Residence in Voula - Mplusm

December 16, 2013, 4:14 am

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In this new residence, an oblong site with a downward slope towards the road is divided lengthwise into two strips, emphasizing the oblong form. With this linear distribution of space a clear distinction is made between living and service zones. The entrance forms a transverse element in the narrower of the two zones– a three-storey space where the linear stairs are lit from above and narrow slits between metal louvers offer glimpses towards the swimming pool. Immediately adjacent to this is an open-plan zone with the living-dining and kitchen functions that is open at its ends towards the gardens. Above the dining area, a void mediates between the two children’s rooms on the first floor. The master bedroom is located on the second floor with an extensive terrace that spreads out to the front along its entire width. Its set-back in relation to the children’s room helps to distance it from the street, creating a retreat whose privacy is emphasized by the slender metal louvers rising from the floor below.

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Ηill house - paan architects

November 28, 2013, 7:17 am

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The plot is situated in the suburb of Dionisos on the foot of the Pendeli Mountain. A beautiful pine forest and a fine carpet of Mediterranean shrubbery colored the site. Unfortunately in the big fire of Athens 2008 the site was completely burned and today the house looks quite naked without its context.

Our aim was to intervene to the site in a sensitive way and maintain the outmost respect for the natural surroundings. The first thing we noticed was a natural clearing between the different clusters of trees. The articulated volume reflects the character of that clearing and the lot. The house mimics the landscape and tries to camouflage itself becoming the extrusion of that clearing, a hill.

By considering the building as a solid mass and incorporating the roof in to the walls we minimize the archetype of the object-house. The monolithic and earthy character is emphasized by the use of rough brick as the sole material to clad the exterior surfaces. The brick was also an answer to our clients wish for a low maintenance and natural facade material. The inclinations of the roof result from the solar studies in order to achieve maximum shading in the summer and sun exposure in the winter. The ceilings inside the house follow the inclinations of the roof and create unique experiences in every room. Single and double high spaces interchange to complement the total experience of the interior. Parts of the volume are subtracted creating voids that define in between spaces, blur the limits and create new relations. In vs. out, enclosed vs. open, intimate vs. public vs. private, high vs. low, light vs. dark.

The house is also designed to have a minimum energy footprint. A combination of systems are applied that use solar energy for heating and an air to water heat pump for cooling. Black and grey water as well as the rainwater are treated and purified in a bio cleaning tank and then reused for irrigation. The energy demands are reduced significantly by the continuous external insulation layer just underneath the façade bricks. The combination of that external layer of insulation and the fact that the bricks are placed on their short side required a complex and particular construction detail for attaching the bricks to the concrete structure without damaging the insulation.

The whole design of the house was based on the lush and green character that the site originally had. In the fire the house was half completed and major works had to be done from the beginning. Today the owners are striving to recreate the natural environment of the lot and finally live inside the hill on the clearing between the trees.

Design date: 2007
Construction date: 2008-2011
Site Area: 785,78 sq.m.
Total Surface: 229,04 sq.m.

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Ordination Vienna Woods - juri troy architects

December 19, 2013, 7:55 am

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Not far from the Viennese boarder – in between the Wien River and the Wiener Street as well as in close proximity to Josef Hoffmann’s well-known sanatorium dating from 1905 – lies the Wienerwald surgery. The three-story high solid building accommodates three apartments in the top floor, which are illuminated by means of cut in terraces.

The ground floor is entirely reserved for the surgery. The entire surface area of 250m2 is solely structured by birch wood furniture that is 2,1m high. Approximately 280 birch logs enclose the surrounding glass facade. These serve as a sight- and solar protection and create a pleasant working environment. By means of a birch grove in the generously designed garden the same atmosphere is expanded into the exterior.

