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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

Deezen

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. If you were to draw a force diagram, you'd need more material in the middle, so naturally it's a win-win," she said.

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SAL floating public building by SOUR

aasarchitecture

Building on a site that is at high risk of and requires extensive ground improvements, how might we create a substructure that is naturally isolated from earthquake loads, floods, and rising sea levels? It is a self-sufficient structure that can sail to different ports, becoming a traveling landmark within the city’s public infrastructure.

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Nanjing K.Wah G72 by UNStudio

aasarchitecture

The site is separated by the central river and the planned road into 4 plots which are set to create a dynamic community for locals and visitors. The office towers will also use prefabricated components as well as a modular supporting structure.

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Field Hockey Stadium by Archi-Tectonics

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Set five meters down into the site, this Field Hockey Stadium for Asian Games appears to emerge out of the folding landscape, opening itself to the surroundings as a porous and sculptural element in the park. The roof’s materiality and structure take the traditional Meinong oil paper and bamboo umbrella as inspiration.

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Construction of 10 Design’s Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport Mixed-Use Development is in full swing

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After won an international design competition to transform the 243,768 sqm historic military airbase site into a contemporary mixed-use project, now 10 Design continues construction. With two underground railway stations embedded into the site, connectivity is one of the key design drivers.

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Birch Fircrest House

SW Oregon Architect

Speranza has published widely on this subject through diverse lenses including geospatial information and parametric design, [and] on-site and off-site data acquisition.” Consistent with Philip’s research, real-world data, applied across all scales, is what drives his firm’s work.

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MAKERS’ KUbe by BIG and University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design

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The Makers’ KUbe is a 50,000-square-foot mass timber cube structure. The KUbe’s distinct timber diagrid frame – engineered by structural engineer StructureCraft – is optimized to reduce material and curtail carbon-intensive concrete. Source by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group.