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![]() © Stefan Wülser From the architect. Tranquility and movement We've been working on a art-inspired hairdressers salon interior on one of the most busy streets of Zurich. The brief said that their ambitious clients should forget about their jobs and problems once they get their hair done. It's a highly personal and very demanding service and the atmosphere is a huge part of the experience. ![]() © Stefan Wülser ![]() Diagram ![]() © Stefan Wülser There was obviously a huge difference in mood from the hectic and noisy street outside to the laidback music and the repetitive sound of high quality scissors inside. It seems that time passes in different tempi. ![]() Plan The quick pace of the outside can be considered distracting for what the hairdressor wants to achieve but at the same time we don't want to neglect the surrounding since we were interested in a very specific solution. We developed a pattern that is both â unhasty and intricate at the same time. It remains interesting since it changes it appearence depending on the perspective of it's observer. It's the result of an elaborate series of prototypes done with a local carpenter and inspired by contemporary graphic art (like the beautiful painting by Emilie Ding) or classic modern stage designs (like Roman Clemens' work). ![]() © Stefan Wülser Spatial Installation The delicate wood interior was partly prefabricated using CAAD and CAM technologies but also involved a lot of handcraft. We managed to develop some refined and invisible longitudinal connections between pieces of 3mm MDF wood. Everything had to be as thin and precise as possible to not spoil the perspective effect. It took a lot of testing and developing before everything was assembled within 6 days of work. It's more of an installation then a classic architecural approach but we believe the precision and the site-specific approach creates something very timeless here. ![]() © Stefan Wülser As a customer you spend between 1 and 3 hours in the . You move slowly inside the patterns space â so it unfolds it's rich variations when you change direction of view. As a cardriver or pedestrian you see the ceiling kind of âtransformâ while you move by rather quickly because you change the angle of view more drastically. ![]() Diagram ![]() © Stefan Wülser ![]() Diagram Since this geometric perception phenomena is the dominating spatial idea â all the other elements of the salon are stripped to their very functional minimum. The lights and the plugs hang from the ceiling. Black wires not touching neither floor nor ceiling. Nothing comes out of walls since we wanted this temporary â artgallery like space. We also designed a specific series of mirrors for the salon which always comes in symmetrical pairs. While there is the mirror on the frontside â the back serves as a table to place magazines and drinks. The existing column in the back of the space is thicker then it should be from a structural point of view. But it gives weight and centres to the whole space â it is a welcoming disturbance to all the repeating parts and emphasizes the thinness of the wooden ceiling and walls. ![]() © Stefan Wülser Bonded Building Materials Inc. has partnered with Roofinox to distribute the company's Tin-plated roofing products throughout New York State and the surrounding area.
![]() the project offers parking spaces for over 400 bicycles, and a public rooftop that overlooks the entire city. The post lillestrøm bicycle hotel by various architects opens to the public in norway appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. A team of engineers at Michigan State University is working to perfect a new technology that not only warns of a problem with indoor air, but also identifies the source of the IAQ problem and offers suggestions on how to remedy the situation. ![]() the feyenoord city masterplan developed for the local football club will include a new 63,000 seat waterfront stadium, residences, commercial space and parkland. The post OMA's masterplan for sports city in rotterdam gets the go-ahead appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. ![]() Courtesy of Archilogic Neither of Richard Neutra's Case Study Houses, post-war thought experiments commissioned by Arts & Architecture, was ever realized. In the imaginary village of these unbuilt homes, next to #6, the Omega house, stands #13, named Alpha. Archilogic's 3D model gives us a unique chance to experience this innovative concept home. Each of Neutra's projects was designed for a family of five, and each reveals his psychoanalytic approach to architecture, in which the house itself is an intimate part of family relationships, as important as the personalities involved. (Neutra was personally acquainted with Freud, and a committed follower of birth trauma theorist Otto Rank.) Underlining this Freudian view, his imaginary clients are not just neighbours-they are related; Mrs Alpha being sister to Mrs Omega. The magazine's introduction of the Alpha house avows: âTogether these people had decided on a most favourable scheme, to settle themselves side by sideâ-which of course provides the architect with an excuse for designing two houses as an intimate pair, but might cause a raised eyebrow if we consider the psychological state of grown women insisting on raising their families in this twinned condition. Neutra, known to employ psychoanalytic tricks on his clients to win their commitment to his ideas, and by his own admission âquite enthusiastic in placing the accent on individuality on the consumer,â surely delighted in this fantasy. ![]() Courtesy of Archilogic As with the Omega house, and appropriately for the southern California setting, the (hypothetical) brief emphasizes outdoor living, and in particular the need for the space to accommodate a large group of children-the groups from each family co-mingling and travelling around from patio to patio. Wide open sliding doors meet that need for easy traffic, this transparency contrasting with the suggestively hidden, libidinous play area provided by the lath house âovergrown with vines.â ![]() Courtesy of Archilogic More innuendo comes to light with the requirement that guest accommodation should be far away from the family bedrooms and their ânegligé-behavior.