Author: Asli Say
Snøhetta, the international architecture and design firm unveil their plans for Shanghai Grand Opera House with a spiral staircase to access the roof in Shanghai, China. Following an international design competition, Snøhetta has been commissioned to design the Shanghai Grand Opera House in Shanghai, China. The project aims to attract a broad audience through offering both traditional and Chinese opera performances, classical concerts and more experimental performances that will attract a younger audience. Text description provided by architects. Snøhetta has developed the architectural, landscape, interior, and graphic design for the Opera, and the project will be undertaken in partnership with Shanghai-based…
Straw Bale School is Nuru Karim’s proposal for a secondary school located in 30 kilometers west of the Ntchisi Forest Reserve in Malawi, Africa. The Indian architecture practice Nudes, led by Nuru Karim believes the design responds to the brief focused on modularity, incremental expansion, deployment and sustainable technologies. A modular “ladder” component is deployed to create a structural system that houses the pedagogical intent of the school. The “ladder” component is incrementally arrayed along a path to explore inside-outside relations where learning environments are concerned. The angle defining the ladder has been determined to explore both horizontal and vertical…
Palingenesis, Vincent Callebaut Architectures’ Tribute to Notre Dame; A Gothic and Biomimetic Forest for the Cathedral, Paris, France, 2019.
Sousse and Bardo Memorial by George King Architects in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom The Sousse and Bardo memorial is dedicated to the 31 British nationals who lost their lives and to all those affected by the two terrorist attacks in Tunisia in 2015. It is inspired by the fluid geometry of flowing water, frozen in place, as if time has stood still at the moment of the attacks. This has been chosen not only because of the proximity of the events in 2015 to the sea but also as it represents a symbol of the cycle of life. Water, when frozen…
The Parks at Amara Chapel by Buensalido Architects in Cebu City, Philippines This project was done for one of the biggest property developers in the country, Ayala Land. The site is in the second phase of their high-end subdivision in Cebu City called the Parks at Amara, and we were asked to design a unique garden chapel that still exuded timelessness and class, as the development targets the upscale sector of society. We thought of the chapel as a bridge, linking three major elements that we wanted to bring together—nature, man, and God. Via > Buensalido Architects
One Main Office Renovation by dECOi Architects The project essentially comprises two planes – the floor and ceiling, both of which are articulated as continuous surfaces inflected by function. The curvilinearity expresses both the digital genesis and the seamless fabrication logic, with the architect providing actual machining files to the fabricator. As far as possible, the ethos was to replace typical industrial components (such as vents, door handles, etc) with articulate milled timber, offering a radically streamlined protocol for delivery of a highly crafted interior. The intention was to offer a reduced carbon footprint whilst celebrating both a new formal…
Buga Wood Pavilion designed by ICD/ITKE at the University of Stuttgart. The BUGA Wood Pavilion celebrates a new approach to digital timber construction. Its segmented wood shell is based on biological principles found in the plate skeleton of sea urchins, which have been studied by the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart for almost a decade. As part of the project, a robotic manufacturing platform was developed for the automated assembly and milling of the pavilion’s 376 bespoke hollow wood segments. This fabrication process…
Time: Aug 08, 9:00 AM – Aug 11, 6:00 PM Country: LebanonCity/Town: BeirutLocation: AR_KAWebsite: www.design-kultur.comWorkshop Type: Parametric & Computational Design Workshop Agenda: Blender 2.80 – 3D Modelling and AnimationOrganized By: Design Kultur / Nodes Tutor: Alessandro Zomparelli [maxbutton id=”6″ url=”https://www.design-kultur.com/events/surge-beirut-w-alessandro-zomparelli/form?fbclid=IwAR36OUsFSUBH76zFtqMgOOp3iFMjJBpO062OvytG-85gT3yiZbTPq3pMdy0″ ] Description The Surge Workshop will focus on Parametric & Computational Design using Blender 2.80, last release of the powerful open-source software for 3D Modelling and Animation. In particular, the add-on Tissue will have a key role in order to explore advanced modelling techniques and their aesthetic qualities. Tissue is an open-source add-on for Blender developed by Alessandro Zomparelli in order to…
Neri Oxman’s Wearable Structures for Interplanetary Voyages Neri Oxman’s team at MIT Media Lab Creates Wearable 3D-printed Skins for Interplanetary Voyages. Wanderers, An Astrobiological Exploration Traveling to destinations beyond planet Earth involves voyages to hostile landscapes and deadly environments. Crushing gravity, amonious air, prolonged darkness, and temperatures that would boil glass or freeze carbon dioxide, all but eliminate the likelihood of human visitation. Wanderers explores the possibility of voyaging to the worlds beyond by visiting the worlds within. 3D printed wearable capillaries designed for interplanetary pilgrims are infused with synthetically engineered microorganisms to make the hostile habitable and…
Located along the Mission Reach section of the San Antonio River, Confluence Park is an educational park focusing on the critical role of water in the regional ecosystems. Designed by Matsys in collaboration with Lake|Flato Architects, Rialto Studio, and Architectural Engineering Collaborative, the park consists of 3.5 acres of native planting, a 2000 square foot multi-purpose building, a 6000 square foot central pavilion, and 3 smaller “satellite” pavilions dispersed throughout the park. The central pavilion is composed of 22 concrete “petals” that form a network of vaults that provide shade and direct the flow of rainwater into an underground cistern…