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
This project is a conceptual design of a house located in a private cenote. The cenotes were sacred sites for the Mayans. They were considered symbols of life and death as they provided fresh water and were believed to be the gateway to the underworld.
Project name
Cenote House 0004
Architecture firm
MORFA Architecture
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Javier Zubia
Visualization
MORFA Architecture
Typology
Residential › House
MASK Architects and Shenzhen-based Jiang & Associates Design (J&A) have collaborated to develop the conceptual interior design of the Zhengzhou metro line-7 stations. The first phase of Zhengzhou Rail Transit Line 7 starts from Dongzhao Station to Nangang Liu Station.
Project name
The Flower Clouds I Zhengzhou Metro Line-7 Stations
Architecture firm
MASK Architects, Italy
Location
Zhengzhou, China
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Öznur Pınar ÇER, Danilo PETTA
Design team
Öznur Pınar ÇER, Derya GENÇ, Danilo PETTA
Collaborators
Jiang & Associates Design (J&A), China (Joint Partner Company)
Visualization
Derya GENÇ, GENC Design Studio
Construction of the three new stations for Dnipro Metro is underway. Excavation and engineering works of the 4km extension to the city’s metro line were initiated in 2016. The three new stations (Teatralna, Tsentalna and Muzeina) designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will connect the residents, businesses, cultural and academic institutions in Dnipro’s...
Project name
Dnipro Metro Stations
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Design: Patrik Schumacher. ZHA Project Architect: Yevgeniya Pozigun. ZHA Project Director: Manuela Gatto.
Design team
Seungho Yeo, Tommaso Casucci, Mark Winnington, Elena Scripelliti, Federico Borello, Garin O’Aivazian, Veronica Erspamer, Branko Svarcer, Catherine McCann, Evgeniya Yatsyuk, Olga Yatsyuk, Jose Pareja Gomez, Jung Yeon Kwak, Li Jin, Nicolas Turchi, Shajay Bhooshan, Vishu Bhooshan, Aiste Dzikaraite, Veronika Ilinskaya, Houzhe Xu
Collaborators
Façade Engineering: Eckersley O'Callaghan EOC [London]
Structural engineer
Schlaich Bergermann Partner SBP [Stuttgart]
Lighting
Office for Visual Interaction Inc. [New York]
Visualization
Omega Render, ATCHAIN
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max
Construction
Limak Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. [Turkey]
Client
Dnipro City Council
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
Conceptual project for organic modern art museum located in the ruins of Mexico City to contrast ancient architecture with modern.
Project name
Conceptual Modern Art Museum Mexico
Architecture firm
Aldo Elihú Avila Ayala
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-ray
Design team
H7 Mantenimiento Y Construcción
Visualization
Aldo Elihú Avila Ayala
Dynamics, loyalty, initiative and creativity is the concept of this color, which comes from the combination of purple blue with a little red.
We tried curved shapes in: use the general form of space, doors and windows and furniture, to be able to show the dynamics and meaning of this color well.
Project name
Loft Inspo With: Color of Year2022
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
Hamidreza Meghrazi
Design for a house in research of a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. A beauty of things modest and humble. A beauty of things unconventional. Ongoing project.
Project name
House WSL – Casa Wabi-Sabi
Architecture firm
David Bulckaen Architect
Location
Oud Heverlee, Belgium
Principal architect
David Bulckaen
Typology
Residential › House
Villa H by StudioHercules is a large modern free standing house. Strong rectangular lines characterize this cubistic villa, with rhythmic windows. The villa has been build using only susstainable materials and is finished with long bricks in both horizontal and vertical direction to express the contours of the main volumes.
Architecture firm
StudioHercules moderne architectuur+interieur
Location
Den Bosch, The Nederlands
Principal architect
Maarten Hercules
Design team
StudioHercules.nl
Visualization
StudioHercules
Typology
Residential › House
