Project5 years ago
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.
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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.
Practice5 years ago
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.
Project5 years ago
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Project5 years ago
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.
Project5 years ago
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.
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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.
Project5 years ago
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.
Selected Academic Projects
Project5 years ago
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..
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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.
News5 years ago
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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Colibrí House, designed by Taller Estilo Arquitectura, is a rehabilitation of a residence to restructure some elements to extend the living area to fulfill the programmatic needs of the household. Also, a partial remodeling of the construction to create a living space for the enjoyment of the exterior functionally and in symbolic ways. Managing textures and materials such as pasta floors, concrete, stone, metal, and wood give character to spaces, providing warmth and functionality and achieving a blend of traditional materials and contemporary forms.
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Las Golondrinas, designed by PPAA Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados, is a weekend house in irregular terrain and slopes. The concept was to have a solid basement. This holds three independent volumes, each for a specific purpose: public area, sleeping area, and service units. These volumes were held together by a single enclosing slab on top of them. Within them, the semi-open halls and remaining space is used as a terrace area with a view to the surrounding forest.
Project5 years ago
Niloofarr 22, designed by architectural and design firm Studio Saheb, is a housing project with a 2-dimensional order of infill typology. The project is a minor effort to counteract the solid order of infill typology and tries to find and experiment new possibilities and new ideas in this confined typology. The main concept to change this condition in this project was to divide the building mass to separate individual boxes and then redefine the building mass by setting these boxes alongside each other in a new order.
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Futago House – Twin House, designed by Sergey Makhno Architects, is a tribute to the fascination with Japanese architecture and the architect Tadao Ando. The residence is modern and minimalist. As you approach the house, you get the impression that bulky concrete rectangles are hanging in the air — their vertical bases are hidden behind a strong fence. The perfect match is about concrete walls, milk colours, modern Ukrainian art and panoramic windows.
Project5 years ago
Door to Mérida House, designed by Taller Estilo Arquitectura, respects the building’s characteristic features, enhancing the traditional construction in the city but adapting it to the actual use. The volume integrity of white cement, combined with wood and red pigmented cement, contrasts the whole materiality, giving the house an open and comfortable character. A living place that becomes anonymous because of the tree, which protects the context but shows the interior side of a town with history.
Project5 years ago
Cankaya University Center For Congress And Culture, designed by Erkal Architects, undertakes academic conferences, congress events, and cultural performances such as concerts and theater productions. The main hall integrates with interior spaces such as separable seminar rooms and the main foyer. The main foyer is the central element of the architectural programme as it commands views across the entire campus and beyond.
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Sculptor’s pool, designed by architectural firm Connatural, talks about immersion in the water but also in the landscape. A long, thin line that continues to form a terrace it speaks to us of movement, it seeks to get lost in the native forest. Losing yourself is also immersion. By pretending that the pool is one with the landscape and is inscribed in the relief, the idea is pursued that in the depth of the pool a proper geography is also generated, which accommodates the various particular human positions of aquatic activity.
Project5 years ago
Tourist Residential Resort, designed by AYK Associates Architects, pursues environmental sustainability standards to preserve the region’s stunning and picturesque landscape. Additionally, it has been designed to blend itself effortlessly and smoothly into the beautiful natural landscape of sown and reaped fields. Using textured, earthy tones the resort is made predominantly from timber and streel structure, reducing the concrete walls and its embodied carbons.
Practice5 years ago
AYK Associates Architects is an architectural practice that believes simple, dynamic, sustainable, and modern spatial volumes define the design language. Bespoke solutions and a unique integrated design approach embrace the philosophy. Proposals blended harmoniously with the built and natural environment are what we look for. The desired result is an aesthetically pleasing surprise for the end-user and the city in an exciting spatial experience.
