ALBERTA NORWEG: junio 2014

miércoles, 25 de junio de 2014

Queens Museum

The first phase of the newly expanded Queens Museum designed by Grimshaw is now complete, signaling a new era for the historic New York City building and the surrounding community.

Located in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, the Museum has now doubled in size to 10,000 square meters.

Grimshaw won the project in 2005 through the Design and Construction Excellence program administered by the New York City Department of Design and Construction. The opening marks the completion of the first part of a two-phase expansion. Working towards a completion date of 2015 for phase two, the Museum will also house a new branch of the Queens Library.

Now visible from the adjacent Grand Central Parkway, a multimedia facade and entry plaza invites visitors to the site while serving as a gateway to the park. This new west facade is distinguished by a sculptural, metal, entry canopy and a series of glass panels spanning the length of the building. Backlit by programmable LED lighting, the west facade not only serves as a beacon for the Museum, but also as a dynamic new canvas for commissioned works of art.

Several skylights allow natural light to filter inside the museum through a hanging glass lantern, diffusing natural daylight to the central large works gallery and surrounding temporary exhibition spaces. A fluid glass staircase responds to the existing geometry of the panorama, the 1964 model of New York City, and invites visitors to the second floor where gathering spaces overlook both the park and galleries.

Known for its educational outreach and community engagement, the new Queens Museum expansion comprises several new classrooms and support spaces, further positioning the Museum as a cultural venue where the world of art and community can engage in open, meaningful dialogue.

http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2014/03/19/grimshaw_queens_museum.html

viernes, 20 de junio de 2014

Foster + Partners, tienda Apple en Estambul (Turquía)

La primera tienda Apple construida por Foster + Partners ha abierto sus puertas en Estambul. En 2013, el estudio británico recibió el encargo de diseñar los espacios de venta al público para la compañía de tecnología, ampliando su colaboración iniciada con el proyecto en curso del Apple Campus 2, la nueva sede californiana en Cupertino. Emergiendo sobre la plaza principal del centro comercial Zorlu, el establecimiento turco cuenta, a modo de reclamo, con una caja acristalada con vistas al interior del local comercial subterráneo con dos plantas.

http://www.arquitecturaviva.com/es/Info/News/Details/5842

miércoles, 18 de junio de 2014

SOM presents plans for a multimodal transport hub in miami

plans have been unveiled for a multimodal transport hub to be built in miami, designed by global architecture firm skidmore, owings & merrill (SOM). the large scale infrastructure will transform florida’s transportation landscape with additional passenger stations at fort lauderdale and west palm beach also set to be constructed by SOM. local practice zyscovich architects is serving as the project’s associate architect and planner.

the hub is part of a larger rail project entitled ‘all aboard florida‘, connecting miami to orlando, and offering the region’s residents and visitors vastly improved train links. once passenger services begin in late 2016, the scheme will eliminate more than three million car journeys each year.

located in densely populated downtown miami, the primary terminal is elevated 50 feet above street level. retail outlets are positioned beneath the glazed structure, offering a variety of places to meet, shop and eat. the lifted nature of the design also means that roadside properties remain leasable, and that routes below stay open to traffic.

‘this project is a true celebration of the power and potential of transit-oriented development,’ explained roger duffy, design partner at SOM. ‘we are excited to continue working with all aboard florida to realize this vibrant infrastructural undertaking, unparalleled in its scope, scale, and vision.’

‘an estimated 12 million travelers will benefit from the miami station,’ commented michael reininger, president and chief development officer at all aboard florida. ‘all aboard florida provides a fast and convenient transit alternative for this growing demand and need, while integrating transportation infrastructure with mixed use development to serve as a catalyst for transformation and economic vitality in a city that is quickly becoming a model for urban living today.’

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/skidmore-owings-merrill-som-miami-station-all-aboard-florida-05-30-2014/

lunes, 16 de junio de 2014

Velodromo Peñalolen / Iglesis Prat Arquitectos

La definición de una gran cubierta aérea y suspendida en el aire marca la idea-fuerza del diseño arquitectónico. Una sola plataforma clara y rotunda que se levanta al oriente, con la cordillera configurando el paisaje principal para el recinto deportivo.

Una cubierta simple, constructivamente resistente y duradera que visualmente no se apoya en fachadas perimetrales manteniendo permeable el volumen.

La forma del terreno permite dar solución a las graderías en taludes pre-existentes apareciendo la cubierta como una nube más del paisaje. Los revestimientos del exterior se diseñaron con patrones de microperforaciones que evocan movimiento y fluidez. Producen juegos de luces y sombras que le entregan al edificio un carácter recreativo y lúdico además que lo integran al parque donde está emplazado. El diseño busca eficiencia y economías.

