tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34058224109921541312024-03-13T08:03:50.240-07:00alejandrocabreraarchitecture , design , house architect , interior architect , home architect , architectural design , architecture firm , residential architecture , architecture design , modern architecture , sustainable architecture , floor plansAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.comBlogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-45277103764573978492012-07-01T16:40:00.000-07:002012-07-01T16:40:29.758-07:00House in Rokko by Tato architects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This hillside house by Japanese studio <a href="http://tat-o.com/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tato Architects</a> comprises a metal barn on top of a glass box (+ slideshow).<span id="more-222074" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div>
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Located between a mountainous district and the harbour-side town of Kobe in southern Japan, the two-storey House in Rokko contains a kitchen and dining room inside its transparent ground-level storey.</div>
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A balcony surrounds the gabled first floor, creating an overhang that shades the glazed facade below.</div>
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Upstairs, the bathroom is separated by a transparent glass partition.</div>
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During construction, the foundations had to be dug by hand as no machines were able to climb the steep terrain to reach the site, while the streel structure had to be pieced together from sections small enough to be carried up one by one.</div>
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We’ve featured a few houses in Japan with glazed bathrooms, including <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2012/01/05/house-in-seya-by-suppose-design-office/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">one with a garden behind its walls</a> and <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/suppose-design-office/page/2/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">one with a whole room dedicated to plants</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/japanese-houses/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">See more Japanese houses on Dezeen »</a></div>
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Here’s a project description from Tato Architects:</div>
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House in Rokko</div>
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Looking for the way an architecture does not fix the affect to the environment too much I have been somewhat anxious about what an architecture in a place commanding a fine view should be. It is the state of affairs freezing affect towards the environment. What is the way, while enjoying the view, not to be dominant to the environment?</div>
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At an end of the residential area developed in the past halfway up Mt. Rokko the site was broad but too steep to bring in heavy machines for driving piles. A plane of 3.5 m by 13.5 m was left when a sufficient distance was secured, for manual digging for foundation, from the old breast wall and heaped soil.</div>
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The site was not necessitating much anxiety about people’s eyes. As people’s eyes from below would not reach the first floor, the first floor was walled with glass all around so that the fine view could be commanded to full extent, which was equipped with kitchen and visitor’s toilet.</div>
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The first floor, while functioning as what is called LDK, was assumed to be used for such varieties of activities out of daily life as treating guests, creating music with friends, or taking care of his bicycles.</div>
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A bedroom, storing facilities, facilities using water were arranged on the second floor, which was leveled high with a roof of conventional appearance to join in the existing rows of old houses. The high- leveled second floor was walled around with wide openings distributed equally for the ease of natural ventilation.</div>
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Thermal storage system using midnight electricity was laid into slab concrete and on the second floor far-infrared radiation film floor heating system was supplemented. And in summer it is expected that balcony and eaves will block the sunlight and breeze from Mt. Rokko will carry indoor heat through.</div>
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Steel-frame construction was adopted complying with the client’s wishes. As physical labor was obliged, small 100 mm by 100 mm H-section steel was selected and each construction material was limited to weigh about 100 kg for carrying up to the site.</div>
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Steel plate of 4.5 mm thick was laid for the cantilever balcony all around to make up for the loss of level structural plane caused by a large cutout of the second floor for stairway.</div>
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Observing the environment carefully without responding downright resulted in this house of hollow bare mortar floor ceilinged high and walled around with glass.</div>
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I feel I have found a way to cope, on an equal footing, with the environment peculiar to this scenic site where the environment, the architecture and the resident’s various things of various styles and ages are mingling with each other.</div>
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Project name: House in Rokko<br />Location of site: Kobe Japan</div>
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Site area: 295.31m2<br />Building area: 56.00m2</div>
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Total floor area: 94.50m2<br />Type of Construction: Steel<br />Program: house & atelier</div>
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Project by: Tato architects<br />Principal designer: Yo shimada</div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-31320091659529528842012-06-06T18:27:00.001-07:002012-06-06T18:37:38.310-07:00Fasano boa vista sao paulo by Isay Weinfeld<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">The Inverted Warehouse Townhouse has received
numerous U.S. awards. It is the creation of Dean-Wolf Architects of New York,
where architect Charles Wolf and designer Eunjeong Seong were in charge of the
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We like the visibility between floors and from space to space that solves the
potential problem of dark boxy rooms inside a windowless warehouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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natural light, the main entry, via an elevator, is now on the fifth floor where
public spaces and the bedrooms, playrooms and study are located. In a more
typical townhouse, this "parlor" floor would be accessed through the
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It is no secret to regular readers that Kim and I have a "thing" for church conversions. Today's remodel is amazing. A minimalist conversion of a stunning stone-built Grade II-listed former Methodist chapel (1868) in peaceful countryside on the Dorset / Wiltshire border. A once austere house of worship is now an austerely beautiful house to worship. Designed by Gary Tarn and for sale through The Modern House Real Estate Agents <a href="http://www.themodernhouse.net/tmh/sales/415/intro/0/0/8" style="color: #1a1a1a;" target="_blank">here</a>, the price will have you selling your soul but oh my what a home! (Many thanks to professional house stalker Selina for the introduction to this website.)</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-81007768229500106812011-12-05T14:14:00.001-08:002011-12-05T14:17:29.435-08:00Party by the beach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Where the rainforest meets the sea on a Brazilian island there is a sliver of sand. Where the rainforest meets the sea there are palm trees. Where the rainforest meets the sea there is a house. A stone house and concrete and glass house. A perfect beach party house. Casa Paraty by <a href="http://www.marciokogan.com.br/#/home" style="color: #1a1a1a;" target="_blank">Marcio Kogan</a> of <a href="http://www.marciokogan.com.br/#/home" style="color: #1a1a1a;" target="_blank">Studio MK27</a>.</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-62183246678075108272011-11-03T16:53:00.001-07:002011-11-03T16:56:43.719-07:00Wooden House With Inner Courtyard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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DI Bernardo Bader designed this house with a valuable “indoor environment quality” achieved by the inner garden courtyard which is hidden from outside views.Project description:A congenial alternative to the classical single-family houses in vorarlberg with their typical one-piece cubatures and poorly screened private outdoor areas because in the majority of cases the gardens are just surrounded by some hedges.The parcel of land, just measuring 500 square meter, is located in a soon-to-be populated area of settlement at the outskirts of the village sulz. It lies between existing development and the agricultural green belt and girded by highly frequented paths leading to the recreational area in the close neighborhood.The house is arranged on two floors. The ground floor contains kitchen, dining- and living room, secondary rooms and the garage. The terrace encloses the greened patio in whose centre a tree grows through the open roof.<br />
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Parisian hotel <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">La Maison Champs Elysées</a> spans two buildings, one dating from the Second Empire under Napoleon III, the other built more recently. Belgian fashion design house <a href="http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Martin Margiela</a>, who won a competition to re-design the historical part of the building, created 17 hotel suites called the Couture Collection, a restaurant, a smoking room, a bar, and the reception area. The spaces, which opened this past summer, offer harmonious contrasts and touches of surrealism and marks the designer’s first foray into hotel interiors.<br />
<span id="more-84518"></span><img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84524" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-Gilded-Lounge-1.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
