In the renovation of Shenzhen Pingshan Sculptural Art & Creative Park, Atelier XI proposed to create a main axis of public spaces in the center of the cultural district given a fairly limited renovation budget. This design intervention seeks to provoke dialogues between buildings of diverse materials and scales through strategic and visual reconnection.
In the Library at the Delft University of Technology designed by Mecanoo the university needed a campus atmosphere: lawns with flowers and trees where students and professors meet informally on broad stairs. A modern library is served by computers, and most of the books are stored in basements. It is a building where technique is displayed. In this way, the programme was formulated.
In Resort at Panchalimedu by Srijit Srinivas Architects, the design response was one of sensory richness emanating from tranquil spaces and original architectural style of chic ethnic heritage but with all the trappings of modern living. The use of raised circulation paths to overcome the undulating terrain below makes the design very friendly to guests.
In Gallery of Furniture by CHYBIK + KRISTOF the abstractly designed facade using the product being manufactured by the company for which the showroom and display gallery is done, also works as a banner advertisement for the company itself. After a simple adjustment in the interior, a new flexible showroom was created presenting the single segments of the production in specific, thematically arranged spaces.
In Ílhavo House designed by M2.senos Arquitetos the exercise was to accommodate the demanding deployment area, avoiding the proximity of the street and the neighbors. This imposed presence is not always easy to manage, without giving up the outdoor spaces. And so, the house leans against the neighboring gable to the west and develops to the east side, with a regular shape, occupying the land within the legal maximum.
M2 Senos Arquitectos, an architecture design firm from Portugal was founded in 2007 by the architects Sofia and Ricardo Senos, with the mission of developing studies and projects in architecture, rehabilitation, and urban design. Balancing imagination and reality, the atelier always focuses on finding the most creative and assertive solutions for its clients.
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Miniature Series I – Peach Hut | Atelier XI. 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.
Sóc’s house designed by H2 is s located near a beach in an area where many domestic and foreign tourists visit and hence the owner has reserved the house for the homestay business. To segregate the first floor with the remaining floors, the architect designed a cover to wrap around the house with many trees and flowers combined with a very unique iron frame and grid system.
In the Miro Store of Duoyun Bookstore, Wutopia Lab has designed the lighthouse as a library-like book tower. At the center of the tower is a red spiral staircase that connects the two stories of the white book tower. Stepping out of the white Skylight Book Tower is an abstract black forest. A sparse arrangement of black metal rods supports the partially hollowed-out dark metal roof.
In the Re-Use Home designed by ED+ Architecture the vision was to bring all their architectural and design ideologies into the space and make it a showcase of their design ethos. The design follows clear lines of minimalism with a touch of quirkiness. Being designers, the end users looked at customizing and designing every minuscule detail of the house – ranging from the furniture, the blinds, the artwork and even the wardrobe handles.
In Hillside House designed by BAUEN, the approach towards the design of the house on the hillside is implanted in an inclined base plane with more than 30% of an unparalleled view, exuberant vegetation, and a lake as the culmination of the landscape, inserted in a protagonist environment. The raw concrete provides the texture and esthetics of the volume, in conjunction with the metal that is presented partly raw and naked.
Villa Strömma designed by AndrénFogelström consists of five volumes situated on a cliff overlooking the canal of Strömma in the Stockholm archipelago. The dramatic entrance of the building consists of a bridge spanning between the black wooden volumes and slender steel construction carries the cantilevered parts of the building, including the large balcony facing the view of the archipelago.
In Green&Protein Podgorica designed by Maden Group the major idea for the design comes from recycled cardboard tubes that were employed as parts in creating the design as a whole, whether it is for walls or the bar. While the green paint and tiles complement the design well by giving peace and motivation to the working atmosphere.
In Hubert, designed by Quinzhee Architecture the energy efficiency and large windows, were dealt with more soberly to support the residential canvas of the sector. In addition, in order to lighten the volume and reduce its impact on the neighborhood, the upper floors were treated with a clear coating in contrast with the typical reddish masonry of the neighborhood.
In Albania House designed by OOIIO Arquitectura the program is distributed in three volumes: towards the west with a triangular floor, the living room; in the east with a square floor, kitchen and bedrooms; between both pieces we created an entrance hall similar to those “zagüanes”, welcome rooms coming also directly extracted from the local vernacular architecture.
OOIIO Arquitectura defines itself as a creative company, focused on innovation in architecture, through achievable solutions. It is our responsibility to know how to use the right resources to efficiently solve an issue involved. Many times the most intelligent solution to a problem is found in simplicity and in the re-interpretation of tradition.
Echo House designed by Kariouk Architects is a renovation of a modest Victorian home in poor condition, whose rooms with small windows and dark interior spaces were separated from one another. The house was re-envisaged as a vertical loft – an open, four-storey volume reaching from the basement to the ceiling of the new roof.
Residence A designed by IAIA – Idea Art Interior Architects spreads over three stories, offering different experiences with its surrounding environment. The ground floor expands to the outdoor pool and garden. It also hugs green lushes and trees adopting them as part of the house. One large marble slab covers the floor with levitated burn walnut elements dividing the different spaces.
Brighton House designed by FIGR appeared to challenge the physical limitations of the existing home, and whilst the structure was not a registered heritage place, all efforts were made to consider how alterations and additions project can maintain and preserve as much of the character of the existing house and landscape as possible.
In LAB House, Laura Ortin Arquitectura tried to create an emotional performative atmosphere, the large curved partition is covered with half-round wooden slats, lacquering them with “taupe” chalk paint, a mixture of white and gray with a touch of blue. The result is an elegant and sensual shade that changes with the cycles of sunlight.
DI designed by HINZ is a 3-generation family home conceptualised as two units within one. When clients have a chance to make a big house, they still want to keep that warm feeling. And besides, they want their children live to close the grandma and nature. For that reason, we created a large space in between the bedrooms so that everyone can connect with each other.
HINZ is an architectural practice based in Vietnam. We want with our knowledge and enthusiasm and efforts, to bring specific and different and great values to the works that we carry out. Efficiency and simplicity of design are what we pursue in the course of our work.
“Peach Hut” designed by Atelier XI is the first completed miniature pavilion surrounded by a field of blossoming peach trees in farmland. The trees on the site all lean to one side, which inspired the sculptural form of the architecture. The architect envisions that the building is cut from a series of invisible arcs derived from the earth and the cloud, forming a unique shape that rises to the sky.
In Keukenhof designed Mecanoo, the integral design for the entrance area includes two plazas. A forecourt with wedge-shaped planters leads visitors from the main car park to the entrance. The stepped roof leans on two volumes, forming an impressive gateway to the park. Skylights on the roof create a spacious and light atmosphere in the restaurant.
