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Urban Beach/ Humble House Hotel Roofscape Location | Taipei, Taiwan Architect Keisuke Toyoda (Partner), Jia-Shuan Tsai (Partner), Hsin Li, Chinyu Tsai, Takeshi Nanaumi, Alex Knezo, Motoki Yamamoto
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THANKWORD
鸣谢
We would like to thank everyone involved in the production of this book, especially all the artists, designers, architects and photographers, for their kind permission to publish their works. We are also very grateful to many other people whose names do not appear on the credits but who have provided assistance and support, for their contribution of images, ideas and concepts, as well as their creativity to be shared with readers around the world.
PLANT Architect Inc.
Chartier-Dalix architects Created in 2006 by Pascale Dalix and Frédéric
PLANT Architect Inc. is an award-winning
Chartier, Chartier-Dalix architectes is composed
practice that branches into the domains
of 18 people. Through its projects, the office has
of architecture, landscape, and design.
worked on several types of programs and sites.
The studio operates across spatial scales
Their projects reveal a marked sensitivity to
and disciplinary borders to reveal a site’s
the complexity of uses and contexts: they are
potential, distill client-needs into a clear design vision, and create timeless
always relevant, innovative and generous solutions in terms of both formal and
spaces that heighten one’s experience of a site, city, building, or natural
programmatic consistency.
landscape.
In the past two years, Chartier Dalix has completed various projects in France :
Their multidisciplinary team specializes in institutional, commercial, and
a school complex in Fresnes (94), a 53 units social housing complex in Arcueil,
residential architecture and landscape architecture, interiors, urban infrastructure,
the extension of an office building in Bobigny (93), the extension of the Bacouel
feasibility studies, and master planning. They also offer a range of value-
castel (17th century), a residence for young workers and migrants coupled with
added services that include furniture and lighting design, public facilitation, and
a kindergarden in Paris (the project was nominated for the Equerre D'argent
integrated graphics. PLANT’s interdisciplinary design approach allows their
在此，我们非常感谢参与本书编写的所有人员，尤其是各位
2014 award and is nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary
team to build important connections between people, places, and ideas, and it
艺术家、设计师、建筑师和摄影师，他们授权我们出版他们的作
Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2015), and most recently an 18
remains central to the firm’s ongoing commitment to public engagement.
品。我们亦感谢为本书编写提供支持和帮助的人员，虽然他们的
classrooms school complex in Boulogne-Billancourt (92). Their projects have been widely reviewed and published in national and international magazines. and Chartier Dalix architectes has received various
并将他们的创意分享给全世界的读者。
awards, such as the Europe 40 under 40 Award (2012), and the « prix de la
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名字并没有出现在本书中，感谢他们提供的图片、思想和理念，
première œuvre », awarded by the Moniteur Group (2009) for a sport hall in
Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc.
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参与本书编写的人员有：
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The people involved in the book are:
Meaux.
A-cero joaquín torres & rafael llamazares architects is an architecture firm founded in 1996, vowed to the integral development of architectural, interior design and urban planning projects.
The studio has a team of more than 100 specialized
professionals, led by architect Joaquín Torres Vérez, working in two main headquarters in Spain, located in Madrid and A Coruña, and a foreign projects office in Dubai.
Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc.
Newman Garrison + Partners (NG+P) is an
is a Boston-based firm providing
innovative award-winning, full-service architecture
professional landscape architectural, site planning and urban design services
and interior design studio based in Southern
to a broad range of clients. Since its founding in 1980 the firm has helped
California. Celebrating 30 years as renowned
institutions, municipalities, public agencies, and private organizations realize
architects and designers, NG+P provides clients
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A-cero Joaquín Torres & Rafael LLamazares Architects
The practice has evolved in parallel to its clients' demands, building a large
their goals for exemplary landscapes and urban open spaces. With a national
a distinctive "one-stop shop" for planning, design,
reputation for excellence among both clients and professional colleagues,
inspiration and collaboration. As part of NG+P’s creative portfolio, the firm was
Halvorson Design Partnership is proud of our reputation for responsive,
in the forefront of creating what is known today as the ‘‘Texas Wrap’’ high density
imaginative and sustainable work, executed with a contemporary outlook.
