Month: January 2022

Kengo Kuma and Associates provide a student center at the entrance of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, named Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza. The project is a partially underground structure hidden with wooden bleachers. The reason behind this approach is to preserve views of the campus clock tower that is Tokyo’s oldest building and the landmark of the campus. Indeed, the project aims to serve as the new landmark student center inspired by the clock tower.

Metaform Architects’ Luxembourg pavilion at World Expo 2020 Dubai intends to express Luxembourg’s past, present, and future and the values of the country in a true manner.

Building information modeling (BIM) in the AEC industry is a relatively new and powerful technology that many countries have used. Currently, there are millions of BIM users all around the world. It’s the future, and it’s the AEC industry’s final step toward complete digitization; that is why we are leaving our drawings in favor of BIM technology.

“Gantry Crane,” the winner of the Cuntan International Cruise Center design competition, is a project designed by MAD architects collaborating with the China Academy of Building Research (CASR) by an impression from the giant orange gantry cranes of the freight terminal. These cranes look like surrealist aliens, providing insight into designing a futuristic city.

Tune in to episode 46 of PATalks, where we were delighted to speak with the Berlin-based architect, Sergei Tchoban in an insightful long-form interview. Sergei Tchoban is the founder of the SPEECH Architecture Office and Partner at Tchoban Voss Architects.

Becoming an exemplary model in the field of waste management and simultaneously working as a sports facility, CopenHill is this week’s Uncoverd project.

World-renowned Turkish artist and sculptor Seçkin Pirim has designed the ‘Gate of Zero’ pavilion as a permanent sculpture for the Joali Being, a wellness center located on Bodufushi Island in the Maldives. The designer used complex algorithms using parametric design and computational tools to generate the pavilion’s geometry. The statue-like geometry serves as a gateway and welcomes visitors to the island. Inspired by the skirt form of whirling dervishes, the pavilion allows visitors to walk through it and enjoy the inner spaces.