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Take a tour of Maxxi, Zaha Hadid's light-filled labyrinth of modern art and architecture that has just opened for viewing in Rome's Flaminio district
Can buildings be like plants - grow from the ground in harmony with their natural surroundings? Organic architecture proves that it is possible. The
Graphic designer born in 1986. A graduate of the Department of Media Art of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He also studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology and New Media Art at the Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology.
Generally speaking, Americans living in the early 1940s rarely accepted modern architecture as the standard for private housing. Californians however, were the exception – owing to a subculture of reformers and philanthropists that chose a contemporary and modern style when designing their houses.
The completion of the museum is proof that this city is no longer allergic to the new and a rebuke to those who still see Rome as a catalog of architectural ...
How to make a small 1-storey stone house with an attic stylish and comfortable for a couple with modern needs.
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Photo courtesy of Nacas & Partners . ESPAÑOL Shinonome Canal Court is a remarkable experimental multifamily housing project in Tokyo, aimed at revitalizing the role of housing in the XXI century society, and at the same time renewing the Japanese capital's waterfront. To this end, the project featured the participation of renowned architects such as Kengo Kuma , Toyo Ito among others. OVERVIEW The participation of notable architects in the design of residential complexes has not been very common in Japan in recent years, as they have been in the hands of government bureaucrats who merely repeated low quality housing prototypes throughout the country with many social, functional and aesthetic shortcomings. In fact, since Nexus World in Fukuoka in 1991 there had not been another case of experimental multi-family housing designed by a group of famous architects. However, unlike the Nexus (where the plan by Arata Isozaki lacked a strong idea that linked the various buildings and where each architect designed his unit with no relation to the others and in the style that he thought best), in the case of Shinonome the residential blocks are linked by a clear urban design and maintain a homogeneous formal language despite their differences. The main idea is based on a type of housing that is flexible enough to accommodate small offices and home offices ( SOHOs) and thus include economic activities (which are often absent in many residential complexes) to improve the social relations of its inhabitants as well as adjusting to their current lifestyles. The complex should be flexible enough to accommodate family units, housing for singles or for the elderly. To this end, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC - CODAN) held a competition in which 6 teams were: Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop (Block 1), Toyo Ito & Assoc. (Block 2), Kengo Kuma & Assoc. (Block 3), Yama Architects (Block 4), ADH Architects & Workstation (Block 5), Akoto Motokura, Keisuke Yamamoto and Keiji Hori (Block 6). The landscape of public spaces was in charge of the ON-SITE office. LOCATION Shinonome is located on an area reclaimed from the sea, in Tokyo Bay. Despite being away from the bustle of the capital, this area enjoys very good connection with the heart of Tokyo. It is possible to reach the Ginza commercial district and the Imperial Palace in about an hour walking or 10 minutes by train. See location on Google Maps The complex consists of six blocks around a central space, arranged in a rectangular block of 16.4 hectares, and surrounded by high density towers. It is possible to see and have contact with a waterway nearby. CONCEPT The projected 2000 units are allocated in 6 blocks of up to 14 levels. They are linked by a winding main street that connects at its ends a supermarket and a riverside park, and links to shops, services, a kindergarten, playgrounds, etc. At the same time it relates to public areas and terraces located in both the first and the second level. Sequence of the central street Through these public spaces located in buildings is possible to establish a network of social relations among the inhabitants. In other words, the architects proposed a scheme opposite to Kisho Kurokawa and his idea that people should live in capsules, but rather break the limits of individuality and promote the socialization of housing at levels rarely seen in Japan. How to achieve this? Through transparency, used as a premise in the projects. The facades are hollowed to accommodate common areas where the level of privacy can be adjusted with movable wood panels, decorated with colored stripped lines. Many of the units have fully glazed doors and face spaces that allow interaction with their neighbors. This may look awkward for a traditional house, but not for a small office, home office or SOHO, establishing a transitional space between public and private areas. An unusual aspect is that the houses are at the same level of the corridors, allowing them to be used with or without shoes (traditionally houses are located one step above the public circulation, and they are provided with a small space to leave the shoes before entering the apartment). Spaces entry to homes by Riken Yamamoto. Photo courtesy of Nacas & Partners . Plant the second level of blocks designed by Toyo Ito. Image courtesy of Total Housing Blocks designed by Riken Yamamoto, organized along a central passage, but with the use of glass doors more light is allowed in each of the units. Kengo Kuma's proposal, for example, links main units of 60 m2 to 25 m2 attached units (which can be used as bedrooms, studies, offices, etc..). These units are arranged around a central atrium. Kuma also incorporates roof gardens, a gesture that evokes Le Corbusier's Unités d'habitation, but that adds an economic value: they can be used to grow vegetables. Every few homes a communal space is generated and the architect proposes a network of bridges that allows communication between the units. In the case of Yamamoto's project, he proposed a "room-F" or foyer, which can be used as working area and can be accessed directly from passages located eccentrically. Inside a Small Office / Home Office (SOHO). Photo courtesy of Nacas & Partners . Riken Yamamoto. Variations of the type of residence to suit the conditions and lifestyles of each family. Bathrooms and kitchens are located towards the back of the apartments, receiving good insolation, while social areas are arranged directly at the entrance area. *** Although the project was completed in 2004 and is a bit early to decide whether a is successful, it is possible to distinguish a higher level of social activity than in other residential complexes in Japan, and definitely will contribute to the discussion on the issue of multifamily housing in our time. SEE ALSO: - Multifamily housing Nagakin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan. Kisho Kurokawa. Nexus World, Fukuoka, Japan. (Koolhaas, Portzamparc, etc) Unité d'Habitation, Berlin, Germany. Le Corbusier Children playing in the nursery.
