Located on the outskirts of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, the new Los Mangos Community Centre responds to the need for a neighborhood center to improve the quality of life in an urban area lacking in facilities and public spaces.
Project name
Los Mangos Community Center
Architecture firm
Entorno & Contexto
Location
Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Andrés Cedillo / ESPACIOS
Principal architect
Alejandro Polo Lamadrid
Design team
Édgar Marmolejo, Hesner Sánchez, Ramiro Guzmán, Alejandra Guzmán
Collaborators
Zenon Instalaciones
Built area
Covered area: 850 m² / Outdoor area: 4,480 m² / Green areas: 1,760 m²
Structural engineer
Miyamoto México
Tools used
AutoCAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Construction
Linos Construcciones
Typology
Cultural › Community Center
It's a building renovation project. In an old traditional neighborhood, the base is located on the south shore of Jinan DaMing Lake. The building has been transformed from offices and a hotel into an artistic and cultural complex, opening up to the city with a simple and distinctive personality, reuniting the natural landscape of lake and the lakes...
Project name
Daminghu 100 Culture & Arts Center
Location
Minghu Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China
Principal architect
Tao Lei
Design team
Tao Lei, Chen Zhen, Zhou Yumuling, Duan Zhenqiang, Li Gen, Xu Lili, Shi Tong, Sun Lang, Dai Yunyi, Li Jiming Interns: Meng Xiangrui, Liu Zishen, Man Renfang
Collaborators
China Building Technique Group Co.,Ltd.
Client
Shandong Lucion Investment Holdings Group Co., Ltd., Central Academy of Fine Arts
Typology
Cultural Architecture > Arts Center
The Hainan Science Museum, designed by Ma Yansong / MAD Architects, is steadily advancing through its construction phases. The project, which began its design phase in 2020, broke ground in November 2021 and reached the completion of its main structure in June 2023.
Project name
Hainan Science Museum
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Photography
China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd
Principal architect
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Wang Yiding, Dayie Wu, Yin Jianfeng, Sun Feifei, Reem Mosleh, Pan Siyi, Alan Rodríguez Carrillo, Anri Gyuloyan, Chen Yi Wen, Rozita Kashirtseva, Wu Qiaoling, Zheng Chengwen, Feng Yingying, Zhu Yuhao, Edgar Navarrete, Yang Xuebing
Collaborators
Associate Partners: Fu Changrui, Kin Li, Tiffany Dahlen. Signage Consultant: CCDI. Exhibition Project Management: Haikou Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. Executive Architect: CCDI. Facade Consultant: RFR Shanghai Consultant: Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.
Interior design
MAD Architects, CCDI
Built area
Building Area: 46,528 m²; Above Ground: 27,782 m²; Underground: 18,746 m²
Lighting
Ning Field Lighting Design Corp., Ltd.
Construction
China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd
Client
Haikou Association for Science and Technology
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Cultural › Museum
Conversion of a hundred-year-old industrial building for cultural and social purposes.
Project name
Automatic Mills Grain Silo Conversion
Architecture firm
Prokš Přikryl Architekti
Location
Automatické mlýny 1963, 530 03 Pardubice, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Martin Prokš, Marek Přikryl
Collaborators
Concrete structures: MDS Projekt; Steel structures: STA-CON; Fire safety: Projekty PO; Ventilation: Mikroklima; Plumbing: MK Profi; Electrics: Miroslav Bouček; Acoustics, A/V media: SONING; Measurement and regulation: TECONT; Lift: TRAMONTÁŽ; Geothermal boreholes: GEROTO; Heating: Jiří Vik; Graphical system: Richard Wilde [publikum.design]; Main contractor: STAKO Hradec Králové
Built area
Built-up area 357 m²; Gross floor area 1848 m²; Usable floor area 1131 m²
Lighting
Ladislav Tikovský [AST]
Material
Exposed concrete – lift shaft, rooftop extension, roof and floor structural slabs. Galvanized steel – stairs structure, all steel components, doors. Galvanized steel grating – stairs, railings. Glass concrete floors – prefabricated floor panel with glass blocks. Tile covering – toilets, utility rooms. Face bricks – refurbishment and replacement of original brick façade. Concrete paving – roof terrace. Pine plywood – furniture
Client
Automatic Mills Foundation Lukáš Smetana, Mariana Smetanová
Typology
Cultural Architecture > Cultural Center
The new living space experience hall of the headquarters of Red Apple Group interprets the ideal life of warmth and comfort.
