Architect and Architectural Photographer based in Santiago, Chile
Olson Kundig Architects share with us the T Bailey Offices in Anacortes, Washington, which explore the idea of using the client’s product— pipes used in wind turbine towers — in the construction of their headquarters. This 11,700 square foot office addition adjoins the existing heavy industrial manufacturing plant of T Bailey. All steel fabrication and erection takes place in the plant adjoining the project.
Architects: Marjetica Potrc and Eva Pfannes & Sylvain Hartenberg, Ooze (Paris & Rotterdam) Location: Sturmshfo, Essen-Altenessen, ‘Emscherinsel’ at the previous ‘Mathias Stinnes Hafen’, Germany Team: Florian de Visser, Shilesh Hariharan Areas: 1000 m2 Budget: 200,000 EUR For the event: Emscherkunst.2010 Use: Art installation: Autonomous water treatment Client: Emschergenossenschaft Design Period: 8 months system & community gardens Construction Period: 2 months Completion Construction: May 2010 Photos: Roman Mensing, Ooze, Florian de Visser
Architects: Guerin Glass Architects Location: 223 Saratoga Road Honolulu, Hawaii 96815, USA Associate Architect, Honolulu HI: Benjamin Woo Architects LLC Interior Design: SN Design Completion Date: December 2009 Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer: Notkin Hawaii, Inc. Electrical Engineer: Albert Chong Associates Civil Engineering: Wilson Okamoto Corp. Environmental: Clayton Group Services Geotechnical Engineering: Professional Services Industries Landscaping: Brownville & Lee Waterproofing: Specialized Architectural Services Telecommunications/Security Design: Communications Consulting Services Client: Irongate Azrep Beachwalk LLC Floor Area: 575,000 sf Total built area: Total height of the building: 700,000 sf Photos: Andrea Brizzi
Architects: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple – Guidry Beazley Architects Location: Key West, Florida, USA General Contractor: BRPH MEP Engineer: Associated Design Group, Inc. Structural Engineer: McKee and Deville Consulting Engineers Civil Engineer: URS Group, Inc. Cost Management: Atkins HF+G Year of Completion: 2006 Client: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Division Project Size: 30,000 square feet Software Implemented: AutoCAD Photography: Timothy Hursley
Architects: Lior Vaknin + Sabi Aroch Location: Rehovot, Israel Client: Marglit family Design dates: April – June 2009 Construction Dates: June 2009 – October 2009 Mark Materails: Epoxy, Gypsum, Flexible wood, glass and ceramics Interior Area: 80 sqm Outside Area: 30 sqm Photos: Felix Spivack
Architects: Kokaistudios Location: Shanghai, China Collaborators: Andrea Destefanis, Filippo Gabbiani, Li Wei, Song Qing Local architect: Shanghai Zhongfang Architectural Design Institute Project Year: 2009 Area: 3,400 sqm Photographs: Panda of VA-PHOTO
Architect: Daniel Libeskind + G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Partners Location: Seoul, South Korea Client: KT Corporation Project architect: Carla Swickerath (Studio Daniel Libeskind) + Chuloh Jung (G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Partners) Design team: Seungki Min, Byungdon Yoo, Roy Oei (Studio Daniel Libeskind) + Shinhui Won, Wookjin Chung, Sangsu Park, Sang-Hyun Son, Inkyung Han, Taewook Kang, Namhui Kim, Shinkyung Jo (G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Partners) Project area: 169,784 sqm Competition Year: 2010
G.Lab* by Gansam Architects and Partners sent us their proposal for the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Seoul, using a mix of reinforced concrete and steel structure to create two interesting volumes to house 5,000 years of history.
Images, drawings and the project statement after the break.
Continuing with our AD Photographers section, we now present you Stéphane Chalmeau, who have shown some very interesting architects and their projects, mainly coming from France.
1. When and How did you start photographing architecture?
I started photographing architecture and cities when I was very young, I have been passionate about photography since I was 12, but I did not think it could be a full-time job. It was for me something unaccessible and only opened to a few famous artists.
