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Design Stadium for Olympiade 2020 in Yokyo, Madrid and Istambul

2013-09-07T23:33:00.002-07:00

finally hearing International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to Tokyo to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. The announcement of the results of the IOC meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday (09/07/2013). Tokyo had doubted could win the competition against Istanbul and Madrid, with consideration of security reasons. However, the delegation led by Princess Takamado, managed to convince many members of the IOC, that Japan is now in a safe and stable condition to host the biggest sporting event in the world.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led a delegation to attend the voting Tokyo Olympics 2020 determination. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is optimistic that the Fukushima nuclear power plant leaks will not threaten Japan's offer to host the 2020 Olympics. "Ongoing radioactive leak at Fukushima nuclear plant will not threaten Japan's offer to host the 2020 Olympics," said Abe

The presentation was very emotional and Tokyo representation has attracted a lot of noise, which makes Madrid directly eliminated in the first round of voting. Madrid run for the third time in a row.

Prior to this, Tokyo has never hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964. Japan was also the host of the Winter Olympics, in Nagano in 1998. Tokyo run for a fourth time, with two unsuccessful attempts in 1960 and 2016. Strongest candidates for hosting the Olympics in 2020, Tokyo, plans to build the biggest athletes village last 42 years. This is a strategic move that may benefit developers classmates giant Shimizu Corp and Mitsubishi Estate Co..

Residential complex for sportsmen universal feast will cost about 985 million U.S. dollars (USD 10 billion) and occupies an area of 44 acres, right next to Tokyo Bay. Kenichi Kimura, Tokyo Metropolitan Government finance officials who initiated the nomination, said separately plans to allocate 153.9 billion yen (USD 15.6 billion) for new construction and renovations at 11 locations.

The athletes' village land area 28 percent larger than the Disneyland Park in California and will be the largest in Tokyo since 1971 when a city-scale housing projects, Tama New Town, built on the western outskirts of the capital city.

According to the Bureau of Urban Development Tokyo, Tama New Town, which is located about 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Tokyo city center and covers 2,853 acres, is the largest city-scale housing development in the City of Sakura. The new city was planned in the mid-1960s to address urban migration to the capital. The residents arrive in early 1971.

"The impact of the construction of the athletes' village will be extraordinarily significant and very positive for the property market. Construction companies are also expected to realize the government's investment and in turn have an impact on the growth of the value of the land," said analyst at Deutsche Securities Inc., Yoji Otani. Tokyo Olympic bid committee plans to select a developer to build the athletes' village in mid-2014, with the design and construction work began later that year.

n addition to building the athletes' village, Tokyo also will work on a modern stadium with a capacity of 80,000 seats with a roof that can be opened and closed automatically. As a designer, selected architect Zaha Hadid is a celebrated winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The Olympic stadium is done on the site of the 1964 National Olympic stadium will be demolished as soon as Tokyo was chosen to host. So that when the time comes, when the stadium construction work completed, can be used as a Rugby World Cup venue in 2019, before the Olympic Games held in 2020. Tokyo plans to select a developer to build a stadium in October 2014, with construction beginning one year later. The Government has not decided what to do if Tokyo fails elected.

Adaptable architecture gallery in london

2012-03-23T14:07:00.003-07:00

The water pipeline - could be a system that allow the large quantity of water through. With the lapse of your time it becomes blocked, therefore, for cleaning the drains we have a tendency to use a plunger. Human being - is additionally the system that allow through the large quantity of data. Human`s mind becomes blocked by this data just like the drain creating perception of the planet narrower and a lot of prosaic.

“Urbanplunger” - is that the gallery that may pump the human`s mind and unleash place for the new suggestions and experiments. one amongst the most shaping components of the gallery could be a “piece of a city”. the town - could be a receptacle of architectural ideas and achievements, structure where the most processes of human’s life are happening. Having found out the “plungers” on the highest of the “gallery - piece of the city” we have a tendency to pump the visitors` perception up.

