University of Cambridge - U.K. Arts and Humantiers Department - Piero Speranza, Corinne Piera Speranza, sas&a - studio di architettura speranza associati

July 26, 2015, 2:23 am

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Il Dipartimento di Arte e scienze umane si organizza intorno ad una piazza, spazio collettivo di incontro tra gli studenti.

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Farmacia - Amedeo Giordano

July 26, 2015, 2:53 am

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Il progetto ha ridefinito gli spazi interni e gli arredamenti della sede di nuova apertura in un piccolo centro rurale in Piemonte. L’obiettivo primario consisteva nell’ottenimento di un allestimento relativamente economico, adatto al contesto e fuori dagli schemi tipici della tipologia commerciale. Gli arredi sono stati realizzati in collaborazione con lo studio IGEA project di Asti

schizzo concettuale

materia

zona vendita

esposizione libero servizio e banco etico

mensole zona banco...

lampada di servizio al banco

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20 collective social housing - TNT ARCHITECTURE

July 26, 2015, 3:11 am

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Located in the famous city of Limoges, well know for its know how and historical master of the ceramic, this project was our proposal for a leading plot of land situated in the main entrance West of the city.

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Bear House - onion

July 26, 2015, 11:49 pm

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Bear House is on Cha-Am Beach, a famous seaside resort town in central Thailand, three hours drive from Bangkok. The brief is to renovate a three-storey building of eight metres wide and twenty-eight metres long, utilising an area of three-hundred and eighty square metres, turning it into a second home of the Sahawat family. When the interior construction started, in December 2011, the boy of the family was two years old. A baby was expected. In April 2012, Bear House was happily finished.

Bear House belongs to the Thai Be@rbrick collectors. Sittawat Sahawat and Nipapat Sahawat are siblings who are fascinated by various sizes and styles of Be@rbrick toys, produced by the Japanese company Medicom Toy Incorporated. Be@rbrick is an anthropomorphised bear with a simplified form and pot belly. Each plastic figure features nine parts, namely head, torso, hips, arms, hands and legs. It has flexible joints and a swivelled head. Many artists have created decorative patterns for the standard mould such as the British fashion designer Vivian Westwood and Stash who is considered one of New York’s graffiti legends. In the Sahawat family’s collection, the major figures are BAPE camouflage print. They are twenty-eight centimetres high and referred to as 400% Be@rbricks as its actual size, or a 100% Be@rbrick, is seven centimetres high.

Size matters in Bear House. The design process does not start from the house itself but the Be@rbricks display cabinet. It is thought of as a house of seventeen 400% Be@rbricks. It is composed of steps, ladders and voids that fit the scale of twenty-eight centimetres tall figures. It occupies a whole wall of the dining room, linking the house’s entry to the living area which is three stories high. The cabinet is a central piece and a model of the house. It is made of light coloured oak wooden panels resembling the other main surfaces of the house. Bear House is a bigger version of Be@rbricks’ display cabinet.

Miniature fixtures and oversize furniture are the features of Bear House. Lamps and pillows are oversize so that the inhabitants may feel smaller than they actually are. The house has four sizes of doorknobs, customised for different size of doors. They are sometimes too big for a child’s hand and too small for an adult’s hand. The ladder that seems too high is one of the living area’s decorative elements. It leads the gaze high up to square skylights, oversize voids, and windows of different scale. Every room on the upper floors overlook the hall of living area.

An enlarged Be@rbrick’s ladder is placed in the master bedroom. It connects a space between the king size bed and a single day bed in an elevated hole. There are two views from this day bed. Next to the hole is the three stories hall overlooking the living area. The opposite side across the room is the sea view. In front of the master bedroom stands a 1000% Be@rbrick of seventy centimetres high, painted in a pattern of police uniform. It is a special collaboration between French label Paul&Joe and Medicom Toy. This 1000% Be@rbrick can be seen from the living area on the second floor, the bedroom on the second floor, and the landing that links the stair and the ramp towards the master bedroom.