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The <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/suite_salon_dore.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gilded Lounge</a> suite is covered in wallpaper made from black and white photographs taken of the Second Empire-style Gilded Salon located on the hotel’s second floor.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84527" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-Gilded-Lounge-4.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The suite includes a WC with a library mural of books.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84613" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-lost-mouldings-2-e1318634064441.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84528" height="586" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-lost-mouldings.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The three <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/suites_moulures_interrompues.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lost Mouldings</a> suites are subtly embellished with wooden moldings that start and finish at random. The monochromatic scheme is decorated in various shades of white, from very light gray to light beige. The salon and bedroom are separated by a central space with sliding partitions.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84520" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-curiosity-case-1.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/suite_cabinet_curiosites.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Curiosity Case</a> suite resembles a carbon cube, with black painted walls and black stained parquet oak floor. The atmosphere is both hushed and voluptuous.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84521" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-curiosity-case-2.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The curtains are fashioned from black wool cloth with fine pinstripes reminiscent of the traditional fabric for a gentleman’s suit.<br />
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In the lounge, a wall is devoted to a curiosities case that displays various objects and texts.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84630" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-white-cover-bed.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84530" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-white-coverings.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The pictures, objects and furnishings in the <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/suite_houssee_blanc.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">White Cover</a> suite are draped with loose, white covers.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84633" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-junior-couture-bed.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
There are five Margiela-designed <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/junior_suites_couture.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Junior Couture</a> suites, split over two levels. The hall, which includes the dressing room, leads to a staircase going down to the bed. The flooring, walls, and bed are done in layered silver birch.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84634" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-junior-couture-desk.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
Opposite the bed, an imaginary landscape has been specially printed on the wallpaper, and is reflected on the adjacent mirrored wall.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84632" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-junior-couture-bathroom.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The configuration of white tiling with black grout in the bathroom has a graph paper effect.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84523" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-Deluxe-Couture.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
There are six <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/deluxe_couture.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Deluxe Couture</a> suites designed by Margiela. The wall above the bed is highlighted by three squares of painted light, giving the illusion of sunlight streaming in from the adjacent windows.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84628" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-Deluxe-Couture-2.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The light beige wool carpet is printed with a red Persian rug trompe-l’œil beside the bed.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84637" height="625" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-White-Lounge-piano.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84531" height="625" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-white-lounge.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/salon_blanc.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">White Lounge</a> is just one of the enchanting public spaces that Margiela conceived.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84639" height="333" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-Patio.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
Even the <a href="http://www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/patio.html" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">restaurant patio</a> furniture is draped in white covers, and surrounded by lush plantings.<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84609" height="354" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-reception.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
The hotel reception area is shaped like a mirrored prism. The floor is Pierre de Mareuil limestone flagstone with random black slate insets (“scattered as if by the wind”). Look carefully below the brushed stainless picture lights. They illuminate nothing, or what the hotel terms “missing paintings.”<br />
<img alt="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-84519" height="625" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2011/10/Martin-Margiela-facade-e1318617501524.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Destination Design: La Maison Champs Elysées" width="500" /><br />
<em>Adieu!</em><br />
<br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-66860417686081126472011-10-16T19:57:00.001-07:002011-10-16T19:58:56.567-07:00Necessary-021-room-room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Architectural barriers are not a problem only for the movement-impaired. Walls inside a house, for example, make it impossible for deaf people to see someone else in an another room, thus completely blocking all sign communication. Japanese architect <a href="http://www.hosakatakeshi.com/" style="color: #333333;" target="_blank">Takeshi Hosaka</a> a tried to offer a solution to this problem with his Room Room house, a home for a family in which the two parents are deaf. The architect furnished the house with openings in the walls (in the shape of fine squared niches) that allow all the members of the family never to lose eye – and ear – contact of one another. (via <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/28/room-room-by-takeshi-hosaka/" style="color: #333333;" target="_blank">Dezeen</a>)<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-46147414255324563982011-09-20T07:43:00.001-07:002011-09-20T07:43:50.208-07:00Loft in Barcelona<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #222222; color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px;"></span><br />
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padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">YLAB arquitectos</a> renovated a 100 square meter apartment with a big terrace in an old building in the hearth of a traditional neighborhood in Barcelona.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="more-13090" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>Here is the project description:</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The house has a very deep and narrow floor plan and only two facades at the ends, one to the street and the other one to the terrace in the inner courtyard.</em></div><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">The proposal is an integral architectural intervention of the space with two main goals: to maximize the lighting and ventilation from the facades eliminating unnecessary partitions, and to obtain a new distribution that contains all the uses required by its young owner: a bedroom suite, a guest bathroom and bedroom, a working studio, a kitchen and a dining room for parties and meetings.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">In order to maximize the lighting it is necessary to achieve a structural intervention that completely eliminates the internal partitions and a structural wall located directly behind the back façade, which is key to the optimal use of light.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Moreover, due to the difficult geometry of the housing, all the different functions can only be accommodated through a flexible and unconventional distribution that allows joining and separating spaces and even change their function, depending on the occasion. The new distribution consists of a large diaphanous and spacious common area, which runs continuously from façade to façade, and a private semi-closed box formed by the bedroom suite and guest bathroom.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">The common area is formed by the entrance hall, dining room, library, studio and living room in the rear facade, and the kitchen in the front facade. All these areas are aligned along a longitudinal wall made of hand made solid brick.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">The bedroom is located between a high cupboard, with the double function of entrance hall wardrobe and bedroom closet, and a large wooden core containing the two bathrooms, which becomes a piece of furniture with shelves in the studio area. This furniture hides two large sliding wooden doors that allow the independency of two different spaces: the bedroom, which is separated from the common area, and a part of the living room containing a sofa-bed, that allows a punctual use as a guest room.</div></em><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The wooden core is a deep framework framing and raising the bathrooms. The cross partitions are resolved with sliding translucent glass doors to enable lighting, ventilation and visual connection between spaces. In the inside all inner surfaces, including ceiling and floor, are covered with light colour Bisazza mosaic and mirror. The sanitaries and fixtures are suspended or free standing to contribute to the feeling of transparency. The result is a game of gloss and reflections that multiply the light and convert the bathroom into a bright and sophisticated space, in contrast to the warm and sober rest of the house.</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Loft-in-Barcelona2" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13097" height="600" src="http://coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Loft-in-Barcelona2.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Loft-in-Barcelona2" width="480" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Loft-in-Barcelona3" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13096" height="600" src="http://coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Loft-in-Barcelona3.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Loft-in-Barcelona3" width="480" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Loft-in-Barcelona4" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13095" height="600" src="http://coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Loft-in-Barcelona4.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Loft-in-Barcelona4" width="480" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Loft-in-Barcelona5" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13094" height="600" src="http://coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Loft-in-Barcelona5.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Loft-in-Barcelona5" width="480" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Loft-in-Barcelona6" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13093" height="600" src="http://coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Loft-in-Barcelona6.