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Architects: Wolveridge Architects
Location: Blairgowrie, Australia
Practice Team: Jerry Wolveridge, Sina Petzold, Ricky Booth, David Anthony
Year: 2012
Photographs: Ben Hosking
Builder And Construction Manager: Tim Prebble
Structural/Civil Engineer: Don Moore & Associates
Building Surveyor: Nepean Building Permits
From the architect. This extension to an existing two storey dwelling provides essential additional living areas for a family with three young boys. The original structure made very little connection with the surrounding property and had deficiencies in access to northern light.
By bringing the façade dramatically forward towards the street it was possible to incorporate the 3 required bedrooms above a large garage on street level. To separate the bedrooms from the new living area a north facing courtyard was introduced which also provides a terrific outlook towards the surroundingMoonah forest.
The block type form established from bringing the front of the dwelling forward and its western orientation influenced a design decision to create a complex series of openings in the façade,allowing forplenty of natural light to the children’s bedrooms within. The composition of openings is designed to restrict the inflow of undesirable west sun and provides a suitable level of visual engagement with the street. The cabinetry design integrates with the complex window arrangement on the outside, creating a playful sense within each bedroom.
The existing palette of dark stained western red cedar cladding and anodised aluminium window frames was carried through in the new work, integrating the original structure within the proposed design, but still providing a sense of separation.
Blairgowrie House / Wolveridge Architects originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 27 Aug 2013.
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Architects: OK Plan Architects
Location: Humpolec, Czech Republic
Project Team: Luděk Rýzner, Marcela Susedíková
Area: 3,119 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of OK Plan Architects
From the architect. Humpolec has a long tradition and a very good reputation for fabric industry. The building constructed in 1910 as a textile factory, is located within a complex that consists of several buildings including a luxury art nouveau villa.
Many goals were set during the designing phase; the main aim of the renovation works was to rehabilitate the building with respect to aesthetic standards. A fundamental intention was to emphasize a preserved chimney as an old industrial element. The interior floor plans have been opened up to create a sequence of more flexible spaces that are susceptible to contemporary patterns. The scheme is based on choosing materials that reflects the simplicity in design.
In order to insure outside –inside connection, Windows leading to Kamarytova St. were broken through and new shop windows and an entrance were made. The unifying color of the exterior is black with gold complements on windows and “black” metal, which will continuously corrode to reach certain patina.
The interior walls were repaired by “common” exposed concrete blocks with air space in between that provide ventilation to remove moisture where it is produced. Additional “black” metal sheets were used for flanging new and existing openings.
Today, the building is divided horizontally, by floors, according to different functional programs. It also includes a small café with a gallery. The 2nd floor can be used for offices or light production and the attic is ready either for offices or loft housing. A scheme introducing a vision with possible superstructures and functional densification of the whole inner block has been created for the whole premises.
Factory No. 8 / OK Plan Architects originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 26 Aug 2013.
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Architects: Rolf Ockert Design
Location: Sydney NSW, Australia
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of Rolf Ockert Design
From the architect. The client approached us to create house of their dreams on a site perched high over the Pacific Ocean, a home that was to make them feel like being on holiday every day. While the view was fantastic the site was very small and suffocated by overbearing neighbouring dwellings.
The finished house, though, feels generous and as if it is alone with the ocean and the sky.
Being tightly restricted by site conditions there were only two avenues we could take to create generosity of space and location:
Firstly the surprising height of the living room space that takes advantage of the only extravagant spatial dimension available to us.
And secondly the pursuit of sightlines to water and sky wherever possible. High side walls, for privacy but also to provide mass for a comfortable indoor climate, have continuous highlight windows for the enjoyment of 360° views of the sky. The large face concrete wall dominating the space has slim slot windows, allowing teasing glimpses of the ocean when entering the house while effectively cutting out the visual presence of the neighbour.
The house opens itself up completely to the East, the presentation of the stunning water views.
This also allows the capture of the constant ocean breezes to cool down the house throughout the year, easily regulated by a plethora of ventilation options from sliding doors to operable louvres.
A rich but reduced palette of strong, earthy materials, from the above mentioned concrete to Timber flooring and ceilings, rust metal finishes and thick, textured renders, contrasts with the fine detailing of the interior and anchors the residence against the airy, light aspect created by the opening to the views.
Sophisticated simplicity would be the most appropriate motto for the design of this house. Being on a very small block the client’s expectations of the generosity and design standard to be achieved required a very stringent approach. While the focus is naturally on the maximisation of the enjoyment of the majestic ocean views it was the suburban context that drove most of the major design decisions: The slotted northern concrete wall, the solid southern facade, the high roof with its continuous strip of highlight windows and louvres.
The house has transformed the lives of the clients. Having stepped back from a high powered, high income lifestyle they now enjoy the beach life and pursuit of their new occupations, writer and therapist respectively. This lifestyle is partly funded by the renting out of the house to high calibre visitors. The architectural quality and enhancement of the ocean location through the design is essential for this to be possible.
