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Woodstock Farm by Rich Joy Architects, Vermont
Even though the architect specialize more in desert house designs he managed to create harmonious shingle-and-stone house and barn.
Rich Joy Architects designed this harmonious farm-house, made out of shingle and stone, located in Vermont.
Woodstock Farm is built on a large site among the Green Mountains with respect to the surrounding environment. Even an unusual linear footage of stone walls 100-200 years old is untouched and still can be found throughout the property.
The house is designed as a family and recreation oriented escape that is able to host many visitors. Besides the main building there is a large guesthouse which can accommodate all these visitors.
Photos by Jean-Luc Laloux
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House in the Kodaira by Suppose Design Office, Tokyo, Japan
“Japanese Suppose Design Office have completed this house in kodaira in Tokyo. The building is half covered with tarpaulin to blur the barrier between indoors and outdoors. Bare soil is left in the living room space, to allow the owners to plant grass in the future. A skylight is positioned at the centre of the house, above the staircase providing daylight.”
Other projects of Suppose Design Officeon ArchiDE:
+ House in Koamicho by Suppose Design Office, Japan
+ House in Hiroshima by Suppose Design Office, Japan
+ Buzen House by Suppose Design Office, Japan
+ Lodge by Suppose Design Office, Hiroshima, Japan
+ House in Otake by Suppose Design Office, Japan
+ Clinic by Suppose Design Office, Hirosihima, Japan
+ House in Nagoya by Suppose Design Office, Aichi, Japan
+ House in Sakuragawa, Tokyo by Suppose Design Office
+ Nature Factory by Suppose Design Office, Tokyo, Japan
+ House in Nagoya2 by Suppose Design office, Japan
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Refuge in the Countryside by Juan Herreros Arquitectos, Mallorca, Spain
Juan Herreros Architects designed this little house located in Artá, a small village in Mallorca, Spain.
The project converts an existing vernacular structure that formerly served as a refuge for shepherds into a small residence for occasional use. The approach consisted of replicating the original volume symmetrically to conserve the original conditions and technical function of an apparently innocent construction that was designed intelligently where its orientation, ventilation and water collection facilities, etc. were concerned.
A dry-constructed outer wall stimulates an open and voluntary dialogue with the different aspects of the local climate. Seeing, lighting, ventilating or heating are various operations associated with two independent systems of openings and shutters that imbue the northern and southern faces with an ambiguous and enigmatic look. The interior reproduces the original and primitive compartments (for animals, shepherds and forage) in two directions: North (kitchen, bedroom and bathroom) and South (dining room, living room and study). Each compartment contains one single major object (table, sofa, writing desk, bath, bed and cooker) which serves to define each space and its use.
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House K by Yoshichika Takagi, Hokkaido, Japan
We tried to see if we could design a space that would be ‘indoor’ (which was closed in terms of the thermal environment) but would give a feeling of being ‘outdoors’ as a backdrop within the building.
Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi has completed a house in Sapporo, Japan, where the interior is divided by a series of wooden structures with pitched roofs. Called House K, the project forms platforms and mezzanines on top of the house-shaped rooms.
The information below is from Takagi:
For this residential housing project, the client desired an open space within an indoor environment. But at the same time, one of the other conditions was that it should reveal the house shape on the exterior.
This was on account of the client’s wishes, as they liked the village feeling of being surrounded by other residential houses, but the actual site was in the regular residential area surrounded by manufactured houses. Considering the cold climate in Hokkaido, it didn’t seem to be the most appropriate solution to make a wide open interior space as outdoors, yet, keeping the house shape on the exterior.
We tried to see if we could design a space that would be ‘indoor’ (which was closed in terms of the thermal environment) but would give a feeling of being ‘outdoors’ as a backdrop within the building. The given condition of making an open indoor space led directly to the idea of making house-shaped indoor rooms. If these house shapes were scattered, it would give a village-like view.
The shape of a house is a code for dividing space indoors and outdoors, and a village is a code that implies outdoors. By using these codes, we thought that an interweaved scenery of indoor and outdoor would be made possible. After some trials, it seemed that a set of more than 3 house shapes would give a village feeling, which would potentially create a relationship between indoor and outdoor. If we could cover these entirely with a bigger house shape, this would function as an indoor space in terms of thermal environment.
