On an ocean front mountain top, between tall grasses and acacia forests, walls meander in and out of the wild and wind swept landscape to create an 8 room retreat. Rugged, curvaceous concrete walls define the boundaries between architecture and landscape, wandering inside and outside to create public and private spaces.
Project name
Wandering Walls
Architecture firm
XRANGE Architects
Location
Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan
Photography
Kuo-Min Lee, Lorenzo Pierucci
Principal architect
Grace Cheung
Design team
XRANGE Architects
Landscape
XRANGE Architects
Structural engineer
Top Technic Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.
Interior design
XRANGE Architects
Lighting
Unolai Lighting Design & Associates
Material
Reinforced concrete, slab & bearing wall
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
The main objective has been to transform an inward-looking, utilitarian warehouse into a state-of-the-art, carbon neutral facility which places the user and the visitor at the centre of the operations and experience of the building.
Project name
Pyeongchang Knowledge Hub
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO in collaboration with ArchiWorkshop
Location
Pyeongchang, South Korea
Principal architect
AIDIA STUDIO: Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Collaborators
Local Design Representative: ArchiWorkshop: Su-Jeong Park, Hee-Jun Sim
Material
Facade: Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete Panels
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Tools used
Rhinocerous 3D, V-Ray, Lumion, Grasshopper, Ladybug, AutoCAD, Adobe Package
Client
National Library of Korea
Status
Honorable Mention in an International Design Competition
Typology
Cultural; Archive, Library and Office Building
Designed by Architectural Engineering Consultants, Oudong Residence is an 8-storey building that comprises 28 condominium residences on the city area of Oudong, located approximately 35 km North of Phnom Penh.
Project name
Oudong Residence
Architecture firm
Architectural Engineering Consultants
Location
Oudong, Cambodia
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Twinmotion, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Creative Suite
Principal architect
Alessandro Mangano
Design team
Ankitha Dev, Andrea Cocinelli
Collaborators
Beta Chan, Huy Tran, Sovan Ouk
Visualization
AEC in collaboration with MOZ
Typology
Residential › Apartments, Masterplan
Thomas Cravero: The villa is located in the heart of the Cambodian jungle a few kilometers from the city of Phnom Penh. The area of construction of the house is a naturally beautiful area, our proposal is to make a modern house that fits the natural environment that we have, that is to create a house that interacts with its visual towards the river...
Project name
Villa Ploy & Oro
Architecture firm
Tc.arquitectura
Location
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Thomas Cravero
Visualization
Thomas Cravero
Typology
Residential › Houses
aoe: The concept of this library starts from understanding the true nature of this library that it will not only be as a landmark in a city, but the importance of its publicity that connects with their local citizens and tourists. Therefore, two key spaces were carved out to create a Reading Hall (towards the south-facing natural view) and a Commun...
Project name
The Library of SONGDO International City
Location
# 115-2, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon (in Songdo International City)
Principal architect
Larry Wen
Design team
Jichang Pan, Xiangting Li, Ye Wang, Ruixue Fan, Yu Lu, Zhiyu Chang, Chen Liu (Interior), Yawen Xue (Interior)
Interior design
aoe interiors
Structural engineer
Inhabitgroup, Arup Group Limited Façade
Material
Concrete, Metal, Wood
Client
Architecture Division. Yeonsu-gu office, Incheon-si, S.Korea Structure
Typology
Educational › Library
The Ho Chi Minh City-based architecture firm SEMBA VIETNAM led by Mamoru Maeda has recently completed renovation of a three-story house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Project name
DIST.4 HOUSE PROJECT
Architecture firm
SEMBA VIETNAM
Location
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Photography
DeconPhotoStudio (Hiroyuki Oki)
Principal architect
Mamoru Maeda
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Rafał Jakubowski: This "Underwater Bubbles" project presents a house with a glass sphere under water for enjoying the view of the underwater life. The whole project is created for fun and distraction from everyday work.
Project name
Underwater Bubble
Architecture firm
Rafał Jakubowski
Location
Koh Phangan, Thailand
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Itoo Forest Pack
Principal architect
Rafał Jakubowski
Visualization
Rafał Jakubowski
Typology
Residential › House
The Parsi-based archibiotect Vincent Callebaut Architectures has revealed the the progress of his residential sustainable tower "Tao Zhu Yin Yuan" under construction in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently, gardens planting, waterfalls construction and interior decoration of public facilities space are undergoing. It is hoped that this unique project will be...
Project name
Tao Zhu Yin Yuan
Architecture firm
Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Location
Taipei, Taiwan, Xinyi district, Song Gao Road & Song Yong Road
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Principal architect
Vincent Callebaut
Design team
Emilie Diers, Frederique Beck, Jiao Yang, Florence Mauny, Volker Erlich, Philippe Steels, Maguy Delrieu, Vincent Callebaut
Interior design
Wilson & Associates (WA), Los Angeles, Chu Chih-Kung + Metro Space Design, Taipei
Structural engineer
King Le Chang & Associates, Taipei
Environmental & MEP
Sine & Associates, Taipei
Landscape
SWA, Sausalito, San Francisco, Horizon & Atmosphere (H&A), Taipei
Lighting
L'Observatoire International, New-York, Unolai Design, Taipei
Construction
Taiwan Kumagai Co, Ltd
Client
BES Engineering Corporation, Taipei
Typology
Residential › International Architectural Competition - First Prize Winner in November 2010
