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Attorney General Building

Business Center Miramare

Citron/Construction and Renovation of Deal-

erships

Embosom

High Court of Justice and Supreme Court, City

of Justice

Lex, Wallsall Waterfront

New Headquarters for Spiegel

Office Building in Saint-Etienne

Porta Nuova Showroom Building

Snake Squares

Tango Towers

The Frame

Wilson Town City Center

Zuidkas

Abu Dhabi Ladies Club

Beijing Wanhao Century Center

Bionic Tower

Corniche Tower

Efizia Tower

Fake Hills

Sea Colony

Skytower

Tallinn Town Hall

The Kiss

Tower 123

Upside Down Skyscraper

3rd Prize Miami

Commercial & Office Complex

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Culture & Sports

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Macedonian Fight Museum

Modern and Contemporary Art Museum

National Mountain Centre

National Music Center

New Mariinsky Theater

New Tamayo Museum

New York High Line

Pier Museum in Miami Beach

Poly Art Center

Prehistory Museum

Sarajevo Concert Hall

School of Design, Hong Kong

Solidarnosc Europejskie Centre

Stdel Museum Extension

Sundsvall Performing Arts Theater

Super Sustainable City

Temporary Art Pavilion

Theater Spijkenisse

The House of Arts and Culture

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

Tianjin Museum

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270

274

Urban Mediaspace

Winschoten Cultural Center

Wrth Cultural and Conference Center

Architectonic and Urban Regulation of

the Port of Los Cristianos

Bicentennial of the Independence Plaza

Vallon OuVert

Hill-versum

Logroo Montecorvo Eco City

MEtreePOLIS

New Holland Island

Tirana Rocks

Bunker House

Cessange Station

Cultural Park of the Hellenic Cosmos

Far Rockaway Park Beach Structures

International Competition for Thematic

Pavilion Yeosu Expo 2012

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286

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296

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316

320

326

330

334

338

342

Planning

Medical Center with Additional Facilities

in Split

Mill River Porch

Oslo Central Station

Petro-Eco-Bras

Shenzhen Airport

Station C

Agro-Housing

Bashni Vetrov Towers

DK2-Luxury Service Apartments

Dwellings and Shops

Forwarding Dallas

Headquarters LBBW Immobilien

House on the Water

Putrajaya Precinct 4 Waterfront Develop-

ment

Residential Skyscraper in New York City

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350

354

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Public Facilities

Residence

Agora Theater in Lelystad

Arctic Culture Centre

Armed Forces Memorial

Arts and Culture House

Blue Planet

Camp Nou Stadium for FC Barcelona

Center Zamet

Deichmanske Library Oslo

Embassy Quarter of Finland in Tokyo

Expansion of Milano University College

Flowing Gardens, Xian Horticultural Ex-

hibition 2011

Freeport Arts Center

Heart of Slough Library & Community

Building

Horsaalzentrum RWTH

Italian Sports Museum

Jeongok Prehistory Museum

Lamoth

La Rural

Library and Laboratories in Udine Univer-

sity Campus

Los Hueros

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Architects Index

FocusCommercial & Office

C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S P R O J E C T FA C T S

The systems outermost layer, the eyelids, is there to protect and moisten the eyes. These skin folds create a structural membrane that has two natures, one concerning its immedi-ate role of protecting the rest of the organ from the sunshine and light and, secondly, as its natural support structure. This was represented in the proposal by means of a geometric pattern, resulting from the analysis of function and proportion of a clear architectural program. The building has two basements, functioning as parking lot, vehicle entrance facility and vertical communication nuclei, taking people to their workspaces. The build-ings external skin is made of layers that may be seen from the faade, acting as structural support and solar control. This generates and external element that frames the landscape protects the inner spaces from the sunlight, supports the building and rounds up this sustainable project with a conceptual presence.

i| Overviewp| Lobby

Garduo Arquitectos

Competition date: 2007. Client: Campus of Justice. Competition name: Attorney General Building Inter-national Competition. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: Shortlist. Total area: 13,006 m2. Organizers: Campus of Justice.

Attorney General BuildingMadrid, Spain

C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 7

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A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l B u i l d i n g

C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S P R O J E C T FA C T S

The competition program is placed on a crossing of two streets, Miramarska and Bednjan-ska. It is a point of colliding two urban city concepts: north part with classical city blocks of the Zagrebs lower city enclosed by the railway and the south part primarily along the Vukovarska Street, outlined with modernistic dominant character of mostly public and social buildings. Concept of awarded project stems from forming a unified structure that will reconcile the surrounding urban matrix and meet the program requirements. Two interacting volumes, a tower with 20 floors and a lower building with floors, unite the planned goals and achieve high quality relations with the neighbouring buildings. A semi-open atrium between the two buildings connects them with the surrounding public pedestrian surfaces. The underground floors are reserved for garage spaces, ground floor for shops, bars and restaurants. There are 20000 square meters of office space, and a unique viewpoint at the top of the tower.

i| ViewfromBednjanskastreetp| ViewfromMiramarskastreet

3LHD

Competition date: 200. Client: Miramare Centar d.o.o., Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 4,037 m2. Organizers: Zagreb Architects Society. 3D: Freya.

Business Center MiramareZagreb, Croatia


f| The semi opened atrium between the twotowers

s| Viewinsidetheatrium

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B u s i n e s s C e n t e r M i r a m a r e

C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 13P R O J E C T FA C T S 13P R O J E C T FA C T S

How can a building devoted to the automobile industry express mobility, be environ-ment friendly, fit into the various contexts and needs? Mobility: The dynamic system designed on the ground marks the drivers or workers influx. The faade speeds up as the continuous and curving horizontal lines flow in the distance. In the exhibition hall, the car parade dramatizes the automobiles in a kinetic way. Environment: Some sunshades cover the building and the roof can spread out in order to control the solar energy. Some Canadian shafts, taking its fresh air from the totem, moderate the air. The photovoltaic system included in the glass roof creates power. GlobaLocal: A charter (Global) offers a broad range of combination. At the centre, a free space fits into the local needs: It is dedi-cated to the cultural events, the exhibition of Citron toys, the commercial shows...

i| TheconceptualprojectbyDESUNIQUE(S):Thefreespace

o| TheconceptualprojectbyDESUNIQUE(S):Theluminouswakes

p| TheconceptualprojectbyDESUNIQUE(S):Thecarparade

DESUNIQUE(S)/ParisRomain VIAULT/ArchitectLANDOR/ ParisNicolos WOZNIAK/Director Design Brond Enviroment

Competition date: 2008. Client: Citron. Competition name: International Competition-Winning Project. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st. Total area: Scenario 1: 1400 m / Scenario 2: 2600 m / Scenario 3: 4400 m. Organizers: Paris, France.

Citron/Construction and Renovation of DealershipsParis, France


i| The final project by LANDOR: Interiorviewoftheshowroom

f| ThefinalprojectbyLANDOR:Actualitys| The final project by LANDOR: Exteriorviewoftheleadership

p| The final project by LANDOR: Interiorviewofthecelingdesk

a| The final project by LANDOR: Generalviewoftheshowroom

C i t r o n / C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d R e n o v a t i o n o f D e a l e r s h i p s


Kjellgren Kaminsky

Competition date: 2008. Client: Diligentia. Competition scale: Internatioanl Competition. Competition name: Embossom. Total area: 8,000 m2. Organizers: Danderyd municipality.

