Showing posts with label Architecture - Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture - Asia. Show all posts
SUNDAY INSPIRATION #93
zaha hadid
heydar aliyev center, baku (azerbaijan)
projected 2013
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SUNDAY INSPIRATION #50
the colonnade condominiums
paul rudolph
singapore 1980
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ARCHITECTURE ASIA // DIVISION HOUSE / NAGANO
Enter the forest of Suwa in Nagano Prefecture and you feel immediately lost, even though it's only five minutes from a busy motorway. The site of a new residential project designed by Takei Nabeshima Architects (TNA), this dense wood of Japanese white birches has few points of reference. When the architects, Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima, first visited they could only distinguish a pond, a creek and a spring well. 'The endlessness of the forest and the lack of any signposts upset our sense of direction,' says Nabeshima. 'Only the slightly sloping ground told us we were at the foot of the Yatsugatake mountains.'
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Administration & Information Centre / Suzhou (China)
The Administration & Information Centre is situated in a beautiful environment inside Suzhou Industrial Park, where there is a harmonious coexistence of the city’s rich cultural traditions and its rapid economic development with convenient traffic. It has a complicated program consisting of administration centre, learning and resources centre, training centre and student activities centre. All of the programs are connected by the voids inside the building following the concept of Taihu stone, the ornamental stone used for decorating traditional Chinese gardens.
Eroded over time by wind and water this limestone is found on dozens of islands and along miles of shoreline surrounding the Taihu lake located on the west side of the city of Suzhou. The stone is found in a variety of colours, shapes and sizes and was appreciated by the Chinese scholars during the ancient time. As such the voids have become the functional spaces which allow the building to interact with the surrounding environment and become a vessel which attracts people to go inside.
© by Aedas
INFORMATION
Architects: Andy Wen – Aedas
Location: Suzhou, PRC, China
Project team: Andy Wen’s Team
Client: Suzhou Industrial Park Education Development & Investment Company
Civil Engineer: Suzhou Architecture Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Design year: 2008
Rendering: Silkroad Digital Technology Co., Ltd
via ArchDaily
Eroded over time by wind and water this limestone is found on dozens of islands and along miles of shoreline surrounding the Taihu lake located on the west side of the city of Suzhou. The stone is found in a variety of colours, shapes and sizes and was appreciated by the Chinese scholars during the ancient time. As such the voids have become the functional spaces which allow the building to interact with the surrounding environment and become a vessel which attracts people to go inside.
The Administration & Information Centre is adjacent to the two main promenade axes in the campus. The laboratories are located on the east side and the classroom building on the north. It will be a dynamic gathering space in the future.
© by Aedas
INFORMATION
Architects: Andy Wen – Aedas
Location: Suzhou, PRC, China
Project team: Andy Wen’s Team
Client: Suzhou Industrial Park Education Development & Investment Company
Civil Engineer: Suzhou Architecture Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Design year: 2008
Rendering: Silkroad Digital Technology Co., Ltd
via ArchDaily
Mountain Research, Tokyo
Text by Tuija Seipell
Tokyo-based architect, Shin Ohori, and his firm General Design Co, have recently completed a beautiful private weekend residence in the mountains at Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano.
Ohori designed the recreational property, titled Mountain Research, for his friend, fashion designer Setsumasa Kobayashi, who also owns Tokyo’s Cow Books (also designed by Ohori.)
And that explains the odd name for the retreat. Setsumasa’s fashion line used to be called General Research but it is now known as .......Research, with the dots being a placeholder for the defining word of each season’s collection. The Spring 2009 collection was called Mountain Research, and its namesake mountain hideaway is the place where Setsumasa and team dream up most of the brand’s fashion ideas.
Life takes place mostly outdoors at the Mountain Research. The various functions — kitchen, storage, bath, wood shelter — are located in nearly separate, simple structures, all resting on a multi-level platform. The material of the structures is local pine, and the owner hopes that the buildings will eventually biodegrade into the mountain soil and return to nature’s endless cycle of re-creation.
The one stark exception to this woody serenity are the two permanent, bright yellow sleeping tents (made by North Face), located atop of the building. The entire retreat has a feel of a casual, classy and unpretentious camp that has all of the conveniences of modern life. A perfect environment for a creative brainstorm.
© by TheCoolHunter
Tokyo-based architect, Shin Ohori, and his firm General Design Co, have recently completed a beautiful private weekend residence in the mountains at Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano.
Ohori designed the recreational property, titled Mountain Research, for his friend, fashion designer Setsumasa Kobayashi, who also owns Tokyo’s Cow Books (also designed by Ohori.)
