Design Archive

Design and research. Precedent and inspiration. Evidence and consolation.

[nevver]

Migraines, Bethany Noel

[nevver]

You’re getting warmer

[archatlas]

Feliz cumpleaños, ten un buen dia y disfruta de la arquitectura , gracias por hacer tumblr un poco mejor

Gracias!

[ofijas]

RENATO RIZZI

[fabriciomora]

Smiljan Radić, Prism House + Terrace Room ( Coinguillio, Chile)  

[nevver]

Pattern recognition

[nevver]

Vanishing point, Tobi Shinobi (because)

[kiameku]

Anne Collier Woman Crying (Comic) #2 2018 C-Print 63.21 x 49.7 inches

[ofijas]

Balaguer Courthouse / Arquitecturia

[fabriciomora]

Julien Gougeat Architecture

[ryanpanos]

Camp Adventure Park |  Effekt | Rasmus Hjortshøj

Camp Adventure Park is a new and unique experience destination. A 900 meter treetop walk connected to a 45 meter tall observation tower creates a unique opportunity to take a walk above the treetops and experience the stunning nature of the preserved forest from another perspective. The tower and treetop walk is as a seamless continuous ramp that makes the forest accessible to all - regardless of their physical condition.

Camp Adventure Park is located in the preserved forest, Gisselfeld Klosters Skove, one hour south of Copenhagen, Denmark. The forest is graced with several natural biotopes such as lakes, creeks and wetlands.

The route through the trees passes gently and sensitively through different varieties of forrest, while minimizing the disturbance of the environment. The treetop walk is split into a higher and a lower walkway. The high walkway will pass through the oldest parts of the forest while the tower and the lower walkway are located in the younger areas. The high walkway also feature a series of activities for different user groups to learn and enjoy the forest qualities.

The culminating feature of the treetop walk is the tower and observation deck located 45 meters above the ground. The geometry of the tower is shaped to enhance the visitor experience, shunning the typical cylindrical shape in favor of a curved profile with a slender waist and enlarged base and crown. This does not only increase the stability of the tower but also increase the observation deck area at the top of the tower. Furthermore it also allows for better contact to the forest canopy.

The new treetop walk and observation tower will be part of Camp Adventure, an existing adventure sports facility that include treetop climbing and aerial zip lines.

[ryanpanos]

St Mary’s Medieval Mile Museum |  McCullough Mulvin Architects | Via

Mary’s Church in Kilkenny has been converted into the Medieval Mile Museum. The building is the starting point of the ‘Medieval Mile’ trail and houses the city’s Civic Treasures and displays many important carved limestone tombs and funerary monuments from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The project combines sensitive restoration and contemporary design to an exemplary standard. The medieval building, originally constructed in the 13th Century, required some extension for the display of artifacts in a controlled environment and the project became an experiment in the use of archaeology to help define an architectural solution.

The new elements are made of timber and lead, lead’s soft malleability a foil to Irish grey stone and sky. The project worked with the nature of the building, providing a new stone floor, repairing materials, leaving exposed a large section of the original medieval timber roof which acts as a focus in the plan. The chancel had historically been reduced in size and the nave originally had aisles. Archaeological excavations revealed the presence of extant foundations under the earth. New structures were placed on these, amplifying the spatial complexity of the building and developing a sequence of internal spaces.

[ryanpanos]

The Marble Series | Tom Hegen

Marble from Spain and Italy are world-renowned for it’s creamy, snow white texture and flawless quality. Michelangelo sculpted most of his statues from marble extracted in Carrara, Italy. This stone has also been used in the construction of Siena’s cathedral, St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and Marble Arch in London. Most of us know marble mainly as a final product in the chain of consumption – in hotel lobbies, altars, washbasins and tiles.

At the Northern tip of Italians Tuscany, there are over a hundred marble mines. Thousands of people work in the marble sector and extract over a million tonnes of marble each year. The landscape of this area is a product of human activity in natural environments. Centuries of quarrying have created a distinctive landscape. From distance, the pit mines appear to be covered in snow, even in summer. Marble from Italy and Spain are now being used in colossal building projects in mosques, palaces, hotels, malls in metropoles around the world like London, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai or Beijing.

[t-parsons-design]

End of Terrace House

We have won planning permission for a new build two bed end of terrace house in a conservation area near Sheffield City Centre on a tightly constrained site. Perforated metal at the base creates dappled light to the kitchen window, becoming the garden fence at the side. Above this sits an articulated red brick form with subtle detailing at the windows and roofline. The windows on the gable end are within neatly proportioned recesses, offset from the centreline of the gable.

[archisketchbook]

RIBA Chartered Practice ‘TParsons’ wins planning approval for a new house in a conservation area near Sheffield City Centre

[itscolossal]

A Topographic Table Presents a Sculptural Interpretation of Yosemite Valley in Blue, Yellow, and Gray

[itscolossal]

Curved Lenses Multiply Everyday Views of Paris in a New Mobile Installation by Vincent Leroy

[new-monuments]

Carlo Scarpa - Augusto Murer, La Partigiana Veneta (Monument to the female partisans of the Veneto), Venice, 1964-69

Source: Seier+Seier