The theme of this competition was Artificial Nature. Arch Hive invited architects, designers, and technology enthusiasts to explore the potential of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of our built environment.
Photography
Hyejin Shin, Opal Naomi Markus Ilan, Samuvel Benhursha
Casa Pulpo is a Yucatecan house from the beginning of the last century that is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city. The original bay houses a room and the living room, both retain their high ceilings with the traditional white metal beams and their wooden beams, whose treatment was based on leaving the wood exposed with reminisce...
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Collaborators
Galerista Yesenia Lope (Art)
Interior design
Artesano MX
Construction
Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Isabel Bargas Cicero, Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Typology
Residential › House
“Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity “– Ar. Kenzo Tange
The practice of GS Design continues to focus on “Spatial experience”, with the designer redefining the expression of “Elegant Vacation” by combining the building with the surrounding environment and the brand's value proposition, unlock the relationship between rational space and perceptual experience behavior. Through color, light, display, instal...
Project name
Miyue · Blue & White Cliffside Resort
Architecture firm
GS Design
Principal architect
Li Liangchao, Huang Yuanman
Design team
Fu Qixin, Xu Zuohua, Zheng Yong, Zhong Zhige
Collaborators
Soft outfitting design director: Feng Yu
Completion year
2023 January
Interior design
GS Design
Client
Shenzhen Miyue Hotel Management Company, co.ltd
Typology
Hospitality › Resort
The Eaves House exists at the interface between a residential neighborhood below and an undeveloped forested ravine above. The long and narrow cross-pitched site is asymmetrical with a pan-handle shape. Views to English Bay, the Vancouver skyline, and the Stanley Park peninsula are spread across the horizon to the south and south-east
Architecture firm
Design firm: McLeod Bovell Modern Houses
Location
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Principal architect
Principal designers: Matt McLeod, Lisa Bovell
Design team
Thomas Yuan, Alisha Maloney
Structural engineer
Ennova Structural Engineers
Construction
Postle Construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Stucco, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Abadía House Project is located in the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco. Developed within a private subdivision, near the walk area, the financial center of the city; This house emerges from a land that naturally presented a great unevenness, so that the project is planted a meter and a half above the sidewalk level with the intention of adapti...
Project name
Casa Abadía (Abadía House)
Location
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Principal architect
Arturo Ferguson
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
The renovation of this project was based on factors such as enlarging the space through visual continuity between related zones, creating functional filters, legibility and coordination of the project components together, more light in the public zone, and injecting a new spirit into the house.
Interior design
Neda Mirani
Location
5th Golestan Alley, Ebrahimi St, Jomhouri Blvd, Tonekabon, Iran
Photography
Benyamin Jahanshahi
Principal designer
Neda Mirani
Design team
Neda Mirani, Milad Abedini
Completion year
31/12/2022
Collaborators
Execution of wooden decoration: Nikachoob. Electrical installations: Shahab Hosseinian, Mojtaba Aghapour. Mechanical installation: Hassan Hassannejad. Painter: Ramin Moghaddam
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The office for 3Commas became one of the first projects of ZIKZAK Architects on Cyprus. Therefore, the team had to immediately immerse themselves in a new environment and understand the differences in the design process. After all, incorrectly set priorities at the beginning can lead to a missed deadline at the finish line. But the team coped with...
Project name
3Commas Office
Architecture firm
ZIKZAK Architects
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
O. Konoval
Design team
A. Yehiiants, I. Gavva
Collaborators
O. Konoval, I. Gavva, O. Gorbach, A. Yehiiants
Client
International crypto-trading company 3Commas
Typology
Commercial › Office
Neo Coral City is a fictional architecture project that was created via Midjourney. The project unfolds from an imaginary setting that Amphitrite 3.0 (underwater AI design/build practice) is commissioned to revitalize part of the-once-called-great-reef area that has been devastated by the rise of ocean temperature and acidification.
Project name
Neo Coral City
Architecture firm
Yongwook Seong
Principal architect
Yongwook Seong
Visualization
Yongwook Seong
Typology
AI Architecture, Futuristic, Sustainable Architecture
The concept of "homey and cozy" is no longer enough for the modern hospitality industry. A good hotel must provide its guests with a level of relaxation that is better than what they experience at home, leaving them with an unforgettable experience and a desire to return again and again. In the highly competitive and in-demand hotel business, origi...
Written by
Alesia Karnaukhova, CEO at ZIKZAK Architects
Photography
ZIKZAK Architects
