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| Source: Tomio Ohashi Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates |
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan, 1972 designed by Kisho Kurokawa
the first capsule architecture design. The module was created with the intention of housing traveling businessmen that worked in central Tokyo during the week. It is a prototype for architecture of sustainability and recycleability, as each module can be plugged in to the central core and replaced or exchanged when necessary. -- ArchDaily
The Nakagin Capsule Tower realizes the ideas of metabolism, exchangeability, recycleablity as the prototype of sustainable architecture. -- architect's web siteRead a post from PingMag
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| Source: Cooney-Hughes archdaily.com |
The Colonnade Condominiums, Singapore, 1980 designed by Paul Rudolph
Initially intending to design a housing structure as a set of prefabricated units hoisted onto a structural frame ...
Rudolph referred to these replicable units as the “twentieth-century brick,” a means of construction that would seemingly make construction of large scale buildings more feasible. However, as Rudolph came to find upon the time of construction, technical and financial reasons expelled the possibility of the prefabricated units. Instead, the Colonnade was built of pour-in-place concrete, which still successfully conveyed the appearance of his initial design goals. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Samuel Ludwig archdaily.com |
WoZoCo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1997 designed by MVRDV
More from architect's web siteStuck conforming to zoning regulations of the surrounding area, MVRDV calculated that only 87 of the proposed 100 units could fit the restricted footprint due to regulations about daylighting. From this arose the idea of cantilevering the remaining units on the north facade, to connect to the transparent gallery of the main block found below while also opening up space on the rest of the site. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Patrick Bingham-Hall archdaily.com |
Bishan Public Library, Singapore, 2006 designed by LOOK Architects
‘Pods’ cantilevered off the main building façade exude a distinctive charisma on the exterior and create suspended alcoves at an intimate scale from the building interior. -- ArchDaily
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Carabanchel Housing, Madrid, Spain, 2007 designed by dosmasuno arquitectos
Its construction responds to a necessity of industrial optimization. Therefore, the structure of the main body is constructed in concrete from a single high accuracy aluminum cast. At the same time, the light steel structure modules that constitute the additioned elements enable volumetric variations. This industrialized system facilitates the constructive process, avoiding rubbish and accelerating the implementation times. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Makoto Yoshida |
Twin Bricks, Saitama, Japan, 2008 designed by Atelier Tekuto
Twin Bricks, consists of two wings – A five unit rental dwelling and the owner’s own two-family house. An intriguing spatial composition materializes due to the seemingly random composition of the glass block and ALC Panels which hide all structure. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Jeroen Musch archdaily.com |
Schiecentrale 4b, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2008 designed by Mei Architecten
All spaces on the west side of the building are fitted with glazed façades. This part of the building offers a wonderful view of the Nieuwe Maas and the harbour. The partitions of the living/working units can be opened from floor to ceiling with harmonica doors, allowing the creation of an exterior space within the building volume. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Zander Olsen archdaily.com |
10 Weymouth Street, London, UK, 2009 designed by Make Architects
.... a highly modelled brass-clad elevation was created at the rear of the building which greatly enhances the appearance of this fascinating pocket of urban space. Each apartment features a projecting balcony with a perforated brass screen which mirrors the mews facade pattern and blends harmoniously with the neighbouring buildings. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: John Gollings archdaily.com |
The Cullen, Prahran VIC, Australia, 2009 designed by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
....the built form reinforces this notion by expressing cantilevered forms as an active sculptural response to Grattan Street. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Filip Dujardin archdaily.com |
Learning Centre Destelheide, Dworp, Belgium, 2009 designed by Bovenbouw
....Destelheide as a remarkable composition of buildings by architect Felix. A composition in a brutalist architectural language, monolithically constructed in prefab concrete elements. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: coco arquitectos archdaily.com |
Social Housing In Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain, 2010 designed by coco arquitectos
A room floating outside the building, attached to the facade, large enough to accommodate any domestic activity. .... the new room, freely set in the facade, expresses this new understanding: a random image with all elevation being unique, every single dwelling different from each other, and only the intervention of the users helping it to acquire significance. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Jason A. Knowles archdaily.com |
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicina, La Jolla, California, USA, 2011 designed by Fentress Architects
...private office “pods” for senior researchers and investigators at Sanford. Cantilevered from exterior walkways, the pods offer protected views that overlook the Torrey Pines Golf Course, the historic Gliderport and the Pacific Ocean. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Marc Cramer archdaily.com |
UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2012 designed by Saucier + Perrotte architectes
The initial concept stems from the idea of a tree, whose branch system creates a canopy floating above the ground level. As this organic network is abstracted, it is subsequently given tectonic manifestation, and the architecture takes on a more geometric form. The striking design promotes enjoyable, livable spaces for research and learning, creating public and private spaces for the exchange of ideas. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Mihai Ivan, Laura Ivan, and Nick Ross archdaily.com |
TCH Boutique Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, 2012 designed by Abramson Teiger Architects
The exterior is clad in Cor-ten steel because of its ability to be sculpted. It is a material that serves both artistic expression and architectural function. A series of perforated panels, within the solid skin, depict pixilated skulls. The skulls represent a tension between the skin (exterior) and the brain (interior). They house the “eyes” of the viewer. Light passing through these perforations (eyes) is visible inside during the day and outside at night. -- ArchDaily
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| Source; Stéphane Chalmeau archdaily.com |
Housing Vitrolles, Vitrolles, France, 2012 designed by MDR Architectes
Each of the four building is unique. The implementation of textured cement boxes and openings vary from one building to the next. We wanted this characteristic to “break” the repetitive visual effect and for the residents to self-appropriate their living area.