Bear House is bright and humorous. Its living room and swimming pool are the front part of the house. The whole space is coloured by young Thai graffiti artists well known as MMFK and P7. In the living room, behind the oversize sofa, MMFK paints a one-eye monster, dressed up as a sailor, whereas P7 paints a blue bear head with striped eyebrows. Next to the swimming pool, on the wall of eleven metres long, MMFK illustrates the cartoon representation of a bear devouring his iconic one-eye monster. P7 drew a black bear head with the word ‘surf’ on its forehead. These illustrations are customised only for Bear House.

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VALORIZZAZIONE E RIQUALIFICAZIONE AMBIENTALE DELL’AREA SITA NELLA FRAZIONE VENA DI IONADI, DENOMINATA “LAGOGORNO” . - Massimo Gennari, Alessio Agnoletti, Simone Tellini, Ilaria Burzi, leonardo bianconi

July 27, 2015, 12:05 am

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SOGNI E BISOGNI Premessa Il progetto si colloca entro i paletti definiti dai limiti fisici e normativi proposti dal bando. Aderisce alle esigenze espresse dalla committenza e a quelle inespresse degli abitanti dei luoghi. Un progetto concreto per un problema concreto. Vediamolo. Analisi Per la sua vicinanza al capoluogo provinciale, Vena ha addirittura più“peso” del capoluogo comunale Jonadi. La nostra proposta si è concentrata sulla ricerca dei “nodi di connessione” tra il contesto e il nuovo centro sviluppando percorsi e tracciati che possano diventare linee portanti del nuovo (vero) centro.

La torre direzionale

Regole Le regole del progetto prendono spunto dalle tracce dell’antico sistema agrario sovrapposte e intrecciate con la “caotica casualità” delle nuove espansioni . Una città reale al pari, o forse più, dei nostri centri storici. Si tratta solo di prenderne atto e lavorarci con spirito costruttivo.

Planimetria e disegni di studio

Progetto Il progetto esposto figlio delle analisi e riflessioni sul luogo, si fonda e si sviluppa attorno ad alcune scelte sostanziali che guidano e determinano l’ipotesi progettuale. 0|Le quattro aree del progetto, sono unite tramite sottili “fils rouges” che individuano una rete di percorsi verdi che si intrecciano e collegano i vari luoghi con la campagna e l’edificato circostante. 1|La più grande di forma triangolare, assume il ruolo principale. Qui s’individua una “strada nuovissima” parallela al fronte della Chiesa. Tutta l’area è pedonale e attraversata da percorsi ciclabili. Qui si succedono edifici e funzioni propri di un centro urbano contemporaneo: il parco, la torre direzionale, il centro civico , gli edifici commerciali, la chiesa con il centro parrocchiale e piazza. Uscendo dal perimetro proposto dal bando; si propone, come terminale del percorso, un luogo per i giovani che possa ospitare eventi oltre ad essere giardino di quartiere. Il vertice in basso a sinistra ospita una serie di edifici “vivi” di nuova concezione come co-working e spazi low cost per imprese. La strada in destra alla chiesa diventa la spina per tutta una serie di piccoli blocchi di edilizia sociale per giovani coppie e simili. 2|In destra alle residenze sociali il progetto individua una zona sportiva con vari campi e attrezzature immersi nel verde. 3|Il grande spazio sul vertice nord del triangolo è pensato come una grande rotatoria. La circolazione si svolge tutta all’esterno. Dentro collochiamo: stazione autobus, parcheggio scambiatore, area di servizio con officina e ristoro accolto sotto una collina inerbita. 4|L’ultima area è molto defilata rispetto al resto dell’intervento. Il progetto prevede due funzioni che a prima vista possono sembrare antitetiche ma invece complementari. Da una parte un lungo edificio che scavalca la strada e ospita eventi culturali come esposizioni d’arte, fiere e il mercato della filiera corta, dall’altra orti “sociali”. Architettura Il progetto pur non rinunciando, in nessun modo, ai suoi caratteri moderni e contemporanei si pone rispettosamente in sottordine nei confronti del luogo e del paesaggio agrario che lo circonda. La missione del progetto è di disegnare un organismo etico e di filiera corta. Realizzare l’intervento ispirandosi a principi di sostenibilità ambientale ed alta efficienza energetica.

