TriKa Arquitetura

TriKa Arquitetura is an architectural practice that understands the design process as the construction of knowledge, whose synthesis results in creative and specific responses. A process that seeks to structure good questions so that the best answers can be designed. The studio is also interested in the relationships between architecture and other fields of knowledge, language, and composition and the creation of spaces linked to their context.

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La Casa del sapo | Espacio 18 Arquitectura

La Casa del sapo, designed by Espacio 18 Arquitectura, satisfies the program’s need and has an architectural posture reflecting the community in the context. The house was designed by the place itself, “two stones looking at the sea, craving for its timelessness”. The first one looks for the sunrise and the other one for the sun to go down, where the spacing between them shows the sea.

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CASA EP-02 | Colectivo NDS

CASA EP-02, designed by Colectivo NDS, has perfectly synchronized planes landing in a straight line from the balcony, like aligned stars marking the horizon. The residence has 2 floors, 3 “boxes” with different proportions, materials, and programs inside, stacked with strategic placements and orientations to make a functional, practical, and attractive home. A wrought iron staircase connects all the floors, framing the front patio.

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Colectivo NDS

Colectivo NDS seeks the optimization of all the resources involved in design and construction to achieve a unique functionality in each project. They are leaders in the architecture and construction market, setting high standards of excellence to produce functional, unique and strategic spaces. The goal is to create innovative and aesthetic solutions through personalized attention and with exclusive methodologies and designs.

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Late Night Kitchen | JG PHOENIX

Late Night Kitchen, designed by JG PHOENIX, is a restaurant with nostalgic sentiments with traditional Chinese culture materials, colors and elements. Natural stone textures, abundant details and the appropriate spatial rhythm form an orderly and rich space. The overall space is highlighted by screen partitions clad in gold and silver foil, which give the space a traditional luxury aesthetic as well as a simplistic yet exquisite touch.

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Kithulgala Boutique Hotel | Dezine Lounge

Kithulgala Boutique Hotel, designed by Dezine Lounge, is a hotel built for repose and healthful living, of life embedded in nature. Moksha’s exterior structure and ambience blend seamlessly into the natural landscape it is built into. The value added from the context is high; natural timber and bricks sourced from the area and local craftsmanship utilized from the inception to the operation, saving time and extra expenditure.

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Dezine Lounge

Dezine Lounge is an architectural practice obsessed with creating good architecture and believing that exterior and interior cannot be separated. Architecture is a craft, and this passion drives each project. The design methodology centers on four principles, quality of space, driving concept and ideas, formal aesthetics, materials & details. All four components come together to produce a cohesive whole in each project.

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The INterlace – Interweaving Tangible and Intangible | Urban Housing as a Product of Types, Density & Systems

The INterlace – Interweaving Tangible and Intangible is an Urban Housing project by Prajit Gupte focuses on affordability, community driven spaces along with light, ventilation and thermal comfort. The project’s final outcome attempts to create a response at the smallest scale, i.e., unit, by crafting the climatically and spatially beneficial spaces for the users. This cluster system helps create the desirable housing density in any natural shape of the site, making it replicable.

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Folding House | X11 Design Studio

Folding House, designed by X11 Design Studio, is inspired by paper folds, flexible transitions to create spaces of different levels, interwoven with green spaces which are developed vertically of the house. Three courtyards are arranged alternately on the first floor to create a view point and regulate the microclimate for the entire building. Concrete, rustic brick combined with some natural materials such as stone, wood and trees bring a tropical breath to the building.

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Fujimigaoka House | ROOVICE

Fujimigaoka House, designed by ROOVICE, is a renovation of a family house based on two subjects: functionality and spatiality. The work began by developing the idea of blending as much as possible the original building with the new features. The current layout brings plenty of natural light inside the home, improving the relationship with the outside garden which surrounds the dwelling.

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Vivoli | RC Architects

Vivoli, designed by RC Architects, is an affordable housing scheme that has evolved as a response to the current housing problems in Mumbai. The current typologies offer a matchbox type apartment unit with lack of light ventilation, stagnant space planning and oblique community interaction. These spaces construct an opportunity for numerous activities at different times of the day in the house and in the community.

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Yunjian Granary Renovation “Shanghai Xigu Art Museum”| DCDSAA Architecture Office

Yunjian Granary Renovation “Shanghai Xigu Art Museum”, designed by DCDSAA Architecture Office, is landmark art exhibition hall of local culture through large-scale renovation. The unique double-top conjoined structure in the whole of Shanghai visually unifies the space of the double-top structure, which also adds a sense of strength to the art museum and inspires people’s desire for exploration.

