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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
founded in 2012, members of the non-hierarchical group are recent graduates from theater, art and architecture schools. in 2015, sitio eriazo invited the scarcity and creativity studio — a design and build organization within the oslo school of architecture and design (AHO) — to help develop a tight urban plot of land. before the project began, sitio eriazo cleared t...
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 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...
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...
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 area's developers, Argent, teamed up with Heatherwick Studio earlier in the year, and submitted plans for the latest stage in the formerly neglected neighbourhood's redevelopment, Coal Drops Yard. And today, the team has received the green light to go ahead. Known for its mix of wasteland and industrial buildings, many of which remained empty for years, Kings Cros...
Getafe is more attractive than most in so much that it has an historical centre dating from early 1900s. That said, its old covered market was lying in decay for decades, having lost out to the strategies of the supermarket. In October 2015 it came back to life as a mixed use community centre, structurally enhanced and dressed in a new skin by the Madrid-based studio A-c...
The Danish firm's design was selected for its response to a somewhat contradictory set of goals and values: to be grand and formal enough to instill a sense of respect in the court and faith in the justice process as a whole, yet also able to communicate trust, transparency and hope; and to create an 'open' building that was physically welcoming while meeting some of th...
during the brand strategy process, saffron brand consultants identified the highly technical and service-orientated aspects of CEPSA as being the essence of its brand, so they encapsulated them in the brand idea ‘adaptable engineering’. the problem then was how to communicate this, creating a new and relevant service station concept that would improve the service exp...
The Timmerhuis, created by Dutch super-practice OMA is an all-encompasing response to several starting points; it is an inner city, urban structure that unites office, public space and residential; it was conceived as a beacon of sustainability; and it is also a reflection on a city's architectural identity. 'It is informal and monumental at the same time,' explains OMA'...
the two illuminated art pieces called ‘sensing YOU’ and ‘sensing WATER’ utilize paint, light, and interactive technology, and together they create a dynamic awareness of the city’s downtown. the gateway route is used by commuters, residents, and visitors daily. the project is composed of over 1.000 painted rings and 81 individually controlled LED dimensional halos th...
the network of edifices is located in the center of a famous street nicknamed by students ‘street of hongik university’ in seoul due to its proximity to the educational center. because the previous construction had a boat-like shape, the architects decided to continue with this style when designing ‘white boat’. ‘white boat’ stands out on the prow like a ship-like tow...
This Spring, work begins on two piers between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge, the foundations for the newest and perhaps boldest Thames crossing to date. We spoke to the Garden Bridge's designer, Thomas Heatherwick, about the current state of the project. 'It's at a very exciting stage,' says the designer from his Kings Cross studio. 'We've completed the firs...
Featuring walls of perforated brickwork, the elevator is located in the Gironella municipality of Spain, where an old town and a modernised urban area are divided by the Llobregat river. "The 20-metre vertical break between the old and new parts of the town has generated a social fracture," said Enrich. "Over the years, the historic centre has been depopulated due to ...
Paddington Place, a mixed use complex set to sit adjacent to Paddington Station, has been launched by Sellar in collaboration with the Great Western Developments Ltd, who submitted this week a planning application for the redevelopment of a former Royal Mail sorting office that will be part of the complex. The scheme involves 1.3 acres of public realm, a centrepiece 2...
The Rotterdam firm won a competition to transform the shopping centre into a park and is working with local studios The Urbanist Collaborative and LLJ Architects on the project. Construction is set to begin later this year. The lagoon will stretch out towards the city's waterfront, opening up views that were formerly blocked by the China-Town Mall. Built in 1983, the ...
London studio Bell Philips won a competition to design Gasholder Park in 2009 as part of the wider King's Cross regeneration. The cylindrical frame surrounding the park is known as Gasholder No. 8 and was originally constructed in the 1850s. The Grade II-listed structure previously held telescopic chambers for storage and formed part of London's largest gas works – Pa...
BIG, the studio founded by Bjarke Ingels, is leading a team commissioned to design the 28 acre (11 hectare) masterplan for the sloping site near the city's downtown area. The site formerly housed the Civic Arena – home to the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team – which opened in 1961 and was designed by Mitchell & Ritchey Architects. It was the world's first major sports ...
The building, described as an "enormous ship", was designed by Indiana firm Troyer Group. It will form part of Ark Encounter – a theme park aiming to illustrate the story of the legendary great flood, in which God instructs Noah to build an ark to save his family and a pair of each of the world's animal species. Ark Encounter will be located near sister attraction the...
Named Home Farm, the design aims to tackle the main issues affecting cities in Southeast Asia. The first is that the number of people above retirement age is rapidly increasing, and the second is that the majority of food is imported rather than home grown. Spark believes both of these problems can be solved by transforming retirement communities into self-sufficient ...
Arching over the Sava River, the 54-metre-long bridge is part of a new cycle path that starts in the Bohinjska village and ends up at Bohinj Lake. "The bridge establishes new spatial relationships by creating a path where there once was none," said Vlatka Ljubanovic, one of the five directors of Ljubljana-based DANS Architects. "This sounds so simple, yet it touche...
Holl's cycle bridge between two skyscrapers for Copenhagen kicked off the string of plans for non-vehicular transport links. ReForm Architects then revealed plans for an opening bridge that would allow both pedestrians and cyclists to travel across the River Thames at Canary Wharf, shortly before Bystrup was selected to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge further...
The year-long installation is part of Team London Bridge's Fresh Air Squares initiative – which aims to improve local environments. The London and Liverpool-based studio was tasked with creating a mobile micro-green space that could replace two car parking spaces, and raise awareness of pollution in London. Installed on Tooley Street, near London Bridge, the "parkl...