Walking through the dock and companion ladder, guests seem on board of the floating gallery. within the center there's a main lobby with cafeteria, storage area and bogs. From the lobby they'll get into the permanent exhibition area and into the temporary exhibition area that are situated below the “plungers”. The “plungers” are made up of the clear material that build comfy lighting within. one amongst the “plungers” has an observation terrace. so as to induce on the roof guests will use internal ramp. There are hydraulic elevators within the “plungers” that compress and stretch the constructions out.

location: London, England
program: London 2008. Adaptable architecture gallery
type: International competition

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Adult Night club Hotel with Green Space

2012-03-22T14:55:00.002-07:00

According to existing scenario with extraordinarily compact coming up with we've got got a thought of pendant design. we have a tendency to elevated our object over the bottom stripped the duvet "rind" down and leant it on the closest buildings making the load-bearing frames. This spatial structure just like the jet wings let the total building soar in area. Due to such style we have a tendency to created a inexperienced sq. beneath the building and increased the territory of existed recreation zone.

Visually and functionally our building consists of 3 parts:

Nightclubs. all-time low a part of the building.
Public multi leveled lobby with security access to hotel. Spa center with semi-Olympic swimming pool, business center , store, restaurant and etc. The central a part of the building horizontally developed.
Hotel. The higher a part of the building. All slabs have regular define with declining fringe of filler structure towards the higher stores. This produce a chance to form balconies in single and double rooms and terraces in suites, aerial villas and in presidential suite.

This soaring style for an evening club and hotel by jap European firm Urbanplunger was awarded third prize within the international competition for a website in Hong Kong, China. Given the extraordinarily compact urban panning that already exists on the location, Urbanplunger used the thought of “pendant design,” by hanging the hotel and night club higher than the bottom.

This allowed the bottom beneath it to be detached as recreational inexperienced area among the tightly-knit town. Also, drawing upon the sensuality prompt by the night club, the outer layers of the building concept were “stripped” down (hence the look concept’s name, “Let Me See You Stripped”), turning into airplane-like wings on prime of neighboring buildings that support the burden of the hanging structure.

Project team: Tatsiana Keskevich , Alexander Kuzmianchuk, Eugene Liashuk.

location: Hong Kong, China
project: Adult night club hotel
type: International competition

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NATURE ACTIVITY CENTRE

2012-03-21T12:08:00.000-07:00

The ecology Nature Activity Center is an integral part of the building. The building will, by groundbreaking and green roofs, new ecosystems that can be experienced directly and included in the routing. Because of its main shape with rising roofs, the energy requirements may be minimized, and the building to a large extent self-supporting function. The building has an open floor plan and is therefore completely flexible layout. Durable materials that are close to nature make it complete.

The building is a blend with its surroundings, and has no front or back. Even the boundary between inside and outside is only recognizable by a thin glass facade. The program takes place both inside and outside. Both in and on the building. The blend with its surroundings is not only of physical nature, but also increases the mental connection to nature.

Forestry Commission wrote in mid-2009 a competition for a new Nature Activity Center in the Oostvaardersplassen. Together with an ecologist and landscape architect has created this design. The center is situated on the edge of the forest overlooking the Oostvaarders Field.

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Iconic pedestrian bridge in Amsterdam

2012-03-20T15:29:00.001-07:00

Iconic pedestrian bridge in Amsterdam. Flower like forms sculpt a path over the water along levitated botanical gardens creating new and spectacular vistas. It challenges the stereotype of the bridge by creating new urban spaces above and at water level. The concrete structures, referencing the arched bridges of Amsterdam, are interconnected to create a meandering route and in the mean time producing structural stability. Botanical gardens are new feeding grounds for flora and fauna in the urban environment. It is sustainable in the essential way that it enhances the quality of life and livability of the city of Amsterdam. SunCycle panels on the green roofs provide the energy needed for restaurant, bicycleshop and lighting.

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Amazing of Samitaur Tower

2011-07-22T01:46:00.000-07:00

Conceptually, the tower has both introverted and extroverted planning objectives. Internal to the burgeoning site area of new media companies, graphic designers, and general office tenants, the tower will symbolize the advent of this important new urban development, provide a changing art display for local viewing, and offer a variety of graphic content and data on its five screens concerning coming events and current achievements of the tenants who occupy that part of the city.

The Samitaur Tower is an information tower, constructed at the corner of Hayden Avenue and National Boulevard immediately across from the new Expo light rail line arriving from downtown Los Angeles in June, 2011. That intersection is the primary entry point into the re-developed zone of Culver City.

Externally, the tower displays culturally significant content and local event information, along with art and graphic presentations of all sorts available to in-car audiences who pass the site area, traveling on a number of local thoroughfares in the Culver City / West Los Angeles area. In addition to the large number of cars passing the site, the Expo Line has an estimated ridership of 30,000 passengers per day with two local stops several blocks east and west of the site. The presence of the train riders guarantees an enormous daily audience of Tower art viewers, as well as an increase in pedestrians in the area, who will walk past the Tower from the train stops to local businesses.

