If natural occurrences could change the climate easily, how should we control it?
Taal volcano in the Philippines is one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. It has erupted many times, and people are always threatened, but the Taal volcano has more geothermal energy than others.
Project name
TRANS-Nature
Architecture firm
Zhiyi Zhang
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, UE, V-ray
Principal architect
Zhiyi Zhang
Visualization
Zhiyi Zhang, Qian Yu
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Photography
Taylor Simpson
The brief was to create new Living spaces, relocate the kitchen and bathroom and improve access to natural light. The functional requirements of the client were simple. The only particular requirement was to find a place in the design for 3 tapestries that her mother had made.
Project name
Cross-Stitch House
Architecture firm
FMD Architects
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Peter Bennetts
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
This is a summer house concept with an exciting form, 360 degree traces, one big pool and one small one. Several places for feeling free and an unusual form to be inspired by.
Project name
Eagle In The Rain
Architecture firm
Amin Moazzen
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Amin Moazzen
Visualization
Amin Moazzen
Typology
Residential › House
Graham Baba Architects completes Cedar House in Clyde Hill, Washington. The project involved a complete renovation of a house originally designed by noted Pacific Northwest architect Ralph Anderson. Despite falling outside of the traditionally accepted definition of mid-century modern (it was originally built in the 70s), the design (including nota...
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Clyde Hill, Washington, USA
Interior design
Graham Baba Architects
Construction
Dovetail General Contractors
Typology
Residential › House
The residential project Annex to the Mairiporã Cottage took a year to be built with architectural design by partners Carlos Duarte and Juliana Nogueira - Macro Arquitetos, in Mairiporã, a town near São Paulo, Brasil. Made for a young couple looking for a haven in the countryside near the capital, the clients, who are from the countryside and lived...
Project name
Anexo Chalé Mairiporã
Architecture firm
Macro Arquitetos
Location
Mairiporã, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Victor Affaro
Principal architect
Carlos Duarte, Juliana Nogueira
Interior design
Macro Arquitetos
Material
Concrete, stone, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
We all know how beautiful old buildings can be. Many are alive with character and have a rich history that should be kept preserved for as long as possible. But what happens when these old buildings come with problems?
Photography
Daniel Rauber
Next to the renovated main building of the Tabalugahaus (former youth hostel Jägersbrunn), which was financed by the Thomas-Haffa-Foundation + Peter Maffay Foundation in 2010, was an old, dilapidated summer house. Already parallel to the renovation, long before the building owner knew what was to happen to it, we proposed to create a bold and mode...
Project name
Begegnungshaus Jägersbrunn
Architecture firm
WSM Architekten
Location
Jägersbrunn, Starnberg, Germany
Photography
Andreas Hofer
Collaborators
Maffay Stiftung, Gesch.-Führer
Structural engineer
Krämer
Landscape
Terrabiota Landschaftsarchitekten
Visualization
WSM Architekten
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Client
Thomas-Haffa-Stiftung + Peter-Maffay-Stiftung
Typology
Commercial › Cultural Center
Famiglia is much more than an ice cream store, it is a meeting point that makes people talk, firstly because of the richness of the ice cream and secondly because of everything that the brand generates.
Based on these premises, we sought to innovate the way in which the space was conceived, inspired firstly by the creaminess of the ice cream and s...
Project name
Heladeria Famiglia
Architecture firm
SET Ideas
Location
Córdoba Province, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Carlos Arias, Heriberto Martinez, Pedro Ruiz Funes
Design team
Pedro Ruiz Funes, Manuela Toledo, Juan E. Biassi
Interior design
Maria Meglioli
Collaborators
Dirección de obra: Pedro Ruiz Funes, Manuela Toledo. Administración de obra: Pedro Ruiz Funes, Manuela Toledo. Carolina Rufeil, Valentina Bertossi
Civil engineer
Francisco Pascualini
Environmental & MEP
Francisco Pascualini
Client
Famiglia Casa de Helados
Typology
Commercial › Ice Cream Shop
Villa Rumipal, a mountain small town belonging to the Calamuchita department. Its large mirror of water and small population transmits an atmosphere of silence and tranquility. House El Encuentro is located on a 1,400m2 lot between party walls, located two blocks from the lake.
Project name
Casa El Encuentro
Architecture firm
Abadi Arquitectura
Location
Villa Rumipal, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Andrés Domínguez
Principal architect
Edgar Perticarari
Design team
Edgar Perticarari, Ana Abadi, Nicolas Palacio
Collaborators
Alan Perticarari, Erich Perticarari
Interior design
Edgar Perticarari, Ana Abadi, Nicolas Palacio
Landscape
Carolina Guzman
Lighting
FEMA electricidad
Material
Concrete, brick, glass, steel, wood
Typology
Residential › House