Thinking about Architecture

The first 3 images are the design project from Christian Kerez (a swiss based Architect. Amongst his most well known projects are the Chapel in Oberrealta, the Liechtenstein Art Museum), in ZhengZhou, China. 

I can still remember a sentence heard from lecture in my graduated university. It said," Sculpture and Architecture are the most close subject, but they are just separated by their different functions.The second image totally present the relationship between Sculpture and Architecture.

*The blue form cutter in workshop is quite difficult to cut the sharp edges... The finished massing model look bad*

Christian Kerez Selected Projects

2011-2013 120m Commercial Building, Sub CBD, Zhendong New District, Zhengzhou, China

2011 Zurich Insurance, Corporate Center, Zurich, Switzerland, competition

2011 Europa-Allee, Office Building, Site B, Zurich, Switzerland, competition

2011 University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Muttenz, Switzerland, competition

2009-2013 Porto Seguro Housing Development Project, Paraisopolis, São Paulo, Brasil, project

2009-2013 House with Black Beams, Zurich, Switzerland, project

2009 Thermal Baths, Baden, Switzerland, competition

2008 Swiss Re Next, Office Building, Zurich, Switzerland, competition

2008 Holcim Competence Center, Office Building, Holderbank, Switzerland, competition, 1st prize

2007 Art Gallery, Hamburg, Germany, project

2007-2010 Residential Housing Birnbäumen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, competition, 1st prize

2006-2014 Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland, competition, 1st prize

2006 Public Library Stockholm, Sweden, competition

2006-2012 House with Lakeview, Thalwil, Switzerland, project

2005 Werkbundsiedlung Wiesenfeld Residential Estate, Munich, Germany, competition,

Prize for Exemplary Dwelling

2004 Adidas Brand Centre, Herzogenaurach, Germany, competition

2004 Europol Headquarters, Den Haag, Netherlands, competition

2004-2007 House with one wall, Zurich, Switzerland, built

2002-2009 School building in Leutschenbach, Zurich, Switzerland, built

2002 School building in Freudenberg, Zurich, Switzerland, competition

2000 Organ for the Cathedral, Basel, Switzerland, competition

1999-2003 Schoolhouse ‘Breiten’, Eschenbach, Switzerland, built

1999-2003 Apartment building on Forsterstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland, built

1998 Remodelling of a Governmental Office Building, Zurich, Switzerland, built

1998-2000 Museum of Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, with Morger & Degelo Architects, Basel, built

1997 Schoolhouse ‘Salzmagazin’, Zurich, Switzerland, competition

1996 House in Vinheros, Brasil, project

1996 House in an Orange Grove, Ilheos, Brasil, project

1992-1993 Mortuary, Bonaduz, (Office Fontana & Partner), built

1992-1993 Oberrealta Chapel, (Office Fontana & Partner), built

MORE INFORMATION: http://www.kerez.ch

Filter House by Gianni Botsford Architects

                                Spacious minimalistic monotone 

                                gallery, studio and apartment / house designed in 2012 

                                by Gianni  Botsford Architects for a graphic designer in London

The timber shutter create a comfortable atmosphere for the interior space.

The similar colour and different texture on materials create a gentle feeling.

                                Description by Gianni Botsford Architects

                                New build gallery, studio, house and apartment for graphic and theatre 

                                designer clients in London.The proposal acts as a filter of its context, 

                                but also its varying programme. The layers of programme overlap and 

                                contract as required to provide public, semi public and private spaces. 

                                The louvres function not only to provide privacy and security, but also 

                                function as a filter to mitigate the hard urban environment and create a 

                                comfortable condition inside, like having a forest around the building.

DWG file of Unité D’habitation/ Le Corbusier

Am I lucky?? ❤ ❤ ❤ Got a DWG edition plan of the room types online!  O(∩_∩)O~

Unité D’habitation/ Le Corbusier

Further research about Unité D’habitation/ Le Corbusier

Here’s a very nicely drawn and coloured cross-section. It tells us what we already knew about the apartments interlocking around the access corridors to ensure said cross-ventilation – for the bedrooms at least. The kitchens and the guest toilet need ventilation the most and are located precisely where the airflow is worst.

  

- http://seed-s.tumblr.com/post/2110304572/unite-d-habitation-le-corbusier-1952

Now let’s have a look at these famous interlocking apartment plans of the grand Corbster. The plans and photographs of apartments that you might have seen, are of the apartments shaded darker in the plans and section below. With these, you enter into the kitchen/dining living room that has a double-height space overlooked by the main bedroom. This is a good arrangement and is often repeated in single-aspect one-bedroom apartments.

