Dear Sir or Madam, Currently, i am a freelance Architect in Rotterdam, working among different renowned offices like OMA, BARCODE ARCHITECTS, MVRDV. At the same time, I am working for my own design office anonymo-us (www.anonymo-us.com) on a few international competitions. My projects were frequently published on renowned press like Designboom, Archdaily and Gooood, also exhibited in some international exhibitions like Milan World Expo 2015 and the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. I end my Junior Architect contract with MVRDV in the middle 2015. During this intense two years working period, I did many competitions from architecture scale to urban scale. I was also involved in a number of schematic design projects. From 2012 to 2013, I was working in OMA Rotterdam as Junior Architect for one year. The intense working experience developed my skills in all-round phases of design, including international architecture competitions, interior designs, schematic designs and tender submissions. During my study period 2010-2012 at Berlage Institute, I’ve done some very interesting projects, of which ‘Designing for Surici- Rethinking urban renewal in Surici’ was exhibited in the NAI (Netherlands Architecture Institute) as part of the main exhibition of the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. In 2011, I was awarded the Berlage Institute Scholarship as recognition of my excellent contribution to the project. During the same year, I was working for UNStudio in Amsterdam as a trainee. In order to provide a clearer introduction of myself, I would like to highlight my personality and reasons for involving me into your team, as you may consider. 1. Outgoing personality and workaholic attitude. 2. Sufficient practical experience gained from previous works to handle all-round design phases. 3. Adaptable capability to fully involve in the different working environment. 4. I am affluent in writing and speaking English and my mother language is Chinese. Thanks for your time and looking forward to hearing from you.
(Above mentioned projects you can find in the attached portfolio)
Kind regards, Sai Shu 舒
Curriculum Vitae
Personal information Name Nationality Date of Birth
Sai Shu Chinese 07 January 1987
Education 2010 - 2012 2005 - 2010
Berlage Institute Civil engineering and Architecture Faculty, China Three Gorges University
Rotterdam, the Netherlands Yichang, China
Working Experience October 2015
April – October 2015
Freelance Architect OMA Rotterdam, NL Freelance Architect BARCODEARCHITECTS Rotterdam, NL
Manchester Factory Theater ( concept)
Nijmegen Hotel (SD phase) Breda Chasse Park Tower(concept) Eindhoven Residential Tower (concept) Dresden Residential Quarter (concept) Porte Maillot (concept)
9th Oct. 2013 25th March.2015
Junior Architect MVRDV Rotterdam, NL
11th Dec. 2012 10th Jun. 2013
Junior Architect OMA Rotterdam, NL
11th Jun. 2012 11th Dec. 2012
Internship OMA Rotterdam, NL
1st Jun. 2011 – 1st Sep. 2011
Internship UN Studio Amsterdam, NL Internship DnA Design and Architecture Beijing, CN Great Earth Architects & Engineers International Beijing, CN Hallelujah Studio Yichang, CN
1st Jun. 2010 – 1st Sep. 2010
1st Oct. 2009 – 1st Dec. 2009 10th Oct. 2008 – 10th Apr. 2009 15th Jun. 2008 – 15th Sep. 2008
China Construction Design International (CCDI) Beijing, CN
Skills Autodesk CAD Rhino Sketch up Photoshop
Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
KWG Shanghai EXPO (concept) Beijing Shopping Center (SD phase) Guangzhou Culture Center (concept) Zhejiang Nature Museum (concept) Yilan spa hotel resort (concept) Tourist Centre Klekovaca (concept) Shenzhen Qianhai Office Tower (concept) Beirut Marfaa Apartment (concept) Shanghai Sanlin Masterplan (concept) Monaco Tower (tender) Bordeaux Bridge (concept) New Campus of Frankfurt (concept) Pex Strasburg (concept) Rotterdam Museum Park Installation (concept) Interior design of De Rotterdam (DD phase) Stars Villa (concept) Dolder Waldhaus Hotel (concept) Salwa Road Retail Center (concept) Weather Pavilion (All-round phases) Seattle House (concept)
Nigeria residence (concept)
Xiaoxi Ta Church (concept) Jing Xiu Hua Ting Residential district (concept) Ningbo New Transport Hub (concept)
Indesign Illustrator Grasshopper Autodesk Revit Microsoft Office
Excellent Excellent Good Good Good
Awards, Press and Exhibitions 2015
Project “7 in 1” was published on Designboom, Gooood and Archdaily Project “REOPEN” was published on Archdaily Project “Urban Nomadic Farm” was exhibited at CASCINA TRIULZA in Milan World Expo 2015.
