Intervening in an existing building is in itself a good challenge, when we have added centuries of history to the pre-existence, the challenge is even greater. The intervention focuses on the creation of an exhibition structure, alluding to the life and historical legacy of Damião de Gois, inside an old, restored church in Alenquer.
Project name
Museu Damião de Góis e as Vitimas da Inquisição / Damião de Góis Museum and the Victims of the Inquisition
Architecture firm
Spaceworkers
Location
Alenquer, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG. Video: Building Pictures
Principal architect
Rui Dinis, Henrique Marques
Design team
João Ortigão, Marco Santos, Tiago
Collaborators
Carla Duarte (Finance Director), Bairro Design (Furniture design)
Visualization
Spaceworkers
Client
Alenquer Municipality
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
The gallery was endowed by a company. Nanjing University of the Arts found an open space among the crowded dormitory buildings, preparing to use the public housing space on the ground floor of the original 46th dormitory to renovate and expand a two-story art exhibition hall.
Project name
Art Gallery Extension of Nanjing University of the Arts
Architecture firm
Atelier Diameter
Photography
Aurelien Chen
Principal architect
Zhang Nan
Design team
Zhang Nan, Yang Junwei, Zhang Xiaoyuan、Sun Xiao, Ou Renwei
Collaborators
Design Institute：ZhongSen Architectural & Engineering Designing Consultants LTD.
Structural engineer
Jian Jin,Yulong Qiu, Yong Liu, Feng Wang
Environmental & MEP
Water and Drainage Supply Design：Yujin Huang; Heating and Ventilation Design：Lingye Song; Electrical Design：Kelan Cao
Lighting
Ning Field Lighting Design Corp., LTD.
Client
Nanjing University of the Arts
Typology
Gallery, Cultural Architecture, Pavilion
In a country that has been tormented by conflict, we wanted our pavilion to be an inclusive space, and a reminder of who we are as Syrians and as humans. Since the dawn of documented history, the Syrian people have contributed major achievements to the development of human history.
Project name
The Syria Pavilion
Architecture firm
XYZ Designers
Location
EXPO 2020 Dubai, Mobility District, UAE
Photography
Andri Iskandar
Principal architect
Khaled Alshamaa
Design team
Khaled Alshamaa, Maher Howasli, Noor Al Kallih, Sarah Kotrash, Mohamed Riyas, Joud Tayeb, Wissam Ajaj, Lana Khuzam
Interior design
Khaled Alshamaa, Maher Howasli, Noor Al Kallih, Sarah Kotrash
Supervision
XYZ Designers
Material
Gypsum boards, paint, wood, printed graphics
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Pavilion
Rocco Design Architects Associates have just completed the Performing Arts Centre, part of the Bao’An Cultural District they also realized. Overlooking Quanhai Bay and the South China Sea, the building anchors the southern end of the cultural complex. The 600 seat, 28,000-square-metre building houses Shenzhen’s first performance hall and will host...
Project name
Bao’An Performing Arts Centre
Architecture firm
Rocco Design Architects Associates
Photography
Zhang Chao Studio
Design team
Rocco Yim , Derrick Tsang, William Tam, Herbert Hung ,Martin Fung, Lucia Cheung, Stephen Chan, Simon Ho, Calvin Chung, Ivy Yung, Zachary Wong , Zhu Yi, Seah lee, Jans Liang, Leo Zhou, Chen Lan, Amber Wang, Yang Shi Pei
Collaborators
Collaborators BIAD (Local Architect), BuroHappold (Façade Consultant)
Typology
Cultural › Art Center
Cushing Terrell was commissioned to design a structure to be used as a backdrop for a sculptor’s on-site commission at the 12,000-acre-spanning Tippet Rise Art Center, located just outside Fishtail, Montana. The program requirements for the project were simple: replicate a late-1800s one-room Montana schoolhouse to provide a relatively protected in...
Project name
"Daydreams" School House at Tippet Rise Art Center
Architecture firm
Cushing Terrell
Location
Fishtail, Montana, USA
Photography
Karl Neumann, Jimmy Talarico, Travis Estvold
Collaborators
Patrick Dougherty (artist)
Structural engineer
DCI Engineers
Construction
JxM & Associates
Client
Tippet Rise Art Center
Typology
Cultural › Art Center, Installation
Next to the renovated main building of the Tabalugahaus (former youth hostel Jägersbrunn), which was financed by the Thomas-Haffa-Foundation + Peter Maffay Foundation in 2010, was an old, dilapidated summer house. Already parallel to the renovation, long before the building owner knew what was to happen to it, we proposed to create a bold and mode...
Project name
Begegnungshaus Jägersbrunn
Architecture firm
WSM Architekten
Location
Jägersbrunn, Starnberg, Germany
Photography
Andreas Hofer
Collaborators
Maffay Stiftung, Gesch.-Führer
Structural engineer
Krämer
Landscape
Terrabiota Landschaftsarchitekten
Visualization
WSM Architekten
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Client
Thomas-Haffa-Stiftung + Peter-Maffay-Stiftung
Typology
Commercial › Cultural Center
The new visitor centre at Skamlingsbanken in Kolding by CEBRA, is an architectural portal to the glacial landscape and its history of democratic events. The centre is designed as a natural and integrated part of the undulating landscape and from the overall design to the small details, visitors will experience an architecture that finds its origin...
Project name
Skamlingsbanken Visitor Center
Architecture firm
CEBRA architecture
Location
Skamlingsbanken, Vejstrup Parish, Jutland, Denmark
Collaborators
YOKE (Exhibition designer)
Structural engineer
DRIAS, Dansk Energi Management
Client
Kolding Municipality, Skamlingsbankeselskabet, Klokkestablen
Typology
Cultural › Visitor Center
The Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Center is the architectural icon of the new tourism district, which will be dedicated to winter sports, including the presence of the future indoor ski slope.
Project name
Pingyuan New Area Cultural Touristic City Exhibition Center
Architecture firm
Zone of Utopia + Mathieu Forest Architecte
Location
Xinxiang, Henan, China
Principal architect
Qiang ZOU, Mathieu FOREST
Design team
ZENG Teng, DI Wu, WANG Zhuang, Arnaud MAZZA, MA Jia, XUE Qixun
Collaborators
Local Design Architect: Henan Urban Planning Institute & Corporation. Curtain wall / Facades: EDUTH
Interior design
WU:Z DESIGN
Structural engineer
Arup Group Limited
Landscape
Landscape design: Hassell Shanghai Landscape. Design construction: QIDI Shanghai
Client
Henan Rongshou Xinchuang Culture and Tourism Real Estate Co. Ltd.
Typology
Cultural › Tourist Center
