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![]() © Amit Geron From the architect. The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School of Entrepreneurship at the IDC Herzliya is situated in the northeast corner of campus on a flat site in a small Mediterranean coastal city near Tel Aviv. The upper floors are open and transparent, looking directly out and over the university foliage while the lower floors relate more intimately to the scale of the immediate campus gardens. Students enter the building through an 8 meter high arcade. ![]() © Amit Geron The building is home to a first-of-its-kind institution in Israel dedicated to the study and support of entrepreneurship. ![]() © Amit Geron At the ground floor, a public lobby and student lounge doubles as a gallery space for exhibitions highlighting the âStartup Nationâ, a term coined to describe Israel's disproportionately high number of entrepreneurship ventures. Directly accessible from this double-height space are a 165-seat lecture hall, a refreshment kiosk, the school's administrative offices and a glass-encased conference room for the most important meetings and presentations. ![]() © Amit Geron Above the more public lower floors are 3 floors of specialized classrooms, accelerator spaces, staff offices, meeting rooms and support facilities. ![]() Section The architecture of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship embodies the spirit of innovation and transformative thinking, central to its mission. The plan is efficient and modular with tall spaces designed to be conveniently reconfigured to support a variety of teaching environments. The building is an extended metaphor for the entrepreneurial mindset - clear, straightforward, no frills while simultaneously assertive, dynamic, passionately creative and humane. ![]() © Amit Geron The design of the building promotes an idea that the school can be read as both a conceptual and literal factory for the production of creativity and collaborative pursuits. However, unlike a actual factory that deals strictly with the efficient processing of materials into useful objects, the raw materials of this school are people who want to work together collaboratively, efficiently and in a spirit of opportunity and inspiration. ![]() © Amit Geron The factory is conceptual in the use of: -The modular re-configurable 4.5 meter wide bays -Long-span beams stretching between the east core along the building length across to the west façade that frees up the floor plan underneath -The tall spaces that permit both the fabrication of large objects and radical changes to the floor section to permit new uses - The encasement of all of core building systems (vertical transportation, plumbing/HVAC/electrical and communication services, restrooms, support rooms and security rooms) within a narrow volume aligning one side of the floor plan ![]() © Amit Geron  The factory is literal in the use of: -Exposed building services -Industrial lighting systems -Simple, durable, industrial materials including architectural birch plywood furniture, polished concrete flooring, exposed concrete beams and columns, painted steel staircases, stainless-steel mesh guardrail infills, expanded metal-mesh [XPM] dropped ceiling panels and sun shading protecting the west façade ![]() © Amit Geron -Large fenestration to allow ample natural light to penetrate deep into the floorplate The conceptual heart of the building is a continuous network of social spaces designed to encourage collaboration, networking and student-faculty interactions. These spaces are tied together by a suspended steel central staircase detailed with thin stainless steel cable mesh to maximize translucency. ![]() © Amit Geron Product Description. Western Façade Shading â Italfim EXA 12 Expanded Metal Mesh [XPM] ![]() © Amit Geron
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![]() © Kim Yongkwan From the architect. Easter Island has almost been erased from history as it has no clear documentation of its past. Mysterious Moai statues are the only evidence of civilization. I gained a similar impression of Samjeon-dong, Seoul. Modern Moai at Samjeon-dong began with the consideration of a symbiotic structure for a city, including housing created by stacking commercial facilities and residential units on the everyday cultural ground. ![]() © Kim Yongkwan The site is located at the corner of a village largely populated by four to five-story multiplex housing developments, all of similar size on uniformly planned sites. ![]() © Kim Yongkwan  Even though the size and volume of the rectangular sites, each divided by a gridlike urban planning, is similar, each site has different conditions. Instead of concentrating on a more glossy form to maximize a building°Ãs profile, as found in the many villages of multiplex housing, it is assumed that making facade flexible in responding to the condition of all four sides would create a flexible architecture and resolve the relationship with its surrounding features. ![]() Section ![]() Section As architectural practice must overcome the mismatch and limitations caused by heterogeneity in retail facilities and multiplex housing. I hope it will begin to propose downtown residential areas of new promenades, enabling °Ãcultural production and consumption°à combined with the lightness of an everyday program. It can become a village that encourages families to stroll and allow for everyday, smaller-scale culture to flourish, rather than existing as commercial spaces purely for consumption in another generic commercial/residential building. ![]() © Kim Yongkwan ![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data BAD.Built by Associative Data has released its designs for BARCELONA, a new mixed-use development on the Mediterranean coast of Beirut, Lebanon at the Ramlet El Bayda waterfront. Spanning 18,000 square meters, the project will serve as âa new gastronomic experience, embracing the Mediterranean from a remarkable vantage point,â through a clustered development featuring restaurants, coffee shops, lounges, and event spaces.