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Riuso Mazzoleni - PBEB Architetti-Paolo Belloni-Elena Brazís, Angelo Colleoni

December 13, 2013, 6:28 am

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10 PAROLE CHIAVE PER LA NUOVA MAZZOLENI 1- RIUSOLA CRESCENTE SENSIBILITÀ AMBIENTALE e la crisi economica corrente ci spingono sempre più verso politiche di contenimento e razionalizzazione dell’esistente. I nostri territori sono punteggiati da veri e propri RELITTI DEL TESSUTO PRODUTTIVO. Questi relitti ci raccontano di una storia importante e gloriosa e seppur nella loro condizione di fatiscenza ed abbandono, rappresentano una importante testimonianza di questo percorso. Dobbiamo imparare ad accettare, apprezzare e valorizzare questi relitti. Il mantenimento degli edifici esistenti permette il contenimento di risorse da investire e la riduzione dei materiali da smaltire. QUINDI…PERCHÈNON DEMOLIRE? Perché ogni azione di demolizione con ricostruzione rappresenta UNA METODOLOGIA AMPIAMENTE DISSIPATIVA; per garantire la VALORIZZAZIONE DELLA MEMORIA STORICA; per evitare di produrre un’enorme quantità di macerie che andrebbero trasportate a discarica con un AGGRAVIO“AMBIENTALE”…

2 – CONNESSIONI URBANE E SISTEMA DEI PARCHEGGI La possibilità di pensare alla FERROVIA COME LINEA DI METROPOLITANA DI SUPERFICIE rappresenta un’importante risorsa che connette questa porzione di città ad un network di servizi e luoghi importanti nel territorio: Aeroporto, Fiera, Centro della città di Bergamo, Nuovo Ospedale. Anche la vicinanza dell’uscita dell’autostrada e della circonvallazione sud fanno di quest’area un luogo facilmente raggiungibile che permette di pensare ad una scala sovracomunale dal punto di vista dell’insediamento di alcune funzioni. Possiamo pensare ad un pezzo di città dove l’automobile e più in generale i mezzi privati, accedono esclusivamente per raggiungere depositi interrati (box e parcheggi pubblici) o in caso di bisogno (mezzi di soccorso). E’ un quartiere aperto, permeabile dall’esterno.

3 – SPAZIO PUBBLICO E NUOVO PAESAGGIO Il progetto propone UN NUOVO PAESAGGIO. Un luogo nel quale lo spazio pubblico, lo spazio di connessione e le modalità con le quali si prevede che venga vissuto possano veramente offrire una nuova prospettiva di spazio urbano all’interno del tessuto di questa parte di città. LA PAROLA PAESAGGIOÈDIVENTATA SINONIMO DI SPERANZA, la promessa di UN NUOVO EQUILIBRIO TRA UOMO E NATURA. La vecchia fabbrica chimica, trasformata successivamente in un luogo per la lavorazione dell’acciaio, diventa il SIMBOLO DELLA SOSTENIBILITÀ E DI UN NUOVO CONCETTO DI ABITARE.

4 – SOSTENIBILITA’ Il tema della sostenibilità rappresenta di fatto la linea guida di tutto l’intervento: sostenibilità energetica; sostenibilità ambientale; sostenibilità della qualità di vita, (Orti, Frutteto, Urban Farms…); sostenibilità economica; sostenibilità culturale. La decisione “strategica” di non demolire gli edifici esistenti rappresenta di fatto la scelta emblematica di un approccio di sostenibilità che ha guidato il progetto. Gli edifici esistenti “contengono” una quantità enorme di energia e di materia. L’impostazione di un modello “km 0” dove si incentiva una vicinanza del rapporto luogo dell’abitare, luogo del lavoro, luogo per la famiglia ed il tempo libero è un ulteriore fattore di incremento della sostenibilità. Un obiettivo fondamentale nel progetto e che ha guidato anche l’impostazione della parte impiantistica è rappresentato dalla flessibilità delle destinazioni d’uso e nella modularità nella realizzazione degli interventi. Gli edifici verranno infatti “colonizzati” gradualmente in relazione alle richieste del mercato.

5 – LAVORO– NUOVI MODI DI LAVORARE/NUOVI MODI DI ABITARE La complessità e l’eterogeneità funzionale costituiscono una grande risorsa perché permettono ad una porzione di città di essere vissuta nell’intero arco della giornata, evitando così i quartieri monofunzionali ad orari che lasciano i luoghi deserti o sottoutilizzati per intere porzioni della giornata, della notte o della settimana. AL PIANO TERRA saranno previsti spazi per l’attività commerciale, spazi di lavoro temporaneo, laboratori artigianali. AL LIVELLO PRIMO E SECONDO saranno invece collocati studi, uffici, luoghi per il co-working ma soprattutto residenze con attici, giardini pensili, orti e strutture di servizio comune. Strategico nel progetto di riqualificazione è quindi il riutilizzo delle coperture. Sono inoltre presenti edifici particolari che potranno essere riutilizzati per realizzare strutture di servizio al quartiere e all’intero territorio: un mercato coperto che può diventare uno spazio per lo sport, spazi per le arti e il tempo libero…