Mrby centrum is a commercial centre outside Stockholm established in the 160's. After years of unplanned adding and reconstructing it is now in desperate need of a strong identity and a general facelift. In the scale of the city and the surrounding infrastructure a superimposed grid layer connects the present incoherent parts of Mrby centrum to a whole. Simultaneously different treatments of each square in the grid gives the centre a human scale and an aesthetic variation. The squares can be filled with a wide range of different materials; mirror glass, vegetation walls, transparent glass, solar collectors, fiber cement boards etc. A new high rise building containing offices and commercial spaces presents a strong symbol for the centre. The building is clad with the same gridsystem as embosoms the rest of the centre.

i| Squareandbusstation

i| Birdsviewofthenewhighrisebuildingandrenovatedshoppingcentre

p| Conceptualdiagrams| Conceptualdiagram

EmbosomStockholm, Sweden


i| Reflectors light up with the shoppingcentresnameascarspassesby

s| Conceptualdiagram

i| Conceptualdiagrams| Interior connections link all parts ofthecentre

E m b o s o m


The Appeals Court is a six-storey drum-shaped building with an undulating faade. It is penetrated by a full-height atrium at its center, which repeats the swelling contours of the building, and is capped by a glazed roof. Its wide, welcoming entrance is guarded by a discreet security filter. At ground level, a large, decorative pool resonates with the use of water in vernacular Spanish architecture. It generates an animated visual experience as daylight is reflected, while it also cools and humidifies the environment. The first two levels accommodate 33 courtrooms, clustered in groups of two or three and accessed via bridges. The grouping relates to the division of courts into criminal, civil and mercantile, therefore rationalizing the circulation within the building. The upper levels are raised above these court rooms, providing offices at the perimeter of the building with meeting rooms encircling the atrium.

i| Modelviewp| Ashallowpoolonthegroundf loor

Competition date: 2006. Completion date: 2010. Client: Campus de la Justica de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid. Competition name: Competition for the Preliminary Plan for the Madrid Campus of Justice. Competition award: 1st prize. Organizers: Campus de la Justica de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid. Pho-tographer of architects: Nigel Young / Foster + Partners. Photographer of models: Richard Davies. Visu-alisations rendering and drawings: Foster + Partners.

Foster + Partners

High Court of Justice and Supreme Court, City of JusticeMadrid, Spain


i| Modelviewf| Aerialplanofthesite.Thefirsttwolev-els are occupied by courtrooms, clustered

intogroupsthatrelatetothedivisionofthe

courtsintocriminal,civilandmercantile

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H i g h C o u r t o f J u s t i c e a n d S u p r e m e C o u r t , C i t y o f J u s t i c e


This new open design competition seeks innovative and exciting design proposals for phase two of the Walsall Waterfront redevelopment.Architecture is generated in an in-tangible fashion, immediately and ethereally, rejecting from the start the intervention of formal design, and transforming the outcome into geographical forms with geological fea-tures, blending immediately and naturally into the site. This is a proposal where chance meets nature, becoming lively parties in the design team. The outcome includes three hybrid buildings, brought together by courts and ramps in different levels, where applica-tions share the space generating interactions by means of green areas, turning the whole space into a multi-purpose court. Sculpting as it goes the timelines embedded in the rock, which contains and shapes them: natural irony transforming invisible light into multi-colored haze. It flows and gathers, allowing visitors and dwellers alike to flow with it.

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Garduo Arquitectos

Competition date: 2008. Client: Urban Splash. Competition name: Lex, Wallsall Waterfront-International Competition. Competition scale: International Competition. Total area: ,6 m2. Organizers: Urban Splash.

Lex, Wallsall WaterfrontWalsall, United Kingdom


The project comprises two U-shaped buildings. Their movement and vibrant appearance is an interplay in-spired by sailing ships, the white paper and light. The buildings create two plazas. An arrival plaza towards Brooktorkai and a plaza for staying at in connection with the wharf promenade. Natural ventilation make it unnecessary most of the year to heat or cool down the rooms. One solar cell facility on the roof covers most of the power need. Together with a number of other environmental initiatives this is the basis for the jury panels emphasis of the projects sustainable character.The building will be complete as soon as in 2010 where also Hamburgs new concert hall, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, will be complete at the other end of Hafen City.

i| Nightviewp| Exterior

HENNING LARSEN ARCHITECTS

Competition date: 2007. Client: Spiegel. Competition name: Competition for Spiegel Groups New Head-quarters in Hamburg. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: ,000 m2. Organizers: ABG/Spiegel.

New Headquarters for SpiegelHamburg, Germany


i| Interiors| Section

i| Sectionp| Model

N e w H e a d q u a r t e r s f o r S p i e g e l


This administrative center project, which groups various public services, reflects the changes that have taken place in Saint-Etienne. The site is near the main train station, in an area undergoing redevelopment that will bring high density in land use. To prepare the way for things to come, the Manuelle Gautrand office sought to create a continuous set of volumes developing one after the other: hugging the ground here, rising up there, and animating the site in large portals and overhangs. Continuity in the volume pattern enables excellent flexibility: depending on their needs, tenants will be able to extend or reduce the floor-space they occupy. The Aztec serpent look of the set expresses vertical and horizontal movement: top to bottom and vice versa, touching the ground and yet opening large access and exit ways. The three gigantic entrance portals are set in a stag-gered layout, opening sight-lines and pedestrian passages on all sides.

i| ViewfromNorth-East,Grnerstreet

Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Competition date: 2007. Completion date: 2010. Client: Cogedim Altarea. Competition name: La Citedes Affaires of Saint-Etienne. Competition scale: National. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 2,000 m2. Organizers: The Town of Saint-Etienne and the Client.

i| ViewfromNorth-East,Grnerstreetp| Modelofthebuilding,scale1/200

Office Building in Saint-EtienneSaint-Etienne, France


The design plays with the contrast of the buildings two main facades. The northern facade, on the plaza, is a large, light, transparent glass front that functions as a rigorous backdrop for the pedestrian area and the new Gardens of Porta Nuova. The southern facade, at the edge of the area bordered by Via Don Luigi Sturzo, with a curved profile, is enclosed by a sunscreen system; the blades mounted on the facade vertically pace the front, regulating internal luminosity. The continuity of the elevation, of about 140 me-ters, is enlivened by a system of internal courts with colored windows, which penetrate different levels of the building, bringing light to the various levels. The overhang of the roof closes the glass volume and clearly defines the silhouette of the building, making it simultaneously linear, clean and unique.

i| Generalview,buildingandprojectarea

i| Southviewp| Architecturalmodel

Piuarch

Competition date: 2006. Client: Hines. Competition name: New building in Garibaldi Repubblica area, Milano. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 14,00 m2. Organizers: Hines.

Porta Nuova Showroom BuildingMilano, Italy


i| Generalview,buildingf| Viewfromabove,building

i| Northaspect, on centralpiazza.Glazedpanoramiccoulisse

s| Fifthf loorplan

P o r t a N u o v a S h o w r o o m B u i l d i n g


Offices are distributed in the both towers and the lower bridge. In the upper bridge pool with gym is located. The entry for public is from the entry plaza to the glass connection where central porters lodge is located. Also two separate entrances directly to both towers are possible for selected visitors and management. The both units are independent with its own access and vertical connections. They offer possibility of connections on different levels: the top of the arch through the bridge of the pool, the lower bridge through caf and lower pool and the ground floor through the shared space with receptor. The volumes are flexible and program can be shifted in different ways offering users to change capac-ity, areas and programmes. Commercial program is located at the ground floor along via dell Macchine and is opened to the street. It has double height. Restaurant is also located at the ground floor and is opened to the entry plaza from one side and the internal garden from the other side.

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OFIS arhitekti

Competition date: 2007. Competition name: Business Commercial Complex Venezia-marghera. Competi-tion award: 1st prize. Organizers: Snake Squares, Venezia-Marghera, Italy.

i| Heliview.s| Caption, caption caption

Snake SquaresNorway


i| Caption, caption captionf| Heliview

i| Sitep| Elevations

S n a k e S q u a r e s


The symbolism has been drawn from the world of dance in the lines of the two 70-meter tall towers to be built in connection with Holstebro Town Hall. The development, which encompasses a split tower block of up to 20 stories and 70 meters in height, will provide room for approximately ,000 m of offices and apartments, of which Holstebro Munici-pality will use approximately 2,00 m as an extension of the town hall. The complex is aimed to become a new landmark of the city. It also provides the opportunity to draw together public service functions in one central location, and further provide spaces for added uses such as a health clinic, offices and new quality housing units.

i| Viewfrommainroad

Competition date: 2007. Client: Holstebro Municipality & Nordicom Properties. Competition name: Holstebro Municipality-Tender for Skolegade Site. Competition scale: International Competition. Com-petition award: 1st prize. Total area: ,000 m2. Organizers: Holstebro Municipality. Photographer: C. F. Moller Architects.

