Building/Ground: Folding Up

Source: Claudio Vilarinho archdaily.com

House 1 in Penafiel, Penafiel, Portugal, 2005 designed by Claudio Vilarinho

The idea: a white volume (28x10m) that rests on a continuous grass carpet.

When in a highest stage we are descending the existing path, we see a volume that comes down and accompanies us; suddenly this volume leans up and projects itself to the valley. -- ArchDaily

Source: Jan Bitter archdaily.com

Arche Nebra, Wangen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, 2007 designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Visible from far away, the body of the building is covered with yellow anodized aluminium and appears to float above the glass-encased entry level, in which the admission desk and café are located. The 60-metre-long abstracted ship houses two exhibition rooms and the planetarium.  -- ArchDaily

Source: FG+SG archdaily.com

Alcatel Head Office, Cascais, Portugal, 2009 designed by Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos

The two levels give place to one, through the “folding up” of the entrance level. The new volume releases itself from the ground, as a business card for anyone who enters. Suspended over the void, it directs people to the entrance, which is made to the North over the void that gives access to the parking lot.  -- ArchDaily

Schwartz/Fiekowsky House, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2009 designed by Schwartz/Silver Architects

The living area, at the end of forty-five-foot cantilever, opens onto spectacular views. -- architect's web site

A slim, 17-by-90-foot rectangular volume of glass and steel, the house slopes down a hill in the Berkshires before dramatically cantilevering for 45 feet. The great room floats 14 feet above the ground and has walls of glass on three sides with sweeping views of the surrounding, hilly countryside. The home's poured concrete floor vibrates when the couple's 65-pound Standard poodle, Oberon, bounds with enthusiasm after a ball. -- Wall Street Journal

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Source: arquitectonica.com

Florida International University School of International & Public Affairs, Miami, Florida, USA designed by Arquitectonica

Source: Alejandro Aravena archdaily.com

Lookout along Pilgrim Route, Jalisco, Mexico designed by Alejandro Aravena

Every year, over 2,000 people go on a 100 km pilgrimage path near Guadalajara, Mexico during Holy Week. Municipalities along the route decided to give the pilgrims some service areas along this route, so the Secreaty of Turism of Jalisco comissioned these projects to a group of both mexican and international architects: Ai Wei Wei (FAKE Design), Luis Aldrete, Christ & Gantenbein, Dellekamp Arquitectos,  Elemental, Godoylab, HHF, Periférica and Tatiana Bilbao mxa. -- ArchDaily

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Source: Daniel Schäfer archdaily.com

Headquarters Caja de Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 2011 designed by Studio Lamela Architects

....the building clearly attempts a dialogue with the bridge’s prominent vertical structure and the great width of the river by engaging two different volumetric elements. The horizontal base of the building has a square configuration and gathers all the support functions, such as the main lobby and exhibition hall, auditorium, restaurant/bar, etc. The vertical volume – a tower with sixteen floors above the base – hosts the general offices of the company. -- ArchDaily

Source: Anand Jaju archdaily.com

Myra – School of Business, Mysore, Karnataka, India, 2012 designed by Architecture Paradigm

The angular geometry also helped us establish an attitude towards the ground, but also to the sky. The library uses this to tap north light effectively into the space. The east and west are seen as solid surfaces reducing the heat penetration. -- ArchDaily

Source: Héctor Santos -Díez archdaily.com

Mediateca de Carballo, Rúa Pontevedra, 15100 Carballo, A Coruña, Spain, 2013 designed by Óscar Pedrós

The building becomes quite hermetic and opens itself to an inner patio acting as an open space for reading. Floor plans are designed following the complicated plot´s geometry to get a better ratio of profit in relationships between inner and outer space, melting the threshold between them. -- ArchDaily