6 – IBRIDAZIONE Ci immaginiamo una vita fatta di uffici, residenze, negozi, studi professionali, locali, piccole attività commerciali al dettaglio che interagiscono con luoghi del lavoro che necessitano di piccole o grandi superfici. Laboratori di ricerca, edifici di servizio per il vicinato: la piccola palestra, l’asilo nido, la banca, la chiesa, la piazza, i luoghi di lettura e di gioco per i bambini. Il modello di insediamento che si propone PRESUPPONE LA COSTRUZIONE DI FORTI SINERGIE TRA PUBBLICO E PRIVATO. La costruzione di tali sinergie è peraltro oggi l’unica strada percorribile per ipotizzare di costruire una porzione di città che realmente funzioni e che sia sostenibile sotto ogni aspetto non ultimo quello economico.

7 – TEMPO / FASI REALIZZATIVE E’ necessario un progetto flessibile che permetta una gestione molto aperta nel tempo. Il progetto architettonico deve derivare da una strategia in grado di rendere possibile una riqualificazione architettonica come risposta ad esigenze di carattere funzionale. Un annullamento del fattore tempo e la sostituzione ex-novo di interi tasselli urbani produce porzioni di città anonime ed asettiche, oltre che inadeguate alle dinamiche del mercato dell’edilizia attuale. Il progetto architettonico deve derivare da una strategia in grado di rendere possibile una riqualificazione architettonica come risposta ad esigenze di carattere funzionale, che prevede una gradualità di interventi per fasi successive nel tempo che permettano, già dall’inizio, di avere a disposizione aree e spazi fruibili.

8 – REDDITIVITA’ E SOSTENIBILITA’ ECONOMICA Questo progetto presuppone anche UN NUOVO MODELLO ECONOMICO che deve essere fortemente evoluto e articolato sulla base delle funzioni e delle comunità. I MODELLI DI RIFERIMENTO SONO QUINDI QUELLI DELLA PRODUZIONE CULTURALE, DEGLI SHOPPING MALL, DEI DISTRETTI E DEGLI SPAZI DI COWORKING, NEI QUALI SI INTRECCIANO DIVERSI SISTEMI DI TARIFFAZIONE CON FLATFEES, SUCCESS FEE E DIVERSI MODELLI DI CO-INVESTIMENTO (RILASCIO DI STRUTTURE GREZZE, ATTREZZATE, MODULARI, ETC…). PER ALCUNI UTENTI, CAPACI DI ATTRARRE FLUSSI COERENTI CON IL PROGETTO, SI POSSONO IMMAGINARE MODELLI DI ATTRAZIONE PARTICOLARMENTE AGGRESSIVI.

foto by Fotoberg

9 – INCREMENTO“ZERO” L’ideologia dello spazio aperto e degli edifici isolati nel verde ha prodotto periferie urbane destrutturate e prive di quel rapporto tra costruito e spazio pubblico che da sempre è il fattore determinante nel funzionamento della città. La cittàè uno spazio di relazioni, denso di funzioni dove la prossimità costituisce il fattore in grado di dare vita allo spazio aperto. La città viva è la città densa e compatta.

10 – INTERDISCIPLINARIETA’ Il progetto sperimenta quelle dinamiche che dovranno guidare i contenuti stessi di una possibile realizzazione basata su un forte rapporto di interdisciplinarietà e ha visto la collaborazione di numerosi esperti per gli aspetti di sostenibilità ed impiantistici, di verifica preliminare delle strutture, per la verifica sulla salubrità dei luoghi, per la progettazione del paesaggio, per la definizione delle nuove forme dell’abitare e del lavoro per gli strumenti della comunicazione…..