Bronte House / Rolf Ockert Design originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 26 Aug 2013.
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Architects: SPASM Design Architects
Location: Khopoli, Maharashtra, India
Design Team: Sangeeta Merchant, Mansoor Kudalkar, Gauri Satam, Lekha Gupta, Sanjeev Panjabi
Area: 638 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Sebastian Zachariah
Contractors: IMPEX Engineers
Engineers: Rajeev Shah & Associates
From the architect. A second home on a rocky outcrop at the start of the western ghats (highlands),Khopoli, in Maharashtra, India. An area of high precipitation in the monsoons, and equal heat during the summers, the site changes remarkably from March to July, with the onset of the south westerly monsoons. Basalt the local black rock of the region is what this site was about.
We chose to build the house as an accretion on this rocky basalt outcrop with the same inherent material transformed. An outgrowth which was made of a mix of water, sand, cement and the granular basalt. Concrete finely honed to serve as refuge, to face the climatic changes that the site offered. The house was conceived as a cast for human occupation, a refuge which trapped the views, the sun, the rain, the air, and became one with the cliff edge it stood on. Akin to the growth of a coral, the substance of the walls and roof dictate the experience of inhabiting the site.
Stone has been used in many forms, based on use, wear, grip, texture. The dark saturated black matt-ness conjures a cool sense of refuge and calm. Photographs cannot express the sense of weight when one approaches, or the sense of release at the edge of the pool at the far end of the open terrace, the feeling of burrowing deeper enroute, past the stacked stones, to the lower bedroom.
The house, a cast, an object for living, whatever you may call it, has transformed into a belvedere to minutely observe and sense the spectacle of nature, of shade as a retreat against the sharp tropical sun, the resurgence of life, a sudden BURST of green, when the hard pounding monsoon arrives, the waft of breezes filling the air with the fragrance of moist earth, the movement of stars across the very dark night skies. To heighten the drama of the the site through what we build, without building a dramatic building!! A peculiar one YES…..
The House Cast in Liquid Stone / SPASM Design Architects originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 26 Aug 2013.
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Architects: Max Pritchard Architect
Location: Sandhill, MS, USA
Builder: Holdfast Constructions
Area: 185 sqm
Year: 2008
Photographs: Sam Noonan
From the architect. A well vegetated sandhill with coastal views to the north, required a solution that minimised site disturbance and maximised views of the bush and sea, and provided a relaxed holiday atmosphere.
Relationship of Form to Site
The concept of 3 distinct pavilions linked by an open, covered stepped walkway satisfied the above criteria. The multiple pavilion concept also provides privacy, whilst allowing economical open, light framed pavilions.
Functional Performance
The clients, with five children, are able to share the house with friends for extended periods and report how well the unique concept works. There is no oven or hot plate, the kitchen is a high bench, with refrigerator under and a concealed sink. The island bench becomes the focus for all to participate in food preparation, before firing the outdoor barbeque.
Sustainability
· Solar hot water
· No artificial cooling, relying on cross ventilation and encouraging the use of outdoors. The clients report how well the concept works with occupants being able to move around to find comfortable conditions during the hottest summer days.
· Double glazed timber windows to living area.
· Efficient combustion heater.
Summary
A unique concept, maximising the use of outdoors, with interest and variety in the design providing both stimulation, comfort and privacy yet “togetherness” in a beautiful setting, the antithesis of the “look at me” approach to architecture.
Sandhill / Max Pritchard Architect originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 26 Aug 2013.
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Architects: Acha Zaballa Arquitectos
Location: Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain
Architect In Charge: Ignacio Zaballa Llano
Project Architects: Cristina Acha Odriozola, Miguel Zaballa Llano
Area: 176 sqm
Photographs: Josema Cutillas
Plot Surface: 505 sqm
Budget: 235,000 €
Constructor: Construcciones Iturriaga
From the architect. The single-family house is located in the residential area of Montealegre, a prominently green rural area that lately is being colonized by new dwellings and low density developments. In this setting with beatiful sights and various vecinitys, considering the small size of the plot and its building codes an optimization exercise is proposed. The goal is to get maximun performance of the exterior enjoyable space as well as of the built volume.
The plot geometry is irregular though closed to a square plan. Once applied the rules of maximun buildability and minimun distances to the boundarys, it results a central square plan surface surrounded by a homogeneus band (5-7 meters wide) without cualification in wich is difficult to escape from the violence imposed by the closed contigous properties. It is not posible to achive an outer intimate area for resting and playing due to the limits of the plot extension. So we proposed to build it in heigth.
We proposed excavating the SE-SW alignment to ensure a private and sunny underneath garden. The owners passion for mountaineering and climbing helped in the discussion about the convenience of renouncing a covered garage in favour of an exterior excavated garden. The folds of the retaining walls suitable for climb practise were a positive argument.