All the buildings in the immediate area are governed by a 56 foot height limit. The Samitaur Tower height is an important exception to the local height rule. The project is 72 feet high, measured from grade, and includes an open-air, excavated, concrete seating and staging space at its base that begins at minus 12 feet, and housing for all the electronic and media related equipment for the Tower.

The tower consists of five circular steel rings, approximately 30 feet in diameter. The rings are stacked vertically at 12 foot floor-to-floor intervals, and, as the height increases, the rings are staggered in plan, back and forth – to the north, east, south, and west – in order to establish proximity and viewing angles for various levels at various heights. Projection screens at each floor are to be seen from cars on surrounding surface streets, from freeways, by passengers at train stops, from on-board the moving trains, and from area pedestrians at a variety of key walking and viewing points. Between each pair of staggered horizontal circular steel planes, the curving, conical projection screens are installed. Behind the screens, hung from the tower floors are a number of digital projectors, 10 in all, that will rear-project onto the translucent acrylic screens.

    Inside the screens, steel decks are provided for viewers to look out at the city, and for a maintenance staff who will service the projectors and screens.

    The Tower has a glazed elevator in an enclosed glass shaft, and an open stairway to the top, so the Tower will be used as a viewing platform to overlook the city, but its primary objective is to distribute art and other relevant content to the local and the in-transit audiences passing by.

There are several target audiences that account for the positioning of the five screens. First is the traffic on the Santa Monica Freeway, several blocks to the north, one of the most highly trafficked freeway routes in Los Angeles. Second, the intersection of La Cienega Boulevard and Jefferson Boulevard, several blocks from the site, another of the highly trafficked intersections in the city, and the location of the primary new, elevated train stop. Third is the corner of Hayden and National itself, adjacent to the project, which is also a signaled, highly trafficked east-west route. Finally, there is one screen, just above grade level, that, unlike the other four, faces the re-development site. That screen will be used by local audiences, seated on the terraced concrete bleachers that step down to the below grade portion of the project where a stage for speakers and performers is provided.

Luxury villas Bali : Alila Hotels & Resorts

2011-02-20T12:04:00.000-08:00

holiday villas in luxury villas. Indonesia has things so well that people want to visit the beautiful region including Bali. ituated along the southwest coast of Bali in the Tabanan Regency, the beachfront all-pool-villa resort is just 20 minutes from the famed Tanah Lot Temple, one of Bali’s most sacred religious site, and over an hour from Ngurah Rai International Airport.

Alila Villas Soori is luxury villas bali. This modern architecture villas bali is a part of Alila Hotels & Resorts, the 48 villas offers an area of 1,680 square meters for a one bedroom villa, a town of 49,500 square feet with 10 rooms. Each villa comes with their own private lap-pool, a gourmet bar, Apple entertainment suite, as well as in-villa hospitalities and facilities serviced by a dedicated villa host. Alila Villas Soori is Alila’s fourth resort in Bali and comes under its new Alila Villas brand. Located off the beaten path, this resort is situated on a gentle slope between verdant rice terraces, black sand beaches with panoramic views over the Indian Ocean. Another beautiful and impressive holiday villa design.
Designed by SCDA Architects, Alila Villas Soori is set amongst beautiful black-sand beaches and verdant rice terraces with the mystical Mount Batukaru in the distant horizon behind the resort. All of its 48 pool villas are designed to accommodate the views of the surrounding beach, sea and paddy fields, while still maintaining privacy and shelter. Thanks to this huge and impressive on the island, the architects of the Supreme Council to complete the design of a modern, comfortable and welcoming called Alila Villas Soori, this villa is a new hotel and residential district of the city lies on the south-west Bali, Indonesia.

contemporary box garden green house Brazil

2011-02-20T11:02:00.000-08:00

architect. This contemporary box garden green house designed by architect Bento e Azevedo Arquitetos Associados. custom house plans ans house plans boxes for moving house the use of an incredible cantilever, strategic lighting and a slight tilt to the roof line turn a modernist concrete. The beauty of this clean house more complete when night came, the lighting is so pretty in the garden add to the beautiful scenery of this park at night. the designs Bento e Azevedo Arquitetos Associados are masters not only of architecture and continuity but also of adaption and flexibility.
These box buildings may have simple shapes and functional plans but they are anything but boring. exterior house designs like Walls of the house is painted with white color outside and inside, , as well as a beautiful garden with grass and green plants. the house located in Brazil.