solution and the most recently acclaimed and innovative ‘‘New Block’’
The architecture of landscapes is both process and product. Our process is
( Park Landing) urban in-fill prototype. NG+P’s team of highly trained design
founded on asking questions, listening, collaborating and envisioning a host of
professionals specialize in creating innovative, yet timeless, architectural design
possible solutions. This dependable, partnering approach enables Halvorson
for mid- and high-rise multifamily towers; mixed-use, urban infill and transit-
Design to deliver lucid, implementable plans and beautiful built-landscapes that
oriented developments; hospitality; resort communities; single family; and
resonate, inspire and delight.
work-force and student housing. NG+P has received numerous awards for its
portfolio that comprises residential estates, resorts, office buildings, mixed-use
high-rises, corporate and interior design. They have the capacity to carry out an management.
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architecture project in all its stages, since its conception until the construction
Newman Garrison + Partners
Tierra Design (S) Pte Ltd
outstanding design and land planning expertise, and collaborates with clients to plan and design creative, sustainable and cost-effective design solutions.
Dominique Perrault
Tierra Design (S) Pte Ltd is a multidisciplinary design firm
Leading figure in French architecture, Dominique
established in 1995 in Singapore by Franklin Po. As designers
Perrault gained international recognition after
with a focused desire to explore the relationship of the arts,
winning the competition for the National French
culture, nature and land, we provide professional design
library in 1989 at the age of 36. This project
services in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design,
marked the starting point of many other public
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group is a Copenhagen and New York
master planning, urban design and sustainable environmental
and private commissions abroad, such as The
based group of architects, designers and thinkers operating
design, in order to enhance the quality of life for people who
Velodrome and Olympic swimming pool of Berlin,
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and
occupy the spaces that we create.
development. BIG is led by eight partners - Bjarke Ingels,
Tierra projects are known for its economy of planting and sensual natural
Luxembourg, the Olympic tennis centre in Madrid,
Andreas Klok Pedersen, Finn Nørkjær, David Zahle, Jakob Lange, Thomas
simplicity, beauty and quiet reserve. We have been the recipient of a number
the campus of Ewha’s University in Seoul, and the Fukoku Tower in Osaka,
Christoffersen and Managing Partners, Sheela Maini Søgaard and Kai-Uwe
of awards for design excellence. Our projects include prestigious residential,
Japan. In 2014, he delivers the DC Tower in Vienna, the tallest tower in Austria, an
Bergmann. With an international team of more than 200 people, BIG works on
commercial, hospitality and institutional projects in Singapore, Malaysia,
icon of the new business district, as well as the Grand Theatre in Albi, France.
projects across a broad spectrum of industries and in more than 20 countries
Indonesia, India, China and Abu Dhabi.
worldwide. We take a human-centered approach to our work-looking at how our
We embrace diversity in our people, with collaboration playing a vital role in
urban environments can increase the quality of life in finding ways of designing
creating our unique, thoughtful and holistic designs. Our aim is to help clients
cities and buildings as double ecosystems that are both ecologically and
make intelligent and well-informed decisions to enhance value for them and
economically profitable. In our work process we put great focus on the necessary
create a better future for our planet.
details in order to realize the BIG idea.
the extension of the European Court of Justice in
studio505
TROP
Ciel Rouge Creation
Tectoniques Architects
studio505 is an architecture and
TROP is a landscape architectural design studio with a team of
Founded 20 years ago, Tectoniques is a collective firm that
Ciel Rouge Creation is a French-Japanese established
design studio based in Melbourne,
designers and construction supervisors.
brings together two gen-erations of architects and engineers. It
architectural office based in Tokyo and Paris. Between the East
Australia - working locally and around
Led by Pok Kobkongsanti, our philosophy is to create unique
takes a militant approach in which architecture is closely linked
and West, ideas are exchanging from one side to another.
the world.
designs for each project that we work on. We believe that our
to environmental strategies. With its considerable depth of
These complementary cultures are enriching themselves in
The studio505 team and their network of makers, thinkers and consultants bring
design process is as important as the design itself, so we work
experience in the field, it possesses recognised expertise and a
design and architectural concepts. French architect, Henri
together a vast and intriguing selection of possibilities. The studio is committed
very closely with each of our clients. Since 2007, TROP has been
solid critical framework.
