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Urban Construction Archives

DC Alliance Archives Architecture

Urban Construction

Ningbo Urban Construction Archives is an archive building located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. The design interprets the history of the city as a history of construction. Buildings are understood as assemblies of blocks, so the archive is composed of stacked blocks that combine the properties of space and material. The blocks are grouped into three types: transparent, solid and special. The site area is 6567 square meters, with 17190 square meters of floor area on eleven levels above ground and 6405 square meters on two levels below ground.

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Automotive Social Club

Teng Guo Yan Jiao Club Architecture

Automotive Social

Automotive Social Club is a building designed as a social space for car enthusiasts. The L-shaped structure stands on a triangular site between two railway tracks and covers 410 square meters. One part is a single story building with a repair shop, a cleaning workshop and a detailing workshop. The other part has two floors with a bar, sales and display areas, offices, a kitchen, a dining area and a terrace. Large interior steps separate the inner and outer zones. The facade is made of red and black pressed steel plates.

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Private Villa Juge Accommodation

Maiko Minami Accommodation Architecture

Private Villa Juge

The rental villa is located on a famed tourism spot in Higashiyama Kyoto. A Japanese architect Maiko Minami designs the villa to establish new value by creation a modern architecture incorporating Japanese ethos. With a fresh sensibility by reinterpretation of traditional method, the two story wooden villa is composed of three individual gardens, various glazed windows, Japanese Washi Papers reflecting the changing sunlight, and materials finished by bright tone. Those elements provide a seasonal atmosphere animatedly in its limited small property.

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N12 House Residential

Masahiko Sato Residential Architecture

N12 House

N12 House is a two-storey weekend residence located in Asakura City, Japan. The house includes a built-in garage that presents the owner's car collection as an integral part of the design. Most of the volume is placed on the second floor, where a living room, a kitchen and a dining area form one open space. Large windows and a terrace balcony open the interior towards three directions and the surrounding views. Red cedar boards run from the interior ceiling to the sloping eaves of the terrace. Indirect lighting creates a warm and gentle atmosphere.

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Museum Commercial Building

Hiromoto Oki Commercial Building Architecture

Museum

Museum is a commercial building located in Wakayama, Japan. The building is situated in a quayside area and from a boat it seems to float on the sea, and from a car, it gives the incredible impression of swaying, so that it is intimately linked with the visual qualities of the marine environment. This impression of swaying takes place because a glass wall and the inner solid wall have different design properties, and as a consequence create this unlikely but beautiful effect. The facility aims to be both a centre of culture in Tanabe and also to provide a vital area for recreation.

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A House in the Landscape Naturous Residence

keun young Shim Naturous Residence Architecture

A House in the Landscape

A House in the Landscape is a detached private house built in Pangyo, Republic of Korea. The house is designed to form a balance with its irregular site rather than to stand apart from neighboring buildings. Large continuous windows frame the surrounding nature, following the traditional Korean idea of borrowing scenery. A corridor acts as a transitional space and creates a sequence of changing views. The structure is reinforced concrete. The exterior is finished with old white brick, zinc, western red cedar and broken stone. The reclaimed bricks give a calm and natural texture.

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Wuxi C&D He Xi Residential Architecture

C&D Inc. (Wuxi Subsidiary) Residential Architecture Architecture

Wuxi C&D He Xi

Wuxi C&D He Xi is a residential architecture project built in the Wuxi Economic Development Zone. The layout draws on the inner and outer city plan of the historic Helv City. Traditional Chinese architectural style and elements are reinterpreted with modern techniques. Columns, beams, arches, rafters, purlins and deep overhanging roofs shape the facades. Materials include stainless steel plate, aluminium alloy, stone and integrated wall panels. Courtyards and gardens link the buildings with nature and support a calm living experience.

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Ningbo Hanvos School education building

DC Alliance education building Architecture

Ningbo Hanvos School

Ningbo Hanvos School is an education building designed for an international teaching model on a limited site. The main challenge was the conflict between the small plot and the need for a large playground. The design asks for space from the sky: the core public spaces are placed on top of the building terraces, while the basic classrooms are set below. The folded courtyard concept divides the site into courtyards for teaching, activities, administration and recreation. Vertical terraces connect the levels and turn circulation into shared activity.

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Amadai Center Multifunctional Building

Notash Ghajar Dadjoo Multifunctional Building Architecture

Amadai Center

Birthing, flourishing and the paradox of roughness and elegance, extracted from regional mountainous landscape, lie at the heart of this project design concept. In giving birth, head appears first so by burying half of the building other half seems to head-out of ground. The conceptual paradox appears in building’s heavy forms head-out of its green context which flourished from inside through its infiltrated open spaces. Visibility from city-to-site and otherwise, sustainability, contextual design, local heritage and enhancement of ecological and social aspects of project take place in design.

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Hi Ladders High Pavilion

Li Hao Pavilion Architecture

Hi Ladders High

Hi Ladders High is a pavilion built at a summer camp of a primary school in Luotian County, Hubei Province, China. The structure consists of twenty independent wooden ladders cut and polished from China fir. Each ladder is stable and has an adjustable angle of inclination, so many spatial combinations are possible. Children without architectural training took part in the whole design and construction process. Common rural objects, such as ladders, transparent tablecloths and cardboard, are given new functions. The pavilion offers an open place for games and camp events.

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Beauty Mansion White Residential Space

Hann Shyang Construction Co., Ltd. Residential Space Architecture

Beauty Mansion White

Beauty Mansion White is a thirty-story residential building in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The design is inspired by the surrounding mountains and the rippling waters of Bitan, and streams, clouds and trees are reflected in the architecture. An old tree stands at the center of the lobby, reaching from the floor to the ceiling, and symbolizes the link between all households. Ceiling decoration made of titanium plated metal recalls water ripples and reflects daylight into the interior. The structure uses steel reinforced concrete, couplers and a raft foundation.

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The Hub Tourism

Nidal Ammache Tourism Architecture

The Hub

The Hub is a mixed use development designed for tourism in Healesville, Victoria, Australia. The project combines a heritage market, an epicurean center, a brewery, a hotel, a restaurant and a function center. A pedestrian link connects all uses across the six acre site. The buildings step down to follow the topography, and earth materials relate the development to the surrounding landscape. The design concept brings the outside in and opens the site to walking visitors. The intent is to support local tourism while keeping the character of the neighborhood.

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