The Mohalla Clinics by Architecture Discipline aims at accessibility, the immediacy of care, economical deployability, and affordability, along with a socially integrative approach to health and well-being. A prototype for a primary care center, it is built out of used shipping containers salvaged from various container yards in Delhi.
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Himmel House | BAUEN 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.
Shangen Blossom Pavilion designed by SpActrum is composed of two spirals; the outer one rises from the ground to form a platform that connects to the adjacent buildings’ upper floor. This provides an elevated panorama of the village. The inner spiral is a cone that supports the platform. It splits into two, allowing light to penetrate the rooms from the openings.
Bonita Room Alteration designed by Irving Smith Architects is a renovation of a 1960s House by Alec Bowman. Our alteration starts with the addition of a room as a 13th birthday present, the ‘The Bonita Room’. The addition of around 12m2 and internal reconfiguration turns the house from a retiree into a home for a family of 5.
Irving Smith Architects is a research-based design practice working in sensitive environments throughout New Zealand and abroad. Key to their practice, teaching, and research is understanding how buildings inhabit an environment that constantly undergoes change, be it in city or rural landscapes.
Cour Saint Cyp Housing designed by TAA (Taillandier Architectes Associés) has taken into consideration the urban continuity of the road, with an analysis of the existing façades, in order to emphasize their architectonic elements. The approach is not to create an architectural event, but to make a subtle insertion that reinterprets the vernacular architectonic elements, in a contemporary way.
In ACB Living designed by LightHouse the interior spaces of the first and second floors are reduced to the minimum in order to expand the outdoor space at the back of the plot consequently, guaranteeing low-energy consumption. Taking into consideration the pre-existing conditions surrounding the plot and the region’s climate, we explored a passive energy solution that provides optimal use of the site.
LightHouse is an Architectural Design Firm that is interested in the changes in the surroundings and society that can stem from the conditions of the built environment. Instead of thinking of each building as an independent entity, they propose to connect in a subtle way the people’s activities with the exterior characteristics in the framework of the society that is part of this region.
T-House designed by Sanden+Hodnekvam Architects is a reinterpretation of the traditional housing buildings in the area, Trønderlåna. The exterior adapts to the scale and materiality of the surroundings, while the interior shows a new take on the vernacular typology. The house consists of three wings creating two outdoor spaces, each with its own distinct character.
In Himmel House designed by BAUEN one of the strongest criteria of the design was to not interfere with the site conditions, leaving the vegetation untouched and avoid invasive earth movements. Another crucial point kept in mind was that the house should not obstruct the view from higher spots of the sierra, which positions the house over an irregular topography.
Bauen is an architectural practice based in Asunción, Paraguay that understands architecture as a human process of infinite improvement that is verified through trials. They take each project as an opportunity to experiment and test new spaces, ideas, and technology.
In Hurteau-Miller Residence designed by Kariouk Architects, the challenge was to implement an architectural strategy that breaks down large programmatic requirements and, as a result, the seeming bigness of the proposed home. The spatial system, therefore, is conceived as a porous and open ground floor that supports a solid, “private” volume above.
Family House at Rašovka on the Ještěd Ridge designed by Atelier SAD is a glazed reinforced concrete house at Rašovka with a Portuguese cork façade that looks down from the Ještěd ridge on the Bohemian Paradise and generously opens onto the local meadows and the unique mountain climate.
Atelier SAD, an architectural design firm based in Prague believes that the ideal form is created by combining individual elements of knowledge, research, experience, and understanding of the essence.
Sihn Select Shop designed by Say Architects is a women’s clothing brand and it hopes to be the spatial carrier striving for progress and rich in emotions. Based on this interpretation of the brand, Say Architects have set up a Sihn Select shop, that manifests their elegance, independence, and confidence.
The Everrich Apartment designed by 1618 Design Studio and located in the city center area of Ho Chi Minh City, has quite a spacious layout, an open living room with a connected kitchen and a marvelous sunset view.
For 1618 Design Studio, Understanding the space is something they value. From the large shapes to the simple details, attention and care are taken carefully because they believe that the dedication will bring to the space not only the absolute application but also the love of the designer.
In Folded Fairylands – Wuhan City Pavilion & Kindergarten designed by ATELIER XI the major challenge was to create a spatial structure that serves as both a sales pavilion and a kindergarten at different times with completely different themes and regulatory requirements. The architect envisions a parallel between the floating miniature city belonging to children and the series of model galleries that lead visitors to envision their future homes.
Very Tiny Palazzo is a small project designed by Fala in the city of Porto. The luxuriant environment suggested an ambivalent approach to the architectural object. At human height, the place is transparent, but its crown is proud, adorned with precious stones, and spanning across the perimeter walls.
Laura Ortin Arquitectura does a Refurbishment of the House in La Alberca such that the house is directly reconnected to the outside by creating few large scale openings, which in turn has created better-lit spaces. Internal spaces, which were individual spaces were converted into one large space creating a larger Expanse.
Partitioned by its neighboring twin, Pitch House designed by FMD Architects reinvigorates what was previously a discontinuous plan, granting the space a new relationship with light, its side courtyard, and its backyard. The architecture develops a narrative around the ‘pitch’, a form that extends to its highest point.
Shimada Office designed by Roovice is the compact single-story office building of a local company started from the renovation and the reuse of a centenary wooden house in Shimada. Within the new facade of corrugated steel, new openings have been added on the street side and the fence was removed to get better lighting inside.
Transient housing designed by RC Architects is an attempt to create a place for the truck drivers’ community to feel at home when they are away from their homes, a place for them to relax – rejuvenate – recreate. The project attempts to create a series of homes, connected through courtyards, passages, and a common recreational space.
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Cloudland | ATELIER XI. 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.