![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data ![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data ![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data âThe project derives inspiration from Barcelona city, in its materiality, tactility, and the relationship between space and gastronomical experiences,â explained the architects, and it will stretch across the waterfront in terraced layers. ![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data ![]() Courtesy of Built by Associative Data (BAD) ![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data ![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data As a âcreative interpretation of a social venue,â the project will showcase varying restaurant identities in customized lobby spaces. ![]() Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data News via: BAD.Built by Associative Data ![]() © Leonardo Finotti
![]() © Leonardo Finotti From the architect. Dwell between the countryside and the beach To inhabit the binomial countryside-beach entails dialogs between uses and customs intuitively disparate. Far enough away from the city but yet influenced by it, the new maritime 'chacras' combine opposites in coexistence: from the summer enjoyment to the winter gathering, from the sophistication of the beach meeting to the simplicity of country life. Conjugation of landscapes and practices: field and lagoon, beach and sea. ![]() © Leonardo Finotti ![]() Floor Plan ![]() © Leonardo Finotti Remote Landscapes To build in far away territories from the surroundings in which we usually live is a great challenge. Remoteness not as a limit but as a possibility, as a value, as a generator of fields and conditions. Remote landscapes confronts us with the awareness of immenseness. It puts us in our role in reality. ![]() © Leonardo Finotti Prefab In landscapes of high natural value, it is fundamental to respect their original condition and so it is essential a reversibility condition. Prefabrication allows us to work with industrialized materials that enable high-precision processes. Thus amortizing the impact of construction on the ground, minimizing waste, staff in situ and displacement: a perfect combination of nature and industry. ![]() © Leonardo Finotti ![]() Section ![]() © Leonardo Finotti Eppur si muove! Houses do not move. They are made of heavy materials, put together with mortar, concrete must be used. These prejudices are hard to break, as the immobility of constructions. On the other hand, Prefab Houses are produced in a controlled environment and carefully made. They are born in a factory and taken to its final destination. Houses do not move, however... ![]() © Leonardo Finotti ![]() Morphosis Architects' Hanking Center Tower in Shenzhen, China has recently topped out, with the 62nd floor now in place. Defined by its detached core configuration, the building positions its primary core 9 meters outside its main body, connected by a series of sky bridges and braces, in order to increase flexibility and light penetration into the floor plate. Two secondary cores in the body of the building provide structural reinforcement and house private elevators for VIP users, as well as freight elevators and mechanical services. In an effort to serve global professionals and bring density to the suburb of Nanshan, the tower will feature flexible office space on its open floor plate, anchored by high-end retail and dining.
