Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Wish List
Photovoltaic films
Green Wall
Grey water Filtration system
Night Club
Restaurant
spa
Terrace
Green Wall
Grey water Filtration system
Night Club
Restaurant
spa
Terrace
Loisium Hotel
Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Location: Langenlois, Austria
Architects: Steven Holl (design architect), Christian Wassmann (project architect), Garrick Ambrose, Dominink Bachmann, Rodolfo Dias, Peter Englaender, Johan van Lierop, Chris McVoy, Ernest Ng, Olaf Schmidt, Brett Snyder, Irene Vogt (project team)
Local Architect: ARGE Architekten
Project Year: 2001-2005
Structural Engineer: Retter & Partner GmbH, A-Krems
Mechanical Engineer: Altherm Engineering, A-Baden
Constructed Area: 7,000 sqm
Photographs: Christian Richters
On the edge of the picturesque town of Langenlois, one hour west of Vienna, a new wine center and visitors’ facility was built on a gently south-sloping vineyard to celebrate the rich local heritage of a magnificent wine vault system. This historic subterranean network, which includes 900 year old stone passages, underlies the urban plan of the town. The north-south axis of the network echoes that of the Baroque houses above and suggests the existence of a second town below that which is visible.
Location: Langenlois, Austria
Architects: Steven Holl (design architect), Christian Wassmann (project architect), Garrick Ambrose, Dominink Bachmann, Rodolfo Dias, Peter Englaender, Johan van Lierop, Chris McVoy, Ernest Ng, Olaf Schmidt, Brett Snyder, Irene Vogt (project team)
Local Architect: ARGE Architekten
Project Year: 2001-2005
Structural Engineer: Retter & Partner GmbH, A-Krems
Mechanical Engineer: Altherm Engineering, A-Baden
Constructed Area: 7,000 sqm
Photographs: Christian Richters
On the edge of the picturesque town of Langenlois, one hour west of Vienna, a new wine center and visitors’ facility was built on a gently south-sloping vineyard to celebrate the rich local heritage of a magnificent wine vault system. This historic subterranean network, which includes 900 year old stone passages, underlies the urban plan of the town. The north-south axis of the network echoes that of the Baroque houses above and suggests the existence of a second town below that which is visible.
FriendHouse Hotel
Architects: Ryntovt
Location: Orel River Bank, Dnepropertrovsk, Ukraine
Project Team: Yuriy Ryntovt /chief architect, Aleksey Bojko, Alan Kravchenko
Project Area: 1,750 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Andrey Avdeenko
Ecohotel “Friend House” is located on 3 hectares plot in forest resort zone aside of Orel river bank, 30 km far from Dnepropertrovsk. It is a single-floor group of buildings with open yards, parking, terraces, garden and park zones (covered area 1750 square meters). During process of siting, an ineologycal analysis of the region was used, taking into account Earth energy -information field conception. It is space, reflected in details, surrounded by wildlife.
In this project were used exclusively ecological harmless materials: clay, reed and wood. Construction’s carcasses designed from wood and shell stone. Cobwork cocoons of room are united by the roof plate. All furniture and lighting are designed by project -manufacturing company “RYNTOVT DESIGN”.
Location: Orel River Bank, Dnepropertrovsk, Ukraine
Project Team: Yuriy Ryntovt /chief architect, Aleksey Bojko, Alan Kravchenko
Project Area: 1,750 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Andrey Avdeenko
Ecohotel “Friend House” is located on 3 hectares plot in forest resort zone aside of Orel river bank, 30 km far from Dnepropertrovsk. It is a single-floor group of buildings with open yards, parking, terraces, garden and park zones (covered area 1750 square meters). During process of siting, an ineologycal analysis of the region was used, taking into account Earth energy -information field conception. It is space, reflected in details, surrounded by wildlife.
