Steel mesh cladding
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Project • By K2LD Architects • Private Houses
The Golden Box
Reacting to the owner’s unique requirement of a ‘transparent’ house like a shopping mall, we mediate the level of transparency with different types of screening devices- the aluminium mesh, bamboo ‘wall’ and blinds- blurring the visual threshold of the public and private and at times making the house ‘disappear’. It is an Un-private house. The ground level living space is a 26m long and 6m wide column free space with 3-sided full height glass panels exposing the user within. It brings in the views from the outside, taking advantage of the abundant greenery in the surroundings. The boundary walls mediate between the inside and outside. Behind the glass wall is a row of bamboo chosen for screening. It acts as a foreground for the floating gol... More
Project • By Dominique Perrault Architecture • Offices
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE NEW MECHANICS HALL - ME BUILDING
NEW MECHANICS HALL FOR THE EPFL
The ME building, dedicated to the mechanical engineering department, was built by the Zweifel + Stricker + Associates team in the early 70s, during the first phase of development of the campus. Its spatial organization bears testament to the tenets of the original master plan: the separation of cars and pedestrians into two different flows, as per Modern Movement in architecture principles, means that access to the building happens on multiple levels. The building has a three-dimensional grid (23’-7” length by 12’-9” height) which divides its space in a controlled way, regardless of type or purpose. The original master plan was revised several times over the ensuing decades, to question some of the initial p... More
Project • By L35 Architects • Apartments
Torre Europa
The project develops a residential tower at Plaza de Europa in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat as part of a larger development that includes other towers of similar characteristics.
The concept deals with a well defined volume, based on an extruded square of 27.33 x 27.33 meters with its main facade facing Plaza de Europa.
The east, south and west facades are shaped by horizontal planes that house the private terraces, while on the north facade those terraces are integrated within the perimeter of the volume.
The 19 floors develop a total of 101 units with a variety of 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms, organized around a central core. On the ground floor the common areas are arranged: gymnasium and pool. The visual connection between the common areas and... More