Arqbr Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Arqbr Arquitetura e Urbanismo is an architecture and interior design practice based in Brasilia, headed by Eder Alencar and André Velloso.
Delusion | UA Lab
Delusion, designed by UA LAB, is an office interior that creates an ambiance through delusions to perceive the space to be much larger than its actual size. This effect created a dynamic space. Glass with different tints is used to carve out diverse spaces catering to varied functional requirements. Unobstructed Natural light and Linearity ties diverse spaces together. Making the Singularity and Diversity both to co-exist harmoniously.
The House in 1970 | Architects Collaborative
The House in 1970, designed by Architects Collaborative, is bound on either side by shared function spaces with the double-height courtyard becoming an interaction pivot. A permeable brick envelope wraps the length of the plot and all its functions into a cohesive whole. The wall, defined by a gradient brickwork weave, helps weather into all house spaces when required.
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Architects Collaborative
Architects Collaborative is a multi-disciplinary design firm based in New Delhi, emphasizing context-driven architecture and design.
Museo Amparo | TEN Arquitectos
Museum Amparo, designed by the architectural firm Ten Arquitectos, is an architectural renovation project in Ciudad de México, MX. With the main objective of providing the Amparo Museum with all the facilities to become a space for dialogue between its exhibitions and a new contemporary architectural language. With the renovation of rooms for temporary and permanent exhibitions, the modernization of the auditorium and the adaptation of the roofs to establish a relationship with the urban landscape of the Historic Center of Puebla that transforms the relationship of the building with its context.
Marina East | Hames Sharley
Marina East, designed by Hames Sharley, is not only about housing but building a community in a unique location tailored to the individual. The idea of celebrating the boating lifestyle and the unique position at Marina East allowed Hames Sharley to explore the concept of water, the jetty, and the boatshed in an architectural, playful expression of lifestyle. The outcome has a sympathetic outcome contextual, relevant, and appropriate in form, scale, and aesthetic.
Selected Interviews
Hames Sharley
Hames Sharley is a multi-disciplinary practice covering the specialist areas of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Development.
Woolami House | Robert Simeoni Architects
Woolami House, designed by Robert Simeoni Architects, act principally as a landscape object with a deliberate lack of distinction between interior and exterior. This project faithfully restores the existing 19th-century building whilst designing the new addition as a separate wing. In keeping with the feeling of a landscape structure, an austere sense and appearance to the new building were sought using off-form concrete for the columns and roof, with articulated interior infill located at points of habitation.
Robert Simeoni Architects
Robert Simeoni Architects produces high-quality architecture, including residential, religious, institutional, public, and community buildings. The practice is strongly interested in creating buildings and interiors that are highly responsive to their surroundings and sensitive to their context. An interest in light, materiality, and detail further imbues architectural outcomes rich in atmosphere, integrity, and meaning.
Selected Projects
Guadurnal’s Lunchroom | Al Borde + Taller General
Guadurnal’s Lunchroom, designed by the architectural firm Al Borde, is a project that revolves around the precept of reusing the materials. It was born from a moment where will and chance came together. In 2016, for the World Conference of the United Nations Habitat III, the Infonavit Pavilion was perfect to be reused. Just a few meters away from this pavilion our project was located, we had won the design and construction of the German Pavilion.
Zeus is Loose | Urban Soul Project
Zeus is Loose, designed by Urban Soul Project, is a hostel managing an existing office building of the 70s on Aristotelous Square. The timeless presence of copper processors in the area led to the use of copper color in the facade of the building. The openings in the facade were opened up to the structural elements of the floor slab, beams, and columns. The building’s existing floors were preserved, forming the basis of the palette of materials and colors for the interiors, which also references Byzantine art’s colors.
Urban Soul Project
Urban Soul Project is an architecture firm and design studio offering services ranging from architecture, interior design, planning applications, and municipal approvals for hospitality, offices, and commercial and residential projects in Greece and abroad. USP’s aim is to blend modern and traditional design with the highest standards in quality construction through new technology, materials and vintage techniques.
Selected Academic Projects
Matrix 1 | MVRDV
Matrix 1, designed by MVRDV, is an innovative building for works on sustainable solutions for current and future problems. MVRDV designed an open building where employees have more freedom to choose their workplace, thanks to an open staircase that forms the social heart of the building. In the design, all areas are kept flexible: office space can be converted into laboratory space with minor adjustments and vice versa. Matrix 1 will house multiple companies and laboratories; it creates a spirit of cross-fertilization and innovation.
