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프랑스 건축사무소인 Mikou Design Studio의 작품입니다. 인도쪽으로 로 형형 색색의 지붕들이 튀어 나온 모습이 재미있네요.

Baily School Complex라는 이름으로 프로젝트가 진행 되었고, 거리를 따라 모듈화된 교실들이 붙어서 전체적인 모습을 구성하는 형태입니다.

교실들이 외부와 맞닿아 있어 소음의 문제를 생각하지 않을 수 없는데, 유리 창으로 막고, 안쪽에 바로 복도를 구성해 교실 내부에선 소음을 상당 부분 차단했습니다.

내부의 벽들과 아치들이 다른 색으로 구성되어 재밌는 느낌을 주네요. 교실 이라는 분위기에 맞는 화사한 컬러사용도 좋네요.

교실로 활용하는 공간은 꼭 병원같은 느낌으로 디자인 되었네요. 깨끗한 느낌입니다. 발랄한 조명으로 학교의 긍정적인 이미지를 잘 가지고 간 듯 합니다.

 

 

평면상에서 보면 교실들이 남, 북쪽의 방향이 교차적으로 나타나있고, 도로와 맞닿은 남측은 도로를 따라 수평적인 궤적을 그리며 이루어져 있습니다.

도면상에서 보면, 학생들을 위한 공간과 교사들을 위한 공간이 메인 유닛들을 기준으로 나뉘어 있습니다.

도로와 접한  남측은 유리벽으로 소음으로부터 보호되지만, 각 교실들간 수업 중에 발생할 수 있는 소음들도 원형 튜브로 내벽에 방음재를 넣어 소음을 억제했다고 합니다.

외부의 조명을 조절할 수 있는 구조네요.

Mikou Design Studio

프로젝트 : Bailly School Complex
위치 : Saint-Denis
국가 : 프랑스
용도 : 유치원, 초등학교, 어린이를 위한 식당, 학습활동용 공간
클라이언트 : Saint-Denis시
총 면적 : 7 000 m²
비용 : 7 M €
기간 : competition 2006, completion 2009

- by MDZ.

 

 최근 너무 많은 일이 있어 몇 일 동안은 글을 하나도 올리질 못했습니다. 정말 글을 발행하고 싶었는데 말이죠. 오래간만의 건축물 소개입니다. 그럼 시작할게요.

 René van Zuuk Architekten의 작품입니다. 네덜란드 Roosendaal에 위치한 전시관 용도의 건물 입니다. Roosendaal Market Square Pavilion이란 이름에서 알 수 있듯, 광장 중앙에 세워져 있어요.

 전 개인적으로 건축물을 하나의 '오브젝트화' 시키는 건축을 대단히 좋아합니다.  마치 조소를 한 듯한 그런 건축말이죠. ㅎㅎ 건축이란 '이성'과 '감성'의 조화인데, 요즘 건축트렌드가 '감성'에 호소하기 보다는 '합리적인' 건축이 주류를 이루는 것 같은데, 이런 트렌드에 지쳐 버려서 위와 같은 건축이 좋아진 건지도 모르겠어요. 위의 전시관도 이런 제 취향과 맞아서 맘에 듭니다. 
 그렇지만 단순히 '오브젝트화'했기 때문이 아닌 디자인의 요소들을 통합적이고 긴밀하게 연결시켜 만들어 낸 '오브젝트'이기 때문에 정말 좋습니다. ^^..

 위 사진에서 오른쪽 아래가 지하 주차장으로 쓰이는 통로입니다. 위 사진에는 각도 상 잘 안보이지만 차가 드나드는 곳은 아니구요^^;; 지하로 통하는 계단입니다.

 라인을 타고 오르는 플로어가 널찍해서 주차장으로도 쓰일 수 있을 듯 하네요.
 이 건물의 주 용도가 주변 상권을 수용할 수 있는 대형 주차장으로서의 용도이기 때문에 지하의 널찍한 주차장 외에도 이런 공간이 생겨나게 된 것이겠지요.

 Roosendaal 시에서 건축사에 요청한 건 3개의 지하주차장 통로를 내고, 시각적으로 가장 잘 보이고, 가장 중요한 요소를 차지하는 곳에 레스토랑과 커피숍을 타원 형태로 만들어 달라는 것이었다고 합니다.