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1000m2 Prefabricated Housing | SUMMARY

1000m2 Prefabricated Housing, designed by SUMMARY, is a mixed-use development using their prefab and modular building systems. The strategy was clear: a ground floor level for the multi-services program connected with the public space, crowned by the individual habitational units. In the whole building, the structural material – precast concrete – is directly exposed, without any additional finishing reducing its environmental impact.

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Nostalgia della Natura | Between the Fracture and the Fold

Nostalgia della Natura is an architectural project by Omya Sharma, re-imagining the Covid-19 pandemic experiences to create a Columbarium. It then transitions into the Funerary Chapel leading to the Congregation Hall, the structure disintegrating and vegetation taking over. Deriving from the experience of the lockdown during the Pandemic and the restrictions placed then, the concept of changing degrees of transparency and degrees of enclosure is used.

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Skanderbeg Building | MVRDV

Skanderbeg Building, designed by MVRDV, is a mixed-use project sculpted into the shape of a bust of Albania’s national hero. Wrapped in curving balconies that form the shape of the head of Skanderbeg, celebrating and assimilating into the country’s cultural history while giving Tirana a unique identity. At the same time, behind its dramatic visage the building provides well-designed, functional homes.

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Gemdale • Cosmo Sales Center | TOMO DESIGN

Gemdale • Cosmo Sales Center, designed by TOMO Design, subtly interprets the prosperous scenes of the modern city in chronological order. The fusion of modern art and natural curves endows the space with both artistry and elegance. Arc-shaped elements run though the overall space freely. Here, an exquisite, luxury visual experience and a relaxing, casual feeling achieve a perfect balance.

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Pensamientos Residencial | Espacio 18 Arquitectura

Pensamientos Residencial, designed by Espacio 18 Arquitectura, is divided into 4 houses with ventilation and natural lighting are achieved through patios and perforations. The patios are an important element in the design, since they unify the houses with each other, respecting sunlight and particular programs. The project’s materiality seeks neutral tones, allowing the user to personalize the interior.

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Govardhan Villa | Amruta Daulatabadkar Architects

Govardhan Villa, designed by Amruta daulatabadkar architects, is worked on the principles of simplicity in planning with a contemporary ensemble in the interiors to create a home with seamlessly connected spaces that reach beyond the walls and become one with the crafted landscape around. The wrapped landscape, strategic cut-outs, skylights, terraces, interior windows, and expansive exterior windows keep the house connected within and beyond. Simplicity fused with a modern theme becomes the idea of the interior design, carrying forward concepts of continuity and connectivity.

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READ. MEET. WORK. | Interior – Skin – Context

READ. MEET. WORK. is an interior architecture project by Shreya Gajjar that focuses on building a library for education, social and cultural belonging. Taking inspiration from the Book Mountain, by MVRDV, adapting the peripheral circulation to keep the books or the main activity surrounding the smaller ones. The space reconnects the library to citizen’s daily life; on an architectural scale, it is a big window linking the interior to the exterior.

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Aman Mosque | Nakshabid Architects

Aman Mosque, designed by Nakshabid Architects, is a pure form with embodiment of spirituality by creating calm and serene environment. Single geometric form depicts the intension of being pure in design approach and formal expression. A single volume of space created by the form accommodates the prayer hall which is significant in its scale and attribute. As a whole, the built form gives a new image or develops a new language of mosque, that is much more transformed, simple but unique, bold but at the same time merge with surroundings.

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Nakshabid Architects

Nakshabid Architects is a progressive and ethical architectural practice with empathy for the human condition with science for sustainable outcomes, and with art for crafting beautiful places. With practice over 26 years, the designers are confident in their ability to meet future challenges such as growing cities, urban issues, and inclusive climate-sensible design.

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Weekly Highlights 2022 #40

Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – The Kaleidoscope | Inrestudio. 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.

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Operacion Entre Medianeras | Natura Futura Arquitectos

Operacion Entre Medianeras, designed by Natura Futura Arquitectos, aims to highlight a way of rehabilitating a building while reflecting the idiosyncrasy of the community that generates and inhabits it. The project, located in a downtown block, where local empiricism is evident, the diversity of architectural responses is palpable; between the modern and the contemporary; between alucobond and cement. With the help of a basic squared volumetry makes it possible to generate bookcases, desks, galleries, and shelves on each floor.

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The Arcade | Superimpose Architecture

The Arcade, designed by Superimpose Architecture, is a conference center with a welcoming working environment and social place. Natural daylight penetrates through glass skylights creating a pleasant and protected indoor retail environment and social gathering space. Each conference room has a distinct spatial concept and character, which is achieved through color selection, light fixtures or materialization. With the conference center’s design, Superimpose Architecture met its objective to use the disadvantage of the basement as its inspiration.

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