This article delves into the intricacies of interior design logistics, focusing on crucial aspects such as material selection, planning, electrical wiring, plumbing, and maintenance that ensure functionality, sustainability, and longevity in transforming spaces. It highlights the importance of understanding the logistics behind a design’s success and the essentials that make it possible.
Interface de Transportes Lourosa-Fiães by Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa is a transport interface with a large parking area and support building, ensuring seamless integration and conflict-free traffic flow. The rectangular metal structure features dynamic volumetrics and a skin transitioning from user/pedestrian to bus bay scale. The metal sheet roof contrasts with cement mosaics on parallelepiped volumes, enlivening the façades.
Tencent P5 by MVRDV is an architectural project featuring apartment towers, courtyards, and a kindergarten, designed with egalitarianism and community in mind. All units are identical in size and layout and are equipped with balconies or bay windows. The apartment blocks form four clusters, each arranged around a green courtyard. The buildings are terraced, supporting communal green spaces accessible to all residents.
The PDX Terminal Balancing & Concourse E Extension by Hennebery Eddy Architects and Fentress Architects enhances the airport campus’s materials and form, providing an iconic Portland experience for travelers. It features a cantilevered and folded biophilic roof form inspired by Oregon’s canyons and extensive curtain wall glazing. The interior is impacted by clerestory windows punctuating the roof, providing north light and preflight views to the sky.
Fentress Architects is an architecture practice based in Colorado, USA, founded in 1980 by architect Curtis Fentress, known for his large-scale public projects and humanistic civic building designs.
Hennebery Eddy Architects is an architecture practice that focuses on creating unique and adaptable spaces that serve multiple generations. They strive to create designs that contribute to the community, are economically viable, foster environmental responsibility, and establish a sense of place for both present and future generations.
The Pavilion of Humanity by CHYBIK + KRISTOF is an installation designed with the aim of commemorating historical milestones and fostering solidarity, unity, and tolerance. The pavilion was designed to create a vibrant urban scene with various cultural genres, social events, and a gastronomic program. Based on the German House floor plan, it was constructed using 50 tonnes of scaffolding tubes. A red star dominated the central area that served as a stage.
Lux Mare by Mário Martins Atelier, two new residences, represent individual parts of a set, complementing each other through curved shapes. The houses blend into the landscape, with horizontal glazed frontages allowing for different views of the surrounding greenery, steep cliffs, sea, and sky. The simple lines, uniformity, and balance of resources and design serve as benchmarks in responsible architecture.
Ahsan Residence by Ground One is an architectural project that aims to enhance the essence of home, fostering stronger relationships and unity. The project features wide and long terraces, incorporating verdant green areas and lush grass fields, a departure from typical urban apartment design. These terraces create a tranquil ambiance and a refreshing green barrier from the surroundings.
Ground One is an architecture practice based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded by architect Mohammed Shahnawaz Bappy.
‘Yathartha – Cultural Appropriation In The Case of Retail Architecture’ is an architecture thesis by Karan Malkan from ‘Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture’ that seeks to discern the appropriateness of a built form based on its cultural landscape. By taking the BMC market, Borivali, as a model, the project explores the influence of cultural landscapes on diverse architectural typologies, resulting in an architectural solution.
Primary School in Vila Nova da Barquinha by Aires Mateus is an architecture project featuring a play of volumes that defines each space. The building protects teaching areas by creating a boundary and continuous exterior space. The courtyard serves as a transit system and controlled area. Spaces are defined by volume and height, with neutral white colors. The exterior is designed with the same logic, with openings of equal size.
Twisting Tower and Spiral Station by HCCH Studio demonstrate the possibility of infrastructure as landmarks that not only serve for ecological purposes, but also attract public attention to environmental issues through visual expression of technical elements. From an architectural perspective, they also attempt to explore economic and intriguing solutions by taking minimal formal manipulation.
Premier Residence by Tharanga Hewage Chartered Architect features a design that emphasizes spaces in relation to light, vistas, and explores the structuring of spaces, elements, relationships of circulations, as well as proportions and scales. With internal courtyards creating a cooler microclimate, external gardens for natural light, and a range of living and leisure spaces, the house was designed to optimise natural light and biodiversity.
Tharanga Hewage Chartered Architect is a multidisciplinary practice specializing in architecture, interior design, and landscape design projects. The practice focuses on providing quality architecture through innovative designs, efficiency, and environmental friendliness. It follows a contemporary approach, ensuring attention to detail, minimalism, and elegance. The practice is committed to meeting client expectations while upholding traditional and modern values.
Antonínská Apartment by Markéta Bromová architekti is a renovation project that seeks to preserve the character of the space while adapting it to the current living needs. Minimal construction modifications allowed for a bedroom with a hidden bathroom niche, while the vestibule features a walk-through wardrobe. The most significant intervention was the connection of the kitchen and living room, facing the street.
OPSO by K-Studio is an interior design project that reflects the restaurant’s overall philosophy, creating a Greek-inspired setting in London. The focal architectural element is a central spine connecting the two zones. This framework eliminates the need for partitions that restrict light and circulation. An open storage system also allows for efficient work around tables, enhancing the overall design.
CV Apartment Renovation in Avilés by David Olmos Arquitectos is an interior design project for a flat with a very compartmentalised and elongated layout. The proposed reform aims to reconfigure the space, creating a large living room with a work area and multipurpose room. The kitchen and dining areas overlooking a courtyard are arranged more openly, using furniture as a delimiting element.
David Olmos Arquitectos is an architecture practice based in Avilés, Spain, founded by architect David Olmos Tapia.
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Nokha Village Community Centre | Sanjay Puri Architects. Along with this, the weekly highlight contains a few of the best projects, published throughout the week. These selected projects represent the best content curated and shared by the team at ArchiDiaries.
Adlan Exhibition by Midori Arquitectura and IDUS arquitectura is an interior design project for a temporary exhibition space. The placement of the furniture, which is placed parallel to one another and follows the orientation of the ceiling beams, is exactly what divides the space, organises the areas, and forms the exhibition paths that circle the octagonal room in a clockwise manner.
IDUS arquitectura is an architecture practice based in Barcelona, Spain, founded by architect Albert Imperial.
‘Chitrakut – An Extended Family Cluster- Faliyu’ by AANGAN Architects is a project that seeks to honour and celebrate the traditional Indian way of living within a traditional housing cluster. Chitrakut is a successful blend of traditional and contemporary design elements, focusing on heritage and lifestyle while incorporating modern comforts. It redefines family living on ancestral land, fostering a sense of belonging, community, and pride in Indian traditions.
Villa Bianca Apartment by Komon architekti is a renovation project that combines historical architecture with contemporary interior design. The apartment has been modified by the designers to accommodate modern family living without compromising the load-bearing structures. The choice of materials and standalone furniture are the sole instances in which the house’s construction era is directly referenced.
