Photo by Laraib Rizvi Pakistan today is one of the most controversial places in South Asia, where the civil society and different social aspects are at stake. Not many news we receive in international media and many people think twice [...]
#experimentation OFFICE – GEOMETRY – SCULPTURE WOHA: http://apex.woha.net/apex/log.html?purl= 48 NORTH CANAL ROAD The project brief called for a new boutique office and the reconstruction of a pair of heritage-listed shophouses. They were bought up by the same financial institution who [...]
#complexity MULTI USE, CONCRETE, ICONIC BUILDING Moon Hoon: moonhoon.com Baekhyeon-dong is divided in almost equal parts by its main caf street. The buildings in the surrounding areas are similarly subdivided by their function; the lower and ground levels are commercial, [...]
#new uses REUSE, PARTECIPATION, PUBBLIC UTILITIES SPARK : http://www.sparkarchitects.com/work Fai-Fah, which means ai???light energyai???, is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme initiated in April 2010 by TMB Bank. The programme acts as a catalyst for change in Thai [...]
#sustainability RESIDENTIAL, ORGANIC, LOW TECH Simon Laws Anthill Constructions: anthillconstructions.com.au here a short video: vimeo.com/74683867 The Lychee Garden is a residential hub for the Halo Group s international design headquarters and manufacturing operations based in and around the once rural [...]
#community SUSTAINABILITY-EDUCATION-PARTICIPATION Construction of the youth center is a result of cooperation between Komitu Architects, a group of young Finnish architects and two Cambodian NGOs: Cambodian Volunteers for Society (CVS) and Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights and Development Organisation [...]
#experimentation WOOD, CONCRETE, RESIDENTIAL Nicholas Burns associates: nicholas-burns.com A series of open spaces clustered against the core. The core provides, structure, vertical circulation, services and adjacent has all baths and the kitchen maximising efficiency. Adaptable space, these open spaces and [...]
TA-CHA Design: www.facebook.com/TACHAstudio # Connection CHAN, PERSPECTIVES, VISUAL Chan is a Thai word, which literally means ai???terraceai???. In the past the original definition of this old Thai word was another one: “connection”. Just on this principle is based the concept [...]
#community BOX, CONCRETE, RELIGION NAMELESS Architecture: www.namelessarchitecture.com RW Concrete Church is located in Byeollae, a newly developed district near northeast Seoul, Korea. It evokes a feeling, not of a city already completed, but a building on a new landscape somewhere [...]
#community SCHOOL – WOODEN STRUCTURE – STEEL Takeshi Hosaka architects: hosakatakeshi.com It is a complex of church school (2nd floor) and nursery (1st floor) administered by Protestant Christ church. The premises are located at a greenery area in Yokohama city [...]