 재밌는 건  시에서 Rene van Zuuk 에게 의뢰 할 때 디자인과 도면제작을 5주라는 아주 짧은 시간 안에 만들어 달라고 계약 했다는 겁니다. 그 짧은 의뢰 기간동안 뭔가 이것저것 해볼 시간이 없어 주변 지역 도시환경과 조화되도록 주변의 디자인 형식을 일부 차용하기도 했습니다.

 큰 광장이 건물 중심으로 양분 되었네요...

 각 층마다 테라스가 있어, 위에서 넓은 시야로 내려다 볼 수 있습니다.

 Rene van Zuuk는 테라스를 외부로 노출시켜 활용할 생각으로 디자인을 결정 했어요. 그래서 어느 층이든 테라스위에서 걸으면, 탁 트인 외부를 볼 수 있겠네요.

위치 : 네덜란드 Rossendaal.
클라이언트 : Roosendaal당국.
용도 : 전시관, 상업공간, 식당, 사무실, 대형 주차장 용도.

건축사 : René van Zuuk Architekten.
설계 : René van Zuuk.
설계 팀 멤버 : Jorrit Spel, Chimo Villa Belda.

층당 사용가능 면적: 620 제곱미터.
대지 면적 : 518 제곱미터.

기간 : 2005년 6월 ~ 2009년 6월.


 간만에 맘에 드는 건축물을 보게 되어 기분이 좋습니다.^^;; 도면상으로는 몰랐는데, 보는 위치에 따라 역동적이고 긴장감 있는 시각을 제공하는 듯 합니다. - by MDZ.

 위의 사진은 오스트리아 잘츠부르크 근방의 Sighartstein에 위치한 유치원 입니다.
 유치원이라는 점에서 일단 놀랍군요. . . 독일 건축사 Kadawittfeldarchitektur에서 설계했고 이미 완공했습니다. 소재는 기본적으로 마감재를 입힌 금속, 유리가 주된 소재로군요.

 2층 외벽에 장식된 연두색의 둥지모양의 구조물이 이 건물 외관에서 가장 독특한 부분이겠지요. . . . 알루미늄 위에 코팅하는 방식으로 색을 입혔어요.

 1층은 단면 전체가 창으로 되어있는 부분들이 있는데, 그덕에 주변에 바로 이어진 정원들이 한 눈에 들어 옵니다. 아이들에게 좋은 것만 보여주고 싶은 디자이너의 선택일까요?

 창 안으로 보이는 계단과 홀도 모두 그린 계통인데, 외관이 약간 저채도의 색상을 써서 차분한 느낌을 가져온다면 내부는 조금 다르게 외관보다는 좀 더 밝은 톤의 초록, 연두색을 썼군요. 외관에서 보이던 무채색 계통도 거의 보이지 않구요.

 요즘 아이들이 자연을 많이 닮아가면서 놀 수 있는 공간이 있을까요? 
 전 초등학생 때 안양에서 살았습니다. 안양이 그리 촌동네는 아니지만 제가 살던 곳이 약간 외진 곳이라 학교에선 장작 패서 난방하고, 하교 후엔 주변에 강가에 가서 이것저것 잡고 하면서 친구들과 놀았습니다만(제 나이 때에도 사실 흔한 경험은 아니죠 ㅎㅎㅎ 제 나이가 아직 젊다고 할만한 편이라서요.^^;ㅎㅎㅎㅎ) 요즘 아이들은 별로 그러질 못하는 것 같아요.

 그런 점에서 볼 때 환경적으로 충분히 자연물을 접하게 하고, 인테리어와 익스테리어를 긴밀하게 연결 시킨 디자이너의 의도는 매우 좋다고 봅니다.

 위에서 첫번째의 사진을 보면 내, 외부의 긴밀성이 잘 드러나 있네요. 내부에서 보이는 모습뿐만 아니라, 말 그대로 '문 열고 나가면' 정원 하나 건너서 자연 환경과 접촉이 되지요.^^

 위에서 쓴 내용대로, 바로 외부 환경과 연결 되있네요.

