Vila Volcá welcomes you with a sense of discovery: you are entering an almost primitive ruin with its massive stone walls in the middle of a forest. A ruin-like house that tries to dissolve boundaries in order to develop the full potential of the void.
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
Lago de Coatepeque in Santa Ana, El Salvador
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Design team
Molina Architecture Studio
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals
Typology
Residential › House
Miroslav Naskov: The project represents a concept design idea for a hospitality resort consisting form artificially planted forest canal and a yacht station. Visitors can go on the structure or walk onto the floating platforms outside. A vast variety of plant species create a magnificent feeling of comfort and tranquillity.
Architecture firm
Mind Design
Tools used
Autodesk Maya, Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Miroslav Naskov
Visualization
Miroslav Naskov
Typology
Garden, Park, Resort
Iranian Architect team, Shomali Design Studio, has designed a holiday home for one of the best Iranian footballers, National Team goalkeeper, Amir Abed Zadeh at Madeira Island, Portugal. Blending with the amazing surrounding nature and sloping roof was one of the main goals of this design.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Madeira Island, Portugal
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Typology
Residential › House
The Shanghai-based architecture practice ZJJZ atelier has completed a mushroom-formed wood house in a pine forest of Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China.
Project name
The Mushroom - a wood house in the forest
Location
Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China
Photography
Fangfang Tian, ZJJZ
Principal architect
Sean Shen, Xuanru Chen, Yuying Kate Tsai
Structural engineer
XIE Technologies
Construction
Zhejiang Huzhou deyi Construction Co., Ltd.
Soheil Kiani: Gisoom cabin is located in Gisoom forest region near Talesh city. Gisoom cabin is a convenient place to relax and get away from the urban space.
Project name
Gisoom Cabin
Architecture firm
Soheil Kiani
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Lightroom
Principal architect
Soheil Kiani
Visualization
Soheil Kiani
Typology
Residential › Cabin House
Miroslav Naskov: Located in the countryside of north Italy the Forest House provides to its visitors an unique experience and an immediate touch to nature. Vast endless views of mountains over the lake and virgin forest are to be seen from the lifted platform of the structure.
Project name
Forest House
Architecture firm
Mind Design
Tools used
Autodesk Maya, Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Miroslav Naskov
Visualization
Miroslav Naskov
Milad Eshtiyaghi: The main concern of designing this project was to have a good view of the forest and overlooking the surrounding area, Which start from the design of high-rise cottages and start with two concrete cores that forming the structure of them on both sides.
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Typology
Residential › Houses
Designed by Mexican architecture firm Mauricio Ceballos X Architects, Casa Mague located in an ancestral place at Malinalco, Mexico; surrounded by abundant vegetation, on the slope of a hill next to one of the three monolithic pyramids of the world, an Aztec ceremonial center, the site was carefully chosen by the clients due to its unique micro-cli...
Architecture firm
Mauricio Ceballos X Architects
Location
Malinalco, Mexico
Photography
Diego Padilla Magallanes
Principal architect
Mauricio Ceballos
Design team
Mauricio Ceballos Pressler, Francisco Vázquez, Marco Antonio Severino
Collaborators
Esmeralda Bañales (Construction Administration), Veronica Islas (Specs & materials), Carolina Urrea, María Fernanda García (Press/Graphic Team)
Interior design
Paola Cueli
Structural engineer
De Silva
Supervision
Marco Severino
Visualization
Francisco Vazquez
Tools used
Scanner for locate the trees
Construction
Local constructor
Material
Natural wood, Polished concrete with black pigment, Iron, Losacero, Luminaires, illux, Ventor, Brillante, Gaia Deisgn, Pottery Barn, Retromobili, Zara Home
Typology
Residential › House
