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Architecture and complexity
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged housing, procedure, reflections, tips, urbanism on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that create a great built environment is complexity. When facing big projects, most of the architects have tried to recreate a complexity in their buildings, with a big effort and not very satisfying results. Moshe Safdie, Habitat 67 (image: wikipedia) Frank Gehry, MIT Stata Center (image: wikipedia) Another option allows a [...]
Shared Space
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged cars, pedestrians, public spaces, reflections, tips on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two kind of space exist: The highway, regulated by signs, and the public realm, regulated by social rules. But lots of public realms are designed as highways. source: shared space
Flexible housing
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.2 - workplaces, B - Trends, C - Tips, tagged housing, tips, trends, workplaces on September 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Your son is getting older and wants a home of his own? You are starting a new business and need some space to work and receive clients, but cannot afford to rent a proper office? You like flatsharing but still want your privacy? Flexible housing can be the solution! Here are some examples (from Cool [...]
Flying walkways: Breitenfurterstraße 114 in Wien
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, C - Tips, tagged austria, housing, tips, wien on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something I like in modern architecture was the possibility to have open distribution spaces, creating a feeling of openness even in compact, inner-city blocks. Today I suggest you this project in Wien by Helmut Wimmer, in which walkways and stairways create a strange multi-level landscape that connects the housing blocks and gives access to the [...]
Protection against the railway noise: Lausanne Guesthouse
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, C - Tips, tagged housing, lausanne, switzerland, tips, trains on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another good exemple of protection of a building from noisy infrastructures is given by the Lausanne Guesthouse, designed by Patrick Chiché. In this building, all the services (stairways and bathrooms) are located along the reailway line, while living and sleeping rooms are all on the opposite side. A resumé of the project is available here.
protection against the motorway noise: Croisset Student House
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, tagged cars, France, housing, paris, tips on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Croisset Student House is a good example of how to protect a building from the noise of a motorway and give at the same time a public image to the building. The complex is made of 3 residential blocks, oriented perpendicularly to the motorway, and a continuous screen which runs between the blocks and [...]
How to create a private space without using fences
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, tagged geneva, housing, spaces, streets, switzerland, tips, urbanism on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This image (Geneva, square Pradier, via Microsoft Virtual Earth) shows how to create a calm square and give privacy to a block without using fences or corner buildings. The four external building act as a screen and separate the square from the through traffic of the surrounding roads. Access to the backside of the external [...]
Fast-recharging electric buses
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, B - Trends, C - Tips, E - Reportages, tagged buses, electric, science, technology, tips, trends on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(video: a supercapacitor bus recharges in Shanghai) As gas prices are getting higher and higher, the need to find other alternatives to gas-powered buses becomes more and more urgent. High frequency bus lines have no problem in this conversion, as they can be turned into trolleybus lines without excessive cost, but this reconversion can be [...]
Smart growth goes to western Lausanne: Les jardins de Prélaz
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.3 - public transports, C - Tips, E - Reportages, tagged housing, lausanne, smart growth, switzerland, tips on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once victim of urban sprawl, western Lausanne is organizing its growth with the principles of New Urbanism and Smart Growth. One of the examples of this trend is the “jardins de Prélaz” complex. (image: Microsoft virtual Earth) Built on the site of a former bus depot, the complex is made of different buildings, designed by [...]
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