Jojutla Central Gardens | Estudio MMX
Jojutla Central gardens, designed by the architectural firm Estudio MMX, evokes the concept of resiliency by means of vegetation. To rebuild an identity that uses public spaces as its media, while obtaining the community’s approval was the major challenge for developing Jardines Centrales de Jojutla. The core idea came from the trees. The arcades that coexist next to the gardens are structures that reinterpret the region´s traditional architecture. They serve as frames for the civic and leisure events required by the city.
The Bugs House | Landmak Architecture, JSC
The Bugs House, designed by Landmak Architecture, is a refurbishment of the home interior by creating a void & moving the location of the stairs. By interconnecting them most effectively, the designers added more lofts and public spaces and limited walls. With the uninterruptedly interconnected spaces which are also connected to light sources and gardens, after the final renovation and construction, THE BUGS’ HOUSE was created – a house with various fascinating public areas.
Compilations
Diaphanous House | Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Diaphanous House, designed by Taller Estilo Arquitectura, is an anonymous dwelling on its exterior that adapts to the contextual image of the city, returning to its original façade and joining the rhythm of mass over openings of the neighbouring houses. The building aims to mix two languages; one belonging to the past and the other being contemporary, resulting in our opinion, a sustainable architecture with a proper use of resources.
Tropical Chalet | G8A Architecture & Urban Planning
Tropical Chalet, designed by G8A Architecture & Urban Planning, reflects the simplicity of its idyllic context through a porous design that welcomes the surrounding environment of lake-front greenery. Materials were chosen not only for their sturdiness and climate resistance, particularly bricks with their high insulation qualities. But also, their minimal and natural aesthetic, once again blending with the surrounding landscape.
Sujetex Headquarter | Studio ii
Sujetex Headquarters, designed by the architectural firm studio ii, was Designed for a young and enterprising industrialist. The building reflects aspirations and becomes part of the identity. Set in an industrial set-up, the building hopes to provide a quiet and restful atmosphere to administrative staff of the company where one can peacefully work while being right next to the shop floors, boilers and machinery. Placement of the building and openings were prompted by the existing trees on site – anchoring the internal spaces to the surrounding green.
Halftime | Cobe
Halftime, designed by COBE, has a flexible and multi-functional architectural design that allows it to transform and modify the building for varying purposes. The 8,650-square-meter rhomboid roof structure consists of V-shaped concrete beams covered in glass. A third of the roof consists of skylights, allowing daylight to flood the building throughout. HALFTIME has an inspiring, dynamic, and unusual work environment that offers creative and informal meeting places and networking opportunities.
The Silo | Cobe
The Silo, designed by COBE, originally used as a storage container, is converted for new use as a residential apartment building. In order to bring The Silo’s industrial concrete facade up to current standards, the exterior of the existing silo has been recladded. In contrast, the interior has been preserved as raw and untouched as possible. An angular faceted exterior facade made of galvanized steel has been installed to serve as a climate shield. This has allowed the building’s characteristic slender tall shape to be maintained.
Jainam House | Essteam Design Services LLP
Jainam House, designed by EssTeam Design Services LLP, combines small working units into a single building to function as the corporate office. This project optimizes every inch of the available space to the best possible use. The project demanded flexibility in terms of usage and had to be climatically sensitive, with the site offering innovative façade design opportunities.
Naidi Community Hall | CAUKIN Studio
Naidi Community Hall, designed by Caukin Studio, takes its form from theatre staging, crescendoing at its front facade. Serving a village of 400 people and 75 households, the hall’s main function was to provide a space for the community to come together for meetings, celebrations, funerals and weddings. In Fijian culture, the community hall is the cultural and operational heart of a village..
Reflected Topography- BGRT | Collaborative Architecture
Reflected Topography- BGRT, designed by Collaborative Architecture, is a skillful response to design a multi-functional Public Space. The lobby is dominated by a central column. The Central column became the axis for spatial orientation. The lighting design plays the lead role in the overall architectural identity, and the project succeeds in effortlessly merging the lighting design and architectural space into a unified whole.
Monte D’Oiro: Wine Tasting Room – Result Announcement
This competition is part of Bee Breeders’ Portugal design series and was organized in collaboration with Quinta Do Monte D’Oiro, a family vineyard located in the Lisbon region. Participants were tasked with designing a wine tasting room that could accommodate roughly 30 people and make full use of the vineyard’s exemplary vistas.
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