architecture firm has made minimalism the driving concept of their dynamic contemporary designs, from single-family houses to multi-unit homes and mixed-used projects.with the outdoor swimming pool, contemporary kitchens, then this house is perfect.

architect : Bento e Azevedo Arquitetos Associados
area : 260.00 sqm
locatoin : brazil

Tropical Green Home: Modern Villa, Malaysia

2011-01-22T00:38:00.000-08:00

Modern green villa is a villa that became the dream of every person to occupy it. Designed with the concept of green with plants that meet every room of this villa.

This Setia Eco Park Modern Villa is located in the oil palm plantations, in the County Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.TWS Partners designed this modern villa with concept of the tropical green home, and dedicated to the upper middle class market. Modern green villa is very suitable to spend the holiday weekend, or to stay when He went away from recreation on the weekends

Type of texture and color villas and diversity refers to the wealth of tropical architecture in general. Apparently, the design concept of the tropical green home is very wise to tropical Asian architectural styles.design gardens in this villa, but also green plants up to the roof of this modern villa, making this modern green villa occupants increases cool and comfortable.

Modern green villa with a garden on the left and right there is a small pond containing ornamental fish, and house break stage, interior design living room with a thick red carpet, and bedroom designs that look so beautiful with its white color, and bathroom with a large tub that is white. A modern green villa is very beautiful for the weekend.

Design concept of modern architecture style with aspects of the tropical green home is perfect for the Asian building. Roof garden in a modern design to get out of the direct orientation of the house that has more value as a villa. Canopy on the roof holding a solar panel that reduces 30% of the energy consumed by the villa. Semi open design interior interpret good air circulation into the room. The usage of wide canopy in the top part of the building also play a double role, as a place for solar panel, beside as a canopy. This amount of solar panel was calculated to reduce 30 % of energy consumed within this villa.

architect:.TWS Partners

location: Syah Alam district, 15 minutes ride from Kuala Lumpur

Solid and Beautiful : Rainshine Modern House,USA

2011-01-22T00:11:00.000-08:00

Rainshine modern house has an interesting shape of the building, with wide roof and outer walls are made with great accuracy.The house is named for two benefits that arise from its most noticeable feature: A butterfly roof routes Rainfall into a 2,500-gallon rainharvest system, located in the basement.bus architecture

Located in Decatur, Georgia, United States, by architect Robert M.Cain. Interior design has a fairly modern and beautiful. Rainshine modern house interior design consists of three bedrooms, with some guest bedroom, and kitchen, dining room and living room. Material mix of wood with metal and steel on the interior of the house rainshine makes so solid and beautiful.

The roof is oriented to maximize the Shine on the building’s southern exposure, which includes a photovoltaic system.Light shelves around the clerestory sills bounce and diffuse natural light throughout the interior.

Rainshine modern house also has a large garden both at the side of the house or in front of the house, where there is a garden beside the rainshine house can be planted with various kinds of good crops of vegetables, or fruits and other medicinal plants.

Contemporary Mosque:Dubai Mosque From the Heart,UEA

2011-01-18T04:30:00.000-08:00

The Dubai Mosque Incorporates contemporary design with Islamic style. Dubai Mosque, designed by architect Fari Hatam, of Aedas, has received much praise for its remarkable mix between contemporary and Islamic design.

Dedicated to be a centre for information and education, the mosque consists of three elements – a dome, a cube and a minaret. Three main elements make up a mosque - a dome, a cube and a minaret. Hatam used Dubai Mosque as an opportunity to push the limits of how these elements can be connected in one form.

Dubai Mosque was a response to what Hatam saw as a city that was misguided and misdirected. 'When I first came to Dubai, everyone was doing the 'World's Biggest This' and the 'World's Tallest That', he said. 'That was the standard. Only a few people were really looking at truly Islamic architecture and no one was concentrating on the mosque.'

