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Monday, September 20, 2010

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Terrace

Loisium Hotel

Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Location: Langenlois,
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,
Project Team: Yuriy /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 . Construction’s carcasses designed from and shell stone. Cobwork cocoons of room are united by the roof plate. All furniture and lighting are designed by project -manufacturing company “ DESIGN”.













































Sunday, September 19, 2010

Talca Hotel & Casino

Architects: Rodrigo Duque Motta / Rafael Hevia García-Huidobro
Location: Talca, 
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 &  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.