2012
Project “Surici Urban Renewal” was exhibited at 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in NAI
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Project ‘Return to Common” was exhibited at Rotterdam Schieblock Gallery
2011 2011 2010 2008 2007-2010
Berlage Institute scholarship 2011 Exhibition of ‘Plan & Platitudes, Experimenting the two-dimensional in architecture and urbanism’ in Berlage Institute Exhibition of ‘Transform China’ in Shanghai Honor Prize of ‘Lighthouse Competition’ in Yichang 2nd Prize of University scholarship in China Three Gorges University
Language English Chinese
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SAI SHU PORTFOLIO 2005 - 2015
PART 1 PROJECT INDEX
ANONYMO-US (MY PERSONAL OFFICE) 2015
7 IN 1, 2015 “Design a beautiful house” international competition in London, UK
REOPEN, 2015 Youngbirdplan international competition in Shenzhen, China
NOAH’S LIGHTHOUSE , 2015 Second stage entry for Concordia Lighthouse International Competition, Giglio Island, Italy
URBAN NOMADIC FARM, 2015 Honorable mention of “Feeding the Planet” international competition. Exhibited at CASCINA TRIULZA in Milan World Expo 2015 3
BARCODE ARCHITECTS 2015
DRESDEN RESIDENTIAL QUARTER, 2015 Architecture design in Dresden, Germany, concept phase
NIJMEGEN HOTEL, 2015 Architecture design in Nijmegen, Netherlands, schematic phase
EINDHOVEN RESIDENTIAL TOWER, 2015 Architecture design in Eindhoven, Netherlands, concept phase
PORTE MAILLOT, 2015 Architecture design in Paris, France, concept phase
MVRDV 2013-2015
SANLIN MASTERPLAN, 2015 Masterplan, architecture and landscape design of Sanlin district in Shanghai, China, concept phase
TOURIST CENTRE KLEKOVACA, 2014 Masterplan and architecture design of a ski resort in Klekovaca, Bosnia, concept phase
QIANHAI OFFICE TOWER, 2014 Architecture design of an office tower in Shenzhen, China, concept phase
BEIRUT MARFAA, 2014 Architecture design of an apartment building in Brirut, Lebanon, concept phase 5
MVRDV 2013-2015
ZHEJIANG NATURE MUSEUM, 2014 Architecture and overall urban&landscape design of nature museum district in Anji, China, concept phase
YILAN SPA HOTEL RESORT, 2014 Architecture design of a spa resort in Yilan, Taiwan, concept phase
GUANGZHOU CULTURE CENTER, 2013 Architecture design of a culture center, Chinese gardens and overall landscape design in Guangzhou, China, concept phase
CHONGWENMEN SHOPPING CENTER, 2013 Architecture design of a shopping center in Beijing, China, schematic phase 6
OMA 2012-2013
NEW CAMPUS OF FRANKFURT, 2013 Architecture design of an educational complex in Frankfurt, Germany, concept phase
PEX STRASBURG, 2013 Architecture design of an exposition center in Strasbourg, France, concept phase
PALAIS DE LA SCALA, 2013 Tender submission for an high-rise building in Monaco, tender phase
HANGAR 108, 2013 Architecture design in Rouen historical harbor, France, concept phase 7
OMA 2012-2013
DE ROTTERDAM, 2012 Lobby Interior and furniture design of a mix-use highrise complex in Rotterdam, Netherlands, all-round phases
STARS VILLA, 2012 Architecture design of a private house in Rotterdam, Netherlands, concept and schematic phases
BORDEAUX BRIDGE, 2012 Bridge infrastructure design in Bordeaux, France, concept phase
MUSEUM PARK INSTALLATION, 2012 Furniture design in Rotterdam Museum Park, Netherlands, concept phase 8
UNSTUDIO 2011
DOLDER WALDHAUS HOTEL, 2011 Architecture design of a hotel in Z端rich, Switzerland, concept phase
SALWA ROAD RETAIL CENTER, 2011 Architecture design of a retail center in Doha, Qatar, concept phase
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MULTIPLE CHINESE OFFICES 2008-2010
WEATHER PAVILION, 2010, DNA_ DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE Installation for ‘Transform China’ exhibition in Shanghai, China, all-round phases
XIAOXI TA CHURCH, 2009, HALLELUJAH ARCHITECTURE Architecture design of a church in Yichang, China, concept and schematic phases
NINGBO NEW TRANSPORT HUB, 2008, CCDI Architecture design of an train station in Ningbo, China, concept phase
JINGXIU RESIDENTIAL BLOCK, 2008, HALLELUJAH ARCHITECTURE Architecture and landscape design of a residential block in Yichang, China, concept and schematic phases 10
BERLAGE INSTITUTE 2010-2012
RETURN TO THE COMMON, 2012 Urban strategy for creating common space beyond nation-state in Tel Aviv, Israel, concept phase
SURICI URBAN RENEWAL, 2011 Urban strategy and architecture design for urban renewal in Diyarbakir, Turkey, concept phase
