Multi purpose Centre | Soverato | Italy | Schiavello Architects Office

Given the national importance that has a theme such as public space and the opportunity it presents to the promotion of the city of Soverato in Europe, the new project aims to: - find a solution for areas with a side will enhance the quality of urban and the other to establish a strong link with the dynamics of contemporary society through functional solutions that meet the needs of the day and night activities that take place in the area. - Retrain through a series of coordinated actions, an entire urban area, implementing the best design solution that combines the diverse needs of rationalization of traffic and the revitalization of commercial, industrial and cultural sites...........more

Architectural Design Competition | Sundsvall Performing Arts Theater | Sweden | Emergent

This proposal for the Sundsvall Performing Arts Theater is based on the creation of a radically contemporary urban space to revitalize the Sundsvall waterfront. While the competition brief calls for the new building to be oriented to allow for a plaza facing the development zone to the west, our scheme consciously orients the plaza to the oceanfront. This plaza is characterized by trees, landscaped topography, and water features which create a microclimate and protect the space from the noise produced by the E4 roadway............more

A House And A Recording Studio | BPQR House | Los Angeles | California | Iwamoto Scott Architecture

The client for BPQR House lives in the house next to this property, and his home-based movie soundtrack editing and recording studio business is crowding the living spaces of the house. As such his and his family’s living and working tightly intertwined. On this neighboring lot there now exists one of those 1940s fairytale genre Hollywood houses at the bottom of the large upslope – currently containing some of the overflowing recording studio program. The design brief is to replace this small and dated structure with a new house with guest quarters and underground recording studio, in a contemporary mode that reflects the owner’s love of curves and the designs of John Lautner, Vernor Panton and African art.......more

Bridge Design | Bow-String Bridge | Albert Canal | Belgium | Ney + Partners

Within the project of widening the Albert Canal and the raising of the boat clearance: De Scheepvaart has awarded to Ney&Partners, in a temporary association with Libost-Group, the full design study of a "generic" bow-string bridge. The bridge design has to be able to fit on 24 different locations along the canal. The proposed project is the result of several typological and technical choices and of a maximum standardization of structural elements leading to an optimal scale economy while keeping a high architectural value. The concept - a bow-string bridge with a central arch with parallel suspension rods and two slopes - must also provide a flexible geometry in order to adapt easily to the different locations and environments along the Albert Canal.......more

Interactive Youth Center | Attractor | Belgrade | exe architecture studio

The idea was to overcome some of the problems of the city of Belgrade by improving its cultural level. Here occurs necessity for connection between existing material structures and contemporary needs for public spaces usage. Intention was to create the valuable place for urban rest, communication and various activities. We chose downtown location, nearby Knez Mihajlova Street, the main urban pedestrian area. Desire was to create an urban magnet, the center of attraction in city networks-cultural center for public gatherings available to everybody. The Attractor has several aspects, which allows non-uniform utilization: functions inside-cultural activities and info point, public space-open amphitheatre, green area-urban oasis in city nucleus and part of the structure in a form of canopy, which protects the street and preserves its values.........more

European Solidarity Centre | Gdansk | Poland | Emergent

The birth of the Solidarity movement marks the transition from totalitarianism to an evolved state of freedom and democracy in Eastern Europe. This transition now seems inevitable but at the time it was a struggle against not only a powerful regime but of a world view which was in its waning years of influence and which, therefore, existed in a heightened state of insecurity. This proposal for the European Solidarity Center in no way tries to represent the events of the 1970s and 1980s; architecture that attempts to do this often remains conceptual and inert. The project instead is a platform for experiencing the site and the history within a new context and new spatial sensibility. It is proposed as a lively, open, urban space which will host both exhibitions on historical events and future-looking research and conferences on contemporary social and political issues..............more

Amphitheater Square | Tropea | Italy | Schiavello Architects Office

The aim of our project is to build a new downtown amphitheater and space for shopping that will become the symbol for large and small cultural events and concerts in the town of Tropea. The place will be a new center where the 2 axes that are very important in the lower part of the country converge: the axis of the promenade where people can safely walk to reach the axis road where the visitor can reach easily by car and stay through the establishment of a new parking lot near the center...........more

Winner of International Invited Competition | Business and Retail Complex | Tallinn Harbor | Estonia | Salto

The business / retail complex was situated on a crucial and highly debated location on Tallinn renewing waterfront, formerly restricted area – so the issues to solve were architectural as well as urban. The huge plot and demanding program were divided into two separate volumes with contrasting appearances. The bigger one forms a diverse urban block of its own whereas the smaller one engages with the existing hotel next to it. In between, an undulating street is formed, the directional axis of which continues logically the spatial developments of Rotermanni district nearby, enabling straight access from there to the waterfront........more

Governors Island Competition | Wilkinson Eyre

Wilkinson Eyre were shortlisted as part of a team led by landscape architects Field Operations in this competition to enhance Governors Island – a 170 acre territory in the middle of New York harbour between Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey.

The proposals envisage Governors Island as a unique and other-worldly place, enhancing its dramatic exposure to the natural elements and emphasising its sense of remoteness from the city. Bridges, boardwalks, decks and pools bring the visitor close to the water, reinforcing the ‘otherness’ of the island rather than creating a sanitised and over-commercialised frontage.........more

The Library Of The Future | Stockholm City Library | Stockholm | Emergent

The Library of the Future will be defined by its ability to collect and organize information, but also by its ability to network disciplines and people in an urban setting. In this way, the new building design is a linking mechanism at the urban scale. It visually links to the existing building in terms of height and width, and materially via an underground passageway. The new building also connects to the steep hillside of Observatory Hill via a bridge-like construction. This connection allows library visitors to access the historical Stockholm Observatory directly. Between the new building and the hillside is a Garden Plaza which allows visitors space to relax and contemplate away from the busy street of Odengatan........more

Second Prize Architectural Competition | Federal state library Jalisco Guadalajara | Mexico | Burckhardt Partner

The new library in Guadalajara is part of Cesar Pelli’s master plan for the expansion of the university on the northern edge of the city. The imposing, rectangular building encloses the northern edge of the square. A shift away from the square’s axis makes possible a precise connection over the Periferico Norte motorway to the existing university campus. The public square and the library act as the master plan’s anchor. This unity of edifice and square is carried over into the reddish brown tones of the cement that flows from the outer space into the building’s interior...........more

Architectural Design Competition | Mixed Development | Skytower | Amsterdam | MVSA

The design for the Skytower meets the demand for an icon in the Overhoeks district of Amsterdam North. The great potential of the North district, and the close proximity of the river IJ and the historic city centre, call for a dramatic design. The concept draws upon its immediate and wider surroundings, and transposes them into the development’s design principles.
Skytower is in the form of an equilateral triangle that faces out onto the square, Amsterdam North and Dam Square: a robust basis that provides the city with a unique new landmark.
This architectural beacon in Amsterdam North is utilised for special functionality. A hotel, wellness centre, exclusive offices, conference centre and entertainment centre (the Skytower), together with a viewing platform and wedding chapel, are brought together in a harmonious whole, and lend the building its characteristic dynamic........more

Kuelap Lodge Museum |Amazonas Region | Peru | KLNB Architects

Architectural design competition held in 2007 by Arquitectum. A cultural facilities of 1600m2......more

First Place Winner | Architectural Competiton | 2013 Chinese National Games Judo Arena | Shenyang | China | Emergent

The site for the Chinese National Games Arena is located in a Shenyang University courtyard lined on three sides by University buildings and on one side by major arterial street which features the new 300kmh Shenyang High-Speed Rail line. The design is a simple volume which becomes increasingly articulated and transparent towards public spaces and its main entry.

