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![]() © David Vico The Cuevas del Pino estate sits in the foothills of Sierra Morena, in calcarenite stone terrain arranged in slightly sloping strata that gives rise to various geological formations native to the area, among which are the caves that traditionally have been used for farming and livestock. ![]() © David Vico ![]() Floor Plan ![]() Courtesy of UMMO Estudio ![]() © David Vico Historically, the product of these hollows in the rock emerged when livestock watchmen used them as small shelters. Today they have been rehabilitated to form rural housing and accommodate new countryside activities. ![]() © David Vico Both the pre-existing walls and the rock itself enclosed and defined an area of great spatial and material wealth, and for this reason, we decided to focus the intervention toward a fluid and continuous dialogue between those pre-existing conditions and the new architecture, always from a respectful position seeking proximity rather than direct contact. ![]() © David Vico Within this dialogue we have created a new spatial experience that manages to value the tectonic nature of the area through the use of new architectural elements: clean and quiet volumes, bright and ample spaces, use of stone materials for the flooring, such as concrete or marble, glass openings to the south to conjure natural light and handcrafted wooden furniture to give warmth to the cave house.
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Taco Comfort Solutions' chairman and owner, John Hazen White, Jr., has announced the promotion of Wil VandeWiel to Chief Executive Officer of the 96-year old privately-held company. VandeWiel, who joined Taco in December 2014, was previously president and chief operating officer. ![]() the proposed project can accommodate up to a million books, with extend working and recreational spaces for students. The post neostudio redesigns poznaÅ university of life sciences library in poland appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. ![]() Rendering of Deltawerk 1:1. Image Courtesy of RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "'Hardcore Heritage': RAAAF Reveals Its Latest Experiment in Historical Preservation." In the practice of historic preservation, there is often a temptation to turn a building into an object on display-meticulously restored, unchanging, physically isolated-in order to remove it from the flow of history. The multidisciplinary Amsterdam-based studio Rietveld-Architecture-Art-Affordances (RAAAF) situates itself in opposition to this method of dealing with architectural remnants. Instead, it proposes to make history tangible by altering these decaying structures in a way that makes their stories plainly visible. The practice has a name for this approach-"hardcore heritage." Founded and led by brothers Ronald and Erik Rietveld, RAAAF has completed several projects that together form a kind of built manifesto for hardcore heritage, with the next iteration due out in 2018. The procedure changes with each project-there are excavations, but also deletions-but in every case, the end result charges them with a new special significance. In Ronald's words, the works are âabout the spatial experience that triggers imagination.â The first stirrings came in Vacant NL, the studio's installation for the Dutch pavilion at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale, which cataloged thousands of vacant properties in the Netherlands. The Rietvelds see these dormant structures as resources to be awakened and reused-and their most famous project shows how it can be done. ![]() Bunker 599, which cut a 19th-century concrete pillbox in half, sheds new light on Dutch and UNESCO policies on cultural heritage while making people look at their surroundings in a new way. Image © Allard Bovenberg Bunker 599, designed with Atelier de Lyon, made the team aware of the vast challenges in preserving structures so they can be truly reused, not just conserved as museum pieces or recycled as anchors for retail. The project entailed reviving a concrete bunker by cutting it in half, transforming it from an inert solid sitting in the landscape to something that could be walked through and interacted with. But experimental approaches like these can often be difficult to mount, Ronald says, because local authorities are wary of diverting public funds to them: âThere is a lack of vision on this topic; policies concerning heritage are far too conservative.â ![]() After Image shows the world below the Netherlands' terrain, constructed on millions of pillars. RAAAF's intervention reveals part of the exciting underworld of a former sugar silo, where uncovering the foundation of just one silo exposes an enormous concrete cathedral below ground. Image Courtesy of RAAAF Named a Dutch national monument two years after it opened in 2010, Bunker 599 has thankfully opened up the door to other hardcore heritage undertakings. For instance, After Image, an excavated "forest" of concrete foundation piers that stand beneath a demolished sugar factory in Groningen, is set to open in 2018. ![]() Rendering of Deltawerk 1:1. Image Courtesy of RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon And if the renderings are anything to go by, RAAF's latest will bring their plays in mass and scale to an altogether more powerful level. Deltawerk 1:1 adapts another Dutch national monument, a portion of the former Dutch hydrodynamics laboratory at Waterloopbos, which once tested