Articles by Hadir Al Koshta

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Mill Renovation and Winery Construction / Carmen Maurice Architecture

September 12, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

On the « Three Mills» road in Sarzeau, one of them is now surrounded by new plantations: 6 hectares of vineyards. This mill, centrally located on the site, radiates like a lighthouse in the heart of the vineyards. With limited space available for construction, the winery project must be situated close to the mill. The municipality of Sarzeau aims, through this project, to achieve several objectives: to provide functional buildings to the winemakers, to ensure harmonious integration of the project with the surrounding environment of the mill, and to create a cultural space connected to agricultural activity.

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Terrazza Biandrà Elevated Plaza / Park Associati

September 11, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

An elevated plaza, a discreet iconic place sharing the same material qualities with the surrounding historical environment – In the heart of Milan, in Piazza Cordusio, the restoration of the open space at the top of a building by Luca Beltrami commissioned by Countess Celeste Dario-Biandrà, dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, generated an original place that slots into the built landscape of the nineteenth-century heart of the city. Made of specially designed triangle-cut handmade terracotta tiles of different shades of color, the flooring of this new space shares its material qualities with those of Milan’s roofs. Also covered in terracotta, the parapets create the impression of the building’s pitched roof curving and extending onto the terrace. This creates an elevated plaza with a mimetic appearance, to which the noble materiality of terracotta lends uniqueness and understated elegance.

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Facette Bordeaux Workspace / Studioninedots

September 11, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

In the new urban district of Belvédère in Bordeaux, we’re thrilled to unveil the finalized Facette. The design is Studioninedots’ response to the request for a place that fosters new ways of working and offers the flexibility, collaboration and diversity essential for today’s entrepreneurs. For at a time when work is increasingly untethered from specific times and places, the building’s true value lies in its innovative spaces for interaction. Facette boasts a sequence of distinctive collective spaces, leading users from the ground floor, along the facade to the roof terrace. These spaces drive the social community within the building. The building’s communal ambition and enticing, multi-purpose spaces set Facette apart as a building that fits today’s working needs.

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Alibaba Shanghai Campus / Foster + Partners

September 10, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

Earlier this week, a ceremony marked the official opening of Alibaba’s new state-of-the-art offices in Shanghai’s Xuhui Riverside district. Foster + Partners’ design embodies Alibaba’s working ethos and completely reimagines the traditional model of the office, by prioritizing public space and transparency, enhancing connections with nature, and creating a wide variety of highly collaborative workspaces that respond to the company’s dynamic team structure. Despite the challenges of the Covid pandemic, the project has been completed ahead of schedule.

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Ecole du Vieux Bourg / Plò architectes

September 10, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

Plò architectes is a firm focusing its work on interventions in the historic centers of the Provence region in France, whether through the rehabilitation of deteriorated buildings, the creation of public spaces, or urban-scale studies. The studio’s projects aim to demonstrate the relevance of these typologies in addressing today’s and tomorrow’s ecological and climate challenges.

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Ceramic Artist’s Home Studio / Okopod

September 8, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

Katharina’s journey to create the perfect home studio began with a self-built wooden structure in her old garden. As a potter, she found space essential and spent years wishing for a larger area. When she and her partner embarked on a search for a new home, they set a goal to find a property with ample space for her studio.

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Credo Pavilion / Fuse Arkitekter – NTNU

September 7, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

Credo Pavilion is situated in the backyard of the former Michelin-star restaurant Credo in Trondheim, Norway. The restaurant was highly dedicated to sustainability, local resources and traditional techniques, and was the first restaurant in the world to be awarded the Michelin Guide’s Green Star for their sustainable practice. The project in Credo’s backyard seeks to create a more open and inclusive area for neighbors and visitors, both physically and visually. This vision includes transforming the outdoor seating area into a welcoming enclave, designed to function as both a dining space and a service area. With an emphasis on traditional craftsmanship, the objective was to showcase visible building elements and exposed structures, that align with the overall aesthetics and functionality of the area. The projects’ clear lines showcase a complex structure in its most straightforward and seamless expression. This construction effortlessly integrates into the previously empty backyard, while also providing space for the broader community and activities beyond the restaurant.

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Beijing Performing Arts Centre / Schmidt Hammer Lassen + Perkins&Will

September 5, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

China has opened a new performing arts complex in Tongzhou, a historic port on the Grand Canal and the eastern gateway to Beijing. Designed by Perkins&Will’s and Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s combined Shanghai studio with a landscape by SLA, the Beijing Performing Arts Centre anchors Tongzhou’s recently designated cultural district, a collection of major civic projects that also includes a museum, a library, and extensive parklands. Consisting of three world-class venues—an opera house, a theater, and a concert hall—as well as a multipurpose hall and an outdoor stage, the Beijing Performing Arts Centre will host hundreds of performances each year—everything from traditional Chinese and Western operas to orchestral performances, stage dramas, and dances.