Shehzad Irani, is an alumnus of SBST, where he graduated in 2001. He did his Master’s in Membrane Structures at Hochschule Anhalt and has been conferred the hon. Title of M.Archineer by the Institute of Membrane and Shell Technology, Germany. In this talk he elaborates about understanding the broad guidelines of forces that dictate the form and purpose of tensile structure detailing.
Architect SHRIDHAR Mamidalaa is Founder at SRI DESIGN LAB and Associate at Designmorphine. In this interview he talks about how Art, Architecture and Culture are driven by technology of their contemporaries and a new perspective towards Math that is the backbone of all technological paradigms.
Manjunath BL is an engineer based out of Bangalore, India. In this talk, he will focus on the trajectory of his practice and working methods as well as his evolving stance as a structural Engineer involved in the complex and multi-layered task of a building.
SIXPAX HQ, designed by RDMA, creates a maximum enclosure out of an existing two-storey pitch roof house to contain a clothing shop plus an administration office forming a headquarter. The space created is a play of solid-void-solid expression behind a plain two storey height glass wall to contrast its appearance with the less glassy of the surrounding building. The material used are arranged by non-wood scheme to keep the building as the canvas for any object placed inside and keep the wood scheme only on the furniture.
House That Rains Light, designed by LIJO.RENY.architects, re-imagines dappled shade under the trees, informal kids play nooks, gardens with flowers, birds and butterflies, all lost to rapid urbanization, while being confined to a tight plot within a typical residential layout. Considering the seasonal shift of wind, strategically positioned windows ensure cross ventilation throughout the year. A series of wall art made of candid photographs, positioned across the spaces, stand testament to colourful lives of the unassuming inhabitants.
LIJO.RENY.architects is a design studio whose works from the small studio have been instrumental in influencing how architecture is practiced and viewed in the state. Apart from their consistent experimentation with the architecture they are also responsible for several site/space specific art installations. Their love for art keeps them inspired and charged to introduce interesting contemporary sensibilities in the architecture they practice.
Quintana Apartment, designed by Taller David Dana, opts for a design with contemporary accents that are responsible for creating a sophisticated and quality feeling. The result of the conjunction of these characteristics is reflected in a department with its own identity, offering highly comfortable spaces. The optimization of light is present with the large windows that limit them between the natural space and the internal environment, but at the same time, it enriches the natural color of the materials when they are touched by the light spectra.
2Hien, designed by CTA | Creative Architects, arranges two wings at the front and back of the house, emphasizing two verandas inside the house. The first brick of the house was actually constructed by family members from the moment they told their stories. The separation of the building blocks ensures ventilation, maximizing the use of natural light for all spaces, limiting energy for lighting and cooling. Raw brick, without cement plastering, has been treated to bring a warm, simple feeling but still create a strong emotion, ensuring aesthetics and hygiene for use.
CTA stands for Creative Architects with the spirit of learning and promoting creativity to create interesting experiences in the architectural space. Besides architectural activities, CTA also has academic, research, and creative activities to create solutions to overcome outstanding issues of society today.
Archidiaries is excited to share the ‘Project of the Week’ – House in Melides II by Aires Mateus. 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.
Águas Claras Residence, designed by Rodrigo Simão Arquitetura, is conceived as a contemplation platform, wide open to the views and to maximize sunlight, which is so vital in a mountain climate. This handmade finishing subtly echoes rustic countryside houses, contributing to the humanization of the space where there is a lot of presence of industrial materials like concrete, alumminum, steel. Efficient Design / Sustainability: Large glass openings, turned towards the landscape that contributes to thermal comfort and to a healthier environment to breathe.
Punta Majahua, designed by Zozaya Arquitectos, are luxurious beachfront residences with a very organic, fluid architectural style that would integrate the best way possible to accommodate the site. The architectural style of the project centers upon the use of curved walls on ground floors, and facades. As we break away from the traditional ninety-degree angles, we create very special, and unique homes, where the use of curved walls allowed us to resolve the spaces in a more integral way, and we exponentially improved the view, orientations, and crossed ventilation.