In this project were used exclusively ecological harmless materials: clay, reed and wood. Construction’s carcasses designed from wood and shell stone. Cobwork cocoons of room are united by the roof plate. All furniture and lighting are designed by project -manufacturing company “RYNTOVT DESIGN”.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Talca Hotel & Casino
Architects: Rodrigo Duque Motta / Rafael Hevia García-Huidobro
Location: Talca, Chile
Client: Gran Casino y Hotel de Talca
Collaborators: Cristóbal Martínez / Catalina Ventura
Structural Engineer: Eduardo Valenzuela
Interior Design: Francisca Varela
Lighting Design: Ramón López / Matías López
Technical Inspection: José Tomás Vargas
Contractor: Inarco
Constructed Area: 15.000 sqm
Project year: 2007
Construction year: 2008
Photographs: Guy Wenborne & Rodrigo Duque Motta
Since the very beginning, this commission was determined by a preexisting disposition of the various parts of the program (casino, hotel, restaurants, and convention/event’s center), predefining surface areas, position in plan layout, and corresponding levels within the structure.
This program predisposition, under which the operation license was granted, generated a juxtaposition of various recognizable building structures with particular form and expression, amounting to a fragmented and poorly composed building.
A second important condition was its location sharing the site of a Shopping Mall in a peripheral location to the City of Talca. Though allowing to opening the project towards the further context gaining views of the Andes and Talca itself, the immediate context needed particular attention: the intersection of two high traffic main roads, and the Shopping Mall’s desolated parking lot.
The third relevant subject to take into account was the thermal conditioning of the building. Over 400 gaming machines in the casino and convention areas plus the concentration of large crowds generated enormous amounts of heat. Thus, obtaining efficiency in climate control systems was essential.
Location: Talca, Chile
Client: Gran Casino y Hotel de Talca
Collaborators: Cristóbal Martínez / Catalina Ventura
Structural Engineer: Eduardo Valenzuela
Interior Design: Francisca Varela
Lighting Design: Ramón López / Matías López
Technical Inspection: José Tomás Vargas
Contractor: Inarco
Constructed Area: 15.000 sqm
Project year: 2007
Construction year: 2008
Photographs: Guy Wenborne & Rodrigo Duque Motta
Since the very beginning, this commission was determined by a preexisting disposition of the various parts of the program (casino, hotel, restaurants, and convention/event’s center), predefining surface areas, position in plan layout, and corresponding levels within the structure.
This program predisposition, under which the operation license was granted, generated a juxtaposition of various recognizable building structures with particular form and expression, amounting to a fragmented and poorly composed building.
A second important condition was its location sharing the site of a Shopping Mall in a peripheral location to the City of Talca. Though allowing to opening the project towards the further context gaining views of the Andes and Talca itself, the immediate context needed particular attention: the intersection of two high traffic main roads, and the Shopping Mall’s desolated parking lot.
The third relevant subject to take into account was the thermal conditioning of the building. Over 400 gaming machines in the casino and convention areas plus the concentration of large crowds generated enormous amounts of heat. Thus, obtaining efficiency in climate control systems was essential.
Hotel Fouquet Barrière
Architect: Edouard François
Location: Paris, France
Client: Groupe Lucien Barrière, Groupe ACCOR
Structural engineers: COTEBA Ingénierie
Decorations: Jacques Garcia
Gardens: Pré Carré, Marc Vatinel
Lights and illumination: Light CIBLES, Louis Claire
Year of enchargement: 2003
Year of completion: 2006
Constructed area: 18,000 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Agence Edouard François
Location: Paris, France
Client: Groupe Lucien Barrière, Groupe ACCOR
Structural engineers: COTEBA Ingénierie
Decorations: Jacques Garcia
Gardens: Pré Carré, Marc Vatinel
Lights and illumination: Light CIBLES, Louis Claire
Year of enchargement: 2003
Year of completion: 2006
Constructed area: 18,000 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Agence Edouard François
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Remota Hotel
Architects: German del SolLocation: Provincia de Última Esperanza, Magallanes, Patagonia, ChileProject team: José Luis Ibañez G. / Architect, Francisca Schüler M. / Architect, Carlos Venegas / Architect, Rodrigo Arenas P. / Graphics Arts
Contractor: Salfa, Punta Arenas
Constructed Area: 5,213.46 sqmProject year: 2004 – 2005Construction year: 2004 – 2005Photographs: Guy Wenborne, Felipe Camus, Turek
Architecture, to me, is neither the form of buildings, nor the materials used to build them.
