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SOM Unveils Vision for First Human Settlement on the Moon

Skidmore Owings and Merrill have unveiled their vision for the “Moon Village”, the first permanent human settlement on the Lunar surface. Developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the multidisciplinary project will be masterplanned, designed, and engineered by SOM

The Moon Village revolves around principles of resiliency and self-sufficiency. The masterplan envisions the settlement on the rim of the Shackleton Crater near the Moon’s South Pole, which benefits from near-constant daylight throughout the lunar year. Several critical infrastructural components and habitable structures would allow the Village to harness sunlight for energy, conduct experiments, and generate food from the Moon’s natural resources. Water from depressions in the South Pole would be extracted to create breathable air and rocket propellant for transportation. In addition, each cluster of modules would be connected to enable seamless mobility across the settlement

04/11/2019 By peykhak news arch architecture, building, display, employer, international, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, moon, social art
BNC’s Mass Timber Office to Become One of Canada’s Tallest

Bogdan Newman Caranci have designed a new mass timber office building in Toronto that will become one of Canada’s tallest. Dubbed 77 Wade Avenue, the project is being developed by Next Property Group and will include 150,000 square feet across 8 floors. Following 3XN’s T3 Bayside projectthat will rise to 42 meters in height, BNC’s office will be among the tallest modern mass timber office and commercial buildings in the country. The design celebrates the use of mass-timber construction within the ever-evolving architecture of Canada

As BNC states, the key design intent of the project was to fuse contrasting materials to enhance the inherent warmth of an exposed wood structure comprised of composite mass timber, concrete and steel structural assemblies. 77 Wade optimizes the use of a mass timber hybrid structural system to achieve spans akin to traditional concrete and steel superstructure projects. The building’s envelope will predominately be clad in a folded plain curtain wall to expose the innovative structure within, while also adding a dynamic form to the streetscape

The approach to the building is unified with an origami based geometric soft and organic front entrance, retail and flexible collaboration spaces. Perched above the form is a wood canopy that creates shading for the outdoor amenity and social space. The rear of the building has a sunken parking area as well as a bike storage feature, connecting pedestrians and cyclists though the site, from the adjacent and elevated GO Barrie line corridor to be constructed complete with a linear park and Multi-Use Trail below (aka Metrolinx’s ‘Davenport Diamond’ project). BNC designed 77 Wade Avenue to be a state-of-the-art contemporary office building targeting LEED Gold that aims to address the City with a forward-looking architecture.

04/09/2019 By peykhak news arch
100 Public Spaces: From a Tiny Square to an Urban Park

The key to successfully designing or recovering public spaces is to achieve a series of ingredients that enhance their use as meeting places. Regardless of their scale, some important tips are: designing for people’s needs, the human scale, the mix of uses, multifunctionality and flexibility, comfort and safety, and a right integration to the urban fabric

To give you some ideas on how to design urban furniture, bus stops, lookouts, bridges, playgrounds, squares, sports spaces, small parks and urban parks, check out these 100 notable public spaces

04/03/2019 By peykhak news arch abrishami, architecture, art, awarded, building, Design, display, employer, exhibition, Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza, Foster Epstein Moreno, moshfegh, social art, Workshop
A Space of Contemplation and Sanctuary by WOJR

Architecture, just like art, has the ability to detach the individual and provoke a sense of intrigue and inspiration. Some buildings leave a greater mark, especially if the project or the site it is built on has a story of its own

The Mask by WOJR is developed for an individual who lost his younger brother in a lake in Ithaca, New York. After the tragedy, the lake became a zone of detachment from the everyday world, transforming the structure from just a house on a lake, to a space of contemplation

The Mask is designed by William O’Brien Jr., John David Todd, Gabrielle Piazza Patawaran, Justin Gallagher, Kian Hiu Lan Yam, and Joey Swerdlin, and is a recipient of an Honorable Mention from the 2017 Progressive Architecture Award

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03/23/2019 By peykhak news arch
Who Has Won the Pritzker Prize?

The Pritzker Prize is the most important award in the field of architecture, awarded to a living architect whose built work “has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity through the art of architecture.” The Prize rewards individuals, not entire offices, as took place in 2000 (when the jury selected Rem Koolhaas instead of his firm OMA) or in 2016 with Alejandro Aravena selected instead of Elemental however, the prize can also be awarded to multiple individuals working together, as took place in 2001 Herzog & de Meuron 2010 Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA and 2017 Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramon Vilalta of RCR Arquitectes
The award is an initiative funded by Jay Pritzker through the Hyatt Foundation, an organization associated with the hotel company of the same name that Jay founded with his brother Donald in 1957.
The award was first given in 1979, when the American architect Philip Johnson, was awarded for his iconic works such as the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut
The Pritzker Prize has been awarded for almost forty straight years without interruption, and there are now 18 countries with at least one winning architect. To date, half of the winners are European; while the Americas, Asia, and Oceania share the other twenty editions. So far, no African architect has been awarded, making it the only continent without a winner.

03/04/2019 By peykhak news arch Alejandro Aravena, architecture, art, awarded, building, built, de Meuron, Design, display, Herzog, Kazuyo Sejima, pritzker prize, Ramon Vilalta, RCR Arquitectes, Rem Koolhaas, SANAA, social art
Renzo piano this time in Los Angeles

The Academy of Motion Pictures Museum by Renzo Piano Building Workshop is nearing completion along the Miracle Mile in Los Angeles. Piano’s design consists of the renovation of the May Company department store located at the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire, as well as a new glass sphere addition that will house the 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater. Set for opening this year, the project aims to become the world’s premier institution dedicated to movies

03/02/2019 By peykhak news arch David Geffen Theater, Design, Los Angeles, May Company, Miracle Mile, Motion Pictures Museum, project, Renzo piano, Workshop