Posted: April 4th, 2010 | Author: Yanda | Filed under: Architecture | No Comments »
When they are young, places like a narrow path between houses, the edge of a garden, the back of a shed, under the floor, or an open lot are the preferred playgrounds of children.
Rather than a park or garden that was built to be played in, we wanted to make a house with a courtyard that would become a playground naturally.
Rather than a collection of rooms, we think of this house as a collection of constructions, and we produced a design that seems to be made out of various different structures. Paths covered by a glass roof weave between the disconnected structures to create an interior space that feels exterior, a private space that feels public, a hall that feels like an avenue. In that space the children can run around, you can enjoy a breeze while you eat, read under the sun, and fall asleep watching the stars.
There is a charm beyond imagination there, beyond normal home life.
Just like children who use space outside to its full potential, we wanted to make equal the relationship between inside- and out by using the courtyard as a part of everyday life and bringing inside activities outside.
Beyond making city streets like courtyards to make them feel closer to houses, we want to continue to try and envision the architecture of the future, moving past the inside-outside relationship to find new types of connections.
http://www.suppose.jp/
via http://www.archdaily.com/50701/house-in-buzen-suppose-design-office/
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Posted: December 17th, 2009 | Author: Yanda | Filed under: Architecture, Interior | No Comments »
Heatherwick Studio was commissioned to design a café building to replace a seafront kiosk in Littlehampton, a traditional seaside town on England’s south coast. Exposed to weather and vandalism, the narrow site sits between the sea and a parade of houses.
The studio saw its challenge as being to produce a long, thin building without flat, two-dimensional façades.
The building is sliced diagonally into ribbons which wrap up and over the building, forming a layered protective shell, open to the sea in front. The opening is filled with glass doors and windows, protected at night by roller shutters concealed within the building’s geometry, the 30-centimetre width of the ribbons being the dimension of a shutter mechanism.
In contrast to the conventional white-washed seaside aesthetic, the building is raw and weathered, its structural steel shell finished with an oil-based coating that permits a rust-like patination to develop without affecting structural performance.
A kiosk and cafeteria by day and a restaurant in the evening, the new café seats sixty.
http://www.eastbeachcafe.co.uk
http://www.heatherwick.com/
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Posted: March 5th, 2008 | Author: Yanda | Filed under: Architecture | 1 Comment »
Architect Adam Kalkins had this compact container changed into an Illy Caffe and with just 90 seconds it can turn into to a fully furnished and functional space with a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, bedroom, living room and library.
http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/
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Posted: February 29th, 2008 | Author: Yanda | Filed under: Architecture | No Comments »
Singapore architects U:phoria have sent Dezeen these images of their winning entry in a competition to design a pavilion on Orchard Road, Singapore.
The structure will be made from lightweight steel and covered in patterned printed acrylic panels.
The concept is to create a structure that is light and elegant looking. It will be a place for quiet resting and dining, while evoking a sense of peace & tranquillity as an antithesis to the urban flurry that surrounds it.
This pavilion will exemplify the use of lightweight steel framing to create a structure that appears to defy its own weight, and seemingly looks as if it is floating above the ground. It is an urban manifestation of the ephemeral quality of the city life.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QSY1WuhR0NM
http://www.dezeen.com/2008/01/07/pavillion-in-orchard-road-by-uphoria-architects/#more-8338
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