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Loft-in-Barcelona6" width="480" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Photos by Raúl Caneles & Esther Algara</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-83388472518655810702011-09-07T07:15:00.001-07:002011-09-07T07:15:43.676-07:00house-of-slope-by-fujiwarramuro-architects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153084" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_01.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The house was designed by Japanese studio <a href="http://www.aplan.jp/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fujiwarramuro Architects</a> and is located in a dense urban area.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153101" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_03.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Timber columns and criss-crossing metal braces support both the stepped and sloped floors.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153088" height="469" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_05.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 25 metre-long ramp leads past clusters of rooms for each family member to a rooftop balcony with a skylight.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153090" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_06.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Another Japanese house previously featured on Dezeen is surrounded by staircases and slides, rather than ramps – <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/24/house-in-nakameguro-by-level-architects/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">see the story here</a> and <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/japanese-houses/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">see all our stories about houses in Japan here</a>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153091" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_07.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photography is by Toshiyuki Yano.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153092" height="372" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_08.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are some more details from the architects:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">House of Slope</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This residential project is built on a flag-shaped site in Osaka surrounded by densely packed buildings.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153093" height="416" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_09.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Even when faced with these challenging site conditions, we felt that it would be possible to come up with an interesting design solution based on a structure that appears to “float” in a large, open space.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153094" height="509" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_10.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By ensuring a continuous sense of spatial circulation through the flag-shaped portion of the site, the inhabitants of the house are able to “drift” through their favorite spaces like goldfish in a bowl.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153095" height="561" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_11.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The sloping structure that extends from the first floor through the second and up until the roof – covering a length of some 25 meters over approximately one-and-a-half revolutions – allows the family members to distribute themselves across its entire length, each occupying a different section of the building.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153096" height="421" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_12.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Several beams offer structural support for the wooden slope and spiral-shaped floors of the building, creating a residential space made up of ambiguously demarcated domains that are staggered apart yet also integrated with each other, thereby achieving a sense of breadth and openness.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153097" height="537" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_13.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Location: Sakai, Osaka, Japan<br />
Principle use: single family house<br />
Site area: 103.91 m2<br />
Building area: 52.17 m2<br />
Total floor area: 107.49 m2</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-153085" height="573" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/09/dezeen_House-of-Slope-by-Fujiwarramuro-Architects_02.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="House of Slope by Fujiwarramuro Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Project architect: Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro<br />
Project team: Fujiwarramuro Architects<br />
Structure: Timber<br />
Photographer: Toshiyuki Yano</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-43983563489553983782011-08-24T09:23:00.001-07:002011-08-24T09:23:54.250-07:00rounded-loft-by-a1architects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/?p=149082" style="color: #f25e2b; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149119" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_5.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A stainless steel net takes the place of a banister around the staircase and first floor corridor of this apartment in Prague.<span id="more-149082" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149115" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_1.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.a1architects.cz/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A1Architects</a> converted the former attic of an apartment block into a two-storey residence with living rooms and bedrooms on the lower level and a guest suite on the upper floor.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149116" height="442" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Illuminated timber bookshelves are arranged like a wall of bricks behind a staircase that ascends from the living room, whilst two hollow bottom steps provide additional storage space.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149120" height="494" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_6.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Walls and ceilings in this room and elsewhere in the apartment have rounded edges.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149121" height="587" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_7.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The apartment also contains a marble and granite kitchen, grey-plastered feature walls and exposed timber columns.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149117" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_3.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A1Architects previously designed a larch-clad teahouse with a tall roof – <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/26/hat-tea-house-by-a1architects/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">see our earlier story here</a>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149118" height="486" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photography is by David Maštálka of A1Architects.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are some more details from the architects:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rounded Loft</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prague, Czech Republic<br />
Lenka Křemenová & David Maštálka / A1Architects</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At the beginning of the year 2010 we had started designing grand attic loft in Prague. It was a new challenge for us to deal with almost “boundless” space for living according to our previous experience focused mainly on small scale.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149124" height="360" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_10.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The issue of “boundless” space became the main motif of our work. The private spaces such as bedrooms are of course separated, but the rest of common activities rooms are connected within one fluent space.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149122" height="363" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_8.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It starts at the entrance hall with dressing wardrobes and slightly continues towards living space and kitchen with large dining table, the space is also opened to upper gallery which is meant for guests. To reach specific fluency of space we decided to round off some of the interior corners, which finally give the space its unique smooth character.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149123" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_9.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Due to these softened corners one moves and feel simply free and the boundaries of walls somehow disappears. Even the staircase with integrated fireplace and library climbs up in rounded corner. The railing is made out of thin stainless steel net, so it is safe but even smooth and transparent.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149125" height="365" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_11.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next to the main continuous living space there are three bedrooms and one study room, and some storage spaces integrated mostly as built in furniture.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149127" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_13.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The issue of materials was another important part of the project. Their main attributes are touchableness and pure naturalness. We chose carefully many of them together with clients at stone workshop and joinery. Most of wooden furniture were tailor made pieces.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149126" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_12.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beige large format tiles are used on all attic floors to support the feeling of continuity. We exposed as much of the wooden bearing structure as we could.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149129" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_15.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The kitchen counter is made out of black granite stone which is next to bright marble on the wall behind. There is used walnut wood for the dining table and ash veneer for the light above.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149133" height="295" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_19.gif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The living space is connected with the kitchen by raw grey plaster.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149134" height="295" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Rounded-Loft-by-A1Architects_20.gif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rounded Loft by A1Architects" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Client: private person<br />
Authors: A1Architects<br />
MgA. Lenka Křemenová, MgA. David Maštálka<br />