- http://www.studyblue.com/#flashcard/view

- http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/inspirations/cany-ash’s-inspiration-unité-d’habitation-france/5028652.article

- http://www.heathershimmin.com/le-corbusier

- http://archidialog.com/2011/11/28/

- http://www.domusweb.it/en/from-the-archive.html

- http://www.architakes.com/?p=1687

- http://architecturalmoleskine.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/le-corbusier-unite-dhabitation-in.html

Unité D’habitation/ Le Corbusier

Architect: Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965)

Location: 280 Boulevard Michelet, 13008 Marseille, France

Completion year: 1952

Style: Modern

- http://homesdesign.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/palladio-and-le-corbusier/

HD Floor Plan: 

http://superplan.org/atlas?field_type_of_plan_tid=All&sort_by=field_date_value&sort_order=DESC

Having all the main windows facing east or west meant that half of the apartments had living rooms facing the ocean view and other half had the kids’ bedrooms facing the ocean view. There is no way around this. The only other way you can have double-sided apartments is to have one core for every two apartments – which is wasteful. Here’s an example of Niemeyer’s. It’s less wasteful if elevators aren’t involved.

http://misfitsarchitecture.com/tag/unite-dhabitation/

Anyway, in Marseilles, the long sides of the building face east and west so, in hot weather, there was probably a land breeze in the mornings and a sea-breeze in the afternoon. GoogleEarth “Unité d’Habitations Marseilles” 43°15’25.07″N 5°23’56.49″E. There’s also a 3D model you can look around, get a feel for the site, etc.

Blue...

Did not good job for this review... Feel not happy... hope I could get more inspirations for this project... My theme is quite simple and just need to design a student accommodation that we Chinese student really want and need!! 

Cheer up Doris!!!  Saw disappointing from teacher's eyes... 真想挖个地洞一头钻进去!! Everything gonna be ok!! 

Plug-in Housing Development in Malaysia

Inspired by Le Corbusier’s Living Machine, this housing project situated in Johor, Malaysia examines the advantages of a hexagon as building unit. The proposal takes into consideration the rapid development of Asian cities due to an unprecedented exodus from rural to urban settlements.

Tay Yee Wei, a Malaysian architect, proposes plug-in dwellings where the cities will pay the costs of the primary structure (reinforced concrete) and the residents will only be responsible of their individual units. Each unit is based on a hexagon that could be combined with other modules to create larger homes for bigger families. The idea is to provide enough flexibility with one single component. Some of these units could be customized as green terraces and recreational areas while others could be used as research facilities.

Another important aspect of the project is that it could be dismantled with ease and transported to another location. In that way, the architecture responds to the different housing demands of the city according to their growth and economic situation.

To commemorate the 2013 Skyscraper Competition, eVolo published a collector’s edition of its highly acclaimed book “eVolo Skyscrapers”. The book is a two-volume, 1300-page set with the best 300 projects received during the last years. Only 150 copies are available worldwide.

House in Nagoya by Suppose Design Office

The light-in solution is quite suitable for my project. Inner garden creates a natural space for the interior space. Reading or chat to friends indoor but with natural plants and light, peaceful space~~~ ❤ ❤ ❤

Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Nagoya, Japan, featuring a room dedicated to plants. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12.

      

The house, situated on a narrow plot surrounded by neighbouring houses, accommodates the client's desire for a vibrant garden by including a landscaped "garden room" bordering the main living space. The architects aimed to treat the rooms and garden in the same way. Objects associated with interiors, such as paintings, appear in the garden areas while rock and flowerbeds overlap into the living spaces.

              

The designers hope that the constantly changing internal gardens will continually alter the appearance of the home. This home is built on a small, narrow plot surrounded by other houses, making the location less than ideal. Responding to the client's desire to have a vibrant garden we suggested a design featuring a room for plants, a "garden room" in other words. 

   

Essentially, in this home the garden, which usually exists in the so-called exterior, is incorporated into the interior as landscaping to surround the tenant's living space. Rather than a design that begins to grow stale as soon as it is completed, through this design featuring the constantly changing and vibrant "garden room" we hope that the tenants daily lives will be richer than before. 

   

 

Using this design as a starting point, we hope that words such as garden and landscape that had only been used for exteriors can begin to take on new and varied meanings, bringing vibrant and beautiful scenery into the interior of homes as well, and make architectural aesthetics more and more diverse.