Project name
Red Apple Ideal Living Space Experience Hall
Architecture firm
BDSD Boundless Design
Photography
Hanmo Vision Ye Song
Principal architect
Lin Wenke, Sun zhengyuan
Design team
Ye Xiangzhen, Su Rixian, He Haiquan, Pan Meijia, Wu Ruikang
Collaborators
Soft Decoration Design: BDSD Boundless Design / Dong Hongqiong Ye Jiaxin. Furniture Design: Red Apple Group
Construction
Yan Gong Liang Zao
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Exhibition Hall
Late summer will see the completion of the upgrade to the former electricity station inside the Giardini Margherita monumental park: a crucial point in the city where the refurbished building will host the creative and cultural hub for Re-Use With Love, a volunteer group in Bologna, based on the culture of reuse, that promotes fundraising campaigns...
Project name
Re-Use With Love
Architecture firm
MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects
Collaborators
Working drawings and site supervision: Studio Controluce Architect: Emanuele Dionigi - Project Manager: Carlotta Menarini with the collaboration of Paolo Greco - Structural design: Archplanning - Building services design: Mattia Buriani (mechanical systems), Luca Rossi (electrical systems) - General Contractor: Altoponte S.r.l. Contractors: Altoponte S.r.l., 2M Termoidraulica, G.A. Building services
Visualization
Studio Controluce. Architect: Emanuele Dionigi
Client
Re-Use With Love o.d.v.
Typology
Cultural Architecture
Hacker Architects: The Hellems Arts and Sciences Building and Mary Rippon Theatre Capital Renewal Project is a complete modernization of a historic Charles Klauder building (built in 1922 & 1938) located within the Norlin Quadrangle National Historic District of the University of Colorado Boulder’s campus.
Project name
Hellems Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder
Architecture firm
Hacker + Handprint
Location
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Design team
Nicholas Hodges, Principal-in-Charge. David Keltner, Design Principal. Sarah Weber, Sr. Interior Designer. Rashmi Vasavada, Sr. Project Architect. Yi Wang, Project Architect. Emma Abramowitz. Berhan Ayalew. Leesa Cano. Caleb Couch. John Dalit. Maddy Gorman. Amy Maras. Kevin Mulvaney. Van Stanek. Jessica Tippens. Peng Wang. Handprint Architecture design team: Tania Salgado, Project Manager, Tom Wuertz, Ron Izzo
Collaborators
MEP: Cator, Ruma & Associates, Co. Structural: Martin/Martin, Inc. Acoustics, IT, AV: Salas Obrien (formerly K2). Landscape Architect: Wenk Associates. Cost Estimating: Rider Levett Bucknall. Lighting: AE Design. Specifications: m.thrailkill.architect.llc. Theatre Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants. Contractor: Adolfson and Peterson
Client
University of Colorado Boulder
Typology
Cultural Architecture
The proposal for the Pavilion of Portugal for Expo 2025 Osaka is inspired by the deep seabed, whose topographic heterogeneity hosts a tremendous wealth of biodiversity.
Project name
Portuguese Pavilion for Osaka 2025
Architecture firm
Unemori Architects, Atelier Sergio Rebelo
Design team
Sérgio Rebelo, La-Salete Carvalho, Joana Portela, Mariana Pires, Nuno Borges, Bruna Rocha, Tiago Martins, Ricardo Gouveia, Daria Ciobanu-Enescu, Morgane Ribeiro, Camilo Gonbi, Eva Meca Lima
Collaborators
Art director: Filipa Ramos; Exhibition design: Diogo Passarinho Studio; Graphic design: Eduardo Aires Studio; Experience design: Local Projects; Scientific director: Ricardo Santos; Historical Relations: Alexandra Curvelo; Artists: Sofia Crespo and Luís Quinta.
Status
Competition, Proposal
Typology
Cultural Architecture > Pavilion