Project: A1Architects<br />
Floor area: cca 220 m2<br />
Realisation: 2011<br />
Study: 2010</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-38747160224680347462011-08-24T08:38:00.001-07:002011-08-24T08:38:53.261-07:00jaffa-flat-by-pitsou-kedem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146599" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_1.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wall coverings have been peeled away to reveal a vaulted stone ceiling that’s several hundred years old inside this refurbished apartment in Tel Aviv.<span id="more-146435" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146601" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_3.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Israeli architects <a href="http://www.pitsou.com/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pitsou Kedem</a> removed walls between the sandstone brick columns to create an open plan living and dining room surrounded by arches.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146600" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An exterior wall was replaced by a thinly framed glass arch that now links the living room to a balcony overlooking the port of Old Jaffa.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146602" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The architects installed Corian shelving and surfaces to rooms, as well as a stainless steel kitchen.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146604" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_6.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A transparent glass cylinder surrounds a shower in the bedroom.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146610" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_12.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Framed glass doors provide access from this bedroom to a second outdoor terrace.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146611" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_13_.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Other refurbished interiors featured on Dezeen include <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/03/setagaya-flat-by-naruse-inokuma-architects/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">a Tokyo apartment with the appearance of an elegant building site</a> and <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/07/26/casa-da-escrita-by-joao-mendes-ribeiro/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;">a former poet’s house converted into a writer’s retreat</a>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146609" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_11.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photography is by <a href="http://amitgeron.com/" style="color: #6c6e95; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amit Geron</a>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146603" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_5.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are some more details from Pitsou Kedem:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jaffa Flat</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The language of minimalism imbedded in a historic residence in Old Jaffa.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146607" height="346" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_9.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 100 square meter residential home is located in Old Jaffa. Its location is unique in that it is set above the harbor, facing west with all of its openings facing the majestic splendor of the Mediterranean Sea.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146613" height="606" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_14.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whilst it is difficult to determine the buildings exact age, it is clear that it is hundreds of years old.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146614" height="702" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_15.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Over the years, it has undergone many changes and had many additions made that have damaged the original quality of the building and its spaces.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146608" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_10.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The central idea was to restore the structure’s original, characteristics, the stone walls, the segmented ceilings and the arches including the exposure of the original materials (a combination of pottery and beach sand).</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146627" height="649" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_29.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The building has been cleaned of all of the extraneous elements, from newer wall coverings and has undergone a peeling process to expose its original state.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146605" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_7.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Surprisingly, modern, minimalistic construction styles remind us of and correspond with the ascetic style of the past, and this despite the vast time difference between them.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146617" height="340" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_18.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The central idea was to combine the old and the new whilst maintaining the qualities of each and to create new spaces that blend the styles together even intensify them because of the contrast and tension between the different periods.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146622" height="344" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_24.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The historical is expressed by preserving the textures and materials of the buildings outer shell and by respecting the building engineering accord.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146618" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_19.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The modern is expressed by the opening of spaces and by altering the internal flow to one more open and free and the creation of an urban loft environment along with the use of stainless steel, iron and Corian in the various partitions, in the openings and in the furniture.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146619" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_20.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The project succeeds in both honoring and preserving the historical and almost romantic values of the structure whilst creating a contemporary project, modern and suited to its period.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146620" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_21.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; 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outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Despite the time differences, the tensions and the dichotomy between the periods exist in a surprisingly balanced and harmonic space.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146625" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/08/dezeen_Jaffa-Flat-by-Pitsou-Kedem_27.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Jaffa Flat by Pitsou Kedem" width="468" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Design team: Pitsou Kedem & Raz Melamed</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-89627181745201436162011-08-18T11:06:00.001-07:002011-08-18T11:06:51.812-07:00Experiencing The Past<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable" style="display: block;"><img alt="" src="http://thedesignerpad.com/storage/posts/2011/august/09-million-donkey-hotel/million-donkey-hotel-hammock.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1312844876826" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">If you're an adventurous traveler</span>, the kind who seek the unexpected when abroad, this might be the kind of lodging you might want to experience. Yet another minimalist hotel in Italy, this one is quite different from the one featured in yesterday's post. Austrian architects <a href="http://www.feld72.at/" style="color: #eb5425; font-family: Verdana, normal; font-size: 11.25px; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">feld72</a>, took an abandoned house in Prata Sannita, north of Naples, Italy, and transformed it into <a href="http://www.milliondonkeyhotel.net/" style="color: #eb5425; font-family: Verdana, normal; font-size: 11.25px; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Million Donkey Hotel</a>, resembling the town's original cave-like houses built into the the rocky hillside. The hotel is far from being a 5-star resort, but the experience of going back to Medieval times is priceless. Although the hotel doesn't offer many rooms, they're extremely unique, especially Il Letto Volante (The Flying Bed), a room with a rolling bed that gives you the option of sleeping indoors or under the stars — of course, given you don't suffer from acrophobia. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable" style="display: block;"><img alt="" src="http://thedesignerpad.com/storage/posts/2011/august/09-million-donkey-hotel/million-donkey-hotel.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1312844576972" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; padding-top: 8px;" /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable" style="display: block;"><img alt="" src="http://thedesignerpad.com/storage/posts/2011/august/09-million-donkey-hotel/million-donkey-hotel-bed.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1312844611037" style="border-bottom-style: none; 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border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Images © <a href="http://www.hurnaus.com/" style="color: #eb5425; font-family: Verdana, normal; font-size: 11.25px; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hertha Hurnaus</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-7628424922514545442011-08-02T11:06:00.001-07:002011-08-02T11:06:36.994-07:00Roof Garden Apartment by Tonkin Liu (UK)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_31694" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 570px;"><a href="http://www.dailytonic.com/roof-garden-apartment-by-tonkin-liu-uk/tonkinliu-growinghouse-17-miketonkin/" rel="attachment wp-att-31694" style="color: #3b3b3b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-31694" height="373" src="http://www.dailytonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-17-MikeTonkin.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-17-MikeTonkin" width="560" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Roof Garden Apartment by Tonkin Liu; photo by Mike Tonkin</div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This airy rooftop apartment located in London’s sought-after area of Shoreditch has been realised by the British practice <a href="http://www.architonic.com/aiabt/tonkin-liu/5205384" style="color: #3b3b3b; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tonkin Liu</a>. Built atop an old brick warehouse, the two-storey family house boasts six bedrooms, a play area, a living room and a terrace enclosed with fragrant climbers while its fine-white-mesh and galvanised-steel façade ‘mirrors the changing colour of the sky and captures light and shadows.’