Il centro civico

Meglio tardi che mai.

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Shanghai Bank and Data Processing Centre (SBDPC) - AREP, ECADI

July 27, 2015, 12:17 am

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The project reinterprets the high-tech village concept with the aim to convey the image of a contemporary institution, open to the city. With its granite and glass envelope on a massive and homogeneous base, this fortified citadel stands as a symbol for the Bank’s functions while bringing to mind an ancient Chinese fortress. Each one of the ten buildings has its own identity and hosts a different activity and programme (conference venue, hotel, housing, client services etc.). The buildings are laid out around two large rectangular courtyards: the first one is reserved exclusively to the staff and is composed of a lush garden featuring a central pond shaped like the company’s logo. The second one is open to the public and forms a large, green sloping square with a pedestrian pathway leading to the restaurant and leisure amenities.

Client: Shanghai Bank Co. Ltd Project management: Partnership between AREP Ville (Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Etienne Tricaud) and Silvio d’Ascia, ECADI Competition: March 2007 Cost: 80 million euros Delivery: 2013

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Pharmacy in Omori - MAMM DESIGN

July 27, 2015, 12:26 am

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As the pharmacy that already conflict sit in a row, it is the interior design of the dispensing pharmacy that opened new. And not simply think about the only interior, also were asked facade design apart from the others.

Mainly by two elements of “glass of partition” and “triplicate vault ceiling”, this space has been configured. Glass partition in the center of the pharmacy, the two major before and after the pharmacy, that has been divided into the service zone and the dispensing zone.

And triple vault ceiling has slowly segment the waiting area for the reception and the patient. And by feeling surrounded by vault ceiling, patient of you cozy, you can feel a relaxing atmosphere.

The form of the three series of the vault can be recognized from the outside, we are striving to differentiate itself from other pharmacies facing the same street.

This dispensing Pharmacy IS Facing a Street on Which some Competing Pharmacies Are Located. So it WAS ALSO requested to create a distinguished facade Rather than its Interior design. Mainly Two Elements, glass partition and three-vaulted ceiling, form the space. The glass partition in the middle of the pharmacy separates it into two parts, front and back, customers zone and dispensing zone. And the three-vaulted shape gently indicates reception and waiting space for patients. Covered with the vaulted ceiling, patients can feel cosy and relaxed atmosphere . The three-vaulted shape CAN BE Recognized from outside and the design Differentiate the Pharmacy from Others on the Street.

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The lighthouse - Archi5

July 27, 2015, 12:34 am

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The town of Belfort was founded to control the pass between the Vosges and the Jura. The original pentagonal structure was designed by Vauban in 1687 and completed and reorganised by General Haxo. Fort Hatry, where the new sports hall is located, was once part of the city’s defences. The shape of the fortifications was not so much a result of the orthogonal shape of the city but a response to the art of warfare at the time: defence and control of movement using the traditional configuration of edges and folded walls. Since the military abandoned the fortress it has become a recreational park used for open-air events with temporary structures such as fairgrounds or circuses.

Today it is a much transited place, an infrastructure hub through which roads and rail traffic pass at different speeds and heights. Originally designed with a strong urban feel, the new building has a very powerful connection to the majestic skyline of the Voges and nearby Château de Belfort. The sports centre plays an important role as public facility and urban catalyst, an important gathering place and venue hosting sports and cultural events. The design and identity of the new building create a stark contrast with the existing stone walls. Evoking the fluidity and dynamic of sport, the façade of the arena conjures the feel of ample and sweeping movements across the landscape. Convex and concave lines react to the existing straight lines.

The envelope of the building is created in translucent glass, it has a smooth, crystalline quality about it and it picks up the subtle colours of sunlight, the sky and the landscape. At night the building transforms and becomes a shining lighthouse, a perfect expression of the events taking place inside. The building is firmly anchored in the hillside and the outer glass skin adapts perfectly to the artificial topography, even though it appears detached, as if floating above the fortification. It is as if the new building has always been there responding to the logic of the site while at the same time looking as light and ephemeral as a circus tent.

