Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion - UNStudio

July 31, 2014, 5:43 am

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Following selection in the 2011 competition UNStudio’s World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao has been realised.  The World Horticultural Expo 2014 takes place the Chinese city of Qingdao (from April to October 2014) and is expected to attract 15 million international visitors. The main theme of the expo is ‘From the Earth, For the Earth’ and aims to encourage the exchange of culture, technology and horticultural knowledge. In its design for the Theme Pavilion UNStudio combines expert knowledge of logistics, spatial organisation, specialised typology, future flexible usability, function programming, façade intelligence, user comfort and sustainability.

Photo: © Edmon Leong. Published on July 31, 2014.

Ben van Berkel: “The architecture for the Theme Pavilion overflows and interacts with the surrounding landscape. The forms of the pavilion buildings respond to the nearby mountains, with their carefully composed rooftops acting as plateaus, each addressing a different portion of the master plan by different inclination and terracing and providing panoramic views which extend far into the surrounding landscape.”

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The 28,000 square meter Theme Pavilion comprises the main Expo hall, a grand performance hall, a conference centre and a media centre. The architectural design gesture for the pavilion is borrowed from the shape of the Chinese rose – the city flower of Qingdao – and converted into the floor plan layout of the design. The four pavilion volumes or ‘petals’ are connected by internal and external walkways and frame a central square which becomes a ‘stage’ for the visitors: a dynamic focal point surrounded by viewpoints on varying levels.

Photo: © Edmon Leong. Published on July 31, 2014.

Ben van Berkel: “The flowering out concept is integrated into the design of the Theme Pavilion as gesture of communication. Similarly to how it occurs in nature, the action of flowering out in architecture attracts and invites through the senses. It alludes to the notion that a building can open itself up and encourage public interaction.”

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The Theme Pavilion operates as the platform for monthly programmed and seasonally themed activities, featuring flowers in spring, shading in summer, fruits in autumn and greens in winter.

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‘Rainbow Ribbons’ provide the routing and infrastructure for the expo and permeate the surrounding landscape. This colour concept is further reflected in the facade elements which are constructed from vertically folded aluminium panels. The four theme colours (green, yellow, orange and blue) are applied along the lengths of the vertical folds, appearing and disappearing depending on the viewpoint.

Photo: © Edmon Leong. Published on July 31, 2014.

The World Horticultural Expo will cover nearly 5 million square meters, encourage the participation of more than 100 countries and is expected to attract more than 6,000 visitors daily. In addition the Expo will function as a catalyst for other undertakings and initiatives in the city of Qingdao to improve the city quality as a whole.

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Following the World Horticultural Expo 2014, the landscape art themed expo park will become a new venue for eco-tourism, which will shift the focus of Qingdao’s tourism from sightseeing to leisure. Together with the organisers, UNStudio has incorporated a possible future lifecycle into the design of the Theme Pavilion by allowing a transformation of the buildings into a hotel building, accommodating conference and teaching facilities. As part of the design process, the future use of the Theme Pavilion is therefore incorporated into the DNA of the design. 

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CREDITS

Advisors

Competition stage
Landscape Architect: !melk landscape architecture PC, New York
Theater Advisor: Theateradvies bv, Amsterdam
Structure: Arup, Amsterdam
MEP: Arup, Hong Kong

Construction stage
Structure engineering: Qingdao Architectural Design Institute (QUADI)
MEP engineering: Qingdao Architectural Design Institute (QUADI)
Façade engineering: Senyang Yuanda Aluminium Industry
Engineering CO.,LTD-Special Project Group.
Lighting designers: Tsinghua Tongfang
Local Architect: Qingdao Architectural Design Institute Corporation

Photo: © Edmon Leong. Published on July 31, 2014.

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July 31, 2014, 5:57 am

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Il presente progetto non intende consegnare al fruitore uno spazio interno/esterno precostituito, ma struttura lo stesso, valorizzandone le qualità storico-architettoniche, in funzione di una fruizione attiva, chiamando, cioè, ciascun fruitore a svolgere il ruolo di protagonista all’interno di uno “spazio laboratorio nuovo”.