<span id="more-31689" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_31693" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 570px;"><a href="http://www.dailytonic.com/roof-garden-apartment-by-tonkin-liu-uk/tonkinliu-growinghouse-16-miketonkin/" rel="attachment wp-att-31693" style="color: #3b3b3b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-31693" height="840" src="http://www.dailytonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-16-MikeTonkin.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-16-MikeTonkin" width="560" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Roof Garden Apartment by Tonkin Liu; photo by Mike Tonkin</div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">About the project:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">‘On top of a warehouse in Shoreditch an empty roof overlooked the city. The brief was for a six-bedroom family house with outdoor spaces that maximised the potentials of the site. The owners wanted a place for the family to grow that would bring life and greenery to the Shoreditch cityscape. The existing brick warehouse structure was damaged and rebuilt after the war. The central columns were not adequate to take any additional loads. The load of the new building had to be delivered to the perimeter walls. From a ring beam at roof level the structure grows up to forms a transfer structure at high level from which the new building is hung. On the gable and party walls and within the floor slabs the frame is braced within the timber substructure. To the south and west a 7m tall loggia is formed by the external structure, framing the view of the city. ’</div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_31695" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 570px;"><a href="http://www.dailytonic.com/roof-garden-apartment-by-tonkin-liu-uk/tonkinliu-growinghouse-15-miketonkin/" rel="attachment wp-att-31695" style="color: #3b3b3b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-31695" height="725" src="http://www.dailytonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-15-MikeTonkin.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-15-MikeTonkin" width="560" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Roof Garden Apartment by Tonkin Liu; photo by Mike Tonkin</div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">‘The house is entered via a bridge that comes from a neighbouring building. The lower floor is divided into 5 bedrooms and a play area with a sunken conversation pit. All the rooms open out onto a terrace enclosed with planting. The main living space is a tall room on the upper level. In the centre of the space a tower, housing the polycarbonate bathroom, rises up through the structure to bring in light. Patterns of rain are projected onto the floor by lighting the skylight from the roof level. To the west the master bedroom can be closed off with a giant sliding door. A cantilevered balcony overlooks the city to the south. A spiral staircase leads up to the green roof, the solar collectors and a large roof deck surrounded by fragrant planting. ‘</div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_31690" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 570px;"><a href="http://www.dailytonic.com/roof-garden-apartment-by-tonkin-liu-uk/tonkinliu-growinghouse-01ctonkinliu/" rel="attachment wp-att-31690" style="color: #3b3b3b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-31690" height="375" src="http://www.dailytonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-01cTonkinLiu.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="TonkinLiu-GrowingHouse-01cTonkinLiu" width="560" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Roof Garden Apartment by Tonkin Liu; photo by Tonkin Liu</div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.architonic.com/aiabt/tonkin-liu/5205384" style="color: #3b3b3b; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">to Tonkin Liu’s profile on Architonic</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 50px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135801" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_00.gif" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.stevenholl.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Steven Holl Architects</a> have collaborated with Brazilian architect <a href="http://solangefabiao.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Solange Fabião</a> on this wave-shaped museum of the sea in Biarritz, France, which opened this week.<span id="more-135779"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135802" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_01.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Cité de l’Océan et du Surf has a cobbled plaza over the concave roof, which gently descends to meet the sloping ground.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135804" height="306" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_03.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The galleries of the museum are contained within this curving concrete block, while two acid-etched glass boxes at one end accomodate restaurants and a surfer’s kiosk.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135806" height="312" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_05.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The museum houses exhibitions about scientific issues associated with the sea and tides.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135810" height="312" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_09.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/steven-holl/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">More stories about Steven Holl Architects »</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135808" height="600" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_07.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Above photograph is by Steven Holl Architects</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Photography is by <a href="http://www.iwan.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Iwan Baan</a> apart from where otherwise stated.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135811" height="311" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_10.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here are some more details from the architects:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Cité de l’Océan et du Surf opens in Biarritz, France</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Cité de l’Océan et du Surf, located in Biarritz, France will open to the public on June 26, 2011.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135809" height="402" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_08.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Above photograph is by Steven Holl Architects</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The museum, a design by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Brazilian artist and architect Solange Fabião, aims to raise awareness of oceanic issues and scientific aspects of surf and sea.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135805" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_04.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Above photograph is by Steven Holl Architects</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Derived from the spatial concept “under the sky” / “under the sea”, the museum’s concave exterior creates a central gathering plaza, open to the sky and sea, with the horizon in the distance.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135807" height="416" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Cite-de-l%E2%80%99Ocean-et-du-Surf-by-Steven-Holl_06.jpg" title="Cite de l’Ocean et du Surf by Steven Holl" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Above photograph is by Steven Holl Architects</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">On the interior, the inverse convex curve becomes the ceiling of the main exhibition space, evoking the sense of being “under the sea.”</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-70712061738967222892011-06-20T13:42:00.000-07:002011-06-20T13:42:03.062-07:00san-telmo-museum-extension-by-nieto-sobejano-arquitectos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134010" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-18.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Moss is expected to grow on the perforated aluminium skin of this museum extension in San Sebastián by Spanish studio <a href="http://www.nietosobejano.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos</a>.<span id="more-133938"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133997" height="338" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-5.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With its rear wall pushed into the edge of the hillside, the new two-storey block stretches out at a right-angle to the San Telmo Museum.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133992" height="364" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-1.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A staircase ascends across the block, allowing vistors to climb over the roof and onto the landscape.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133996" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-4.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The museum extension contains galleries for temporary exhibitions as well as an auditorium, library, teaching areas, cloakroom, shop and cafeteria.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133998" height="408" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-6.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">See also: <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/17/moritzburg-museum-extension-by-niento-sobejano-arquitectos/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;">our story from yesterday on the Moritzburg Museum Extension in Germany by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133999" height="592" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-7.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Photography is by <a href="http://www.fernandoalda.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fernando Alda</a>. See more images of this project on<a href="http://www.fernandoalda.com/index.php?Opc=105&Lng=2&Par1=580" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Alda’s website</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134001" height="555" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-9.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This information is from the architects:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">San Telmo Museum Extension<br />