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Studio Posehuset - Svendborg Architects

December 18, 2013, 7:46 am

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We chose to preserve the old building with its fine plastered walls and contrasting by adding a single element,-an element which is covered with the same material – black anodized aluminium plates – on facades and roof.  By using reflective surfaces inside the studio we have worked with the reflection of images and light in an attempt to “bring the view down into the studio” So a kind optical space – a house which works as a street mirror.  The new element is one homogeneous element in contrast to the white plastered facades of the old house.   The project is both contextual and innovative. In its shape and colour it blends in with the existing farmhouses. At the same time the studio offers new spatial feeling and qualities due to its small innovative solutions. 
As the client says: “walking into this space makes me feel more free and think better”

Photo: Ole Hein. Published on December 18, 2013.

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Summer House in Andros - Katerina Tsigarida Architects

December 16, 2013, 7:18 am

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Located on the rough rocky mountains of Andros Island, this summer house has a view towards the port and the other islands in the Aegean Sea. The house is divided into four individual single-storey buildings, each with patios and covered courtyards sitting on terraces cut into the site’s steep slope. The dislocated character of the house imposed by the constraints of the site provides practical advantages for the design. The two guest houses benefit from the autonomy and privacy afforded by their separation from the principal buildings of the main residence. The buildings are situated to protect the open and semi-covered spaces from north winds.

Photo: Y. Yerolymbos. Published on December 16, 2013.

The house’s character is similar to the island’s typical dwellings – a single space surrounded by massive stone walls. In plan, the four buildings are placed linearly on an axis. The first building on the east side of the site is the main residence, consisting of the bedroom and the living room in a single open space divided by a level change and a closet. The next building towards the west contains the kitchen and the bathroom of the main residence. The two guest houses, on a level above the rest of the complex, are accessed by a narrow stone staircase. The buildings adopt the vernacular system in constructional as well as formal principles – exposed load-bearing walls made of local stone and containing small openings. Floors are paved with square schist tiles, and the rooftops are constructed with successive layers of wooden beams, concrete slab, insulation and local stone.

Location: «Charakas», Gavrio, Andros, Cyclades
Design: 2001
Construction: 2003-2004
Total area: 200 sqm

Photo: Y. Yerolymbos. Published on December 16, 2013.

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Pope John Paul II Hall - Saša Randić, Idis Turato

December 16, 2013, 5:36 am

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The Church of Our Lady of Trsat is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Croatia. According to the legend, angels transferred the Nazareth Tabernacle of the Holy Family to Trsat on 10 May 1291 where it remained until 1294 when angels transferred it to Loreto, Italy.

The first church was built at the end of the 13th century, and in the 15th century a new church and the Franciscan monastery were constructed. It was enlarged and re-constructed several times since.

The idea to ad a Great Hall building to the complex is connected with the Pope’s visit to Rijeka. At the beginning of June 2003 Pope John Paul II has arrived in Croatia for the third time. Being only the second Pope to visit Croatia (the first, Alexander III has been shipwrecked in 12th century), his visits had a broader social significance.

During his stay in Rijeka he has visited the Trsat church for a private prayer, and has on that occasion blessed the construction of the Monastery’s new building that would serve the pilgrims and house cultural activities of the monastery. The new building is situated by the eastern wall, where were previously located service buildings. With this reconstruction a new major entrance for the pilgrims has been created at that part, and in order to accommodate the pedestrian flow the whole wall has been recessed creating a new public walk on the outside.

The new construction consists of two elements: a generic volume of the hall and a columned portico that is creating a new public square within the monastery. The Hall is cladded in a single terracotta-brick surface with a pixelized structure created by the changing gap between the elements, bringing the light in the hall.

The portico is supported with a series of short concrete walls, whose functional use was recognized during the 15 August pilgrimage in 2007, when these spaces have been used for confessions.

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Black Wood House in Normandy - Marchi Architectes

December 18, 2013, 2:16 am

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The client wanted to move the living spaces to a more open and transparent spaces, in order to free some spaces in the old house. A unique volume is set up, arranging kitchen, living and dining room. From the interior, wide views are offered on the garden and on landscape. The extension is connected to the existing house as a structurally light volume, as not to overload the foundations. The project is minimal: the volume is integrated in the surrounding, partially recessed in the topography of the ground as to stands lower than the street level. The dark timber cladding plays with light and shadows so that the extension disappears in the shade of the forest around.

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Primitive Hut - Katerina Tsigarida Architects

December 16, 2013, 7:55 am

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The primitive hut is located on the eastern side of Mount Pelion, on top of a vast rock rising from the sea. Olive trees cover the greater site. The pre-existing small hut used to provide a seasonal shelter for the local workers during the harvest.

