Architecture

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Designer: Gronych + Dollega Architekten Work: private house Classification: Architecture

Haus M

Haus M is a private house in Tiefenbach, Germany, completed in 2012. The asymmetric shape of the interior recalls the image of a mine. The main room measures 10 meters by 8 meters and is 6 meters high. A sculpturally shaped gallery layer is suspended within the main room and divides its height. The main building uses a prefabricated wood frame of glued wooden beams, from which the gallery is hung. The basement and the ceiling above it are made of in-situ concrete, and the roof cladding is an aluminium alloy. The large frontal terrace adds depth to the main room.

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Designer: Akira Koyama Work: Complex Classification: Architecture

Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids

Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids is a five-storey apartment complex of 14 units in Tokyo. The building stands on a deep parcel with tight frontage, measuring 17 metres to the back and 8 metres in width. The four corners of each volume are notched to form six vertical voids that bring daylight into the units. The complex is arranged as two volumes, front and rear, separated by open corridors with stairs to all floors. The corridors connect the six voids and act as paths for natural ventilation. The street facade is a structural wall with a water-jet chipped finish that protects privacy.

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Designer: Ximin Chen Work: Middle School Classification: Architecture

Jun Yi

International Department of Junyi is a middle school building in Beijing. The project converts a former basketball arena into an educational space with ordinary classrooms, multifunctional activity rooms and shared areas. Inspired by classical gardens, the folded and staggered layout forms a rich spatial structure with corridors and platforms. Skylights and open windows bring daylight, sky and landscape views inside. The facade combines weathering steel panels, U-shaped glass and a glass curtain wall, creating three levels of transparency, and bamboo trees are set into it.

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Designer: Fuki Sato Work: Factory Classification: Architecture

Innovation and Production Center

Innovation and Production Center is a combined research and manufacturing facility for a gas detector manufacturer in an industrial area on the outskirts of Tokyo. The complex has six floors and a total area of 24,800 square meters. Two buildings are joined by a bridge that links the development and production departments. Slits, fins and louvers give the facades a precise and refined appearance. Green terraces placed at the same height on both buildings form a green skyline. The design aims to support collaboration between departments and to increase intellectual productivity.

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Designer: Eitaro Satake Work: Crematorium and Temple Classification: Architecture

Inage Ryouen

Inage Ryouen is a memorial building that combines a temple and a mechanical ossuary near Tokyo. Urbanization and changing family structures have created a shortage of graves in cities. Inage Ryouen answers this need with an indoor cemetery that is easy to visit. In conventional mechanical cemeteries the remains are kept in small niches, while here the remains are stored in the basement under a tombstone, as in a traditional grave. Stone, wood and paper were used in the construction. A lounge, a temple, a worship room and a rooftop garden are arranged on three floors.

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Designer: T.E&C Architects & Associates Work: Working Place Classification: Architecture

Hours on the Slope

Hours on the Slope is a factory and office complex in Taichung, Taiwan. The site is divided into three buildings arranged in response to the environment and the orientation. On the west side, where sun exposure is high, dark windows and reduced window areas emphasize the sense of volume. Granite and a green building coating system cover the external walls. Natural stone mosaic was selected for the curved surface of the office building. A buried pipeline system guides cool outdoor air into the plant, and roof solar panels shade the top floor parking area.

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Designer: Nima Keivani Work: Residenial Classification: Architecture

Pardis Kahneh

The 9 stories building, inspired of Persian historical vertical gardens. The facade is a combination of a simple surface that completely encloses a volume by making diagonal section cut. Surface is a wooden lattice by pattern deign inspired by the metaphorically the cedar, the dynamic lattice is so flexible that can be opened or closed by users to adjust privacy. While the other surface is totally covered by turquoise stone, is a small garden in the lobby and back yard which is like a sunken courtyard and there is a roof garden with trees.

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Designer: Public Architectural Design Institute Work: Residence Classification: Architecture

Cang Ma Mountain

Cang Ma Mountain is a residential complex built in Qingdao, China. The project provides resettlement housing for more than 1,300 households from four nearby villages. The site covers about 130,000 square meters and holds residential buildings of four to eight storeys and commercial buildings of two to three storeys. The sloping terrain is divided into separate platforms that follow the original form of the hills. Red tiles, fences, stone mills, tea fields and an ancient well recall rural life and local culture.

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Designer: Michihiro Matsuo Work: Residential House Classification: Architecture

Gallege

Open and impressive architecture with windows throughout the road. It is a garage house where three hobby cars can be parked on a small site in a residential area, and the car and people's lives are balanced appropriately, and the architecture itself is evaluated as a skillful design that is a gallery. And although the composition of the space is very simple, the continuous windows arranged in the horizontal direction form a beautiful and well-balanced facade.

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Designer: Dion Seminara Architecture Work: Residential Home Classification: Architecture

Toowong Renovation

This Toowong Renovation started with the main goal of making the most out of a sloping block. From there, design ideas and opportunities for the home, which would not have been previously possible on a flat property, were brought to light. The use of curved and natural forms were present in the central design, which then softens the hardscape surface and outdoor structure to create flow. All of this created a flow from the indoor to the outdoors of the home and reduced challenges the home faced including heat, restricted airflow, and natural light.

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Designer: Vassiliades Architects Work: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

House in Fasoula

The Z Shaped Creation is a bioclimatic residential building in Fasoula, Cyprus. The white Z shaped form defines the morphology of the building. The interior spaces are arranged as volumes placed into the cavities of the white form. The design follows simple geometries in a minimalist approach, with exposed concrete, large wooden surfaces and a neutral white color. The house covers 230 square meters on three levels, one basement and two floors above. The basement is set into the slope, holds the parking spaces and is built with stone masonry.

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Designer: Junghee Lee Work: housing Classification: Architecture

Sista House

Sinsu-dong is a dangerous residential area with many old houses in Seoul. 2m2 architects wanted to build a rental house here for women. 2m2 architects were usually concerned with and felt a critical mind with housings for women. Sista House, aiming for a comfortable and sensuous living environment for young women in their 20s and 30s, has given each space its own character to differentiate itself from existing multiple housings within its limited area.

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