Through the contrast between the orthogonal shape of the playing field and the free lines of the envelope, the building expresses both sides of sport: on the one hand, discipline and rigueur and on the other, sensuality. The glass ribbon connects the activities according to the programme of events, creating larger or smaller areas between the halls and the outer skin.

The main sports hall is the heart of the complex, serviced by an area of public circulation opening directly on to the playing field. This space around the hall creates a open connection, an intermediary area between the hall and the city. For a more dramatic and striking effect, the stands are located on the long sides of the playing field. The short sides open onto the lobby and the public area, giving the standing spectator a more fluid and less formal feel of the game. The closeness of the public to the players breaks with conventional barriers between players and the spectators.

Client : City of Belfort Program : Construction of a multisport and events arena. 1500 to 2800 seats. Surface : 5 163 m2 Cost : 6 383 176 € Excl tax. Timetable : Competition prize winner 2005 – Completion 2008

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Alpine Barn Apartment - Ofis Arhitekti

July 27, 2015, 12:49 am

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Project team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Janez Martincic, Michele Albonetti, Maria Della Mea,  Tomaž Cirkvencic, Pawel Nikkiel, Gözde Okyay, Roberta Costa Maria Rosaria Ritonnaro, Ralea Toma Ioan Catalin,  Grega Valencic, Vlad Popa, Tanja Veselic, Jade Manbodh 

Project: 2014
Completion: 2015
Area: 140 m2
Budget: 140.000,00 EUR

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The Cineroleum - Assemble

July 27, 2015, 1:00 am

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The Cineroleum was a self-initiated project that transformed a petrol station on Clerkenwell Road into a cinema. The project was an experiment in the the potential for the wider re-use of the UK’s 4,000 empty petrol stations.

The Cineroleum was an improvisation on the rich iconography and decadent interiors of the golden age picture palace. Classic elements were re-created for the roadside setting using cheap industrial, reclaimed or donated materials. Flip-up seats were made from scaffolding boards, the foyer was furnished with formica-clad school chairs and tables , and the auditorium was enclosed by a curtain, created by hand-sewing about three kilometres of seam in roofing membrane.

The Cineroleum was visibly handmade, built on site by a team of over a hundred volunteers, learning and experimenting together, aided by instruction manuals written during the prototyping process.

Unlike the out-of-town multiplex, The Cineroleum celebrated the social experience of filmgoing, from the popcorn machine and bar in the old station shop through to the programme of approachable classics.

Separated from the busiest single-lane road in Europe by a curtain, it allowed for both collective escapism and created a public spectacle on the street for passers-by. At the end of the film the curtain rose, pushing the audience from the imaginative world of the film to the everyday theatre of the street.

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Private House in Moscow - MARIO MAZZER

July 27, 2015, 1:48 am

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Renovation of a private house in Moscow

Photo by Richard Powers. Published on July 27, 2015.

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Heads or Tails - nendo

July 27, 2015, 2:08 am

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for Pen

A three-piece dog accessory collection, consisting of a dog bed, dishes and toys. The artificial leather bed becomes a little hut when dogs burrow inside it, and a cushion when they lie on top. The ceramic dishes are reversible, with a shallow dish for food on one side and a deeper dish for water on the other, and the silicon rubber ‘bone’ can be reshaped into a ball by tucking in the two ends. As a result of looking for a form that could be stable in two different shapes, the collection is constructed of triangular panels connected in polygon mesh. It comes in two colours – white and black – to harmonise with home interiors.

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University Centre "des Quais" Lyon - Auer Weber , Arodie Damian Architectures

July 27, 2015, 2:09 am

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The “Pôle universitaire des Quais” is located in the university district on the eastern bank of the river Rhône in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon and comprises of five institutions:

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The “Pôle universitaire des Quais” is located in the university district on the eastern bank of the river Rhône in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon and comprises of five institutions: The Institute of Technology (IUT) for around 900 students; The Department for Research and Higher Education (PRES); A canteen with a capacity of approximately 1,900 meals; A dormitory compromising of 200 beds; The International House of Languages and Cultures (architects : Thierry Van de Wyngaert and Véronique Feigel).

