the advanced research venue forms the first part of the region’s vast ‘science city’ development. MAX IV is a national laboratory operated jointly by the swedish research council and lund university. the main components of the new synchrotron facility will be two electron storage rings. the largest ring has a circumference of 528 meters and a free electron laser fed by a...
Paiva Walkways is an engineering project by Trimétrica firm that embraces the Paiva river in Northern Portugal, close to Porto, with an extension of 8 kilometers. The design provides a walking path within a breathtaking natural beauty, with picturesque landscapes, waterfalls and a variety of fauna and flora species. More than a simple walk in contact with the nature, th...
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? The Wild Walk is part of the Wild Center, a 54,000-sf nature center that was completed in 2006. The Wild Center has been such a success that many of the original team members were invited back to work on the Wild Walk. Please provide an overview of the project. Wild Walk is an interactive natu...
The building, which measures 18.000 m2 and houses a staff of 350, is located in the elegantly historic city center of The Hague. It is situated along the Korte Voorhout, a royal route connecting several institutional buildings to the Parliament building, and adjacent to Malieveld park; in this location the new design, with the measured vibrancy of its facades, interacts ...
Located opposite the Luzhniki Stadium, considered one of the "Seven Hills of Moscow." Neskuchny garden is adjacent to the site from the east. It is 80 meters high from the Moscow river. The landscape of mountains forms a self-titled Vorob’evi Park, a part of which survived three ponds, as well as an array of broad-leaved forests. On Vorob’evi Hills offers the most ex...
The definition of a new cruise terminal had since its origin a double objective: improvement of the commercial efficiency and a better urban integration. That’s why the project integrates new buildings, berthing work and exterior spaces of public vocation. The main building magnetizes the complex sheltering several programmatic components: cruise ship terminal, marina fa...
The competition to create a public park at Downtown LA's First Street and Broadway (FAB) intersection is down to teams led by architecture firms OMA, Eric Owen Moss, AECOM and Brooks + Scarpa. A winner is due to be chosen later this month. OMA's proposal was submitted with local landscape architects Mia Lehrer + Associates and New York design firm IDEO. Their aim is...
The addition to the Alingsås District Court is designed by Swedish firm Tengbom to offer a contemporary counterpoint to an original brick building designed by architect Adrian Crispin Pettersson and completed in 1899. The courthouse is situated in a residential neighbourhood close to the town centre and was previously extended in the 1950s, when a new brick wing was add...
Located between the train tracks and the banks of Neuilly sur Seine, the 1,500-square-meter OxyGen development will be sited on a highly visible and elevated area of La Défense. The semi-circular site, which the architects liken to the bow of the La Défense ship, will serve as a gateway to the district and gathering space on the Le Grand Parvis promenade. “Thus, La Defen...
The Hexagone Balard building is located on a large plot next to the main ring road in Paris's 15th arrondissement. It was designed by Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés – also known as ANMA – to accommodate almost 10,000 staff across a floor area of 165,000 square metres. A key objective of the project was to bring together members of staff representing the army, ...
His new and very unusual Piazza Garibaldi, which measures roughly 635,000 square feet, is actually a gigantic open-air arcade partly built 26 feet below street level. Featuring impressive steel struts and shaded by huge lattice leaves of engineered steel, the project promises to become an iconic new destination in the Italian city. Besides providing new great urban sp...
Located in Gaoyao district, 100 kilometers west of Guangzhou, the project will comprise a clubhouse and gallery that will serve the area’s new development of luxury villas. The sculptural design is sited at the center of the lake to optimize panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, sky, and water. Conceived as the heart of the new luxury development, the Gaoyao C...
The redesign will provide a generous curb for pedestrians and cyclists that will raise the bridge’s visibility from a distance. Strong, clean lines create a recognizable identity with a comfortable layout. Two staircases lead up to the bridge deck and feature landings that allow visitors to pause. “The main concept underlying the design was a combination of comfort and ...
The Sailing Tower looks like a sculpture when viewed from a distance. Up close, visitors can see a spacious staircase fitted for seating and a viewing platform that offers magnificent panoramic views of the harbor and bay. This new landmark for the city of Aarhus in Denmark offers a distinctive focal point, and its white steel body is shaped in an expressive form that re...
Focusing on the landscaping aspect of this complex created for the Fuzhou Yongtai Youxin Real Estate, the project spans a large-scale, 45-hectare area, surrounded by twelve small hills. The area also features a strong water element, as it acts as a watershed for the region. The client's brief called for clusters of housing that would 'follow the natural site topograp...
Hexagone Balard is France’s new Department of Defense. Designed by Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés (ANMA) this project is an extaordianry adventure and a formidable challenge: 163,000 sqm planned to house nearly 10,000 persons. The building is oxymoronic, both sovereign and discreet. The architecture of the building oscillates between its external monumentality, with...
