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CRAterre is collaborating The Royal Institute for Traditional Arts (TRITA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in its programme to train young Saudi professionals in earthen construction, and more specifically in adobe and cob techniques, which are very present in the Kingdom. A first group of students successfully completed the initial level of training, which

ended in January 2023 with an educational unit dedicated to heritage conservation, supervised by the CRAterre teaching team and TRITA craftspeople. This unit was structured in 3 weeks covering 3 distinct themes, linked to the realities of the conservator’s work. The course used as a pedagogical support the Badiyah Palace,

located in Riyadh and made of earth. The first week was dedicated to diagnosis, the second to emergency actions to remove imminent risks and the third to routine conservation actionsThe students have since started the second level of training which will increase their autonomy as earthen architecture professionals.

The Royal Institute forTraditonal Arts TRITA & Craterre collaboration

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Hadid Architects joined the delegation representing

From the Architect Report:

171st General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)

Ukraine at

Paris to present the ODESA EXPO 2030 bid proposal.Future development in Ukraine will see a fundamental transformation of the country’s economy towards energy efficiency and low-carbon technologies. Zaha Hadid Architects’ design for ODESA EXPO 2030 targets the effective re-use of all facilities after the exhibition has closed, a challenge that all Expos share with major public events the world over; creating an Expo of the future where nothing is wasted.

ODESA EXPO 2030 - the first Expo to be hosted in Eastern Europe - will follow the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ adopted by the United Nations to embrace economic and social sustainability, implement strategies that tackle energy efficiency and reduce the consumption of resources while improving education and encouraging economic growth throughout the region.The site for ODESA EXPO 2030 was previously intensively-farmed land lacking in biodiversity on the Khadzhibey estuary. Near the centre of the city, this unique location ensures EXPO 2030 is easily accessible and can be fully integrated within the city’s transport infrastructure, community and cultural life.Visitors to Odesa can reach

the EXPO site in 25 minutes from the city’s airport or railway station, and in just 15 minutes from its ferry port. Odesa’s historic old town and museums are only 20 minutes from the site while the city’s variety of beaches are between 15 and 30 minutes away.The EXPO 2030 site is organized around five main elements. The Main Boulevard connects all areas of the EXPO, with a series of plazas with national pavilions to the south of the boulevard and the new coastal eco-park on the Khadzhibey estuary to the north. Services, logistics and accommodation for visitors, participants, and staff are located at either end of the main boulevard. ODESA EXPO 2030 is designed first and foremost with legacy in mind. The masterplan is focused around a cluster of four central pavilions. After the Expo, these large pavilions have been designed to provide 80,000 sq. m of flexible exhibition halls for trade fairs and events adjacent to the Expo’s conference centre and hotel to become southern Ukraine’s first fair exhibition hub.Following EXPO 2030, the national pavilions have been designed to be dismantled and redeployed as new civic buildings throughout Ukraine – allowing the entire Expo site surrounding the new conference centre and exhibition halls to be returned to nature with reestablished wetlands integrated into this new coastal eco park near the

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city centre.The bespoke approach to designing and constructing national pavilions of previous Expos has often resulted in significantly increased construction costs and time, together with higher embedded carbon and reduced flexibility for any future use. Addressing these issues, ODESA EXPO 2030 will offer the participating nations the choice of a kit-of-parts to construct their pavilions.This flexible modular system will provide participating nations many varying options to design their pavilion using practical, creative and visitor-friendly principles that enable each nation to individually reinterpret the over-arching theme of EXPO via their country’s unique cultural expression. Each modular component will consist of approximately 25% of a standard pavilion’s 1,600 sq. m footprint and can be combined with a variety of other modular elements to create each country’s desired exhibition area.Via a digital configurator tool, participating countries will be able to select and connect components to form their pavilion and customize the façade design choosing amongst a set of material options with the lowest possible carbon impact.After EXPO 2030 closes, individual participants can choose to transport their modules to their home countries – or donate their pavilion’s components to be shipped by barge and reassembled throughout Ukraine for re-

use as kindergartens, schools, medical clinics or subsidized studios and workspaces for Ukraine’s creative and digital industries.Designed specifically to fit within the shipping barges that transport goods within the Black Sea, Azov Sea and Dnipro River, the modules can easily be delivered to Ukraine’s major cities, where they will be re-used as civic and social infrastructure for communities across the country.By adopting modularity with digital design and fabrication methods, this system will ensure EXPO 2030’s pavilions can be economically fabricated quickly offsite by the local supply chain in Ukraine. This system also ensures each pavilion can be installed, dismantled, shipped and re-installed in a fast and efficient process. Combined with Ukraine’s existing manufacturing and digital expertise, this modular system can help to establish futureproofed local building fabrication enterprises throughout the country. ODESA EXPO 2030 will minimize the use of concrete with extensive use of recycled materials from damaged and demolished structures throughout southern Ukraine. Renewables will be integrated in the design of the pavilions including photovoltaics on all roofs while wind turbines connected to the EXPO 2030 micro-grid will contribute towards an energy–positive site supplying its own energy demand, but also supplying renewable energy to the local community.