C. F. Moller Architects

i| View of main approach from publicsquare

p| Diagramofpublicandprivateuse

Tango TowersHolstebro, Denmark

C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 47T a n g o T o w e r s

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The first step consisted in defining a visual and constructive frame for the building. This frame would determine not only the exterior facade of the hotel but the physical limits of built-up areas. The response to such a simple formal approach was to create a complex dialogue between each separate architectural or landscaping element. An urban and ver-tical garden has been the response to the massive hotel building, as an inverse piece, a friendly opposite that complements and allows the dark prism of the hotel to breathe. The skin respects the plant-like structure and plays with it. It is cut along the branches of the structure and passes before and behind it, a movement generated by the programmatic organization. In this manner, the structure disappears, allowing the fenestration patterns of the curtain wall to be seen in the tourist section of the hotel, only to reappear and reaf-firm itself as structure in the area corresponding to the immense executive hotel atrium.

i| Theframeskyhotel,exteriorview

i| Skygardens,interiorviewp| Interiorview

International Architecture Development

Competition date: 2008. Client: Villamoda, Kuwait. Competition name: Villa Moda Luxury Hotel. Com-petition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 2nd prize. Total area: 70,000 m2. Organizers: Villamoda, Kuwait.

The FrameDubai, United Arab Emirates


i| Motorlobby,exteriorviewf| Framestructure

i| Villamodagalleries,exteriorviewp| Plan

T h e F r a m e


Wilson City Center is a major new development in the wider center of Sarajevo, offering spacious river view offices, contemporary retail facilities, entertainment in a lively and accessible area. It is important that this major new development should contain a rich and varied mix of uses. Successful towns thrive on diversity, rather than a single use that is deserted in the evening. In this way it becomes a desirable place to live, shop, meet, stay, relax and work. It will be the benchmark for future urban regeneration of Sarajevo. Piazza now generally refers to a paved open pedestrian space, without grass or planting, often in front of a significant building or shops. Proposed Piazza would act as a social heart offer-ing lively town-square-like environment. Weekend shopping masses will replace weekday business buzz. The proposal incorporates provision for a future improvement of river walk path.

i| Aerialviewp| Viewaccrosstheriver

Milieu Architects

Competition date: 2008. Client: TriGrnit, Development Corporation, Zagreb, Croatia. Competition name: Wilson Town City Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: Winning entry. Organizers: TriGrnit, Development Corporation, Zagreb, Croatia.

Wilson Town City CenterSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e

i| TypicalshopfrontElevationss| Riverpromenadelinedbyoldtrees

i| Typicalf loorplans| Axonometricdiagram

W i l s o n T o w n C i t y C e n t e r


Four factors are of importance in such a model: energy efficiency, recyclability, durabil-ity and human activities under the influence of the building. The concept of the Zuidkas flows logically from these sustainability aspects. Thinking from the viewpoint of CO2 re-duction, energy efficiency and health, an unusual mixture of functions in a building has developed: living, working, school, parking, retail, restaurants, a park and a biogas power plant. All this is linked by a glass construction envelope that encompasses various kinds of greenhouses: CO2 greenhouses, hybrid greenhouses, a buffer zone and atriums. The objective is to make an intelligent autarkic building where energy and CO2 flows can be interchanged and waste flows can be converted into heat and energy, and also to mini-mize the total discharge from the building, reduce the energy demand to a minimum, and above all to create an attractive, pleasant and healthy living environment for people.

i| Anintelligentautarkicbuildingo| Exteriorviewp| Connectioniskey

Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter bv

Competition date: 2008. Client: Government construction bureau. Competition name: Highly sustainable Office building. Competition scale: contributions. Total area: 11,000 m2. Organizers: Government Con-struction bureau.

ZuidkasAmsterdam, the Netherlands

C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e

p| Zuidkasproducesenergys| SectionPlan

f| Working, living, and relaxing are com-binedZuidkasabsorbsco2

s| Zuidkasabsorbsco2

Z u i d k a s

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C o m p l e x 63P R O J E C T FA C T S 63P R O J E C T FA C T S

The Ladies Club is a 0,000m2 cultural facility located on the waterfront in Abu Dhabi city. The project will contain cultural, recreational and educational facilities for women in the UAE. It will contain a conference hall and accommodation, multi-purpose audito-rium, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, swimming pools and a spa facility, womens health facilities, craft and education facilities as well as childrens creche and recreational areas. The facility will also provide samll business resources and training for women in the UAE. The project is being constructed in three stages. The design is derived from the folding of traditional Islamic fabrics and patterns. It incorporates a series of traditional islamic decorative motifs derrived from henna hand ornamentation, jewellery and fabric patterns. The design is also derived from the image of a flower. The wings of the building form the petals of a flower.

i| Aerialviewofl-systemstonewallss| FrontfaadeshowingpixelatedstoneL-systemcladding

i| Central festival space showing doublelayeredlacefabricroof.

s| Section

Tony Owen Partners UPA Planning

Competition date: 2008. Completion date: 2010. Client: Abu Dhabi Ladies Club. Competition scale: Inter-national Competition. Total area: 2,000 m2. Organizers: Abu Dhabi Ministry of Development.

Abu Dhabi Ladies ClubAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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i| LadiesClubFrontelevations| Lobby

s| LadiesClubFrontelevationss| LadiesClubatnight

A b u D h a b i L a d i e s C l u b


With its very auspicious location in the city, Wanhao Century Center can become a ful-crum, a turning point between the past and future, between the grand scale of the Capitol City and the unique diplomatic districts on either side of the site, setting an important example for new development in Beijing. The project creates a clear distinction between the verticality of the office towers and the horizontal proportions of the hotel. On the hotel horizontal bay windows and a strong division of base, middle, and top floors help to express the different parts of the complex program, and keep the horizontal texture of the facades. The office towers are boldly formed with a base shaft of stone and glass bands, from which large vertical volumes of metal frame and glass are suspended and ap-pear to move up towards the sky. Both the buildings and the landscape play straight-line geometries against soft curves.

i| The powerful form of the paired officetowers marks both the site and its sur-

rounding district on Beijing's Third Ring

Road

p| Theshapeofthetowersareinspiredbygardenstones

Competition date: 2007. Client: Beijing Modern Asia-Pacific Real Estate Co., Ltd. Competition name: De-sign Competition for the Beijing Wanhao Century Center. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 272,713 m2. Organizers: Beijing Modern Asia-Pacific Real Estate Co., Ltd. Digital illustrator: Shimahara Illustration. Presentation model: Model Concepts. Model photo: Jim Simmons. Digital renderer: Shimahara Illustration.