His remarkable contemporary design has garnered much international press. ’ . This mosque came from the heart,' said Hatan. 'There was no brief for this, there was no client, that's what makes it so unique.' An enormous amount of research went into how the building would cast shadows from the sun.

source: andes

Wood Hilltop House

2011-01-16T10:46:00.000-08:00

this house was designed by the house on stilts, because they are on the geographic side, so that fits in with the style of the house design stage. Hilltop House is a design house located in a forest area. Most of the basic ingredients of the Hilltop House is a timber, utilizing the existing natural conditions in the vicinity.

Hilltop House is designed with two floors, where in one of the architects designing the second floor of a room to be able to blend with the natural surrounding of this space we can enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings.
Outdoor kitchens in this house are on the ground floor and is designed by combining the basic material of forest wood

source: .rangkep.com

Forest House in Valle de Bravo, Mexico

2011-01-16T10:37:00.000-08:00

This house uses material from the timber. So if you see on almost all the interior design is a combination of wood and concrete materials. In the wake of an area of 650 m2, and began to build in 2005 and completed in 200. Forest house is the result of the work of Jorge Covarrubias and Benjamin Gonzalez Henze

Forest house has a basement that can be used to garage a car and a place to relax. A swimming pool behind the house to decorate the forest park, with lounge beds, as well as in her living room benches and tables that exist in this space almost quasi-made from a mixture of wood. Bathroom and a beautiful bed with the materials of wood. Forest home is located in Mexico.

architect: Jorge Covarrubias, Benjamin Gonzalez Henze

location : Mexico

source: parquehumano.cm

Contemporary Style Garden House

2011-01-16T10:08:00.000-08:00

Contemporary house was designed by architect Jacobsen with an area of 580 sqm. Natural atmosphere is so apparent in this house cool, and comfortable. Fresh air in the morning we will be able to enjoy and breathe every day when we opened the windows of the this GR house, because the green trees as providers of fresh air is always faithful to accompany this gr contemporary house garden. bus architecture

GR house is a design house that created the contemporary style and not too fancy, but who becomes special from house gr is located in his garden, where in this GR house garden there are many green plants that grow in house gardens this gr, even not only in the garden, but also at GR house indoors have green trees that look contemporary GR house graced the of this corner.

architect: Jacobsen

area : 580 sqm

source :rangkep.com

Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens: Dubai (I)

2011-01-15T22:05:00.000-08:00

The City: Scaled around walk-able distances that provide easy access to food, healthcare and education, this enlightened model of urban planning will help reverse the Gulf’s existing commuter culture that has eroded both communities and the environment.Celebrating the intricate geometry of Arabian art and science its 56 million square feet of verdant parks and gardens divide an 880 million square foot city into a network of sustainable neighbourhoods, each containing the molecule of daily life. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens represent the most innovative approach to urban form to be found anywhere in the Middle East.

The Form: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens offer a culturally resonant alternative to the sterile Western-style street grids that currently dominate the Middle East. It maps the movements of celestial bodies through the vastness of space, etching them onto a brass plate that can be held in the palm of the hand. Dubai is likewise a product of great imagination: A royal vision for a modern city that has risen from an ancient land. To base a new city plan upon an object embodying 2000 years of human invention is to build upon the bedrock of civilisation itself.They replace those rigid, rectilinear lines with the sweeping arcs and circles of the planispheric astrolabe; an instrument perfected by Islamic scholars, craftsmen and astronomers. Fusing the spheres of art and astronomy into an intricate object of enduring beauty, the astrolabe represents one of the greatest leaps of human imagination.

The Gardens: A literal translation of the astrolabe’s ornate brass rete, the city’s parks and gardens form a lush green net that catches all the cultural and residential districts within its spreading strands. The lungs of the city, these linear public parks act as carbon sinks that purify the surrounding air while providing shaded ‘green corridors’ that support sustainable modes of transport. Drawing upon the rich heritage of Islamic landscape design the Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens will be a city of canals and fountains, pools and lakes. Their cooling surfaces shall temper the heat of the day, while the sound of trickling water will help create oases of calm amidst the busy metropolis. With garlands of golf courses, bridleways, cycle paths and promenades, the citizens will have ample opportunity to enjoy a healthy active lifestyle.

The Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, China

2011-01-12T13:14:00.000-08:00

The Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium is seen in Beijing, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium will host badminton and rhythmic gymnastics competitions for the Beijing Olympic Games, which open Aug 8. (AP Photo/Beijing Tourism Administration, HO). Post-Games function: The Gym will provide spaces for activities of students and faculty, whilst facilitating the training of the badminton teams affiliated with the International Badminton Federation and the General Administration of Sports. The gymnasium will occassionally be open to the public.bus architecture

Located on the site of the University of Technology, in the Chaoyang District in Beijing, China, the venue is the only one being used for the 2008 Olympics to be situated in the south east of the city.

