Fuente: Juan Domingo Santos Fotografía: Fernando Alda La conquista cristiana de la Alhambra en 1492 supuso la transformación de algunas de sus arquitecturas en casas particulares. En el caso del Baño de la Mezquita, la construcción islámica fue radicalmente adaptada a casa patio con un jardín emplazado sobre restos arqueológicos. Entre 1883 y 1934 la familia Barrios se instaló en este lugar convertido en espacio
Fuente: Nomos Fotografía: Luis Asín El Garaje es un taller mecánico, rodeado por una rampa de aparcamiento en todo su perímetro, transformado en una vivienda, que se extiende entre la calle y el patio. La puerta basculante del antiguo garaje se sustituye por un cerramiento sensible al paso de la luz. Una superficie de bloques de hormigón blanco, pavés y acero, anticipa las soluciones constructivas del interior d
Source: Pedevilla Architects Photography: Gustav Willeit The Frastanz-Hofen education centre was developed as a joint location for childcare, kindergarten and primary school. It develops from an existing school building, which was comprehensively refurbished but also improved functionally and structurally, with the school still in operation. The extension consists of four new wings that seamlessly connect to the
Fuente: Magen Arquitectos Fotografía: Rubén Pérez Bescós Las instalaciones del centro deportivo tienen su origen en la compra de dos fincas en los años 60, y el encargo, al arquitecto zaragozano José Romero, de un proyecto para dos piscinas y un parque familiar. Posteriormente, la vivienda agrícola existente fue ampliada para su uso como bar de verano. En 2007, la permuta de terrenos al oeste para la ampliación
Fuente: Artchimboldi Fotografía: Pol Viladoms Con más de quince años de experiencia en la ciudad de Barcelona, Artchimboldi ha conseguido cambiar el concepto de espacio colectivo o de empresa, una nueva forma de trabajar de manera más eficiente, en un entorno inspirador que favorece la creatividad y el bienestar. Sus dos espacios en la Ciudad Condal se caracterizan por su calidez y atención al detalle, que mejor
Source: Afasia Photography: Johan Dehlin & 6a architects Milton Keynes is a utopian urban project of the late 1960s. LA and the Garden City are woven together into a carpet grid laid over the rolling Buckinghamshire landscape. The new building for MK Gallery in Milton Keynes is located at the top end of Midsummer Boulevard where the city meets Campbell Park, establishing the centre of a new arts quarter. A n
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
| 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
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 care
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 w
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 cl
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 mansi
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 C
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