Moore Ruble YudellJohn Ruble, James Mary O'Connor, Halil Dolan

Beijing Wanhao Century CenterBeijing, China

C o m p l e x 6B e i j i n g W a n h a o C e n t u r y C e n t e r

i| The mid-rise hotel wraps a grand atri-uma social heart with a tempered envi-

ronment

f| Ground f loor plan: The project s gate-way quality is enhanced by the park-like

treatment of the open plaza, providing a

placeofgatheringandarrivalfortheneigh-

borhoodandtheCenteritself

o| Withinthemassofeachbuilding,abal-ance of solidity and openness is created

withthemixofstoneandglass

p| The design gives a high priority to ur-ban landscape, both to link the project to

thecityaroundit,andtoprovideanimpor-

tantamenitytousersofthesite


Learning from nature and advanced computing enables the designers to conceive struc-tures of incredible lightness, efficiency and elegance. The intelligence of the smallest unit results in the intelligence of the overall system. By parametric modelling of a behavioural logic the system is constantly optimized. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. New materials and technologies enable adaptability, responsiveness, environmental awareness and strength. The traditional curtain wall facade is passive, lacking the power to adjust to the fluctuating external environment. It should be able to intervene actively in the buildings struggle to maintain its internal stability.

i| Nightviewp| Viewfromthecorniche

Laboratory for Visionary Architecture

Competition date: 2007. Completion date: 2011. Client: Confidential. Competition name: Abu Dhabi High-rise Tower Competition. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Total area: 100,000 m2. Organ-izers: Confidential. Bionic Tower

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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WaitingRelaxation

Information Reception

Public Space

Public Space

Public Space

Cafe

Lobby

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B i o n i c T o w e r

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The Corniche Tower concept is based on the pure qualities of a cut diamond. The bounce of light, crisp geometry and formal elegance all play important parts in defining the Cor-niche Tower. The Building is organized by Stacked packages of eight floors in height that fold diagonally on every side. An overlay of diagonally continued patterns is superim-posed to generate a spiraling dynamic towards the sky. Many different possibilities were researched to tile the faade surface. The lobby areas have white shiny marble floors and include the main entrance on ground floor and all elevator lobbies that are underground through to the lobbies on each tower floor. In the elevator lobbies, the ceiling is backlit; doors and walls are covered with reflective stainless steel or chrome and the elevator cabins are clad on two sides with a warm tactile material (Alcantara). The ceiling is light while the floor surfaces are finished with marble. The car park entry frames the main entrances to the building that are treated like a public space within the city. All walls and columns are painted in a reflective white and the driveway is accentuated by a dark mate-riality that separates public space from vehicular access.

i| ViewfromAbuDhabimarinap| Viewfromsidestreet,thetowerscoloursandpatternsdematerialisethebuilding

Laboratory for Visionary Architecture

Competition date: 2008. Client: PNYG:GULF. Competition name: Abu Dhabi Mixed-Use Tower Competi-tion. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Total area: 32,000 m2. Organizers: PNYG:GULF.

Corniche TowerAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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i| View from corniche, the tower reflectssunskyandseaandfragmentstheelements

inanephemeralway

f| A crsytral at night, the building turnsintoalavalampatnightusingtheexisting

office lighting which is computercon-

trolled

i| The parametric design process leads tofacade paterns between digital estetic and

islamicornaments

p| The very small site footprint is opti-mised through manipulation of the build-

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C o r n i c h e T o w e r


The towers suggest two dancers bowing in rhythm with one another; one is convex, the other is concave, artfully connected yet independent. To create this illusion of two towers bending and folding in a dance, an innovative structural system was developed to allow floors to extend beyond the core support with a framework of diagonal braces tying to-gether sections of cantilevered floors. Each guestroom or residential floor plate is shifted slightly in relationship to a stable vertical core that accommodates utilities. The towers veil-like folded sheets of glass and fretted glass accents that cover the front faades pro-vide guests a dramatic view of the Arabian Gulf to the east while welcoming natural daylight inside. The 60-plus-storey towers rise from a four-story podium with a signature Fentress entrance: a celebratory, light-infused, multi-story glass atrium.

i| The Dancing Sisters spice up theworlds fastest-growing vertical skyline,

adjacent to the Burj Khalifa the worlds

tallestbuilding

p| The Dancing Sisters, which rise over700 feet (210metres),weredesignedby in-

ternationally renowned architect Curtis

Fentresstoevoketwodancersinrhythm

Fentress Architects

Competition date: 2006. Completion date: 2011. Competition name: Mixed-Use High-Rise Development-Dubai. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Organizers: REISCO PMC organized the competition on behalf of the Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Saeed Bin Zayed Al-Na-hayyan . Dubai Towers

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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i| The Dubai Towers are two of 14 high-risebuildingsFentresshasdesignedinthe

PersianGulfregion,includingKuwaitsAr-

rayaTower,theworlds4thtallestbuilding

completedin2009

f| Curtis Fentress Dancing Sisters, cre-ated through his Patient Search approach

todesign, are locatedalong the celebrated

SheikhZayedRoadnext to a new elevated

monorail.

i| The 60-plus-storey towers rise from asignature celebrated entrance: a light-in-

fused,multi-storyglassatrium

p| The first four f loors serve as a podiumforthetowersandfeatureprimecorporate

office space, conference centers, high-end

retail shops, restaurants, hospitality and

entertainmentareas

D u b a i T o w e r s


The tower has a dual facade; the first is a double glazed glass facade and the second comprises a stainless steel mesh, allowing natural light in while absorbing the heat. This ensures the building remains cooler and places less stress on the air-conditioning sys-tems. The tower has a green roof of local vegetation. This will reduce the buildings visual impact from the sky and re-introduce plants that were native to the habitat. The project incorporates rain water collection technologies, allowing the collected water to be used in toilets and reducing mains water consumption. More than 10% of the raw materials used in the construction are local to the region. Only materials low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) will be used in the interiors. Many VOCs can be found in paint, carpet backing, plastics and wood preservatives.

i| Efiziatowerfromthestreetp| NightviewofEfizia

Juan Carlos Baumgartner

Competition date: 200. Client: DIMX. Competition name: MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards Competition. Competition scale: International Competition. Total area: 170, 000 m2. Organizers: Architectural Review.

Efizia TowerMexico city, Mxico.


Fake Hills is a building which will offer residential, office and hotel facilities. The 430,000 sqm project by MAD architects is currently under construction. It is located on a water-front site in Beihai, China. The design concept combines the two typologies that usually define residential developments (high rise towers or long, low rise blocks) to create a bold new structure in the form of a long slab. This shape can maximize the views of residents, but can also easily appear to be a monolithic break between the waterfront and the land behind it. The solution is twofold: to cut into the slab, creating a sculpted form which ref-erences the shape of the hills that dominate the regions landscape, and to cut openings through the structure, to further allow space, views and light to penetrate it.

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MAD

Competition date: 2008. Competition name: Fake Hills Residential Apartment. Competition scale: In-vitational Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Site area: 10,203 m2. Building area: 42,36 m2. Organizers: Beihai Development.

Fake HillsBeihai, China

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The project does not propose to replace one icon with another, but to establish a new type of attractor, based on the proliferation of experience.The integral continuity of the design intends to bring the liveliness of the city to the waterfront. The piazza consists of four different program clusters that are integrated with the logistics of the terminal program, with the open landscape of the piazza and with underground parking functions. The three clusters are programmed so as to achieve a sense of spatial continuity with the aid of sightlines. Cuts in the peripheral buildings allow views to the water and to the old city from the central piazza. This central piazza is laid out on a continuous, horizontal plane, whereas the roofscape is laid out like a park with beaches, sports fields and other public places situated at different height levels. The piazza with its clusters also aims for a time-based continuity by careful complementary programming.

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Competition date: 2008. Client: Generator of Contemporary Urban. Competition name: Ponte Parodi Public Development. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Organ-izers: Genoa city government. Photographer: UNStudio.

UNStudio


Ponte ParodiGenoa, Italy

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C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S P R O J E C T FA C T S

In order to best preserve the principle of community, human-scale and intimacy, the project is subdivided into three distinct neighborhoods: Sea Colony West, Sea Colony East and Central Village. Sea Colony West is a resort apartment community of terraces, plazas and dramatic ocean views towards Haeundae Beach. Sea Colony East is a resort apartment community directly adjacent to Haeundae New Town comprised of terraces, plazas and dramatic ocean views of Song Jong Bay. Central Village will become a new paradigm in community development as it fosters a more human-scale environment that subscribes to a true live/work/play model for its residents and surrounding community.

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GDS Architects, GDSK

Client: Committee of Busan International Architectural Culture Festival. Competition name: Unanimous International Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 46,2 m2. Organizers: Committee of Busan International Architectural Culture Festival.