The complex designed consists of small structures, covered terraces, thresholds, verandas, a swimming pool, paths and low walls, all scattered on the dramatic landscape overlooking the Aegean Sea, unobtrusively organizing space.

The intervention aimed to be as mild and as discreet as possible. The main building is a small studio house resting on the rock and built out of local stone. This is linked with a small kitchen via a covered path. The veranda reaches to the rock’s edge, where it eventually fades out. The old hut is converted to a small guesthouse.

The structural simplicity and the cross-scaled unity of materials, from large-scale architectural gestures to small-scale domestic furnishing, complement it to the natural surroundings. Furthermore, the geometric coherence from inside to outside and vice versa is achieved with the use of successive openings along the main axis, while large stone paving and pathways attain the mild transition from natural rock to the built result.

Design Date: 1998
Construction Date: 1998-2000
Total floor area: 100 m2

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Green Edge House - mA-style architects

December 17, 2013, 2:01 am

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There was the building site on a gently sloping hill.It is land for sale by the lot made by recent land adjustment here.The land carries the mountains on its back in the north side and has the rich scenery which can overlook city in the south side.However, it was hard to feel the characteristic of the land because it was a residential area lined with houses here.Consideration to the privacy for the neighborhood was necessary in a design here because it was a residential area. Therefore at first I imagined a house with an inner court having a courtyard.However, indoor privacy is not kept in the architecture around the courtyard. In addition, light and the air are hard to circulate, too.Therefore I wanted to make a house with an inner court having a vague partition.

At first I float an outer wall of 2,435mm in height 800mm by Chianti lever from the ground.
I make a floating wall by doing it this way.While a floating wall of this simple structure disturbs the eyes from the neighborhood, I take in light and air.A green edge is completed when I place trees and a plant along this floating wall.That’s why I called the house “Green edge”.The green edge that was a borderland kept it intact and located a living room or a bedroom, the place equipped with a water supply for couples in the center of the court.Then a green edge comes to snuggle up when in the indoor space even if wherever.In addition, I planned it so that nature could affect it with a person equally by assuming it a one-story house.

A green edge and the floating wall surrounded the house, but considered it to connect space while showing an internal and external border by using the clear glass for materials. The transparency of the glass weakens consciousness to partition off the inside and outside.

Then the green edge becomes the vague domain without the border. The vagueness brings a feeling of opening in the space.In addition, the floating obstacle that made the standard of a body and the life function in a standard succeeds for the operation of the eyes of people.

It is like opening, and a green edge and the floating wall produce space with the transparency while being surrounded.The space changes the quality with the four seasons, too.
This house where the change of the four seasons was felt with a body became the new house with an inner court which expressed the non-functional richness.

The green edge house does not change the inside and outside definitely.
There is the approach in migratory of green edge and the floating wall. The green edge along the floating wall is the gray area that operated space and a function from a human physical standard and the standard of the life function.I arrange the opening to a physical standard.Act in itself to pass through the floating wall becomes the positioning of the approach as psychological recognition.

In the Green edge house, various standards make mutual relations each and operate space.
For example, as the human physical dimension, standing is 1500-1800mm, and sitting is 820-990mm. On the other hand, as the human working dimension, 750-850mm on the desk, and 730-750mm in the washstand are normally scale.From the module that such a human physical standard and the standard of the life function, floating wall was set with 650mm from the floor, 800mm from the ground.By doing so, I created the domains where the eyes of the people does not cross of inside and outside. It leads to a feeling of opening for the living people.The floating wall shows an internal and external border. On the other hand, transparency of the glass weakens internal and external difference.With the operation of the standard, and it raises excursion characteristics not to toe the mark.

The green edge house is the house which was rich in the variety that balance of the space was planned by a building and a physical standard.

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Antiparos Katikia 1 - VOIS architects

December 5, 2013, 6:55 am

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The residence is located at the “valley” of Antiparos, surrounded by an environment of agricultural character, gentle topography, sparse buildings of small scale, natural vegetation coexisting with crops of olives and vines. This is a reconstruction of the traditional building type of “katikia” with respect to the natural environment and traditions of the island.

Photo by Yiorgos Kordakis. Published on December 05, 2013.

