Le Jardin | OPENIdeas Architects

Le Jardin is a housing project designed by the architectural firm OPENIdeas Architects. The designers wanted to infuse a new aesthetic sensibility into the real estate market of Ahmedabad. They gave us a free hand in designing the interior of the show apartment. Still, they laid out a simple motto: “Elegant and lively livable spaces.” OpenIdeas interiors for Le Jardin blend sophistication with functional elegance and attention to detail.

Cafeteria Barreiros Association | Dall’ovo Magalhães Arquitetura

Cafeteria Barreiros Association is designed by the architectural firm Dall’ovo Magalhães Arquitetura. The intent was to create a contiguous space that had the function of recreational space and coexistence, especially on rainy days, and at the same time could be used for various events. The project seeks to integrate the interior structure to its exterior space and this nature, either by the large glazed wall or by the aluminum brises that give subtle transparency when closed but that, when opened, give the space the characteristic of a large veranda.

Dall’Ovo Magalhães Arquitetura

Dall’Ovo Magalhães Arquitetura is an architectural firm based in Sau Paulo. Complete projects and solutions for the architectural work are constructed as we envisioned and as originally presented to the client. This goes beyond the graphic material, as we offer all the assistance to the work, to the suppliers, and, mainly, to the customer.

Shopify Berlin | MVRDV

Shopify Berlin is an office designed by the architectural firm MVRDV. Designed as a contrast to the home office with a focus on highly intentional collaboration as a collective experience, the 1,000-square-metre interior project provides the dynamic Canadian-founded commerce company an ideal design for its rethink of the purpose of its physical workspaces. The project celebrates Shopify culture and the Berlin cityscape, providing a visual reminder of the things that make the city an exciting place to live and work.

Punta Colorada III | TATŪ Arquitectura

Punta Colorada III is a residence designed by the architectural firm TATŪ Arquitectura. The project has been modulated with structural porches exposed inside and out of the building, giving rhythm and texture to it. Finally, it was decided to increase the internal volume in the social area to acquire greater contact with the exterior and to generate a second bedroom-mezzanine from which to observe the deep horizon of the sea.

Galería AAF | S-AR

Galería AAF is a contemporary art gallery designed by the architectural firm S-AR. This project aims to distribute the gallery spaces in a small three-story building. The first floor contains a public space for readings and lectures and a kitchen to help prepare exhibition openings. Taken together, this construction, layout, and finishing elements serve as artifacts added to the basic structure to provide the building with specific advantages in terms of thermal comfort, light, and appearance.

S-AR

S-AR is an architectural design studio based in Mexico (Monterrey and Mexico City). S-AR was formally established as a professional firm in 2006. Their work focuses on the design and development of architectural projects of several scales and typologies, from private, experimental, and social houses to architectural installations, educational buildings, furniture design, and other objects, including books and independent publications about architecture.

Weekly Highlights 2022 #33

Project of the Week – Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat | Neri & Hu Design and Research office

Archidiaries is excited to share the “Project of the Week”. 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.

LBA | Balance Architettura

LBA is a residence renovated by the architectural firm Balance Architettura. The intervention is a recovery of an attic of a building in Turin whose final intention of the client is the primary use for Airbnb. The project thus becomes an opportunity to create an environment that can accommodate future tenants in the best possible way and simultaneously give them a moment of relaxation and peace. The building structure in reinforced concrete becomes the central project element.

Narrow Brick House | Srijit Srinivas – ARCHITECTS

Narrow Brick House is a residence designed by the architectural firm Srijit Srinivas – ARCHITECTS. Despite the narrowness of the building envelope, the interior spaces did not compromise on the ingress and movement of light and air circulation. The design also took advantage of the longitudinal slope of the site via a stepped-down floor plate following the natural contours of the land and, in the process, optimized foundation costs.

SHED 2.0 | Studio ii

SHED 2.0 is a mixed use space designed by the architectural firm Studio ii. The project was conceived as an extension of this landscape and articulates a rather contemporary program with largely traditional spatial vocabulary. The core program is further layered with forecourt, verandas, courtyards and mezzanine spaces that reminisce traditional Guajarati architectural terms of an agrarian household like ‘faliyu’, ‘otlo’, ‘ osri’, ‘chowk’ and ‘maliyu’. These peripheral extensions into the landscape make the spaces more humane and impart a sense of time that is slow and profuse.

Paradise House | Agustin Lozada + Gonzalo Perrote

Paradise House is a residence designed by the collaboration of Agustin Lozada and Gonzalo Perrote. With the premise of breaking the limits within the house, it was decided to limit the changes of uses within the same spaces. The hard chores such as kitchen, laundry, and bathrooms, function as large tablets of services that simultaneously fulfill the function of limiting the spaces inside. In this way, the flexibility that is perceived in the space is an exquisite dynamic in which various functions and uses are combined in a large container space without any interruption to the other.