SpaceInvading
Stef & Britt
Designer: Britt Creptain & Stefan Spaens (CSD Architecten)
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Image Credits: Luc Photography
We chose all materials as natural as possible, colors flowing into each other, to create an otherwise monolithic character. Inspiration for the color pallet was found on a beach in France (driftwood, pebbles, the color of the sand).
→ archinect.com
Posted: 12/23/2009
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Woods of Net
Designer: Tezuka Architects
Location: Japan
Image Credits: Abel Erazo
This is a permanent pavilion for a net artist, Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam. The artist knitted the net entirely by hands, which is designed for children to crow in, roll around, and jump on the net. It was easy for us to see the artwork being outside even when it cannot be exposed to rain or ultraviolet light. We wanted to design a space as soft as the forest where the boundary between outside and inside disappears. The space attracts people like campfire. The children play inside of the net just as fire and parents sit around and lay on the woods.
→ www.archdaily.com
Posted: 12/21/2009
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Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt/BSU
Designer: Sauerbruch Hutton
Location: Hamburg, Germany
The new building for Hamburg’s Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt/BSU (Office for Urban Development and Environment) consists of one high rise and two wing buildings. Public BSU facilities, like areas for exhibitions and restaurants, are located in the street level floors. The foot of the high rise structure will house a central lobby. Like an amphitheater, it is envisioned to host the exhibition of Hamburg’s urban model which will be highly visible through the large glass facade. From here, the library and conference center can be accessed as well.
→ www.bustler.net
Posted: 12/17/2009
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AR-House
Designer: Katsufumi Kubota
Location: Oita City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Image Credits: Ken’ichi-Suzuki Photo Office
Two-story (w/basement) reinforced concrete construction
→ whatwedoissecret.org
Posted: 12/17/2009
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Villa Saitan
Designer: EASERNdesign
Location: Kyoto, Japan
The architecture is covered with a wall in which holes are cut. The shape of the holes resembles a trunk, leaves, a root and bulbs. It also can be seen as clouds floating over the trees. The concrete shape which is based on nature turns into a hollow cave: light, and sunbeams filtered through trees.
→ architecture.myninjaplease.com
Posted: 12/16/2009
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