 이 유치원을 디자인한 디자이너의 의도를 제 나름대로 추측하자면 다음과 같은 생각에서 출발한게 아닌가 생각해 봅니다. 어릴 때에 접한 감성과 지식이 어른이 되서도 계속 영향을 미치는 경우가 많습니다. '세살 버릇 여든까지 간다'는 말도 있잖아요? 
 아직 학교에 들어가지 않은 어린 아이들에게는 유치원과 집에서의 생활이 상당부분을 차지하지요. 거의 전부라고 해도 과언이 아닐정도로. . .따라서 유치원에서 접하는 것들이 아이들에게 있어서 중요한 것임은 부정할 수가 없겠지요.

   
 컬러에 관해 - 사용한 컬러를 보면 주로 베이지계통과 무채색, 초록색 계통인데, 특히나 초록색 계통이 돋보입니다. 색 치료에 관한 책을 보면 초록색은 육체적인 피로를 자연스럽게 회복시켜주는 힘이 있고, 집중력 향상에 도움이 된다고 합니다. 분필을 쓰는 칠판의  색이 짙은 초록색인 것도 같은 이유에서 겠지요.
 초록색은 상큼하고 젊은 느낌을 줍니다. 다만 저채도의 색을 제외하고 대부분의 초록색 계통의 색이 너무 가볍고 격이 없어 보인달까?? 아이같은 느낌의 색상이죠. 영단어 'Green'과 같은 맥락에서 나온 네덜란드어 'Groen'은 신선함과 성장을 의미한다고 합니다.
 따라서 자연과의 긴밀성을 높이기 위해서만이 아닌, 아이들의 감성을 잘 나타내주는 색이라고도 할 수 있겠네요.

위치 : 잘츠부르크, Sighartstein.
건축,설계 : Township Neumarkt am Wallersee.
시공 기간 : 2008 - 2009.
건물 면적 : 전용면적 830 제곱미터 총면적 3.665 제곱미터.
시공 비용 : 1.2 Million €.
사진 : Angelo Kaunat, Salzburg.
시공 : Reinforced concrete building.

표면 시공(클래딩) :
thermal insulation composite system
low-emission and noise control glass in windows
and post-and-beam contruction
exterior sunscreen in the color of the thermal insulation composite system
curtain wall powder-coated aluminum ornament
greened flat roof / extensive vegetation layer
sun panels on the roof area

기획 : kadawittfelarchitektur.
Aureliusstr. 2
Aachen, Germany 52064
Project Manager: Arch. DI Kerstin Tulke
Deputy Project Manager: Arnd Schüle
Public competition: Oliver Venghaus, Sebastian Streckel

건축, 설계 :
Township Neumarkt am Wallersee
Hauptstr. 30
Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria 5202
Contact: Dr. Reinhard Feichter,
feichter@neumarkt.at, Tel.+43 6216-5212-27

클라이언트 :
Township Neumarkt
Sighartstein
Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria 5202
Manager: Daniela Rogl

세입자 :
Krabbelstube
Neumarker Bürgerinnen Service
Hauptstr. 27
Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria 5202
Manager: Karoline Schwarz


 아이들에게 자라나는 자연을 보여줍시다. -by MDZ.

 Zaha Hadid Architects의 업무와 상업공간 이집트 카이로의 The Stone Towers 입니다.

 
 자하 하디드는 이집트 고대의 건축요소들에서 영감을 받아서 작업했다고 합니다. 명암의 두드러지는 효과를 강조한 이집트 건축에 쓰였던 돌들에서 영감을 받았다고 해요.

 
건축사의 소개글입니다.

STONE TOWERS, CAIRO BY ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

The Stone Towers by Zaha Hadid Architects for Rooya Group of Egypt is located in the Stone Park district of  Cairo. Providing office and retail facilities to a rapidly expanding Cairo, the unique 525,000sqm Stone Towers development also includes a five-star business hotel with serviced apartments, retail with food and beverage facilities and sunken landscaped gardens and plaza called the ‘Delta’.

Hisham Shoukri, CEO of Rooya Group said “There is a overwhelming need in Egypt for developments of the highest international standards required by the serious and growing investment climate of the country - ultimately contributing to making it a hub for multinationals in the region. The Stone Towers needed an architect with daring ideas, innovation, international expertise and experience…it needed Zaha Hadid.”

