Decameron / Marcio Kogan

Haha!  Cute colour fashion style!! 

The space created by the containers is quite nature and simple. The door of the container as windows of floors are quite open.

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LOVE THE COLOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Architects: Studio mk27 – Marcio Kogan, Mariana Simas
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Interior Design: Diana Radomysler, Mariana Simas
Project area: 250 sqm
Project year: 2010 – 2011
Photographs: Pedro Vannucchi

    

At the hottest spot in the most important alley of decoration in the city: alameda Gabriel Monteiro da Silva there was the only empty plot left. The client rented it and commissioned the architect to come up with a very low budget design, something that could be assembled quickly, respecting the existing trees.

The idea was to use discarded containers, to reuse a ready-made object, a leftover of the actual intense commodities exchange. The project was organized inside two tunnels of containers, taking advantage of the linearity of its inside spaces, and a double height hangar attached to it, a contrasting cubic volume. Huge polycarbonate sliding doors connect the store with the city and an inner garden.

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

New Student Quarters For Boston University / Tony Owen Partners & Silvester Fuller

The angle of every room is quite different than normal buildings, that is the point which most attract me. The windows would not be shuttered by others, at the same time, all of them could get a good view from their rooms.

We recieved the new student quarters for Boston University by Tony Owen Partnersand Silvester Fuller at 15-25 Regent Street, Chippendale. It is a unique design using fissures to provide maximum solar access to bedrooms as well as natural ventilation throughout the building.

The eight-level, environmentally-efficient building can accommodate up to 164 students in a style to which scholars are not usually accustomed. It also has three lecture halls, a library, an Internet lounge, a rooftop terrace with a timber deck and an adjoining fully-equipped communal kitchen, plus cafe.

Three years ago Boston University saw the need to improve accommodation and facilities for its visiting students, who pay around $17,000 for the semester. The design concept was by Silvester Fuller and was development through to completion by Tony Owen Partners. Construction was by Ceerose Pty Ltd.

The end walls of the slots are made from glass louvres that are seven stories high, and the building also contains a seven-storey glass louvred atrium. “Air is drawn through the voids and passes through the building like gills, allowing the building to breathe naturally,” said Owen.

“East-facing operable louvres on each level further help to lower ambient temperatures by drawing in fresh breezes.

“The design allows more light and ventilation into each bedroom, provides good views, and would be a sensible ‘blueprint’ for city planners to consider in their quest for ways to increase residential density in the CBD without compromising comfort.”

Tony Owen is at the forefront of three-dimensional digital architecture, and best known for Moebius House in Dover Heights as well as the

futuristic eliza apartment building in Elizabeth Street under construction, also by Ceerose. Owen has a further 40 or so local projects in the pipeline, all of which explore complex shapes, fluid geometries and environmental initiatives.

Arup Partners provided the environmental analysis. The design uses large canyon-like slots in the façade which allow sunlight and ventilation to penetrate deep into the building and into each room.

The windows in these slots have a rhomboid shape to maximise efficiency, and deliver a bold architectural façade which is illuminated at night through an ever-changing light show.

Heyri Theater / BCHO Architects

    

    Architects: BCHO Architects    Location: Gyeonggi, South Korea    Year: 2013

   

Heyri Theatre is a large open space, not delicately designed but meticulously calculated, engineered and measured, resulting in a typology more reminiscent of an agricultural building than theatre in the conventional sense.

Situated in the rapidly growing Heyri Art Valley in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, ‘Heyri Theatre’, responds to the growing need for overnight accommodation while offering a cultural complex to facilitate the performing arts. It is to this extent Heyri Theatre is a multi functional building operating as both unique performance space and boutique hotel, while following the stipulated ethos of the masterplan by engaging with the landscape in multiple ways.

Programmatically, the theatre hosts diverse performances from young experimental acts through to seasoned musicians and performing arts. The design of the hall reflects this becoming a flexible, open space measuring 11mx 20m x 7m and able to accommodate large or small performances. Seven projected boxes frame the main space, stepping down to offer unobstructed views while a suspended catwalk provides an area for the general public to watch performances. Serving the theatre, a linear café opens to the surrounding pine trees while an untouched courtyard connects the two buildings, allowing an interaction with nature.

Juxtaposing the exposed concrete facade of the theatre, the hotel is defined by four geometric ‘ribbons’, wrapping the building to create a multitude of transitional spaces, allowing the guests privacy and a unique experience of the surrounding natural environment. On the upper level this overlap of the façade creates courtyards for moon viewing and relaxation in complete privacy – this experience further enhanced by built in hot tubs. The deck is intended to be extensively used becoming an area that allows the control of light and air entering the building. The glistening façade is composed of a series of ceramic panels, supported by a lightweight steel frame, rendering a scale to the community. Thus, these simple gestures turn an otherwise monumental architectural typology into one of humanistic sensibilities, finding ways to still grant the user an isolated experience of nature in a rapidly urbanising setting.