Olympic officials are keen to point out that the venue boasts the ‘largest pre-stressed suspension dome ceiling in the world’ with the impressive roof spanning 93 metres in diameter.

A main competition hall and a warm-up hall occupy the 24,383 square metres of the gymnasium, with a seating capacity of 7,500 fans who will come to watch the rhythmic gymnastics and badminton competitors fighting it out for Olympic glory.

Resedential Tower: Infinity Tower in Dubai

2011-01-12T12:56:00.000-08:00

amazing building. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the international award-winning architectural firm, the building is a masterpiece of contemporary design and style. The architects have used open-space architectural concepts to ensure that there are no pillars anywhere in the building, creating a true sense of space and light.

At 330 metres in height, Infinity is the highest twisting tower in the world. But remarkable though this unique achievement is, it’s just one of the features that makes Infinity so extraordinary.

This extraordinary design will make Infinity a classic of 21st century architecture, a tribute to the power of design and the role it can play in our lives.

When the team began their task, they were inspired both by the unique setting of Dubai Marina and the dynamic simplicity to be found in the organic curves of nature.

Height : 330 metres (1,083 ft)

Floors : 80

Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

the Port of Kaohsiung and the Cruise Terminal

2010-12-21T18:43:00.000-08:00

HMC Architects Proposal vision iconic gateway to the City of Kaohsiung, and the lens into the world from the inside-outside visualized. This creates a new datum which invites urban attitude to allow new connections between visitors, residents, and Kaohsiung City. This gateway is designed to serve as encouragement of physical and economical for the purpose of City waterfront transformation of the industrial past into a future that invites.

As a sustainable structure that resonates seamlessly with its context, the design of buildings carved by the forces of nature. Its envelope calculated tilt exterior shading themselves closely calibrate the path of the sun and wind to allow the building was mostly glass to achieve exceptional energy performance. The wide elevated boardwalk and a green roof promote biodiversity and improve the planting of green index to allow the design to target EEWH Silver certification. The design also qualify for LEED Gold certification and to achieve LEED Platinum certification with further evaluation

The proposed 300,000-SF, eight-story terminal efficient, adaptive, and obviously while fostering an interactive space that embraces the poetic and a vibrant urban coincidence. This program consists of international shipping and ferry terminal, 700-space parking garage underground, and the Port Bureau office. In a search for peace in the opportunity to travel, interior spaces bathed in natural light with a comfortable and overlooking the ocean and the city to create a lifting experience for maritime and commuter travelers.

Its transparency to optimize the way-finding, is a key element in the mitigation of human movement, allowing the building to effectively embrace the constant movement of users and accommodate the inclusion of the occasional sudden large volume of cruise ship passengers.

Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi

2010-12-15T13:11:00.001-08:00

the design of the museum aims to combine a highly efficient, contemporary form with elements of traditional arabic design and hospitality to create a museum that is sustainable, welcoming and culturally of its place. featuring a landscaped garden around its base, the museum's display spaces are housed within a man-made mound. the interior conditions are regulated passively through five solar thermal towers, which host the galleries. the towers heat up and act as thermal chimneys, drawing cool air currents throughout the museum. fresh air is captures at the low level and drawn through buried ground-cooling pipes and then released into the museum's lobby. air vents open at the top of the wing-shaped towers taking advantage of the negative

pressure on the lee of the wing profile to draw the hot air out.

foster + partners' designs for the 'zayed national museum' in abu dhabi was revealed by his highness sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of dubai and her majesty queen elizabeth II of the united kingdom. conceived as a monumnet and memorial to the late sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan, the founding president of the UAE, the museum will be the centrepiece of the saadiyat island cultural district and will showcase the history, culture and more recently the social and economic transformation of the emirates

balancing the lightweight steel structures with a more monumental interior experience, the galleries are anchored by a dramatic top-lit central lobby, which is dug into the earth to exploit its thermal properties and brings together shops, cafes, and auditorium and informal venues for performances. throughout, the treatment of light and shade draws on a tradition of discreet, carefully positioned openings, which capture and direct the region's intense sunlight to illuminate and animate these interior spaces