Sea ColonyBusan, South Korea

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A tower was asked to be designed as a stubborn charisma and identity; international, urban, trendy and stunning. The designers think that within the strip a square tower is the most appropriate volume, better than a round tower or a tower with a free form. The position is insufficiently solitary and the tower is insufficiently distinctive in height in relation to the surrounding high-rise buildings. The double -skin of the tower ensures suf-ficient abstraction and works at the same time as a buffer for the actual facade in which to open windows and doors have been incorporated. Thus it is possible to develop a sus-tainable tower in which employees and hotel guests feel themselves comfortable, the wind load is reduced and cooling systems can be reduced to a minimum because exuberant sun accession is avoided.

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SeARCH

Competition date: 2008. Competition name: 2008 A high-rise tower in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Competition award: 2nd prize. Organizers: Ymere and ING Real Estate.

SkytowerAmsterdam, the Netherlands

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S k y t o w e r


Good governance and participatory democracy is dependent on transparency in both di-rections. It requires adequate political overview of the problems, demands and desires of the public, as well as public insight into the political processes. The new town hall of Tallinn will provide this two way transparency in a very literal way. The various public departments form a porous canopy above the public service market place allowing both daylight and view to permeate the structure. The public servants wont be some remote administrators taking decisions behind thick walls, but will be visible in their daily work from all over the market place via the light wells and courtyards. From outside the pano-ramic windows allow the citizens to see their city at work. In reverse the public servants will be able to look out and into the market places making sure that the city and its citi-zens are never out of sight or mind.

i| PublicGreenMarketplace(ByBIG-BjarkeIngelsGroup)

p| AerialViewfromSmokestack(ByBIG-BjarkeIngelsGroup)

BIG-Jakob Lange

Competition date: 200. Client: City Planning Office, City of Tallinn. Competition name: International Competition to Design Tallinns New City Hall. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 28,000 m2. Organizers: City Planning Office, City of Tallinn.

Tallinn Town HallTallinn, Estonia

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Hilly ground covering a tunnel of Mere puiestee

Mere puiestee

Phja puiestee

Sadama

Public square

Sports hall plinthGreen Path

Parking places

Cultural Cauldron

Caf

Playground

Water

Sports

Green Lane

Euonymus Fortunei

Euonymus Fortunei

Rubus Fruticosus

Juncus

Juncus

Juncus

Betula Pendula Crispa

Pinus Mugo

Betula Pendula Crispa

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T a l l i n n T o w n H a l l


The United Office Building is a mixed-use development of 17,000 sqm whose aim is to be-come a landmark for the entrance to the city of Jeddah, providing richly landscaped spac-es, public shopping galleries, world-class rental offices, spa facilities and restaurants. Its technical process is manifested by apparently subtle structural and architectural features (novel faade and tower design), lighting effects (night-time illumination and the worlds largest active LED facade) and state-of-the-art building intelligence (natural ventilation, facade-cleaning, recycling, etc). The giant main structural faade (100*140m) uses Arabic tessellations to create effects of differing depths, shadows and rhythms.

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i| Southwestaerialview,kingsroadp| Conseptualsketch,eastfacade

International Architecture Development

Client: United Trading Est., KSA. Competition name: United Office Building. Competition scale: World-wide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 180,000 m2. Organizers: United Trading Est., KSA.

The KissJeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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T h e K i s s


Tower 123 business tower, located in Zagreb, Croatia, will be the tallest building in Croatia and one of the tallest buildings in the whole region. It will be built at the intersec-tion of the Ljubljanska and Selska streets, in the southwest corner. The solution for the de-sign has been made after identifying the shortage of quality public space on the location of the Tower and the surrounding district. The analysis revealed the coexistence of two matrices-one modern and urbane, and the other, the remaining rural architecture which has been absorbed by the city space. It was evident that both matrices lacked quality public space. The principal avenue at the entry to Zagreb has been conceived as the main business area, thus giving to the image of the city a thoroughly new appearance.

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3LHD

Competition date: 2006. Client: Consultants Group d.o.o. Competition scale: Invited competition. Com-petition award: 1st prize. Total area: 3,68 m2. Organizers: City of Zagreb. 3D: Boris Goreta.

Tower 123Zagreb, Croatia

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gi| Views of the tower from LjubljanskaandSelskastreet

f| Sections

o| View from thewest side of Ljubljanskastreet

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The concept for this skyscraper includes a new urban vision that comes from the study of the tensions generated by the building itself but also found in the site as a genius loci ele-ment; the simultaneity of the interaction of the tower within the city block and the entire urban environment forced to design a skin which is not only structural but also a live ele-ment that speaks to the city. To freely circulate around the buildings the design strategy consisted on reversing the idea of a classic skyscraper with the public areas on the ground floor. An inter-connecting lobby with adjacent offices spaces is located on the top of the entire complex. Bridge gardens on different levels double functions as green areas for the residents, the hotel and the public as well as circulations.

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Alessandro Mangione, Manuela Priori

Competition date: 2006. Competition name: Evolo Competition.

Upside Down SkyscraperNew York, USA

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U p s i d e D o w n S k y s c r a p e r

FocusCulture&Sports

C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 121P R O J E C T FA C T S 121P R O J E C T FA C T S

The function of the museum is to exhibit culture in its physical expressions. This proposal aims to allow the living history of immigrants to flow into the museum in actively telling the ongoing narratives of emigration and its effects on culture and society, rather than petrifying and exhibiting artefacts of its unfolding. The cultural commons hosts a broad range of events and activities to work in conjunction with the periodical exhibitions in the museum. Through art, dance, markets, etc., and its intimate scale, the commons dis-solve the monumentality of the museum's form through everyday use. If the traditional museum operates on principles of preservation and permanence, then the pier museum celebrates the transient nature of the borrowed artefacts and the history they embody. The exhibition space takes on a second function as temporary receptacle. As opposed to the traditional museum, all artefacts are only temporarily stored before they are assem-bled as formal displays.

i| Exhibitionspacep| Viewtostreetlevel

Arman BahramDonnie DuncansonAbreowong EttehBrian TobinJames White

Competition date: 200. Client: Arquitectum. Competition name: Miami 200 Urban Competition. Com-petition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 3rd prize. Total area: 2,000 m2. Organizers: ArquitectumArchitecture Competitions. Photographer: Arman Bahram, Donnie Duncanson.

3rd Prize MiamiMiami, USA

C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 123

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The Agora Theater is an extremely colorful, determinedly upbeat place. The building is part of the master plan for Lelystad by Adriaan Geuze, which aims to revitalize the prag-matic, sober town center. The theater responds to the ongoing mission of reviving and recovering the post-war Dutch new towns by focusing on the archetypal function of a theater. Both inside and outside walls are faceted to reconstruct the kaleidoscopic experi-ence of the world of the stage, where you can never be sure of what is real and what is not. Inside, the colorfulness of the outside increases in intensity; a handrail executed as a snaking pink ribbon cascades down the main staircase, winds itself all around the void at the center of the large, open foyer space on the first floor and then extends up the wall towards the roof. The main theatre is all in red. Unusually for a town of this size, the stage is very big, enabling the staging of large, international productions. The intimate dimen-sions of the auditorium itself are emphasized by the horse-shoe shaped balcony and by the vibrant forms and shades of the acoustic paneling.

i| TheaterAgoraExteiorshellandfaade

UNStudio

Completion date: 2007. Client: Municipality of Lelystad. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: Promotional Award Lelystad 2007, Gyproc Trophy 2007, Bienal Miami + Beach 2007, Gran Bienal Prize, USA. Gross floor surface: 7,000 m2. Organizers: Municipality of Lelystad. Photogra-pher: Christian Richters. Portrait photo of Ben van Berkel: Koos Breukel.

