Sustanibility
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about sustanibility
Product • By Florim Ceramiche • SENSI OF CASA DOLCE CASA
SENSI OF CASA DOLCE CASA
Large ceramic surfaces that tell an ancient story made up of earth blended together and light mineral elements forged over time. This is what inspired the “Sensi of Casa dolce casa” collection designed by Matteo Thun for Florim Ceramiche, which takes the form of large tiles designed to be touched with your eyes and caressed with your fingers. The collaboration between Florim and the Matteo Thun & Partners architecture and design firm, two internationally renowned Italian companies, has produced a project that unites the harmony of nature with the power of innovation to furnish living spaces that communicate a sense of comfort and balance. “Sensi” expresses the perfect combination between the creative d... More
Project • By SSA Architects • Apartments
Weltpostpark Bern
The three residential buildings on the Weltpostpark site in Bern site have been completed
The last apartments in the SSA Architekten-designed Weltpostpark development are now occupied. The striking six-storey residential buildings have an urban feel about them, while the park-like surroundings and the varied clinker brick facades create a homely atmosphere. What's more, the high-quality architecture also includes affordable residential units and the development's demand for energy is met in its entirety by regenerative resources.
The Oberes Murifeld site is a heterogeneous mixed residential and urban quarter. Facing the Weltpoststrasse road are the larger office blocks of the Weltpostverein alongside a number of commercial and industrial... More
Project • By Margot Krasojević • Transports
PIEZOELECTRIC INERTIA BRIDGE
The suspension footbridge in Tianmen, China, spans two mountains, and its design simulates that of the surrounding snow-capped mountain landscape. Further, it responds to the cloud-edge effect, capturing direct and reflected light to increase solar energy production. On cloudy days, its solar panels absorb diffused as well as reflective light, so that this bridge can achieve maximum exposure to solar energy. Moreover, its canopy is clad and fabricated with a highly reflective shifting carbon-fibre aluminium composite embedded with photovoltaic and piezoelectric cells.
Pedestrians have a birds-eye aerial view that changes with the weather, anticipating cloud-breaks and expanding horizon lines. The bridge stands at a height of 650 feet above... More
Project • By BOMAN • Restaurants
Food Market Part-Dieu
In Lyon, Forme and Boman design the 1st temporary and reversible food court in one of the biggest shopping centers in France, La Part-Dieu.
Le Food Market, the staple of Parisian street food launched in 2015 on the boulevard de Belleville, has just moved into the ground-floor of the La Part Dieu shopping center in Lyon. It will stay for a year, as a teaser for a bigger food court scheduled to open in 2020.
Inspired by the emblematic steel tubes of French travelling market stalls, the architects have created a surprising atmosphere : a gigantic scaffold unfolds in the entire restaurant space.
Designed and built with a zero waste objective, the entirety of the installation is removable and recyclable. The building s... More
In-Tank
In-Tank is the first toilet that does not require the installation of a cistern, neither built-in or conventional, because the tank is simply integrated within the bowl. An all-in-one solution that makes installation easier, as well as minimising maintenance thanks to a joint-free design that guarantees the perfect condition of the product over time.To ensure the maximum efficiency of these models, we have developed the innovative Soft Air technology, which is exclusive to Roca. This specially designed air injection system directs water from the tank to the upper part of the bowl, providing a highly effective and silent flush. And that is not all. As no separate cistern is required, the new In-Tank toilets take less space and therefore a... More