Ancient Egyptian stonework incorporates a vast array of patterns and textures that, when illuminated by the intense sunlight of the region, creates animated displays of light and shadow. The effect is powerful, direct and inspiring. The facades on the North and South elevations of each building within Stone Towers adopts a rich vocabulary of alternating protrusions, recesses and voids to enhance the deep reveal shadow lines that accentuate the curvatures of each building within the development and animate the project throughout the day.

“I am delighted to be working in Cairo, states Hadid. “I have visited Egypt many times and I have always been fascinated by the mathematics and arts of the Arab world. In our office we have always researched the formal concepts of geometry - which relates a great deal to the region’s art traditions and sciences in terms of algebra, geometry and mathematics. This research has informed the design for Stone Towers.

“With a large-scale project such as the Stone Towers, care must be taken to balance a necessary requirement for repetitive elements whilst avoiding an uncompromising repetition of static building masses.” states Hadid. “The architecture of Stone Towers pursues a geometric rhythm of similar, interlocking, yet individually differentiated building forms that creates a cohesive composition.”

 전체적인 구조와 영감을 얻은 요소들에 대해서 설명하고 있군요. 5성급 호텔과 같은 안락한 공간을 제공한다는 흔한 말은 역시 빼먹지 않고 이 소개글에 넣어주셨구요. ㅎㅎㅎ 여하튼 간략하게 알고 싶다면 위의 소개 글을 읽는게 가장 좋겠습니다.


클라이언트 : Rooya Group
건축사 : Zaha Hadid Architects
엔지니어 : Adams Kara Taylor
총 면적 : 525,000 평방미터.
대지 면적 : 170,000 평방미터.



 개인적으로 가장 좋아하는 건축가를 꼽으라면 Zaha Hadid인데, The Stone Towers역시 자하 하디드스러운 건축물이라 정말 좋군요. - by MDZ.

Willy Müller Architects have designed a flower market in Barcelona, Spain (via Yatzer).

The zinc roof and walls are covered with geometric patterns, intended to evoke an aerial view of cultivated-flower fields.

A multicoloured band of striped panels wraps around the structure. Above and below photos by Ricardo Loureiro.

The building contains three different markets selling cut flowers, plants and accessories.

It also includes offices, two floristry education centres, an events space and parking.

Photos by Jordi Puig except where stated otherwise.

The text below is from WMA:

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New Flower Market – Mercabarna-Flor - Barcelona

Mercabarna has opened the new building for the flower market Mercabarna-Flor, an innovative market for flower, plant and accessory wholesalers. The market aims to become one of the principal markets in Catalonia and the rest of Spain, and a reference for facilities on European level.

The project of the market maintains in its exterior façade the archetypical image of traditional markets, in which the roof turns into the real protagonist, like an icon of public architecture. The roof of the new market consists of a combination of folds between the floor, the wall and the roof, dissolving those elements to create entrances, loading zones or protected areas around the entire perimeter of the building. Its analogy with a shell gives the building an organic character that is associated with the activity and movement that is happening on the inside.

While the roof is the big integrating element of this market, in the interior three conceptually different markets are located each of them with its own specific characteristics and logistic and technical conditions, according to the product on sale.

One part is meant for the Cut Flower Market, with modern industrial cooling systems, where the temperatures can be maintained between 2˚C and 15˚C, since the product has a fast turn over with a selling time of only three days. Above photo by Ricardo Loureiro.

On the other end of the complex the Plant Market is located, designed with heating systems with a radiant industrial floor, one of the biggest in Europe with 4000m². It has passive cooling systems that introduce humidity, which guarantee that the temperatures will never be below 15˚C, or above 26˚C, especially designed for the needs of this product that requires more selling time, about 15 days. This means that besides being a vending zone, this sector is also a storage zone or greenhouse during this period of time.

Finally in the middle of these two opposite sector the Accessory Market is located, an especially delicate sector, because of its elevated fire risk, due to fact that they work with dried flowers and that the sale requests a considerable storage area. This subsector has especially been designed to detect and extinguish fires, based on the experience that in a traumatic way forms part of the history of the Market, which caught fire and was destroyed in the year 2001.