â They are ânot prudish,â these Alphas, and indeed most families might be uncomfortable with their practical notion of having "a lavatory right in the room" of the eldest son in order, apparently, to facilitate sleepovers. Like the Omega house, Alpha has a sloping roof, but in this case it tilts down toward the kitchen and garage-avoiding the Omega time-trap of having children stuck in low-ceilinged rooms they are sure to grow out of. Just as well, since the Alpha kids are already heading into adolescence; this does point to the impending obsolescence of the play area, but then, it is just a wide corridor after all. ![]() Courtesy of Archilogic The shared features of the two houses-tilted roofs, identical fixtures, finishes and facing materials-make a statement about neighbourhood planning. These houses are not intended to stand alone, but to be part of a community (albeit perhaps less intimate than the almost incestuous Alphas and Omegas). They look outward; not just literally, thanks to the abundant glass that takes advantage of those Californian views, but figuratively, acknowledging that an individual home takes its place within a neighborhood and contributes to it. This community spirit and the indoor-outdoor lifestyle planning evinced by Neutra's designs-both firm tenets of modern housing development-withstand examination perhaps better than the details of the bedroom arrangements. Don't miss Archilogic's other models of Case Study Houses and seminal projects shared on ArchDaily-click here to see them all! ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture China-based firm EID Architecture has been selected as the winner of a design competition for a mixed-use development, entitled Longfor Phase IV, in Chongqing, China. Designed as an exploration of vertical urbanism on a high-density scope, the project is composed of a âsingle tower and associated podium integrated as an assembled massing of stacked box-like volumes.â
![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture At 150 meters tall, the building will offer office space in its upper levels, and retail on its lower levels. An âurban voidâ is created in the center of the project, where on lower levels, an open space acts as a âgravitational core,â around which the rest of the building organizes itself, âstimulating movement and activity through the vertical space that energizes and defines the associated programmatical components and offers a visual and spatial connection to the multi-level exterior terrain at ground level.â ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture On a design level, the project draws inspiration from the nearby countryside-with its natural karst formations- as well as from the surrounding city, where vernacular dwellings cascade down steep inclines in the city's fabric. ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture âThe outcome is a design that is both contextual and iconic, contextually integrated whilst unique in appearance that allows for a visual and spatial porosity and connectivity across all levels with a naturally balanced composition of stacked box-like volumes interlocked with a tower component, creating a design of understated monumentality and a harmonious contextually responsive composition,â said the architects in a press release. ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture In order to connect the East and West sides, the project will feature a terraced grand stair, which will additionally create ground level entrances at multiple levels. Furthermore, the building will include garden terraces and a green wall within its lobby, in an effort to connect the space with the natural environment around it. ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture Longfor Phase IV is currently heading into the schematic design phase, and is expected to be completed in 2019. The project was recently awarded an AIA HK merit award for unbuilt project. News via EID Architecture. ![]() Courtesy of EID Architecture ![]() nestling within the village structure of valdaora di sotto, the nursery building communicates the interplay between tradition, contemporary life and nature. The post feld72 aligns wood-wrapped kindergarten to the village and landscape of south tyrol appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. ![]() © Hanna DÅugosz
![]() © Hanna DÅugosz From the architect. We would like to present you the reconstruction project of the loft's space into the private accommodation in an apartment building. The building was built in the late nineteenth century. ![]() Floor Plan Both district and the building itself are located in the preservation maintenance zone. The tenement is located in the compact residential of the street, it has 4 floors, a cellar and an attic. ![]() © Hanna DÅugosz Such space requires an individual approach as well as the application of unusual solutions, we did not change the cubature, gross covered area, its height, length, width and the number of the stores, however we have created a new history of the place! ![]() Section ![]() Section We tried to keep the effect of the maximally open space and the exposure of the important elements for us. Among them you can find the roof construction and the original height of the rooms. ![]() © Hanna DÅugosz Very clearly exposed wooden roof construction gives the interior the flavor and in our opinion â it highlights its uniqueness. By creating a new function of the loft, we felt as if it was our operating pattern; the look of the interior is dedicated by the roof construction. ![]() © Hanna DÅugosz Multiple number of windows in the whole loft allows the sun a better exposure of all the rooms. Moreover, the big white planes of the walls and ceilings do brighten the space. Lighted by the skylight, the open kitchen interior is a link between the private sphere of the owners and the living and the guest room. The large kitchen with a huge cooking island is an excellent place for cooking and spending relaxing time in the hammock. As well as the tenements, we also love the natural materials. Here, except for the pine wood, the brick played the major role. We used it on the knee walls, and on the whole length of the tenement's wall, By doing it â we have emphasized the length of the apartment.  ![]() © Hanna DÅugosz The living room is a separate big part of the whole open daily space. This is place with the TV and comfortable, variable seats, located around. It is a perfect space to relax with friends The bathroom, dedicated mainly to the guests, but used as a toilet on a daily basis, has a basin, lavatory and the shower. Another bathroom was designed in the bedroom. The idea of an open bathtub next to the bed is the removal of all the barriers between these spaces. The bathtub is located in the bay window, with an easy access to the wardrobe located in this room. Next to it, we have additionally designed a separate box with the toilet and the shower. ![]() © Hanna DÅugosz The attic's floor is a mix of the pine wood and the very dark gres tiles with an interesting and irregular surface. We kept the interiors in the earthy tones, that together with the timeless whiteness present themselves the prettiest. Product Description. We wanted to keep the original character of the tenement that's why one of the most important materials we used are definitely the original sliced bricks and also wooden floors (pine). |
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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