Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week –Café House | Tetro Arquitetura. 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.
Harris Residence, designed by Studio Acis, inspires the design through the functions and elements of a ‘naalu-kettu’ (Traditional architecture of Kerala). The design attempts to create an opportunity for the users to communicate and rejuvenate their personal connection with nature and among themselves. The designed Residence is a culmination of traditional concepts with a modern outlook.
Warm Nest, designed by Ark-shelter and ARCHEKTA, is a safe space for patients dealing with challenging diagnoses who need a lot of mental well-being and calmness. The whole process of construction ran smoothly by using our modular concept from Ark-shelters. The overall movement in the building oscillates between two translucent atriums, which were created by omitting the internal modules of this twelve-position grid.
ARCHEKTA, an Architectural practice based in Slovensko, focuses on balance between art, architecture and construction. ARCHEKTA tries to design and build good architecture in the context of Slovensko.
Ark-shelter, an Architectural practice based in the Netherlands, focuses on minimalist space shelter, a quiet place to reconnect with and appreciate nature. The firm empowers a healthier built environment by restoring the natural biorhythms of mankind.
Tan90°, a Cafe & Bar interior by AD ARCHITECTURE, creates a complicated spatial realm full of visual variations. The entire space is internally free and can function in different scenarios. The sense of fluidity in the space creates a dialogue with people and forms a dynamic scene. The form of the space is full of imagination: it can be a cave, a space capsule, or a neuron… It can flexibly switch between the leisure of a cafe during the day and the excitement of a whiskey bar at night.
Colorful Mosaics House, designed by Manoj Patel Design Studio, uses simpler geometric forms and robust massing that has evolved into subtle, striking surfaces with detailed patterns and textures. The home is oriented as per daily functions with a variety of double height living and dining attached with a garden, kitchen and master bedroom for elderly parents on the groundThe interiors of the dwelling feature use of light coral pink walls and a complimenting shade of yellow inspired by the concept of surprising color graphics.
House in Zinseki, an old house reimagined by Reiichi Ikeda Design, is a single family dwelling built in the concept of Igura-zukuri style, a traditional Japanese architectural style of the Kamo region in Hiroshima. The house, designed in Igura-zukuri style, has four rooms arranged in squares partitioned by sliding screen doors, and an entrance and bath near the earthen floor on the southeast side.
Casa Suki, designed by Obra Arquitetos, has the design concept of simplicity and intimacy as their characteristics. The transparent facade of the house divides two types of materiality that transmit different aspects for privacy and climate comfort. The home contrasts the black exterior with the light coloured interior of the white walls.
The House in Mishref, designed by Studio Toggle, has an introverted composition of two separate living units grouped around an internal courtyard, where the house is an interpretation of the traditional courtyard house. A clean and serene façade to the street, the resulting massing is described as a white monolithic volume poised elegantly on top of a stone cladded podium. The rhythmic arrangement of louvered windows across the façade softens the volume by lending it a sense of lightness.
Piazza in a room, a gallery interior by Wutopia Lab, creates a cheerful communal place, a Shanghai café, by combining various building components into an abstract square implanted in the interior. The plan of the café is shaped like a knife-handle, where The black bar area is the handle part of the “knife handle”, and the service space takes up the main area. Furthermore, the aisle turns into an exhibition and casual seating area.
SND Concept Store, designed by Various Associates, creates a pristine white stage against a pitch-black backdrop, displaying the collections of clothing like precious treasures and luring visitors to embark on an exploration. The innovative lighting system brings the black-and-white space to life through the play of light and shadows. Focused lighting accentuates the textures of the fabrics, while diffused lighting reveals the expansive nature of the space. The SND Concept Store, Shenzhen stands like a silent milestone amidst a bustling city, recounting an epic tale of sand and iron.
Sculpting Vitality, a pavilion designed by Apropos Architects, encourages the visitors to engage in some form of physical exercise, while the content compels creative engagement with spiritual and cultural values. The conceptual idea of the load-bearing structure is a regular framing system of CLT wooden panels, which form a continuous structure having a spiral exhibition ramp, divided into thirty-six segments within a single turn around the auditorium.
Apropos Architects, an architectural practice based in the Czech Republic, focuses on creative and educational processes built on communication and trust with the client and the various professions. The firm’s goal is to create architecture and public spaces that meet current and future demands for aesthetics, functionality and sustainability.
Garden room, an extension to an old house, Designed by Objekt Architecten, has profiled aluminium cladding in a Swedish red – Faluröd – a colour that contrasts nicely with the grey cemented outer wall of the existing house. The design gives a real connection with nature, the sun and daily life through the many large windows.
China Huashang Financial Center, designed by CCD (Cheng Chung Design), has a lofty atrium in the commercial space. Centre has a “sky well” into a concrete space through tangible lines, geometry, materials, colors and light that evokes sensory experiences, emotion and imagination. The layered curvy elements in the entire atrium create fluidity, tension, fusion and freedom, endowing the space with imagination and a sense of extension.
Café House, designed by Tetro Arquitetura, is divided into two blocks under the curved slabs: the social and the intimate. The design makes connections between residents and the house through poetic language and creates symbols that refer to the culture of the place or the people who will inhabit the space.
Tea House Pavilion, designed by GRAU architects, invites people to a close experience with nature, focusing visitors’ attention on the water reservoir – views, sounds, and movements. The pavilion has a multifunctional character and, in addition to the tea ceremony, it can also function as a pleasant summer pavilion with soothing views of nature. The square-shaped floor plan of the pavilion refers to simplicity, and the use of primary elements depicts the symbol of matter and man.
Athavale’s Residence, a home interior by Chaukhat Design Studio, showcases a minimal design dwelling that evokes a sense of comfort and warmth. The interior strikes a perfect balance between functionality, modernism and comfort by embracing the philosophy of ‘less is more’ using elements like muted colours, decluttered spaces, modern furniture with white profiling over the wooden finish volumes, natural lighting & accents of green in the form of plants.
Chaukhat Design Studio, an architecture studio based in India, works on interior and architectural projects. The firm builds a design foundation with experimentation, exploration, simplicity and elegance as pillars with functionality as a tie member. Studio also tries different styles of interior design and architecture along with material experimentation and exploration.
Reconstructing Childhood – Through Learn, Play and Connecting Memories, an architectural bachelors design thesis by Ullas M from R.V. College of Architecture, Bengaluru, India, ties the neighbourhood (particularly children) with the context of Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India using Multiplicity, Excitement, Curiosity and Participatory design parameters. The ‘Nila Pali’ (Night School) program with the learnscapes also becomes a part of the centralised organisation that allows for growth and expansion for children and living communities.
Vanke Wonderland City Villa, a home interior by WJ Studio, connects the city and nature with a sky courtyard, seeking nature and comfort in the abundance of materials and tranquillity in the modern living experience. The house provides spacious natural landscapes and modern, comfortable living spaces for residents with supporting facilities to meet the needs of modern life.
National Unity Pavilion, designed by Collaborative Architecture, is an attempt to present the syncretic cultural imprints of India as a nation through layered references- the so called historical & cultural palimpsests, which are enshrined in the deep psyche of the idea of India. The Unity Pavilion celebrates the lineage of Buddha, Asoka and Gandhi and latches on the associative references and their undeniable impact on the idea of the nation.
Caldeira House, designed by Filipe Pina Arquitectura, focuses on the restoration of a historical building built at the end of the 19th century, transforming it into a single-family dwelling, where historical architectural features are adapted to a contemporary housing reality. The dwelling is organised on two levels, the main access being made by the southern elevation at the level of the ground floor.
