It is like a temple which is constructed in the heart of the forest. In order to reach this temple, people have to cross many trees and rivers. My purpose was that they have been mentally prepared before they reach the temple!
Project name
Marvel Temple
Architecture firm
Arash Kashkooli Freelancer
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Arash Kashkooli
Visualization
Arash Kashkooli
Typology
Religious, Temple
A floating art gallery together with its large 'manmade nature' landscape surroundings creates an urban art utopia where art and artists meet the public. The place created by both the architecture and the landscape, is a highly welcoming and inclusive public space, where people can easily access, experience, and celebrate art while feeling inspire...
Project name
The Central Ring Gallery
Architecture firm
Studio A+
Location
Hefei City, Anhui province, China
Photography
Chen Su, Fang Chun
Principal architect
Min Wang
Design team
Min Wang, Mei Ding, Hui Li, Wenwen Zhang, Chongshuo Wang , Xin Jing, Yuwei Wei
Material
Concrete, glass, steel
Client
An Hui Central Ring Real Estate Group
Typology
Cultural › Art gallery
Nature-inspired forms in architecture bring users close to the natural world. Traditional geometry of a single family house combined within floating forms protecting the community from the outside living in their own OASES.
Project name
Oases Biel-Benken by KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Architecture firm
KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Location
Biel -Benken, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Tools used
Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Aaron Kohler, Marc Straumann
Design team
KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Visualization
KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Typology
Residential › House
Integrate, connect, assemble, couple, unite ... put in contact. Not just an existing house with the same extension, but the way you live inside, the way you look outside, the way you connect with your surrounding and with yourself. The way in which architecture flows from contemporary living.
At the Fluid House, the main challenge was to make the...
Architecture firm
SET ideas
Location
Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte & Catalina Garzon
Principal architect
Carlos Arias, Heriberto Martinez, Pedro Ruiz Funes, Danisa Pereyra
Design team
Paloma Allende
Collaborators
Juan E. Biassi, Naomi Castillo, Carolina Rufeil
Interior design
: SET ideas – Danisa Pereyra
Civil engineer
Lucas Crespi
Typology
Residential › House
An epoxy coating is a chemical mixture of two major parts; a resin and a polymer hardener. Epoxy resins also find use as adhesives in the industry. When mixed, a chemical reaction takes place that bonds the resin to whatever surface it is being applied to.
Written by
Naileth Ariza B
The project consists of an outdoor auditorium for 12,000 people , a concert hall for 3,500 people , six live houses ("whales") , five restaurants connected by a walkway, two towers with an office program, a museum and rehearsal rooms, a center of exhibitions and a series of parks and walks that connect the entire intervention.
Project name
Kaohsiung Pop Music Center
Architecture firm
Manuel Monteserin
Location
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Photography
Shun Chen, Chen Li Hsiien, Yi-Hsien Lee, Darren Teng, Chiung-Yao Tseng, Chien Ming Chen, Chen Hung, Ian Choi, Kano Chang, Lo Ruey-Lin, Su, Bo-An, Nicolas Leng冷家豪, Yi-Hsien Lee, Monteserin, Ian Choi, Terry Chiang 江彥駐, Yu-Zhi Lin, Kevin Lin
Principal architect
Manuel A. Monteserín Lahoz
Design team
Beatriz pachón Castrillo, Javier Simó de Pedro, Meng Han Hsieh, Jose Lu, Yen Chu A’lvaro, Joren Huang, Yu-Lin Chan, Tsung-Lin Lee, Iñigo Redondo, Luis Marcos, Alicia Domingo, Beatriz Crespo, José María De Cárdenas, Luis Ybarra Gutiérrez, José Luis López de Lemus, José Carlos Oliva Garrido, Tomás Osborne Ruiz, Marian Bada Sánchez, Antonio Miguel García Librero, María Castro Hormigo, Manuel Tirado Crespo, Rosa Cantillana Merchante, Marco Antonio García Gálvez, Salvador Sanchez Gonzalez, Rubén Silva Lobato, Alejandra Díaz de Cárdenas, Esther Espejo Lucena, Fernando Gallinato Díaz, Isabel García Madrona, Angel Linares Gar´cia, José, Buzón González, Carmen Zammarchi , Luis García Rodríguez
Collaborators
Mark Ongg, EDDEA (Partner and project manager),
Structural engineer
結構顧問Structural Consultant, 科建聯合工程顧問有限公司 Tec-Build United Structure Engineer Office, 聯邦工程顧問股份有限公司 Federal Engineering Consultant Inc., BAC ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY GROUP
Environmental & MEP
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Landscape
Old Farmer Landscape Architecture Co.
Lighting
照明顧問Lighting Design Consultant
Client
Kaohsiung City Government
Typology
Commercial › Music Center
In joint venture with Huayi Design, Aedas recently won the design competition for a pioneering project at the East Wing of the Shenzhen Campus of the Cooperation Zone.
Project name
Shenzhen Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone East Wing-1 Project
Architecture firm
Aedas in a joint venture with Huayi Design
Principal architect
Leo Liu, Global Design Principal; Keith Griffiths, Chairman and Global Design Principal
Design team
Huayi Lead Designers: Xi Xia, Assistant President; Lei Zhang, Architectural Business Unit V Executive Chief Architect
Client
Shenzhen - Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone Development Co., Ltd. (SH-STIC)
Typology
Commercial › Mixed Use
The existence of the Qasr-dasht segregated gardens and Chamran gardens on both sides of the project site, led the idea of binding two adjacent areas together. This project creates a continuous green network and make the bridge more integrated to the context. Shiraz City has a unique historical characteristic.
Architecture firm
AshariArchitects
Principal architect
AmirHossein Ashari
Design team
Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Donya Rahmatzadeh
Collaborators
Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Donya Rahmatzadeh
Structural engineer
Alireza Dehghani, Roodabeh Lotfpour
Visualization
Zahra Jafari, Mostafa Yektarzadeh
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Client
Shiraz Municipality
Sweid & Sweid has completed the successful handover of the prestigious Visa Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) Headquarters development, located in Dubai Internet City.
Photography
Sweid & Sweid
Sometimes, the weather can be unpredictable in Springdale. During such periods, residents will not want to be caught unawares with any sudden temperature change. If the temperature begins to peak out of the blue, we expect our air conditioner to come to the rescue.
Written by
Andrea Estrada
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych