editorial
22: chairless / Constantin Goagea
dossier: tidy arquitectos
24: A home embracing the landscape, a new house risen on top of older foundations, and a primary school that responds to a specific urban situation, highlight the quality of the Chilean regional school of architecture.
26: a binocular house / An isolated dwelling located in a strongcharacter natural landscape sculpturally fits a topographic downslope whilst framing the view through an uncommon volume configuration.
30: old foundations and new walls / On the stone base of an older house a new dwelling is raised, searching for the distant skyline view though not ignoring the closer urban and topographic background.
34: an meandering building / A primary school built to a low budget clearly defines two quasi-open yards whilst emphasizing the logic of intermediate spaces within an existing urban, cultural and climate background.
critical regionalism
40: the belfry of ditrau / Or how to make architecture on 2.25 sqm
activation: agwa & ferriere
42: a structure to live in / Agwa and Ferriere’s low budget refurbishment of a 1960s structure as a multifunctional complex concentrates on the strategic and sensitive adaptation of an existing structure.
public
48: the missing piece / As a response to a stringent public need, alamillo medical centre in seville, designed by Javier Terrados, fills a very difficult urban void, organizing its interior around a triangular atrium.
54: internal transparence / The extension of the secondary school in Montilla, Córdoba, was an opportunity for Javier Terrados to clarify the architectural relations between the different public areas into an existent educational structure.
public space
60: the mosaic market / A residual urban space adjacent to a building and playing the role of a trade market is turned by Vora Arquitectura team into a site adjusted to the heteroclite social background of the urban neighborhoods.
neighbours
64: the black cube / The headquarter of prosecutors office in Vilnius, designed by Klap team, becomes a pause in the urban texture that embodies a search for silence in the surrounding noise.
topography
68: an alpine hovering / Beyond an expressive image, a belvedere platform in tyrolean alps aims at defining a particular topographical condition through its skilled structure mounting.
architourism
72: china. part 4. beijing: architectural logos and public space / Besides Dubai, beijing is a territory of starchitecture par excellence. Breathtaking objects dominate a sea of free spaces, gigantic traffic routes and mass productions that hold no real urban quality.
alternative
80: patrick bouchain / A different way of making architecture: a French architect searching for alternative professional paths
history now
86: 6,24 / Auguste Perret’s reconstruction project for le havre is one of the few sucessful operations of the 50s ; the rationalist grid aged well and even accepted insertions, which, like niemeyer’s cultural center, totally contradict the original concept.
photo
94: sulina 2010 / A mapping of the derelict heritage and the accelerated damage through bad refurbishment in a small town in the danube delta. alex tomazatos avoids sentimental pictures in favor of a dry, precise and therefore even more poignant presentation.
design
98: explosive milan and green furniture fair / Milano Design Week 2010
has brought mixed themes: ecological strategies, changes into the industrial system, colourful forms, social responsibility and planning of different future realities.
Technical Info
Alukonigsthal alukoenigsthal.ro | Austrotherm austrotherm.ro | Delta Design deltaconceptstore.ro | Elis Pavaje elis.ro | Franke franke.ro | Infiniti infiniti.ro | Rehau rehau.ro | Rheinzink rheinzink.ro | Romania Green Buiding Council rogbc.org | Saint Gobain Glass saint-gobain-glass.ro | Semmelrock semmelrock.ro | Veluxvelux.ro