La posizione strategica rispetto al tessuto urbano fa sì che il riuso e il recupero di una parte del vecchio Monastero possa essere destinato a “Accademia del Gusto e della Conoscenza del Territorio”.

La fabbrica ben si presta a divenire il luogo dell’accoglienza e dell’ascolto, quasi a ricordare l’antica operatività delle clarisse, e allo stesso tempo luogo di informazione e formazione in cui svolgere quelle attività utili a migliorare le qualità e le quantità dei servizi turistici.

L’intera fabbrica nelle sue attuali condizioni, necessità di interventi di rigenerazione e ristrutturazione che offrirebbero all’intera comunità un nuovo contenitore ricettivo un concreto esempio di qualità ricercata dello spazio pubblico in dotazione alla intera comunità. Il contesto urbano consolidato e l’analisi delle tipologie edilizie storiche ha indirizzato la scelta progettuale, limitata alle aree oggetto di concorso, ma estendibili a tutto il complesso monastico, verso una soluzione di “introversione” strutturata attorno all’antico chiostro e al giardino che costruisce per porzioni un rapporto visivo con gli ambienti interni. Pertanto, gli indirizzi per la redazione di un progetto di rigenerazione e riqualificazione, sono l’espressione dei contenuti concettuali traducibili dall’architettura e dall’ingegneria secondo un importante aspetto: • sostenibilità come “filo rosso” che coniuga l’Ambiente, il Sociale e l’Economia favorendo con naturalità azioni quotidiane, nelle diverse funzioni di nuovo utilizzo che si aprono nei confronti di un territorio e di una società e da cui riceve stimoli e dona cultura e sapere.

Costituisce, inoltre un nodo centripeto di una composizione territoriale estesa alla sistemazione delle aree circostanti in un sistema a “rete” di verde pubblico e di percorsi turistici pedonali e ciclopedonali che collegano tra loro le emergenze, che assumono un ruolo chiave nella definizione della forma urbana, e il territorio.

Il progetto scaturisce da quanto è esistente ed acquista nuova vita attraverso l’articolazione di funzioni differenti, fermo restando l’assoluta flessibilità della dotazione degli ambienti, delle relazioni realizzate. I punti di forza del progetto architettonico sono: - rispetto rigoroso di ciò che è il complesso conventuale; - conoscenza dell’immobile e delle tecniche costruttive che gli sono proprie; - flessibilità ed autonomia negli usi che consente sostenibilità d’impresa; - economia di risorse e qualità di recupero; - gesti progettuali sintetici che consentono armoniose integrazioni tra l’esistente e i nuovi interventi; La struttura monastica, ben si presta alla creazione di una serie di attività interconnesse tra di loro, così da favorire anche una gestione e/o esercizio indipendente tra le diverse funzioni senza disperdere l’efficacia dell’unitarietà dell’obiettivo ultimo : Territorio/ Uomo/Ambiente. A livello macro sono individuate le seguenti funzioni:

il centro visite di orientamento, la scuola di cucina e lo spazio degustazione, le strutture per le attività eco-gastronomiche il chiostro, l’annesso giardino e l’orto, il portico per le mostre temporanee

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July 31, 2014, 6:24 am

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This vacation house is located on the banks of the Hvita river, a two-hour drive East of Reykjavik. The site is a moss-covered hill with a view over a quiet bend in the glacier-formed river. In the spring, the river carries the icebergs from the glacier towards the sea some 100km away.

The approach to the vacation house is from the top of the hill. The building is organized as a sequence of events: from the entrance porch through the closed courtyard into the living space and out onto the terrace at the end. Living, dining, kitchen, and master bedroom are all arranged in one continuous room. This enables panoramic views of the river and the distant mountains to the west.

The exterior is a broken surface of light grey fair-faced concrete. The gravel from the riverbed is blended into the concrete, and is revealed in the broken surface. It harmonizes the outside walls with the moss of the surrounding landscape. Leftover moss from the footprint of the house covers the roof. It was kept aside and regularly nursed during the building process, before being reinstalled on the roof.

Doors and terraces are clad with teak boards that will gradually weather to a color grade to match the seasonal moss and the broken concrete surface. Fair-faced concrete walls through out the entire interior are matched with untreated teak boards on floors and ceilings.