i| InteriortheaterhalloftheTheaterAgorap| TheTheatreAgoraprotrudesinvariousdirections, with all faades having sharp

angles and jutting planes, which are cov-

eredbyperforatedaluminiumandglass

Agora Theater in LelystadLelystad, the Netherlands


i| Multi-directionalTheaterAgorafaadef| TheouterenvelopeoftheTheatreAgoraismadeoff latsteelpanels,corrugatedalu-

minium, and aluminium mesh painted or-

angeandyellow

o| A handrail executed as a snaking pinkribboncascadesdownthemainstaircase

p| Thelargesttheatrehallholds753seats,fully upholstered in tufted nylon to en-

hance the acoustics, and features a horse-

shoe-shapedseatingbalcony

A g o r a T h e a t e r i n L e l y s t a d


The Arctic Culture Center is an extroverted, climatically active and user-interactive bow, dynamically poised between three poles: Hammerfest town center, the harbor and the beach. The form reacts to local forces, intelligently using the available resources and giv-ing back to the environment. The bow of the Arctic Culture Center opens up to the south creates strong dynamic between the town square and the new sheltered, sun-catching niche of the Arctic Culture Center harbor terrace. The public promenade extends through the foyer, engaging the Culture Center directly in the public route. The main entrance is from the harbor road. From here, the foyer opens up to the sunlight, the water, and views of the town.

i| Entrancehallandexhibitionspacep| Viewfromthehabour

SMAQ in Berlin

Competition date: 2004. Client: City of Hammerfest and Nringsinvest AS. Competition name: Interna-tional Competition for the Arctic Culture Center. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competi -tion award: Award Mentioned. Total area: 3,00 m2. Organizers: Hammerfest, Norway. Photographer: SMAQ. Arctic Culture Centre

Hammerfest, Norway


Chris Dyson Architect

The themes of Sacrifice and Renewal should lie at the heart of the proposed memorial. These themes will be suggested by the qualities of the space. The designers think that the memorial should occupy one site as its singular vision and focus would be diminished by a multi-site occupancy. They propose 6 meters high Elliptical Mound placed at the end of Millennium Way, close to the dramatic bend in the River Tame. This location will ensure a sense of suspense, being only revealed having once entered the site. A wall of remem-brance capable of being inscribed with names over many years by carving the stone, will also have water running down over the names to one side with a water rill at its base lead-ing into the underground chamber down a long shallow ramp. The underground cham-ber is linked to the surface by light transmitting-columns which emerge into the surface world of growth and renewal. These columns will be made of stainless steel and annealed glass. A smaller passage directly opposite, similar in design of the entrance, will lead visi-tors up a path out of the chamber, following the flow of the water into the surrounding moat, and leading to the top of the mound.

i| CompetitionModelo| Chamber Interior with columns andglass

p| Sectional Sketch showing the chamberandmound

Competition date: 2006. Competition name: Armed Forces Memorial Project. Competition award: Final-ist. Organizers: National Memorial Arboretum, Millennium Commission, Royal National Legion. Photog-rapher: Chris Edgecombe.

Armed Forces MemorialStaffordshire, United Kingdom


f| Landscape proposed site plan showingnewmemorialandvisitorcentreconnected

bymillenniumway

s| Entry to chamber showing memorialroute

i| Competition model showing relation-shiptolandscape

s| Approach view along MillenniumWaytowardsthememorial

A r m e d F o r c e s M e m o r i a l


Arkhenspaces

Competition date: 200. Competition name: UIA competition. Completion scale: Worldwide Competi-tion. Organizer: The Lebanese Minister for Culture, Mr. Tarek Mitri. Competition award: Mentioned. To-tal area: 16,000 m2. Photographer: Arkhenspaces.

The project is surrounded by tall buildings (towers representing the Beirut of today). Peo-ple enter into the building going down to a public place which is situated 11 meters below ground level. From this place, climate is getting cooler thanks to a fountain. People can sit, discuss, have a tea or eat-cafeteria opens directly on the place and acts with the informa-tion hall as a prolongation of the public space. Besides, on the ground floor, part of public space crosses the plot and the building in its middle, before proposing again to go down to the place. Building gets organized around a central element gathering vertical flux and allowing deserving every element of the program. On the upper floor is the film library. The cinema is situated in the summit of the building under the dome of gold volume.

i| Entrancepublicplaceo| Fromtheringfrontviewp| Backview

Arts and Culture HouseBeirut, Lebanon

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Located at Copenhagens key entry point by road, sea and air, the Blue Planet will be one of the largest aquaria in Northern Europe. The intention was to set new standards for aquarium design-the project was conceived as an organic shape, inspired by a magnified water droplet. The basic plan follows a figure of eight floor plan, with a large vertical volume containing the central atrium flanked by two horizontal volumes housing respec-tively aquaria for cold water and tropical sea life. Accessed via the main entrance stair-way, the atrium is designed as a central square, with direct and dramatic views out to sea. This area is the starting point from which the visitor embarks on a sequence of spatial experiences-unlike traditional aquarium design; this project offers a visitor experience that is full of stimulus and surprise.

i| The Blue Planet has an organic shapelikelifeintheoceanitself

i| Theaquariumhallshavestrikingviewstoaquariaandtheseaoutside

p| Visitorsaresurroundedbywateronallsides

schmidt hammer lassen architects

Competition date: 2008. Client: Bygningsfonden Den Bl Planet. Competition name: Restricted Interna-tional Competition. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 2nd prize. Pho-tographer: schmidt hammer lassen architects.

Blue PlanetCopenhagen, Denmark


i| Plans| Sections

B l u e P l a n e t

i| The aquarium greets all vessels andships

s| A striking portal to an exciting under-waterworld


The stadium will become well known not just for its distinctive appearance but also its dramatic new external architecture. The design of the stadiums exterior faade will allow for the stadium to transform itself between day and night and also between non-match days and match days. The tiles are a mixture of colored polycarbonate panels and colored glass panels. These give the stadium a distinctive outer skin which will make a visual ma-trix of color, shade and reflections. At night the stadium will be energized by lights built into the faade to become a beacon to attract fans and respond to the excitement of the match itself. Integrated within the colored tiles of the side enclosure are special lighting elements which mean that the entire external faade can be used for animated lighting displays. The entire stadium enclosure will work as a giant screen which can project mov-ing full-color images to the stadium surround. Such images can range from low-key ambi-ent displays to vibrant and more detailed displays on event-nights.

i| Thestadiumbynight

i| Rendering showing theapproach to thestadiumwithitsmosaicfacade

s| A view of the internal concourse look-ingout to the city to the rightand the sta-

diumbowltotheleft

Foster + Partners

Competition date: 2007. Completion date: 2011. Client: FC Barcelona. Competition name: Competition of Camp Nou Stadium for FC Barcelona. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 180,000 m2. Organiz-ers: FC Barcelona. Photographer of architects: Nigel Young / Foster + Partners. Photographer of models: Richard Davies. Visualisations rendering and drawings: Foster + Partners.Camp Nou Stadium for FC Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain


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The joint conceptual and design element of the handball hall and the Zamet Center are ribbons stretching in a north-south direction, simultaneously functioning as an ar-chitectural design element of the objects and as a zoning element which forms a public square and a link between the north and the south. One third of the halls volume is built into the terrain, and the building with its public and service facilities has been completely integrated into the terrain. The public space on the roof is not only a feature of the build-ing in the business part of the center, but the roof of the hall is also used as a kind of an extension of the park situated to the north of the hall. The hall has been designed for major international sports competitions, in compliance with state-of-the-art world sports standards. The design of the hall has been conceived as a very flexible space.

i| Aerialviewp| Viewofthestairsfromthesquaretothelibrary

3LHD Architects

Competition date: 2004. Completion date: 200. Client: City of Rijeka/Rijeka Sport d.o.o. Competition scale: Invited Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 12,28 m2. Organizers: City of Ri-jeka. Photographer: Domagoj Blazevic, Damir Fabijanic.

