Tag: Architecture

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Architecture

BUSINESS CLUB COMFANDI Arroyohondo | Collective 720

With the aim of transforming and renewing the services provided by the COMFANDI compensation fund and generating a new fresh and contemporary image of the entity, the architectural project “UMBRALES; Programmatic landscapes and articulators” as a trigger to achieve this goal.   Located in the Arroyohondo headquarters of COMFANDI between

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Architecture, Urbanism, Residential, Masterplan, Mixed use, Sustainable Design
Architecture

Fjordporten – Nordic Light | C.F. Møller Architects

The primary aim for Fjordporten is to combine effective traffic logistics with attractive internal and external urban spaces. This is obtained by high architectural quality and streamlined transfers between the various means of transport. A clear architectural identity and a thorough sustainability profile define the project’s end result.   Fjordporten

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Urban planning, architecture, Masterplanning, competition, urban design
Urban Planning Thesis

This Is An Arab Village | A Project For Nazareth

The city of Nazareth, born as a village, represents a unique case of persistence of Arab culture in the current state of Israel. Taking into account the risks of the strong commuter tourism, and taking advantage of all the opportunities of the religious one, the idea of my thesis, born

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Urban planning, architecture, Masterplanning, competition, urban design
Architecture

The face of Renovation | Asadov Architectural Bureau

The identity of any territory consists of three components – residents, buildings and urban spaces. The District of Coptevo is bordered by a ring railway and has a unique atmosphere of the forecourt town with fragments of cozy red-brick building. We decided to support this image and introduced the theme

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Architecture, Urbanism, Residential, Masterplan, Mixed use, Sustainable Design
Transportation

Chicago Lakeside Master Plan – Sustainable Design

Lakeside will serve as a model for future development within the City of Chicago and will be part of the LEED® for Neighborhood Development Pilot Program. The plan entails transforming the abandoned South Works steel mill, a 600-acre brownfield site, into an environmentally conscious, mixed-use district. The project emerged from a

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Architecture, conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage, urban conservation
Conservation

Dutch Heritage In Chinsurah | ATA

Funded by the Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi, this project is an initiative of Aishwarya Tipnis Architects (ATA) in collaboration with Presidency University Kolkata. The aim of this multi-disciplinary project is to identify and document this shared cultural heritage and develop a digital database for the shared

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Architecture, conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

Inside Kanaal: Axel Vervoordt’s new ‘city’ outside Antwerp

A cluster of partially empty but highly valuable industrial structures on the Albert Canal near Antwerp is transformed into a mixed-use project. Along with a program of workshops, offices, underground car park and showrooms for Axel Vervoordt, the majority of the site is reallocated to housing.  BOGDAN & VAN BROECK

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Architecture, vernacular, climate, architectural heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

Adaptive Reuse: Istanbul Salt Repository

Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects study the cohesive elemets in the global language of architecture. In this adaptive reuse project the firm used their design to find the cohesive elements of time. The coding of the different elements creates a heigherarchy in the building by categorizing the different design ideaologies. The load bearing masonry

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Architecture, vernacular, climate, architectural heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

KORU Project, Turkey

The KORU Project is working in Turkey to protect the rich heritage in the southern cities of Mardin and Antakya. The project is run in partnership with Kültürel Mirasın Korunmasında Kapasite Geliştirilmesi (Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage), who are based in Istanbul, and is funded by the British Council’s

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