LOCALIZING NETWORKS, 2011 Urban strategy about the coordination between space and networks, China, concept phase
EXHIBITION OF ‘PLAN & PLATITUDES’, 2011 Exhibition of ‘Plan & Platitudes, Experimenting the two-dimensional in architecture and urbanism’ in Berlage Institute, Netherlands 11
BERLAGE INSTITUTE 2010-2012
THE ROOM FOR AN AMPLYOPIC PATIENT, 2011 Interior design for an imaginary amblyopic patient, concept phase
FLOOD REVOLUTION, 2011 Urban strategy for updating slum areas in Buenos Aires, Argentina, concept phase
TOWARDS A WONDERFUL WORLD, 2010 Urban strategy for future living in NL, Netherlands, concept phase
URBANISM BEYOND RECONSTRUCTION, 2011 Urban strategy for post-tsunami ruined region in Sendai, Japan, concept phase 12
CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY 2005-2010
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DESIGN, 2010 Architecture design of an university library in Yichang, China, concept phase
TOURIST CENTER DESIGN, 2009 Architecture design of a tourist center in Zhanghe Scenic Spot, China, concept phase
BUBBLE FARM, 2007 Architecture installation for alternative urban farming, concept phase
OFFICE TOWER DESIGN, 2008 Architecture design of a office tower in Yichang, China, concept phase 13
PART 2 SELECTION OF WORKS
PROJECT 01_ URBAN NOMADIC FARM anonymo-us Honorable mention of “Feeding the Planet” international competition. Exhibited at CASCINA TRIULZA in Milan World Expo 2015
Industrial development represents the starting phase of revolution and human progress. It transfers the focus of daily life from farming, animal husbandry, and other agricultural production to industrial production. Due to the industrial development, Industrial society is superior to the pursuit of high efficiency production. The sectorization creates geographical segregation of several sectors of economy. The consequence of the segregation is that the urbanian has limited accessibility to involve in other agriculture related processes, rather than being a consumer. Urbanian has amount of consumption knowledge, but limited insights of food production, processing, distribution, and preparation. With purpose of fulfilling in the urbanian’s consumption, city highly depends on food supply from outskirts of the city or even other states. What urbanian has to face now is the scarcity of the global food supply; and urban tedious life lead to lack of urbanian’s spiritual enrichness. To reawaken the interests of food production in the city centre delegates reviewing the relationship between agriculture and urban lifestyles. Transportation is always the starting point of industrial development; and it closely relates to contemporary daily life. Bus routes become the main geographical connection between these sectors of economy, to break the segregation. From dawn to dusk, from Monday to Friday, under the industrial manufacture centric way of living, the limited accessibility to agriculture refers to both space and time. In the busy everyday life, people transfer between indoor spaces; and have no time to contribute to the agriculture. Except rail transportation, bus is recognised as the most used carrier to provide such a public space which people has no choice but to stay. Industrial development triggers industrial transformation; transformation normally subverts the old-style lifestyle and embrace new one. Urbanian tried to get rid of inefficiency of old-style lifestyle, and the meaning of inhering agricultural production. Re-introducing agricultural matters never intends to completely overthrow contemporary urban structure. it requires moderate approaches to stimulate city transition. NOMADIC FARM as an abstract carrier allows urbanian to rethink the possibility of integrating agriculture in our urban lifestyles, and in the industrial manufacture centric way of living. It maintains current bus network; but it renovates the traditional bus prototype to stimulate the alternative lifestyle. NOMADIC FARM mixes food production, processing, distribution, preparation and consumption, by combining several moments of farming, animal husbandry and industrial life. Such a self-sustainable system enriches the daily spiritual life for urbanian. And the mobility of the NOMADIC FARM stimulates the food related activities in all the surroundings it passes by. It creates the awareness and proactive involvement to the ecosystem of food production in the whole city.