Center ZametRijeka, Croatia


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To safeguard a direct sightline from the city to the characteristic shoulder of the Opera House a triangle is incised in the south-west corner of the library leaving a roofed outdoor space facing the water. The triangle is cut in staggered cubic indentations that invariably guide the visitor to the main entrance of the building. Only the top level occupies the full extension of the buildings footprint. The incision provides an up to 23 meters high roofed outdoor atrium with a descending amphitheatric bowl below. The bowl will become a pivotal meeting place, where guests of the caf - sheltered from the wind-can enjoy the sun and an unambiguous view of the water and the Opera House. The bowl will make a pleasant backdrop of the many activities taking place in the square.

i| Box shaped incisions form a shelteredoutdooratrium

p| Coherence,synergy,f lowandf lexibilityarethekeywordsofthelibraryinterior

schmidt hammer lassen architects

Competition date: 2008. Client: The Municipality of Oslo. Competition scale: Invited International Com-petition. Competition award: 2nd prize. Photographer: schmidt hammer lassen architects.

Deichmanske Library OsloOslo, Norway


g| ThelibraryincisionsallowanunblockedviewtotheOsloOpera

f| The facadeof theDeichmanskeLibraryismadeoftransparentsilk-screenprinting

glass

i| Plan showing theDeichmanske LibraryinrelationtotheOsloOpera

o| Fromone level to the next the zigguratincisions shift andarenotplaced symmet-

ricallyaboveeachother

s| Section, the library is not only a "pas-sivehouse"italsoproducesasurplusofen-

ergy

D e i c h m a n s k e L i b r a r y


Aiki is based on the use of universal and timeless values in architecture. Using the most durable mutual elements in Finnish and Japanese building culture a part of Finnish val-ues has been delicately transferred to Tokyo. The Aikis outer shape is slightly reserved but holds a strong inner atmosphere. This comes from rich spatial design that leads the flow of natural light into the spaces and on the transparent surfaces in a delicate manner. The modular general design seeks not only architectonic durability but also common links between Finnish and Japanese architectural forms. Structural order, repetition and trans-parency are the keywords of the design. The frame of the building will be wood. Wooden beams and columns create the structural frame that will be varied by use of different surface materials and by use of different space arrangements like green court yards. The design has several places suitable for Finnish works of art.

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Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamki/ Professor Ilmari Lahdelma and Professor Rainer Mahlamaki

Competition date: 200. Client: The Embassy of Finland. Competition name: Aiki. Competition scale: Local Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 2,86 m2. Organizers: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland.

Embassy Quarter of Finland in TokyoTokyo, Japan


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The project, and winner of the competition, reflects the color, height and ramified form of the existing building, creating a harmonious dialogue between past and present, while at the same time utilizing a dynamic contemporary language. The building, on three levels for a total of 3200 sqm, contains 0 housing units for students. Following the principle of the existing volumes, the housing units are arranged in two continuous blocks, one facing southwest, and the other southeast. The facades are never directly opposite those of the existing buildings. Each unit has a large, partially fixed window recessed with respect to the facade, permitting the creation of a small terrace. This set-back makes sunlight a lead-ing feature in the design of the room, providing the students with the light required for study, but carefully filtering the light to protect against excess heat in the summer.

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Piuarch

Competition date: 2007. Client: University College Milano. Competition name: Expansion of University College Milano. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 3,200 m2. Organizers: University College Milano.

Expansion of University College MilanoMilano, Italy


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E x p a n s i o n o f U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e M i l a n o


Flowing Gardens begins from a single line-an axis extends from the Gate to the Green-house, travelling through the East and West Hills and over the lake, while extending into many sinuous paths, creating a network of intermingling circulation, landscape and water. The project proposes a hybrid of both natural and artificial systems. These two op-posing systems are brought together in a synergy of waterscapes. Considering the amount of water needed for irrigation, the project seeks to introduce various technologies and designs found in nature, yet customized by man to suit his specific needs. Rainwater is collected and channelled into wetland areas; there, natural plants and reed beds are used to clean and store the water to be dispersed and used as irrigation water. These natural systems are integrated into the landscape as wetlands and ponds, which can also be en-joyed by the visitors as points of tranquillity and oasis.

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Plasmastudio/ Groundlab Lu

Competition name: Xi'an International Horticultural Expo 2011. Competition scale: Worldwide Compe-tition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 12,000 m2 for the buildings, 3 hectares the entire site. Organizers: Chan Ba Ecologic District, Xi'an. Photographer: Plasma Studio/ Groundlab Lu Limited.

Flowing Gardens, Xian Horticultural Exhibition 2011Shanxi, China


i| Exhibitionbuildingfrontviewf| Gardens

p| Greenhouses| Greenhousefrontview

F l o w i n g G a r d e n s , X i a n H o r t i c u l t u r a l E x h i b i t i o n 2 0 1 1


The design first engages the public from the exterior, which expresses three elements: a large rectangular volume consisting of an obscured glass veil and a base of clear glass that envelope the second element; an interior enclosure that can be seen through both glass types; and thirdly, a vertical tower clad in zinc siding to house non-public operations. The transparency of the lower glass clearly indicates the main entry, and follows the change in elevation of the ramp system between the glass and interior wall enclosure, permitting ready views to pubic space below grade and an easily identifiable access system. At the entry, the visitor has the choice of following the ramp system against a curved, spherical wall to approach the reception hall on one end and education on the other, or being visu-ally enticed into the lobby, and from there directed to the galleries and museum store by the organization of space and use of light.

i| Eastelevationandpublicterraces| Northelevationandapproach

Competition date: 2006. Client: Freeport Government. Competition name: Freeport Arts Center Compe-tition. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 3,1m2. Organizers: Freeport Government.

Brininstool + Lynch

i| Interiorviewp| Interiorview,galleries

Freeport Arts CenterIllinois, USA

C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 171F r e e p o r t A r t s C e n t e r

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3DReid

The new scheme will accommodate a new library, a museum, a central adult learning facil-ity and a caf. In addition, the development provides a valuable opportunity to regenerate the public realm of the area and a new garden square will form the focus, providing both a suitable setting to the adjacent church and new architecture and a high quality environ-ment for the local community and visitors. The building is planned to engage the com-munity and help foster creativity, knowledge and learning. The concept sets out to create an identifiable and distinctive place within the town center focused around a sculptural civic building.

i| Theoriginalcompetitionwinningdesignp| The towerwas set on apodium tokeeppedestriansandtrafficapartv

Competition date: Original competition 2003; revised brief 2007. Completion date: 2012 (Culture & Com-munity Building); 2018 (Full Heart of Slough Development). Photographer: 3DReid. Competition name: Heart of Slough Competition. Competition scale: International Competition. Client: Slough Borough Council. Competition award: 1st prize.Heart of SloughLibrary & Community Building

Slough, United Kingdom


f| Physicalmodel of the competitionwin-ningdesign

s| Theeconomicclimateledtoachangeofbrief.Theresidentialelementwasremoved

and the design changed from a mixed-use

towertoapurecommunitybuilding

o| Residential unit layout in the originaltowerdesign

p| Circulation route through the originaltowerdesign

s| Sectionthroughtheoriginaltowerdesign

H e a r t o f S l o u g h L i b r a r y & C o m m u n i t y B u i l d i n g


The proposed solution is compact, comprising two blocks coated in green sedum grass, united by an airy, transparent glass atrium cutting through the building in a ziggurat pat-tern. The central idea of the proposal is the contrast between the inherently introverted auditoriums and the dynamic and open social and circulation zone that connects the audi-toriums. The building integrates several informal spaces of various sizes to form squares and terraces for social activity and knowledge sharing. The complex has seven entrances to make it accessible from all sides of the campus with main entrances directly into the atrium on the north side and into the facade facing the plaza to the east.

i| Blocks in front of the complex will betorndowntomakeroomfortheplaza

i| The transparent atrium in a zigguratpattern

p| Planshowingthedistributionoftheau-ditoriums

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

Competition date: 200. Client: Rheinisch-Westflische Technische Hochschule. Competition name: International Design Competition for the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technical High School. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 13,00 m2. Organizers: Rhein-isch-Westflische Technische Hochschule. Horsaalzentrum RWTH

Aachen, Germany


i| The airy atrium cutting through thebuilding

s| Sectionsofthenorthside

i| Mainentrancefacingthefutureplazas| All surfaces will be clad in Sedumgrass

H o r s a a l z e n t r u m R W T H


The project for a Museum of Sport in Rome, designed as a rational division into three of the overall structure, works along the lines of sporting-methodological symbology. The central section is doubled height in order to emphasize the main entrance and hall; the part holding strictly exhibition spaces is located on the third and top level of the building and is designed like a multi-story space supported by exposed columns facing towards the outside through a glazed facade. The exhibition area, concentrated in the part of the building facing south, is designed like a sort of temple constructed over three levels, with a perimeter colonnade and internal cell hosting thematic exhibitions.