For me, Architecture is an extra gift. A gift of suggestions that may fill what we usually call the empty space. The place above our heads, that invites one to daydream when one is distracted looking away without any intention.
Remota appears from the distance as a big black barn, its warm yellow lights gleaming at dawn or night, its interior full of light revealed in part, through the vertical sequence of vertical glass.
Remota appears as a welcoming warm place to stay, in the vastness of Patagonia’s plains. Its refinements are confined behind a working barn look, to lower the travelers expectations, so its interior will appear unexpectedly in all its splendor.
Architecture, to me, is neither the form of buildings, nor the materials used to build them.
For me, Architecture is an extra gift. A gift of suggestions that may fill what we usually call the empty space. The place above our heads, that invites one to daydream when one is distracted looking away without any intention.
Remota appears from the distance as a big black barn, its warm yellow lights gleaming at dawn or night, its interior full of light revealed in part, through the vertical sequence of vertical glass.Remota appears as a welcoming warm place to stay, in the vastness of Patagonia’s plains. Its refinements are confined behind a working barn look, to lower the travelers expectations, so its interior will appear unexpectedly in all its splendor.
Contractor: Salfa, Punta Arenas
Constructed Area: 5,213.46 sqmProject year: 2004 – 2005Construction year: 2004 – 2005Photographs: Guy Wenborne, Felipe Camus, Turek
The inspiration
The inspiration are the sheep farm’s buildings of Patagonia.
Not the main houses of the estancias, their warm interiors closed to their place, but the buildings made for the sheep farm works where daily life in Patagonia is lived, and finds an splendor of its own; the barns for drying the sheep’s hides and for the many other works at the estancias, that have to be done inside because of the cold or the wind, or both.
An the other many signs of human live dispersed in Patagonia, like the endless wire fences, the small houses for the shepherd’s dogs, etc
Not the main houses of the estancias, their warm interiors closed to their place, but the buildings made for the sheep farm works where daily life in Patagonia is lived, and finds an splendor of its own; the barns for drying the sheep’s hides and for the many other works at the estancias, that have to be done inside because of the cold or the wind, or both.
An the other many signs of human live dispersed in Patagonia, like the endless wire fences, the small houses for the shepherd’s dogs, etc
The Form
Architecture, to me, is neither the form of buildings, nor the materials used to build them.
For me, Architecture is an extra gift. A gift of suggestions that may fill what we usually call the empty space. The place above our heads, that invites one to daydream when one is distracted looking away without any intention.
Remota appears from the distance as a big black barn, its warm yellow lights gleaming at dawn or night, its interior full of light revealed in part, through the vertical sequence of vertical glass.
Remota appears as a welcoming warm place to stay, in the vastness of Patagonia’s plains. Its refinements are confined behind a working barn look, to lower the travelers expectations, so its interior will appear unexpectedly in all its splendor.
The Form
Architecture, to me, is neither the form of buildings, nor the materials used to build them.
For me, Architecture is an extra gift. A gift of suggestions that may fill what we usually call the empty space. The place above our heads, that invites one to daydream when one is distracted looking away without any intention.
Remota appears from the distance as a big black barn, its warm yellow lights gleaming at dawn or night, its interior full of light revealed in part, through the vertical sequence of vertical glass.Remota appears as a welcoming warm place to stay, in the vastness of Patagonia’s plains. Its refinements are confined behind a working barn look, to lower the travelers expectations, so its interior will appear unexpectedly in all its splendor.
Juvet Landscape Hotel
Architects: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor
Location: Gudbrandsjuvet, Norway
Design Period: 2004-2007
Construction period: 2007-2008
Client: Knut Slinning
Project Architects: Jan Olav Jensen (pl), Børre Skodvin, Torunn Golberg Helge Lunder, Torstein Koch; Thomas Knigge
Budget: 1.000.000 EURO (US $1.28 millions)
Constructed Area: 800 sqm
Photographs: JSA
Basically each room is a detached small independent house with one, or sometimes two of the walls constructed in glass. The landscape in which these rooms are placed is by most people considered spectacularly beautiful and varied and the topography allows a layout where no room looks at another. In this way every room gets its own surprising view of a dramatic piece of landscape, always changing with the weather and the time of the day and the season.
