Sliced Up

The Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 1993 designed by Eisenman Architects with Richard Trott & Partners

From the opposite side of High Street, one can see how the building's façade is separated into different volumes (perhaps in an attempt to bring the elongated building which covers 600,000 square feet, down to human scale), much in the same manner as the façade in Cincinnati was treated. -- galinsky

Source: Herzog & de Meuron

M.H. de Young Museum, San Franciso, California, USA, 2005 designed by Herzog & de Meuron

We thought of a kind of organism with several limbs or extensions, like the fingers of a hand. We arranged the building in three parallel bands (or fingers) so that the park fills the spaces in between and reaches all the way into the heart of the new building where it forms inner courtyards. Nature, trees, plants, and water, in various forms, are an integral part of the building. -- architect's web site

Source:  Iwan Baan archdaily.com

Four Sport Scenarios, Medellín, Colombia, 2010 designed by Giancarlo Mazzanti + Felipe Mesa (Plan:b)

...a geometrical roofing system of parallel strips, aligned with the sun path to control it. These parallel bars act again as technical, spatial and bioclimatic patterns. They can stretch in the east-west direction, and they can be added or repeated in the north-south direction. They can also gain height to fit the different sports requirements (basketball, gymnastics, fight and volleyball), or go down to make a cover from the sun. -- ArchDaily

Sourec: Tomáš Malý archdaily.com

Indoor Swimming Pool in Litomyšl, Litomyšl, Czech Republic, 2010 designed by Architekti DRNH

The overall volume of the hall is reduced as much as possible by fragmenting into several structural modules softly modelled into organic curved lines so that the shell of the building is visually linked to the Cerná Hora slope. The grass-covered areas smoothly merge into the metal-sheet-covered roof. -- ArchDaily

Source: Koichi Torimura archdaily.com

Sowa Unit, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, 2010 designed by Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio

The building is composed with six bands that shift its position one by another. Openings to the direction of street are clearly open while the crossing direction to the neighbor has no widows. This allows the activity and space of the building to be connected each other or to street and town while having appropriate distance and buffer to the adjacent resident. Ceiling at second floor are also shifted vertically so natural light comes through the high side slit window. -- ArchDaily

Source: Thomas Jorion archdaily.com

Marcel Sembat High School, Sotteville lès Rouen, France, 2011 designed by archi5 with B. Huidobro

The main ideas of our proposal are; to find a unity and identity of the school in the whole site, to integrate and connect the high school and the park with the particular shape of the “blades”.

....restoring the views and transparency to the outdoors, and perspectives on public space and landscapes. For that we used glass and translucent polycarbonate on the frontages. We also created some little patios between the “blades” to make skylights. -- ArchDaily

Source: J Collingridge archdaily.com

Drents Museum, Assen, The Netherlands, 2011 designed by Erick van Egeraat

In the design of the in 2011 re-opened Drents Museum, the existing Koetshuis has been given a new function as the Museum’s main entrance. The staff building is put on a glass plinth. In addition, underground spaces have been added, connecting the old and the new part. -- ArchDaily

Source: archdaily.com

Zamet Center, Rijeka, Croatia designed by 3LHD

This center includes a public square, a Sports center, a public library and shops. This new urban piece connects the complex topography of Zamet, a district inside Rijeka. A pentagonal stone pattern covers both ground, walls and roofs, and the variation of tone gives dynamism to this project. The interior of the sports center is flexible, and while it is aimed for training, it can also hosts matches, shows and other activities. The differences between the “fingers” of the project bring natural light into the interior. -- ArchDaily

 Source: Mr. H Lin Ho archdaily.com

The POD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011 designed by Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn with Studio Nicoletti Associati

The POD futuristic landmark design is reflective of Mother Nature’s water droplets with a form that demonstrates sophistication and elegance. The unique elliptical form of the POD enhances the building to be stood up from the surrounding atmosphere. -- ArchDaily

Source: Igor Palichev, Dima Zeibert archdaily.com

Summer Cafe, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, 2012 designed by DarkDesignGroup

With a given task to design a temporary summer outdoor cafe with a very limited budget,DarkDesignGroup decided to use basic materials for the walls and roof slabs, which will allow the cafe to be more easily dismantled in the fall. Through the creative use of the OSB on a wood frame, they are able to create a dynamic form which invites the public inside and also allows them to enjoy the outdoor atmosphere. By manipulating the wood frame, they take advantage of the different ways to create openings, which make for an exciting piece of architecture. -- ArchDaily

Source: Sergio Pirrone archdaily.com

Caterpillar House, Lo Barnechea, Santiago de Chile, 2012 designed by Sebastián Irarrázaval

....the strategy for improving air movement through the house consisted in organizing the program along stripes and keeping interstitial spaces among them for the circulation of both; the inhabitants and the cool air that comes from the mountains. At the same time, the proposed interstitial spaces increases the house perimeter which allows most of the times to have light and air entering the spaces from at least two opposite sides. As a consequence of this will, windows and doors are aligned along axes that cut the stripes, easing therefore air movement and also creating visual integration -- ArchDaily

Source: Jesús Granada archdaily.com

Waste Treatment Plan, Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain, 2012 designed by Israel Alba

The fragmentation of the main building in four linear strips responds both to the internal logic of the waste treatment process and to the need to have natural light for the work carried out inside. These strips, which are extended into the ground with coloured gravel and natural grass in continuity with the façades and roofs of the main building, fit in with the landscape and forge a link between the project and the land and its immediate surroundings. -- ArchDaily

Source: Paul Kozlowski archdaily.com

Site Plan, Source: archdaily.com

Salle Festive Succieu, Succieu, France designed by Guillaume Girod Architecture

The projet is based on  a contempory interpretation of the traditional farm. Its shape and materiality are the starting point for the layout. The basic shape of the long picth roof is manipulated and stretched to become hybrid unit. Its scale is voluntary small regarding the surrounding buildings. The municipal leisure is made of four hybrid units sliding next to each other in order to offer a low scale facade. -- ArchDaily