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5+1AA, Alfonso Femia, Gianluca Peluffo

Competition date: 2008. Client: Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Municipality of Rome, SAC spa. Competition name: New Italian Sports Museum Competition. Competition scale: Worldwide Com-petition. Total area: 1,760 m2. Organizers: New Italian Sports Museum Competition Committee. Photog-rapher: +1AA. Photographer of the Designers Photo: Giuseppe Maritati. Italian Sports Museum

Rome, Italy


The site is located on a slope and connects the park at the river with the excavation site. The idea is to extrapolate the existing landscape with a building that intensifies the land-scape instead of reshaping it. The most visible and iconographic element of the museum is the roof. Its volumetric structure of sections spans over all museum areas. The roof is shaped by the lateral forces which determine the different heights of the sections. The sections itself are interconnected with a system of steel beams and cables, so the roof structure appears massive and very light at the same time. The temporary roof covers of the excavation spaces are the only visible elements of the excavation and create a light and intimate enclosure. These covers have inspired the atmosphere as well as the appearance of the museum.

i| Nightviewoftheaccessibleroofstruc-ture

i| Mainexhibitionhallp| The three main elements: roof volume,circulation landscape and excavated exhi-

bitionspaces

Hackenbroich Architekten

Competition date: 2006. Client: Province of Gyeonggi, Executive Agency for Jeongok Prehistory Muse-um. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: Merit Award. Total area: 5,200 m2. Organizers: Province of Gyeonggi.

Jeongok Prehistory MuseumJeongok-ri, South Korea


multi media presentations of the Jeongok-ri paleolithic culture around 300 pieces of Jeongok-ri site remainsarcheological excavation site

natural history of human evolution around 300 pieces of Jeongok-ri site remainscomputer terminals (research)

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i| Mainentryfromthedrop-offareaf| Public functions along the circulationlandscape

i| View from the circulation landscape totheHantanRiverandmountains

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The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (Lamoth) is to be a world class multi-cultural museum located at the northwest corner of Los Angeles Pan Pacific Park, as an annex and adjacent to the existing Holocaust Monument. The nearly 50 year history of the organiza-tion began from Holocaust Survivors who possessed artifacts along with their stories that needed a place to be memorialized. Lamoth soon became the first museum of its kind in the United States. The Design Intent is to integrate the building into the park, so as not to visually impact the park atmosphere and to create a location for communities world-wide to visit, remember and move forward with intolerance. The Museum emerges from the landscape through a single hyperbolic surface. This simple move creates a distinctive faade for the museum while maintaining the natural beauty of the topography. Layered a top the Museums galleries, the parks landscape and pedestrian paths seamlessly con-nect to create striking new views of the environment. The building will be integrated with the six stark black granite columns of the existing Holocaust Martyrs Monument, and descend from their base into two stories of exhibit areas.

i| Birdseyeviewfromsoutheasts| Plan

i| Birdseye view of museum entry fromsouthwest

p| Birdseye view of from southwest withroofremoved

s| Streetviewofmuseumentry

Belzberg Architects

Competition date: 2008. Completion date: 2010. Client: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. Competi-tion name: Allen Matkins Green Building Design Concept Award. Competition scale: Los Angeles. Com-petition award: Mayors Award. Total area: 2,694 m2. Organizers: Los Angeles Business Council. Photog-rapher: Belzberg Architects. Lamoth

Los Angeles, USA


The proposal meets the program established by generating a vital building that expresses the remarkable plasticity within, through the transparency of its exterior cover. The idea behind this proposal is to recover the visual connection of its environment, especially from Darregueyra St., which opens from Santa Fe Avenue to Juncal St., by means of a building with a set of transparencies that allows a view from inside to the central square and vice versa. The building has several overlapping boxes: internal red concrete with curved shapes, a glass cover and the other with metal strips to filter the entrance of light. A dynamic visual effect of its changing forms will be created with the shift of each one of these. Another independent case consists of a floating floor, walls and an acoustic ceil-ing.


Competition date: 2006. Client: Generator of Contemporary Urban. Competition name: National Contest of Preliminary Designs Center of Events La Rural. Competition scale: International Competition. Com-petition award: 1st prize. Total area: 60,000 m2. Organizers: Sociedad Central de Arquitectos .SCA. Pho-tographer: Alriggalindez + Ferrarifrangella.

Alricgalindez Arquitectos

La Rural Buenos Aires, Argentina




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The first is a heavy, black volume that emerges from the earth; it is enclosed by three metallic facades and completely covered with solar panels that form a patterned network. The second volume, contrasting with the first, is formed by two facades of curtain wall-ing with an artificial grass-covered roof that starts off as an extension of the terrain and continues on to cover the entire site. Artificial grass also covers the below-ground-level connection, allowing it to merge with the site and its surroundings. The five galleries are designed to be visited sequentially. In order to serve for a wide variety of possible exhibi-tions and contents, the galleries have been designed with very different characteristics: from those with ceilings at a conventional height to galleries with variable-height ceilings, reaching up to 16 meters of clear height, and with or without natural light.

i| Laboratories,mainbuildingp| Internalcourt

Studio Nicoletti Associati

Competition date: 2008. Client: Udine University, Italian ministry of Instruction. Competition name: Library and laboratories for Udine University Campus. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Com-petition award: 4th prize, honor mention. Total area: 15,600 m2. Organizers: Udine University Commit-tee.Library and Laboratories in Udine University Campus

Udine, Italy


i| Libraryfaadef| Entrance and connection between thebuildings

i| Libraryfaadeandsections| Library,mainhall

L i b r a r y a n d L a b o r a t o r i e s i n U d i n e U n i v e r s i t y C a m p u s


The idea of a shell shape comes naturally, a radial cover could protect both of the outside and inside. The light and structure are the raw material of the project. The interior skin splits and multiplies along the building to introduce natural light and to be part of the structural beams. This ribbed shell form is expressionistic and empiric, phenomenologi-cal and optimized; it follows people all around the building and attracts them look up to the altar /imposes them to watch the altar/provokes them to see the altar. The Architecture of the church should create a warm and transcendental atmosphere. Light and structure generate a simple space which awakens the existential sense of life, without any decora-tion, where the light in its various forms, works as the vehicle to transport people toward an encounter with God.

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i| Interiorviewfromsecondaryspacep| Floorplans| Explodedaxonometry

Xavier Vilalta Studio

Competition date: 2008. Client: Fundacion Hercesa. Competition name: Los Hueros Parrish. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: Mention. Total area: 1,800 m2. Organizers: Funda-cion Hercesa.

Los HuerosMadrid, Spain


The existing qualities in the surroundings are enhanced with new additions. Benches are added to the walk along the river and a new ramp connects it more closely to the museum. A new paving defines the Karpos square and connects it with the museum foyer, making it part of the public room. Like rings on the water the Karpos square spreads out to define the ground treatment outside the Old Theater. Visitors enter the museum from the Karpos square. Arriving in an entrance room with double roof height they are welcomed by the tickets and information office. From here there are three ways of walking through the museum; only visiting the VR

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Documents

city of justicelex

planningmedi center

supreme court

natural support

thematic pavilion yeosu

xian horticultural exhibition

additional facilities

spiegeloffice building