“You can come out when you can properly explain the differences between Modernist architecture and postmodern ornamentation”.
Just a short temptation from Unhappy Hipsters. Visit them for a lot more.
(Photo: Craig Cutler; Dwell, February/March 2006).
Studio Power / Tim Power Architects was awarded Third-Prize in the International Design Competition ‘Housing Sociale’ in Via Cenni, Milano, Italy.
The three winning projects were chosen by an international jury, composed of 11 experts in Social Housing from 5 european countries. The affluence of participants was from over 1100 enlisted studios, with 140 registered projects participating in the competition.
The competition was aimed at finding an efficient and sustainable solution for 9000 Sq.mts of Housing and Community services including Apartments for 110 families, Infrastructure, commercial and social areas, playgrounds and urban farms.
Located north-west of the city Center in Milan, the project site will be developed by Polaris Investment Italia on behalf of the ethical real estate Fund “Abitare Sociale 1” in collaboration with the Fondazione Cariplo.
‘Our proposal, based on a ‘new sustainability’ prescribes that in order to project and nurture the environment, we must look beyond engineering: instead, a ‘new sustainability’ proposes to mix urban density and social variety with natural and physical phenomenon. Landscapes, weather patterns and the metropolis combine to create living environments . This project is as much a landscape as it is a building. Our proposal is a significant intervention deliberately emphasizing its great mass, as if it were as much part of the natural environment as it is of the urban environment. It is in fact an eco-system which focuses as much on social interaction, the environment and nature as it does on architecture and the urban environment. Its insertion in the city balances the multivalent needs of its inhabitants with the existing urban fabric of Milan.’ TIm Power - Founding Partner, Studio Power
The project emphasizes the horizontal morphology of the city of Milan. The housing units are oriented towards the south, to maintain views and natural light, and are placed on a vertical expanse like a precipice which rises above the alpine pastures below. The units themselves have ‘oversized’ semi-collective terraces. Crossing the grey facade are tree lined paths, connecting the sloping grasslands and their collective functions below to the peaked green roof above.
David Report just spent a week in Miami Beach relaxing and hanging out at some cool places. We have put together a package of images to show you some highlights from our trip. Here we go for part one.
The above pictures are from Standard hotel. Probably the best experience in Miami Beach. Cool, scandinavian styled and relaxed. André Balazs know how to do it. Maybe you have been at his Shelter Island hang-out?
The new Herzog & de Meuron 1111Lincoln road building offering a new context for retail, residential, dining and parking experiences. Developed by Robert Wennett.
Raleigh hotel garden with the famous and classic Esther Williams pool. Another bohemian chic hotel by André Balazs.
And some beach life of course.
More to come from Miami beach in a few days. Stay tuned!
The first Camper shoe store in Sweden recently opened up in Malmö. It’s designed by TAF, Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom. The design concept of the store derives from the well known truth that “everybody loves Ice Cream”. Several scale models were built by real Ice Cream sticks to be re-scaled into full size furniture. The furniture collection is made to expose at least 40 pair of shoes and consists of tables, stools, benches and one cash desk. The tabletop and the sticks are made out of color stained solid birch. All the used colors come from different tastes of Ice Cream. The curtain walls are made out of vanilla colored sliced rubber to hide the stock of shoes on the backside. The floor is vanilla colored concrete. All the existing walls and the ceiling are painted in matt vanilla color.
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec has just finished the interior for Dos Palillos, the new restaurant of the Casa Camper Hotel in Berlin. Looks great. Will try to go there soon. Between the images below you will find the story about the project told by the Bouroullec brothers.
Camper invited us to design Dos Palillos, the restaurant of the Casa Camper Hotel in Berlin Mitte that will open in January 2010. What immediately interested us was that Dos Palillos was a one of a kind culinary experience offered by Albert Raurich, elBulli’s former chef. In order to celebrate his cuisine, the concept of the restaurant gives full means of expression to his culinary art.
Naturally, the kitchen had to be the centre of the space and thus, it had to be wide open so that guests could see the preparation of the dishes from the beginning to the end. We have decided to articulate the environment around one long wooden table and the stainless steel kitchen, one module facing the other. Consequently, the guests find themselves at the centre of the kitchen, while the chef acts in front of them.
It was important for us as well to set a dialogue between the 10 cooks and their nearly 30 guests, invited in the chef’s kitchen. In order to emphasize such an interaction and encourage eye contact, we worked on different ground levels so that the guests are able to have a global experience once seated at the table, as if they were attending an artistic performance. Throughout the project, our intention was to reduce our level of intervention to the utmost to let the scenery express itself. Indeed, the space is voluntarily raw with very few elements and materials to sustain the idea that the legitimate sense of the space comes from the relation between the guests and the cuisine.
The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the Casa Camper hotel. Large glass windows separate the space from the street in order to invite the people passing by to participate to the show that is happening in the kitchen.
Erik Andersson Architects wins first prize in architectural design competition in Norrköping, Sweden. EAA was invited as one of three teams to design a new bridge over the river Motala Ström in the City of Norrköping. The bridge will be constructed of stainless steel plates, welded together to create a highly polished exterior with no visible seams. The bridge will mirror the river and have an artificial waterfall built into its railings.
DesignBoost 2009 will take place in Malmö Sweden between October 14 and November 15 under the theme “Design for Life”.
Today Designboost reveals the twelve first Boosters (speakers) at the BoostTalk (lectures) on October 15. As earlier years Designboost has invited Boosters from all over the world which represent the true frontline within design in its broadest context:
Ken Yeang, Architect at Llewelyn Davies Yeang
Ilse Crawford, Creative director and Designer at Studio Ilse
Richard Hutten, Designer
Max Fraser, Director at Spotlight Press
Colin Drummond, Director of Cultural & Business Insights at Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Ineke Hans, Designer
Katarina Graffman and Kristina Börjesson, Anthropologist respectively Researcher sustainable design
Magnus Lindqvist, Futurologist at Pattern Recognition
Behrang Miri, Rapper, Actor and Teacher
Jonas Pinzke and Harry MacNeil, Innovators for the greater good at The Good Guys
Ten more Boosters for the BoostTalk on October 15 will be revealed week 39.
Tickets are available here.
Arkitekturmuseet, the museum of architecture in Stockholm, is to show several bridges designed by Erik Andersson Architects as part of its main exhibition for the Autumn, Fokus infrastruktur. The exhibition, which starts in October, focuses on recent, outstanding examples of Swedish infrastructure. Erik Andersson Architects will participate with models and photographs of the new motorway bridges on Road 73, commissioned by the National Road Administration and completed earlier this year.
Of the many new estates at Copenhagen Harbour, Havneholmen by architect Lene Tranberg from Lundgaard & Tranberg is one of the most interesting. Located on an island at the entrance to the harbour - just opposite Fisketorvet and with a walkway to Islands Brygge.
The project builds upon an urban plan that transforms a former industrial area to a modern, integrated residential and business zone, taking better advantage of the harbour front location. The project consists of 236 apartments in two U-shaped blocks with inner courtyards opening towards the harbour.
Varying heights of 5 to 8 storeys visually reduce the scale of the project and, along with the thin proportions of the glass partitions, give the white facades a light and graceful appearance. The entire project, including the projecting bays, is rendered in warm white stucco with teak fenestration, giving the entire project a maritime feel.
As I have reported about before DuPont Corian and Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A) made an exhibition called “CORIAN super-surfaces” at the April Milan Design Week.
Above is a brand new video of the presented re-defined lounge environment and also an interview with Amanda Levete.
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