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Jiyang Binhe Experimental School

Hangzhou Green Development Design Experimental School Architecture

Jiyang Binhe

Jiyang Binhe is a school building designed for nine years of compulsory education in Jiyang District, Jinan, China. The campus has a gross floor area of 24,462 square meters and adjoins a landscape park overlooking the Yellow River. The plan follows one main axis with two courtyards and two auxiliary axes that hold functional zones. Ordinary classrooms are placed on a south to north orientation for daylight, and the library and functional classrooms stand at the ends of the auxiliary axes. External walls use thermal insulation mortar, and double glazing reduces outside noise.

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Metamorphosis Yoga Shala Building

Constantinos Yanniotis Yoga Shala Building Architecture

Metamorphosis

This project is about a Yoga Shala proposal submitted in an International Architecture Competition Call. The site is part of a mountain Yoga Retreat Complex located in a breathtaking forest region of central Portugal. The new Yoga Shala building is inspired from the Yoga philosophy, being a spiritual practice rather than a physical exercise. The new development apart from the Shala with an atrium space, consists of the Teahouse cave volume. Both buildings are framed by the biomorphic xeriscaping garden islands, the curvilinear walking concrete stone paths and the cultivation activities levels.

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Arte Residence Residential Building

Torres Arquitetos Residential Building Architecture

Arte Residence

Arte Residence is a residential building located on Torres beach, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil. The building has twenty floors, with two apartments per floor. Each apartment offers 200 square meters of private area, three suites and large social areas. The volume is a vertical monolith with horizontal planes arranged in half levels, where large balconies face the sea. Exposed concrete, wood and ceramic tiles form the finishes. The building also includes energy efficiency, careful water use, and thermal and acoustic comfort.

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Maestoso Hotel

Enota Hotel Architecture

Maestoso

Maestoso is a hotel created through the renovation of an existing building from the 1970s. The design offers a sustainable approach to updating old hotel buildings that need a new character and new facilities. The main element is the facade structure, which supports the added balconies and blends the appearance of the building with the surrounding landscape. The facade was parametrically modeled and made from wooden beams shaped by CNC milling. Inside, the walls were brushed to reveal the rough concrete structure, and furnishing of wood and metal adds warmth.

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Chahar Gah Villa

Nima Keivani Villa Architecture

Chahar Gah

Chahar Gah in Iran, is situated in a territory on the western coast of the Caspian sea, a town called Anzali. A dwelling space wherein tries to invite surrounding environment neatly to inside and communicate eloquently. This building has tried to solve the visual boundaries between inside and outside and communicate with the changing seasons and adapt to it and use the natural process of air circulation for ventilation. At the same time its residents have a new experience of transparency and a free plan with have privacy and cozy places in the same time for better feeling change of seasons.

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272 Gallery Multifunctional Space

Qiuwen Luo Multifunctional Space Architecture

272 Gallery

272 Gallery is a multifunctional space created by renovating an existing residence in Foshan, China. The building holds three functions: a display of medieval furniture, an art gallery and a private gathering area. Minimum intervention guided the work, so the original cast-in-place terrazzo floors and wooden stair handrails were retained. Iron guardrails, unpainted pine and glass brick walls were added. All interior doors were removed to connect the rooms and allow flexible exhibitions. Windows were carefully placed to frame the tall trees of the community.

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Xinghua Community Center Multi Functional Offices

Easy Arch Multi Functional Offices Architecture

Xinghua Community Center

Xinghua Community Center is a shared public building in a historic hutong district of Beijing. The renovation places many uses in one space, including offices, meeting areas, art and fitness activities, rest areas for older residents and shared tools. Low-cost local materials are used for the walls and floors, matching the color and texture of the hutong. High exterior windows were replaced with square windows inside the existing openings, saving cost and energy. The low windows link the interior with the street and can be seen through by children. The gross floor area is 380 square meters.

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Geosong Residential Building

Moriyuki Ochiai Architects Residential Building Architecture

Geosong

They performed the design for a residential building located in a hilly area. Thus, they set out to integrate into their design the structure of the earth while echoing the natural forces shaping the hills, strata-soil, and spring water found therein. Resonating with the landscape of rolling hills, this residential building channels and gives form to the natural energy embedded in the multiple layers of intertwined strata and springs surrounding it.

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Diamond Towers Building

Paul Noritaka Tange Building Architecture

Diamond Towers

Diamond Towers is a mixed-use development in Taipei. The complex consists of three towers rising above a commercial podium. A department store occupies the first to fourth floors, and residential areas are placed above. The commercial and residential entrances are separated to give each part a clear identity. The podium is clad in folded white granite panels and a media screen. The crystallized facade and the diamond shaped rooftop are lit at night. Green spaces are provided at street level, on the podium rooftop and on the residential terraces. The total area is 87880 square meters.

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Qian'nan Fire Station Training Center

Haobo Wei & Jingsong Xie Training Center Architecture

Qian'nan Fire Station

Qian'nan Fire Station is a fire and rescue building set in a mountainous area of karst peaks in Guizhou, China. The design follows the topography of the site, which is bordered by hills on three sides. Two grids of order arrange the plan into unit groups that form continuous courtyards, recalling the traditional settlements of the region. Offices, training areas and logistics spaces are joined in one complex. Red split brick and white stone express the professional character of fire and rescue, while skylights bring daylight into the interior.

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Dajing Homestay Hotel

REMAC TY Hotel Architecture

Dajing Homestay

Dajing Homestay is a hotel built in Dajing Village, Shaoguan. The buildings face the streams and the old camphor trees, and also face the provincial highway, which makes the homestay visible and easy to reach. The buildings are arranged as an enclosed courtyard, following the basic structure of the village. Concrete, wood-like aluminum, glass and brick are used, so the new construction blends with the old village. The project covers 1914.57 square meters. The design aims to offer visitors a calm place among the mountains and forests.

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Archizeit Studio

Alexandru Zingaliuc Studio Architecture

Archizeit

Archizeit is an architecture office created through the renovation and extension of a single level house in the center of Chisinau, Moldova. The interior was reconfigured by removing some walls and adding new partitions, and a metal container was attached as an extension. The facade is covered with corten steel plates and a timber cladding screen. Wall finishes include exposed concrete, metal bar panels, river stones and brick. Large windows bring daylight inside and make the work spaces visible from the street. The building area is 107 square meters.

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