February 2011
34 posts
Your car is Japanese. Your Vodka is Russian. Your pizza is Italian. Your kebab is Turkish. Your democracy is Greek. Your coffee is Brazilian. Your movies are American. Your Beers are German. Your shirt is Indian. Your oil is Saudi Arabian. Your electronics are Chinese. Your numbers -Arabic, your letters -Latin. And you complain that your neighbor is an immigrant? Reblog if you're against racism.
Beachfront Bunkers: Submersible Tsunami-Proof Tetrapods →
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Consciously or otherwise, architects constantly borrow inspiration from their surroundings – sometimes plants, animals and the natural environment, but other times from strange man-made objects like the four-legged concrete tetrapods used by coastal engineers to break up incoming waves, reduce soil erosion and infrastructure corrosion.
These simple shapes were once patented property, but are now free for anyone to use – including cities threatened by sudden tsunamis or industrial-oriented designers like Hugon Kowalski, compelled by their physical properties and unique structural potentials.
In his architectural version, these giant-sized variants contain four spokes radiating out from the center. The tapered cylindrical shaft facing upward serves as an above-water entrance (except in emergencies, when it must be sealed from inside if submerged). The other three act as master bedroom/bathroom, kitchen and living room.
Though a fascinating formal tribute to this long-used seaside shape, there is a limit to which these same principles are usefully applied to a dwelling. Tetrapods traditionally roll over time and are tracked between tides to determine changes in position – these residential designs are made to remain upright, and barring some gyroscopic system in their center would not help someone survive such shifts.
os-ignatres →
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Os IGNATRES!!! Quando a incompetência e a prepotência se juntam numa junta, os resultados podem ser bizarros…
House “NSV" →
architizer.com
The request of the client was the transformation of an old farmhouse composed of a main building and a cattle shed. Following the first studies, the attention was focused on the main building, chosen by the client to install its house. We wanted to set ahead the elements that have a significant architectural value: the masonry or the wooden structure of the roof for example. This upgrading was supplemented by some specific contemporary interventions on the outside and by a deep refitting of the interior spaces. The dwelling, very decayed, was the object of a heavy restoration, only the basic structure (walls and roof structure) was preserved. A special attention was given to the structure: much reinforcement, out concrete, fastenings and ties, were necessary to maintain the existing structure. On the outside, the “contemporary” interventions are keys between the old architecture and the new elements. The external coating offers a texture that homogenizes the heteroclite masonry and accentuates the materiality, the plastic “sensuality” of the frontages. An element made of birch is composed of various arrangements, the staircases, the cloakroom and the WC. Men cross it; men walks on it, to reach the first floor. This architectural element shapes all over the width of the house, is turned over, gone up to the upper level… At the upper level, spaces let appear all their height under the roof. The bathrooms are volumes with flat roof on which is placed an indirect lighting. Through the various spaces of the dwelling, the three old wooden structures are magnified, crossing volumes, skirting walls, disappearing and re-appearing at other places, being based on a new structure,… A special attention was given to this old farm in order to meet the current energy standards and the comfort required for a family use in 2010 – roof, ground floor and walls insulation, radiant heating, solar panels for the hot water, re-use of the rainwater
Renovation / Extension, conversion of the former restaurant Metzger Hall →
architizer.com
The building constructor appointed the architect to realise attractive living space for rented apartments at this location. Diverse variations were considered, e.g. the demolition of the 150-year-old property with the construction of a complete new building, or the preservation of the property with a corresponding extension of the building.
From the drafting process, it soon became clear that the main building must be preserved, helping to conserved the existing townscape. On the contrary, it was decided to demolish the younger additions to the property. The building fabric was very poor and it became clear that the main house needed to be totally renovated only keeping few historical details and components. Through the new compact extension, more space for the outer rooms would be created. To realise an attractive, generous living room and outdoor space on the Wehntalerstrasse, which is a very busy and traffic-intensive street, it was decided to create a space to the south side of the property, which would be divided into privately and collectively used courtyards.
From an architectural view the extension, with its form and materials, should be truly distinguishable from the main building. Through this, the tradition of an added restaurant could be continued in a contemporary form. Due to the simple volume and natural materials of the new extension, there is no rivalry between the added extension and main house, but rather a fascinating contradiction and an ensemble in which new and old stay clearly distinguishable from each other, but still present as an entity.
Floor Plan:
The existing Metzger Hall and the new extension are accessible over three stories through a common staircase. A commercial space for diverse utilization that is lighter and located at the most central position is found in the former restaurant. A 2½ room maisonette apartment is accessible from the ground floor. 2½ room apartments are also found in the upper first and second floors. In the new extension a 4½ room apartment with a generous courtyard is found on each of the floors.
Materialisation:
The main house has barely changed externally: the facade was cleaned and repaired, the window reveal filled up and the under side of the roof newly painted. The distinctive changes took place internally: in-depth structural alterations, as well as alterations in the stratification of the house allowed apartments to be created which have sufficient noise insulation and low energy consumption standards. Every entity has individually-controlled ventilation and all windows – with the original grid partitions – were replaced.
The plain, powerful materialisation lends the living spaces a simplicity that combines the presence with history. This is reflected in the commercial space through a sanded concrete floor. The coverage area is seen with an industrial floor and the new staircase is a raw concrete construction. Taut cables between the floors serve as a banister for the stairwell.
