Author: Basak Karabulut

Soaring 400-meters, the tall skyscraper design of Zaha Hadid Architects announced as the winning entry for the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base competition. The structure locates in the new seaside business district in China. The project expects to notably set in the intersection of the north-south green line and the existing urban gateway from the east to the west. The Two Towers The project consists of two towers named as Tower C, merging from terraced public spaces, and twisting about its entrance. Subsequently integrating greenery and other landscape elements into its volumes. In addition, a multistory podium acts as the…

Building up spaces that provide opportunities for raising awareness of Israel’s fallen history has been a fragile concept for designers.

A skewed annular footprint shapes the irregular volume of the Phoenix International Media Center in the capital city of China. Completed by BIAD-UFO, this remarkable building adds value to its location as an engineering tourist attraction while being close to the other buildings with architectonic values, such as CCTV Headquarters of the well-known architecture firm OMA. Uniting two separate buildings that serve as office and broadcasting units for Hong Kong media company under a single roof, an immersive diagonal shell construction is formed by applying the Möbius Strip in the third dimension. The structural system does not only stand for…

The geometric harmony in the façade of the exhibition building belonging to the Greenland Complex strikes the eye in the developing town of Sadra in Iran. This entire multi-purpose convention center designed by the architecture studio of Mehrdad Iravanian provides its visitors with areas for entertainment, sports, cultural activities, accommodation, office, and shopping. Each of those spaces with different functions has a constructional definition particular to themselves. The actual design of the center with a total area of 46,178 square-meter accommodates eight individual buildings, five of which have been built so far on the site. The alterations in the scale and…

Hassell’s Mars Settlement divides the structural mechanism into two parts: an outer shell to be made by remote-control machines and the inflatable pods to be instantly built by astronauts. Through the ongoing planetary studies carried out by America’s space agency NASA, moving to Mars has become an everyday subject. Supervised by NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program and Bradley University in Peoria, the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge was an attempt to anticipate the possibilities of building technology on the Red Planet, which could also enhance future research for the Space environment. Selected among the top ten designs in this competition, the smart construction…

Inspiring Accessibility Solutions by DS+R Designed Museum The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum opens its doors to the public in the Olympic City USA, which also accommodates the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center. The proximity of the location to Colorado Springs, the natural setting that attracts millions of tourists each year, is considered as having an impact on the number of visitors of the Diller Scofidio + Renfro designed museum. Focused on the dynamism of the Olympic runners, the entire project is designed to direct its guests to feel their spirit while…

The Chinese company named Zhongshuge continues redefining the bookstore concept. Recently opened as the second chain in Beijing, at Galeries Lafayette department, the remarkable bookstore is designed by Li Xiang, founder of X-Living based in Shanghai. This latest initiative of the company, which already has opened around 20 stores in China, is the third shop formed by the same design office. The architectural concept of this project draws the attention among all Zhongshuge stores by its format, showing its space to look even bigger than it is. As a design ambition, the porosity of this bookshop lefts its customers to…

Straw Net Installation by Kawahara Krause Architects Being installed at Akademie der Künste Berlin in Hanseatenweg as part of the Agora Artes exhibition, “Migrating Books” displays the books crossing the German and Israeli borders in the history. The exhibition was held in 2015, which signifies the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relation establishment between Israel and Germany. The narrative behind this architectural-literary work relates to the burning of the books, which were translated in between Hebrew and German languages, on Opera Square of Berlin (Bebelplatz) in 1933 during inglorious…

Wanda Bag Named after the Spanish architecture studio, The Wanda Bag was crafted with paper as a part of “Lady Dior, as seen by” collection for the luxury couture brand DIOR. 2,400 pieces of 3D formed paper was knitted up together at a 45-degree angle, one by one in the creation of this hand-crafted sculpture. The use of cannage motif and origami techniques in a triple-layered way enabled this work to have a dynamic deepness and rhythmic transparency. This tuneful design of “Espace-Object-Sensation” expands the use of a basic material with the help of 3D design technology. Wanda Barcelona is…

Anouk Wipprecht, Miami-based Dutch fashion-tech designer, explores Hi-Tech to develop the user experience in the couture industry. As her design focus is to reflect the wearer’s psychological states, she produces garments intersecting with the body that react by using microcontroller technology and artificial intelligence. The behavior of this kind of fashion technology is basically triggered by human senses affected by various external conditions. Here are a couple of her works presented in this article. Synapse Dress Designers: Anouk Wipprecht, Niccolo Casas, Devices Group at Intel Year: 2014 Client: INTEL Photography: Jason Perry, Anouk Wipprecht Synapse dress is one of technologically…