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Housing 137
Designer: H Arquitectes
Location: Granollers, Barcelona
Image Credits: Starpestudi
The three façades become one skin that, through the continuous treatment of the stone in ground floor and in the shutters of the openings, unifies the volume and so much one characteristic of the historical centres consolidates the command of the plenum about the gap. The only exceptions in this dark uniform and massive treatment will be the wide openings of the commercial premises in the ground floor and the terraces that, treated with dyed wood, will reflect in façade the inner distribution crossed of the houses and will allow that all they have visual relationship with the square and the façade of the church.
→ archinect.com
Posted: 02/08/2010
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Charred Cedar House
Designer: naf architect & design
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Image Credits: Noriyuki Yano / Nacasa & Partners
Fence made of charred cedar shields three sides of the plot to save the privacy; east side from an adjacent house, north and south side from public parking where cars come and go around the clock. West side of the house borders directly nostalgic street of traditional houses and brewery warehouses of white stucco. The house remains open to the street to blend in the scene although trees may be planted in the future.
→ archdaily.com
Posted: 02/07/2010
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ROM
Designer: AllesWirdGutt
Location: St. Mergareten, Eisenstadt, Austria
The intervention upgraded the site by setting new accessibilities and several public installations. The natural qualities of this open-air auditorium are now enhanced with the overlaying artificial morphology designed by AWG, providing an overwhelming environment for the nighttime musical events that take place during the Summer season.
→ eng-abarrigadeumarquitecto.blogspot.com
Posted: 02/06/2010
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Taipei Pop Music Center
Designer: Studio Gang (with J.J. Pan and Partners, Taiwan)
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
The building consists of two primary venues: the Oculus and the Indoor Main Hall. The Oculus accommodates 13,000 fans under a giant void that opens to the sky. This opening absorbs sound and draws out heat through stack-effect ventilation, optimizing both acoustic and thermal conditions in a semi-outdoor environment, and creating a one-of-a-kind venue that is ideal for large-scale pop music concerts.
→ bustler.net
Posted: 02/05/2010
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Night Lights
Designer: YesYesNo, The Church, Inside Out Productions, Electric Canvas
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
In this installation, YesYesNo teamed up with The Church, Inside Out Productions and Electric Canvas to turn the Auckland Ferry Building into an interactive playground. Our job was to create an installation that would go beyond merely projection on buildings and allow viewers to become performers, by taking their body movements and amplifying them 5 stories tall.
→ archinect.com
Posted: 02/03/2010
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