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Daniel Buren, To align, works in situ, 2017 Bortolami gallery, New York, 2017

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Solarium in Storm King Art Center

Designed by William Lamson and commissioned by Storm King for the Light and Landscape show, 2012.

Like a mountain chapel or Thoreau’s one-room cabin, Solarium references a tradition of isolated outposts designed for reflection. Each of the 162 panels is made of sugar cooked to different temperatures and then sealed between two panes of window glass.   The space functions as both an experimental greenhouse, growing three species of miniature citrus trees, and a meditative environment.   In warm months, a 5x8 ft panel on each side of the house opens up to allow viewers to enter and exit the house from all directions.  In addition to creating a pavilion like environment, this design references the architecture of a plant leaf, where the stomata opens and closes to help regulate the plants temperature. Set within the open the landscape, the house functions as a hybrid sanctuary at once evoking a plant conservatory, a chapel, and zen garden.

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Gabe Rodriguez

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The Mod Apartment in Kyiv / Sergey Makhno Architects

Photos © Andrey Avdeenko

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Breathe-MINI Living in Milan

Breathe is a housing prototype for the future living environment designed by SO-IL for MINI Living. It takes a holistic approach to sustainability. By making living an active experience, the installation shines a spotlight on environmental awareness and encourages visitors to confront our tendency to take resources for granted. Instead of a traditional organization with rooms dedicated to specific functions, this house is composed as a loose stack of porous realms. A variety of atmospheres and spatial experiences are generated through the manipulation of light, air and water.

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Bigwood / Olson Kundig

Photos © Benjamin Benschneider

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Any examples of German architects

Examples?

What about a list of some of my favorite German architects?

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe via

Walter Gropius via

Erich Mendelsohn via

Frei Paul Otto via

Gottfried Böhm via

Jürgen Mayer-Hermann via

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Lanaras weekend house by Architect Nicos Valsamakis 1961-63#mid century, #architecture, #MCM, #modern, #design, #modernism

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this is DOPE

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15+ Of The Most Creative Benches And Seats Ever

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1925-27 Le Corbusier Haus Le Corbusier am Weissenhof Stuttgart - via.

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1927 | Le Corbusier | Villas at Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart, Germany 

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Trasformazione casa pl. a scaiano ti 2014

By Wespi, De meuron, Romeo architetti

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Josef Kranz’s Era Cafe, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1929

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Blog | The Many Faces of the Cube | Munich

While in Germany, I found that there were a lot of variations on the cube. The main material in a lot of German buildings was concrete with a bit of a reliance on steel construction. In each of the buildings, they break away from the basic form of the cube and create an architecturally appealing space or form. In some cases, there was a particularly evident solution to the problem, using glass or steel to really express all parts of the cube. In other cases it was less evident, where more exploration was needed in order to really get a feel for the expression of the cube in a new dynamic way.

Being in Munich the longest, provided ample opportunity to see many examples of the cube. One of the first examples was a gymnasium that was in an area of the city where there were many historical buildings so the building was not to stand out too much. Gymnasiums need to be certain sizes and heights so in order to get the proper sizes, the entire gym was sunk into the ground. The wooden louvers help it blend into its surroundings. There were two more church examples in Munich. In one, a box within a box is used to separate the interior from the exterior creating a gap between the two for optimal silence in the area of congregation. The other uses the same policy, but the central cube ascends above the outer box creating a more spiritual connection to above. The library from the outside looks like a plywood box with one side of windows. That side of the building with windows has a large space that is used for study and gathering, the rest of the building is mainly rows and rows of books and quiet study areas. This particular instance is a brave stance in expression of the cube. An interesting example is the Elementary School, where the colors on the outside do not reflect the inside. Outside the building is black and white, but the interior is made up of bright colors and large, bright spaces. Color and subtractive spaces are a large element of the design of this school. 

See also Stuttgart | Ulm | Augsberg

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Blog | The Many Faces of the Cube | Augsberg

While in Germany, I found that there were a lot of variations on the cube. The main material in a lot of German buildings was concrete with a bit of a reliance on steel construction. In each of the buildings, they break away from the basic form of the cube and create an architecturally appealing space or form. In some cases, there was a particularly evident solution to the problem, using glass or steel to really express all parts of the cube. In other cases it was less evident, where more exploration was needed in order to really get a feel for the expression of the cube in a new dynamic way.

Augsberg presented us with an instance of the cube where the facade was used to break from the box. The facades pop of the building on the upper floors and provide sun-shading where needed. It is one of the more simpler examples we saw, but it was a common practice and provides a good example.

See also Stuttgart | Ulm | Munich