¿Cómo les influye que el diseño de las aulas permanezca invariable desde el siglo XIX? Según los expertos, tanto como para cambiar su educación.
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n Lloyd Brown’s examination of America, we see small town intersections, train crossings, and rural stretches of road, in paintings made after he traveled across the United States on Highway 50. With an inventive approach to shaping and framing his paintings—through curved surfaces, multiple panels, and overlapping images—Lloyd Brown helps us to see in new ways. About his exhibition "Cross Country on Highway 50," Lloyd Brown says: "In 2005, I began photographing US Highway 50. My focus was a section of highway known as the Loneliest Road in America that traverses Nevada. Raised in Utah and Nevada, I grew up crossing the Great Basin. My divorced parents lived at opposite ends of the 500-mile divide of mountains and valleys. Highway 50 was the connection between Fillmore, Utah, and Reno, Nevada. In 2012, I extended the highway theme to include Colorado. In Fall 2014, I covered the rest of the highway on a road trip that took me all the way to Maryland. This is not a project to be completed in a single season. It will likely involve the rest of my life, but I really like the idea of covering the breadth of the nation from the vantage point of a single highway." Lloyd Brown lived in Texas for 21 years and now resides in Utah. Valley House Gallery has presented 9 solo exhibitions of his work and published a comprehensive catalogue on his work in 2018. This is acrylic on two fabric-hinged ragboard panels on an artist-made wood and cardboard shelf.
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the studio's concept is based on the recovery of the site's existing building in ways that enhance it in terms of sustainability, accessibility, and maintenance economy.
Completed in 2014 in Ayerbe, Spain. Images by Xavier d’Arquer . This modern rammed earth house, winner of the international prize for contemporary earthen architectures Terra Award 2016, is located in Ayerbe, a...
Introduction The MAXXI Museum in Rome by Zaha Hadid, has received the Stirling Prize for 2010, an award given to a building built or designed in Britain or a building constructed in but the rest of Europe by architects whose headquarters is in the UK. In 1998 the architect won the international competition to build […]
The "folie" continues with the winning team that will build a new "Architectural Folie of the 21st Century" for Montpellier, France. The multidisciplinary team -- which includes Sou Fujimoto A...
La arquitectura a menudo se mide a través de épocas de tiempo, y sin duda estos edificios son representativos de dónde está el mundo en este momento. En esta ocasión te presentaremos 14 ejemplos increíbles de arquitectura del siglo XXI.
El Día Mundial de la Arquitectura es una buena ocasión para recopilar los edificios más impresionantes levantados en las últimas décadas y que se han convertido en emblemas del nuevo urbanismo
increasing the complex's built area from 20,000 m2 to almost 28,000 m2, the renovation project seeks to generate new cinematic experiences for the public.
Completed in 2009 in Rome, Italy. Images by Iwan Baan . Opening the website of Zaha Hadid Architects, the home page shows the various links of the practice on a schematic plan; it is the plan of MAXXI,...
Image 26 of 31 from gallery of 8 Excellent Examples of What Innovative 21st Century Schools Should Look Like. Photograph by Sergio Gomez
Image 25 of 31 from gallery of 8 Excellent Examples of What Innovative 21st Century Schools Should Look Like. Photograph by Sergio Gomez
Image 26 of 31 from gallery of 8 Excellent Examples of What Innovative 21st Century Schools Should Look Like. Photograph by Sergio Gomez
Slow architecture calls for a shift in the 21st-century design process where intentionality, quality, and sustainability take center stage.
Rafael Hevia, Rodrigo Duque Motta e Gabriela Manzi hanno progettato la Facoltà di Economia e Commercio dell’Università Diego Portales (Cile) creando un’identità accademica attraverso una struttura il cui peso comunica permanenza e stabilità.
New pedagogy requires new approaches to campus: rethinking spaces for teaching, learning, and living for Mexico's largest university system
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