Author: Hamid Hassanzadeh

SETUParchitecture, led by Dutch-Iranian architect Sina Mostafavi, completed the construction of Softstone, a mid-rise office building in Tehran, Iran.

Ant Studio builds the Pangolin Pavilion in India to raise awareness against poaching beautiful pangolin species. The pavilion is designed for a parametric design workshop to teach architecture students new computational tools hosted by Oneistox. Pangolins are one of the most trafficked mammals in the world. They could be extinct before we realize they exist. They are trafficked for their scales, which are boiled off their bodies for uses in traditional medicine. Their meat is a high end delicacy in parts of the world & their blood is considered a healing tonic. About Ant Studio This is definitely not a studio…

Real Virtuality is an architectural installation at the Royal Academy of Arts, designed by Gilles Retsin Architecture to combine timber construction with Augmented Reality and Automation. Exploring how Augmented Reality could be used for fabrication, rather than merely visualisation, Gilles Retsin Architecture used Microsoft’s Hololens to assemble modular timber building blocks of the Real Virtuality project in real-time. The Hololens overlays a digital model of the envisioned design in the exhibition space, indicating the position of the lego-like blocks and their connections. As the blocks are modular and the design is not fixed, adaptations to the design could be done…

British architect, David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates has revealed visuals of The Abrahamic Family House on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. The Abrahamic Family House commissioned by The Higher Committee for Human Fraternity is an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi that will contain a church, mosque, and synagogue, which sit upon a secular visitor pavilion. The landmark project hopes to embody the relationship between the three Abrahamic faiths whilst providing a platform for dialogue, understanding, and coexistence between their religions. The three cubic temples are designed by Adjaye Associates to encourage “peaceful co-existence and acceptance” of the three Abrahamic faiths…

Meandering Arcades, is MEAN’s proposal for Sharjah Modern Museum. The project is an exploration in rethinking the timeless architectural typologies in the region with a contemporary mindset. A novel, Contemporary, Regional Architecture Our proposal ‘Sharjah Modern’: Barjeel Art Foundation Museum is an exploration in rethinking the timeless architectural typologies in the region with a contemporary mindset. Drawing on fractal tessellations, the team designed a modular building that provides spaces for meeting, dwelling and enjoying art. Taking notes from the tools of regional space-making with a contemporary design mindset; the building is a seamless integration of exterior to interior. Facing the…

ETH Zurich and Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled KnitCandela, a 3d knitted concrete pavilion transportable via suitcase. ETH Zurich, working in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHCODE) and Architecture Extrapolated (R-Ex) have designed KnitCandela, a thin, sinuous concrete shell built on ultralightweight knitted formwork that was carried to Mexico from Switzerland in a suitcase. The “KnitCandela” prototype is a five-tone concrete structure that represents the first application of this technology at an architectural scale. The pavilion is on display at the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City. Text description provided by architects. Constructed at the Museo…

Ora Ito’s Eye-Catching parametric sculpture, like a tornado in a mindfully serene office environment. French designer Ora Ito has designed LVMH Media Division Office that is home to Le Parisien and Les Echos at 10 Grenelle in the 15th district of Paris. This bright unit spans 4 floors and is penetrated by a soaring, stunning staircase.

Russian artist and designer Oleg Soroko of After Form created Scate Chair as one of his “Parametric Furniture” collection using parametric design tools and complex algorithms in the Rhino3D and Grasshopper3D software. Scate chair is the first object from Parametric furniture collection made by Oleg Soroko in 2014.

Iridescence Print is the first large-scale architectural installation by Gramazio Kohler Research automatically 3d printed using robotic machines in 2015. GKR (Gramazio Kohler Research) is a research group founded by Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler. GKR examines the changes in architectural production requirements that result from introducing digital manufacturing techniques. They combine data and material and the resulting implications it has on the architectural design.

Downtown Studio utilized parametric design tools to design and create Rapana, a street library pavilion in Varna, Bulgaria. The Rapana is a wooden structure made out of 240 pieces of wood that which makes the pavilion very light and transportable. The pavilion, consists of an undulating natural form that develops in a semicircle, is constructed by a series of wooden modules that provide a public space with shelves to store and share books. “Rapana is the first street library in Varna, Bulgaria created by a team of young architects and designers.” Downtown Studio Nowadays young people’s lives are almost entirely based on digital…