Two volumes of 7,50×9,30m rest on a third of 4,80×9,30m under ground, each one sliding over the previous. The volume composition is accompanied by the south emptied space, which opens the underground floor on the SE-SW facade.
The project implies the creation of various exterior spaces, covered and uncovered, below and over the hang volumes and the multiplication of uses once the privacy is guaranteed.
The terrace open to the south and facing the neighbouring roof. The underneath platform open to the south, protected from external visuals , covered and uncovered area, sun and shade for summer days.
The groundfloor porch, covered place in front of the kitchen. The reinforced concrete containing walls with its folds willing to approach ‘the natural’ serves as outdoor climbing support.
The stairs and serving units form a central column that organizes the inner space. Towards one side and another rooms and living room are displayed.
The constructive strategy involves seriation not only in volume but in facades compositition. Only one same size window appears on each elevation.
The constructive solutions seek sobriety both in the detail execution and in the repetoire of materials. The house aims to achieve maximun efficiency and profitabilty from clear management strategies of building set on the plot and construction clearence in terms of materials and systems employed.
More House / Acha Zaballa Arquitectos originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 25 Aug 2013.
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Architects: tactic-a
Location: Lagos de Moreno, JAL, Mexico
Project Architects: Carlos Morán, Juan Martín
Project Area: 284 sqm
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Gerardo Dueñas, Diego Torres
Collaborators: Claudia Armida Pérez Campos, Julián López Louvet
Construction: tactic-a
Structures: Samuel Soto
Soil Mechanics: Alfonso Ayala
Electrical: Jesús López
Joinery: Luis Carlos Bugarini
Masonry: Gerardo Alonso
From the architect. The location of this dwelling in Lagos De Moreno first led us to develop a typology related to its historical condition (north + west facades, open to the outside, try to approach the walls and scale similar to the foundation). In contrast, south + west facades playfully address contemporary living typologies currently undergoing an intense process of change and revision, which in this case is peculiarly attractive due to the degree of collaboration with the clients.
While the family consists of four members, only two rooms were built, one for the parents and another (with multiple customization options) for their two daughters, to encourage their negotiation skills and socialization. There is also a large social space, a home office for the couple to work in, and a media room that can function as a guestroom.
This program is materialized into a block in an L-shape. The upper level has a light roof divided into three sections of double triangles pointing eastward. The north facade has no openings, and windows barely appear on the west facade, ending with full transparency towards the garden in search of the best sunlight and thermal conditions (south).
A “ladder-bridge-lamp” system located in the heart of the house acts as a filter between activities: working, socializing and cooking. The upper level that contains the two bedrooms at the ends allows a double height for the home office and space for socializing.
Huit House / tactic-a originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 27 Aug 2013.
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Architects: Broissin Architects
Location: Rancho San Juan, Ciudad López Mateos, Mexico
Project Architects: Gerardo Broissin, Jose Luís García
Design Team: Gabriela Maldonado, Alejandro Rocha, Enrique Guillén, David Suárez, Alfonso Vargas, Rodrigo Jiménez, Mauricio Cristóbal
Project Area: 1,800 sqm
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of Broissin Architects
Collaborators: Pablo Moncada, Adrian Téllez, Laura Ortíz, Jose Luis Durán, Erick Guzmán, Guillermo Ramoneda, Noe Morales
Contractor: Grupo Indi
Coordination: Alejandro Barquín
From the architect. The Green Hills school campus to the north of the metropolitan area of Mexico City is a campus planned in three stages. The description below corresponds to the first stage of the kindergarten.
When we first considered the kidergarten, the idea of breaking up the buildings on the ground like toys in a garden intrigued us, and gave rise to the location of all the prisms, which playfully hide behind each other, producing framed views of the adjacent forest. The concrete parallelepipeds lean from one side to another encouraging the child to develop their creativity in the nursery and classrooms for activities, kinder I, and kinder II.
For preschool, where the students enter a stage of preparation for primary school, the project development becomes more linear and simple. The construction is made up of reinforced concrete bays supported on exposed concrete columns, which give the feeling of a concrete building on stilts. This elevated condition along with the slope, favors the passage of rainwater under the building, as well as the formation of an ecological corridor for species that comprise the cold forest ecosystem of the region.
The design of the slabs of the classrooms and their integration with the architectural design is critical to education, resulting in a comprehensive education and optimal performance of the student. The segmentation of the slab into three parts in the manner of an interlocked structure, exposing the north-facing areas, ensures uniform entry of natural light into the space. The parallel use of natural light with artificial light results in better attention, and better development of reading and improved information processing in students, as suggested by the research of Kuller and Lindsten, and The Heschong Mahone Group. The design of the slab is complemented with landscaping comprised of succulent plants, which are low maintenance and integrate the building into its natural context.
Green Hills Kinder / Broissin Architects originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 27 Aug 2013.
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