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The structure of the building and massing within the block provides for a clear separation between the different areas of the IUT and PRES (client: University Construction Office) as well as the student accommodation and canteen (client: CROUS). The individual components are encompassed in a compact ring around a spacious landscaped courtyard, which portrays a representative and quiet building block edge to the outside of the cityscape. The courtyard with its tiered patio areas functions as an open “Forum” promoting communication between the individual institutions.

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The outer compactness of the new university building is supported by closely knit concrete façade pilasters. This appears as a subtly structured volume to integrate the project into its surroundings with respect to color and materiality. The characteristics of this building are defined by the homogeneity of the light concrete, the use of a limited amount of different materials, and neglecting the building elements such as; windowsills and venetian blinds.

Photo by Aldo Amoretti

The uniform block structure at the main entrance is deliberately broken, as the autonomous block of the PRES significantly protrudes in plan and height. A gem-like exterior layer of adjustable vertical glass panels are used in the building ring-seemingly without touching it- thus contributing to its function and location opposite the existing University Construction Office.

Photo by Aldo Amoretti. Published on July 27, 2015.

The ground floor and the first floor are reserved for the entrance hall, the dinning hall and the classrooms. In the standard floors are offices, conference rooms and student apartments. The auditorium is embedded low in the center of the block creating space for a large terrace above, which is linked via seating steps through the courtyard.

Site Plan

The rich greenery of the patio creates an oasis within the compact urban structure that makes the “Pôle universitaire des Quais” a significant part of the urban university life.

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Bisazza Bagno - nendo

July 27, 2015, 2:28 am

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for Bisazza

Our objective for this bathroom collection was to create a strong singular impression by assembling the various elements of a bathroom suite as though they were ‘all in the bath together’. The feeling of connection that comes from a bath with someone you don’t know at a hot spring or local public bath is an important part of Japanese culture. Our bathroom collection for Bissazza expresses this feeling through its design. The two key parts of the strategy are details that present the different elements as though they have been stored together in a box, and elements that go together well when used in multiples. The taps are located inside the washbasin and bathtub, submerged in water alongside accessories like a soap dispenser or a water glass. A tray placed inside the basin becomes an island for objects that need to be kept dry. The washbasin stand encloses the washbasin inside a wood frame, through which the water pipe rises up from the floor, turning into the tap. The mirror glass has been removed in different places to mimic the effect of pools of water. This emphasizes the impression that the mirror resides in a frame. The planters are designed as though in boxes, so that they can be stacked. The small ceramic container can be used as a toothbrush holder, bud vase or holder for other items. The container’s shape was carefully designed to be easily used in multiples. The wall clock can be lined up in multiples, too, creating the visual effect of horizontal continuity.

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UNA COMPOSIZIONE ELEGANTE DA UNA RILETTURA DINAMICA - ARCH. MASSIMO CANESIN

July 27, 2015, 2:32 am

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La rimodulazione in chiave moderna e anticonvenzionale di un appartamento degli anni sessanta è divenuto lo strumento per rispondere alle esigenze funzionali della committenza. Posta all’ultimo piano di un edificio fronte mare con buona esposizione e dotato di un ampio terrazzo, questa residenza è stata sottoposta ad un intervento di ristrutturazione che ne ha radicalmente rinnovato l’immagine e sfruttato al meglio le ottime potenzialità. Lo spazio di connessione tra la zona living di accoglienza e l’area più privata della casa costituisce una cerniera architettonica posta all’intersezione dei due assi generatori dell’impianto planimetrico, ruotati di dieci gradi rispetto alla scatola parallelepipeda. L’attenzione del fruitore che varca la soglia è immediatamente attratta da questo fulcro compositivo del dinamico sistema planivolumetrico progettato.

Ingresso all'appartamento

Photo by Gabriele Curzi. Published on July 27, 2015.

La composizione volumetrica dei soffitti è costituita da semplici elementi geometrici costruttivi – piani e volumi in total white – incastrati al sistema della struttura esistente che, per la loro posizione e ruolo nell’organizzazione generale, sono stati studiati con particolare cura del dettaglio e risultano esaltati e enfatizzati da una attenta calibrazione della luce artificiale. Il volume che ingloba il pianoforte, pezzo di grande valore affettivo per la committente, equilibra a terra i volumi del soffitto e permette il riordino dei percorsi distributivi tra le varie parti della casa. La percezione prospettica di tali elementi, allineati agli assi ruotati, è moltiplicata da un taglio di specchi posto ad altezza uomo sulla parete perimetrale di ingresso impreziosita da una elegante boiserie. Alla zona living e pranzo il progetto ha voluto conferire una continuità spaziale che, attraverso l’ampia finestratura, si estende all’area esterna del terrazzo vista mare, rivolto verso il golfo della città di Ancona, dove sono previsti lavori di impermeabilizzazione del fondo e realizzazione della pavimentazione in conci di pietra. Lo spazio di distribuzione della zona notte, allineato secondo l’asse longitudinale inclinato, ha permesso di ricavare due camere e uno studio e negli spazi di risulta sono stati collocati i due bagni, entrambi immediatamente adiacenti l’unica colonna di scarico, la zona lavanderia e il guardaroba accessibile dalla zona giorno.

planimetria di progetto

Il parquet in Tech, che bene si sposa con alcuni pezzi d’arredo di proprietà, impreziosisce gli interni e si pone a contrasto con il colore bianco RAL9016 dell’involucro. Il risultato è un appartamento estremamente funzionale, dinamico e ricco di occasioni emozionali.

Photo by Gabriele Curzi. Published on July 27, 2015.

Progetto Esecutivo e di Dettaglio

Photo by Gabriele Curzi. Published on July 27, 2015.

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Concorso di idee per la realizzazione della sede del Consiglio della Giunta regionale e servizi in Campobasso - GABRIELE RIGUZZI, studio Arco, Alessia Grisanti

July 27, 2015, 2:35 am

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La stratificazione morfologica e relazionale del sito impone un approccio progettuale che ne renda leggibile la complessità; la proposta prevede un edificio composto per parti scaturite dalla lettura del contesto e unificate dalla funzione attesa. Il progetto articola le aree funzionali del programma in due corpi di fabbrica che dialogano con la città in base alle attività contenute: il primo della superficie di mq. 2.300, ospita la sala giunta e Consiglio, simbolo urbano affacciato su Piazza Savoia, gli assessorati ed i gruppi consiliari e si sviluppa verso la zona bassa secondo uno schema a corte che racchiude una piazza coperta collegata alla piazza superiore da una dolce gradonata, vera piazza pubblica inclinata attrezzata e fruibile anche da disabili, che raccorda il significativa dislivello esistente. Il secondo ospita gli uffici della regione, sviluppa una superficie di mq. 9.000 e svolge la funzione di diaframma tra la piazza coperta e l’ampia piazza parco. In base al nuovo significato urbano che assume, Piazza Savoia viene ridisegnata e pedonalizzata seguendo il taglio diagonale di via Regina Elena. L’ articolazione proposta tra corpi di fabbrica diversi ma interconnessi funzionalmente, attua una razionale differenziazione degli accessi e crea una pluralità di spazi urbani e di relazione a diversa intensità di fruizione pubblica che richiama, portando a sintesi, la varietà della città storica e la razionalità dell’impianto murattiano. Anche il linguaggio formale con cui le parti costituenti il complesso si rapportano alla città differisce in base al contesto: volumi semplici e in scala all’invaso di piazza Savoia per il corpo della Sala Consiglio, lineare trasparente ed emergente per la facciata del blocco uffici affacciato sulla piazza parco, vero piano di proiezione verticale che rende visibile alla città l’attività che in esso si svolge.

Rendering by Simone Garagnani. Published on July 27, 2015.

