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The exterior is defined by two massive, offset concrete volumes with a board-formed finish. On the main level, a small courtyard and a large garden terrace on the south side serve as intermediary zones where the residents can enjoy the distinctive outdoor environment of a ranch-style home while maintaining privacy. The clients purchased the tiered, irregularly shaped lot as a place to spend meaningful time as a family.
Jin Yue Wan is a sales center located in Wuxi, China, in the Jiangnan region. The building covers 700 square meters and takes inspiration from the local Jichang Garden. Traditional methods of stacking stones, planning water systems, arranging plants, installing lattice windows and paving shape the six garden landscapes around the building. Courtyards bring nature into the interior and add layers to the spaces. The landscape pavilion uses classical mortise and tenon joints and was built without nails. The design joins Chinese architectural elements with modern techniques.
International Sports and Culture Center is a mixed-use building that combines sports, cultural and social facilities in one site. The building is divided into three main parts: an office area, an arena and a multifunctional space. A hanging truss system creates column-free interiors, so each venue can be arranged with great flexibility. The functions are stacked vertically to suit a compact urban site. Professional venues host competitions and exhibitions, while gardens and a running track offer leisure space and encourage social interaction among citizens.
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Urban Oasis of Nexus is a sports centre located near a rural village area in Shatin, Hong Kong. The building holds a games arena, a fitness room, a dance room, activity rooms and a children play room. Courtyards and gardens on different levels form a green spine that leads visitors from the low-level entrance to the hill behind. Passive environmental design is applied, and the circulation spaces and lobbies use no air conditioning. Fair faced concrete, granite and timber are used to suit the natural setting.
Hong Hai Ju Plaza and SCPG Incity is a mixed-use urban complex in the city center of Ji'nan, China. The development combines a shopping center, an outdoor lifestyle district, offices, a hotel and apartments on a site of 59,100 square meters. The northeast corner is opened as a cultural plaza, facing the Hongjialou Cathedral, a historical landmark of the city. At the center of the plaza stands the renovated Sister House, which is one hundred years old and marks the entry point. The outdoor district connects to the indoor mall on several levels.
The Inhabited Roccolo is a private house set in the landscape of the Lombard Alps. The design reinterprets the roccolo, a traditional bird catcher hut, in a contemporary form. The house covers a ground area of 112.32 square meters and offers a residential area of 332.13 square meters over four levels. The structure is made of reinforced concrete and wood, while the coverings use natural wood, corten steel and titanium zinc. The facades combine projecting volumes and openings that change with each material. Simple forms and natural materials keep attention on the surrounding nature.
Vanke is a sales center covering 1600 square meters. The building responds to a site shaped by a canal, a wetland park and nearby elevated roads. Modern door frames are stacked in layers, and their sequence is adjusted by mathematical parameters to create a gradual transition. The frames extend inside and are reshaped into an arc-like lobby, which is completed by hanging acrylic panels and public installations. Brushed copper-like stainless steel, dual-layered insulating Low-E glass and golden limestone form the main interface. A garden with a swirl-shaped layout closes the route.
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Shine Estuary is a community center located in the Oujiang New District of Wenzhou, China. The building is formed by three offset ellipsoid volumes that are superimposed upon each other, and a shared space connects the three volumes and links the whole building. The curved shapes recall the ripples made by fishing boats on the Oujiang River. Panels of ultra-white glass, measuring up to 2 by 6.15 meters, open the facade toward the water. Meeting rooms are placed on the third floor, which offers the best view of the river.
House in Sinjyo is a single-story residential building in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. The site sits below a busy national highway bypass, so the house has no openings on the outer walls, which protects the privacy of the couple who live there. A square plan fills the small flat area of the sloping site. A light court on the south side brings in light and air, and is shared by the living room and the bathroom. The court is set two steps above the living room. A wall that stops below the ceiling divides the living area from the water area. The structure is wooden.
Goal is creation expressive architectural and spatial image, operating of technologically limited. Use of rhythm, drawing of details, silhouette of massive wooden structures creates building volume. Arena in equestrian complex combines sports and technology, recreation and representative functions. Rectangular parallelepiped resembles the ancient monument. Arc-shaped lines of constructional elements from glued wood define basic rhythmic space concept. Glazed facades perimeter integrate interior with exterior and pitched roof with far-projecting eaves hovers above field on mighty wooden frame.
House in Okolitsa is a residential building located in the Okolitsa villa community in the Moscow region, Russia. The house has a total area of 1500 square meters. The rhythmic architecture is defined by the complex topography of the wooded site. Each volume is separated by atriums, which protect the privacy of individual zones and link the interior with the landscape. The atriums contain planted trees and stones and form buffer zones. The materials include hand-formed clinker bricks, roof tiles, wood decking, stone and plaster.
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Rachel is a four-storey villa built around a central water courtyard in Zhongshan City, China. The ground floor spaces open onto the courtyard and support family interaction, while the bedrooms on the upper floors remain private. Staggered bedroom blocks form the clean and modern facade and frame views of the landscaped garden. The cantilevered balconies also act as shading overhangs for the ground floor terraces. Earth-colored wood is combined with natural grey granite. Large floor to ceiling windows assist the ventilation of the interior spaces.