Sustainablity
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Sustainablity
Project • By IQ Glass UK • Private Houses
Coach Yard
Architectural Glazing for Sustainable Urban HousingCoach Yard is a contemporary residential development on Balmoral Road in Leyton, East London, transforming a constrained former factory site into a collection of six highly sustainable homes.
IQ Projects designed, supplied and installed the architectural glazing package, working closely with the architect to deliver a coordinated solution aligned with the planning strategy, environmental targets and architectural intent. The glazing plays a defining role across the development, enhancing daylight, energy performance and spatial quality while contributing to a cohesive façade language.
This project demonstrates how carefully engineered architectural glazing can unlock complex... More
Project • By DCOOP Architects • Student Housing
Cloister In the Forest- IIT Bombay Hostels
This project has been conceived as a multi-layered approach to sustainability, social life and architectural expression.
As with the rest of Mumbai, the IIT Bombay campus faces the challenge of housing an increasing population on a limited parcel of land. The new cluster of three hostels is designed to accommodate 1127 students on a hostel plot that initially held 252 students.
Rajesh Vora
Rajesh Vora
The site abuts the Powai Lake and is covered with dense foliage of old trees. The primary gesture of organization comes from an impulse of preserving this invaluable natural habitat: The three blocks are located in voids created by the demolished hostel blocks and strategically arranged around the perimeter of the site... More
Project • By sons of architecture • Primary Schools
Elementary School Amos for Psáry and Dolní Jirčany
Urban planning and architectural design
The new school campus creates within the municipality a place with its own identity. Despite its size the building and its entrance area is not disturbing the spatial and functional context of the place as it stands on the other end of an urban axis connecting the campus with the village square unveiling its potential to become a lively street. The community character of the building is visually supported by a public library situated in an exposed corner facing the village. The school is set in a mellow slope and the design works with different floor counts facing the entrance area on one side and the school grounds on the other one. The large building is divided into several structural vo... More
Project • By Louise Braverman Architect • Exhibitions
Hyperloop Suburb-2018 Venice Biennale
HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE?Suburbs are typically thought of as dystopian, insulated places. Currently, on display at the Time Space Existence exhibition during the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, the Hyperloop Suburb, a speculative immersive installation, explores whether hyperloop technology can breathe new life into these liminal spaces. The implication for suburbs, situated between the urban and pastoral, suggests an impending regional re-think, asking the primal question “How do we want to live?”BRINGING AIRPLANE SPEED TO GROUND LEVEL TRAVELBringing airplane speed to ground level travel, a hyperloop is a high-speed transport system capable of closing the distance between the city and its rural periphery. Thanks to worldwide testing of th... More