The complex also includes 500 parking spaces, a loading zone, a gastronomic restaurant, which has the capacity to turn into a reference amongst the offer on the highway of Castelldefels, an office zone and two florist education centers and in addition a multipurpose space for events.

From the point of view of location this building is framed within a series of singular operations with a marking architectonic character, which are being carried out between Plaza España and the new terminal of the Airport, like the works for the Fira de Barcelona (Fair of Barcelona) by Toyo Ito, The Hesperia Tower by Richard Rogers or the new international terminal by Ricardo Bofill.

The building claims to transmit an iconic value that is marking its public use. A skin has been designed that besides its formal language and its special character based on folds, expresses several characteristics of identity related to the activities of this sector. Following this concept, the big zinc roof that covers the whole market is designed with parallel linear geometries with different tones in a nonsymmetrical way, imitating the aerial view of the cultivated flower fields, marked by a big frame with a multitude of colors that descends and rises to organize entrances along the building, a distinct movement and graphic image that is in line with this Flower Market.

NUEVO MERCADO CENTRAL DE LA FLOR - MERCABARNA-FLOR

Site: Mercabarna, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona
Competition date: (restricted) 2002, first prize
Execution: 2005/2008
Area: 15.000 m2
Cost: 9.200.000 euros
Developer: Mercabarna

Architects : WMA - Willy Müller Architects
Willy Müller, Principal Architect
Frédéric Guillaud, Associate Architect

Architects: Caterina Morna,Rupert Maurus (modelos 3D), Isabella Pintani, Valeria Santoni, Bruno Louzada, Fransisco Villeda, Iris cantante, Marco Loperfido, Mara Cascais, Sabine Bruinink, Mario Perez Botero.
Collaborators: Sérgio Pinto, Ricardo Amaral, Joana Lagès, Anne-Irène Valais, Christof Larbig, Jean-baptiste Scharffhausen, Deborah Schor, Jetske Kox, Andre Mota, Andres Ferner, Kelly Hendricks, Christian Lasch, Martin Ober-Hascher, Anja Summermatter, Kelly Klein, Gilda Camacho, Sérgio Ramos, Elke Gall.

Consultant structure: Area 5.
Consultant installations: Greccat.
Constructor: Iconsa

Project pictures and virtual images: WMA – Willy Müller Architects
Model pictures: Adria Goula Sarda

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Tina Manis Associates have been announced as the winners of a competition to design a pavilion for The Lightbox Gallery in Woking, UK.

The winning design will be constructed for exhibition at Tent London in September, before it is moved to the gallery.

See the other shortlisted entries and more information about the competition in our previous story.

Here are some more details from Tent London:

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Tent London and The Lightbox are delighted to announce that The Art Fund Pavilion 2009 will be designed by Tina Manis Associates.

The response to this architecture competition was astonishing, both in the number and variety of entries and their creativity. As a New York based practice, the winner also reflects the international reach of the applications which came from 52 countries.

It was agreed by the judges that Tina Manis Associates’ bold yet elegant proposal best accommodates the intended use of the pavilion as a gallery and is most sensitive to The Lightbox’s site, which will be its home each summer. In the words of the Turner-Prize nominated artist Richard Wilson, there was a “unanimous vote for a striking design that carefully and seriously answered the brief. A clever, clean and witty conundrum of angles guide us in, around, through and eventually to the entrance way of the museum.”

The winning design’s sinuous form perfectly suits its courtyard site, with expanses of windows offering views over the canal and channelling visitors through the space. “The intent of our pavilion design was to use the ramp typology as both a circulation strategy and means to demystify the open plan of the traditional ‘white art box’”, Tina Manis explains. The design functions excellently as a space for viewing art and is itself sculptural thanks to the cantilevered sections.

The structure is made of two identical halves which reflect each other. “Inspired by the inherent beauty of structures and systemized processes found in nature developed a strategy for construction based on the simple tools of creation - mirroring, reflection and symmetry” Manis states.

Tina Manis Associates LLC was started in 2000 after Tina returned from Europe where she practiced with Rem Koolhaas at OMA and with Richard Rogers at RRP. The firms recent work includes the headquarters of TED conferences, a global think-tank; the studio, gallery, and office of internationally renowned artist Takashi Murakami and a number of distinguished residential projects. This commission will be their first European venture and public building.