architect :foster + partners team: norman foster, david nelson, gerard evenden,

toby blunt, marin castle, ross palmer, dara towhidi, karsten vollmer,
barrie cheng, ho ling cheung, sidonie immler, joern hermann, nadrew king,
gemma owen, jillian salter, marilu sicoli, daniel weiss, bram van der wal, simon wing

source: designboom

Pina Settlement in the Aegean Sea, Turkey

2010-12-15T11:11:00.000-08:00

Combined with the natural beauty of the peninsula. GAD (the development of global architecture), a company in Turkey together with Turkish architects Kirmizitoprak Dara has designed a proposal for housing units in Pina, a peninsula in the Aegean sea. More precisely located near the southern coast of Bodrum in Turkey. The concept is made with beautiful trees and natural topography, the design created will have 17 villas, 21 hotel rooms, function rooms, restaurants, and recreational areas, which certainly will showcase the beauty of this peninsula is very charming.

Turkish architect is creating a lot of diagrams, because many natural environments and locations that may be needed over the fork. All diagrams are then placed on top of each other and the resulting surface will be stretched and distorted to form a space. Every house on 44,500 m2 will have a private pool, private terrace and private garden.

Interestingly again is that every part of this concept is the position in a way that can be viewed from any point on the peninsula

architect: Kirmizitoprak Dara

location: Turkies

source: kaskusnews

Design Concept Marine Research Centre in Bali, Indonesia

2010-12-09T01:31:00.000-08:00

The Marine Research Centre Bali Indonesia uses renewable sources of energy like solar panels for its electricity generation and collected rainwater for water consumption by the scientists who live in the centre for the purpose of research and exploration. It has been designed to make things feasible not just for the people who are based with the research centre but also for the plants and animals who might find the construction of the structure a bit hindering to their growth, movement and survival

Maine-based architecture firm Solus4 recently submitted this proposal for a Marine Research Centre in Bali Indonesia. The international competition was an opportunity to study the structure of tsunami waves, and sought to address the need for tsunami research and preparation in response to the devastation caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

And considering the objective and scope of the nature of the research study undertaken, it is quite apparent that the Marine Research Centre Bali Indonesia has got a lot of potential in the international arena for being a revolutionary structure not just in terms of its architectural beauty but also in terms of the research and expertise provided

The main purpose behind the conception and the construction of the Marine Research Centre Bali Indonesia is to study the tsunami causing waves in depth, delve into their approach through the water and thus chart out ways and means to prevent a tsunami from causing major damage to the lives of the individuals residing in the coastal areas

With the core purpose quite clear and the simplicity of the construction helping the research centre to come closer and closer to achieve its purpose, the Marine Research Centre Bali Indonesia has become a great hit not only among the people in the country but also among people across the world. In its own way, the Marine Research Centre Bali Indonesia has become an icon structure helping to study and at the same time add a bit of dynamism to the field of architecture

Solus4’s 27,000 sq ft (2,500 sq m) structure includes research labs, bedrooms for scientists, a seawater pool, aquatic garden library, and an auditorium. Tidal generators will be used along with photovoltaics to generate electricity, while solar passive and energy efficient design will minimize energy usage. Rainwater will be collected and seawater conversion systems will provide potable water for the facility

architect: solus4

Sekolah Hijau, Green School Bali (II)

2010-12-05T12:51:00.000-08:00

"We are one with nature, and indeed the situation here will be much different if if there are some windows here. So I thought, they had a chance to be a conservationist and loving environment. Because they they've had experience with nature at a very young age. And maybe that could change the world, "said Lee Wood, a teacher at the school. Being on both sides of the slopes of the Ayung River, connected by a bridge that resembles bamboo roof gadang Minangkabau style, and around the buildings spread out the rice field, a glimpse of the complex Green School is more like villas than school. More over, the school complex is tucked among a row of expensive villas along the Ayung River.