Location: Gudbrandsjuvet, Norway
Design Period: 2004-2007
Construction period: 2007-2008
Client: Knut Slinning
Project Architects: Jan Olav Jensen (pl), Børre Skodvin, Torunn Golberg Helge Lunder, Torstein Koch; Thomas Knigge
Budget: 1.000.000 EURO (US $1.28 millions)
Constructed Area: 800 sqm
Photographs: JSA
Basically each room is a detached small independent house with one, or sometimes two of the walls constructed in glass. The landscape in which these rooms are placed is by most people considered spectacularly beautiful and varied and the topography allows a layout where no room looks at another. In this way every room gets its own surprising view of a dramatic piece of landscape, always changing with the weather and the time of the day and the season.
Monday, September 13, 2010
The Canada Hotel
rchitects: Hayball
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Developer: Plough & Harrow C/o Mider Developments
Principal Contractor: Galvin Construction
Principal Engineer: Wallbridge & Gilbert
Specialist Concrete Subcontractor: Westkon
Photography: Rob Stent, John Gollings, Tony Miller
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Developer: Plough & Harrow C/o Mider Developments
Principal Contractor: Galvin Construction
Principal Engineer: Wallbridge & Gilbert
Specialist Concrete Subcontractor: Westkon
Photography: Rob Stent, John Gollings, Tony Miller
The Canada Hotel redevelopment is a student accommodation project that provides 219 one bedroom apartments on the site of the historic Canada Hotel. A new 13 level tower stands over the reinvigorated hotel, its distinctive form and language acknowledging the historic building as ancestor.
The entry to the building is marked by a dark fissure that is seemingly carved between the new and existing structures. An undulating, blackened ceiling completes the cave-like experience and escorts entrants to the reception and lift lobby.
Aesthetics
The project continues the evolution of the inner-Melbourne’s ‘Pelham Precinct’ with a robust architectural language that relates to neighbouring projects. The striking façade, comprised of stacked geometric panels that spiral up and around the building, uses its carefully cut openings to de-scale an otherwise monumental building and establishes a lively rhythm with light and shade, solid and void.
Comment on the diverse local context is found in a Liquorice Allsorts motif that is introduced externally as coloured balcony reveals and continued in the lift interior, laundry ceiling and stair nosings.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Vivanta Hotel
Architects: WOW Architects | Warner Wong Design
Location: Whitefield, Bangalore, India
The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL)
Collaborator: Spazzio Design Architecture
Project Area: 19,638 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Aaron Pocock, Sebastian Zachariah, Harshan Thomson, Wong Chiu-Man
TAJ Hotels, Resorts and Palaces engaged Warner Wong Design to design the flagship of their new brand Vivanta. Located at the entrance of the International Tech Park at Whitefield, Bangalore (ITPB), India, the hotel is a gateway statement between the IT Park and the developing city around it. The brief inspired the team to question and push the boundaries of hotel design, not just to address the needs of the discerning business traveller coming to Whitefield, but also to redefine and intensify the hotel as a contemporary socio-cultural hub for both the IT Park and IT-based population in Whitefield.
Location: Whitefield, Bangalore, India
The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL)
Collaborator: Spazzio Design Architecture
Project Area: 19,638 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Aaron Pocock, Sebastian Zachariah, Harshan Thomson, Wong Chiu-Man
TAJ Hotels, Resorts and Palaces engaged Warner Wong Design to design the flagship of their new brand Vivanta. Located at the entrance of the International Tech Park at Whitefield, Bangalore (ITPB), India, the hotel is a gateway statement between the IT Park and the developing city around it. The brief inspired the team to question and push the boundaries of hotel design, not just to address the needs of the discerning business traveller coming to Whitefield, but also to redefine and intensify the hotel as a contemporary socio-cultural hub for both the IT Park and IT-based population in Whitefield.
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