Urban experience
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Project • By Constantine Bouras Studio • Heritages
Monastiraki Pedestrian Network Redesign
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HISTORY FLOWS is the awarded competition proposal for the Architectural Ideas Competition for the Aesthetic Unification and Functional Upgrade of Existing Pedestrian Streets in the Plaka – Monastiraki Neighborhood, by Constantine Bouras Studio & Evita Fanou Architecture & Design, focused on the redesigning of the pedestrian street network and two squares between the Plaka and Monastiraki areas in Athens, in an analogy with the network of rivers and streams that traversed the city in the past.
Constantine Bouras Studio - Evita Fanou Architecture & Design
The design vocabulary that emerges from this fluvial analogy refers as well to the intense flow of people that permeates the area&r... More
Project • By Terry & Terry Architecture • Private Houses
House on Hillside
Perched high on the North slope of Potrero Hill, the location of this project provides an abundance of natural light and views of the city, the bay and beyond. The site is a typical San Francisco narrow lot flanked by zero lot line properties on either side, creating an urban canyon running East to West.
Bruce Damonte
The design concept extends the two perimeter walls out beyond the structure and contain the living spaces within. The living room floor plane floats above the ground floor entry level, with volumes of glass that flow out and around the main concrete column which provides support for both upper levels at the front. The common spaces, including the kitchen and dining room, spill out onto the rear West-facing deck, co... More
Project • By SpAce / Juan Carlos Baumgartner • Offices
AXO Group
Grupo AXO is a flagship organization in the retail industry in Mexico and Latin America that incorporates relevant talent in order to bring the best brands to its clients through an efficient business platform and a differentiated experience. Grupo AXO is composed of a group of specialists that provide comprehensive service for each brand, joining the commercial space in Toreo Parque Central with its new offices, on line point of sale with advice, service and showroom. Seeking to create a simple urban experience and starting with studies based on emotions of the employees of Grupo AXO, the spaces devoted to achieving the well-being of each of them are distributed ingeniously and harmoniously, defining the organization as fun, considera... More