to delivering exemplary innovation, elegant integration and sophisticated
working on various projects throughout Asia. Currently, our works
Tectoniques has a team of some twenty designers. And the arrival of new young
adapting architecture to its most precise function. The space
responses within the complex maelstrom of the design world.
include Hospitality, Residential, Commercial and Installation
associates in 2007, then in 2011, has brought about a renewal, with an ongoing
should be the largest space possible, even on a very small scale. The idea is to
Gueydan, the founder of Ciel Rouge Creation is involved in
design. We won an Honor Award in Residential Design from American Society
synergy between experience and dynamism.
create the ideal "weight of life" by smooth shapes, well positioned perspectives,
synergy of their combined architectural partnership. A partnership they have
of Landscape Architects, ASLA 2012, for our Quattro by Sansiri project. Our
The architectural firm is progressively devel-oping new skills. In 2011, it obtained
measured lightness, adapted materials and colors. The space could be discrete,
developed and maintained since studio505’s inception in 2003. This partnership
Garden of Hilton Pattaya is also short-listed for Hotel of the Year 2012 by World.
certifica-tion in quantity surveying and site manage-ment. And early this year, it
elastic, convenient and powerful at the same time. Through this philosophy,
results in an engaged passion that fuses artistic spirit with technical knowledge
Architecture News and also won Thailand Property Award for Best Landscape
began carrying out climatic and environmental engineering studies. Its aim is to
the construction has to be simple, appropriate, and well adapted to improve
while actualizing a rich and enthusiastic source of innovation and expertise for
Design. Seascape, our first project in Singapore won Singapore Property Award,
attain both greater autonomy and tighter control over quality issues.
the "taste of existence". Since 1991, CRC has built a Protestant church in the
the studio’s clients and projects.
Residential Design Category as well. Pok Kobkongsanti graduated from Harvard
heart of Tokyo, ecological housing in Paris and Nagoya. It has also designed
University, Graduate School of Design, in 2000. Since then, he had practiced
thalassotherapic centers and hotels, museums, office buildings, private houses,
with Mr. George Hargreaves Associates and Mr. Bill Bensley of Bensley Design
factories, research centers and urban design. The scope of CRC's work is very
Studio.
diverse: through different domains, architecture is improving .
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Directors, Dylan Brady and Dirk Zimmermann lead the studio with the energetic
KENGO KUMA
Bos, is a Dutch architectural design studio specializing in architecture, urban development and infrastructural projects.
KENGO KUMA
Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Tokyo in 1979. After
Sanitas Studio
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UNStudio, founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline
Martin Ferrero Architecture
Sanitas Studio is a Landscape and Art studio led by Sanitas
Daniel Martín, became as an Architect in Madrid (Spain ) and founded Martin
Pradittasnee with a team of architects and landscape architects. Sanitas
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UNStudio
studying at Columbia University as Visiting Scholar, he established Kengo Kuma
Ferrero Architecture in 2008 .
studio works in the area between landscape architecture and Fine Art, inspired
referring to the collaborative nature of the practice.
& Associates 1990. In 2009, he was installed as Professor at the Graduate
They specialize in the design of contemporary homes and they are committed
by social context, deep cultural research and seamless boundary between
Throughout more than 20 years of international project
School of Architecture, University of Tokyo.
to excellence in modern design. Their projects reflect an interest in modern living
landscape architecture and Fine Art.
experience, UNStudio has continually expanded its capabilities through
Among Kuma’s major works are Kirosan Observatory (1995), Water/Glass
and a desire to connect our clients to the beauty of the surrounding natural
Sanitas Studio’ works include sculptural work, art installation and landscape
prolonged collaboration with an extended network of international consultants,
(1995, received AIA Benedictus Award), Stage in Forest, Noh Stage in the
environment.
architecture projects. Each work deals with people’s interaction and how it
partners, and advisors across the globe. This network, combined with the
Forest (received 1997 Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Award), Bato-
They built with Nature , their main material, as the same way they do with Glass ,
would provoke people’s consciousness. By working in varying scale, each
centrally located offices in Amsterdam, Shanghai and Hong Kong enables
machi Hiroshige Museum (received The Murano Prize). His recent works include
concret or Steel.
work is being explored in the possibility of built environment, its meaning and its
UNStudio to work efficiently anywhere in the world.
Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum (2010), Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center
They are committed to environmentally sustainable design practices and have
interaction with people.
Pivotal UNStudio projects include; the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart
(2012), Nagaoka City Hall Aore (2012) and Ginza Kabukiza (2013). Outside
extensive experience in Building Integration of Photovoltaics Systems.
(Germany 2006), the large scale mixed-use project Raffles City in Hangzhou
Japan, Besancon Arts and Culture Center, FRAC Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence
In fact their new solutions for Sculptural Solar Skins improve the design of our
(China 2008 - 2013), the Galleria Department Store in Seoul (2005), the private
Conservatoire of Music were completed in 2013. Currently, about 100 projects
houses as well as the eficiency of their projects.
family house VilLA NM in Upstate New York (USA 2007), the Agora Theatre in
are going on in Japan, Europe, USA, China and many other Asian countries .
For them , Architecture is a just poem to the space.
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The name, UNStudio, stands for United Network Studio
Lelystad (NL 2007) and the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam (NL 1996).
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Their clients let them the oportunity to write another verse.
SWA Group
Studio Landscape Architecture
Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn Bhd
For over five decades, SWA has been recognized as one
Studio Landscape Architecture is
T. R. Hamzah & Yeang
Starr Whitehouse was formed by Laura
of the world’s design leaders in the fields of landscape
interdisciplinary landscape architecture, urban
Sdn. Bhd. designs
Starr and Stephen Whitehouse to focus
architecture, planning and urban design. They have
design, and planning firms. Their experience
and delivers super
their professional commitment on making
received over 800 awards and have worked in more than 60 countries. Their
is extensive and over eighty-five professional
green signature buildings and masterplans that go beyond accreditation
places more livable, green, and vibrant. Our
principals are among the industry’s most talented and experienced designers
awards have recognized the quality of our
systems such as LEED, BREEAM, etc.
and planners. Emerging in 1959 as the West Coast office of Sasaki, Walker
services.
They create places, spaces, built forms and masterplans that endeavour
challenge of finding what is genuine and sustainable, a challenge that starts with
approach brings energy and creativity to the
and Associates, the firm first assumed the SWA Group name in 1975. In 2005
Their current arrangement of offices in Israel and the United States provides
to make their users and the public happy, pleasurable and be uplifting
recognizing the strata of natural systems, physical organization, social systems,
SWA received the ASLA Firm Award, the highest honor the American Society of
the clients with a wealth of experience and resources that combine the best
to their lives, which are signature (having an identifiable aesthetic), deep
regulations, history, and culture that come together in a location. With this
Landscape Architects can bestow on a landscape architecture firm.
of both the worlds. The principals take pride in being directly involved in all
green (hyper sustainable and carbon-neutral), and that constantly pursues
base, recommendations and designs emerge through consensus-building and
Despite being one of the largest firms of its type, SWA is organized into smaller
issues of design, whereas all other aspects of project management are suitably
innovation (advances the state-of-the-art). Their business process is
inspiration.
studio-based offices that enhance creativity and client responsiveness with
decentralized to each local office. The Studio office provides for day to day
systemically customer-friendly with strict value-engineered cost control,
Starr Whitehouse values collaboration with clients, the public, allied disciplines,
locations in California, Texas, and Shanghai. In addition to bringing strong
hands on contact and coordination, essential to the successful implementation
focusing on eco and bioclimatic construction detailing.
and specialists. As leaders and members of teams, Starr Whitehouse believes
aesthetic, functional, and social design ideas to their projects, they’re also
of the design and the MPF&P initiates the design and follow it through to the
The work is relevant, internationally recognized, credible (receiving
that communication and collaboration yield the richest results and the most
committed to integrating principles of environmental sustainability. At the core of
realization of the project.
since 1975 over 70 awards) and motivating (meaningful, enlivening and
effective partnerships. With comprehensive experience in parks, green spaces,
their work is a passion for imaginative, solution-oriented design that adds value
memorable). The firm has been in existence since 1976 and carries out
urban design, and environmental planning in New York City and beyond, Starr
to land, buildings, cities, regions, and to people’s lives.
work internationally from its HQ in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Whitehouse spans a continuum of planning, strategy, and design through to implementation and management to meet the specific needs of our clients and community.
