The long awaited return of residents to downtown Los Angeles presents three major challenges. One is to mitigate the excessive energy consumption required to stay cool in this sweltering urban environment. The second is to find a way to have outdoor space to enjoy the indoor-outdoor California lifestyle in a dense urban environment.
Project name
Chung King Courtyard
Architecture firm
LOC Architects
Location
Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Photography
Christopher Culltion
Principal architect
Ali Jeevanjee & Poonam Sharma
Design team
Ali Jeevanjee & Poonam Sharma
Structural engineer
MBM, INC.
Construction
LOC Architects
Visualization
LOC Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Illustrator
Material
Concrete, marine plywood, aluminum, glass
Client
Ali Jeevanjee, Poonam Sharma
Typology
Residential › Mixed-use
Tartu is known for its cultural and educational privileges and counts as Estonia’s capital for education. That is why we at Kalbod Design Studio decided to design a cultural center in the most historical district in Tartu by the river Emajõgi, where the reuse and repurposing of the town is ongoing.
Project name
The Bastion of Tartu Culture
Architecture firm
Kalbod Design Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Twinmotion, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Mohamad Rahimizadeh, Shaghayegh Nemati, Hosein Roasaei, Ziba Baghban, Pardis Ahmadi, Zahra Tavassoli, Mahdi Jam, Farnaz Ejlali
Visualization
Ziba Baghban
Status
Concept (Competition Entry)
Typology
Cultural Architecture > Culture Center
Located in an historical village site of Fujian, Studio ZHU is a renovation project that transforms original four-story “modern Chinese village building” into a boutique guesthouse. Within the original building framework, Design team proposed an interior courtyards strategy that resonates with the traditional housing typological layout of north Fuj...
Project name
Studio Zhu Renovation
Architecture firm
Wenya Liu / Zi Meng
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Maxwell, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Design team
Wenya Liu, Zi Meng, Yangyang Liu, Zhaoqi Chen
Visualization
Wenya Liu, Zi Meng, Yangyang Liu, Zhaoqi Chen
Typology
Residential › House, Renovation
CHYBIK + KRISTOF (CHK), European practice based in Prague, participated in the international competition for Tirana's Center of Fairs and Exhibitions and mixed-use development.
Architecture firm
CHYBIK + KRISTOF
Tools used
SketchUp, Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Ondrej Chybik, Michal Kristof
Design team
Jiri Vala, Jiri Richter, Lucie Skorepova, Ingrid Spacilova, Ilya Lebedev, Peter Chaban, Jan Lebl, Lucija Ritosa, Viktor Makara, Martin Holy, Ondrej Zvak, Martin Iglesias
Collaborators
Bollinger+Grohmann, Clearly Efficient, Marko & placemakers, Populous
Visualization
Bucharest studio
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-Used Development
Every architectural project is a response to various issues, situations, and parameters. These parameters can be physical and measurable or unnoticeable. On the other hand, a topic that is used and welcomed more than ever today is the relationship between humans, nature, and architecture.
Architecture firm
Ahmad Eghtesad
Location
Femundsmarka, Norway
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Principal architect
Ahmad Eghtesad
Design team
Nastaran Fazeli
Collaborators
Mohammad Asgari, Abed Zarini, Samira Khaki
Visualization
Ahmad Eghtesad
Typology
Residential › Cabin
[HACHIBAN RAMEN] is a strategy that targets Vietnamese families and young people. That's why they don't put Japanese or Westerners as our target customers. They have that strategy, but since they have only two stores, Vietnamese people are not aware of it yet. That's why I completely ignored "Japanese HACHIBAN RAMEN" and designed it. Especially reg...
Project name
HACHIBAN RAMEN - Sư Vạn Hạnh
Architecture firm
SEMBA VIETNAM + HACHBAN Co., Ltd.
Location
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Photography
Anthony Nguyễn
Principal architect
Mamoru Maeda
Design team
Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nguyệt
Interior design
• Total Interior + exterior design: SEMBA VIETNAM • Basic Interior design: HACHBAN Co., Ltd.
Environmental & MEP
SEMBA VIETNAM + HTB
Material
Main finishing / equipment:[Internal audience seats]; Floor: Ceramic tile; Counter: TILE + Stainless steel Floor counter integrated mortar finish; Wall: mortar paint + tile + laminate; Ceiling: painting; Features and lighting fixtures: MFC + laminate finish; [kitchen] Floor: Anti-slip tile Ceiling: System ceiling; [Terrace audience seats]; Floor: stone + tile
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk 3ds Max, SketchUp
Client
MESA + HACHIBAN VIETNAM
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
The concept of this module i s mobility. Parts of each structure can be assembled, disassembled and delivered in a spaceship, and assembled on the lunar surface. The structure of the building is made of lightweight -grade aluminum. The main living capsules from the inflatable sections. This technology is used in space industries such as Bigelow Aer...
Project name
Lunar Hostel
Architecture firm
Cosmo Render
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Illustrator, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Dilshod Sharipov
Design team
Dilshod Sharipov
Visualization
Cosmo Render
Typology
Space Architecture
Architectural concept, for 2 astronauts to live on the surface of the moon. There's no atmosphere on the moon, and enormous temperature variations, reaching plus 127 during the day, dropping to minus 173 after sunset. High doses of cosmic rays and solar radiation are detrimental to humans and living organisms.
Project name
Lunar Capsule
Architecture firm
Cosmo Render
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Illustrator, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Dilshod Sharipov
Visualization
Cosmo Render
Typology
Space Architecture