one-to-one scale models of engineered water defenses. Now sitting empty, RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon propose excavating the 820-foot-long concrete structure to fully reveal its enormous volume. ![]() Rendering of Deltawerk 1:1. Image Courtesy of RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon The final stage of the project will involve cutting panels from the tank's walls and turning them 90 degrees. Their huge size and precarious positions recall images of seemingly robust and monumental objects tossed around by wind, storms, floods, or waves. As the seasons change, daylight will spotlight different facets of the structure, even as its original use becomes more and more forgotten. Ronald hopes that it will âopen up ways of interpreting history toward the future, rather than just telling stories from the past.â The designers are looking into how their unique take on preservation can be adopted beyond the Netherlands, where they would have greater opportunities to generate the new from the old, rather than simply halting decay. That is the urgent next step, Ronald says. âPreservation by itself doesn't bring us further into the future. We need radical new perspectives.â
![]() © Flickr user JiÅà Suchomel licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 The Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative has organized a collection of essays, entitled The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: From Napoléon to ISIS, which examines several centuries of the demolition of monuments in the Middle East. With world events like ISIS and the protection of architectural heritage growing to be more and more topical, this collection is a useful tool in considering the role of violence, how ancient architecture is perceived as a cultural entity, what role the media has to play, and beyond.
![]() Palmyra site overview. Image © Flickr user JiÅà Suchomel licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 In the essay collection, prominent scholars in the field discuss the above issues and more in the hope of expanding readers' frames of reference concerning the nuanced issue of threatened monuments. For example, the introductory essay of the series delves into the historic destruction of cultural heritage, as well as changing motivations for destruction, and the use of documentary imagery to accentuate violence and evoke horror. ![]() Arch of Triumph (detail), destroyed by ISIS, October 2015. Image © Flickr user Alessandra Kocman licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This and other essays go on to discuss various views on the subject, including the role of museums in cultural destruction, how Islamic culture is perceived abroad, how cultural damage affects local citizens, whether buildings deserve the same protections as people, Napoleonic forms of looting, and how the structure behind war can be influenced to prevent destruction. ![]() Temple of Bel, Destroyed by ISIS, August 2015. Image © Flickr user JiÅà Suchomel licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Learn more about The Destruction of Cultural Heritage by reading the full essay collection here. ![]() Tetrapylon in the Great Collonnade. Image © Flickr user JiÅà Suchomel licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 In an exclusive half-hour episode focusing on the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs, "one of the most influential urban thinkers and city activists of our time." Featuring interviews with a carefully selected range of city planners, historians and activists, alongside recordings of Jacobs herself, this special episode of Monocle 24's The Urbanist examines why Jacobs was-and remains-so influential when considering the contemporary city. ![]() Opinion: Why Our Cities Need Less Jane Jacobs ![]() © Andy Matthews
![]() © Andy Matthews From the architect. TCA were appointed to reimagine 20,000 sq ft of extensive common spaces that exist within and throughout the Chapter Kings Cross site for Greystar. The project delivers a more inclusive reception space and arrivals hall, new communal study and social areas, a new gym, screening room and ancillary facilities. ![]() © Andy Matthews The design for the refurbishment was conceived from the contextual history and local character of the area, drawing on the Industrial heritage and language of the iconic Kings Cross Station. The main arrival hall has been stripped back to reveal the original concrete and steel structure, layered with premium finishes and furniture including ceramic wall tiles, wall paneling and mosaic flooring. Bespoke joinery is central to the design of the scheme, including carriage-style booth seating and study benches, and a curved solid oak station-style bench that runs through the arrivals hall leading to the main lift core to the student rooms, which dramatically increases the sense of arrival to the property. ![]() Isometric A key move employed by Tigg + Coll for Chapter was to move the reception desk and security barriers back into the space, creating a larger public lounge space to facilitate social interactions and meeting with students friends, family and visitors, drawing the public realm into the building. ![]() © Andy Matthews Existing mezzanines that were previously hidden from view were opened up and exposed to the main reception, creating new visual connections, increased daylight and sense of space, though the use of steel-framed glazed partitions, with steel cross-bracing and expanded