Green building 101. Bioclimatic design.
Green Building 101: Using Bioclimatic Design to Build a Passive, Sustainable Dwellings. via reuters [RK]
Zamel house. Huatulco mexico.
zamel house is two-story house with a beautiful vista of the beach.
Homes are designed so that all the main rooms have direct views towards the sea. The public area generally open-air taking advantage of the cool evening sea breezes during tropical days in Huatulco. The first floor is equipped with a den / guest bedroom. There’s also a full bath, with polished concrete counter tops, glass tile and a large bathroom. A large master bath offers an outdoor bath.
specifications:
location: bahías de huatulco, oaxaca, mexico
architects: kontrast arquitectura
project architects: jorge herrera martinez
land area: 193.75 sqm ( 2,085 sqft )
project area: 272.25 sqm ( 2,930 sqft )
budget: USD$ 290,000.00
project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: fabian lasala guevara
about hultuco:
Only destination in Mexico that has Green Globe 21 Certification, one out of seven in the world. This area is known as Mexico’s Costa Chica. With no roads to the outside world, this region remained virtually uninhabited and undeveloped until 1982, which is around the time the coastal highway 200 was pushed through (as part of Fontur’s tourism development plan). This is one of North America’s last ecologically pristine tourist locales and one of the only accessible destinations where you’ll feel as though you have literally stepped off the plane into a seemingly untouched tropical paradise. high rises, welcoming town to all travelers and families, exquisite beach, international restaurants,
Karim presents komb house. Cairo.
preview of komb house which opens to public december 16-20 cairo international convention & exihibit center.
designer: karim rashid
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Oogst 1000 wonderland.
oogst 1000 wonderland
is a self-sufficient farm, restaurant, hotel and amusement park for 1,000 people per day.
All food is produced in a self sustainable manner within the structure of Oogst. Frank Tjepkema: ‘Oogst 1000 combines extreme fun with extreme usefulness, and as such, is the first example of ecotainment pushed to the limits.’ See Oogst 1000 come to life here, in a one minute animation.
Oogst by Tjep. will be part of Hyperlinks, an exhibition grouping a diversity of projects exploring, and more importantly, fading out the border between the fields of architecture and design. December 11 thru July 20, 2011. The Art Institute of Chicago.
Masters of design 2010.
fastcompany mod2010.
designers with a purpose.
Patricia Urquiola -designer ( high-art, commerce, woman )
Walter Hood – landscape architect ( urban, public, green )
Bjarke Ingels – architect ( youth, controversy, planet )
Gadi Amit – designer ( green, sustainability, anti-obsolescence )
Denis Wiel – vp of concept and design, mcdonald’s ( style, process, modern )
Fiona Morrisson – brand architect, jetblue ( branding, design, passion )
rising stars
michael murphy ( architecture student/designer ) christien meindertsma ( product designer ) candy chang ( urban planner/graphic designer ) emily pilloton ( designer ) eviana hartman ( fashion designer ) bobby c martin jr ( graphic designer ) ma ke ( fashion designer )
Nordic models + common ground.
a show of about thirty designs for buildings, furniture, lighting, clothing and other disciplines opened on thursday at scandinavia house in new york. 29 Oct 2010 – 9 Mar 2011.
above: helen & hard ( norway ) 2010 shanghai expo finnish pavilion “power by nature”
Called Nordic Models + Common Ground: Art and Design Unfolded, the exhibition was organized by Norsk Form—the Foundation for Design and Architecture in Norway– in collaboration with The American-Scandinavian Foundation, which is celebrating its centennial.
The exhibition was designed and curated by the architecture firm Snøhetta in collaboration with Situ Studio.
The show is hosted by Scandinavia House on Park Avenue in Manhattan, practically in the shadow of Grand Central Station, which is a sometimes overlooked refuge for arts and culture from the Nordic countries. (Nordic seems to be the term used to include the Scandinavian nations of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden together with Iceland.) With a lively restaurant and a shop including designs from the area, Scandinavia House also hosts shows and speeches, films and concerts.
The firm Snøhetta is based in Oslo and New York and is known for its designs for the Alexandria Library in Egypt and the Museum Pavilion of the New York World Trade Center site.
Craig Dykers, one of the principles of Snøhetta, was on hand at the opening. He explained the “unfolding” aspect of the title, showing how each of the pieces of display furniture had been created from a single standard piece of plywood, sliced on angles and hinged. “It’s a living hinge,” he said, pointing out how it turned in either direction. The blonde, bare plywood evokes familiar memories of Scandinavian design, notably Alvar Aalto.