The winning entry will be engineered and constructed by Facit and launched by and as part of Tent London during the London Design Festival 2009, before taking up residence at The Lightbox. Tina Manis Associates hope that “as a transient entity, the pavilion will act as a sort of three-dimensional postcard or viewport; a means for transporting the experience of viewing artwork across the city.”

A selection of the application boards submitted to the competition are currently on display at The Lightbox until the 12 April 2009.

Quotes:

The Judges

“We felt that the winning entry was architecturally very well considered making the most of the space in front of The Lightbox and the views over the water. The profile in plan deals with the tapering site particularly well, which many entries struggled with. The step changes internally and the angled centre line creates a small and complex series of spaces through a structure that is for the most part orthogonal, making it inherently buildable.” Bruce Bell, Research & Development Director, Facit

“The shortlisted entries were all very strong and the decision was a tough one, but the Tina Manis Associates design stood out above the others for its elegance and versatility. The pavilion will work both as a great exhibition space and dynamic venue for events and is sympathetic to its destined waterside location. I’m looking forward very much to seeing it on display later in the year here in the capital during the London Design Festival.” David Barrie, Director, The Art Fund

“What so impressed me with the Tina Manis Associates design was the absolute compliance to the brief we set, whilst still delivering a very forward-thinking design which pushed our chosen construction technique to its limit; this surely is the essence of real architectural prowess.” Jimmy MacDonald, Director, Tent London

“The winning entry is an elegant response to the canal side site and the brief; creating as it does, an original, unique pavilion form that promises to be a delight to experience.” Julia Barfield, Director, Marks Barfield Architects

“The winning design does everything that we wanted – it is striking and also completely fulfils the brief – we are eagerly looking forward to the launch in September.” Marilyn Scott, Director, The Lightbox

“A unanimous vote for a striking design that carefully and seriously answered the brief. A clever, clean and witty conundrum of angles guide us in, around, through and eventually to the entrance way of the museum. One more asset to this creative quarter of Woking.” Richard Wilson, Artist

“I was most impressed by the way in which Tina Manis Associates developed their proposal for the pavilion in the context of this remarkable site; exploring the relationship to the canal, the street and to the existing Lightbox building. Their winning entry exemplifies a graceful and intelligent approach to contemporary architecture that we at The Architecture Foundation are delighted to support.” Sarah Ichioka, Director, The Architecture Foundation

The Winner

“As a practice that continually tests ways to spatially articulate the intimacies of everyday experiences, the Art Fund Pavilion competition presented an opportunity for us to explore the heightened notion of ‘viewing’ through a dynamic reciprocity between artwork and its surrounding environment.”

“Inspired by the inherent beauty of structures and systemized processes found in nature, we developed a strategy for construction based on the simple tools of creation - mirroring, reflection and symmetry. This language of building is intended to evoke a certain familiarity, allowing one to understand and engage with the art pavilion on a most basic and instinctual level. ”

“The intent of our pavilion design was to use the ramp typology as both a circulation strategy and means to demystify the open plan of the traditional ‘white art box.’ The topographical condition creates a series of frames for art, emphasizing the altered points of view as the audience moves through. As a transient entity, the pavilion acts as a sort of three dimensional postcard or viewport; a means for transporting the experience of viewing artwork across the city. ”

Tina Manis, Director, Tina Manis Associates

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Danish architects COBE and Transform have won a competition to design a new Culture House and Library in Copenhagen.

Renders are by Luxigon.

Here’s some info from COBE:

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CULTURE HOUSE + LIBRARY IN COPENHAGEN BY COBE AND TRANSFORM

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Type: Competition 1st prize
Client: Copenhagen Municipality
Program: Culture house + library
Total floor area: 1800 m2
Status: Ongoing – To be realized in 2010
Architects: COBE + Transform
Web: www.cobe.dk, www.transform.dk

The Northwest area of Copenhagen is located in the diverse and lively transition zone between the dense urban Nørrebro area and the villa neighbourhoods at the edge of the city. Even though many people live and work in the multi-ethnic Northwest Copenhagen, the area is by many Copenhageners mainly passed through going in and out of the city by car. The reason for this is the area’s vicinity to numerous entry roads as well as the lack of cultural facilities and recreational areas.