Competition 1st Prize 2005</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Museum of San Telmo, in its present condition, represents the result of a long process of successive modifications which has partially altered its physical and functional character over the years.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-19.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Its location on the fringe where the urban structure meets the topography of Monte Urgull is a reflection, on the other hand, of an urban problem very characteristic of San Sebastian: the solution of a division never completely solved between natural and artificial landscape.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134005" height="539" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-13.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">How to approach a contemporary extension of San Telmo in response to new requirements for space and stringent landscaping conditions, while expressing its connection to the location with the passing of time?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134006" height="600" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-14.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The direct and radical gesture which defines out proposal implies paradoxically its practical dissolution in the landscape of Monte Urgull.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134007" height="434" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-15.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We will limit ourselves to building a new green wall, deep and light, which is defined by the existing topography, and which hides in its interior two pavilions which will house the new programme.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134014" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-22.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This decision heighten the appreciation both of the historical buildings as well as the new entrance to the museum, which offers access to the old building – which will incorporate the permanent exhibitions – as well as to the new pavilion for temporary exhibitions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134009" height="557" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-17.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The main vestibule will therefore constitute a natural link with the new areas for cloakrooms, shop, auditorium, mediatheque, didactic hall and cafeteria which complete the necessary areas in a museum with these characteristics.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134015" height="439" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-23.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A “green wall”: on certain occasions the metaphor associated with an architectural idea gives a sense to each and every aspect of the project.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" height="395" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_San-Telmo-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-25.jpg" title="San Telmo Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hence the slight changes of direction of the wall are sufficient to provide a natural solution to pedestrian access to Monte Urgull, to configure an open air exhibition space, or to house a café-terrace open to the landscape and to the town.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-7504290329888829292011-06-20T13:32:00.001-07:002011-06-20T13:32:55.665-07:00Les bureaux d’ AOL par Studio O+A<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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Un intérieur repensé par <a href="http://www.o-plus-a.com/" style="color: #2c2f36; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Studio O+A</a>, l’agence qui avait déjà conçu les bureaux de Facebook! Des habitués de l’architecture pour start-upers! <img alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></div><div style="color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol2.jpg" style="color: #2c2f36; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061" height="491" src="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol2.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="aol2" width="580" /></a></div><div style="color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Un espace organisé en open-space, typique de la start-up californienne ! ;) Des cabines cylindriques créent des espaces pour le travail collaboratif.</div><div style="color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol3.jpg" style="color: #2c2f36; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1063" height="413" src="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol3.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="aol3" width="580" /></a></div><div style="color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol4.jpg" style="color: #2c2f36; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1065" height="386" src="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol4.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="aol4" width="580" /></a></div><div style="color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol5.jpg" style="color: #2c2f36; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1067" height="534" src="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol5.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="aol5" width="580" /></a></div><div style="color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Un style légèrement industriel avec ses poutres apparentes. Résultat : des bureaux qui rendent jaloux ! Entre espaces de détente (billard, jeux vidéo…) et de travail « relax », on sent ici une atmosphère unique, propre aux entreprises internet qui se développent sous le soleil de la Silicon Valley !</div><div style="color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol6.jpg" style="color: #2c2f36; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1069" height="534" src="http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/archiboom/wp-content/blogs.dir/853/files/2011/06/aol6.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; 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<div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133754" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Moritzburg-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-top1.jpg" title="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Photographer <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/17/moritzburg-museum-extension-by-niento-sobejano-arquitectos/www.rolandhalbe.de" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Roland Halbe</a> has sent us these images of an extension to a museum inside a ruined castle in Halle, Germany, by Spanish studio <a href="http://www.nietosobejano.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Niento Sobejano Arquitectos</a>.<span id="more-133657"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133751" height="368" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Moritzburg-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-13.jpg" title="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The architects inserted the extension above the 15th century stonework of the <a href="http://stiftung-moritzburg.de/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Moritzburg Museum</a>, providing a roof to the previously open-air top floor.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133755" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Moritzburg-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-top2.jpg" title="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A new floor suspended from the centre of this roof creates an additional exhibition area without bringing any columns into the main gallery.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133753" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Moritzburg-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-15.jpg" title="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The extension also includes the addition of a trapezium-shaped metal entrance.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133752" height="389" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Moritzburg-Museum-Extension-by-Niento-Sobejano-Arquitectos-14.jpg" title="Moritzburg Museum Extension by Niento Sobejano Arquitectos" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/roland-halbe/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">More architecture photographed by Roland Halbe on Dezeen »</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/museums/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">More stories about museums on Dezeen »</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The following information is from the architects:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Moritzburg Museum Extension<br />
Competition 1st Prize 2004</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The ancient castle of Moritzburg in the city of Halle is a very valuable example of Gothic military architecture, typical of Germany at the end of the 15th century. Its turbulent history has inevitably been reflected in the many alternations it has undergone over the years. But despite these, the building still keeps the original structure of its main architectural features: the surrounding wall, three of the four round towers at the corners and the central courtyard.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-38582537239131051202011-06-13T17:59:00.001-07:002011-06-13T17:59:55.345-07:00Loft 24-7 - Sao Paulo, Brazil<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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Standing out in Abu Dhabi takes more than clever gimmicks. Among the opulence of luxury hotels, lavish restaurants and all other forms of pampering and spectacular entertainment – including Ferrari World and a few breathtaking golf clubs – being merely great is nowhere near enough.<br />
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The legendary <a href="http://www.cipriani.com/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cipriani Group</a> is one of the brave enterprises that has recently entered the competition for the attentions of the demanding super-elite clientele.<br />
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Cipriani’s nightclub, <a href="http://www.nightcluballure.com/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Allure</a>, at the Yas Island Yacht Club on <a href="http://www.yasisland.ae/en/attractions/yas-marina-circuit/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Yas Island</a>, has a few features that warrant at least one extra bat of even the most worldly of eyelashes.<br />
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The night club’s location is one such feature. Allure overlooks the water and extravagant super yachts of the Yacht Club. It is also connected by a bridge to magnificent five-star The Yas Hotel. But the most amazing part of the nightclub is the view. What you see from its balcony is a real Formula One™ race track.<br />
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Designed by <a href="http://www.orbitdesignstudio.com/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Orbit Design Studio</a> (Bangkok, London and Singapore), Allure is divided into The Main room adorned with gold leaf and bronze cladding, and The Terrace that overlooks the race track.<br />
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Orbit has also designed the <a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1700/sound-phuket-night-club" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sound Phuket night club</a> we’ve featured, the <a href="http://www.bedsupperclub.com/bangkok/en/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bed Supperclub</a> in Bangkok, and many other luxury bars, clubs and restaurants designers throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe.<em> - Tuija Seipell</em><br />