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Low Rise Office Building Design

Matrix ONE

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© Daria Scagliola

© Daria Scagliola

© Daria Scagliola

From the Architect Report: Serving as the main hub of the Matrix Innovation Center, the six-storey, 13,000-squaremetre building provides the campus with key social spaces and amenities.

Crucially, the project also pushes the envelope in sustainable design, it incorporates sustainable thinking from every possible angle. Matrix ONE meets ambitious Amsterdam targets for energy use and is certified BREAAM-Excellent.

Matrix ONE is the largest of seven buildings that now make up the Matrix Innovation Center, part of Amsterdam Science Park, where scientists and entrepreneurs work on sustainable solutions for current and future problems. Matrix ONE itself contains a mixture of science laboratories and offices for tech companies.

As the main building of the Matrix Innovation Center, Matrix ONE aims to be a sustainable example for the other buildings in Amsterdam Science Park and beyond.

Circularity & flexibility

Matrix ONE is designed to be demountable, allowing the structure to be fully dismantled and for the elements to be reused in similar high-quality construction.Elements are separated into categories based on their expected lifespans، furniture, for example, has the shortest lifespan, and the supporting structure the longest – and categories with shorter lifespans can be upgraded or removed without impacting those with longer lifespans.

The primary structure of Matrix ONE is steel frame and prefabricated hollow core slabs, which were designed without any fixed connections. The standard layer of in-situ concrete on top of the prefab floor elements is omitted and compensated with thin steel bracing under the floor. The façade and interior elements also have circular properties. For example: The aluminium facade modules are directly screwed to the wooden façades and the emblematic felt wall covers are assembled as (cradle to cradle certified) modules hanging in metal profiles. The building’s digital model, with over 120,000 individual elements, has been included in Madaster, an online material database that documents all materials used in the building for potential future reuse.

The optimised steel structure with columns allows for an open and flexible plan in the office floors. The spans are deliberately small to reduce the thickness of concrete floors and thus save CO2.

All interior walls can be moved or removed, allowing different interior configurations, making the building’s interior fully flexible and future-proof. The finish flooring of all workspaces is continuous so that walls can be placed anywhere. The flooring consists of 95% bio-based and renewable materials and is relatively easy to replace.Modular installations are based on a 1.8-metre grid all over the building using standard, prefabricated elements.

Concentrating installation ducts in the corridors and leaving them exposed allows for easy adaptability and maintenance, without having to open or destroy ceilings, and therefore reducing waste and materials.

A large water retention tank under the building complies with progressive Amsterdam rules for storm water retention. By storing the water under the building (instead of on the roof) the weight of the roof was reduced, resulting in less material use in the structure of the building, therefore saving CO2.

Energy & comfort

The Matrix ONE building performs as almost energy neutral (EPC=0.14) due to the efficient design of the building and services.The compact shape of the building results in an optimal floor to façade ratio, saving on both materials (and therefore embedded carbon) and energy use (and therefore operational carbon).Natural light: the façade design, the atrium and optimised floor depths allow for good daylight conditions in all the workplaces and reduction of energy use for lighting.

Automated sun shades in all workspaces reduce the heat load, improving comfort on sunny days and reducing the amount of energy required for cooling.

The social stairs on the building’s southern corner feature an “in-between climate” with natural ventilation. Fresh air enters the building via vents in the floor and leaves though the openable roof above the building’s staircase. This ensures a comfortable climate with low-tech solutions; reducing material and energy use.

The green roof helps to insulate and cool the upper floors of the building.Solar panels cover the full roof, a total of

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© Daria Scagliola

1,000m2, generating a significant proportion of the energy the building uses.

Matrix ONE’s heat pump system connects to an underground heat-and-cold storage. Heat recovery of air that leaves the workspaces takes place at the top of the atrium and preheats the incoming fresh air.The users control and regulate the temperature and lighting conditions in their workspace with a phone app. This app, combined with sensors throughout the building’s spaces help to monitor and optimise the performance of the mechanical and electrical systems.The collective spaces of the building have lighting systems connected to movement sensors to reduce energy use for lighting.In the atrium and the social stairs, plants, trees, and green walls ensure a favourable indoor climate and the well-being of the users.

