3XN, B+H and Zhubo Design were recently awarded first place in an international design competition for the new Shenzhen Natural History Museum, set to be one Shenzhen’s "Ten Cultural Facilities of the New Era" and the first large-scale comprehensive natural museum Southern China once complete.
Project name
Shenzhen Natural History Museum
Architecture firm
3XN, B+H Architects and Zhubo Design
Location
Yanzi Lake, Pingshan Dist., Shenzhen, China
Collaborators
B+H Architects and Zhubo Design
Visualization
Courtesy of 3XN
Built area
42,000 m² (Planned construction area), 100,000 m² (GFA: tentatively)
Budget
About 3.5 billion yuan (excluding costs for the tender)
Client
Engineering Design Management Center of Shenzhen Municipal Construction and Public Works Administration
Typology
Cultural › Museum
We imagine the future that must confront the consequences of climate change, destructive human patterns, food deserts, and resource depletion. In this time, the reality of pandemic is experienced among the duality of controlled design, and natural life. Our response to middle school education in this context is a new ecosystem built high above the...
Project name
Futura: Post Pandemic Middle School
Architecture firm
Jeanne Schultz Design Studio
Location
Texas, United States
Principal architect
Jeanne Schultz
Design team
Jeanne Schultz, Danielle Eke
Visualization
Deckor Inc.
Client
AIA Austin, AIA Austin Design Voice, AIA Austin Women in Architecture
Status
Concept - Design, Competition
Typology
Education, Middle School
Since we are committed to reach the highest levels in finding architectural solutions that fits the requirements of the era, we have directed our efforts to move from the ordinary to the optimum levels. We came up with the idea of Lyx yacht that will enable you to enjoy your marine trip with a fancy and stylish sense with all of its eight hundred s...
Architecture firm
LYX arkitekter
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Enscape, Quixel Bridge, Autodesk Revit, Chaos Phoenix fd, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
Visualization
LYX arkitekter
Skeletal Mansion is based on the metamansion NFT keys collection under the concept of futuristic and immaterial architecture destined for the new world of the metaverse, its shape based on the skeleton of a fossil that is inhabited inside, recreating a new experience in architecture and design, as well as spaces that have a relationship between lux...
Project name
Skeletal Mansion
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Collaborators
Company Keys
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
Supervillain House in The Metaverse inspired by the latest James Bond movie and the Iron Man house. The house is sitting on a cliff with a view towards the ocean.
Project name
Supervillain House
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Blender
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
Selina Villa is a 5 floors villa that brings art and architecture to the structure and connects the first floor with the last with lines that give interior shade from the north facade and open for the south side with a clear facade for the view of nature.
Project name
Selina Villa
Architecture firm
Gravity Studio
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohanad Albasha
Visualization
Gravity Studio
Typology
Residential › House
The area of the iconic villa is 2000 square meters. A villa designed in the futuristic world where the lifestyle changes completely and becomes transport by planes and hovercrafts.
Project name
Iconic Villa
Architecture firm
Zubaida Emad
Location
The remaining location in the futuristic world
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Zubaida Emad
Visualization
Zubaida Emad
Typology
Residential › House
A livable place always tells us a story, a gesture, a sense, just like nature, architecture is also capable of flourishing like a tiny seed among the undergrowth, inhabiting it is our instinct and basic need, this house shows this reverence for nature and respect towards her, appropriating landscapes and taking advantage of every visual moment towa...
Project name
Earth Caterpillar House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
All over the world
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House