DS
Pashek Associates
Shma Company Limited
Blondie's Treehouse Inc.
Shma Company Limited was found in 2007 by Namchai
DS has been active for 20 years as a leading design office at
Our goal is to design sustainable
the intersection of architecture and landscape architecture both
places for people. Founded in 1986,
in theoretical and practical areas. Main goal has been to create
Pashek Associates is an award winning
Howard K. Freilich, a young, energetic entrepreneur and horticulturalist. Known
as a place for people who share same interest in improving
consulting firm of registered Landscape Architects, Recreation Practitioners, and
for innovative designs and careful attention to the smallest details, Blondie's
landscape environment through design. Our aspiration is to
Basic motivation in our designs is to build a specific
Community Planners who are committed to improving our environment and who
has received dozens of national awards for design and service. Specializing
create a space that is delightful and inspiring.
microcosmos. The design group who makes up a principle of
take pride in listening and being responsive to our clients' needs.
in creative landscapes for challenging urban spaces, Blondie’s has created
We seek simplicity in design that responds to complexity of climate, culture,
combining artistic qualities with economical and ethical values, considers the
We create places that respond to the history, tradition, culture, and natural
hundreds of public and private gardens on rooftops and in courtyards, terraces,
history, topography, and environment of each site. We believe that design
multidisciplinary contemporary medium as a source and from this complexity
environment of the communities within which we work. We understand that each
tops and backyards. Teams of designers, project managers and crew members
emerged from these contexts of a site, reflect upon a unique characteristic of
creates neat, original and creative environments.
project is unique, and therefore, customize a design approach tailored to the
work hand in hand with clients from concept through completion. Every day,
each project. Clarity of our space is intensified through sensitive selection of
Considering nature as another source, our design group filters nature and
specific needs of our clients. We ensure an engaging process that will produce
dozens of technicians fan out across the city to maintain these gardens and
materials and planting palette composed with refined detailing which develops to
produces parametric desings directed by a syntactic perception of nature.
positive results.
keep them picture perfect year round. With 3 locations, over 100 employees and
reinforce the concept of each particular project.
applicable, sustainable designed environments.
Saensupha, Prapan Napawongdee, and Yossapon Boonsom
DS operates at an interval from human scale to urban scale with competent
over 35 years of experience, Blondie’s has had such an impact on the gardens
landscape designers, architects, urban planners, engineers and ecologists.
of New York City that you’ve likely seen our work without even knowing it.
DS is an international member of ASLA (American Society of Landscape
PROAP
ACME
ArquitectonicaGEO
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Studio Landscape Architecture is
PROAP is a leading international
interdisciplinary landscape architecture,
design practice exclusively
urban design, and planning firms. Their
dedicated to landscape architecture,
by co-founder of Arquitectonica, Laurinda Spear, FAIA to explore the complex
architecture, urban planning, interior design and
experience is extensive and over eighty-five professional awards have recognized
founded in 1989, based in Lisbon
challenges of contemporary built and natural environments and develop design
product design. Since its founding in 2007, ACME has worked on 124 projects in
ACME is based in London, Sydney, San Francisco
was founded in 2005
and Berlin, operating in the fields of contemporary
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(Portugal) and with offices in Luanda (Angola) and Treviso (Italy).
solutions that balance a modern aesthetic with an environmental practice to
19 different countries – with private, corporate and public clients. The practice’s
Their current arrangement of offices in Israel and the United States provides
The partnership is led by João Nunes and currently employs 30 professionals, a
create value, identity, and a sustainable landscape.
