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Voussoir Cloud IwamotoScott Architects Wood Laminated paper-thin wood is scored and folded into the elements for a vault. The use of ultra thin material allows the structure to seemingly float. This cloud of wood challenges the mass associated with the vault, as well as wood construction.
Sliding House dRMM Architects Wood, Steel, Glass Wood is a mobile structure. The adaptability of the cladding allows for many different conditions: a sleeve to wrap and protect the dwelling, a covering for an outdoor patio, protection for automobiles.
QuaDror Dror Benshetrit Concrete Elements of concrete interlock, forming the potential for precast joints. Rigid elements fold together, creating a structural and sculptural faรงade. The joint invites a new meaning to the modularity and flexibility of concrete.
Argos Electrical Self-Generation Plant Facade Felipe Gonzalez-Pacheco Concrete Concrete is a decorative façade. Massive elements bend in an alternating pattern, playing with light and disguising an electrical plant. The façade appears to float, encouraging a greater sense of wonder about the seemingly heavy pieces defining the building’s elevation.
Fluxus Karim Rashid Glass Thin elements of glass are woven together to create a structure with the qualities of fabric. Color gradient makes the mass appear metallic. Fluxus tricks the observer by pushing and accentuating the fluid properties of glass. Glass can be massive and mobile.
Baton Rouge Downtown Library Trahan Architects Glass Curved panels of glass help to reduce glare from the strong Louisiana sun. The shapes of the windows are very intentional. This project raises the question of how to resolve a corner of two curves coming together. What structure will support these panes without destroying their elegance?
GalerĂa de Cristal Otamendi Palacios Glass The atrium is redefined. Glass is used to modernize a historical architectural space. The material challenges the boundary between indoor and outdoor space. It allows light and heat to pass through, while still creating a physical barrier.
Spielbudenplatz Consortium Spielbude Fahrbetrieb Hamburg, Lutzow 7 Garten- und Landschaftsarchitekten, and Spengler Wiescholek Architekten und Stadplaner Steel, Glass A thin steel screen covers two massive cantilevers. The twin structures create open or closed spaces depending on their positioning. At night, lights dematerialize the screen, allowing for a glowing structure with a mysteriously large span.
Dovecote Studio Haworth-Tompkins Steel Steel is dropped into existing brick ruins. The simple and modern structure provides an elegant contrast to the fallen building. A space is created within a space.
TACKLEBOX Materials have characteristics. Allowing the materiality to influence form and design leads to a simplicity where natural beauty of materials is apparent.
Pleatscape Wood, Concrete Continuation of the ground plane underneath a building allows for a place of gathering and interaction. The wooden walls bend to form seating areas and tables. Thoughtful moves to continuing wall and ground in order to form objects creates a graceful space.
3.1 Phillip Lim Wood, Concrete Blocks, Cast Iron Simple treatment of materials can provide beautiful decoration. Architecture is not solely practical. Knowledge of materiality allows for a knowledge of ornament. Consideration for the interaction of materials leads to moments of beauty.
Saipua Wood A wooden structure slides into an existing garage. The storefront is created with minimal construction. Attention to direction and grain provides thoughtful spaces for display.
Timber Installation Wood Often it is beneficial to consider the strength of material alone.
Wu Table Wood Wood is a strong and natural material. Connections free of nails and screws are a reminder of where the material comes from and what it is capable of forming.
HAWORTH TOMPKINS The careful choice and use of materials integrates new design with old structures, preserving the memory of the past, while providing new insight to a space.
The London Library Masonry, Glass, Metal It is important to know history. Renovations revive and repurpose structures by calling attention to what existed in the past. At times, preserving can be stronger than rebuilding.
Aldeburgh Music Cafe Masonry, Wood, Metal A new floor and ceiling are installed to protect from the elements and provide a supportive ground plane for the building. The walls are old, but remain original and exposed. Brick is strong and can stand the test of time.
Aldeburgh Music Masonry, Wood, Metal
New Bond Street Masonry, Metal, Concrete Block Clean white elements provide a strong contrast to the original building. Edge and boundary are highlighted. There is an architectural strength in the boldness and contrast.
Newington Green Wood, Concrete Wooden strips challenge boundary. There is a separation of space, but not from weather. The decision to shield the stairwell with strips of wood provides an enclosed space that feels very open.
MATERIAL PALETTE
Mass Concrete Poured into forming a solid and immensely heavy form, concrete provides mass to architecture.
Mass vs. Void Concrete Which provides greater intrigue, solid mass or the space it forms?
Void Concrete Can a solid speak to the void that allowed its formation? How can memory begin to provide inspiration?
Rhythm Steel Why does structure tend to be evenly spaced? Is it out of necessity or desire?
Memory Concrete, Steel, Wood Material holds onto its past. One can see the traces with a considerate eye.
Memory Masonry Brick weathers with age. A mature wisdom and beauty emerges.
Movement and Boundary Wood Wood is directional. It can pull one through a space as well as stop one in their tracks.
Boundary Concrete, Steel Consideration of edge should always be an important factor. How does one material begin to form the boundary of another?
Boundary Glass Glass is fluid, yet able to hold substance. How can this balance be explored?
URBAN LAB AND OBSERVATORY
Material Proposal.
The structure and form of the Urban Lab and Observatory is mainly poured in place concrete. Concrete beams and columns carry the weight of the construct. Concrete is simple and elegant, complimenting the moves the ULO is making. The memory of the form work plays to the theme of negative space within the building. The concrete is clad with different materials in order to define the function of space. Wood lines areas that are intended to be more private, for those who live and work in the ULO. Steel cladding begins to distinguish public spaces, open to all. Glass begins to form boundaries. In open areas, it forms the guardrails, protecting those who walk through the building. It protects indoor areas from the seasonal Cincinnati weather while allowing full views to the city that surrounds.
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1. Steel cladding 2. Poured in place concrete 3. Steel reinforcement 4. Waterproofing membrane 5. Rigid insulation 6. Plywood ceiling 7. Aluminum window frame 8. Insulated glass unit 9. Wood flooring 10. Precast concrete panels 11. Concrete columns 12. Isolation joint 13. Laminated glass guardrail 14. Sealant 15. Permeable paving 16. Concrete footing 17. Drainage pipe
PRECEDENT
Pompeia Lina Bo Bardi Circulation connections slice through the sky, resulting in a geometric design created by negative space.
Chapel in Villeaceron S.M.A.O Planes of concrete bend and fold to create a spacial experience on the exterior of the chapel.
Chapel of Eternal Light Bernardo Rodrigues Arquitecto Steel structure supports the sharp angles desired by the form.