The arena will house 3,000 fixed seats above the mezzanine level and 2,000 retractable seats below. It is designed for maximum flexibility to allow for both official Judo events in 2013 and for performing arts events, public lectures, and student sports events after the completion of the games. The retractable seating system allows for the conversion of a 51m x 31m gaming area into a 64m x 44m multifunctional space......more

Architectural Design Competition | Library Of Saint Malo | France | Serero Architects

Inspired by the landscape of Brittany very singular, our project is designed in the form of three rocks placed on a granite plaza. The great Bé, Mont Saint-Michel, large rocks that seem to spring from the sea, are geological anomalies beyond the simple marking of the identity of the region have made the most outstanding history and its cultural and historical heritage . Our project for the library and the cinema of Saint Malo to take back the figure of the rock into an original device Urban and catalyst activity. From the station to the city's first rock is the library, the next film and the latest entertainment center that opened wide on the spaces created with these elements..........more

Corniche Tower | Mixed Use Project | UAE | Oppenheim

A captured beam of light solidified the park-this mixed use tower designed for a prime site in UAE blurs distinction between the park, sky and water. Conceived as totemic response to programmatic desires, the building emerges elementally from the circular footprint of the site as stacked assemblage of program floating within a diaphanous membrane.......more

Architectural Competition | Tower Of Taiwan | taichung | Taiwan | NL Architects

Tower of Change is the proposal for the Taiwan Tower in Taichung.
 Tower of Change is an attempt to break out of the usual confinements of architecture.
Tower of Change is a building that perpetually changes the height.
Tower of Change contracts and expands. It develops from a pagoda like figure in its most compact position to a slender elegant funnel when erect. Tower of Change is an animated building.Tower of Change  features a glamorous restaurant with a small publicly accessible satellite that can be propelled into the air, an observation space that can be jacked up to a height of over 300 metres.The observatory can be described as a rotating elevator without shaft..........more

Mullhouse Swimming Centre | Mullhouse | France | Serero Architects

Inspired by studies of decomposition of movement of swimmers, the building is designed as a large undulating roof and raised in correspondence to the volume of space it houses. The roof extends to several locations in canopies that mark the entrance to the building, home to the beaches of the most widely used outdoor pool and access to the existing building's swimming club..........more

Architectural Design Competition | Holmenkollen Ski-jump | Oslo | Norway | Estudio BaBO

Architecture competition for the Holmenkollen Ski-jump in Oslo, Norway.
In collaboration with R21.

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Herman's Square office and residential building | Celje | Slovenia | Enota

The new business residential building is located at an important location in the old city centre in Celje. The land intended for construction is a part of a larger degraded non-built up area, which was somewhat forgotten for decades and exempt from the development of the city. Through the years a very heterogeneous structure evolved around this "wound" in the urban tissue, which was untouched for a long time. Even though according to urban regulations, the location is a part of the narrow city centre, it is not directly adjacent to any historical buildings.........more

Architectural Competition | Nizhny Novgorod Winter Sports Complex | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | Wilkinson Eyre

These design proposals for a new ski jump and sports complex in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod are a response to a complex brief and a sensitive site. The new facilities include a 120m ski jump and multi purpose leisure accommodation for large volumes of people. Located on a steeply wooded site on the banks of the Volga, the design respects the natural topography of the river bank as well as several important historical structures nearby............more

Architectural Competiton | Guangzhou Velodrome | Guangzhou | China | Wilkinson Eyre

These proposals for a new Velodrome in Guangzhou were developed as part of an international design competition. The island site is masterplanned around a central lake and green landscaped heart, and will eventually host 10 university campuses with a population of over 150,000 students. Lying within the ‘Sports and Information Zone’, our design has been inspired by the concentric rings of ripples caused by raindrops or stones falling into still water..........more

Port and Cruise Service Center | Kaohsiung |Taiwan | Kubota Bachman

Kaohsiung is the largest industrial harbour centre of Taiwan.
The Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Centre is located in the heart of this industrial harbor. It is a place of departure and arrival of national and international passengers.It constitutes the very face of Taiwan and therefore it should reflect Taiwan’sculture at its best........more

Architectural Design Competition | Heung Yuen Wai Bound­ary Con­trol Point | Hong Kong | Edit

Heung Yuen Wai Bound­ary Con­trol Point can not con­sist of two sep­a­rate build­ings divided by the river and recon­nected by bridges. We pro­pose one object span­ning over the river as a sym­bol of the union of China and Hong Kong. A softly shaped object that con­trasts with the rigid struc­ture of the truck park­ing which sur­rounds it. The same soft form is also used for the plat­form accessed by cars and coaches. Together they work har­mo­niously as a whole and reflect the ubiq­ui­tous flow over the river........more