56 architects are of 19 nationalities.
the clients with a wealth of experience and resources that combine the best
cross-disciplinary team, with distinguished levels of expertise in landscape, in its
The GEO landscaping philosophy is based on the principle of preserving a
ACME wins much of its work through national and international design
of both the worlds. The principals take pride in being directly involved in all
most inclusive conception. The firm’s core business is landscape architecture,
location’s geographic character – the entire combination of natural and human
competitions and has gained recognition for its contemporary design based on a
issues of design, whereas all other aspects of project management are suitably
namely landscape design development, project management, sustainable
attributes that make one place distinct from another – an authentic design
deep interest in each individual place and location; for innovation in pushing the
decentralized to each local office. The Studio office provides for day to day
design and development, urban design and planning.
process that preserves the ecological and cultural environment.
boundaries of complex façade designs; for its integrated approach to structure
The GEO team is led by Ms. Laurinda Spear, Mr. George Fogg, Vice President
and sustainability and its ability to work within commercial boundaries of budget
and Ms. Margarita Blanco, Director. The designs are developed and produced
and programme.
hands on contact and coordination, essential to the successful implementation of the design and the MPF&P initiates the design and follow it through to the
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the quality of their services.
in the firms head office in Miami. The design team is supported by a team of
realization of the project.
specialist landscape architects, urban planners, horticulturists and designers
MyLandscapes Garden Designers
XTU
Mylandscapes is the brainchild of London based garden designer Amir Schlezinger. Originally a touring musician he studied garden design at Middlesex University and
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specifically structured for each project.
Xavier de Chirac
Created in 2000 by Nicola Desmaziere and Anouk
Bathed in the nature of a young age , Xavier de Chirac sends
Legendre, XTU consists of 25 people gathering
his passionate love of flora.
skills in architecture, design, research and urban
respect, humility , listening and simplicity are its watchwords .
Capel Manor College and graduated in the year 2000. In
farming.
October 2000 he coined the phrase mylandscapes, which
Part of an experiment dominated by public facilities, mainly academics and
agricultural college and a school of landscape architecture in
was registered as a website in the UK. MyLandscapes had
research, it has diversified in recent years in achieving housing projects and
Belgium.
evolved a strong contemporary style in garden design with a
environmental
Landscape architect and Gardner in spirit, Xavier de Chirac
particular expertise in roof gardens and roof terraces.
projects and cultural museums in France and abroad.
has been creating terraces, patios, and gardens for 15 years.
To date, mylandscapes had designed and built over 250 projects. These projects
Four major projects have contributed to the success of the agency : the Museum
He has worked in both urban and pastoral contexts. He is
are primarily located in Central London with some projects in Italy, Dorset and
of Prehistory Jeongok South Korea, the Civilizations museum, the first positive
attached to conserving the essence of a place and gives it a specific character
Essex. Amir Schlezinger, the company director has contributed to numerous
energy museum in the Indian Ocean, the wine museum in Bordeaux and the
corresponding to the landowner's personality and desires. His conceptions
magazines and books on garden design worldwide. Having grown in the
agency is also laureate of the French Pavilion at the Expo Milano 2015.
integrate perfectly to their environment creating a unity. The colours, materials,
Mediterranean region his knowledge and understanding of both European and
Architectural posture is initially focused on the expression of architectural shapes
shapes and volumes of each composition combined establish harmonious
Tropical flora has contributed to a style of planting which combines sculptural
carved echoing the urban context and landscape. The context is the founder,
sceneries. Moreover, the multiple vistas created play with the different
and architectural plants with northern European traditions.
it generates the form, write in a minimalist and refined, inspired by abstract
perspectives. The floral punctuations bring a final touch or give way to graphic
sculptors, futuristic willingly.
plants in more contemporary projects. Each project finds its identity in relation to
After an encounter with a botanist , he began his studies at an
the use of the exterior spaces.
NL Architects NL Architects is an Amsterdam based office. The three principals, Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk and Kamiel Klaasse, officially opened practice in January 1997, but had shared workspace already since the early nineties. All were educated at the Technical University in Delft. NL Architects aspires to catalyze urban life. The office is on a constant hunt to find alternatives for the way we live and work. Often the projects focus on ordinary aspects of everyday life, including the unappreciated or negative, that are enhanced or twisted in order to bring to the fore the unexpected potential of the things that surround us. By sampling existing fragments of reality and recombining them, gluing bits and pieces together into new coherent arrangements, our architecture can be understood as The Remix of Reality: the architect as Deejay.