Source: Dom Hans van der Laan Photography: Caroline Voet, Jeroen Verrecht, Coen van der Heiden,  Friederike von Rauch Position of the site As with scheme 9 in the cell – court – domain model, Dom van der Laan chose a peripheral disposition for the building on the site. The way the building is positioned creates two gardens: a more private garden for the Sisters on the east side, and a larger garden on the south side

| Blanka Dominika Major + Linda Lanzavecchia | 2019 | 3r curso Housing and City | ETSAB | Profesor: Josep Ferrando This is a project on housing. This is a play in 5 acts. Prologue: The setting The play takes place in Tres Turons in Barcelona. The rock shapes the space: Tres Turons is characterised by topography, going up is constantly followed by going down again. The rock is witness to time, shaped by wind and weath

source: Jonathan Tuckey Design photography: Nick Dearden, Jim Stephenson Jonathan Tuckey Design has completed a new theatre in the grounds of a school in south east England. True to the practice’s commitment to ‘building on the built’, for which it has earned an international reputation, the new theatre plays a vital role in repairing and enhancing the existing campus. The new, sustainable building has been carefully

fuente: muller van severen texto: Jonathan Barrie With both Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen being artists, it’s natural that the collection sits somewhere between design and art – it’s obviously ‘furniture’ but the emphasis is not completely concentrated on function and suggests different ways of living and use of space… an uncanny twist on universal forms. Fien Muller’s photography is suggestive of someone who co

Source and Photography: Aldo amoretti Swiss architect Peter Zumthor combines sleek and industrial aesthetics to bring the history of the briefly booming yet now abandoned Norwegian Allmannajuvet zinc mine to the forefront of memory. The Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum joins several other architectural interventions in drawing attention and acclaim to 18 of Norway’s celebrated National Tourist Routes. Zumthor’s cluster

Source: Sergison Bates architects Commissioned by Pegasus Life, a specialist developer interested in providing alternative living options for older residents, the development provides 29 apartments over six storeys specifically designed to accommodate those who wish to live independently but as part of a community, sharing services and facilities including a gym and spa. The proposed project references the mansion bl

Source: Stanton Wiilliams Architects Photography: Jack Hobhouse Stanton Williams has completed 264 key worker homes, together with generous social spaces and retail facilities in Eddington, North West Cambridge, for the University of Cambridge. A network of communal spaces, framed by 10 new buildings, forms the heart of the new neighbourhood. Stanton Williams’ designs are central to the University’s North West Cambri

Source: Graux & Baeyens Architecten Photography: Dennis De Smet The question the clients asked us was, «How can we continue to live in our own village in our old age, without having to move to a retirement home in a big city?» To create a comfortable home for themselves in their own village, without having to move to a retirement home later in life, the client decided to replace an old worn-out house with a new t

Fuente: Ricard Mercadé Aurora Fernández arquitectes Fotografía: David Cardelús La fábrica textil de Benet i Campabadal, fue construida el año 1924. El proyecto original es del arquitecto Antoni Pons, que planteó una clara diferenciación entre la zona de producción y la de administración, con dos arquitecturas totalmente diferentes. La zona de administración se resuelve con un lenguaje “noucentista” popular en la époc