Volume
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about volume
Project • By B-too • Hospitals
GZC Dampoort - Middelburg
GZC Dampoort is a large health center with two floors, where many healthcare providers come together under one roof. The one-and-a-half-line health center will house a general practice, psychologist, outpatient clinic, pharmacy, dermatologist and many others.
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The connecting island at the roundaboutThe location is an island where the different streets come together. The building has been cut open and unfolded and follows the building lines of the surrounding buildings. The building is constructed based on healthcare needs and is horizontal in relation to the context. The context is characterized by dark facades with light accents. The health center is two-sided and fits in with the environment and the care function.
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Project • By A I M • Private Houses
The box
The renovation of an apartment in the very heart of Milan focused on the moving inside, the relationship with the space and finishing.The project was born from the request to merge two small flats into a single large one; the focal point is the long distance dividing the entrance from the large 70 mq terrace, which surrond the living room. The creation of an iconic element as a white box, containg the service rooms ( toilet and kitchen area) reduced, thanks to the compression ans decompression, that distance creating a real passway experience.
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The plain shape and softness of the cration, through the light and game of volumes, consecrated the space.
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The sleeping area develops all around the house and is divided in... More
Project • By KTX archiLAB • Offices
The PolyCuboid
The PolyCuboid is the new headquarter building for TIA, a company that provides insurance services.The volume is composed by an interlace of three major cuboid shapes creating intersections, voids, and space units.
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The cuboids superposition across each other also allows a richer space syntax including interior and exterior terraces, an atrium, several seating spaces, and a clear yet richer functional distribution of spaces and connections. Bridges also connects the cuboids from inside allowing a dynamic overview of the different spaces.
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The first floor was shaped by the limits of the site and aø700mm water pipe that is crossing the site underground limiting foundation spac... More
Project • By ER Architectes • Primary Schools
J. Prévert's restaurant school
J.Prevert school need a new restaurant to replace the old one. The elementary school consist of 2 buidings.The new buiding is located on a corner of the school group, surronded by large and high residential areal in green land.The buiding is a simple volume wrapped with steel frame that serve three fonctions : - create unity with the other school building with the same angular geometry, - create solar protection in front of the windows, - protect physically the restaurant from the outside,The volume is very colorful (division of green and yellow) and contrast with the white of the frame and the interior. More