RESIDENCE IN MONACO BY FEDERICO DELROSSO
by Tadao Ando
I love the earthy materials + the simple colours.
“The METI ‘hand-built’ primary school in Rudrapur Dinajpu, Bangladesh, ‘uses traditional methods and materials of construction but adapts them in new ways.’ Austrian architect Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag from Germany led a team of local craftsmen, pupils, parents and teachers in the execution of the project, which took just four months to complete using local materials: bamboo, straw, jute rope, and an earthen mixture for the walls and foundation.”
Architecture inspired by medieval castles, designed by GAD (Global Architectural Development) and Dara Kirmizitoprak.
Contemporary garden rooms designed by Studioni: backyard rooms for office and work space, games rooms, dens and relaxation areas.
Designed by David Marchetti Architetto. This is an office building in Leeds, UK, that features a modern façade formed from rammed earth. It harvests solar energy to help run the building’s electrical and cooling systems.
“Designed by Herzog and de Meuron (for Vitra, a Swiss furniture manufacturer’s presentation space), Vitrahaus’s large, house-shaped windows provide various views of the surrounding area during the day—it is located on the border of Germany and Switzerland, in the town of Weil am Rhein—but at night the focus flips, with the windows becoming glowing portals into which passersby can peer.”
Designed in the UAE.
“In terms of sustainability, the building will have its own solar and wind arrays to generate power for inhabitants. The building’s shape will allow it to be cooled by natural breezes decreasing the amount of energy used on air conditioning. There will also be systems in place to recycle the water flowing through the site.”
Modular houses on Barcelona’s river. Designed by Toni Clariana, Magma Design, and Enoc Armengol.
Love!
Designed by MVRDV for the 2012 Word Expo in South Korea.
“The water cube is constructed out of a surrounding wall with a series of water basins that are stacked on top of each other… The basins are organized like a world map. So that any different sea can be shown and positioned clearly: the polar seas on top and the bottom, and the tropical parts in the middle. The coast lines of the contents are clearly expressed on the facade. They separate the ocean aquaria from the dryer coastal terrarium within the continents… The skin of the building is designed out of four layers of glass, with water in between. The fresh sea water from outside is constantly pumped into the basin to keep the circulation through the building. Thus the water basins are used as a natural temperature adapter for the hall of the oceans. This simulates the temperature role of the ocean for the planet.”
