Articles by Anna Dumitru

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Brewhouse Apartments / JEMS

June 4, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

From a historic brewery to an apartment building with a dynamic copper facade. Brewhouse Apartments is a symbol of the transformation of a city quarter in the very heart of Warsaw. The building grew to become a dominant element of the new, city-forming project – Warsaw Breweries. It stands out with its facade, which is made of mobile shutter panels in a copper color. These panels allow the facade to change its form, which in turn, makes the entire building feel more alive. It was designed by the Warsaw JEMS Architects studio.

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Konrad Lorenz Secondary School / Franz&Sue

June 3, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

Accommodating around 1000 students, the Konrad Lorenz Secondary School is the largest building complex in the city of Gänserndorf in Lower Austria. However, the existing somber school, with its single-story classroom wings and long corridors, was no longer fit for the task. So we developed a new spatial concept for a total of 40 classes. We renovated and adapted the existing buildings to the north and south and inserted a new connecting structure between them, which resulted in a modern and friendly school ensemble where teachers and pupils can feel at home.

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136 Quai des Chartrons / ZW/A zweyacker & associés

June 2, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

In Bordeaux, the transformation and rehabilitation of the Hôtel des Ventes des Chartrons breathe new life into this historic building. Designed with architectural recycling principles, and minimizing demolition, the project reimagines this structure for dual purposes: a higher education institution and an auction hall.

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Boston College Hoag Pavilion / Sasaki

May 31, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

Boston College needed an updated facility to support the men’s and women’s basketball programs and provide program elements for player recruitment and development. This creative addition and renovation of the Conte Forum arena provided all of the key program elements for much less cost and resources than building an entirely new facility while allowing the teams to continue practicing and training in the same facility where they compete. The improvement upgraded one of the prime entrances to the arena and only required a small sliver of additional land, which is barely perceivable as an encroachment on the improved plaza.

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Division of Anatomy / Franz&Sue

May 30, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

The Division of Anatomy of the Medical University of Graz is one of the largest institutions of its kind in Europe and enjoys a high reputation in international professional circles. The Anatomy was given a new home on the site of the new Med Campus Graz and moved to the former location of the Institute of Pathology, a listed pavilion dating back to 1912.

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Primary and Secondary School Leopold Kohr-Straße / Franz&Sue

May 29, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

Viennese call the districts north of the Danube “Transdanubia.” What sounds like a world far removed from contemporary urbanity is in fact a budding neighbourhood with bustling construction activity. Our primary and secondary school on Leopold-Kohr-Straße in Kagran, situated between a business park, recent housing estates, and the Ostbahn railway, sets a new anchor point in the district’s urban development. With its lively forecourt and play and sports areas, which can also be used by local residents, the school adds a new quality to the neighborhood. Spacious, covered terraces transform the façade into a vertical garden and articulate important spaces for learning and leisure, which can be used all year round.

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Under the Star Game Reserve / Martin Cenek Architecture

May 29, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

Libocká Street, which borders the historic Hvězda (Star) Game Reserve on the north side and slopes down from Petřiny to Libocká Pond and Litovický Creek, is not very welcoming at first glance. From the south side, it is defined by fragmented original terraced housing supplemented by the remains of grand suburban villas from the late 19th century. Its northern edge is formed in part of its length by a terrain break and a downward slope.

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Montanuni Leoben Study Center / Franz&Sue

May 28, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

4000 students from all over the world receive their education in the city center of Leoben, the second-largest city in the province of Styria. Montanuniversität Leoben (University of Leoben) is one of the international frontrunners in its field of research and education. In the future, a state-of-the-art university campus will be built on one of the last spatial reserves in the inner-city area, and as of now, the new study center marks the first building block in this project. Embedded in the historical Gründerzeit fabric in an attractive location near the Mur River, an iconic building has risen, blending in naturally with its surroundings.