BLAU designed a mixed use space that combines residential, office and retail but also cultural and social facilities. The aim of this urban scale project is to link the East and the West sides of the city into a dense urban node that enhances high life quality and introduces natural elements in the neighborhood. The proposal consists of a group of 7 interconnected bui...
the intervention is part of a larger effort by the african nation to revitalize the city, and is seen as an important step that will figuratively ‘seep’ into adjacent public spaces throughout the entire urban area. two green layers complete with trees, bushes, and grass act as buffers between road lanes and the development’s bike and pedestrian pathways. set along nea...
the coveted plot of land currently sits unused and the aim of the project aims to provide downtown LA with a versatile green space that celebrates art, food and engagement. OMA’s proposal sees a park which frames a central plaza characterized by an iconic and playful arrangement of sculpted and reflective canopies that provide shade and light. additionally, planted green...
equal parts cultural heritage, underground connection hub, and city wide ideas generator, the plaza hopes to empower both residents and the urban area as a whole. amidst a range of inclusions, the most interesting feature is the plaza’s surface construction — which would be made of soft rubber sourced from donated phone cases. a single passage leads to the underground...
Please provide an overview of the project. The market, since its origins, has been a large covered place. We conserve and repair the beautiful structure that supports that roof. Beneath, we dig into the site to introduce new services that complement sales activity: logistics, parking, installations. Rather than changing the visible volume, we change the surfaces...
The design of the new light-filled Den Haag Centraal station comes from the architects' goal of creating a user-friendly space that was more like a "roofed urban plaza" than cold transport hub. The newly-opened 20,000 square-meter train station is covered by the operable glass roof, allowing optimal nature light to fill the interior terminals and walkways. Diamond-sha...
Designed in collaboration with S2T, Atelier Altern Paysage, and Topager, ABF-lab’s food-farm-tower proposal placed second in a national competition hosted by OPH Romainville. The 2,000-square-meter design has an estimated cost of 3.4 million Euros. The architects envision the proposal as a pilot project that could help popularize urban agriculture, raise awareness on qua...
Coated in a granite façade reminiscent of Blaibach’s stone-carving tradition, the tilted concert-hall building appears as a large-scale rectangular sculpture that is half-submerged, creating an interesting new dynamic in the village’s architecture while responding to its topographical surroundings. The upwards-inclined orientation of the quarrystone-clad volume actual...
situated across eighth avenue, the new ‘daniel patrick moynihan train hall’ will be an important part of the redevelopment. once complete, the scheme will anchor the burgeoning development of manhattan’s far west side, creating a public space that adds much-needed capacity to the region’s rail system. the state-of-the-art transportation facility will increase the conc...
Building on the area's redevelopment – originally completed in 2004 – should it come to existence, the new cafe will be joining the area's bustling street life, which includes public areas, shops and restaurants, as well as one of the neighborhood's key cultural attractions, the Saatchi Gallery. The architects were chosen via an international competition held back in ...
standing as the first ‘street lights’ designed by ingo maurer, ‘guddevol’ is characterized by large disks of approximately 420 cm in diameter, with an opening at their center. each of these are kept above ground at a slight angle, supported by three slender, mat black poles that reach heights of approximately five metres. on the upper side, several curved openings of var...
Architects Daniel Bär, Stéphane Toussaint, Sean Edwards of Glasgow and Oslo studio BTE Architecture won a competition to design The Pyramid Viewpoint as part of the Scottish Scenic Routes – a government-run initiative intended to spotlight the work of young practices in Scotland. The viewing platform is constructed from Siberian larch and stands on the edge of a rocky...
the contemporary parametric design adds to the overall rationality and logic; fitting its skyline into the local architectural context. the steel structure covered with local exposed timber, gently blends into the surrounding architectural context. meanwhile, the lighting highlights the silhouette, creating an interesting walking experience. built for lasting vitality...
Three new buildings are expressed as rectilinear bars of varying heights, responding to both the variety of program components and the complex needs of construction phasing, which required uninterrupted facility operations and the gradual removal of existing buildings. Carefully considered north-south offsets define semi-sheltered interstitial zones for parking, social g...
Gottlieb Paludan Architects has created a new foot and cycle bridge across the railway in Odense using simple and effective architectural tools. The bridge improves the connection between the city and harbour area for the cyclists and pedestrians of Odense, at the same time creating a striking landmark that will stand the test of time. The bridge link is a dynamic ext...
designed by swiss architectural firm herzog & de meuron, the scheme includes two linear buildings, whose urban organization relates closely to the site’s previously existing ancient walls. once finalized, the structures will border a much-needed green space, featuring boulevards, bike paths, and walking trails. the development uses the site’s two preserved gate houses as...
The British firm led by designer Thomas Heatherwick was commissioned to design the Moganshan project for a six-hectare plot next to Shanghai's contemporary art district. The 300,000-square-metre mixed-used development gains its name from this area of the city, which is known as 50 Moganshan Road (M50). It will include housing and offices as well as shops, hotel rooms ...
The power station is located on the site of the abandoned village of Val-Jalbert in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, which grew up around a paper mill at the beginning of the 1900s. The factory machinery was powered by waterfalls on the Ouiatchouan river that are now harnessed by the hydroelectric plant. The Quebec architecture studio designed the Val-Jalbert Be...
in recent years, competition among local flower growers has turned the region into the home of a burgeoning horticultural industry. this context is referenced in KRIS YAO | ARTECH’s design of changhua’s new high speed rail station. the termius, and the overall planning of its landscaping, creates an interwoven scene of flowers, vegetation, water, and paving — both at the...
The Centre Socio Culturel Christian Marin serves a community of 700 houses currently under construction around a park in the Limeil-Brévannes suburb. The Parisian architecture practice chose to clad the timber-framed building in a combination of larch and Douglas fir to distinguish the new structure from the existing structures on the plot. They likened the vertical p...
