The concept for the new building of the Bolzano Province, Italy, conceived from an idea generated by sculptural desire to establish continuity with the past of the city of Bolzano, was seen as a reconstruction of memories, the spirit of place and transposition of iconographic symbol of the history of architecture in the city.

From this ideological assumption, the study developed innovative about the network of its envelope / facade of the new body looks like one of the iconographic symbols of the city, the Domus (Cathedral). In fact, trends in the ribs of the great vault a “cross vault”, projected on the three ships, allowed an extrapolation of the particular module of the new envelope generator.

The plan for the Cathedral of Bolzano becomes the generator of the architectural design composition of the entire facade of the new building, organic appearance, lively, pure and dynamic that opens to the whole territory. The proposal is the stylistic facade of a building placed in simple terms of volumes and plants. It consists of two distribution centers for vertical ladders and hydraulic lifts and contains sanitary facilities and kitchens. These lead to varying levels of column-free office. The building covers a total of nine floors above ground and two underground levels. The ground floor consists of an arcade, obtained because of moving the network perimeter of the building’s facade, thus allowing the integration between the avenue and the new building. The atrium of access is an area that invites and separates the coffee area for children and divides the access for employees and pedestrians. Read the rest of this entry »

The architectural firm of Joaquin Torres, presented a project for rehabilitation and restructuring of an industrial building in Madrid, to convert it into lofts, professional offices. It has a total area of 7.602m2, with a register within a rectangle of dimensions 20.50 m, 58.50 m, with a chamfer on the sloping terrain northeast northwest with pedestrian access from surrounding streets and for vehicles. This is an existing building with all water supply facilities, drainage, electricity, so the project can only modify the internal configuration of these networks.

At the request of property, redistribution takes place inside the premises that previously existed, while respecting the existing structure, and adapting the facade of the new interior configuration, but without losing the spirit of the original building. The program consists of two basements for parking, ground floor premises and intended for access to upper floors and garages, three floors of industrial buildings of business and under-cover with the same use. Floor on floors 1, 2 and 3 and 15 local on the top floor arrange sixteen localities.

The building is divided into 7 levels:

Basement-2, in which 29 parking spaces located between 12 and 22m2 in length, with an area of common ground where is located the staircase, lobby, facilities, circulation, a second hall and a pump unit, all in 400m2. Read the rest of this entry »

Beauty, strength and usefulness are the keys to the strong housing that we present you throughout the week. A construction of pharaonic dimensions (2.900m2) emerging as a large sculpture in the exclusive area of Madrid “The Lakes of La Finca.”

Continuing the sculptural architecture of A-zero, this time the work of Richard Serra has been the main reference and inspiration to design this residence located in the largest parcel of residential (13. 357m2 of surface area).

The outer walls define the overall picture of housing. The purity of form construction creates a coherent whole with a structure made only by concrete walls where the intermediate pillars disappear and fine materials such as travertine marble, are imposed.

In accordance with the wishes of customer privacy, the house has closed to the outside (the path) through a series of concentric curved walls of natural stone at the same time, generating large spaces and open to the inside of building.

The building comprises three levels: basement, ground floor and first level. The interior layout was organized looking for maximum functionality and comfort of the owners, so that the master bedroom and all rooms used by the owners are located at the level of access. Read the rest of this entry »

The church of Our Lady of Trsat is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Croatia. According to legend, angels Nazareth transferred the Tabernacle of the Holy Family of Trsat on May 10, 1291, until 1294 when the angels took him to Loreto, Italy.

The first church was built in the late thirteenth century, and then in the fifteenth century was built a new church and the Franciscan monastery. It has been expanded and renovated several times since then.

The idea of adding a new building complex is related to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Rijeka. In early June 2003, the Pope visited Croatia for the third time. Being the second pope to visit Croatia (after Alexander III that ran aground on the coast in the twelfth century), his visit was of great importance.

During his stay in Rijeka Trsat visited the church to pray, and on occasion blessed the construction of a new building to house pilgrims and cultural activities of the monastery.

The new building is located on the east wall, where buildings prior located to services. With this new building, created a new access for pilgrims, and to accommodate this new influx of people the whole wall was placed further back to create a new public footpath outside. Read the rest of this entry »

Minale Design Strategy set the name of the store. “The idea was to build a flagship store and personalize it to identify those responsible and teachers in making chocolate in the country. The House is an element of the federation, a brand in its own right. No one wanted to create a store, but rather a mosaic of different artisans and their products. In the House of the Masters of Chocolate, each individual mark was displayed by its specific qualities in a homogeneous environment “.

The House was chosen by her family warmth. With a purely Belgian (100% of Belgium) the project is expressed through codes taken from the world of chocolate (100% cocoa). In terms of typography, is a mixture, which reconciles the values of craftsmanship and tradition, on a blue background that adds a bright and contemporary.

Orthogonal feeling the walls of the store and its displays, offer a well-defined range of artisans. Each has a dedicated space for the portrait, career, place of birth and personal budget. On the ground, carved lines connecting the lowest points of the walls to the straight edges of the central units that seem to push up from the ground. They also have a dash of chocolate color, equipped with a glass plate backlit to highlight the products of the House of the Masters of Chocolate. Becoming a display area according to the events of the year. Visitors can obtain samples of chocolates and more than ten varieties of hot chocolate at the hotel.