Month: April 2023

Xintiandi Style II is a playful dialogue between old and new, its community, and a much-needed statement about recycling and sustainability. Together we Have been striving to express an unseen design approach, with great attention to the community, environment, and sustainability. The building itself is a city block and operates as one, with several entrances on opposite streets that connect its residential, office, and commercial surroundings. Intensifying this connection was our intention. By activating and opening the building, we invite people in and let it function as an interior street, leading visitors through the building. The mall becomes then a modern public space, in a dynamized neighborhood, where people gather and connect.

the design by nikken sekkei pursues sustainability and explores new possibilities for CLT mass timber construction.
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the design by nikken sekkei pursues sustainability and explores new possibilities for CLT mass timber construction.
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A space where culture, art and greenery are interwoven – The Hirakata Performing & Visual Arts Center is centrally located in Hirakata City, 30 minutes by train from Osaka and Kyoto, and a five-minute walk from Hirakata Station. Its three halls and art gallery are designed as a space where culture, art, and greenery are interwoven, with the aim to create a new city landmark cherished by the citizenry. Outside, the plaza in front of the facility is dotted with spaces for culture and art, including a grassy area where citizens can easily gather, a shaded area, and a stage. The interior space was created with an awareness of spatial continuity with the exterior, where the courtyard and greened eaves create a space with abundant nature and natural light. We hope that the interior and exterior will support citizens’ artistic activities as a single integrated space.

live trees utilize the narrow cavity space between the original brick facade and the new glass building to bring the park outside within.
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He spent his days in a large natural private garden in the North of Iran, where he hosted his many visitors and friends. After his death, his body was buried there according to his will. Beski’s immediate family did not settle on merely executing his will, and the idea was put forward to make the garden a semi-public place of rest and reflection for his many followers. In this way, his tomb had to be capable to extend from a limited physical point to an idea filling an entire garden.

San Joaquín is located in a countryside residential area in the southeast of the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. The project proposes the design of a terrace that functions as an extension of the existing country house, with the aim of generating a space for leisure and family gatherings that takes full advantage of the natural environment that surrounds it.