The Glasshouse: Conference Center, Arts and Entertainment, including a theater arts for 600 spectators, a regional art gallery of 600 m2, a studio theater, conference facilities and community workshops. Located in the heart of Port Macquarie, a fast-growing coastal town north of Sydney, the commissioning of the project was to establish the Cultural Centre as a prominent facility for the development and exhibition of the arts in the region.

The design takes advantage of the views of the Pacific Ocean and based on the “openness” and accessibility. The gallery is located to share the foyer of the theater space, enabling the proper display of public spaces of the building and in a few days of visits, the center can operate with minimal staff.

Wrapped around the sculptural shape of the auditorium, the foyers are open and glassy, besides being naturally ventilated. The expression of the building and the foyer generated by contrasting the order of the grid of the city and voluminous forms the lining of the theater, with its three levels, the glass wall is located on Clarence Street. Gaps trained and shading overhangs generated for the street, airflow and an exciting journey from the street architectural audience. Read the rest of this entry »

The Broadcasting Place is a mixed-use development near the center of the city of Leeds. Conceived as a partnership between public and private, for the group Downing and Leeds Metropolitan University, which delivers approximately 10,200 m2 of new offices and teaching spaces along with 240 student residences in an iconic building of 23 floors. A new Baptist Church completes the package at its northern end.

The buildings are designed as solid forms of a landscape that is drawn on the rich heritage of the Yorkshire Geological and sculpture. The lower buildings reach a height of three contiguous block of flats, adjacent to the buildings of five floors. Tallest buildings ranging from 8 floors to six floors before reaching the highest point in complex with 23 floors. The strong roof surface was reflected in the mass of buildings that have a triangular shaped corners and projections sculptures. Through these solid forms, the windows were designed as the flow of water cascading over a rock formation. This design seeks to be reinforced by the choice of cor-ten steel as a solid material, sculptural and temporal, built as a front generated by a display of rain. Read the rest of this entry »

The North Side Copse House is a country house in West Sussex, near London and was designed by the Ecologic firm. Since its inception, the project has been driven by the idea that a design of exceptional value may become a significant asset to the area where you are. The project therefore, has developed its entirety, from concept to manufacturing and technology systems and development of design solutions.

The symbiotic relationship with the site has been explored in the plane of the facade and structural design of the house. Passive design strategies have been applied to give the house a good potential for natural ventilation and lighting, solar access, and use of thermal mass and insulation. As a result, each lift has acquired a different setting, where the qualities of the façade varies in response to specific local stimuli. Read the rest of this entry »

The initial idea of this project is to integrate housing in the natural environment in the residential area that is, directing the superb views of lakes and tree extensions that extend the areas of urbanization.

The project evolves linked to these conditions with a resounding two-volume set, rectangular, forming a very simple scheme. In this way, solve the building with clean finishes, select materials and unique qualities.

The porches and pergolas, volumetric elements such as housing give personality to the facade. The roof disappears as such became a flat roof as an expression of the evolution of the creative process. The purity of form moves to the construction schedule, materials and environment by promoting the connection between the building and the context in which it is located. Read the rest of this entry »

For its playful form and character, the Zenith music room contributes a large variety theater that created since the building built Zenith in Paris in 1984. The new Zenith building is an important project for the exhibition area in Strasbourg. This will be the new attraction that will give new impetus to the further development of city infrastructure.

The design concept based on a modular and well-balanced organization of the different elements: good views for all spectators, the best acoustics and an optimized cost management and addressed during the design phase of the design. The Zenith hall offers the ideal setting for guests and artists, performers. The building is to be understood as a unique sculpture, unified and independent. The amount of layers and the rotation of the ellipsoid metal structure of the facade, the design receive a very dynamic character. This confirmed by the translucent textile membrane, which covers the steel frame and creates magnificent light effects. These orange membranes also cover the volume of the music hall itself. This is the heart of the building: a totally enclosed and protected, creating a special atmosphere of the theater. Read the rest of this entry »