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Photography by <a href="http://www.owenraggett.com/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Owen Raggett</a>. </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-24319221451608927922011-05-27T08:14:00.000-07:002011-05-27T08:14:38.713-07:00COORDINATION ASIA - Shanghai Office<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<h2 class="Entry" style="color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="title_link"><a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1947/coordination-asia--shanghai-office" style="color: white; text-decoration: none;">COORDINATION ASIA - Shanghai Office</a></div></h2><span class="Small" style="color: #999999; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">May 27 2011</span><div class="Content" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136) !important; padding-left: 15px; width: 680px;"><img alt="" src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/office%203(1).jpg" style="margin-bottom: 5px;" /><br />
Berlin and Shanghai-based <a href="http://www.coordination-asia.com/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">COORDINATION ASIA</a> has just migrated its Shanghai office from an old textile mill to a glass-company headquarters. The former office was located on the banks of Suzhou Creek at No. 50 Monganshan Road in an old textile mill now known as M50 and housing a mix of creative businesses, cafes and restaurants.<br />
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COORDINATION ASIA’s new digs are located in the former headquarters of the Shanghai Glass Company at Huangpi Road 688, a building waiting for complete renovation in 2012.<br />
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COORDINATION’s CEO Tilman Thürmer, now more or less permanently located in Shanghai, says he misses the artistic community of M50, but loves the downtown location and the cool vibe of the new space.<br />
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The team at COORDINATION created a sleek 300 square-meter home for itself among the crazy “old-style European mansion” decor that was the result of a renovation in the 90s. They kept the marble, hardwood, built-in bookshelves, hidden storage, weird ceiling molding and the odd mix of ceiling light fixtures but covered most of it with black paint, a colour prominent in many COORDINATION projects.<br />
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The result is an elegant and artsy creative space that could be mistaken for a completely customized environment. <em>- Tuija Seipell. </em><a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/">http://www.thecoolhunter.net/</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-30802577759418857832011-05-26T11:50:00.000-07:002011-05-26T11:50:07.298-07:00José Adrião Arquitecto : Baixa Pombalino building<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-8.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18509" height="479" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-size: 12px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 610px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FLODEAU José Adrião Arquitecto Baixa House, 38 Fanqueiros 2" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">À Lisbonne, au coeur du quartier historique de Baixa Palomobino, rue des Fanqueiros, l’architecte José Adrião a réhabilité un immeuble à colombages bâti au 18ème siècle et paré des traditionnels azulejos. Destiné à la location saisonnière, chaque appartement a conservé les éléments structurels et décoratifs de la bâtisse, témoins d’une époque.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18535" height="476" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-111.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; 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vertical-align: baseline;">« The intervention aimed for the adaptation and refurbishment of a “Pombalino” building, turning it into a short term rental unit.</em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; 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clear: both; display: block; font-size: 12px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 610px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FLODEAU José Adrião Arquitecto Baixa House, 38 Fanqueiros 39" width="500" /><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18558" height="577" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-37.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Located in the heart of the historical area of Baixa, in Lisbon, the building sits at the corner of Rua dos Fanqueiros and Rua da Conceição. Since its construction in the late 18th century, there has been a great deal of changes and modifications that deeply modified the original character of its fractions.</em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18557" height="551" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-38.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; 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margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 610px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FLODEAU José Adrião Arquitecto Baixa House, 38 Fanqueiros 34" width="500" /><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18552" height="752" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-26.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-size: 12px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 610px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FLODEAU José Adrião Arquitecto Baixa House, 38 Fanqueiros 26" width="500" /><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18525" height="396" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-13.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-size: 12px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 610px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FLODEAU José Adrião Arquitecto Baixa House, 38 Fanqueiros 13" width="652" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As project strategy and as a way of reducing costs, the decision was made to accept its existing heterogeneous character. The intervention was defined as a new addition in continuity with its history, incorporating the changes of different times and setting aside a possible restoration process.</em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18522" height="395" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-16.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-size: 12px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 610px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FLODEAU José Adrião Arquitecto Baixa House, 38 Fanqueiros 16" width="724" /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The main actions determined by the project were: the typological change from two apartments per floor to three, the introduction of an elevator, the substitution of all infrastructures and the conservation of a substantial part of construction elements, such as floor boards, the wooden ceilings in overlapping boards, internal and external tiles, window frames and doors. The trim needed and the “patches” were considered as such. »</em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18543" height="752" src="http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FLODEAU-Jos%C3%A9-Adri%C3%A3o-Arquitecto-Baixa-House-38-Fanqueiros-35.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; 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This residence in the Pavilniai Regional Park, near the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, is one of those that we just have to point out, although it is neither brand-new nor unfamiliar to many readers.<br />
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The confident combination of history and modern needs of an upscale family was achieved by the architectural firm <a href="http://www.natkevicius.lt/en/projects/" style="color: #00b3ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">G. Natkevicius & Partners</a>.<br />
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Located by in the valley of river Vilnia that gave the city its name, the park and the city have a rich history with the oldest written records dating back to 1323. The Puckoriu escarpment in the park has rare rock formations from the Ice Age. A large munitions factory on the site dates back to the 17th century.<br />
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It seems that in Vilnius private residents can buy pieces of such storied land, and when the current owner of the site - a banker and collector of antique books - bought it, a single bright-yellow building stood on it. On further examination, the owners found out that the building was part of the cannon foundry and it was built of valuable, historic Vilnius-made bricks.<br />
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The yellow house itself was not as big as the four-member family wanted their home to be, so they decided to build their new home of glass and erect it around the historic brick house. The exposed brick adds a tactile sexy feel and softens the potentially cold atmosphere of the glass structure. A sensuous curved opening, cut for the staircase that is outside the brick house, adds another focal point that works beautifully with the square elements around it.<br />
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The owners' antique library is now in the basement of the old brick house, the kids' rooms are on the ground floor, the master bedroom on the top floor. The other functions - living, dining, cooking, baths, garages - are all within the new glass structure. As a stunning bonus to the historically sensitive solution, the residents enjoy an amazing 360-degree view of the park. Sigh. <em>- Tuija Seipell </em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/">http://www.thecoolhunter.net/</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-19835514523885684892011-05-11T20:45:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:25:18.200-07:00Shrine Flat-table by Sschemata Architecture Office<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127988" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/05/dezeen_Shrine-Flat-table-by-Schemata-Architecture-Office-1.jpg" title="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Japanese designer Jo Nagasaka of <a href="http://www.sschemata.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;">Sschemata Architecture Office</a> presented this series of wooden tables with fluorescent resin encasing their gouged-out tops at <a href="http://www.rossanaorlandi.com/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;">Spazio Rossana Orlandi</a>in Milan last month.<span id="more-127985"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127989" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/05/dezeen_Shrine-Flat-table-by-Schemata-Architecture-Office-2.jpg" title="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Called Shrine Flat-table, the piece is based on a traditional Japanese design with eight legs.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127990" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/05/dezeen_Shrine-Flat-table-by-Schemata-Architecture-Office-3.jpg" title="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The colour of the resin is more or less intense depending on the varying depths of the wood across its surface.