Social interaction & behaviour

The building is designed to create a spirit of crossfertilisation and innovation by the introduction of social and collective spaces where users will meet intentionally or coincidentally.A public route cuts through the building’s ground floor and connects to main social spaces such as

the social stairs, auditorium, and restaurant. Instead of keeping other campus users out, the building stimulates visits with its inviting architecture and social amenities that serve the entire campus.

Matrix ONE is strategically located in the heart of Amsterdam Science Park and is well connected to public transport. Bus stops are next to the building. The Amsterdam Science Park train station is just a 10-minute walk away.

A spacious and attractively located bike storage stimulates the use of bicycles for commuting. This space visually connects the campus to the building’s atrium. From there users can directly access the locker room equipped with showers.The plan design of Matrix ONE stimulates physical movement and the use of stairs.

The stairs have a prominent position and attractive amenities. By contrast, the elevator is discreetly placed next to the atrium.Some of the façade modules of Matrix ONE which are oriented to the north east host nesting boxes for birds. The roof also includes gravel beds for nesting and features an insect hotel to stimulate the biodiversity of the campus.

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From the Architect Report: ICÔNE is a 18,800 squaremetre office building in Belval, Luxembourg. Filled with light and greenery, the building encourages a spirit of co-creation and collaboration. Its layout addresses the need for flexible and safe working environments that will emerge in the future. The project also references the rich industrial heritage of Belval, revitalising the area by making a positive contribution to the site and its surroundings. The scheme is targeted to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating.

Belval is a new city quarter combining research, education, leisure and commerce. The scheme relates to the scale of neighbouring buildings and addresses the different characteristics of the surrounding streets. Its entrances are articulated differently in response to Porte de France, the main urban street to the west and the Place de l’Académie to the East. New shops, cafés and restaurants will bring life to these entrance elevations at pedestrian level.

The building is arranged as two wings enclosing the central atrium, wrapped by a distinctive orthogonal

façade and roof which emphasises the structural grid and gives the building appropriate to its industrial setting. The historic and symbolic Belval blast furnace forms the central focus of the dramatic vista from the atrium.

The fluidity of the internal space contrasts with the building’s formal exterior. The atrium resolves the level changes between the street and the plaza through a series of stepped terraces which create a spectacular arrival sequence. The open circulation adds to the vibrancy of the internal spaces, with communal green landscaped terraces for informal meetings and break out spaces at higher levels as part of a rich and varied whole.

The façade is both structural and environmentally responsive, providing an integrated solution which allows for internal column-free office spaces as well as solar shading and maximised internal daylight. The external façade benefits from a series of external green loggias, visible from both the inside and outside of the building.

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Nigel Young / Foster + Partners

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Mixed-used lot Cap Leeuwin

Bordeaux Bassins à Flot

From the Architect Report: Cap Leeuwin is part of the programme of urban renewal of the Bassins à Flot (industrial wet docks) in Bordeaux. This operation, blending a wide variety of uses (multiplexer cinema, silo car park, offices, shops, hotels, etc.), completes the urban transformation of the Bassins à flot district initiated in 2010.The Bassins à Flot were a major centre of Bordeaux’s trade and maritime activity until the 1980s,when the port was moved down river.Coupled with the economic decline of the ship building sector, the site lost its dynamism and was gradually abandoned. Cap Leeuwin is the first emblematic landmark heralding the renaissance of the Bassins à Flot district. With a floor area of 15,119 m², the project alone brings together four different programmatic entities: offices (5,755 m²), a 3-star hotel with 124 rooms (3,061 m²), a residential hotel with 128 studios (3,392 m²) and an active retail base (2,911 m²). Its silhouette and organisation are the result of the search for an architectural and functional coherence that preserves the independence of the programmes.The design of Cap Leeuwin pays homage to the site’s past as an industrial port by reinterpreting it in a contemporary style. The building plays with volumes, in a subtle blending of forms and materials in reference to the site’s industrial sheds on the quay side and the port docks.It is punctuated by two higher, turreted sections benefiting from derogations of maximum height allowances, standing on either end of the plot,the first marks the entrance to the district and the Rue Lucien Faure, in the Place Latule side,rising to a height of seven stories, it houses part of the 5,755 m² of office space. The second, located along the pedestrian path, is eight storeys high and houses the 124-room 3-star hotel. Restricted to a maximum regulatory height of 28 metres, we divided each of these elevations into two distinct volumes offset from one another to give the composition the desired lightness. The 128-studio residential hotel forms the core of the project. It is built on three levels round a central patio. The ground floor houses shops.The architectural approach is also reflected in the two materials of the façade: brick and metal. On the street side, the brick façade echoes the relationship with the city . Whilst the height of the buildings gradually decreases on the dock side, the façades are clad with an anodised aluminium expanded metal mesh that emphasises the volumes and catches the light .The diversity of the programmes that coexist within it make Cap Leeuwin a ‘living’ building at different times of the day.However, this mix of uses leads to specific characteristics and requirements for the various entities in the original brief.To effectively meet these requirements, we designed the project on the basis of a grid principle that allowed us to harmonise the façades while also allowing for maximum lexibility in the layout.In the office sections, the modularity required for work areas is provided by means of a post-and-beam-concrete floor structure (prefabricated post and- beam, cast-in-place floors), based on central cores of circulation. The entire façade complex is designed to be adapted over time to the different partitioning of the building’s life (ceilings, lighting, ventilation).To ensure occupants enjoy maximum natural light, work spaces are largely glazed and benefit at the very least from double exposure. Two large communal terraces, clad in wood and plants, are also available to office workers. The first is located on the first floor, overlooking the quays, The second is located on the ground floor of the turreted section on the Place Latule side.Cap Leeuwin boasts a high level of environmental performance,the building’s compactness, the use of durable materials, the reinforced insulation of the facades, the generous provision of natural light, the control of glare and the use of low-energy lighting with dimming and presence detectors are just some of the measures implemented to offer occupants a building with a high quality of life.