And that explains the odd name for the retreat. Setsumasa’s fashion line used to be called General Research but it is now known as .......Research, with the dots being a placeholder for the defining word of each season’s collection. The Spring 2009 collection was called Mountain Research, and its namesake mountain hideaway is the place where Setsumasa and team dream up most of the brand’s fashion ideas.
Life takes place mostly outdoors at the Mountain Research. The various functions — kitchen, storage, bath, wood shelter — are located in nearly separate, simple structures, all resting on a multi-level platform. The material of the structures is local pine, and the owner hopes that the buildings will eventually biodegrade into the mountain soil and return to nature’s endless cycle of re-creation.
The one stark exception to this woody serenity are the two permanent, bright yellow sleeping tents (made by North Face), located atop of the building. The entire retreat has a feel of a casual, classy and unpretentious camp that has all of the conveniences of modern life. A perfect environment for a creative brainstorm.
© by TheCoolHunter
Island House, Kangwon-do
This spectacular residential complex is an expansive structure standing on the banks of the Han River in South Korea's Kangwon-do province. Designed by Hyo Man Kim of Iroje KHM Architects, with a design team of Su Mi Jung, Jung Min Oh, A Rum Kim, Sun Hee Kim, the Island House runs to over 700 square metres of accommodation, covering everything from a manager's suite in the basement to bespoke rooms for karaoke, playing cards and billiards.
he house is arranged in a shallow curve around a large outdoor pool and courtyard, complete with fruit trees and a dining pavilion. As well as the master suite complex, there's also a large three-bedroom guest area, gymnasium and roof garden running the length of the structure. In short, the house is its own self-contained domestic archipelago, a sequence of spaces wrapped in a jagged, crystalline skin, creating the appearance of an outcrop of sparkling rock on the waterside.
The detail design is best described as domestic deconstructivism, with an angled steel and glass façade arranged to maximize external views, both out to the landscape beyond and between different parts of the house. Architecturally distinct from its surroundings, the architects argue that the house engages with landscape, rather than site. From inside the house, these concerns are clear. The double-height open plan living space is placed at the centre of the plan. Poured and polished concrete floors wend their angular way through the site, forming floors and stairs as well as the kitchen counters and table. The fruit trees, pool and pavilion create a private exterior space, while a pathway runs from this serene haven down to the jetty, where a speedboat allows the family to make easy upriver sojourns.
The house's structure was engineered by Sung Yeong Oh of MOA, with custom lighting by LITEWORK and furniture by Hee Su Hong.
INFORMATION
Website
http://www.irojekhm.com
he house is arranged in a shallow curve around a large outdoor pool and courtyard, complete with fruit trees and a dining pavilion. As well as the master suite complex, there's also a large three-bedroom guest area, gymnasium and roof garden running the length of the structure. In short, the house is its own self-contained domestic archipelago, a sequence of spaces wrapped in a jagged, crystalline skin, creating the appearance of an outcrop of sparkling rock on the waterside.
The detail design is best described as domestic deconstructivism, with an angled steel and glass façade arranged to maximize external views, both out to the landscape beyond and between different parts of the house. Architecturally distinct from its surroundings, the architects argue that the house engages with landscape, rather than site. From inside the house, these concerns are clear. The double-height open plan living space is placed at the centre of the plan. Poured and polished concrete floors wend their angular way through the site, forming floors and stairs as well as the kitchen counters and table. The fruit trees, pool and pavilion create a private exterior space, while a pathway runs from this serene haven down to the jetty, where a speedboat allows the family to make easy upriver sojourns.
The house's structure was engineered by Sung Yeong Oh of MOA, with custom lighting by LITEWORK and furniture by Hee Su Hong.
INFORMATION
Website
http://www.irojekhm.com
Black & White
Text by John-Michael O'Sullivan
There's something really exciting about seeing new shops launching, especially if the brand has never had its own store before: seeing how the designers use the label's vision to inspire the space can be incredible (or incredibly bad…).
In the case of Neil Barrett's breathtaking Tokyo Store, architect Zaha Hadid's provided the perfect reflection of the designer's aesthetic, with severe shapes, unexpected cuts and sleek surfaces. After a couple of years where so many shops gone on a chandelier & retro wallpaper frenzy, it's amazing to see someone doing something so dynamic and clean.
There's something really exciting about seeing new shops launching, especially if the brand has never had its own store before: seeing how the designers use the label's vision to inspire the space can be incredible (or incredibly bad…).
In the case of Neil Barrett's breathtaking Tokyo Store, architect Zaha Hadid's provided the perfect reflection of the designer's aesthetic, with severe shapes, unexpected cuts and sleek surfaces. After a couple of years where so many shops gone on a chandelier & retro wallpaper frenzy, it's amazing to see someone doing something so dynamic and clean.