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127991" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/05/dezeen_Shrine-Flat-table-by-Schemata-Architecture-Office-4.jpg" title="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/schemata-architecture-office/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;">More about Sschemata Architecture Office on Dezeen »</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127993" height="427" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/05/dezeen_Shrine-Flat-table-by-Schemata-Architecture-Office-6.jpg" title="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/category/events/milan-2011/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;">See all our stories about Milan 2011 »</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127992" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/05/dezeen_Shrine-Flat-table-by-Schemata-Architecture-Office-5.jpg" title="Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The information below is from Jo Nagasaka:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Flat Table peeled</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Shrine Flat-table is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese Hassoku dai, which means 8 legged table. The top of the Shrine Table can be separated from its legs.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In addition to the traditional table we added a layer of coloured epoxy poured on a wooden surface which grain had been gushed out to create different depth and by doing so various intensity in colour.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Shrine Flat-table comes in 3 Heights with the following dimensions: 750×300 (top) and total height of 540, 720 or 900mm.</div><div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." class="alignnone size-full wp-image-126025" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Metropol-Parasol-by-J.-Mayer-H.-1.jpg" title="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Architects <a href="http://www.jmayerh.de/home.htm" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">J. Mayer. H</a> have completed a giant latticed timber canopy as part of their redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville, Spain.<span id="more-126014"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." class="alignnone size-full wp-image-126026" height="532" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Metropol-Parasol-by-J.-Mayer-H.-2.jpg" title="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Metropol Parasol scheme includes an archaeological museum, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, and bars and restaurants, all contained beneath and within the parasol structure.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." class="alignnone size-full wp-image-126027" height="317" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Metropol-Parasol-by-J.-Mayer-H.-3.jpg" title="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/j-mayer-h/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">More architecture by J. Mayer H. on Dezeen »</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here are some more details from the architects:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" />Completion of Metropol Parasol<div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">April 2011 marks the completion of “Metropol Parasol”, the Redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville. Designed by J. MAYER H. architects, this project has already become the new landmark for Seville, – a place of identification and to articulate Seville’s role as one of the world´s most fascinating cultural destinations. “Metropol Parasol” explores the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnacion to become the new contemporary urban centre. Its role as a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville allows for a great variety of activities such as memory, leisure and commerce. A highly developed infrastructure helps to activate the square, making it an attractive destination for tourists and locals alike.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." class="alignnone size-full wp-image-126028" height="463" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Metropol-Parasol-by-J.-Mayer-H.-4.jpg" title="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The “Metropol Parasol” scheme with its impressive timber structures offers an archaeological museum, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurants underneath and inside the parasols, as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols. Realized as one of the largest and most innovative bonded timber-constructions with a polyurethane coating, the parasols grow out of the archaeological excavation site into a contemporary landmark, defining a unique relationship between the historical and the contemporary city. “Metropol Parasols” mix-used character initiates a dynamic development for culture and commerce in the heart of Seville and beyond.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." class="alignnone size-full wp-image-126029" height="312" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Metropol-Parasol-by-J.-Mayer-H.-5.jpg" title="Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H." width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">International Competition: 1. Prize, 2004<br />
Project: 2004-2011<br />
Opening: March 27th 2011<br />
Completion: April 2011<br />
Client: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla and SACYR<br />
Architects: J. Mayer H. Architects<br />
Technical Consultant and Multidisciplinary Engineers for Realization: Arup<br />
Timber Construction Company: Finnforest-Merk GmbH, Aichach</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405822410992154131.post-45984336272197836082011-04-20T07:45:00.001-07:002011-04-20T07:45:25.851-07:00Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Named Maison Leguay, the project comprises two new matching blocks constructed either side of the original brick house, creating an enclosed inner courtyard.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125338" height="382" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-03.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The connected trio of blocks are separated from one another by narrow glazed gaps.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125337" height="466" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-02.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/extensions/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;">More stories about extensions on Dezeen »</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125342" height="672" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-07.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/extensions/" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;"></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here is some more information from the architects:</div><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Maison Leguay</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Cloning a house</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In order to preserve the character of this classic brick-and-stone suburban house while doubling its surface area, we decided to duplicate it by adding two side blocks, two ‘clones’ set at right angles to it, where there used to be a shed.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125340" height="338" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-05.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This arrangement has allowed us to create a harmonious trio of buildings set around an inner garden, while preserving the street alignment.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125341" height="375" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-06.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The new home is made up of three dissociated elementary blocks, a square and two rectangles, separated by two narrow glazed gaps and with matching sloping roofs.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125336" height="468" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-01.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With its new truncated roof that lets the light from the south into the living areas laid out on the north side, the ‘stem cell’ blends in so well with its extensions – thanks to its shape, the materials used and its fenestration – that it becomes hard to distinguish the old from the new.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125343" height="312" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-08.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The load-bearing brick used for the original house has been used in the extension as an external protection for its insulation, while rough load-bearing breezeblocks used for the extension line the existing walls, which are thus insulated from inside.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125345" height="590" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-10.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">To complete the fusion, large larchwood boxes with windows form glazed openings in all three blocks, offering visual perspectives through the house and into the garden that runs along its north-south axis.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125351" height="648" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-16.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Client: private (Laurence et Frédéric Leguay)<br />
Architects: Jacques Moussafir with Gilles Poirée</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125350" height="567" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-15.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Address: 2, rue Charcot, 92270 BOIS COLOMBES</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125388" height="518" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-18.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Brief: Restructuring and extending a house<br />
Budget: 360,000 €. ex tax</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125390" height="540" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-17.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">NSA: 232 sq m (114 sq m restructured + 118 sq m new build)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" height="319" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-12.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Date: 2005-2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" height="408" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-13.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125365" height="312" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-25.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125364" height="295" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-24.jpg" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-23_1000.gif" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125363" height="199" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-23.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Click above for larger image</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-20_1000.gif" style="color: #595881; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125357" height="249" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-20.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Click above for larger image</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125359" height="259" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-21.gif" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Click above for larger image</em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125361" height="257" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/04/dezeen_Maison-Leguay-by-Moussafir-Architectes-22.gif" title="Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes" width="468" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em>Click above for larger image</em></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04205779669730673770noreply@blogger.com0