Visitor centre
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Project • By Nissen Richards Studio • Exhibition Centres
Gígur Visitor Centre
Nissen Richards Studio, together with local Icelandic design partner SP(R)INT STUDIO, has created the permanent exhibition, interior and graphic design for The Gígur Visitor Centre in Iceland, along with the centre’s welcome area, café and shop.
All images by Studio CAPN
All images by Studio CAPN
The brief for the project was to create a new permanent exhibition relating to the Mývatn nature reserve and the northern highlights of Vatnajökull National Park. Nearby Lake Mývatn and its surrounding wetlands are a significant designated nature reserve, renowned for their birdlife and unique volcanic and geothermal activity. As well as the exhibition, the two studios also created a new interior la... More
Project • By BOVENBOUW • Community Centres
Tabloo
Bovenbouw Architectuur and ono architectuur designed a communication center about the storage of low- and medium-level radioactive waste in Dessel, Belgium. To remain relevant throughout the 300-year process required to decrease the radioactivity, the building must be able to adapt to unforeseeable changes over the centuries.
Filip Dujardin
Aiming for dialogue and opportunities to play the widest possible role, we proposed a building consisting of two parts; an imposing structure that floats like a table more than 12m above the ground in which exhibition spaces are located, and an airy infill below that accommodates the multifaceted program of spaces, halls and offices. The dominance of the structure gives order and consistenc... More
News • News • 11 Oct 2022
Qingxi Culture and History Museum by UAD reflect local and site features with a low-profile gesture and vernacular form
In Ningbo City, China, the Qingxi Culture and History Museum by UAD is a new cultural and tourism building that integrates a tourist centre with spaces for displaying and experiencing local history and culture. The destination reflects local and site features in a low-profile gesture and a vernacular form.
ZYStudio
Far away from city life, the rural plot features a challenging topography with recessed platforms ascending from north to south with panoramic views on the north side of the terraced fields and mountains in the distance.
ZYStudio
In response to the spectacular setting, respecting nature and blending with the environment was a key design aspect of the project with exterior spaces designed to adapt to the site&r... More
F. Mitterrand Media Library - Les Capucins
The François Mitterrand Mediatheque is the latest to join a network of eight libraries scattered around the city of Brest. Its main function is to offer members of the public various documents to meet their leisure, cultural, information and training needs. Covering a surface area of 9,700m², the Mediatheque gathers together almost 500,000 documents (120,000 with free access and 350,000 more in storage). Our Kuskoa chairs and armchairs are installed in all four corners of the building, enabling many happy readers to enjoy taking their time to improve their minds.
Valérie de Calignon / CANAL architecture
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Project • By ATELIER BRÜCKNER • Exhibitions
Haus der Berge. Vertical Wilderness
The main topic of the exhibition in Berchtesgaden is the highest vertical of the Eastern Alps. It is a virtual line of 2300 m from the bottom of the Königssee to the peak of the Watzmann. The accessible and interactive landscape panorama leads the visitor through four alpine habitats: Water, Forest, Alm and Rock & Karst. A time travel is interwoven from the formation of the mountains to the consequences of global warming today and in the future. More