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Written by
Natalie Crawford
Photography
Delft University of Technology
Located in Jiayiwan plate of Dongguan Binhaiwan New Area, this project occupies the prime lot in the eastern coast of the Pearl River. It is also adjacent to Shenzhen Airport and the International Convention Center, giving it an advantageous geographical location.
Project name
GENZON Binhaiwan Bay Area Industrial Park
Architecture firm
PH Alpha Design
Location
Guangdong, China
Principal architect
Dr. Ping Xu
Design team
Frank Xu, Wilson Wong, Ryan Tong, Lijuan Huang
Client
Genzon Investment Group Co., Ltd.
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
This is the mausoleum belonging to the founder of the centralized imperial system in China that lasted more than 2,000 years - the First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng. The ambience of the mausoleum survived from the rapid urban development in modern China, and providentially keeps the landscape structure of mountains and plains as it was before the co...
Project name
The Bronze Chariots Museum of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum in Xi’an
Architecture firm
ZSA - Atelier Diameter
Location
Inside Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China
Photography
Trimont Image, Yang Chen
Principal architect
Nan Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhang
Design team
Lu Gan, Qian Xu, Long Chen, Yaqi Yu, Xiao Sun, Yu Su, Jiling Zhang, Ruonan Chen, Lu Zou, Lingyi Qi (Architectural Design); Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei (Landscape Design); Caimin Zhong, Lijuan Sang (Structural Engineering); Rubo Zhang (Plumbing Engineering); Jiangwei Wang (HVAC Engineering); Chun Gao (Electrical Engineering); Li Wang, Benchi Yan (General Layout Design
Collaborators
Curatorial Consultant & Exhibition Design: Nanjing Baihui Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Curtain Wall Design: Shanghai Geometry Archi-Design Consulting Co., Ltd.; Signage Design: 2x4 Acoustic Design: ECADI Acoustic and Theatre Special Design & Research Studio Intelligent Design: ECADI UD Architectural Design Institute; Contractor of Main Structure: Shaanxi Construction Engineering No.1 Construction Group Co., Ltd. Exhibition Development & Contractor of Exhibition: Shanghai BroadMesse International Address: 925 Tongpu Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200062 Tel: 021-62120181 Fax: 021-62122022 2 Creative & Technology Co., Ltd.; Translation: Yining Su; Consultants: Tongbin Chen, Kai Cui, Ying Qin
Built area
7998.98 ㎡ (main structure), 565.29 ㎡ (underground supplementary facilities)
Structural engineer
Lijuan Sang, Caimin Zhong
Landscape
Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei
Lighting
Ning Field Lighting Design Co., Ltd.
Construction
Xi’an Qujiang Daming Palace Investment Group Co., Ltd.
Client
Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
When the work was commissioned, it was established by request to execute a "habitable module" whose main purpose is to control the entrance to a young and incipient Urbanization to be developed in the South sector of the City of Córdoba, Argentina, a peripheral type territory that It gives on one of the old rural accesses to the Capital, "El Camino...
Project name
Mansos Del Sur Entry
Architecture firm
Grupo Edisur
Location
Cordoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Agustin Aguirre Caudana, Alejandro Mur
Design team
Agustin Aguirre Caudana, Alejandro Mur
Collaborators
Catalina Parodi
Structural engineer
Luciano Quinteros
Landscape
Marcelo Calsina
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Life Tree, Tulum represents an architectural project of 10 apartments and 20 hotel lounges, developed for the Environment of great tourist and landscape value, in a location of natural character in the Yucatan region next to the Atlantic Ocean.
Project name
Life Tree Tulum, Mexico
Architecture firm
DNA Barcelona Architects
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion
Principal architect
Aryanour Djalali
Typology
Hospitality › Eco Hotel & Resort
The Work is located within a neighborhood with an advanced consolidation process. An intermediate sector of the City of Córdoba, Argentina, a place where low-density residential activity is currently available, and some uses of the productive and logistics type. One of the objectives of the Building is to activate intangible and socialization proce...
Project name
CC Claros del Bosque Community Center
Architecture firm
Grupo Edisur
Location
Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Agustin Aguirre Caudana, Alejandro Mur
Design team
Agustin Aguirre Caudana, Alejandro Mur
Collaborators
Catalina Parodi
Structural engineer
Paula Aznar
Landscape
Marcelo Calsina
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Public & Government › Community Center
In the historic centre of the village of Ansião, on a slightly sloped land, Casa Âmago emerges. The plot had two small houses in ruins, with no architectural interest, and as such, renovating them was not an option. However, it wouldn’t be in harmony with the surroundings to plan a contemporary house with no connection to the neighbouring buildings...
Architecture firm
Bruno Dias Arquitectura
Location
Rua Almirante Gago Coutinho, Ansião, Leiria District, Portugal
Photography
Hugo Santos Silva
Principal architect
Bruno Lucas Dias
Design team
Bruno Lucas Dias, Tânia Matias, Cristiana Henriques
Collaborators
MCJADuarte (Carpentry), Paumarc (Floors), Carlos Silva e Miguel Ferreira (Coating Materials), Jolusilva (Metalworking)
Environmental & MEP
Canalizações Alvorgense
Material
Concrete, Steel, Wood, Glass
Client
Bruno Dias e Fernanda Santos
Typology
Residential › House
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Photography
Evgeny Tchebotarev
The new city of Pardis is geographically found on the slopes of the Alborz mountains, and based on its comprehensive plan, a few buildings have been designed and built in the form of stairs and villas - apartments. This project is in the new city of Pardis. The so-called type of apartments in this city are called "The terrace", which is why the nam...
Project name
Terrace Project
Architecture firm
4 Architecture Studio
Location
Pardis, Tehran, Iran
Photography
Peyman Amirghiasvand
Principal architect
Mohammad Yousef Salehi, Mohammad Sadegh Afshar Taheri
Design team
Arash Faghihi, Ali Sharif Pour
Collaborators
Mahya Amouei, Farshid Nasr Azadani
Completion year
Spring 2022
Civil engineer
Iman Hazrati
Supervision
Amir Ali Tabrizi
Construction
4 Architecture Studio
Material
Wood, Brick, Ceramic, Micro cement, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Passive house is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building's ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling.
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D1 Construction
Photography
D1 Construction in collaboration with Passive House School