“We wanted to arrange it,” Dykers explained, “so that wherever you stand in the gallery you can look around and see an echoing idea.” So hanging lamps pick up on hanging clothing and carbon fiber chairs by Mathias Bengtsson suggest building designs. Wry ceiling lamps called Uggi, by Fanney Antonsdottir and Dogg Gudmundsdottir of Iceland, use the dried bodies of cod fish for their shades.
above: mathias bengtsson ( denmark ) spun chair 2002 – lighter than macbook air
above: fanney antonsdóttir and dögg guđmundsdóttir ( iceland ) dried codfish 2001
The fish not only make a little joke about the region but, as deployed, pick up on the fish-scale-like shingles used to cover the Shanghai expo pavilion by JKMM of Finland. The shingles are made of recycled bottles and other plastic; a sample of them are displayed on the wall beside a huge images of the spherical pavilion.
above: jkmm Architects (finland ) 2010 shanghai expo finnish pavilion “kirnu”
The show emphasizes the egalitarian qualities shared by the area’s cultures, Dykers said, and there is also a kind of democracy of parts at work in many of the designs. Repeated elements work together in a city shelter structure, a dress, a chair—even in a necklace called Butterfly Disguise II by Liv Blavarp of Norway, of disc like forms of maple, wenge, ebony and reindeer horn.
above: liv blåvarp ( norway ) butterfly disguise II, necklace 2009
above: helen & hard ( norway ) 2010 shanghai expo finnish pavilion “power by nature”
above: daniel rybakken ( norway ) night shot of daylight entrance 2010
“The show is the first in a series of programs marking the ASF’s centennial,” said the Foundation’s president Edward Gallagher.
Resources:
american-scandinavian foundation
scandinavia house
scandinavia house facebook
jkmm architects
mathias bengtsson
gudrun lilja gunnlaugsdóttir
helen & hard
daniel rybakken
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Difference between house and home.
what’s the difference between a house and a home?via life of an architect @NewsArch [RK]
Town honored with wright stuff.
a century has passed, and frank lloyd wright’s work is still turning heads. with its picturesque streets punctuated by examples of the iconic architect’s work, oak park’s ( Illinois ) frank lloyd wright historic district earned a spot on a list of the nation’s 10 great neighborhoods announced by the american planning association. via chicago tribune [RK]
Architecture & design film festival.
The first US film festival celebrating the creative spirit of architecture and design will feature a dynamic selection of feature length films, documentaries and shorts. Plus, there will be lively discussions with filmmakers, architects and designers about the design process, architecture in film, and the brilliant designs we see and use every day.
This year’s festival will be held at Tribeca Cinemas. The lounge adjacent to the theater will be Festival Central – a place to relax, discuss, imbibe and meet with friends and colleagues.
Breed retreat.
this concept is worth a peep.
Frederik Roijé wished to create an environment that encourages a retreat back to nature via an architectural statement and chickens. Whether you live in the country, but especially if you’re in an urban environment and are allowed birds to breed, to lay fresh eggs, this concept is worth a peep.
“To eliminate the estrangement from our origin respecting nature will be necessary. Designing a special place will give nature its space. Even in urban society.”
“People have gotten estranged from the villages and from living in nature. All in all, it seems as if the human of 21st century has somewhat lost his roots, his origins and his respect for nature. Hopefully, through this “egg-cellent” design the hens will create an emotional wake-up call like the ones hens and roosters are intended to do. We could only wish that this wake-up call will make humans reconsider the space and the place which nature deserves in our lives.”
Frederik Roijé graduated in 2001 from the renowned Design Academy in Eindhoven, where his preference for interior products surfaced. During his studies Roijé did internships at prestigious design studios such as Piero Lissoni and Marcel Wanders. In 2003 he started his own design studio in Amsterdam. His studio specializes in interior and product design, with a strong focus on concept and renewal. Worldwide attention has been given to his designs. Droog Design included designs of Frederik Roijé in their collection. Frederik Roijé’s work can be seen in several museums and important design events in Milan, Prague, Sweden, Tokyo, London, New York and Amsterdam.
Breed Retreat was exhibited at Milan 2010. Photos courtesy of the designer. Breed Retreat is made of wood finished with a durable grey coating and measures 260 x 260 x 180 (l x b x h) cm.
Designer: frederik roijé
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