mesh panels. ![]() © Andy Matthews Bespoke metalwork, textured glass and cantilevered feature light fittings are suspended above the gaming area, creating a dramatic platform for social gatherings and events. Residents can access the common areas across all Chapter residences. ![]() © Andy Matthews The upper floor café was reconfigured into a communal study area with an open kitchen for students to prepare refreshments. A range of spaces were provided for group and solo study, with a quiet study room designed for more focused working. ![]() © Andy Matthews The gym was relocated from the dark depths of the tower into the mezzanine above the Study lounge, enjoying increased day lighting and views through full-height crittall-style glazing. A new steel and timber staircase with perforated mesh balustrades was designed to link the spaces, supported off a large steel truss, allowing for the stair to be extended up to the roof space during later phases of expansion. ![]() © Andy Matthews Product Description. Bespoke metalwork and joinery are central to the design of the scheme, as they best convey the industrial railway heritage of the local area that the project references. Joinery includes carriage-style booth seating and study benches, and a curved solid oak station-style bench that runs through the arrivals hall leading to the main lift core to the student rooms, which dramatically increases the sense of arrival to the property. Bespoke metalwork is used to frame the existing mezzanines that were previously hidden from view, which we opened up and exposed to the main reception, creating new visual connections, increased daylight and sense of space, though the use of steel-framed glazed partitions, with steel cross-bracing and expanded mesh panels. Bespoke metalwork, textured glass and cantilevered feature light fittings are also suspended above the gaming area, creating a dramatic platform for social gatherings and events. ![]() © Andy Matthews ![]() © Ivan Avdeenko
![]() © Ivan Avdeenko The town house for weekends is situated in a picturesque suburbia of a big city. Main condition of the owner was the ability to see the lake, reduce charges for heating and minimize cleaning process of the house and nearby territory. We made a project of one floor house with flat roof, which is hanging above the ravine near the house. ![]() © Ivan Avdeenko ![]() Floor Plan ![]() © Ivan Avdeenko There are only two view windows from the side of the lake, one of which moves to the special 'pocket' between the fireplaces. The rest of the windows are small, the walls are made of thermo bricks, the face of the house is clad in clincher brick, which is more than 150 years old, and thermo ash tree. There would be no need to take any care of such face of the house. ![]() © Ivan Avdeenko Floor lamps on the terrace are structural support for the roof above the terrace. The interiors are decorated using only Ukrainian furniture and pieces of art. The chandelier 'Kalina' is our own design. ![]() © Ivan Avdeenko ![]() Courtesy of Emerge Architects
![]() Courtesy of Emerge Architects The site of this project located in the landscape and ecology restoration area of SINICA. Inspiration of design from the very first comes out with the discussion and communication between landscape and exhibition consultants. By the interdisciplinary integration and crossing through the boundary between professions, which represented the unlimited brainstorming and the dialogue of fusion. ![]() Axonometric In order to preserve the existing old trees, the shape of new mass defined by gap among trees and transformed into an organic plan, so that the new pavilion will be intimately surrounded by trees. Assisting the perceptional experience with plants in the interior atrium, which not only quietly brings in the greenery of landscape, but also extends the vision. The touchable trees have also become a vivid exhibition of nature. ![]() Courtesy of Emerge Architects ![]() Floor Plan ![]() Courtesy of Emerge Architects By changing the transparency continuously of wall to create a continuity, ambiguous spatial perception of in and out when roaming. The exhibiting starts from outdoor, creating dialogues between ecological landscape and exhibits, vacancy and reality, internal and external overlapped on the glass wall and came up an ambiguous perception. Therefore, the distinction between architecture, landscape and exhibition has been blurred in the project. ![]() Courtesy of Emerge Architects Such pocket spaces like exhibition area, lobby, frontier, interpreting area and screening room, ⦠etc. composed a fluidly continuous space which is individual but also assembled ![]() Section ![]() Section Indoor is still indoor, outdoor is still outdoor, however, the boundary between them has been blurred in the spiritual perception and aspiration. ![]() Courtesy of Emerge Architects ![]() people's architecture office has completed the 'sliced house' project, a highly flexible work environment for xiaozhu, located within beijing's tech center. The post people's architecture office design workspace in beijing's tech center appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. |
AuthorHis current project is a modern, yacht-inspired 15,000 square foot home to be built on Lido Beach, Sarasota. It will be a marvel of curvaceous, geometric precision. Mr. Stanbury is the founder of J. Stanbury Design Inc. in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Archives
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