Selected pebbles from the nearby riverbed cover the bottom of the infinity pool. The pool projects out in front of the terrace, and serves as a railing which otherwise would have interrupted the view of the river.

Project: 2004
Completion Year: 2010
Floor Area: 256 m2

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B20 - Private Residence - PK arkitektar

July 31, 2014, 6:33 am

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The brief required a construction of a single family house on a site within a saturated residential quarter in the outskirts of Reykjavik. The area is located on the Arnarnes peninsula of Gardabaer a town of 8000 inhabitants some 10 km from the capital Reykjavik.

The site is facing south to the the street Blikanes with a limited view to the sea across the presidential residence Bessastaðir. The composition is two basic boxes layed out as to form between the two a void to create an area of quiteness within the complex. The void assimilates adjacent spaces and is generated with bare walls and a flow of indirect daylight from a 6 meters long sky window facing north. The two boxes are clusters of containers and house the living wing to the street and thr sleeping wing set to the back of the site. The atmosphere throughout the house is primarily obtained by the emptyness between the two boxes and the movements from container to container through that space. The flow of spaces is further enhanced by the continuous surfaces attained by the layering of openings contra massive heavy barriers. Frameless openings encourage views from one space to another.

The entrance is a two story high space linked directly to the void connecting the two volumens. Kitchen, dining and living is a one and a half story high space with a huge corner window as the focus point capturing the view to the sea. The private wing is two story high housing the bedrooms and sanitarie spaces on the upper floor and a service and house keeper quarter on the lover one. An exterior terrasse and solarium, sauna, hot tub and gym is facing the south and the street and thus sheltered with a 1.8 meter high concrete wall to prevent direct view from bypassers. This fortress plays further more the role of guiding the entrasse path from the street to the main entrance.

Structural system is reinforced concrete walls and slabs. Main materials are plastered exterior walls with inlays of Icelandic Líparít stone stripes (Red Ryolite) and reflective glass in aluminium construction. Roof construction is flat concrete slabs insulated on the outside and covered with gravel. Roof light construction is cladded with zink sheets. Interior walls are plastered. Flooring is sandstone tiles in public spaces and oak parquet in private areas. Suspended ceilings are gips carton cladding with sound absorbing quality and integrated lighting. Railings are toughend single green glass panes. Fixed interior furnitures oak lined with black interior are custommade from the design of the architect. Mechanical system is floor heating and cooling.

Completion Year: 2004 
floor area: 450m2
 

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July 31, 2014, 6:40 am

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Reykjavik’s skyline is dominated, not so much by the city’s low-level urban massing, but more by the backdrop of blue, white and grey mountains in the distance. Therefore, any addition to the skyline must take its geographical and topographical context into consideration. The building in this case faces the bay of Reykjavík and the mountain Esja across.

With buildings of this scale, it is easy to let their size appear out of context with the city. Here careful consideration is paid to the detail of the façade. The building is wrapped in a unique skin of curtain wall. It is pockmarked with indentations made by the faceted vertical glazing. It appears as though randomly scattered across the surface of the building.

The use of components of 1.5m x 3,5m solid glass and openable-slot glazing panels, helps in bedding the building in both the geographical context but also assists in reducing the buildings overall scale. As well as taking advantage of passive ventilation, these unique open-able-slot panels, along with the concealed ceiling-mounted roller blinds, help to animate what would otherwise be flat imposing façades.

As if hewn from the surrounding mountains, the building can appear solid but equally it can appear invisible; reflecting the clouds, water and camouflaging it against the mountains in the distance. It can appear light and transparent when lit up from the inside, allowing glimpses of the users of the building and to the city and mountains beyond.

Project Designed: 2007
Completion year: 2010
Floor area: 23,000 m2

Photo by Helge Garke. Published on July 31, 2014.

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Ferrero Research Centre - Studio AS architetti associati

July 31, 2014, 6:44 am

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The building, now hosting the Ferrero Research Centre, was originally an XVII-century silk factory, or ‘Filanda’. It was a pivotal economic and productive centre in the city of Alba and was renovated multiple times thoughout the centuries. The Filanda was acquired by Ferrero S.p.A. in the latter part of the XX century and originally used as a warehouse.