Hardy is really exploring the curved bamboo. There are no rigid shapes with straight lines and sharp corners in building Green Schools. Bench seating was arranged freely, unlike the school in general that lined rigid. All the furniture is also made from bamboo.Green Schools To build this complex, Hardy and his team of PT Bambu many uses of bamboo petung from Java, because the supply of bamboo from Bali is no longer sufficient. To develop the cultivation of bamboo in Bali, now Hardy founded the Foundation Meranggi. For business this bamboo cultivation, he learned a lot from Linda Garland, bamboo expert from the International Bamboo Foundation in Bali.

source: greenschool

Sekolah Hijau, Green School Bali (I)

2010-12-05T12:31:00.000-08:00

Schools where the most unique on this planet? How about an international school in the middle of tropical forest in Bali? Green or environmentally friendly school is entirely made of bamboo, standing on a land area of eight hectares of dense forest. Here there is no air conditioning, walls, uniforms, or plastic garbage that littered the ground, but composting toilets and sewage systems that can be recycled. School for students on international and Indonesia is trying to change the way education is expensive. This is the way most young students at Green School start their day. They sing while sitting on a small pillow colorful. Class room made of bamboo-shaped dome, with a traditional roof made of leaves and surrounded by green gardens.

Green School building complex has become one of the 19 nominee Aga Khan architecture award 2010. Moreover, housing reconstruction projects in earthquake victims Ngibikan Village, Bantul, Yogyakarta, which is designed architect Eko Prawoto, enter in row nominee. Green Schools and Ngibikan project will compete with Ipekyol textile factory building in Edirne, Turkey; Palmyra House in Albagh, India; and Wadi Hanifa Wetlands complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, gaining awards Aga Khan, October.

source: greenschool

Design Word Cup Stadium Qatar, 2022 (2)

2010-12-04T08:31:00.000-08:00

Very slim chance of Qatar to host world cup 2022. Qatar is considered too small to hold a world cup caliber event and requires extra work and exceptional in terms of providing logistics. In addition to plans to build 12 stadiums and provide advanced technology to cool the temperature inside the stadium to around 27 degrees Celsius, the temperature outside was in orbit 40 degrees or more-which incidentally Qatar Islamic state, will also be moderate, allowing the use of alcoholic beverages for the fans in certain areas. The plan, FIFA will decide which country will host the word cup 2018 and 2022 at a meeting held in Zurich, 2 December

Khalifa International Satdium in Al-Rayyan. Major renovation. Expected capacity 68,030. qatar-002 The showpiece stadium and venue for the World Cup final, the Lusail Iconic Stadium will be a masterpiece of engineering. The stadium will have a near circular footprint and will be surrounded by a vast moat

Al-Shamal Stadium in Al-Shamal. To be built. Expected capacity 45,120. The stadium's shape derives from traditional fishing boats known as 'dhow'

Al-Khor Stadium in Al-Khor. To be built. Expected capacity 45,330. Access to the stadium will be made easy, even for people travelling from Bahrain, which is only 51 minutes away by high-speed rail

Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan. To be built. Expected capacity 45,350. Following the World Cup, the stadium will be downsized to 25,000 seats for use by the University hockey team

sport-003 Sports City Stadium in Doha. To be built. Expected capacity 47,560. sport-004 A bird's eye view shows how the stadium draws inspiration from traditional Arab tents

sport-010 Al-Wakrah Stadium in Al-Wakrah. To be built. Expected capacity 45,120. sport-011 Home to Al-Wakrah football team, the current stadium only holds 20,000 fans.

souce: guardian

Design Word Cup Stadium Qatar, 2022 (I)

2010-12-03T13:36:00.000-08:00

FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter on Thursday (2 / 12) or around 22:00 am, announced the vote of the Executive Committee of FIFA in Zurich's Messe to host the FIFA World Cup 2022.

countries selected to host the world cup 2022 is Qatar. Qatar has been building and designing the luxurious and magnificent stadium for the convenience of players and spectators the world cup.

Umm Slal Stadium in Umm Slal. To be built. Expected capacity 45,120. The stadium is located in south eastern Qatar, albeit just 40 miles from Doha. It's shape bears similarities to a nearby fort

sport-005 Qatar University Stadium in Doha. To be built. Expected capacity 43,520.sport-006 Of the six stadiums based in the capital, Doha, the University Stadium will be marginally the smallest

Al-Gharrafa Stadium in Al-Rayyan. Major renovation. Expected capacity 44,740. Built in 2003 and currently with a capacity of just 25,000, the Al-Gharrafa Stadium will require significant redvelopment to achieve the vision above

Doha Port Stadium in Doha. To be built. Expected capacity 44,950.And here's how the stadium, designed by Albert Speer & Partner, will look from across the harbour

Al-Rayyan Stadium in Al-Rayyan. Major renovation. Expected capacity 44,740. The exterior of the stadium features a membrane that will act as a screen for projections and advertisements

souce: guardian