Architects: WOHA Location: 201 Victoria Street, Singapore Project Team: Wong Mun Summ, Richard Hassell, Chan Ee Mun, Dhamaraj Subramaniam, Ang Chow Hwee, Lim Yin Chao, Lim Yee Sze, Alen Low, Andrew MacLennan, Christopher Browne, Elavarasi Rajapackiyam, Johan Hermijanto, Maria Nieva Client: Jack Investment Pte Ltd Civil & Structural Engr: LBW Consultants Mechanical & Electrical Engr: Lincolne Scott Ng Pte Ltd Quantity Surveyors: KPK Quantity Surveyors Pte Ltd Media Facade Design: Realities United Gmbh Lighting Consultant: Lighting Planners Associates Inc. Landscape Consultant: ICN Design International Façade Consultant: Arup Façade Engineering Fire Consultant: Arup Fire (S) Pte Ltd Acoustic Consultant: Acviron Acoustics Consultants Pte Ltd Main Contractor: Sim Lian Construction Co (Pte) Ltd Site Area: 8,920.5 sqm Project Area: 26,761.5 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Tim Griffith & Patrick Bingham-Hall
Architects: Scale Architecture Location: Sydney, Australia Project Team: Matt Chan, Katie Hepworth, Isabel Cordeiro Client: City of Sydney Project Area: 10 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Matt Chan, Kasia Werstak, Jamie Williams Photography, Casey Bryant, Brett Boardman Photography
San Francisco based IwamotoScott sent us their latest tower development produced for the Greenwich South design study led by Architecture Research Office, Beyer Blinder Belle and Architects & Planners and OPEN. Contributing architects, artists and designers included Coen + Partners, DeWitt Godfrey, IwamotoScott Architecture, Jorge Colmbo, Lewis.Tsuramaki.Lewis Architects, Morphosis, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Transolar Climate Engineering and WORKac.
Architects: WOHA Location: Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia Project Team: Richard Hassell, Wong Mun Summ, Chan Ee Mun, Ranjit Wagh, Mappaudang Ridwan Saleh, Alan Lau, Lai Soong Hai, Miikka Leppanen, Muhammad Sagitha Mechanical & Electrical Engr: PT. Makesthi Enggal Engineering Civil & Structural Engr: Worley Parsons Pte Ltd / PT. Atelier Enam Struktur Ecologically Sustainable Design Consultant: Sustainable Built Environments Lighting Consultants: Lighting Planners Associates Quantity Surveyors: PT Kosprima Sarana Kuantitama Landscape Consultant: Cicada Pte Ltd Main Contractor: PT. Hutama Karya Site Area: 44,642 sqm Built up Area: 58,635 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Tim Griffith & Patrick Bingham-Hall
Chinese practice Urbanus (previously featured at ArchDaily with their Jade Bamboo Culture Plaza, the Integrated Teaching Building in the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Tulou Housing Guangzhou) shared with us the exhibition design for the city Shenzhen at the UBPA (Urban Best Practice Area), an exhibit aligned with the Expo 2010′s main theme “Better City, Better Life”, which tracks how major cities around the world are coping with the new problems arising from their urbanization processes, as well as their effective and creative solutions, making it as highly specialized exhibition space.
The city of Shenzhen evolved from a small fishing village to an international center in only 30 years, a complex process presented at this pavilion:
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has won the competition to design a 54,000m2 concert, congress and hotel complex in Malmö, Sweden. The competition, where Snøhetta, Baumschlager Eberle and Daniel Libeskind participated, also included the development of additionally 35,000m2 for housing and commercial use. This is the second competition won by schmidt hammer lassen architects in the southern part of Sweden in 2010.
Architects: OFIS Arhitekti Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Directors in Charge: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik Project Team: Andrej Gregorič, Janez Martinčič, Janja Del Linz, Katja Aljaz, Anna Breda, Cristian Gheorghe, Kasia Bernatek, Magdalena Lacka Project Area: 18,000 sqm + 8,000 sqm underground parking Design Year: 2008-2010
Young architect William O’Brien Jr was one of the practices invited to this years P.S.1 competition (awarded to SO-IL). He shared with us this cabin project based on an extruded A-frame. Interesting wall configuration, take a look at the section.
Check all the images, some drawings and description after the break.
A ceremony on April 16th marked the official groundbreaking of “Sonnenhof”, a landmark development designed by J. MAYER H. Architects consisting of four new office and apartment buildings extending over several allotments in the historic center of Jena, Germany.