The project consisted in the heavy refurbishment of the original building, composed by three rectangular three-storey blocks arranged perpendicularly to form an open court. The three blocks of the Filanda are located on different and independent levels, each with its own vertical distribution system. One of the great challenges of the project has therefore been to design four new sets of stairs that could serve each time two of the blocks. The original building was otherwise brought back to its original look, maintaining its historical architectural features, such as brick vaults, floors, walls and decorated façades.

Besides the office spaces, a conference room (600 sq. metres) has been designed in the basement of the internal court. Mobile panels allow the room to have different configurations, adapting the space to several purposes (smaller receptions, parallel conferences, concerts). All vertical surfaces are covered in oak, fulfilling the acoustic requirements.

A suspended walkpath gives the external access to the building from a square on the southern side, while a wide staircase allows access to the lower courtyard. This space works as a foyer, partly opened and partly closed, for the conference room.

The project is completed with the connection of the two parallel blocks of the Filanda through a glass hall, closing the internal courtyard. This scenographic element also works as the main entrance to the building. It is realised with structural glass and sustained by metal pillars and tie-beams, and includes a suspended footpath and several meeting spaces.

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Casa Baladrar - Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos

July 31, 2014, 6:58 am

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The scattered and trans-European city that the mountainous coast of Alicante has become, houses a heterogeneous population that is drawn to the sun, the sea, the temperate climate, the convenient public services and the leafy greenery. The promise of relaxing and hedonistic experiences captivates both seasonal tourists and long-term residents who see their expectations fulfilled amongst jasmine and bougainvilleas. The project draws from this context and is designed to meet the demands of multiple families in the summertime and as a haven for retirees the rest of the year.

The house rests on terraces that were once used for farming, which resolve the steep gradient of the terrain. The plot’s sloping nature means that there are some spectacular views of the sea from its upper reaches, while the lower portion looks over a wooded streambed that carries water into a pebble-strewn cove. The house takes advantage of the views and the breeze and makes the most of the uneven terrain and vegetation for the creation of small areas where activities can take place simultaneously, day and night. The existing trees were preserved and new species added in an effort to conquer the promising exuberance of local flora. The interior spaces are arranged in a cascade, with common areas on the upper floor adjoining the terraces with their views, and bedrooms on the lower floor with access to the garden and swimming pool. The detail proposed for the openings eliminates all presence of glass when they are drawn back, transforming the house into an enormous porch that provides continuity between outside and inside activities. The building uses the thermal inertia of the concrete and stone to its advantage, combining it with the lightness of the avocado green latticework and the glass tiles to create a cool and well-ventilated atmosphere. The house’s geometry and mineral quality reflect the impressive Peñón de Ifach and respond to a desire for time travel, with a minimum amount of maintenance.

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Gambero Rosso Restaurant - Bruno Tonelli

July 31, 2014, 6:58 am

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In the heart of Brescia’s city centre, Gambero Rosso Restaurant is situated in an environment where the remains of a porch of a fourteenth-century cloister coexist with spaces built in the 1960s, following the bombings of the convent which happened in World War II. The space has been redesigned around the medieval vaults, built also with the spolia of two Roman columns, so that they remain the core of the main hall of the restaurant, placed on a podium of three steps beyond the entrance. In the latter we find the bar and the reception. The bar is built in rosewood with a thin top in Botticino Marble. The twentieth century portions of the dining spaces have been treated with a wavy, wooden ceiling that, in a contemporary way, counterpoints the medieval vaults and Botticino marble columns. The ceiling is made of painted spruce fir wood. Light shapes the ancient and contemporary spaces, suffusing the whole atmosphere.

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Secret orange - FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JARDINS

July 31, 2014, 7:08 am

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Secret orange plays with the perception and the way we respond around enclosed areas.

Created by Nomad Studio.

Photo by Louise Tanguay.. Published on July 31, 2014.