The house evolved from the ruins of an elongated farm house, a layout knows as known as traditional “katikia”, placed on the edge of the plot at the top of a small hill. The interior of the “katikia” was composed of small individual single room, each for every different function, according to the needs of its residents. The basic methodology was the preservation and evolution of this traditional typology in order to provide an architectural product of “history and memory” while serving the modern aesthetics, serving the needs of the owner and the contemporary “rural” everyday life.

Photo by Yiorgos Kordakis. Published on December 05, 2013.

One could describe it as small, simple, low, modest, rough, vernacular, a house that remains close to earth and embraces its users. These elements provide with a sense of tranquillity and develop a simple lifestyle that covers basic needs. In this context, the plans were adapted on the existing premises and retained basic elements of traditional architecture, like the exterior oven, the small openings, the recesses in the trowelled plaster, the small heights, the thickness of the walls, the stone gutters, and of course “simple traditional” materials.

Photo by Yiorgos Kordakis. Published on December 05, 2013.

At first glance, the house is characterizedby the “stone masonry”, which consists of the existing stones of “katikia”, integrating perfectly into the natural “dry” landscape of the island. The masonry evolves to internal paddock that embraces the exterior “protected” yard of the house, highlighting the white plastered volume that hosts the kitchen and living room. A free- standing stone wall in conjunction with the stone building of the bedroom creates a seating area framing the natural topography of the northwest side of the valley. Raw wood, smooth cement and recesses of the interior walls replace regular cabinets and are the key elements of the aesthetics. Inside and out, the house is “paved” with traditional forged cement in the colour of sand, combined with traditional, white roof beams.

Photo by Yiorgos Kordakis. Published on December 05, 2013.

The simplicity and harmony of materials are amplified and supplemented by the inclusion of old marble sinks in the areas of bathrooms and kitchen, the custom made shutters separating the kitchen and living area, and by the iron casted table . These elements designate the coexistence of old and new in total harmony, preserving at the same time the small scale, being loyal to the traditional principles reconstruction. The one level layout along with the linear switch of spaces with the kitchen as a central axis and the direct connection with the bigger in size courtyard are the elements that make the house simple to use.

Photo by Yiorgos Kordakis. Published on December 05, 2013.

What make the residence so special is the proportions and dimensioning of ‘traditional’ “katikia” and make it differentiate from a modern summer residence.

Photo by Yiorgos Kordakis. Published on December 05, 2013.

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May 24, 2013, 5:58 am

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Private residence in Kokkoni

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Grace Santorini Hotel & Villa - Divercity, Mplusm

December 4, 2013, 7:55 am

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This 20-room hotel (a joint project between Divercity and Mplusm) is carved into the cliff-face 300m above Santorini’s volcanic caldera. The understated design allows this extraordinary landscape to take centre stage. The hotel provides a contemporary interpretation of vernacular architecture: economy of space, radical simplicity, and organic forms. The infinity pool’s jagged outline echoes the zigzag paths that criss-cross Santorini’s sheer terrain.

Santorini’s hotel rooms are invariably front-loaded to face the view, leaving residents exposed to passers-by. To ensure privacy, fragments of volcanic rock are positioned in the windows of four rooms, interspersed with apertures that provide glimpses to the sea. The interiors are inspired by the local natural and geological surroundings, specifically the volcano and properties of porosity. The bespoke black and white resin floor, inspired by the stone-cobbled narrow pathways (calderimia) of Cyclades, lead the guests to the room.

The space between The Villa (designed by Divercity and added to the hotel 2 yeas later) and Volcanic Spa, is articulated through a sequence of thick walls with concave openings, prismatic patterns on the floor and rock-carved furniture. The thick porous walls of the master bedroom and the Volcanic Spa are interspersed with apertures that provide glimpses from one room to another as well as the exterior view.

Total plot area: 1,033.72 m2
Total building area: 621.23 m2
Status: complete, 2010, 2012 (Villa)

Photo by Serge Detalle. Published on December 04, 2013.

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House under the oaks - juri troy architects

December 19, 2013, 6:50 am

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The house under the oaks is a low budget passive house concept developed for an Austrian family. With a minimum footprint and a wide outstretching wooden box on six columns it offers a living area of about 100 m2.

