Tag: Modernism
‘Città del Sole’ Rome, by architecture studio Labics
amazing contrast of modern and historic design.
in east rome, architecture studio labics has completed ‘città del sole’, or the ‘city of sun’. the development, which covers 11,000 square meters, seeks to regenerate an area of land adjacent to the city’s tiburtina railway station. the project is made up of residences, commercial spaces, offices, car parks, and a succession of public spaces on various levels. ‘the most important aspects of an urban regeneration project are the relationship with the context and the creation of shared spaces capable of rooting the project in the local community,’ says the design team.
Harbin Opera House, China by The Beijing Studio MAD
brilliant flowing form. love the sculpted wood central form. m.
Beijing studio MAD has completed an opera house in the Chinese city of Harbin, featuring an undulating form that wraps two concert halls and a huge public plaza.
The Harbin Opera House is the first and largest building that MAD has designed as part of Harbin Cultural Island, a major new arts complex among the wetlands of the Songhua River.
The 79,000-square-metre building features a three-petalled plan. One houses a grand theatre with space for up to 1,600 visitors, while the other is a more intimate performance space for an audience of 400.
The building is designed to mirror the sinuous curves of the marsh landscape, with an exterior of smooth white aluminium panels and glass.
ginza plaza
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Jeongok Prehistory Museum by X-Tu Architects
The Natural Science Center, Denmark by Nord
Bauhaus Masters’ Houses reinterpreted by Bruno Fioretti Marquez
way cool! m.
Two houses originally designed by Walter Gropius for professors at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau, Germany, have been rebuilt as a minimalist arrangement of geometric shapes by Berlin office Bruno Fioretti Marquez.
Guangzhou China Opera House by Zaha Hadid
Maison L by Christian Pottgiesser
nice detailing and light control in this creative complex. m.
“the project works with a pre-existing 18th century orangery, a conservatory-like building with a seven-meter high ceiling line on the northern part of the site. to disturb the ground as little as possible, ‘maison L’ extends 50 m to the north-west to line the boundary, resulting in a general ‘L’-shaped plan.
considering the natural topography of the site, the house is buried up to two meters below grade with a garden roof covering the ground storey. this main level remains largely open and connected, with varying degrees of privacy depending on the depth of the zone’s placement. five three-storied tower-like volumes puncture through the green roof to stand almost autonomously with the main level. positioned to frame a specific perspective of the site, each tower houses a dressing room, storage space, a mezzanine, bathroom and a bedroom.”
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