Preserve the identity of the site and the characteristics of the building in question gave us the motto for intervention. The proposed space appears as a "house inside a house". A massive volume landed into the existing space replicating the geometry of the shape.
Project name
Information Center of the Romanesque (Centro Informação do Românico)
Architecture firm
Spaceworkers®
Location
Paredes, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Henrique Marques, Rui Dinis
Design team
Rui Rodrigues, Sérgio Rocha, Rui Miguel
Structural engineer
Simetria Vertical, Lda
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Information Center
All under one roof: Focketyn del Rio Studio completes the transformation of the kHaus Basel, Switzerland. The transformation of a pre-existing building into a new cultural center has become a model for circular architecture and re-use: built 150 years ago as a military barracks, this seminal building has just become a new public nexus in the heart...
Project name
kHaus Cultural Center
Architecture firm
Focketyn del Rio Studio GmbH, Basel, Miquel del Rio + Hans Focketyn
Location
Kasernenhof 8, 4057 Basel, Switzerland
Photography
Adrià Goula, Piotr Hraptovich
Principal architect
Hans Focketyn, Miquel del Rio
Design team
Letizia Fürer, Anna Kuhli, Alastair Lock, Aljoscha Lanz, Angela Brasanac, Christina Fernandez, Dalila Godbahne, Carolina Osorio, Francessco Maria di Giusepp, Hajdin, Draguscha, Iris Carratala, Jaime Pesio Suso, Jonathan Bürgel, Felipe Bermudez Murillo, Joshua Thomson, Juan Pablo Gallego, Juan Pablo Pineda Vergara, Manuela Navarro, Marco Bamberger, Marco Lenherr, Marion Cruz, Pierre Marmy, Raphael Rattier, Santiago Martinez, Tomas Eduardo Echeverri, Montoya, Tomas Guerra, Vida Amani, Xavier Uriach, Xenia Heid
Collaborators
Stage design: Ducks Scéno, Paris + Wibbeke & Penders GmbH, Berlin. Generalplaner: Arge Kaserne Hauptbau ( Focketyn del Rio Studio GmbH + Caretta Weidmann. Baumanagement AG, Basel + Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG). Building energy: Ehrsam Beurret Partner AG, Pratteln. Fire regulations: af-brandschutz. Heating: Ingenieurbüro Stefan Graf, Basel. Ventilation: Treuthardt Haustech, Binningen.
Structural engineer
Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG
Environmental & MEP
Plumbing: Unico Gebäudetechnik AG, Basel + Suiselectra Ingenieurunternehmen AG, Basel. Electrical systems: Hefti Hess Martignoni, Aarau. Acoustics: applied acoustics GmbH, Gelterkinden
Supervision
Site supervision: Caretta Weidmann Baumanagement AG, Basel
Budget
CHF 46.000.000 (including taxes)
Client
City of Basel (Bau und Verkehrsdepartement des Kantons Basel-Stadt)
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Cultural Center
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 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
Xinxiang, known as Muye in ancient times, is one of the important cities in the Central Plains, facing Zhengzhou across the river. Besides, the 11th Cultural Tourism City built by Sunac Cultural Tourism Group in China is located here.The huge-scale building sets like ice cubes on the water and consists of three large clusters of 9 small cubes.
Project name
Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Center
Architecture firm
Zone of Utopia/Qiang ZOU + Mathieu Forest Architecte
Location
Xinxiang, Henan, China
Photography
TOPIA Commercial Photography
Principal architect
WU Di, WANG Zhang, Arnaud MAZZA, MA Jia, XUE Qijun
Interior design
WUZ Design
Structural engineer
Arup Group Limited
Landscape
Hassell Shanghai
Lighting
PROL, Li Hui , Fu Li,
Typology
Cultural › Tourist Center
Skylab Architecture designs the N M Bodecker Foundation in Portland, Oregon. The foundation provides creative communities with a dynamic mix of in-person spaces for workshops, gathering, and collaboration.
Project name
The N M Bodecker Foundation
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA
Photography
Jeremy Bitterman, Stephen Miller (video)
Design team
Jeff Kovel (Design Director), Brent Grubb (Project Manager), Jamin AAsum (Project Architect), Kyle Norman (Project Architect), Dustin Furseth (Project Architect), Amy DeVall (Interior Designer), Stephen Miller (Design & Visualization)
Collaborators
Geo Design (Geotechnical Engineer), Coral Sound Inc. (Acoustical Engineer), Ambient Automation (AV), The Facade Group (Building Envelope & Waterproofing), Michael Cronin Acoustic (Recording Room Consultant), Dream Land Skateparks (Skatepark Consultant)
Interior design
Skylab Architecture
Civil engineer
Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc.
Structural engineer
Structural Engineering (SCE)
Environmental & MEP
Interface Engineering
Lighting
Lighting Workshop
Construction
Skylab Construction Co.
The Shiraz-based architecture firm AshariArchitects has designed Honar Shahre Aftab Cineplex & Cultural Center, located in Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran.
Architect’s Statement:
One of the main goals in designing the complex as a social hub is the human interactions and celebrating the artistic...
