New Port and Cruise Service Center Project designed by Reiser + Umemoto Studio to be implanted in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Reblog This!The Daegu Gosan Library celebrates a culturally rich and evolving demographic which places high value on intellectual growth. Such growth is a significant determinant in matters of upward social mobility and increased life opportunity. It can be a significant life-altering force for patrons of the library as well as the larger community which it serves. The Daegu Gosan Library stands as a temple to this knowledge. The library provides opportunities for both analog and digital intellectual trade and growth within the Suseong-gu community.
Reblog This!Syros House by Myrto Miliou
“The geometry of the building follows that of the landscape, mimicking the stone retaining walls typical of the Greek island. The architects designed the house to relate to the landscape and make the most of the sculptural qualities of light. The house also minimizes energy use with planted roofs and thick stone walls that keep the house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.”
Reblog This!Shadowboxx (2010) by Olson Kundig Architects
Design Principal: Tom Kundig
Photographer: Jason Schmidt
Location: San Juan Islands, WA, USAShadowboxx responds to a desire to facilitate an intimate understanding of this special place and explores the tradition of gathering around a fire. Tucked between a thicket of trees and a rising bank, the house sits in a natural clearing created by the strong winds that force back the trees from the rocky bank. The building purposely confuses the traditional boundaries between a built structure and its surroundings. Its masses are modeled by winds off the water, exterior cladding is allowed to weather and rust, and shifting doors, shutters, walls and roofs constantly modulate the threshold between inside and outside.
Inside the home, a gallery runs the length of the house with rooms spilling off of it. Two 15’ by 10’ steel clad doors slide open to reveal the main living space, named the cloud room for its ever-changing atmospherics. A glass-walled bunkroom, it contains six custom-designed rolling platforms that serve both as sofas and beds and enable the room to morph and accommodate different functions. Exterior awning shutters facing the water can be closed for protection from the elements or for security when the owner is away.
A guest room sits at one end of the house, and the bathhouse at the other. The bathhouse is topped by a 16×20’ roof that opens the room like a cigar box at the push of a button. Materials with a strong tactility are used throughout the house, including rammed earth floors, reclaimed oak floorplanks, unpainted gypsum board and steel walls, corrugated steel siding and roofing, and reclaimed scaffolding planks for the ceiling.
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