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MVRDV to transform 35ha industrial site at the Bordeaux centre

30. května 2010 | press release

(Bordeaux 16 April 2010) Today the Urban Community of Bordeaux (CUB) decided to commission MVRDV to develop a masterplan for a 35ha stretch of former industry and military grounds at the right bank of the Garonne river. The project ZAC Bastide-Niel, with an envisioned urban program of up to 300.000m2 is regarded the most significant urban intervention in Bordeaux the coming years and will further extend the city centre over the river. více >>

Living in boxes

30. května 2010 | magazine 91°

With his Usonian houses the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright created a way of living that gave people with average incomes the opportunity to own a house rich in experience, openness, contact to the outdoor space, and with an inflow of light through the sunny facades; and a house embodying a simple and strong attitude toward the use of tile and wood... více >>

Shostakovich's Kids

30. května 2010 | magazine 91°

Moscow's Cheremushki district is one of those typical urban expansions from the 1950s. Around the metro station Noviye Cheremushki in the southwest of the city center stretches a broad area of five- and six-story apartment block4 A satirical operetta in 1959 already made the area symbolic for all of the other, identically shaped new neighborhoods in Russia. více >>

Open Architecture Challenge | Classroom in Athens

27. května 2010 | Despoina Sotiriou

The proposal is a modular classroom that is constructed in the case of earthquakes and is placed in Athens, Greece The classroom, designed for the specific location and climate, is placed in schools located near the epicenter of the earthquake that weren't damaged. In this way, these schools are transformed into places of hospitality for the children who suffered from the devastating consequences of the earthquake. více >>

Open Architecture Challenge | transFORMation

27. května 2010 | team.liollio

Charleston Development Academy is a public charter school in urban Charleston, South Carolina, currently completing its fifth school year. The school is located in the midst of the City of Charleston’s largest Public Housing Community, Gadsden Green. This inner city neighborhood is on the fringe of Harmon Field and provides a platform for the school to reach out to neighbors and get parents involved in their children’s accomplishments. více >>

Open Architecture Challenge | A Sustainable Community Classroom

27. května 2010 | Gifford LLC

Sustainability encompasses the social, the environmental and the economic, and the most beneficial solution will be the one that best balances these aspects. We propose to enhance a simple form with features that optimise sustainability and can readily be applied to future designs. The following is a description of these features, and is broadly split into social, environmental, and economic aspects, but, as with sustainability, everything is interlinked and the categories are nominal. více >>

Open Architecture Challenge | Extending the Classroom

27. května 2010 | Stephen Poston

The client’s mission is to help low-income families and individuals take personal responsibility, explore opportunities and options, and become or remain self-sufficient members of society. The school component of this mission helps inner-city children develop the physical, mental and emotional skills they need to contribute to the larger society. více >>

Open Architecture Challenge | Classroom for the salt pan community

27. května 2010 | Rajesh Kapoor, Prashant Solanky, Bharat Karamchandani, Kiran Vaghela

India is the third largest supplier of salt in the world, 73% of which is produced by the saltpan workers of Kutch (Kutch is a district in the Western state of Gujarat, in India ). Salt is produced along the coastal line and in the Little Rann of Kutch (a seasonal marshy saline clayey desert). More then 100,000 people are engaged in this work – mostly from vulnerable communities. více >>

Tea pavillion Schovenhorst | sounds like a paradise and it really is!

27. května 2010 | magazine 91°

Since 1843 the production forest Schovenhorst has been experimenting with exotic tree species and has built up a unique collection of tree gardens. Recently the estate decided to open up ‘the most beautiful arboretum in the Netherlands’ for the public. více >>