Programme
The new Culture House + Library is composed of several elements: Rethinking and modernisation of an existing culture house, a merger of two newer libraries, and the addition of a new culture hall, together forming an enormous potential as a new Culture House for the whole area.

This can make up the significant and attractive cultural institution which the neighbourhood lacks today, creating a strong sense of community. The new Culture House + Library can be the missing link for the Northwest area, and will be placed centrally in the neighbourhood’s and the people’s awareness. The house must prove itself functionally and be emphasised visually as a house growing out of the rough urbanity of the area - possibly starting up a necessary dialogue between the new and old in the neighbourhood.

Urban passage
The building has two entrances. One from the north and one from the south, making the foyer act as an urban passage for the neighbourhood. For everyone it is possible and legitimate to walk through the building without any errands, and more people will feel inspired to spending time in the building. The passage is a simple gesture of how open the Culture house will be towards the city and its citizens. The building is fundamentally based on democratic principles: open, accessible and transparent. The building is designed to include and welcome all, and act as a platform for dialogue.

Diversity
The complex has an intricate program. It is a dynamic figure of open and closed areas, which is occupied by the library and at the same time used for both fixed functions and flexible areas. This gives a varied coherence between open and closed spaces. Open spaces marked by the immediate context  and the closed areas as completely choreographed library spaces for, amongst others, children and youths.

The top
As a main gesture, the culture and concert hall is placed at the top of the building. A powerful object that seems to defy the laws of gravity, the position of the hall encourage people to move across the building towards the magnificent view over Copenhagen. The placement of the hall will leave a strong, dynamic impression on those passing by. The experience of a new initiative, opening up for a dialogue between the new and the old, the young and the elderly. A much needed institution for arts and culture.

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More from DCPP Arquitectos: the Mexican architects have recently completed a private residence in Mexico City.

The 360 square metre house consists of two concrete volumes.

Timber used for pouring the concrete was reused for interior elements.

See our earlier story about DCPP’s warehouse and offices for textile company Bayon Artell.

Here’s some more information from the architects:

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CASA PARACAIMA
location: México D.F.
2007-2008
360 m2

Casa Paracaima its a private residence located in México city.

The site has 400m2 and a lot of restrictions to the sides and at the front.

We used these restrictions to give shape to the house always searching for the maximum amount of open areas and good orientation.

That gave us a project that consists of two main volumes that intersect: the first volume consists of a big, structural, concrete arch 25 cm and 7.5 mts. high, that carries the other volume. This volume contains the main open area with an open terrace, with the roof passing at 7.5 on one side. The other side holds the library.

The wood used to pour the concrete was used again in some of the woodwork inside the house, such as the doors.

The other volume, in contrast with the big arch, is much more closed and contains all the private areas of the house.

This volume contains the main open area with an open terrace with the roof passing at 7.5 on one side and on the other side holds the library.

The other volume in contrast with the big arch, its much more close and contains all the private areas of the house.

 

Mexican architects DCPP Arquitectos have completed a textile warehouse and office building in Mexico City.

Completed in 2007 for textile company Bayon Artell, the building features an entrance clad in white stone.

Here’s some more information from DCPP Arquitectos:

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The complex is located in south Mexico City, consisting of 4180 square meters. The project is marked by the horizontality of the warehouse.

The main idea of the project was to emphasize the entrance of the offices without breaking the language of the existing warehouse.

We kept the horizontality and played with the idea of contrast and movement by creating an element that appears to be floating.

This element its separated from the building and covered with a white stone, in contrast with the wall of the warehouse which is painted grey. We gave more importance to the entrance by locating the showroom as part of this floating element. We created a patio that not only organizes the space but its also gives natural light to the offices.

CREDITS

PROJECT TYPE: WAREHOUSE AND OFFICES

ADDRESS: LAV. STA LUCIA 38, COL. ALFONSO XIII, C.P. MEXICO D.F.

PROJECT ARCHITECT: PABLO PEREZ PALACIOS ALFONSO DE LA CONCHA ROJAS

PROJECT TEAM: MANUEL ROSIQUE ALFONSO DE LA CONCHA BERMEJILLO

CONSTRUCTION: CONSTRUCTORA MANACAR

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