Month: June 2024

In history, plagues have been both a crisis and an opportunity for humanity. Although they have been painful, we have also earned a dense and healthy foundation for the city. The recent COVID-19 pandemic brought up ecological problems right in front of us, making us recognize the value of urban green. Seoul Forest which is an iconic site in Seoul, changed itself from a horse racing track to an ecological park in the city. ‘Ecological Matrix, Breathing Net’ is our architectural answer about urban park facilities in the new-normal era after COVID-19.

A wandering dragon-like Emerald Screen Pergola
Here the frailest leaves of me yet my strongest lasting.
Walt Whitman

atelierM designs this ‘LuMa’ house with a spiraling green roof to coexist with a majestic, hundred-year-old oak tree in argentina.
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TAEP/AAP’s concrete canopy is finished with multiple coats of iconic hamra red.
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A residential project located in the municipality of Las Terrenas, province of Samaná, a peninsula located northeast of the Dominican Republic. The home is located on a 1,000m2 lot within a private tourist complex with direct access to the beach. This is a 180m2 house with a rectangular floor plan that has very well defined 2 main areas, social area and semi-private area, both with independent access to generate privacy for the user and different experiences when entering it.

The new Winspear Opera House in Dallas redefines the essence of an opera house for the twenty first century, breaking down barriers to make opera more accessible for a wider audience. Responding to the Dallas climate, a generous solar canopy extends from the building, revealing below a fully glazed sixty foot high lobby. This establishes a direct relationship between inside and outside, enhancing transparency. Beneath the canopy, which forms an integral part of the environmental strategy – a shaded pedestrian plaza creates a major new public space for Dallas, defined by the masterplan for the Performing Arts District. The masterplan was designed by Foster + Partners and OMA with Michel Desvigne.