The apartments in the new building all have a light anhydrite floor, exposed concrete ceilings and white walls. A contemporary fresh coat is delivered in the attic apartments of the old building through the historical window dimensions, bright yellow-green kitchen combination and the coarse chipboard cladding of the internal roof slopes. The grand ceiling height of 2.75 metres and up to five metres under the roof caters for a feeling of airy generosity.
The lively interplay of the wooden facade also moulds the larger entities in the new extension internally. The standing spruce slats of the outer skin are arranged spontaneously in five different widths with in no discernable pattern, likewise the irregularity of the window format. They vary in width between slender, vertical room-high slits. They are protected from outside with shutters, which integrate seamlessly in the pattern of the façade slats and which can be locked with simple hooks, like a stall door. Thus, the annex is a wooden-cladded cube in the closed state, only with open shutters is the structure of the building readable.
The new extension building apartments are organised around a continuous central concrete core that is painted in a warm gold brown. This core absorbs all the service rooms from the individual apartments; showers, laundries and utility rooms. The open-plan living/dining area on the south-west side and two to three rooms to the south and north are arranged around this core. Individual outside space is allotted to each apartment; the attic apartment has two balconies superimposed over each other. Thus, the most important elements of contemporary living are given: noise protected individual outside space and a generous succession of rooms.
TypeResidential - Multi-family residence
Commercial - Restaurant
Dielsdorf
SwitzerlandBuilding statusbuilt in 2010
The building constructor appointed the architect to realise attractive living space for rented apartments at this location. Diverse variations were considered, e.g. the demolition of the 150-year-old property with the construction of a complete new building, or the preservation of the property with a corresponding extension of the building.
From the drafting process, it soon became clear that the main building must be preserved, helping to conserved the existing townscape. On the contrary, it was decided to demolish the younger additions to the property. The building fabric was very poor and it became clear that the main house needed to be totally renovated only keeping few historical details and components. Through the new compact extension, more space for the outer rooms would be created. To realise an attractive, generous living room and outdoor space on the Wehntalerstrasse, which is a very busy and traffic-intensive street, it was decided to create a space to the south side of the property, which would be divided into privately and collectively used courtyards.
From an architectural view the extension, with its form and materials, should be truly distinguishable from the main building. Through this, the tradition of an added restaurant could be continued in a contemporary form. Due to the simple volume and natural materials of the new extension, there is no rivalry between the added extension and main house, but rather a fascinating contradiction and an ensemble in which new and old stay clearly distinguishable from each other, but still present as an entity.
Floor Plan:
The existing Metzger Hall and the new extension are accessible over three stories through a common staircase. A commercial space for diverse utilization that is lighter and located at the most central position is found in the former restaurant. A 2½ room maisonette apartment is accessible from the ground floor. 2½ room apartments are also found in the upper first and second floors. In the new extension a 4½ room apartment with a generous courtyard is found on each of the floors.
Materialisation:
The main house has barely changed externally: the facade was cleaned and repaired, the window reveal filled up and the under side of the roof newly painted. The distinctive changes took place internally: in-depth structural alterations, as well as alterations in the stratification of the house allowed apartments to be created which have sufficient noise insulation and low energy consumption standards. Every entity has individually-controlled ventilation and all windows – with the original grid partitions – were replaced.
The plain, powerful materialisation lends the living spaces a simplicity that combines the presence with history. This is reflected in the commercial space through a sanded concrete floor. The coverage area is seen with an industrial floor and the new staircase is a raw concrete construction. Taut cables between the floors serve as a banister for the stairwell.
The apartments in the new building all have a light anhydrite floor, exposed concrete ceilings and white walls. A contemporary fresh coat is delivered in the attic apartments of the old building through the historical window dimensions, bright yellow-green kitchen combination and the coarse chipboard cladding of the internal roof slopes. The grand ceiling height of 2.75 metres and up to five metres under the roof caters for a feeling of airy generosity.
The lively interplay of the wooden facade also moulds the larger entities in the new extension internally. The standing spruce slats of the outer skin are arranged spontaneously in five different widths with in no discernable pattern, likewise the irregularity of the window format. They vary in width between slender, vertical room-high slits. They are protected from outside with shutters, which integrate seamlessly in the pattern of the façade slats and which can be locked with simple hooks, like a stall door. Thus, the annex is a wooden-cladded cube in the closed state, only with open shutters is the structure of the building readable.
The new extension building apartments are organised around a continuous central concrete core that is painted in a warm gold brown. This core absorbs all the service rooms from the individual apartments; showers, laundries and utility rooms. The open-plan living/dining area on the south-west side and two to three rooms to the south and north are arranged around this core. Individual outside space is allotted to each apartment; the attic apartment has two balconies superimposed over each other. Thus, the most important elements of contemporary living are given: noise protected individual outside space and a generous succession of rooms.
TypeResidential - Multi-family residence
Commercial - Restaurant
LocationMühlestrasse 1, 8157
Dielsdorf
SwitzerlandBuilding statusbuilt in 2010
being eclectic: 'WILLOUGHBY DESIGN BARN' BY EL DORADO INC. →
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If you are a constant reader of Being Eclectic, especially during the Architecture Tuesdays, probably you know by now how much restoration and renovation of old buildings for modern needs is appreciatted around here, and this barn definitely has everything required…
Now this is my kinda Loft ~ Amazing
This 1873 building is truly a breathtaking space that has just undergone a complete renovation. Located near Greenwich Village !!
The great room features an unbelievable 26 ft high wood beamed ceiling beautiful 12 ft tall arched windows with open treetop views an 18 ft by 18 ft skylight …
I am oh so ready to move right in…..;)
