A personal review of design creations
#WoodWeek - The Barn House
In Australia, there is a figurative local expression “to have the wood on” meaning to have an advantage over someone, to be able to deliver them a knockout blow, or to stun them. This project is, for sure, taking advantage of living a modern countryside life, 25 minutes away from Brisbane.
Day 5 – The Barn House, Pullenvale, Australia
#WoodWeek - Yishan Pinnacle Flagship Store
A Chinese proverb says: “A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.” To open the minds, a new cultural and creative store not only culture and coffee but also wood and concrete inserted in a contemporary looking grid space concept.
Day 4– Yishan Pinnacle Flagship Store, Shenzhen, China.
#WoodWeek - JapoNeza Retreat
In Mexico, there is a saying: “El que a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le acobija.” (He who gets close to a good tree will find a nice shade for shelter)… This wooden retreat is definitely made for that.
Day 3 – JapoNeza Retreat, Atlangatepec, Tlaxcala, Mexico
#WoodWeek - Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre
“The best carpenters make the fewest chips.” Maybe the wisdom of the English proverb has inspired this project in Geneva. Make the most effective solution to an urgent need for temporary accommodation for migrants.
Day 2: Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
#WoodWeek - Oikumene Church
“Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials”. This essential fact by Frank Lloyd Wright captures how intense this relationship is between humans and wood in architecture. It is the reason of our new special week dedicated to wood.
Day 1 – Oikumene Church, Sajau, Indonesia.
Architizer A+Awards: Fass School by Toshiko Mori Architect
Amongst the winners of the 8th Annual Architizer A+Awards, a remote school in Senegal designed by the New York-based studio.
Kimpton Vividora Hotel
In the Ciutat Vella (old city) of Barcelona, a new hotel was added to the Kimpton chain with a strong personality, new colour combination and a definitive “bon vivant” flair… hence its name.
Maison du Parc
In Montréal, an early-century mansion has been completed revamped with an original space organisation creating a special atmosphere.
Hive House
By the Tapi River, the Indian city of Surat (Gujarat) has built its fame as a centre for textiles. In Vesu, the upcoming part of the city, a metallic structure constructed as a mono-space living has recently been completed.
#ConcreteWeek - Sharing Space Building
To end the series (for this time), we focus on an irregular polygon on an island that perfectly has succeeded to mix traditional craft with contemporary techniques.
Day 5: Sharing Space Building, Taiwan