© Ivan Mathie

Ivan Mathie

Ivan Mathie

© Ivan Mathie

Ivan Mathie

Ivan Mathie

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Tripolis Park

From the Architect Report: MVRDV is revealing its design for an office building that will renovate and enlarge one of the last projects completed by celebrated Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck, the Tripolis office complex in Amsterdam. Named Tripolis Park, the project comprises the renovation of the old buildings, a new park, and a new office block that will create a sheltering screen to protect the complex from noise created by the adjacent highway while embracing the Van Eyck-designed buildings behind. Completed in 1994, the Tripolis complex sits directly to the south of Van Eyck’s 1960 masterwork, the Amsterdam Orphanage. The three buildings each have clusters of offices radiating from central stair towers, and are notable for their characteristic wood-and-granite façades with colourful window frames. However, Van Eyck’s office design never proved commercially successful and the buildings have struggled with low occupancy. The project was granted Municipal Monument status in 2019, enshrining its status as part of a larger ensemble including the orphanage.

MVRDV’s design will bring much-needed commercial viability to the Tripolis offices while respecting and celebrating the unique qualities of Van Eyck’s design. The key addition is a new 11-storey, 31,500-square-metre “groundscraper” office block which follows the shape of the site’s southern boundary, acting as a sound screen to protect the complex and future housing developments from the noise of the adjacent A10 highway. This block is indented where it meets the existing buildings, adapting its grid structure to the complex geometry of Van Eyck’s offices.

In the offset between the new and old structures an interior public route is formed. The gaps between the structures are closed by delicate glass walls and slender bridges and stairs to join the complex into a unified whole while ensuring a certain politeness to the existing buildings. The relation between the austere, regimented south façade and the playfully indented north façade is revealed by a hightransparency eight-storey window that provides a glimpse of the existing Tripolis buildings where the indentation punches almost all the way through the new structure.

“The first day I entered Bouwkunde at TU Delft, I saw a packed lecture given by an old man, yelling with a plastic bag over his head, protesting against Carel Weeber and the other Rationalists in architecture those days. I thought, ‘Ah! This is the place to be’ and copied all his books the following day. So I am a fan of Aldo van Eyck’s oeuvre and I think we should treat his design as respectfully as possible”, says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. “The new building guards and shelters the existing Tripolis complex as it were, thanks to the protective layer we create. We literally echo Tripolis, as if it was imprinting its neighbour. The space between will be given a public dimension and will be accessible to passers-by. As a visionary in his time, Aldo already saw office spaces as meeting places. I want to continue that idea by promoting interaction between the two buildings in various ways.” Essential renovation will be applied to the old buildings, retaining each block’s central staircase, the natural stone floors and other characteristic elements. Office spaces will be given a high-quality, industrial feel, while the roofs will be greened and activated with roof gardens and spaces for catering.

A key goal of the transformation project was to ensure that Van Eyck’s buildings would become commercially viable; that this has been achieved is demonstrated by the fact that Uber has signed as the building’s main tenant. The company will occupy the lower floors of the new building and the largest building of the original Tripolis complex. The second-tallest building of the complex, to the north of the site, will remain physically separated from the addition, and will be transformed into affordable rental apartments in a later phase of development. Together, the office addition, the renovation of two of the existing Tripolis buildings as offices and residential transformation of the third, and renovations and alterations to the landscape form a new complex named Tripolis Park that maintains the relationship between the Tripolis complex and the Orphanage.

The new office building will include a green roof with photovoltaic panels, and targets BREEAM Excellent certification.

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