The whole structure was done in prefabricated timber with all ecological wood wool insulation of up to 60 cm. The interior is done all in local wood as well with a simple white pigmented oil cover. A heat pump with ground collector, a controlled ventilation system with heat exchange and photovoltaic panels on the roof offer a perfect energy concept with a minimum of required external energy – which is provided by eco electricity.

Like this it is a new prototype for affordable living on minimal energy standard in Austria.

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1.14 The Kite - C+S Architects

December 22, 2013, 1:51 am

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1.14 is a team, a group of people, who work to support families taking care of their children.

Night view from the garden

Photo by Pietro Savorelli. Published on December 22, 2013.

During the winter, they work helping in schools with homework and activities, in summer they work in their own structure engaging in sport, art and drama.

The entrance

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The kite we designed for 1.14 is a shelter which creates a shadow under which a series of different spaces can be activated for different purposes: among them the kite is the main shelter, which protects from the summer heat and is divided in two parts, one for the nursery and the other for the elder children. A series of art labs, two swimming pools and sand playgrounds complete the landscape.

A view from the garden

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The kite is enriched by color and matter.

The north elevation

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

Simple and flexible open spaces are connected with the park through continuous sliding glazed doors.

South view from the garden

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The kite is a concrete made shelter, cross-sectioned and folded by a street, a training path which connects the spaces all together and reaches the swimming pool at the very top of the park.

The model

The concrete structure, which coincides with the form of the building produces the ideal conditions for the summer conditioning, without the necessity of any mechanical installations.

Detail of the 'kite' hole

Photo by Pietro Savorelli. Published on December 22, 2013.

The photovoltaic system enables to heat the water of the swimming pools.

Sketch of the 'kite' hole

Side entrance from the garden

Photo by Pietro Savorelli. Published on December 22, 2013.

Detail of the 'kite' hole

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The 'kite' roof

Photo by Pietro Savorelli. Published on December 22, 2013.

View from the garden

Photo by Pietro Savorelli. Published on December 22, 2013.

Diagrams

The interior

Photo by Pietro Savorelli. Published on December 22, 2013.

The swimming pool service spaces

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The swimming pool

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The swimming pool

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The concrete wall at the entrance

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

The entrance of the school complex

Photo by Alessandra Bello. Published on December 22, 2013.

Sections and elevations

The concept sketch

The site plan

Alix and the white rabbit look at the kite

Illustration by Valentina Cocco. Published on December 22, 2013.

Alix captures the 'kite'

Illustration by Valentina Cocco. Published on December 22, 2013.

Alix and the White Rabbit build the school centre

Illustration by Valentina Cocco. Published on December 22, 2013.

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House in Iporanga - Nitsche Arquitetos Associados

December 20, 2013, 8:30 am

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Iporanga House, is located in Iporanga, a condominium for summer houses on Sao Paulo’s coast, approximately 120km east from the capital. This condo is inside a very well preserved and protected area of the original Atlantic rainforest. The exuberance of this native forest made the client request a house that would occupy as little as possible of the ground surface. But he also wanted it to be large and comfortable, and asked for 5 suites: one for the couple, one for each of his 3 sons, and one for guests. This required no less than 400m2 of built area. So we decided to split the program into 3 levels: a suspended volume – a wood structure for the 5 suites, so they would be at the same level as the tree tops; a plan which is an elevated concrete slab to house all social activities, including living and dining rooms, the kitchen and the swimming pool; and underneath it, on ground level, a small enclosed space for services—the caretakers’ quarters, a laundry room and a storage room/pantry.

The wood frame volume is the “private” part of the house. On the street side, it is enclosed by opaque boards made of wood and covered on both faces with a cement slad, and glass panels along with a nylon curtain. On the forest side, the bedrooms open to a common veranda with sliding doors. This overhanging volume provides shade on the slab and for the social area. The “middle” floor is almost an open space, protected on all sides by transparent glass sliding panels, so the forest is visible at all times. The intention was to minimize the difference between inside and outside space, making it all work as one integrated area.

The structural concept of the house was inspired by the typical flat, rectangular river bridges that can be found all over this coastal area. Rising from the foundation in humid soil, concrete columns support the steel beams that hold the timber frame. We tried to make the construction an assemblage of parts more than an in loco process, producing less waste at the building site, building with more agility and making more efficient use of industrialized materials.