This differentiation is furthermore underlined by a color code allowing the identification of each unit from afar. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Andrés Valbuena archdaily.com |
Click Clack Hotel, Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia, 2012 designed by Plan B Arquitectos
This hotel is an attempt to open or permeate the norm: it is slim and has four open facades due to side setbacks; the larger facades are set back to allow a double skin of metal and glass, and the main facade articulates urban life and cantilevers the 1.5 m allowed by the building code. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Shu He archdaily.com |
Jiangyin Primary & Secondary School, Yushanwan Garden, Furong Avenue Side Road, Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, 2013 designed by BAU Brearley Architects + Urbanists
In support of a more balanced approach to work, rest, and play for children, this project places the non-academic activities at its heart. A large area of the site is dedicated to sports, music, dance, theatre, visual art and “other” programs. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Arthur Tintu archdaily.com |
L.S.G. HEad Office Building, Bucharest, Romania, 2013 designed by Urban Office
Compound geometry of the building is defined by boxes which “bombard” or dot the façade, which confer a certain degree of urban porosity, meant to reduce the massiveness of the building, in order to offer a gradual transition to the surrounding residential area. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Agence Bernard Bühler archdaily.com |
Alegria, Bayonne, France, 2013 designed by Agence Bernard Bühler
Access to housing is through the north side through a corridor dressed with vertical blades glazed red. All apartments are south-facing. Each housing is extended by a balcony on the south side.
The buildings are very simple in their form and are animated by colored elements such as screens or blades glazed colored red. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Hervé Abbadie archdaily.com |
46 Homes in Rue du Maroc, Paris, France, 2013 designed by MAAST
The compact building comprises apartments stretching its full width on the narrower adjoining side, and apartments of a variety of orientations throughout the rest of the space. all offer street or garden views framed by prefabricated wooden boxes covered in lacquered steel. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Nuno Ladeiro + Marco Martins archdaily.com |
Vila Nova de Tazem Residential Building, Largo Joaquim Borges Artiaga, Vila Nova de Tánzem, Portugal, 2013 designed by Nuno Ladeiro + Marco Martins
The use of the geometric cube and the parallelepiped has a universality that continues to “contaminate” the architecture of the XXI century. Therefore, modern rationalism, evident in the facades of this proposal, corresponds in part to a more meaningful calculation of constructivist geometric symbols that in fact are part of modern architecture which is not yet exhausted. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Cécile Septet archdaily.com |
Tete in L’air, 94 Rue Philippe de Girard, Paris, France, 2013 designed by KOZ Architectes
....the playful rhythm of the plug-in wood boxes that punctuate the facade disrupt the rational constructive order, and give the place a spontaneous character. The boxes aleatory position make the layout of each apartment unique and allow for different uses, from their official bedroom function to SHOHO spaces or gym room! Small courtyards at the rear of the building provide private gardens at the ground floor and help us bring natural light in all the bathrooms to add extra comfort and a house-like quality of life. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Tamas Bujnovszky archdaily.com |
Kemenes Volcanopark Visitor Center, Celldömölk, Hungary, 2013 designed by Foldes Architects
....the raw materials, the homogeneous grey of the concrete, the lava inspired colour of the corten steel, and the flue-like arrangement of the space, deliver the spirit and essence of a volcano’. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Margherita Spiluttini archdaily.com |
St. Nikolaus Neumarkt, Austria designed by Kadawittfeldarchitektur
The relationship of tension between glass and wood, inside and outside, public openness and private intimacy mirrors the life of its senior citizens: the house becomes a protective shell that consciously filters and enables the public space so that it is integrated into the surroundings. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Jasmin Schuller archdaily.com |
Doninpark, Vienna, Austria, 2013 designed by LOVE architecture and urbanism
The window openings and alcoves, which seem to be almost randomly placed, create a façade that is “scaleless”, just like the surrounding area. This makes it almost impossible for the viewer to capture the true dimensions of the building at first sight and effectively masks the true size and expanse of the building. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Sergio Grazia archdaily.com |
Grande Scynthe – Place Du Courghain, Dunkirk, France, 2013 designed by Philippe Dubus Architecte
The units’ living rooms are turned towards the center of the development and the canal, an arrangement that is accentuated by the large balconies that jut out towards the landscape in search of sunlight. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Takuji Shimmura archdaily.com |
Zac Boucicaut In Paris, Paris, France, 2014 designed by Ameller, Dubois & Associés Architectes
Each apartment has a protruding edge, forming a loggia in the continuation of living room. These loggias are alternated or superposed depending on their location on the plan. This composition gives air, light and varied visual openings, some of them quite uniquely overlooking the Eiffel Tower. -- ArchDaily
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