Author: Jayakrishnan Ranjit

A lush landscape, shimmering waters and an architectural vision. Forest Building visualized by TAO (Trace Architecture Office) unveil a brilliant structure captured in a park full of trees by the Grand Canal River on the east side of Beijing. Started with no bounding programs, the space defined a flexible nature, welcoming myriad functions, be it a restaurant, bar, event space, gallery, office, and so on. Inspired from the concept of No-stop city, a utopian urban design proposal by Archizoom in the 1960s based on indeterminism, Forest Building explores a spatial dialogue evolved from additive units retorting to the program’s uncertainty,…

Flexuous dynamic forms enshrine a mesmerising mood in interiors. Sky SOHO Leasing Showroom designed, illustrated and skewed by GAP Architects, next to Hongqiao Airport. The showroom breathes in the masterpiece work of the renowned Zaha Hadid. The project endured the iconic development of SOHO China in the city.

Like a wave that splashes on the harbour! Helsinki Biennial Pavilion, designed by Verstas Architects emotes a whirling wooden sea-wave at the South Harbour of Helsinki. The architects conceived the pavilion as an entry point to the Helsinki Biennial art festival on Vallisaari island. The Vallisaari ferry departs from a pier abutting the pavilion. The vision crafts an open-air urban living volume, where one can pause and enjoy the tranquil sea in the city’s heart. A clean rectangular volume akin to the pavilion holds ticket sales, tourist information and ancillary spaces. People meet, greet and wait for the ferry at…

Ever wondered how we can capture time? Timescapes Pavilion, created by AIRLAB, presents a sneak peek at the cyclical nature of time. The 3D printed pavilion represents a fabric to capsule its surroundings and reveals the tales across four corners. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Singapore University of Technology and Design, the exhibit showcase significant innovations and milestones over the past decade. The warping design synchronizes its flowy form and intricate materials, revelling in the success and ambitious spirit of the youth. The surface peels from the ground and oscillates in a fluidic charm, exposing a period holding their…

Hiking is an experience unparalleled, trudging you on an exploratory journey. Varden, Hammerfest Hiking Cabins, conceived by SPINN Arkitekter for The Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) built two simple warming timber huts to promote hiking in the mountains around the town. The design team visualized a small cabin with delectable windows, a wood-burning stove and simple benches, crowned on mountainous terrain. SPINN Arkitekter challenged and drafted “Varden” as an organic timber shell structure secluded into the local terrain, abrading the harsh polar winters, and coping hikers with a warm and alluring rest stop. SPINN collaborated with FORMAT Engineers to weave and…

Commemorating dinosaurs, the once rulers of our planet, are now treasures left as an imprint on planet Earth’s crust. One such design exudes a beguiling exposition as a museum that revives their tales. Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, designed by Teeple Architects in triangulated forms, slashed within the township of Wembley, Alberta emotes voracious enigma to the thrilling dinosaur era. The momentous museum stands strikingly as one of the world’s foremost museums of palaeontology and natural history. The museum ropes the fascinating tales of the Pipestone Creek Dinosaur bones bed, showcasing how and what led to their discovery and excavation.…

Glazed and illuminated cocoons, shells and burrow like structures plumed across terraneous landscape embrace the vision of sustainable habitats. PadaLabs led by Begum Aydinoglu, visualizes WuWei Forest Eco-Living; a squadron of dreamy dwellings at Kaisen Thousand-Year Ancient Trees Garden in Pingan Village, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Succumbed by enchanting hills and ancient hills frolicking the natural fabric, the project safeguards living fossils of civilization, exploring the coexistence between humans and ecology. The ideation establishes the research on ancient tree culture and art over 26.27ha. The mounted burrow like Ancient Tree Wellness Hotel, shell-like Hotel Villa Guesthouse, and Hillside Villa,…

The oeuvre of 3D printing polishes every day with the surge of constantly updating robotic techniques. Professor Xu Weiguo’s team ingeniously crafted a 3D printed concrete Book Cabin in Shanghai’s Baoshan Wisdom Bay Science and Technology Park. The concrete shell was structured, designed and built with integrating printing machines and materials developed by the team. The design presents as part of “Art Bridge Space” in Shanghai, used for book shows, academic discussions, and book sharing sessions. It also etches as “Art Bridge 2021 Annual Figure”- Xu Weiguo’s artwork. Initially scribbling conceptual sketches and diagrammatic representations, and modelled, shaped and sculpted…

A curving silhouette defines a subtle and captivating emotion to its contextual surroundings. The geometry and technique behind a craft must ingeniously exude a spectacular vision to its purpose. Zern Pavilion envisioned as a structural framework of wooden members, triangulated and braced by artist Vlad Kissel, extrapolates as a woven bubble of rejuvenation. The struts interlaced in parallel and perpendicular angles resolutely clutch the pavilion crusts in deft persona. A peculiarly curvaceous tilt to the overall composition trivially augments a momentous enigma to the globular exhibition. The central podium, focused by an object and surrounded by flowers and ornamental grasses,…

Doubly surfaced planar curves, streams an exciting facade of intrigue. Persepolis Entrance Pavilion axially visioned by theAlliance Works presents a 200 square metres open space, with a multi-functional linear pavilion at the entrance of Iran’s renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Persepolis. The firm adheres to its motto of rethinking the alliance between tools, materials, geometry and industrial procedures to craft and visualize an alternative architecture and design expression. Developed along a form-finding process steered by an indirect modelling algorithm. The axial lines of the space at its core, meanderingly explore the form-finding and chiselling the geometry. A strategy of…