Eventually, we managed to create a interweaved scenery between ‘indoors’ and ‘outdoors’ by placing 6 house-shaped profiles within one large exterior that envelops the entire place.
One of the six house shapes was made into an outdoor terrace. Indoors, there would be a village-like view using the help of the code for outdoors, inside the building.
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Water Pumping Plant Renovation by Wenk and Wiese Architects, Berlin, Germany
The former machine shop in the hall serves as atelier space and gallery now. Together with the historic dark tiles the new asphalt flooring establishes a clearly defined horizontal space for the artists´ mainly three dimensional work, contrasting the vertical windows opening the hall towards the mature chestnut trees surrounding the building.
Wenk and Wiese Architects renovated this old Water Pumping Plant that is located in Berlin, Germany for berlin based artists Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset. The methodology for the conversion approaches the existing building in an analogical manner, the intention was to perpetuate the building´s original design according to the new use and contemporary perception.
The building was erected 1925/26 as an extension to the first pumping station in Berlin´s Neukoelln district (then called Rixdorf) dating from 1893. In 1993 new facilities were built on the adjoining premises and the old pumping station was decommissioned. Subsequently most of the machinery that had already been replaced in the 1950s was dismantled, only an old air vessel was retained as a relic from times of steam-powered technology. In 1989 the former pumping station was placed under preservation order.
In more then 13 years following the closedown it was not possible to find a use for the building, mainly because of it´s location, the exceptional size of the hall and the lack of a second escape route for the upper storeys. There had been a surevy commissioned by the preservation authorities in 2002 that included major concessions such as new staircases within the hall and big dormers on the roof, but still no one could be found to buy it. It was only in early 2006, when berlin based artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset caught sight of the house through an online real estate service and spontaneously decided to make it their new headquarters.
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Photographs: Udo Meinel & Nils Wenk
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Middelfart Savings Bank by 3XN Architects, Middelfart, Denmark
3XNs visionary and empathetic winning proposal unites the Middelfart savings Bank’s high ambitions for their new head office. The building must ensure a perfect environment for the employees, while also positively stress demands for high architectural quality in the future development along the harbour front.
One large roof covers all functions in the building. The roof is a large elegant wooden structure with numerous openings. The openings bring in abundant amounts of daylight and allow for direct view of the sea from all places in the building, up and down. In this way, the light and friendly atmosphere sought for by the bank is achieved.
The 83 prism like skylights compose the spectacular roof surface defining the geometry of the rest of the building – in reference to the maritime environment on the harbor front as well as the surrounding timber framed buildings. The roof is designed to frame a perfect view towards the Lillebælt waters as well with a functional purpose of shading from direct sunlight.µ
The new building is carefully fitted into the context. To one side, the village is respected by following dimensions, scale and the shape of the roof. Towards the harbour the building retracts and makes way for a new, triangular space that opens for the view. From the plaza, one enters a large, indoor ‘market place’, the heart of the building. At entrance level, a bookshop, a café and a real estate agent and the cash desk is placed.
The rest of the bank’s area is spread at a series of terraces with open connections to the plaza and to each other. The terraces are connected by spacious staircases that provide good opportunities for the important informal meeting.
With its central position, the building will become a natural meeting point for clients, staff and visitors. In relation to the surrounding city, a delicate balance has been achieved a beautiful, contemporary and well functioning building that integrates respectfully in the overall picture.
Internationally renowned artist Olafur Eliasson has created an art installation for the plaza. Six ‘shooting star’ kaleidoscopes inspired by the triangular geometry of the building are lowered into the ground floor granite adding an extra dimension to the structure.
Thermoactive Hydronic Elements
In addition to developing a comprehensive and holistic sustainable strategy for each project, the Research & Development department at 3XN scans the marketplace and actively implements latest technologies and sustainable innovations into our projects.
Developed through the Danish Technical University, and now a part of the curriculum, the implementation of the latest technologies in energy efficient heating and cooling of buildings for the headquarters of Middelfart Savings Bank has been viewed as groundbreaking. The method utilizes the mass and ability of concrete to adjust the room temperature by absorbing and releasing heat. The method is based upon pre-fabricated concrete decks with embedded plastic pipes.
