MASSLAB + AFRY Ark Studio won the Finnish Train Factory Mixed-Use Competition with the aim of developing a new urban landmark for the Pasila machine shop area in Helsinki. The proposal was selected from among five entries in an international competition that took place in two separate selection phases, hosted by the Train Factory Group and Helsinki...
Project name
A ROOF FOR HELSINKI – Train Factory Competition
Architecture firm
MASSLAB
Location
Pasila, Helsinki, Finland
Principal architect
Diogo Sousa Rocha, Duarte Ramalho Fontes, Lourenço Menezes Rodrigues
Collaborators
Engineering (With Link Of The Company): AFRY
Client
Train Factory Oy + Helsinki Municipality
Typology
TYpology Mixed-Use + Urban Design, Hotel, Office and Retail
As you know, our human life has many ups and downs, and humans are always trying to provide a good life for themselves and their families. One of the needs of us is to relieve our fatigue and renew our strength.so We need places to answer this and what place is better than a large cottage complex in the heart of nature with a great view can answer...
Project name
Ghidorah Cabins
Architecture firm
Rabbani Design
Location
Colorado Springs, USA
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere
Principal architect
Mohammad Hossein Rabbani Zade
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › Cottages
Like a diamond, the shape of the building arises from the external pressure of legal constraints on a small plot of land. The facade gives character to the piece and functions as a brise-soleil. The restaurant under the pool is naturally cooled by the water that cascades over the facades.
Project name
Diamant D'Abidjan
Architecture firm
Paulo Merlini Architects
Location
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Tools used
Revit, SketchUp, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Paulo Merlini
Visualization
Paulo Merlini Architects
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel / Mixed-Use
Have you ever encountered sandstorms? If you have ever spent some time in Dubai or any other city in UAE, especially during spring and summer, you have probably witnessed its tropical desert climate and massive sandstorms. And you might know that when they occur, they slow down or, on larger scales, completely shut down the city’s ordinary rhythm.
Project name
Absorbent Sandstorm Skyscraper Dubai
Architecture firm
Kalbod Design Studio
Visualization
Shaghayegh Nemati, Sara Rajabi, Ziba Baghban
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Shaghayegh Nemati, Zahra Tavasoli, Fateme Shaerzadeh
Typology
Future Architecture
A house for a friend, a glass house that embraces nature at its core. The house has three big skylights in the roof. In the entrance area, the living-dining area and the guest area, which brings a lot of light into these spaces.
Architecture firm
Reza Mohtashami
Location
Upstate New York, New York, United States
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Reza Mohtashami
Design team
Reyhaneh Daneshmandi
Visualization
Reyhaneh Daneshmandi
Typology
Residential › House
Based on a housing module that reflects the constant direction we have to connect to nature in terms of shapes and functional impact, in the first instance we rise from the ground to have the least impact on it, helping to achieve better control of the views.
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
Miami, Florida, USA
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › Cabin
This is Fredrick Mensah house in the South of Ghana. Fredrick asked us to do a minimal design but futuristic! We tried to make it as unique as possible. I tried to design the facade of this house in a new and classy look.
Project name
KuKuruoo House
Architecture firm
Amin Moazzen
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Amin Moazzen
Visualization
Amin Moazzen
Typology
Residential › House
We created a comfort and inspiring environment for the hi-end intellectual office workers. All the best innovative companies are competing for the best minds and professionals, what has led to a reorganization of offices and headquarters.
Project name
Public space for high-end office specialists
Architecture firm
Basis architectural bureau
Tools used
ArchiCAD, SketchUp
Principal architect
Ivan Okhapkin
Design team
Ivan Okhapkin, Ivan Sakara, Tatiana Kozlova, Alexandra Terentieva, Nikita Chikin, Elizaveta Nadezhina, Evgeniy Rusakov, Valeriya Streletskaya
Visualization
Basis architectural bureau
Typology
Public Space › Landscape, public space in office center, IT-cluster