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Bigovo House - RAUM

December 20, 2013, 3:41 am

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“Bigovo house” is a seaside family house located in Bigovo, Montenegro. As requested by the local municipality, the house had to be built on the exact place of the remains of an old Adriatic stone house, not exceeding its 60 sqm footprint.

A new house had to be “injected” into the old house volume and act as a typical one storey stone house from the road side, having no windows on the upper floor on that side of the house. Within these limited conditions, we came up with a design that offers a new understanding of local architectural heritage.

The unrevealing stone façade on the road side of the house unfolds towards the garden into a contemporary holiday home that corresponds with the local context in the most natural way.

With its double height features and open plan ground floor that expands outside for the outdoor living, a stimulating interior is created that is able to accommodate a family of four and despite a small footprint area, the house is perceived as comfy and spacious.

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Guru Bar - Klab Architecture

December 11, 2013, 7:49 am

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‘Guru Bar’ was one of the first bars to open in the central area of Psiri in Athens at a time when the neighbourhood was beginning to be transformed into a vibrant cultural area. The rebuilding of the district was intended to be a model example of urban regeneration in the period running up to and after the Olympic games however this was not to be. Although much promoted by local politicians, funding and political will dried up and these intentions for the old centre of Athens followed another route becoming progressively and unfortunately worse. Gradually it has became a ghetto of drug use and dealing, illegal immigration, prostitution and a home to all of the hidden depravities that a city tries to hide. Despite this ‘Guru Bar’ has persisted in its choice of obscure location and has managed to become one of the most fashionable bar restaurants in the city, especially among artists, actors, architects etc.

Photo: B. Louizidis. Published on December 11, 2013.

Our commission was to create an additional floor to the existing building as well as to design proposals for the jazz bar on the upper floor and for the design of the new exterior façade. We gave a great deal of consideration to the idea of duality and the transformation between day time and night time activity in the area. Our response was to create a skin of rusted steel that could become a “bunker” during the morning and open up during the night. The context of the area was a neglected urban centre and a piazza that no one knew existed. The adjacent buildings were used for light manufacture, and their condition was one of decay, mostly covered by metallic panels. We used as an influence this state in our choice of material for the surface of the façade. The rusting material of our façade is a metaphor for the transformation in a deteriorating phase.

Photo: B. Louizidis. Published on December 11, 2013.

The building is also transformational with the kinetic movement of steel plates that open to form window shutters and doors. By the use of different hydraulic actuators simple moves of the steel plates in the façade change the building from something completely closed to become something quite open.

Photo: B. Louizidis. Published on December 11, 2013.

For the design of the interior of the jazz bar our philosophy was to use the simplicity of improvised jazz music, cutting away at the darkness like urban archaeologists revealing the old structure and by using elements of the previous use we secured the continuity of the use of the space. Low budget can always been inspiring.

Location: Psiri, Athens, Greece
Built Area: 750m²
Completion: 2008

Photo: B. Louizidis. Published on December 11, 2013.

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Five Houses Condominium Bernarda Luiz - Nitsche Arquitetos Associados

December 20, 2013, 9:02 am

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The Bernarda Luiz house condominium was conceived to conciliate the tranquility, security and cosiness of a village with the exclusivity and privacy of an isolated house.

The houses where carefully disposed on the plot to ensure that all of them could have a central garden and balconies related to it. With this concept all the compartments have light and natural ventilation.

The roof top works as an wide terrace with a magnificient view to the neighborhood- Alto de Pinheiros. At the underground there is a common area with access to a nice garden and a swimming pool.

Instead of repeating five similar houses we decide to Project/design all different, according to its different position and also to amplify the possibilities of choice of the future owner. Visually the condominium harmony was defined by a single volumetric and façade panels with different dimension, color and situation.

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Zentral und Landesbibliothek Berlin - KohlmayerOberst Architekten, Glück Landschaftsarchitektur

December 18, 2013, 7:56 am

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KohlmayerOberst Architekten, Stuttgart
Landschaftsarchitekten: Glück Landschaftsarchitektur, Stuttgart
TGA: Krawinkel Ingenieure, Krefeld
Tragwerksplaner: Ingenieurteam Bergmeister, Vahrn

Photo: H.-J. Wuthenow. Published on December 18, 2013.

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