It explores the orange dimension of the garden by isolating this visual characteristic from numerous stimuli that complete the perception through our senses. The secret aspect of the garden urges on visitors’ curiosity to unveil the promising views of orange from different perspectives.

Created by Nomad Studio.

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Light and point of view will collaborate with the different shades of orange to unseal infinite experiences tighten up to the exoticism still associated with the color in the collective subconscious.

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Look through the keyhole and allow the orange to seduce you!

Designers thanks to the construction team.

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Secret orange joue avec notre perception et la façon dont nous réagissons dans des environnements clos.

Created by Nomad Studio.

Photo by Louise Tanguay.. Published on July 31, 2014.

Le jardin explore la dimension de la couleur orange en isolant cette caractéristique visuelle des nombreux stimuli que nous percevons par nos sens. L’aspect secret du jardin force la curiosité du visiteur qui découvrira les nuances de la couleur selon différents angles.

Created by Nomad Studio.

La lumière et le point de vue du visiteur influencent les teintes d’orange, qui révèlent autant d’expériences confirmant l’exotisme qui est associéà cette couleur dans l’inconscient collectif.

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Regardez par le trou de la serrure et laissez-vous séduire par l’orange!

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Kindergarten in Marki - Xystudio, Filip Domaszczynski, Dorota Sibinska, Marta Nowosielska

July 31, 2014, 7:09 am

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Designed building serves as six- department kindergarten for 120 kids. This is 2 floor building without basement, flat- roofed. In the kindergarten on the groundfloor there are classrooms for the youngest kids, together with locker rooms, directly in the front of classroom’s entrances. On the first floor there are 3 classrooms for preschoolers and one big multifunction hall with an entrance to the big, sunny terrace, finished with sporting surface. Building’s form and scale is adjusted to user’s age. Low breastworks in windows makes indoors kid- friendly and dedicated for youngest. Kindergarten is surrounded with playground with sporting surface and also with a huge meadow to run on. Elevation finish is kept in white and grey colours with colourful planks, that display that simple form building it’s purpose. There is also designed a gastronomic facilities ensuring nourishment for all 120 kids.

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Lausitztower Hoyerswerda - Muck Petzet Architekten

July 31, 2014, 7:29 am

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The number of residents living in Hoyerswerda will deminish from the original 70′000 down to 30′000 by 2015. Over the past years, the vacated 11-storey buildings in the centre of Hoyerswerda were demolished. Therefore the new vast empty land in the middle of the new town is in danger of irrecovarably lost. In our proposed project submitted for the competition in 2003, we aimed to preserve the remaining housings and even build more floors on top of. At a corner of the central area should stand a landmark in remembrance of where the demolished buildings once stood. There is to be greenery and high quality residential use in the building. On a newly raised floor, the roof would be a public viewing platform and roof terrace for the residents. The plant-facade of the building represents the valuable surroundings of the park and creates a new guiding principle for Hoyerswerda: Modern / Town / Landscape. In the midst of the town, green architecture gives the once existing greenery a positive light.

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roof terrace

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July 31, 2014, 7:36 am

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Recupero di una villetta novecentesca a Canegrate, in provincia di Milano. Il principale intervento è stato quello di rendere abitabile il piano semi-interrato, aumentando le altezze interne e il colmo del tetto. Il piano principale è per metà occupato da una grande zona giorno rivolta a nord-est, un ingresso vivibile composto da cucina e sala, sottolineato dai differenti materiali della pavimentazione. Questa soluzione ha permesso di adibire l’altra parte, opposta e riparata dal fronte strada, a zona notte. Il piano semi-interrato assume un carattere di vivibilità più intima e privata, dedicata alla famiglia, con il grande spazio comune, questa volta rivolto a sud-ovest per godere meglio dell’esposizione solare durante l’inverno e per poter rimanere più fresco durante l’estate. I due grandi spazi e l’ingresso al box coperto, sono connessi da una scala interna aperta, inserita nel volume dell’ampia sala superiore. Le scelte di colore sono orientate all’uso del bianco come elemento unificante dell’intervento e alla divisione interna attraverso il cambio di materiale dei pavimenti, tra ambienti di servizio in gres porcellanato a fare da contrasto al parquet in legno delle zone più private.