Zozaya Arquitectos was born with the concept of creating housing with a unique and innovative style in its architecture, always prioritizing sustainability with the least possible impact to the natural site.
BeeBreeders reveals the result for competition “The Pavilion of Humanity”
White Skube House, designed by Srijit Srinivas – ARCHITECTS, has a skewed shape because the restricted plot footprint organically allowed form to emerge. A bare minimalist approach to design has been adopted to great effect throughout. This rear court is capped by an open skylight treatment, allowing sunlight to drape the internal walls and visually denote a vertical link. This unpretentious house elegantly sits amidst all the visual noise of its surroundings and is a quiet cynosure of the curious eyes of passersby.
Designed by TEN Arquitectos and located on the seashore in Guaymas, Sonora, Perlas del Mar de Cortés brings together in its proposed architectural program, a center for studies and pearl cultivation, as well as laboratories, all thought as spaces that articulate the different uses to emphasize the relationship between the visitor and the scientific community, in order to bring the public closer to the technical and natural processes involved in pearl cultivation.
Whidbey Island Farm Retreat, designed by mwworks llc, is flexible and durable, reflecting the layered history of the site and the family itself. The living pavilion is a favorite of the designers for its architectural details and the experience of connection with family, forest, and agricultural valley. Time here is marked by forest shadows stretching across the courtyard. The timeless beauty of the site is revered and reflected inside this room with local, durable materials and natural finishes. The house strives to be warm and rustic yet simple, clean, and open – a house that honors both the timelessness of the forest.
Archiol reveals results for Sensory Architecture – An Essay is an international Architectural essay competition.
The Tea Room, designed by Natura Futura Arquitectura, reflects a minimal architecture that can integrate, understand and be part of its environment. It maintains a balance between the new and the existing in order to generate spaces for sharing. The objective was to maintain this tradition within a space that generates a family connection which together with nature is able to adapt to various daily uses.
A Home in Between, designed by Ego Design Studio, is a big home with a limited budget on a relatively small sloping site in a warm humid tropical climate. ‘A home in between’ is a design exploration of Juhani Pallasma’s essay ‘Identity, Intimacy and Domicile,’ which explores the duality of a modern designed residence where the contradictory ideas of home and house try to coexist. The project was an effort to redefine the popular social notion of quantity of space over quality of space.
House in Melides II, designed by Aires Mateus, houses three small houses by breaking the program, veils of intimacy are created. One overall form reveals the three inside spaces that relate to the landscape view through two large courtyards. Their archetypal form is extended to small courtyards, unveiling the relationship with the view. The constructions establish unique relations with existing trees, views, and the distant sea horizon.
Aires Mateus is an architectural practice dealing with memory & knowledge, with the relationship between the physical and the cultural world. The work seeks to reflect every scale involving us, evoking a will to design It searches for the perennial state of shape and materiality over the continuity of time.
House in Vale das Videiras, designed by Rodrigo Simão Arquitetura, is a weekend house by nature for a writer and a plastic artist erected in a slightly undulated terrain, atypical for the region. The main house was placed over an existing plateau at the highest point of the lot, over a slight promontory, to take the best views of the woods and the mountains and maximize sunlight, which is vital in the mountain climate. The frontal veranda that embraces the whole living room is covered by a 3,00m overhanging roof, and it is a central element of the project, stimulating outdoor life.
Lenora Hotel, designed by RDMA, is a rework of an on-going hotel construction by recomposing the almost finished facade to connect seamlessly. One envelope to wrap all the problems together which also manifests to the aesthetic. Painted white, expanded metal considerably used to give an effect of not only striking to the surrounding, but also as a canvas for the future vertical greenery intended to be part of the facade design.
