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
Mayslits Kassif Roytman Architects have been selected to design the new Academy and Museum of the Hebrew Language in the national cultural district of Jerusalem. Mayslits Kassif Roytman Architects were chosen out of 100 proposals in one of the largest international architecture competitions ever conducted in Israel.
Project name
The New Academy and Museum of the Hebrew Language
Architecture firm
Mayslits Kassif Roytman Architects
Location
National Cultural District of Jerusalem, Israel
Principal architect
Ganit Mayslits Kassif, Udi Kassif and Maor Roytman
Design team
Igal Tartakovsky
Visualization
Mayslits Kassif Roytman Architects
Client
The Academy of the Hebrew Language
Status
Competition Proposal- First place
Typology
Cultural › Museum
Studio Zhu-Pei: Located in the center of the historical area, the site of the Museum is adjacent to the Imperial Kiln ruins surrounding many ancient kiln complexes. Jingdezhen is known as the "Porcelain Capital" in the world because it has been producing pottery for 1,700 years. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Jingdezhen exported a huge amount of p...
Project name
Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum
Architecture firm
Studio Zhu-Pei
Location
East gate of Royal Kiln Factory, Junction of Shengli Road and Zhonghua North Road, Zhushan District, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Photography
schranimage, Tian Fangfang, Zhang Qinquan, courtesy of Studio Zhu-Pei
Principal architect
Zhu Pei
Design team
Changchen You, Mo Han, Fan He, Ling Liu, Zhigang Wu, Shun Zhang, Shuhei Nakamura, Shengchen Yang, Yang Du, Yida Chen, Chenglong He, Xinyue Ding
Collaborators
Mingxian Wang, Xiangning Li, Ning Field Lighting Design CO., LTD., Shenzhen Dadi Facade Technology CO., LTD., Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University,
Interior design
Studio Zhu-Pei, Beijing Qingshang Architectural Ornamental Engineering CO., LTD.
Landscape
Studio Zhu-Pei, Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Structural engineer
Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Environmental & MEP
Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Contractor
China Construction First Group Corporation Limited, Huajiang Construction CO., LTD of China Construction First Group
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Client
Jingdezhen Municipal Bureau of Culture Radio Television Press Publication and Tourism, Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Tourism Group
Zaha Hadid Architects Unveils New Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum in China.
Project name
Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Niran Buyukkoz, Saman Dadgostar
Collaborators
Marshall Day Acoustics, Art of Fact, GYAC (Shanghai), Acoustics & Theatre Design Division, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute, Jorjun Green Building Technology, Guangdong, Teecom, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Dadi Facade Technology, GD-Lighting Design Consultancy
Interior design
J&A (Jiang & Associates)
Structural engineer
Capol International & Associates Group
Environmental & MEP
Capol International & Associates Group
Visualization
Brick Visual, Slashcube
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max
Client
The Bureau of Public Works of the Shenzhen Municipality
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Cultural, Museum
occo Design Architects completed the iADC Design Museum in Shapu, Shenzhen. The building creates an iconic presence and visual focal point in the area while emphasizing a sense of openness through a series of facade folds.
Project name
iADC Design Museum
Architecture firm
Rocco Design Architects Associates
Location
Shapu, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China 深圳市寶安區沙浦工業區
Photography
Arch-Exist 存在建筑
Principal architect
Rocco S K Yim
Design team
Rocco Yim, Derrick Tsang, William Tam, Alex Tang, William Lee, Yang Shi Pei, Thomas Cheng, Hoey Yip, Caitlin Xie, Cai Jing Hua, Huang Zhan Ling, Leo Zhou, Xian Huansheng, Karen Lam
Structural engineer
Hua Yi Design Consultants Ltd.
Environmental & MEP
Hua Yi Design Consultants Ltd.
Contractor
China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Ltd.
Client
Shenzhen Manjinghua Investment Group
Typology
Cultural, Museum
Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, Messner Mountain Museum Corones situated on the summit plateau of Kronplatz, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy.
Project description by the architects:
Embedded within the summit of Mount Kronplatz, 2,275m above sea level at the centre South Tyrol’s most popular ski...
The Giza-based Architects (Mohamed Samy, Tarek Ali, Mohamed Sarhan and Sama Abdelkarim) from Cell Studio has recently designed a proposal for Barjeel Museum a modern Arab art museum in Sharjah, UAE, that connects the past with the future.
Project description by the architects:
The design seek...
Turkish Architect Öznur Pınar Çer’s firm MASK Architects has designed ‘’The First Art and Photograpy Museum in the World which has taken a picture by itself‘’ in Seoul, Korea.
Project description by the architects:
Named ‘’ The First Camera Obscura Photographic Art Museum ‘’ we can think abo...