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Moreover, the separation of the core from the main portion of the building will allow for âa public to private gradient of activity on each floorplate, as tenants move from circulation and social spaces around the core to quitter perimeter offices with panoramic views.â ![]() © Morphosis Architects ![]() © Morphosis Architects ![]() © Luxigon At the ground level, a grand plaza and âdimensional hardscapeâ will support public activity. Similarly, glazed lobbies and sky gardens will be located throughout the building, with one for every five floors, in order to create communal hubs for tenants. ![]() © Luxigon ![]() © Luxigon ![]() © Morphosis Architects Upon completion, the building will be the tallest steel building in China, as well as the tallest detached core building in the world. Hanking Center Tower is projected to open in 2018. News via: Morphosis Architects. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora
![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora From the architect. The plan to design a winery for top quality wines was developed in Paraje Altamira, in the district of San Carlos at 130 km to the south of Mendoza city. Located at 1100msnm, Paraje Altamira is surrounded by vineyards and it is placed in the heart of Valle de Uco at the foot of the Andes Mountains. The area, which has been recognized worldwide, is ideal for wine growing because of the spectacular natural setting. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora Within this context, wine tourism has gained great importance not only for the industry but also for its tourism. The spillover effect is that in some basic rural areas, new activities and infrastructure related to the wine industry have begun to emerge. Hotels, local gastronomy, real estate developments are exploring the limits of creativity to offer visitors new and original ways of exploring the fascinating world of wines and the virtues of the surrounding areas. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The architectural proposal responds to two essential objectives: on the one hand, a building which is functional to the agronomical needs together with the enological aspect always following the strict technical and operational requirements that the process of high quality wine making demands. And on the other hand, the touristic aspect, where the visitor plays a leading role and together with the impressive landscape makes everything possible. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The Zuccardi Winery itself is a tribute to the solemn and austere Andes Mountains, which define the weather and the soil of the region. The building emerges directly from the soil and becomes part of the mountain, seeking integration and visual balance which do not affect the landscape. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora From the productive point of view, the winery is designed on a strong axis which links all the operating areas of the winery. It is similar to a backbone which is repeated on the three levels. The basement holds the wine vats, the ground floor contains all the productive process and the lab, the administration area and the tanks gateways are on the first floor. ![]() Floor Plan The production system takes place through gravity. The grapes enter from the harvest area. Then, it follows a rigorous process of double selection. Next, it is deposited in big barrels that are raised and transported to the tank mouth to be deposited there. After that, the fermentation process starts. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The process is distributed in a U shape and it is organized around a big central terrace which guarantees a comfortable and agile operation, safe from the rigorous weather conditions of the area. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The winery is almost completely made in reinforced concrete in sight, exploring different finishes. Big slopes of hydro washed cyclopean (with great rocks) concrete, with local sand and gravel, emerge from the ground with a tectonic strength. Heavy and robust volumes look like bodies emerging from the surface, showing the features of the ground as a way to express its own identity. The use of local elements, such as sand and water from the Tunuyán River, was prioritized. The human resources and local workforce was also part of the plan. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The main building surfaces from the ground exposing the long truncated cone shaped wine vats. These vats are the result of years of experience from the team of enologists. They were made of precast concrete. All the internal area, the surroundings and the equipment were solved with the same material giving it an homogeneous look, where soft strategic light lines fill the walls with a lively and natural brightness. This effect leaves the vats and the space exposed as if it were a cave where the vessels have always been but now, they have only been uncovered. The idea is to transmit that the winery is an extension of the vineyard. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora Between the structural walls emerges a metallic dome, which represents the universal and the eternal. The dome highlights the special conditions of the place, reflecting the light of the sun and the sky at different times of the day in this mountainous landscape. Inside the building, there is a succession of wine storage and wine tasting areas, which represent the passage of times and the projection into the future. Under the dome, a metal work of art, made by Guillermo Rigattieri, is suspended on the air. This work represents the seed, which is the origin and the potential of the future. ![]() Elevation As you go through the winery, you get to understand the concept and it invites you to discover every corner of it. From the moment you approach the tall and majestic external walls and as you go through the interior and discover the different spaces which show the interplay of light, the changes of temperatures, the silence and the echoes, you feel at awe. All of these features allow the visitor to experience the enological process and get seduced by the attractive and mystic fantasy of the wine making process. Without this experience it is impossible to understand it or feel it. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora Making wines that respect the identity of the area is a unique activity, which results from a research and development process. It implies a great commitment and passion not only in the vineyards but also in the winery. It is an activity that mainly seeks to understand the place and its unique and unrepeatable characteristics. Science and art together turns into the magic of wine. Following these premises, the design is a mirror to its duality, the technical aspect and the place conjugated with feelings gives us a memorable experience. ![]() Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora ![]() more than a bridge: FOH proposes a walkway and amphitheatre for ireland's bustling capital city. The post FOH imagines a curving amphitheatre + bridge in the heart of dublin's docklands appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. ![]() at the first sign of seismic activity, the building effectively breaks apart to reduce the impact of destruction. The post margot krasojevic envisions dynamic seismic hotel in italy 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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