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Yongning Station Urban Mini Complex

Yijia Hu Urban Mini Complex Architecture Monday, 24 March 2025

Yongning Station

Yongning Station is a small urban complex in Yongning, China. Public toilets are the main function, combined with leisure, exhibition and other supporting services. The building opens a visual channel between the city and the landscape, and the plan forms a shape like the number eight. Along the route, a public exhibition hall faces the river on the left, an inward-looking public toilet area stands on the right, and a narrow corridor passes among osmanthus trees. The screen is the key element that organizes space and frames the scenery.

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Quad House Bar

Nolan Chao Bar Architecture Sunday, 23 March 2025

Quad House

Quad is a bar set in a historic quadrangle building in the center of Beijing. The original structure was in unsafe condition, which made reinforcement and rebuilding difficult. The renovation adds modern functions while keeping the character of the old city area. Concrete is used for the facade and wood for the interior decoration. The design balances three pairs of opposites: new and old, low key and high end, commerce and comfort. Privacy is protected so that the bar blends quietly into the surrounding historic neighborhood.

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House in Shiraiwa Residence

Tsukasa Okada Residence Architecture Saturday, 22 March 2025

House in Shiraiwa

House in Shiraiwa is a residence built on a mountain slope in Hamamatsu, Japan, surrounded by a mandarin plantation. The interior area is divided equally into indoor and semi-outdoor space. A large living room supports communication between family members, while the other rooms are kept small. A pergola covers the semi-outdoor half and forms a buffer zone between the living room and the landscape. The pergola details were set by sunlight simulation, and its slits cast changing shadows on the walls. The walls are finished in scraped mortar with crushed local white rock.

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Haishang Plaza Mixed-use Architecture

Luoya Tu Mixed-use Architecture Architecture Friday, 21 March 2025

Haishang Plaza

Haishang Plaza is a mixed-use building complex located in an old residential district of Zhengzhou city. The project combines Soho and Loft towers, an indoor shopping mall and a large outdoor lifestyle plaza. The terraced massing steps back at the corners, creating clear entrances and bringing the facade down to a human scale. Green boxes are placed between the towers and the pedestrian corridors as shared and display spaces. Materials include glass fiber reinforced gypsum and concrete, aluminum panels and curtain wall glazing. A green roof system is also included.

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The Square Housing Units

mohamed yasser Housing Units Architecture Thursday, 20 March 2025

The Square

The Design idea was to study architectural relations between different shapes that are being composed together to create like moving units. The Project consists of 6 units each one is 2 shipping containers fixed over each other forming an L Shape Mass. these L shaped units are fixed in overlapping positions creating Voids and Solid to give the feeling of movement and to provide sufficient daylight and a good ventilation environment. The main design goal was to create a small house for those who spend the night in the streets with no home or shelter.

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Online City Co-life Center Commercial Architecture

FENG CHENG Commercial Architecture Architecture Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Online City Co-life Center

Online City Co-life Center is a commercial building that joins property sales with everyday community services. The design replaces the traditional demonstration area with a simple, useful and welcoming place. On the ground floor, light catering, handicraft, a flower shop and children's activities are combined, and only a small model exhibition area is kept. The sales function is placed on the upper floor. Aluminium plate, glass and imitation wood grilles form the facade. Interior and landscape are designed as one, so residents feel a stronger sense of belonging.

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