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PROJECT 02_ TOWARDS A WONDERFUL WORLD anonymo-us Concept design of future highrise in NL, collaborate with Berlage Institute “Hospitality� team, Wiel Arets
Designing a world scenario in 2050 is almost a mission impossible, due to the unpredictability and unprecedented speed of changes we are facing. Increase of urban population, massive migrations, climate change and ecological issues, development of new technologies for information exchange and mobility systems, ageing of the population are some of the issues we think will give shape to the next inhabiting condition. The world we can imagine will be then characterized by an extreme high level of mobility on multiple level of society and a densification. In that condition virtual and physical encounter and exchange among people, that is the basic condition for knowledge production, will become more and more the crucial element of the living and working condition, increasingly empowering the public or social aspect of life. At the same the private realm will be reduced in terms of time and space, due to the extremely higher level of mobility of people that would generate a much more temporary condition of living. In that respect the family will not probably be anymore the basic cell of society, being substituted by a non hierarchical relationship among individuals. That scenario is also supported by the possibility that reproduction will not be anymore the result of the encounter of two human being but rather a controlled artificial genetic process. Those conditions will generate a completely different set of needs for the population that could lead to the designing of a new model of urbanization, sustainable in the sense of making the growth compatible with the finiteness of natural resources. We called that new form of urbanization hospitality. Hospitality means literally to host, to be kind, friendly and generous, but also to accept the other, the foreigner and ties back to the very essence of humanity. Hotels, stations, airports and hospitals are some of the spaces that could be taken as primitive examples of an hospitality infrastructure. They are large spaces without a clear and set function other than contain a large number of people and give opportunities of activities and encounters. We think that, with the increasing worldwide mobility of people, the city will be more and more informed by that kind spaces where people could temporary work, live, and have all sort of activities. Being merged with a new technological transportation and information system, that space that are currently dispersed in the territory, could become a true hospitality infrastructure, a new form of urbanization.
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PROJECT 03_ SURICI URBAN RENEWAL anonymo-us Urban strategy and architecture proposal, Participate in “Making City: 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2011� Collaborate with Berlage Institute “Designing for Surici� team, Martino Tattara, Caglayan Ayhan-Day
Following the forced migration of a rural population to the Diyarbakir in 1990s, many illegal settlements scattered around the historic city centre (Suriçi). Coming to the city not only imposed a sudden change of their living conditions, but also brought an end to their traditional means of subsistence/existence. The strategy of our project refers to the city preservation plan as the point of departure. In our determination of what should be preserved in Suriçi, we focused on the urban structure, as well as the city’s economic and social dimensions. Beyond the designation of which buildings constitute the protected heritage, there is a more basic form of the city that becomes our focus: the unit, along with its parcelization logic and architecture-courtyard houses. Working at a fine resolution that reflects the historical scale and growth of the city, the strategy makes possible a broad transformation starting from the small scale.The opportunity of the parcel-wise approach is indeed presented by the current condition on the ground: there are over 260 vacant plots distributed evenly throughout the entire city, encompassing over 30,000 sqm. In many cases these vacant parcels represent an image of decay, being dumping sites for trash and building rubble, and unsafe public space. The implementation of our project responds to this condition: we propose to initiate the transformation of the city by rebuilding the vacant plots with courtyard buildings, designating all 260 of them as unitary special project areas. Our project consists of eight proposals for ! single family and the largest proposal (400+ sqm) affords a collective, social infrastructure embedded in the neighborhood structure. An essential component of the our project for Suriçi is production. The current economic circumstances of Suriçi are highly unfavorable such that the extensive reintroduction of productive activities there could play an important role not only in generating opportunities for sustainable employment, but contributing instrumentally to the district preservation plan. Given this fact, it is possible that the newly constructed buildings can achieve a large-scale effect and serve as a catalyst for further transformation.
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PROJECT 04_ NOAH’S LIGHTHOUSE anonymo-us Second stage entry for Concordia Lighthouse International Competition in 2015
The Costa Concordia cruise hit a reef; ran partially sank. 32 of us got lost forever. Even worse, as part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, the ecological environment near the Isola del Giglio is facing potential threat from oil spilling over. Disaster never ends. What supports people to fight in the darkness is HOPE, which is also the enlightenment from Lighthouse, as an architectural Incarnation of the legendary Noah’s Ark. The Ark saves all the beings at the very end of the world. Noah’s Lighthouse is strategically located at ecological important points; it searches and protects precarious lives, and collects ecological data regionally. We revitalize the lighthouse with innovative architectural typology, meanwhile we keep the cylinder-shaped and sky-scraping figure, and spiral staircase. It intendeds to maintain the algorithm of technical efficiency and totemism. All the cabins are prefabricated and modulised, they intend to protect lives from disaster and customize appropriate environmental conditions for various beings. By using mechanical device to lift up and insert the cabins, they create a tower with both functional and architectural diversity. And by using facility cabins and central facility pipe, the tower conducts a self-sustainable ecosystem. As the Lighthouse grows, the lantern is always placed on the top, thus increasing its geographic Range of Visibility. Noah’s lighthouse, a growing tower, reflects the possibility of applying sustainable architecture; it exceeds the meaning of lighting and presents HOPE. It carries and protects all the beings, and it acts as a being.