La estructura se soluciona en perfiles de acero que conforman una tenso estructura con marcos articulados que salvan las grandes luces. Los cerramientos perimetrales son cierros metálicos que facilitan incorporación de luz natural y ventilación como condición de diseño. Las dependencias de servicios y deportistas se concentran en un edificio único de hormigón visto que está incorporado a los niveles de terreno.

Fue relevante en la elección de los materiales, la durabilidad y la mantención. Se optó por especificaciones de alta resistencia al uso y el clima interior.

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2014/03/13/velodromo-penalolen-iglesis-prat-arquitectos/

viernes, 13 de junio de 2014

esta casa es una fortaleza: así es la vivienda más segura del planeta

¿vivienda de lujo con piscina y jardín o búnker a prueba de bombas? la ‘safe house’ (casa refugio, en inglés) puede ser las dos cosas, según las necesidades de su propietario. esta espectacular vivienda a las afueras de varsovia, diseñada en 2009 por el estudio arquitectónico kwk promes, es probablemente la vivienda particular más segura del planeta

sus paredes móviles, de hasta 2,2 metros de grosor, hacen que la casa pueda pasar de una moderna mansión minimalista acristalada a inexpugnable cubo de hormigón armado en apenas unos segundos. en caso de peligro, la vivienda se cierra a cal y canto haciendo imposible que ninguna amenaza exterior pueda acceder. incluso cuenta con un puente levadizo.

KWK Promes ha publicado un vídeo en su canal de Youtube en el que explican en detalle cómo funciona la casa:

http://www.idealista.com/news/inmobiliario/vivienda/2014/05/26/728541-mi-casa-mi-castillo-asi-es-la-vivienda-mas-segura-del-planeta

miércoles, 11 de junio de 2014

Triptyque's shiny metal restaurant hovers over São Paulo shopping complex

This reflective metal-clad box containing a restaurant rises like a periscope above a small shopping complex in São Paulo by French-Brazilian architecture office Triptyque.

Triptyque was asked to create a building that incorporates three shops, a bar, an art gallery and a restaurant with a VIP room, and decided to locate the latter inside a cantilevered metal box called the Observatory.

"Located in a street where the buildings are next to each other, the Observatory is not a stage in addition, it is a building on a building, the city on the city," said the architects. "It opens a new dimension of growth straddling the shopping complex and overlooking the Oscar Freire neighbourhood of São Paulo."

The reflective top-floor structure appears to hover above the rest of the three-storey building and is supported by a series of columns that reach to the ground level.

Stainless steel panels covering the exterior of the Observatory create distorted reflections of the surrounding streetscape, which can be seen up close from the open terrace on the storey below.

At street level, customers enter three shops contained in narrow units arranged in a staggered formation that step back from the pavement of the Rua Oscar Freire.

The restaurant's main space is housed on the first floor, with the kitchens above and a lift providing access to the VIP room at the top of the building. A ramp leads from the street down to the basement level, which houses parking and services for the building.

Triptyque based the multi-storey arrangement of the complex on the Spatial City theory developed in 1959 by Hungarian-born French architect Yona Friedman, who imagined inhabitable structures raised on piles to free up space below.

"It is an artificial topography composed of megacities above ground responding to the problem of rapid population growth in large urban areas in the world," said the architects.

The architects also recently transformed a 1920s building in São Paulo into a creative arts space for drinks brand Red Bull, featuring a huge steel awning covering the roof.

Photography is by Leonardo Finotti.

Architects' Description:

The Observatory

The architecture agency Triptyque was commissioned to design a complex in São Paulo with three shops, a restaurant, a bar and an art gallery. The shops should have access to the city while the restaurant had to be housed in the upper floors.

The complex was designed as a binary metal structure: a "ground" level that receives the shops, and a "space" level called "the Observatory" which houses the restaurant where the group of Franco- Brazilian restaurateurs Chez Group has created its new meeting place: Chez Oscar.

Located on a street where the buildings are next to each other, the observatory is not a stage in addition, it is a building on a building, the city on the city. It opens a new dimension of growth spanning the shopping complex and overlooking the Oscar Freire neighbourhood of São Paulo.

Massive and cubic volume, the observatory is balanced on an asymmetric structure which imparts kinetic and operates a disruption between the street level and spatial scale effect. Completely covered with stainless steel, reflections are distorted and blurred over time and tropical storms.

In this design, the architects of the agency Triptych were strongly inspired by the concept of the space city of Yona Friedman created in 1959. It is an artificial topography composed of mega cities aboveground responding to the problem of rapid population growth in large urban areas in the world. It draws a three-dimensional city that multiplies the original surface of the city with elevated planes, and thus created a new map of the territory.

The building The Observatory Oscar Freire grasps architecture as a dynamic form, between materiality and potentiality, open to users interaction as well as environmental conditions. It was inaugurated in October 2013.