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The Residential, Monumental, Gregarious and Bucolic Scales of Lucio Costa’s Brasilia

May 31, 2017 Romullo Baratto 0

“What characterizes and gives meaning to Brasilia is a game of three scales… the residential or everyday scale… the so-called monumental scale, in which man acquires a collective dimension; the urbanistic expression of a new concept of nobility… Finally the gregarious scale, in which dimensions and space are deliberately reduced and concentrated in order to create a climate conducive to grouping… We can also add another fourth scale, the bucolic scale of open areas intended for lakeside retreats or weekends in the countryside.” – Lucio Costa in an interview with Jornal do Brasil, November 8, 1961.

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Rüthi / Schneider Türtscher

May 31, 2017 Cristobal Rojas 0

An ensemble of two houses with a connecting portico is embedded on the edge of a historically agricultural, today heterogeneously cultivated village in the Rhine Valley of Switzerland. The core idea of the project is based on the urban void. Two parallel set apartment buildings, a portico and a former farmhouse create a clearly composed courtyard.

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Spotlight: Frei Otto

May 31, 2017 Evan Rawn 0

German architect and structural engineer Frei Otto (31 May 1925 – 9 March 2015) as well known for his pioneering innovations in lightweight and tensile structures. Shortly before his death in 2015 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize and prior to that he was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2006. Much of his research in lightweight structures is as relevant today as when he first proposed them over 60 years ago, and his work continues to inform architects and engineers to this day.

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Spotlight: Frei Otto

May 31, 2017 Evan Rawn 0

German architect and structural engineer Frei Otto (31 May 1925 – 9 March 2015) as well known for his pioneering innovations in lightweight and tensile structures. Shortly before his death in 2015 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize and prior to that he was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2006. Much of his research in lightweight structures is as relevant today as when he first proposed them over 60 years ago, and his work continues to inform architects and engineers to this day.

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Museum of the Second World War / Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat

May 31, 2017 Cristobal Rojas 0

The Museum of the Second World War is built on a lot at Władysław Bartoszewski Square near the centre of the city. It is located in a symbolic architectural space, which is also a space of memory, 200 metres from the historic Polish Post Office in Gdańsk and 3 kilometres across the water from Westerplatte Peninsula, both of which were attacked in September 1939.

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Villa Ypsilon / LASSA architects

May 31, 2017 Cristobal Rojas 0

Located in an olive grove in southern Peloponnese, this summer residence is characterized by an Ypsilon shaped green roof that acts as both an accessible extension of the terrain, while framing the most significant views from the inside out. The project was designed by London and Brussels based architects Theo Sarantoglou Lalis and Dora Sweijd from LASSA architects (lassa-architects.com). The roof’s bifurcating pathways define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres with specific occupancy depending on the course of the sun.