento della struttura territoriale

Da questa semplice constatazione il Comune di Cesate, in qualità di Comune capofila, quello di Solaro, quello di Caronno Pertusella e il Parco Regionale delle Groane, si sono ritrovati per sviluppare un pensiero comune da concretizzarsi in un progetto: “LA CERNIERA VERDE DEL NORD-OVEST”, che ha preso forma sino a divenire una realtà possibile.

Il progetto vuole porsi come obiettivo un percorso di “nuova consapevolezza condivisa e diffusa” dove tutti gli attori chiamati in causa – siano essi Amministrazioni Pubbliche, proprietari dei terreni o conduttori dei fondi – non siano più soggetti passivi bensì costruttori di un nuovo modello culturale di approccio all’ambiente e alla natura che in esso è contenuta.

Le interferenze

Un modello culturale che faccia della responsabilità ambientale collettiva, il perno fondante.

Le stanze ambientali

Non è quindi da intendersi come progetto di tipo conservazionistico o vincolistico, bensì una grande opportunità, anche economica, di valorizzare al meglio un territorio che, negli anni, ha cercato di recuperare, nella eccellenza territoriale, la sua chiave di rilancio. Consci che la strada da percorrere è ancora lunga e impervia, ma grazie alla consapevolezza cresciuta lungo il percorso, siamo certi di aver posto solide basi affinché, quello che solo sino a ieri poteva essere ritenuta una utopia, oggi possa divenire una concreta realtà. Nuovi approcci sistemici, nuova agricoltura ecocompatibile e ecosostenibile, nuove visioni integrate tra usi antropici agroalimentari e esigenze di rinaturalizzazione, questa la grande sfida per mantenere e valorizzare una delle poche aree verdi che racconta, anche panoramicamente, la splendida quinta delle Prealpi e delle Alpi a Nord di Milano, partendo dalla imponente catena del Monte Rosa sino ad arrivare alle più vicine Grigne e Resegone.

I varchi ecologici

Il progetto di connessione e tutela - Gli interventi

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