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PROJECT 05_ REOPEN anonymo-us Youngbirdplan 2015 international competition
Shekou, as a pioneer of industrial zone development, carries a historical memory of breaking through the shackles of stereotype thinking. In 1980s, Yuan Geng came here alone, with an ambitious blueprint for development, and “courage of experiment”. It is the very first Special Open Zone that inspires the industrial development in China; as time goes by, its brightness was shrinking in the competition between emerging culture economic zones. Spatial features change repeatedly throughout the 30 years; its historical context blurs gradually. “To break, is the start to create.” Experiments brings “changes”; it should be what we passing on the torch, and what we start with. “Reopen” project is a three-story square building, stimultaneously it can open to 3 smaller buildings. Each building have a rai-gear system and a small motor installed under the chassis, helping the building to move on the track, to open, or to close. When they close to a single box, each side of box has its entrance. Box is functioning as cafébookstore, multifunction hall, and an art Diner. Three smaller buildings integrates and coordinates with each other; they create a harmonious flow line. When they separated to three individual buildings, they maintain relatively independent indoor function. The expanded building surfaces become a part of the site, creating the possibility of a series of new venues, including the stage, theater, rock climbing, open-air theater, outdoor DISCO ballroom, etc. The original interior bearing surface becomes bearing surface for outdoor activities. Utilities and other assisted pipe network are integrated in rail cross sections. Internal auxiliary systems of three buildings can be connected as one system, both in the open or under the combined state. Building is surrounded by glass façade. Four photos of Shekou typical historical periods are abstract print on glass, to create a translucent material. Both to meet the privacy requirements of specific area, and also to create the building skin as a regional memory carrier. “Reopen” project provides variety of possibilities: it is one building and three buildings. Interior can be reversed to outdoor. Functions can be limited and unlimited. Form is concise and possible to be complex. Itself is both site and also landscape. “REOPEN”, this open and uncertain-function box, creates a new attribute of plaza; and its architectural feature of repeatedly opening and closing represents the “change” itself, and also interprets how the ideology of “change” can provide Shekou a diverse development future.
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Restaurant (Opened), new program: outdoor climbing, restaurant foldable terrace
Coffee bookstore (Opened), new program: grandstand, screening room
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PROJECT 06_ 7 IN 1 anonymo-us “Design a beautiful house” international competition
For us, the definition of “home” comes first. A home is where can both respect each member’s individual needs and stimulate family interactions; also where can both meet the needs of certainty and leave room for the uncertainty. The beautiful house we envisioned is designed as a sociological space model for this family of seven. We customized seven unique dream rooms for each family member according to their specific needs; and we inserted a shared space in each room for family activities. All the rooms create a “in-between” situation which become relatively isolated, at the same time, interactively associated.Dwelling site was occupied by a generic white plinth which surrounded by glasses, which works as the main transport area of the house, also a “blank space” for future uncertainty that the internal functions can be flexibly replaced. Landscape design continue to reflect our thoughts of “in-between”, by establishing a dialogue with the existing golf course natural landscape. Only with harmonious family relations can create “a beautiful home”. With our design, we hope to create a place where can stimulate harmony relationship between all the family members.
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PROJECT 07_ WEATHER PAVILION DnA Design and Architecture “Updating China� exhibition in shanghai
We take water mist, as a natural element, an presence of weather, also an architectural form and construction method.Weather pavilion is a respond to our changing climate and environment, that how we can create a sustainable way to shelter from heat and pollution. It is an opportunity for us to rethink the relationship between human and nature, to take water as a catalyst for architecture experiments.