Base Valley House, Japan
Text by Cathelijne Nuijsink
Hiroshi Sambuichi`s ideas on making architecture are as far removed from those of his Tokyo contemporaries as the location of his Hiroshima-based office. With his latest project, a house for a couple and their three children, Sambuichi sets an example for the proper use of natural energy sources, showing that good design is first and foremost all about getting the balance between the building and the earth, right.
Sambuichi has always been committed to studying extensively the local climate of each project’s location, before developing the design, and this often involves on-site observations that can take up to an entire year. This is followed by careful elaboration of the results into shapes and spaces made out of high-quality natural materials like Japanese cypress, chestnut wood and crushed stone; a procedure which justifies his growing reputation for producing indigenous architecture, strongly linked with the local landscape, a rarity in-between the concrete examples of modern Japan.
Base Valley looks perfectly natural among its surroundings. “A close examination on how changing wind directions and intensities in daylight influences the site, enables me to understand what kind of architecture is really needed on each location”, explains Sambuichi, when asked about the starting point of his design, which led to the transformation of the site into the family’s 100-m2 permanent base, where from they enjoy the beauty of the adjacent river and mountains.
The dramatic location, the edge of an immense 12,000-m2 river valley plain, surrounded by steep cliffs, means the house has to deal with strong winds from the sea and down the mountain. Instead of trying to resist the harsh climate, Base Valley both protects its inhabitants from the challenging weather conditions, and also respects and makes the most out of the local climate. To make the best use of the wind blowing through the valley the architect decided on a 2,260 m wide cut, a wind street, slicing the entire building volume in north-south direction; this allows the air to flow through the interior. Next, he nestled four bedrooms and a sunroom in the ground, utilizing the earth’s warmth to regulate the indoor temperature. The scheme completes with a living area, dining room and kitchen on the ground level, which is topped off with a slanted glazed roof that follows the slope of the mountain.
“In summer, the subterranean sun room gathers the valley wind so that each bedroom gets a breeze of fresh air, while in winter the glass tent collects the necessary solar heat”, says Sambuichi, explaining the energy efficiency of his natural air-conditioning `machine`. With all windows open, the residents can enjoy the privilege of hearing and feeling the nearby river and falling forest leaves, making living inside Base Valley as close to earth as it can get.
INFORMATION
Sambuichi Architects
8-3-302 Nakajima-cho Naka-Ku
Hiroshima, Japan
tel: 81.82 544 1417
email: samb@d2.dion.ne.jp
Hiroshi Sambuichi`s ideas on making architecture are as far removed from those of his Tokyo contemporaries as the location of his Hiroshima-based office. With his latest project, a house for a couple and their three children, Sambuichi sets an example for the proper use of natural energy sources, showing that good design is first and foremost all about getting the balance between the building and the earth, right.
Sambuichi has always been committed to studying extensively the local climate of each project’s location, before developing the design, and this often involves on-site observations that can take up to an entire year. This is followed by careful elaboration of the results into shapes and spaces made out of high-quality natural materials like Japanese cypress, chestnut wood and crushed stone; a procedure which justifies his growing reputation for producing indigenous architecture, strongly linked with the local landscape, a rarity in-between the concrete examples of modern Japan.
Base Valley looks perfectly natural among its surroundings. “A close examination on how changing wind directions and intensities in daylight influences the site, enables me to understand what kind of architecture is really needed on each location”, explains Sambuichi, when asked about the starting point of his design, which led to the transformation of the site into the family’s 100-m2 permanent base, where from they enjoy the beauty of the adjacent river and mountains.
The dramatic location, the edge of an immense 12,000-m2 river valley plain, surrounded by steep cliffs, means the house has to deal with strong winds from the sea and down the mountain. Instead of trying to resist the harsh climate, Base Valley both protects its inhabitants from the challenging weather conditions, and also respects and makes the most out of the local climate. To make the best use of the wind blowing through the valley the architect decided on a 2,260 m wide cut, a wind street, slicing the entire building volume in north-south direction; this allows the air to flow through the interior. Next, he nestled four bedrooms and a sunroom in the ground, utilizing the earth’s warmth to regulate the indoor temperature. The scheme completes with a living area, dining room and kitchen on the ground level, which is topped off with a slanted glazed roof that follows the slope of the mountain.
“In summer, the subterranean sun room gathers the valley wind so that each bedroom gets a breeze of fresh air, while in winter the glass tent collects the necessary solar heat”, says Sambuichi, explaining the energy efficiency of his natural air-conditioning `machine`. With all windows open, the residents can enjoy the privilege of hearing and feeling the nearby river and falling forest leaves, making living inside Base Valley as close to earth as it can get.
INFORMATION
Sambuichi Architects
8-3-302 Nakajima-cho Naka-Ku
Hiroshima, Japan
tel: 81.82 544 1417
email: samb@d2.dion.ne.jp
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