source: afasia photography: Marco Bakker A former arsenal site, triangular plot shaped by railway tracks. The new quarter, formed by the articulation of six courtyard blocks and a leading ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ like tower, structures a sequence of solid and empty spaces. The staggered voids allow for both density and wider vistas. The distributive space in the tower is divided in double high sequences, where through th
| Silvia Ponte | 2018 | Atelier Quintus Miller | Accademia Architettura Mendrisio | Professor: Quintus Miller | Assistants: Logan Allen + Elod Golicza The project is located in a strategic area close to the city centre of Oslo, where densification becomes a key point for the urban development. The site stands between two different urban scales, facing on one side the traditional wooden single-family houses and on the
source: KAAN architecten photography: Simone Bossi KAAN Architecten was commissioned by the Netherlands War Graves Foundation (Oorlogsgravenstichting) to design a multifunctional building commemorating the Dutch victims during the Second World War and more recent international conflicts, in Loenen near Apeldoorn. Harmoniously blending with the surrounding forest, the building is a layered and connecting element betwe
| Constança Girbal Eiras | 2019 | Atelier Quintus Miller | USI Mendrisio | Professors: Quintus Miller The condominium project was an attempt to reconstruct the urban tissue destroyed by the Italian fascist regime in the twentieth century, between Via Giulia and the Lungotevere in Rome.It was envisioned as a proposal that, first and foremost, respects the context in which it fits. Furthermore, it attempt
source: afasia photography: bast Rehabilitación y ampliación de dos viviendas en una vivienda unifamiliar. Vaciado de una casa de bloques para colocar las salas de estar y relleno de una casa de ladrillo para colocar las habitaciones, conexión de las dos casas por una extensión de marco de madera vidriada, aislamiento total de las casas existentes desde el exterior. Hormigón pulido, abeto de Douglas crudo sin tratar,
source: divisare photography: noshe The new Kunsthaus Zürich extension, designed by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin, expands the existing Kunsthaus museum, situated between the Grossmünster church and the university. The Kunsthaus Zürich now represents the largest art museum in Switzerland, comprising four buildings from different eras – the Moser building (1910), the Pfister building (1958), the Müller buil