Articles by Cristobal Rojas

The brief began with a requirement for a loose fit building able to accommodate apartments and offices/studios across column free floors. Enough time was available to investigate context and a number of possible solutions for a replacement building that would sit within the all but vanished boundaries of an C11th limestone Norman abbey. One able to integrate, extract and perhaps make new a broader and better sense of context than that now dominated by late C20th pastiche.

At the end of 2017, 20 health and wellness practitioners began offering services in De Poort van Borne. The new centre occupies the former St. Theresa’s church in the village of Borne. “It’s a unique workplace in a fantastic location,” says physiotherapist Jacomine Blokvoort. “Clients really appreciate the preservation of the historical elements.” Developer Erik Mijnhardt initiated the conversion. Reitsema & Partners Architects designed the project, which was managed by Key2 Bouwmanagement. 

At the end of 2017, 20 health and wellness practitioners began offering services in De Poort van Borne. The new centre occupies the former St. Theresa’s church in the village of Borne. “It’s a unique workplace in a fantastic location,” says physiotherapist Jacomine Blokvoort. “Clients really appreciate the preservation of the historical elements.” Developer Erik Mijnhardt initiated the conversion. Reitsema & Partners Architects designed the project, which was managed by Key2 Bouwmanagement. 

The first step for this detached house from the late 1940s was to open the rear facade onto the garden with a 24-foot (7.4 m) sliding bay window. By taking away the intermediary support element, this intervention removes the barriers to the outdoor terrace.

The Brain Embassy offers spaces where you can work while on the move, rest by meditating or cycling. You are only restricted by your own imagination. A cooperation of Adgar Poland with mode:lina studio designers resulted in the Brain Embassy brand being spatially complemented by a motif of “synapses” running across the whole interior.

Fourthspace has completed a series of new artists’ studios as part of an extension and renovation in East London’s famous Vyner Street. Working closely with the resident artists, the new spaces have been tailored to their specific needs with bespoke artworks incorporated into the building itself.

On April 2015, Yuhantechnos Co., Ltd. a middle-sized company providing IT solutions of logistics distribution has commissioned a new head office building project. To meet the client, when I visited the office located in an apartment-type factory in Mullae-dong, I found the typical problem of the apartment-type factory that as the width and depth of building is long and the ceiling height is low, the working environment of workers in the center of business space is becoming poor. 

The set was developed along the property in two independent units perpendicular to each other to achieve better privacy, lighting and sunlight of each space; achieving in turn, units of totally free surfaces under the structural design from the foundation, embedded slabs and apparent concrete cartels. With the integration of these elements, a set with apparent finishes in its entirety is proposed, linking in the same way with the exposed facilities.

This is a house where Miesian influence, a fascination for Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House, and typical Peruvian as well as Argentinian country house style, are clearly recognizable. It is made up of a main gallery, a patio, living and social rooms and the bedrooms, all as open, side by side, unconnected spaces.

The “Slippen” housing complex is located in the district of Lower Malmø, at the exit of Mandalselva in the Mannefjord. The town of Mandal has some very special qualities with its location where the river meets the sea, and a stunningly beautiful timber architecture. Lower Malmø on the eastern side of the river has historically been an industrial area, but this is currently under development and will in future become a vital part of Mandal’s vibrant city life. The project is iconic with its unique roof forms and minimal window details, while at the same time evoking the character of the local surroundings, taking its inspiration from the unique character of Mandal: the encounter between timber construction and the open sea. The architecture is steeped in local vernacular building traditions, but with a new and modern interpretation.