A shopping mall by WOHA in Bugis, Singapore worth a look for an architectural exploration. The spatial effect is really overwhelming and luxury but the design elements is filled with fluidness.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Container City
"Containers are an extremely flexible method of construction, being both modular in shape, extremely strong structurally and readily available. Container Cities offer an alternative solution to traditional space provision. They are ideal for office and workspace, live-work and key-worker housing." to find out more...
Passage via http://www.containercity.com/
Green Living - Cargo Containers Recycling by DeMaria Design Associates
"This project is a Recycled Steel Shipping Container based building that also employs a combination of conventional stick frame construction and prefabricated assemblies. These materials result in an end product that is affordable and nearly indestructable. The modified containers are mold proof, fire proof, termite proof, structurally superior to wood framing and along with various other “components” come together to create a system/kit of parts that is predicated on cost savings, construction timesavings, and energy/environmentally conscious priorities. Seventy percent of the building is efficiently created/assembled in a controlled shop environment where quality construction and fabrication are the highest priority." to find out more...
Passage and Image via http://demariadesign.com/1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=27
Monday, March 15, 2010
100 11th Avenue by Jean Nouvel
"The building's gently curving curtain wall of different sized panes of colorless glass - each set in a unique angle and torque - will sheath one of the most meticulously customized, high performance residential addresses in the nation. This dazzling window pattern will frame splendid views from within the tower while producing an exterior texture that serves as a poetic analog for the vibrancy, density and changeability of New York City." to find out more...
Related readings :-Passage & Image from http://www.nouvelchelsea.com/about.php
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Circle at Zurich Airport by Riken Yamamoto
"One year after the kickoff of the international architectural competition for «The Circle», Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop, a Japanese architectural firm, was selected by a jury from over 90 high-calibre entries from twelve countries. The project involves an upscale complex for innovative services within walking distance of the terminals. As the next step, the draft will be further refined within the scope of a preliminary study to address the specific requirements of the owner. Subject to compliance with the specifications regarding cost-effectiveness, gestalt, and functionality, construction is scheduled to begin in 2012." to find out more...
To find out more from the official website http://www.thecircle.ch/en/home.htmlPassage and Image from http://akichiatlas.com/CircleAtZurichAirport/
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Lightmos Thonglor by Architectkidd
A fascinating design facade by architectkidd. The design is an reinterpretation of shop facade in the streets of Bangkok. to find out more...
Image via google image & http://www.contemporist.com/2009/11/23/lightmos-thonglor-by-architectkidd/Soccer City Stadium by Boogertman and Partners
"Designed by Boogertman Urban Edge and Partners in partnership with Populous the stadium in Johannesburg has undergone a major upgrade for the 2010 tournament, with a new design inspired by traditional African pottery." to find out more...
For more information of the stadium http://www.soccercity2010.co.za/
Passage & Image via
Metaxourgeio by Maynardarchitects
Interesting projects by Maynard Architects. to find out more...
Images from http://www.maynardarchitects.com/Site/houses/
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Mediating Architecture Process and Technology
"The Housing Project Villa Kulla is a new urban town with room for creativity, sustainability and temporary buildings. The Project addresses the fine thoughts described in the brief, concerning the imagination of an urban town in constant growth and change. A town where every owner is his own master. The plan is solved strategically as a game board, where rules are free, except from the technical construction principals. The Plan contains of 32 passive houses and two community houses. The Ground floor satisfies the necessary needs of a small family, on first and second floor the families are free to build whatever they like. This is where the odd houses, the roof terraces, the diversity and romance will appear. " to find out more...
Passage and Image from http://www.mapt.dk/Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Common aspects of good renderings
Good architectural visualisation is essential of conveying your intensions and ideas through the design or marketing processes. In my opinion, the basic aspects of a rendering should consist:-
1.A Strong MessageWhat is the intension of the image? What is the idea you are selling?
Is it the surrounding context with integrated architectural solution?
The form or detailing of your façade you want to illustrate?
The atmosphere or activities of the design created?
2. The DepthThe background with a sense of depth, the foreground with simple detailing and the million dollars building should be a basic composition of an image. A gradient, some clouds or buildings as background, some silhouettes, and plantings as foreground will do the job. A sense of dimension should exist.
3. The Color and TextureThe mood and feel of the rendering is like a potion of love of an illustration.
4. The Light and ShadowWithout any color and texture, the light and shadow of an image can construct a sense of depth, a sense of material and even the mood of an image. How you direct your light is as if how you convey your message.
5. The Eye flowThe composition and structuring of your content in an image shall paragraph your ideas in sequence, allowing your audience to read your ideas clearly with comfort. I suppose this to be done intentionally. Study your image after the image is completely. A final touch or checking helps a lot. Ask for opinions even.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Shanghai World Financial Center
"The recently completed Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) has bagged the award for Asia’s “Best Tall Building” of 2008.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) gave the thumbs up to SWFC not only for its excellent architectural form and design but also for the integration and use of sustainable materials in the building’s construction.
Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and developed by Mori Building Company, the 492m tall mixed use skyscraper, built at a cost of £640m, took 14 years to complete since the foundations were laid in 1997." to find out more...
Passage from http://www.luxury-insider.com/Current_Affairs/post/2008/11/13/
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Image from http://swfc-shanghai.com/
Thursday, February 04, 2010
STADSKANTOOR, NETHERLANDS, ROTTERDAM, 2009
Statement by Rem Koolhaas:-"What does Rotterdam really need?
After an impressive sequence of abrupt architectural transitions – from the stark modernity of the reconstruction, via the “new humanism” of the cubes, the repressed postmodern of the 90s to the current apotheosis of Dutch modernity – launched by the fireworks of the 1940 bombardment, all these ideologies coexist and interact in harsh juxtaposition, each successive layer oblivious and in contradiction to the previous ones.
What is now needed may be subtlety and ambiguity in the midst of an overdose of form. We propose a “formless” heap, consisting of smaller elements that are shaped to perform a number of major and minor responsibilities.
Where necessary the shape can be formal and impressive, almost symmetrical – for instance, from the Coolsingel, glimpsed between the two survivors – and where desired, it can be delicate and accommodating – for instance in its relationship with the existing monument, Stadstimmerhuis.
Our structural system – a three dimensional Vierendeel structure in steel – enables us to improvise and to liberate the ground almost in its entirety, to interpret the "Stadswinkel" as an unencumbered public space, in which we arrange the interaction between citizen and city in a dignified, spacious urban landscape, with an almost “Roman” scale and materiality."
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Waterfront Town of the 21st Century from Singapore
"In September 2007, HDB exhibited the plans for Remaking Our Heartland to realise, rejuvenate and regenerate housing estates in Singapore. Under this initiative, Punggol will be developed into a Waterfront Town of the 21st Century."
With this development goal, Singapore had held competitions for it. The winning entry has been published at http://heartland.hdb.gov.sg/e-Exhibition-Nov-2009.html
A very competitive process for the firms engaged. to find out more...
Passage from http://heartland.hdb.gov.sg/e-Exhibition-Nov-2009.htmlImage from http://heartland.hdb.gov.sg/win_event_pdf/d3/s2_p10.pdf