At the foot of the Roof Park in Rotterdam housing project The Hudsons has been realized. The development adds 5 building blocks with 118 single-family homes, 24 apartments and 2 commercial spaces to the Bospolder-Tussendijken district. The early 20th-century district of Bospolder-Tussendijken has been undergoing restructuring for decades. The more...
Architecture firm
Orange Architects
Location
Bospolder-Tussendijken, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Sebastian van Damme, Sander van Wettum
Design team
Jeroen Schipper, Tess Landsman, Paul Kierkels, Julija Osipenko, Angeliki Chantzopoulou, Fung Chow, Lars Fraij, María Gómez Garrido, Rutger Schoenmaker
Collaborators
Advisors: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Nieman, Huygen Installatie Adviseurs, CULD, INBO
Visualization
De Beeldenfabriek
Client
ERA Contour & BPD Gebiedsontwikkeling
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Located in the central lot of Zac Chandon-République Gennevilliers, the 91-unit mixed-housing project faces the park. The orthogonal plan adopts a relatively simple and sober organization that gives a particular identity to the place, dividing the project into six volumes of different heights, linked together by glass walkways.
Project name
A Ciel Ouvert
Architecture firm
Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Location
Gennevilliers, Paris, France
Photography
Heiner Baboon
Principal architect
Christophe Rousselle
Design team
Jean Phillipe Marre (Project manager)
Built area
7030 m² (91 apartments)
Collaborators
Technical Studies: Energy. Economy: Lemmonier
Construction
Groupe ARC Ile-de-France / Coopérative HLM Boucle de la Seine
Material
Structure: Reinforced concrete with anthracite grey finish. Cladding: Shiny stainless steel plate, placed vertically, slab edges + "Stonepanel" type stone cladding facades. Windows: PVC thermopane places anthracite finish with built-in roller blind. Railings: metallic anthracite finish
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Edificio AIROS: A Vertical Garden Oasis with a Hidden Secret - A Lush Vertical Garden for Emergency Escape and Urban Farming.
Project name
Airos Building - Vertical Garden
Architecture firm
Najas Arquitectos
Photography
Bicubik Photography
Principal architect
Esteban Najas
Design team
Adrian Falconi
Landscape
Monica de Navarro
Construction
Corprancagua
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › Vertical Garden
The San Po Kong area of Hong Kong, once a garment district in the 1950’s, is quickly transforming into a new commercial hub. Our new development is a creative incubator for the community.
Project name
Brutalist Greenhouse
Architecture firm
Archiplus International
Location
Kai Tak, San Po Kong, Hong Kong
Photography
HDP Photography
Principal architect
Henry Lai
Design team
NC Design & Architecture Limited
Interior design
NC Design & Architecture Ltd
Structural engineer
Keystone Design
Environmental & MEP
P&T Group
Construction
Hip Seng Finishing Engineering Company
Visualization
NC Design & Architecture Limited
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
Material
Custom Made Terrazzo, Corrugated panel, Special paint
Client
New World Development Company
Typology
Residential › Building
M 5605 is a horizontal property building located in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood with ten functional units, on a small corner lot measuring 8.80 × 12.72 m. It is located in a medium residential fabric, adjacent to the F.F.C.C. Mitre.
Architecture firm
Estudio Arqtipo
Location
Monroe 5606, Villa Urquiza, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Federico Kulekdjian
Principal architect
Lucas Gorroño
Design team
Arqtipo (Diego Aceto, Dario Litvinoff, Alejandro Camp), Juan Pablo Negro
Collaborators
Martin Giani, Catarina Staric, Belen Canosa, Marcelo Sigrist, Leonardo Pulzoni
Structural engineer
Pablo Lulkin
Material
Brick, Steel, Concrete
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Real de Los Reyes is a housing project designed by the architectural firm Miguel de la Torre mta+v. The spaces of the houses are designed to be versatile for daily life, meetings or rest. It offers the possibility of customizing the finishes according to the preferences and needs of its inhabitants. It has 13 houses, from 320 m2, distributed on thr...
Project name
Real de los Reyes
Architecture firm
Miguel de la Torre mta+v Diseño y Arquitectura
Location
Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Miguel de la Torre
Design team
Rodrigo Márquez, Perla Chávez
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Revit, Autodes 3ds Max, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › Houses
The High Street Apartments is Gardiner Architects’ first high-rise multi-residential project. Located in Thornbury, Melbourne, the project is a mixed-use building, with thirteen apartments above a ground floor carpark and restaurant fronting High Street. Differing from your usual apartment development model, there was an imperative for our client t...
Project name
High Street Apartments
Architecture firm
Gardiner Architects
Location
High St, Thornbury, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Rory Gardiner, Stylist: Jess Kneebone
Principal architect
Paul Gardiner
Design team
Vaughan Bones, Alex Millar, Amelda Berkley
Interior design
Gardiner Architects
Civil engineer
4Site Engineer
Structural engineer
4Site Engineer
Environmental & MEP
LID Consulting
Lighting
Gardiner Architects
Construction
CLT Timber construction
Tools used
Prefabrication methods
Typology
Mixed-Use Multi-Residential
The unique context of the place and the potential negative consequence of implementing a new tissue in this unique area meant that the decision to shape a new building was not easy and had to refer directly to these guidelines, not compete with them, and "respond" to the environment with its uniqueness in a contemporary way.
Architecture firm
Architekt Maciej Franta
Photography
Tomasz Zakrzewski
Principal architect
Maciej Franta
Interior design
Amok architecture
Construction
Rafał Hoffmann
Typology
Residential › Apartments
