Even more sectional perspectives

Marianne Calvelo, University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning

by Antony Hogger

by Ed Crooks

by Victor Hugo Azevedo

Juniper House by Murman Arkitekter

"This summer cottage, which has about 50 square metres of living space, is clad in a vinyl skin printed with photos of the juniper trees growing in the surrounding area. This means not only that the house fits harmoniously and discreetly into its environment, but also that it offers its residents a high degree of privacy."

 

 

from DETAIL.

oyler wu's 'torqued void'

"...this renovated structure in taiwan features a torqued void that cuts through the southern façade of the building. located on the future site of a 16-story residential tower (also designed by oyler wu collaborative), the developers were interested in restoring the existing corner building to become the sales center for the project."

from designboom.

De Burgemeester office by Studioninedots

"The staircase acts as the focal point of this large atrium and was made by cladding a steel structure in plywood sheets to create a series of bridges and access points to the various floors. Broad treads encourage spontaneous interaction between employees of the different firms that occupy the shared offices."

from dezeen and more at a+t

University of Melbourne building by NADAAA

"At the center of the structure is a multipurpose studio hall rising four stories to a coffered canopy that provides natural light and ventilation. A sculptural construction suspended in this space houses visiting critics’ studios. Students will not have assigned workspaces, but can instead choose to work in the central hall or along the metal-mesh-enclosed balconies that surround it, where a variety of tables, counters, and seating will be provided. A stone façade, retained from the building that formerly occupied the site, had already been recycled once, for that earlier structure, from a demolished bank. Exterior glazing is shaded by a variety of panels and fins in different configurations depending on solar exposure."

 

more at Architect magazine.

'Potential Architecture' Exhibition at Ambika P3, 11 March- 19 April

Potential Architecture fuses art and architecture in four site-specific commissions for Ambika P3 by international artists/architects Alexander Brodsky, Sean Griffiths, Joar Nango and Apolonija Šušterŝič. Utilising recycling, craft, and low-tech processes as well as performance, video, sculpture and installation, the works explore the social and material aspects of living environments during the unprecedented large-scale transformation of cities and towns globally.

Private View
Tuesday 10 March 18:30 – 20:30

Visitor information:
Ambika P3, University of Westminster,
35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS
Baker Street Station
Daily except Mondays
Tue – Fri, 11am – 7pm
Sat – Sun, 12pm – 6pm
Admission: Free

New book: 'The Material Imagination', edited by Matthew Mindrup

"As an alternative to a formal approach in architectural design, this book challenges readers to rethink the reverie of materials in architecture through an examination of historical precedent, architectural practice, literary sources, philosophical analyses and everyday experience. Focusing on matter as the premise of an architect’s imagination, each chapter identifies and graphically illustrates how material imagination defines the conceptual premises for making architecture."

Drawings by Douglas Darden

"Darden designed Oxygen House for Burnden Abraham, an imaginary disabled signalman working for the Southern Pacific railroad in the make-believe town of Frenchman’s Bend, Mississippi. In the story, Abraham is injured in the derailment of a train and confined to an oxygen tent. He dies right after the foundations for the house are set (located on the spot where the accident occurred). The character is inspired by a passage of William Faulkner’s 1930 novel As I Lay Dying devoted to the death of a character named Addie Burnden. The allegorical nature of the drawing reveals Darden’s exploration of the narrative potential of architecture by weaving together heterogeneous elements like an intricate puzzle; it is also influenced by his own experience coping with terminal illness."

These drawings are from the Oxygen House project and Darden's 'Condemned Building' series.

more at BLDGBLOG.

StreetDome by CEBRA

"StreetDome is a vast and unique urban playground for unorganized sports and street culture on Haderslev’s harbor front in southern Denmark. StreetDome’s overall ambition is to set new standards for urban arenas for unorganized sports. StreetDome is an open playground and social meeting place for different ages, skill levels, and cultures — an undulating urban landscape for activity and recreation including a 15,000-square-foot skate park, facilities street basketball, Parkour, boulder climbing, canoe polo, etc."

under construction

artist's interpretation

more at Architizer,

Robots aiding the construction of the MOCAPE Museum by Coop Himmelb(l)au

"With a recently released animation entitled “We Start the Future of Construction,” Coop Himmelb(l)au announced their intention to take digital fabrication to a radical new scale, demonstrating how technology is impacting almost every aspect of the architectural profession."

animation and more information at archdaily.