Rendering by Alessia Grisanti. Published on July 27, 2015.

rendering by Alessia Grisanti

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Kazadokei - nendo

July 27, 2015, 2:44 am

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for MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO

The kazadokei is a two-metre-tall clock with a second hand that measures 150cm. As these dimensions might suggest, the clock uses the same kind of mechanism employed in large timepieces for buildings and parks, rather than indoor wall or tabletop ones. When the hands of some faces align, the faces on their slender poles look like a hill of windmills. We’ve seen the clock’s raison d’etre shift from functionality to personal taste and design sensibility. Today, in an era when our perception of time is increasingly dulled, the kazadokei lets us experience time directly with our bodies and senses – and is a way of linking windmills, which revolve when they catch the wind, and clocks, which revolve when they catch time.

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Sales Center in Huashan County - Dushe Architectural Design

July 27, 2015, 2:50 am

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This sales center project is situated at the margins of a lake. For this reason, Dushe Design has been developing the “Suspension” concept and its relationship with the lake’s water level: The main part of the building is on the land, some of it is suspended above the water, and the connections between the teahouse and the surrounding pavilions are made by a paths “under” the water.

The main building includes the sales center, that has a teahouse spirit. All public areas are facing the lake. This way, the visitors are in continue contact with the environment. The simple and transparent teahouse floats above the lake, creating an illusion of zero gravity and gaining all visitor’s attention. The main body has two floors. The sales activity is located on the 2nd floor and has a copper wrapped skin. On the 1st floor, decorated-concrete plank walls wrapped the VIP reception center. Covering of the outdoor cafes, the upper volume is suspended 8 meters out over the base, showing off its “Suspension” attitude.

The whole project sustains the creation of the fairy tale feeling. When visitors are walking around the path below water, they can have a closer contact with water and see a wonderful lake scene. These paths connect you with two small teahouses supported by single columns, continuing the structure principle of the cantilever canopy. On their rooftop, these teahouses provide people a better experience of the site, having on them a viewing area. In this project, it is important to manage visitor’s experience and create different scenes where they can find different and interesting point of views.

Dushe design spared no effort in creating a fluent and surprising experience for people and at the same time they kept their design identity, using a simple and direct language in their projects. To get the complete design, they spent a lot of time designing the exterior walls and choosing the most suitable materials according to the budget. With the goal of “Customized Design”, Dushe Design has been always strong on their ideal of integrated design, including architecture, interior and landscape.

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Transparent Chair - nendo

July 27, 2015, 3:06 am

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for Milan Design Week

A chair made with polyurethane film, a transparent film commonly used as a packing material for precision instruments and products susceptible to vibrations and shock, thanks to its high elasticity and ability to return to its original state. Looking at the chair, it seems to consist of nothing but a backrest and armrests. It wraps and supports the body like a hammock, providing a light, floating feeling for the sitter.

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Cabbage Chair - nendo

July 27, 2015, 3:39 am

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for 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

nendo designed the cabbage chair for XXIst Century Man exhibition curated by Issey Miyake to commemorate the first anniversary of 21_21 Design Sight in Roppongi, Tokyo. Miyake asked us to make furniture out of the pleated paper that is produced in mass amounts during the process of making pleated fabric, and usually abandoned as an unwanted by-product. Our solution to his challenge transformed a roll of pleated paper into a small chair that appears naturally as you peel away its outside layers, one layer at a time. Resins added during the original paper production process adds strength and the ability to remember forms, and the pleats themselves give the chair elasticity and a springy resilience, for an overall effect that looks almost rough, but gives the user a soft, comfortable seating experience. Since the production process is so simple, we thought that eventually, the chair could be shipped as one compact roll for the user to cut open and peel back at home. The chair has no internal structure. It is not finished, and it is assembled without nails or screws. This primitive design responds gently to fabrication and distribution costs and environmental concerns, the kinds of issues that face our 21st century selves. Thus, the cabbage chair fits active, optimistic and forward-moving “21st century people”, the kind of people who, to borrow a concept Miyake expressed during a meeting with us, “don’t just wear clothes, but shed their skin”.

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