Large Energy Savings
With these thermoactive concrete elements it is possible to reduce the energy consumption for heating by 30 percent and the energy consumption for cooling and mechanical ventilation by up to 85 percent; in total, an energy saving of 30-50 percent. This is due to the fact that the system allows for better use of alternative supply sources, i.e. the plant can operate as a low- temperature floor heating system during winter, based upon heat-driven heat pumps, and during summer, the cool night air, soil tubes, ground water or sea water can be used for cooling.
The system is partly self-regulating as water for heating and/or cooling is circulated with a temperature only a few degrees from the desired room temperature, and this is the key to the large energy savings. In addition to energy savings the capital costs were lower due to the reduced needs for cooling and heating.
Special Thanks to Lise Roland Johansen for sharing
Photographes by Adam Mørk
More news of 3XN on ArchiDE:
+ MIND YOUR BEHAVIOUR solo exhibition by 3XN Architects
+ 3XN wins architectural competition for Frederiksberg Courthouse
+ Part2 / 3XN winning proposal for Cultural Project in Aarhus
+ 3XN Wins Cultural Project in Aarhus
+ 3XN showcase pavilion ’Learning from Nature’
+ Saxo Bank by 3XN awarded RIBA International Award 2009
+ Saxo Bank headquarters by 3XN Architects
+ 3XN wins architecture competition for the Randers Museum of Art
+ CPH Arch by 3XN Architects in Copenhagen
+ Tivoli Concert Hall by 3XN Architects
+ Ørestad College by 3XN Architects
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Slit House by Eastern Design Office, Shiga, Japan
“This house is made “only” by the slits. There is no window. The wall of 105m lengths with 60 slits surround the site realizes the architectural space in this narrow and long site. No other architecture has ever been realized by such method.”
Japanese architects EASTERN design office designed this house with slits instead of windows in Shiga, Japan.
This house is made “only” by the slits. there is no window. The wall of 105m lengths with 60 slits surround the site realizes the architectural space in this narrow and long site. No other architecture has ever been realized by such method.
This conceptual sculpturing by the slits is poles apart from glass-heavy contemporary architecture. This method with the slits is our challenge to “window”. This challenge is an experiment to innovate a design method of architecture. The concept to compose the architecture just by the slits directly figures this architecture. This simple method distinguishes the outline of the entire figure and abstracts the stance of the architecture. The site is located in an old city in Japan, where many private houses stand in a row. The site size is depth of 50m and width of 7.5m. One of two narrow frontages faces a street and the other faces a river. We designed a long wall that encloses this narrow and long site. The slits open this enclosure.
The 140mm width slits screen inner privacy from view from outside. But the slits bring 60 light into the house. This proposes one method to live in a dense residential area in Japan where houses stand side by side. 80 years old woman lives in this house. The house presents her both a life space with a soft light and an interesting experience of scale unlikely in a house. More info, go to architecturelab
Photographs are made by Koichi Torimrua.
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House Vvg by Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten, Vianen, The Netherlands
The house is designed from the inside out, as a series of connected spaces. Within the whole each space has its own character and its own relation with the landscape.
Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten designed this residence that is situated on the edge of Vianen, a city in the centre of Holland.
The view on the southwest side is magnificent and will remain unbuilt. The beautiful view is that of a typical Dutch landscape of open fields with lines of trees.
As a limiting condition for this site the city prescribed a gutter height of 4 meter and a country style of building.
Form and material remind traditional ways of building in the Dutch countryside, although the house has a distinct character as opposed to the prefabricated country-style of the other houses in the street.
The house is designed from the inside out, as a series of connected spaces. Within the whole each space has its own character and its own relation with the landscape.
Photography by Michel Kievits
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Ballymahon Farmhouse by ODOS Architects, Ireland
“The 450 sqm addition emphasizes elongated rooms with plenty of opportunities to view and connect with the surrounding exterior world.”
This architecture residential restoration and extension project is completed for a farmhouse located in the town of Ballymahon, Ireland and designed by Dublin based ODOS Architects.
The private Ballymahon residence features a refurbishment and extension of the existing farmhouse and stable complex in Longford county Ireland. The 450 sqm addition emphasizes elongated rooms with plenty of opportunities to view and connect with the surrounding exterior world. There are striking resemblances of Philip Johnson’s Glass House as this home addition is exposed through the large spans of glass, allowing it to become part of the exterior environment.
Rich, warm wood clads the exterior facade as a high contrast to the surrounding buildings; this makes the home addition a place of interest as you approach the entry.
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