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PROJECT 08_ YILAN TREETOP HOTEL MVRDV Invited International Competition of a spa resort in Yilan, Taiwan
Yilan has beautiful mountains, a nice coastline and deep underneath thermal spring water. The given site is composed of an old factory and a piece of forest, full of trees, ferns, grasses, herbs, butterflies and birds live here. Can we enlarge this forest by stretching it up to the main street? Thus advertising the resort with a super green presence at the strip? By maximally lifting the program the forest can be kept and continue. It can become the collective space for the resort. A place where one can wander around, have baths, swim and relax. By splitting the program into different components, every piece of the program can turn into a characteristic piece with optimal views and light. They are designed as slabs that span from column to column. Thus making a building that opens itself up maximally. The highest beam forms the spa centre, In between the lifted forest the outdoor pools are carved out. Each with an infinity perspective towards the sea, the mountains, or the flanks of the mountain range. Three beams are dedicated to the different hotel rooms. Each on another level in the forest with different views and experiences. Each allowing for different typologies. They form different ‚neighbourhoods’. The decks on top of the beams are connected with thin suspension bridges and stairs. A complete three dimensional forest walk becomes possible. The beams and the columns are covered with stainless steel that mirrors the nature. It enlarges the nature maximally.
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PROJECT 09_ ZHEJIANG NATURE MUSEUM MVRDV Invited International Competition of nature museum district in Anji, China
How to make a start with the museum creating a landscape that is even more beautiful, even more overwhelming and even more exciting than it is now? The museum can be seen as the first step in this strategy. Situated on the higher northern parts of the site it can be viewed from everywhere. It’s exemplary architecture shows the direction where to go. Within the given height contours (not higher than 20 meters) the most compact building can be developed in order to minimize the impact on the landscape of the park. The cut away park has been replaced on top of the building. It is the main outside area for the museum. Here outdoor exhibitions can be positioned.The Roof Park is, similar to the surrounding public park, composed of patches of existing forests and new bamboo forests. Water-canals with paths on both sides surround the different gardens. These paths form a network throughout the gardens. At the edge of the Roof Park and the building the paths end in view points. Here the canals continue in waterfalls that drop the water towards the canals in the terrain. Ramps, stairs and lifts are positioned in the patios to create easy connections between the level. One of the patios is a true and complete circular lift. it is composed of a small exhibition hall, with a piece of outside nature on top, that can move visitors down and up. This ‘Avatar’ is manifesting the concept of the building: by raising the nature we can combine human program with nature, density with emptiness. A true messenger.
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PROJECT 10_ DE ROTTERDAM INTERIOR OMA Lobby Interior and furniture design
De Rotterdam is conceived as a vertical city: three interconnected mixed-use towers accommodating offices, apartments, a hotel, conference facilities, shops, restaurants, and cafes. The project began in 1997. Construction started at the end of 2009, with completion in 2013. The towers are part of the ongoing redevelopment of the old harbour district of Wilhelminapier. The various programs of this urban complex are organized into distinct blocks, and these private users of the building have contact with the general public on the ground floor, with its waterfront cafes. The lobbies for the offices, hotel, and apartments are located in the plinth - a long elevated hall that serves as a general traffic hub for De Rotterdam’s wide variety of users. Brass finish mix with u shape steel profile bottom furnitures, white snakeskin travertine cladding combine with exposed concrete columns, interior design try to echo both the roughness of old harbor industry and the delicacy of modern luxury life
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PROJECT 11_ NEW FRANKFURT SCHOOL CAMPUS OMA 3rd place of International Competition for the new campus of Frankfurt School
The inner courtyard at Frankfurt School’s current site on Sonnemannstrasse is hugely important to campus life at the School; it is like a common room where everyone can meet and interact. we aim to celebrate this. We divide the campus buildings into two clusters, each consisting of three high-rise office buildings. The two clusters are joined together by two horizontal buildings in which teaching take place.They are carefully arranged both to take full advantage of the natural light and to reflect the different ground-plan levels of the various buildings. The new campus supports a wide range of working, studying and teaching methods, and the horizontal arrangement of the teaching buildings provides a very wide range of organisational options. The two horizontal buildings are directly connected to each other by a central staircase that penetrates both of them, as well as a copper stair that winds through the inner courtyard between them. The inner courtyard is both the intermediate void between the assembled campus components, and the heart of the entire campus. The rest of the campus, with all of its facilities and access routes, is grouped around this “school yard”. There are sightlines to the courtyard from the offices, seminar rooms, Mensa (students’ refectory), library and Learning Centre. Because the courtyard is a raised platform at the physical centre of the campus, it is also the centrepiece of the new design concept, offering panoramic views of the Frankfurt skyline and ample opportunity for relaxed, informal encounters between students, researchers, teachers and executives.
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