Month: May 2024

MASSLAB has just won the competition for the new roof of Bragança’s Water Treatment Plant in Portugal. Integrating public use of this infrastructure, which until now only serves a functional purpose, the project showcases adding value to existing infrastructure by rethinking them. Blending architecture, landscaping, and urban design to transform this structure into a vibrant public space, MASSLAB seeks to change the perception of water treatment facilities in urban settings. By reimagining the roof as a livable infrastructure, the project transforms the purely functional roof into an engaging and integral part of the urban fabric.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra is situated on the eastern plains of Bolivia, on the banks of the Piraí River. As the country’s most populous city, it reveals an extreme social and cultural complexity surrounded by vast plains and prairies. Additionally, it represents one of Bolivia’s most developed cities by having a high municipal sustainable development indicator. Delving into the importance of community architecture, popular appropriation, urban character, and other concepts, this article explores the history behind the Monument to the Summit of the Americas through a series of narratives, documents, drawings, and images captured by the lens of Pino Musi.

“Constitution Gardens will become a biodiversity hotspot on the National Mall,” said Adam Greenspan, FASLA, design partner at PWP Landscape Architecture. “We will create a garden, based in nature, while respecting the historic design.” Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C. opened in 1976 to commemorate the bicentennial of the American revolution. Concepts outlined in the McMillan Plan and designs by Dan Kiley and SOM shaped the landscape.

The MC House is nestled on a gentle slope within the Chicureo Estate, Santiago, Chile, seamlessly blending with its natural surroundings. Its main access, an ascending staircase, leads to the second floor, where one can enjoy a panoramic view towards the northeast.

inspired by a barn, the mobile unit features a shading board and low seating area supported by the grain sacks that function as a back cushion.
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mogyorósy captures the site’s geometric plan, fortress-like walls and labyrinthine interiors, abstracted by an interplay of light and shade.
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Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated with SISU is a “fairy school” in the minds of Shanghai parents. The school is located in the old urban area of Hongkou District of Shanghai, not only with the inner ring elevated and metro line 3 rail bridge to the southeast, but also old communities under renovation to the southwest which is facing irregular land use, complex interfaces, and high building density. There are three main points in the renewal design of this kind of campus: complexity and difficulty, small project size, and short construction time. It is often difficult to control the design and construction quality of this kind of project.