TYPOLOGY | The covered market
How does a typology survive?
The COVERED MARKET is a special building in the cities of all times.
Author: greallegretti
Cultural Center in Castelo Branco | Josep Lluís Mateo
Cultural Center in Castelo Branco | Josep Lluís Mateo.
A project addressing the great complexity of the public space and the various traffic and urban problems of the historical center of Castelo Branco.
ALDO ROSSI
Aldo Rossi was an italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four different areas: theory, drawing, architecture and product design.
He is the first Italian Pritzker Prize laureate.
ELEMENTS | The Engawa
The engawa, is a typical element of the traditional Japanese house. From ancient Japan, a solution for today’s living.
Campus Vitra >> FIRE STATION | Zaha Hadid
The Vitra fire station is Hadid’s showcased work that delves into the deconstructivist theoretical language that she developed through her paintings as a conceptual mediator of finding spatial relationships and form. The Vitra fire station is a synthesis of philosophy and architecture that bridges the Vitra design campus to its surrounding context.
The fire station is a composition of concrete planes that bend, tilt, and break according to the conceptual dynamic forces that are connecting landscape and architecture. The building is thought to be frozen in motion, heightening the dynamism of the forces used to create the formal aesthetic that is suspended in a state of tension creating a sense of instability.
11th Street Bridge Park, Washington DC >> OMA + OLIN’s winning competition entry
Anacostai Crossing: outdoor programmed spaces and active zones that will provide an engaging place. The project aims to be an economic engine and a new lung of the city.
Neues Museum, Museum Island Berlin | David Chippefield
After 60 years of ruins, the Neues Museum (Museum Island, Berlin) reopened to the public thanks to David Chipperfield’s renovation.
Campus Vitra >> DIOGENE | Renzo Piano
Campus Vitra >> DIOGENE | Renzo Piano.
Minimalist housing has always interested Renzo Piano, since he was a student. Almost obsessed by the idea, during his career Renzo Piano proposed the “mini house” theme to his students in London and also designed some contemporary “unités d’habitation” such as cars, boats and cells for nuns. At that time there were no reasons of economic efficiency but only self-moderation.
Home for All, Japan |Emergency as an opportunity, architecture the answer
Japan 2011, a terrible earthquake + tsunami stroke entire cities and put people into caos. In front of emergency, loss and alienation, can architecture give any help? In 2011 Japan was hit by a strong earthquake (the most powerful ever registered in the country) and the Government immediately started rebuilding plans. These rebuilding strategies are submitted to strict rules, on order to optimize time and saving money…and leave very little freedom to architects, too little for those that see high potential post-emergency rebuilding. The KYSIN group is set up exactly in this occasion.
Merry Christmas to all Archiscapers!
Our way to wish you a Merry Christmas: some of the best architecture ever…with a Christmas look.
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