We want to keep it. But at the same time, we want to approach it with a new attitude; I hope it could be in proper use,” says the architect Li Weimin.
As an ancient monumental building, the ancestral hall serves as an important place for social interaction and clan connection. Nowadays, despite urban development and life changes, homeland and fami...
Project name
YANLORD TANG SONG
Architecture firm
T.K. Chu Design Group
Location
Convergence of Jingying Road and Jingqi Road, Yushan Bay, Jiangyin City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China
Photography
Xiao Bo and Fangfang Tian from Moyun Visual
Design team
Li Weimin, Qiu Deguang, Wu Bin
Completion year
December 2022
Collaborators
Hard Furnishing Design: LWM Architects + Shanghai Yuejie Architectural Design Consulting Co., Ltd; Soft Furnishing Design: T.K. Chu Design), W.DESIGN
Client
Jiangyin Renshang Real Estate Development Co., Ltd
Typology
Residential › Villa
The primarily trapezoidal land arranged in a corner, is located on the outskirts of the city of Rio Tercero. The implementation premise is to compact and locate the built mass on the heart of the land, looking for the green area to embrace the house.
Project name
House 3x6 (Casa 3X6)
Architecture firm
Karlen + Clemente
Location
Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Monica Karlen, Juan Pablo Clemente
Design team
Agustina Falistocco, Ricardo Morandini, Melisa Perotti, Fernanda Mercado
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood
Typology
Residential › House
The residence is an intricate play of design and function that found its inception in the client’s passion to create a home for three generations of his family. The client’s mandate was simple and humble; a concrete residence where all spaces remain interconnected like one’s family but also embodies the client’s appreciation of art and design.
Project name
Swatantra Residence
Architecture firm
Spaces Architects@ka
Location
Kamla Nagar, Agra, 282005, India
Photography
Bharat Aggarwal
Principal architect
Kapil Aggarwal
Design team
Kapil Aggarwal (Design Head), Pawan Sharma (Project Lead), Aruj Saxena, Amit Bhatia (Architects), Anoushka Kriti (Intern)
Interior design
Spaces Architects@ka
Design year
September 2020
Civil engineer
Adhunik Infrastructures
Structural engineer
Reliable Consulting Engineers
Landscape
25 Design Street
Supervision
Dharmendra Pal, Rajkumar (Site Engineers)
Visualization
Spaces Architects@ka
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Enscape, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Adhunik Infrastructures
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The expansion project works on a house that has existed since 1918, on practically wild land located in front of the Tercer Usina lake, in Córdoba. The biggest challenge of this house lies in giving meaning to the original house again with the fewest possible interventions on it (only repairs and maintenance) and, since we understand that it is imp...
Architecture firm
Karlen + Clemente
Location
Tercera Usina, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Monica Karlen, Juan Pablo Clemente
Design team
Agustina Falistocco, Ricardo Morandini, Melisa Perotti, Fernanda Mercado
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Aesthetically we try to achieve pure and clear shapes, working by opposing blind material planes and concrete with areas of transparency and openness. As a result, the house appears heavy on its front façade, a product of the blind box that supports the garage and the entrance hall, while, on its back, it opens completely to the patio, seeking to h...
Architecture firm
Karlen + Clemente
Location
Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Mónica Karlen, Juan Pablo Clemente
Design team
Agustina Falistocco, Ricardo Morandini, Melisa Perotti, Fernanda Mercado
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Located in a small gated community on the outskirts of São Paulo, the brazilian office Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos Associados project for TRD House featured glass elements and a concrete structure, as well as a piece of helical staircase, connecting the living environment to the walkway that unites the accommodation volumes of the program.
Architecture firm
Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos Associados
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Principal architect
Mario Biselli, Artur Katchborian
Design team
Cassia Lopes Moral (Coordinator) e Paulo Roberto dos Santos, Cássio Oba Osanai, Ana Carolina Ferreira Mendes, Daniela Santiago, Débora Rodrigues Pinheiro, Maria Fernanda Vita, Marcelo Checchia
Collaborators
Foundation: Portela Alarcon
Structural engineer
Edatec
Environmental & MEP
Electric and Hidraulic Engineering: Interplanus. Air Conditioning: Newset
Lighting
Godoy Luminotécnica - René Adriani Jr.
Construction
Lock Engenharia
Material
Concrete, Wood, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Nowadays the concept of traditional family is being reformulated and pushing for changes in housing concepts. In this scenario, a non-permanent occupation housing with a dynamic program for an assemble family, formulated the bases of a challenging project. The answer was to break with the rigid use of home spaces and single-family box idea.
Project name
House SF-FR (Casa SF-FR)
Architecture firm
Mariano Ravenna
Location
La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Ravenna Mariano, Julián Benavidez; Video: Rodrigo Lautaro Riquelme
Principal architect
Mariano Ravenna
Collaborators
Malena Gómez, Liubomyr Shkirko
Structural engineer
Malena Gomez
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete structure, hollow brick walls, wooden ceilings, smooth cement floors and white split stone exterior floors
Budget
$ 30,000 USD, Built through a PRO.CRE.AR loan
Typology
Residential › House
Villa K is inspired by and seeks to implement the elements of a traditional Tuscan villa, so materiality, shape, openings and spaces are a key element that reinterprets antiquity and the origins of country houses.
Architecture firm
Studio rc
Location
Salazar, State of Mexico, Mexico
Principal architect
Juan Pablo Ramirez Capdevielle
Interior design
Juan Pablo Ramirez
Civil engineer
Gabriel Alvarez
Environmental & MEP
Gabriel Alvarez
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD
Material
Stone, Wood, Concrete, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
