Source: Aires Mateus Photography: Nelson Garrido The project starts with the consideration of heritage and historical values. We differentiate between the «eternal» value of the project´s masses: the compression of the great walls and domes, and the «ephemeral» character of the old structures: constructive systems traditionally made of wood. The project was developed following this understanding of passing time,

Fuente: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Fotografía: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk The annex is connected to an existing summerhouse from 1964, situated on the very south coast of Norway. The small building holds two bedrooms with beds for eight persons in all. A function just as important as the bedrooms was to create an outdoor space for relaxing, playing and other activities. The new building, the existing house and a vertical ro

Fuente: Arxius d’Arquitectura a Catalunya Fotografía original: Emili Donato Fotografía actual: Aureli Mora A finales de los años 60 Emili Donato, junto con Uwe Geest, proyectaron la discoteca Silvi s en Gavà. En un ambiente de cierto aperturismo y donde se empezaba a respirar algún brizna de optimismo, se erigió esta construcción con reminiscencia de zigurat o pirámide, con aspecto de gran cubierta nórdica

| Jack Huang | 2016 | Master Course | TU Wien  | Professor: Ines Nizic The Kulturhaus, to me, is an institution of man; as it holds the aspiration of man. Culture exists through people, different people, new and old. It requires a simple unified space, a concentrated space; where men relives, reinterpret, and creates culture. Friedrichshafen, like the other ports, share the lake, Bodensee. They also share the sa

Fuente: RPBW Fotografía: Michel Denancé Creating additional space for the Morgan Library in the heart of Manhattan was a particular challenge. This elegant group of buildings, a ‘village of memory’ is surrounded by the dense urban fabric of New York City, a seemingly solid physical barrier around the site. Rather than building upwards, Renzo Piano Building Workshop decided to dig downwards into the hard rock to

Adolphe Appia, (1862-1928) was a Swiss architect, stage designer and theorist of stage lighting and décor. His theories and realized works transformed the practice of stage design and he had a great influence on the development of performing arts. His sets and his drawings didn’t look for pictorial realism, their intent was rather to create and underline a believable mood for each scene. Symbols and metaphors pr

Source: Afasia The site contains ruins that form part of the UNESCO Pearling Path. The entire building functions as the entrance to the cultural heritage and the foyer for the medina. It is an urban room for the people of Muharraq with the scale of a public park. Concrete elements are placed along the property boundary to form a new locus in the dense city. A large space is created in which a forest of columns a

Fuente: Hiha Studio Fotógrafo: Pol Viladoms El proyecto consiste en actualizar y adaptar el edificio existente a la actualidad, a los nuevos materiales y a las nuevas formas de vivir. El edificio a intervenir es el resultado del sumatorio de dos casas entre medianeras. Son edificaciones que responden a la tipologia típica de la zona de la Plana de Lérida. Edificios de crujía pequeña de unos 5m de amplitud y 15-3

Soure: McGonigle McGrath, ArchDaily Photography: Aidan McGrath House Lessans The site is located in the gently rolling landscape of County Down. An existing assembly of barn and shed with double yard were the remnants of a small farmstead, the original farmhouse now a neighbouring plot. Approached by an overgrown lane, the enclosure created by the buildings and low walls only became apparent when at the yards, t

Source: Max Dudler Photography: Stefan Müller Founded in 1977, the Bochum Railway Museum is one of the largest museums of its kind in Germany. Its historical railway vehicles and listed buildings bear witness to a rich history of technological progress. The new building provides the museum with a clear entrance configuration that directs visitors into the expansive outdoor area. A single-storey brick structure w

Source: Munarq Photography: Munarq Occupy the corner. A village house in the corner and inner courtyard. The project tries to adapt to the urban landscape that forms the main street of the town with irregular facades in shape and antiquity. The “edges” always create dilatations and opportunities to occupy spaces. Thus, it is attempted to give importance to these spaces in the form of a vacuum to create the entry

Source: Sol89, Afasia archzine Fotografía: Fernando Alda El tejido urbano del centro de Córdoba se compone de manzanas densas caladas por infinidad de patios que confieren a este lugar el carácter de un espacio nunca del todo conocido. Al adentrarnos en el interior de este parcelario encontramos una amalgama de construcciones de épocas diversas donde lleno y vacío se alternan dotando de luz, aire y privacidad al

Source: Buchner Bründler, Afasia Photography: Georg Aerni Located on a steep slope in the deep Onsernone valley in Ticino, is an ensemble of stone houses, which has been extended over generations and unoccupied for many years. The ensemble is perched on a mountain ridge, screened from the village of Mosogno di Sotto situated higher up, while opening up to the green valley with a terrace. The client, familiar wit

Fuente: Meck Architekten,  Afasia  Fotografía: Michael Heinrich, Uli Benz El diseño urbano debe entenderse como una respuesta a las estructuras existentes de Campus Garching: al igual que la masa del edificio, que se establece con referencia a la estructura de cuadrícula existente y los edificios existentes circundantes, el nuevo edificio está vinculado a su entorno inmediato y lo ubica en este inmueble. Con el