aasarchitecture

JULY 3, 2023

With the completion of the Booking.com City Campus in the heart of Amsterdam, all 6,500 employees of the Dutch travel platform can now work in the same building for the first time. The new campus is also state-of-the-art in terms of all sustainable solutions and achieved a BREEAM Excellent design certificate.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Located at the center of Jiaxing, a historic city 100 kilometers southwest of Shanghai, the project replaces a dysfunctional train station that had stood at the site between 1995 and 2019. MAD foresees the project as a model for urban revitalization for Chinese cities undergoing major infrastructural development.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 16, 2024

Bergen ByArena is a new multi-purpose arena for up to 12,000 spectators, a large hotel and conference centre and the development plan for the Nygårdstangen area, where a new public transport terminal and 800 homes will be built. The area currently appears cold and unfriendly, creating barriers to the city’s use and connections.

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Architect Diagram Transportation Urban Development 59

aasarchitecture

MAY 9, 2024

Shijiazhuang, a city with a history rooted in early 20th-century railway construction, is undergoing a significant transformation. Image © MAD Architects Surrounded by residential, commercial, and recreational amenities, Central Park represents a unique oasis for locals within the city.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

UNStudio’s design proposal for NION, a 45,000 m2 state-of-the-art office tower in the Europaviertel in Frankfurt, was recently selected by Groß & Partner for further development. NION will be one of the most sustainable office buildings in Germany. Image © MOARE. Image © MOARE.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 10, 2023

Västerås Travel Center is a new infrastructural hub in the heart of one of Sweden’s largest cities. The building is expected to open in 2025 and seeks to bring the entire city’s infrastructure together under one roof. Designed as a piece of social infrastructure, the travel center is shaped for the flow of people and public life.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 22, 2022

Designed as a dynamic and flexible centre, it will assist and train adolescents to develop the tools and skills necessary to address the future, while connecting and engaging with the city and the surrounding community. Image © MCA Matteo Cainer Architects.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 5, 2024

MAD Architects unveiled the design for the Nanhai Art Center in Foshan City, Guangdong, which covers a total site area of 59,445 square meters and includes three major functions: the Grand Theatre, the Museum, and the Sports Center. Image © MAD Architects The permeable facades allow nature to flow through the site back to the city.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 14, 2024

Located in the Liuxiandong Headquarters Base of Shenzhen, the T33 Full-Time Center (T33 for short), also known as Transsion Tower, is a vertical green building that stands out amidst the city’s skyline dominated by steel frames and glass curtain walls, providing a connection to nature. Construction: Shenzhen Cheng Chung Design Co.,

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 10, 2023

Regenarative Thessaloniki In line with the ongoing greening strategies of cities around the world, Thessaloniki’s Innovation Forest, or TI3F, proposes an urban forest right in the heart of Thessaloniki. Two axes and a path through the forest add to the vibrancy of this lower level and seamlessly connect the site with the rest of the city.

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Sustainability Diagram Cities Site 97

aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Embraced by a dynamic city fabric that located in between the Shenzhen CBD and Hong Kong, Xinsha is an old neighbourhood with narrow valleys under rapid urban regeneration. The layout facilitates an all-rounded development of students, which also signifies a continuous and interconnected learning loop.’ Chris describes.

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Students Diagram Education Environment 72

ArchiDiaries

MAY 27, 2022

The structure’s concept began as a simple diagram – a folded sheet of paper, carefully sliced and able to stand on its own. The structure’s concept began as a simple diagram – a folded sheet of paper, carefully sliced and able to stand on its own. Weathered steel to develop a protective rust patina evocative of the Rocky Mountain West.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 17, 2022

To prepare for this role, the region has invited four bespoke planning teams to develop the concept for a new trade hub and eco city in the region, providing residence for 35 000 inhabitants. Vision We imagine a city integrated with the surrounding social, spatial and economic context. Master Plan. Image © TSPA.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 17, 2022

To prepare for this role, the region has invited four bespoke planning teams to develop the concept for a new trade hub and eco city in the region, providing residence for 35 000 inhabitants. Vision We imagine a city integrated with the surrounding social, spatial and economic context. Master Plan. Image © TSPA.

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Diagram Sustainability Cities Manufacturing 52

aasarchitecture

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Yongjia World Trade Centre will create a new image for the WTC brand and will become a unique symbol for the new riverside city of Wenzhou. Wenzhou city lies in the dense economic zone along the coast of Southeast China, next to the Yangtze River Delta region. Image © UNStudio. Image © UNStudio. Image © UNStudio. Image © UNStudio.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Yongjia World Trade Centre will create a new image for the WTC brand and will become a unique symbol for the new riverside city of Wenzhou. Wenzhou city lies in the dense economic zone along the coast of Southeast China, next to the Yangtze River Delta region. Image © UNStudio. Image © UNStudio. Image © UNStudio. Image © UNStudio.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

The project was also part of a new planting and management strategy developed to address long-standing maintenance issues that have left sections of the park looking scruffy. Parts of the site, along with the neighborhoods bordering it—Tremé, Lafitte, Tulane-Gravier, Mid-City, and Lakeview—flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Management Diagram Landscape Cities 134

aasarchitecture

MAY 8, 2022

A new kind of high-rise for Dubai UNStudio, in collaboration with Werner Sobek, was invited by the wasl Development Group to design a new kind of high-rise for the city of Dubai that would act as a benchmark for both the region and for the wasl Development Group itself. The city also enjoys an impressive infrastructure.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 1, 2022

The IULIUS group recently announced that the design proposal submitted by UNStudio has been selected as the winning design for Palas Residential, their latest project in the historical downtown of the city of Iasi in Romania. It is a place where heritage is always extant as the backdrop to the city’s very active and lively present.

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Residential Diagram Concept Real Estate 96

aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The concept of newer isn’t always better for a progressive city, and historic development plays a vital role in con-tributing to this idea. New activities are envisaged along the facades to preserve a light-filled development area in the centre hall. Source by Peter Ruge Architekten.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 1, 2022

The project is located in Puerto Santa Ana, extending the boulevard that is gradually being consolidated along much of the city’s waterfront. The façades facing the void between the towers, however, provide a very different character to the development. Diagram Sustainability. Image © MVRD. Image © MVRD. Image © MVRD.

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Community Architect Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

Doing this now, the City is a full 8 years behind the State required 10-year update cycle. The update has been in the making for a while and becomes more urgent every time another large project pops up that would benefit from a guiding framework plan, most recently the MCB proposed HarborPlace development.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 23, 2022

Under the thematic topic “The Sociality of Social Housing,” MAD’s research focuses on the historical development and design of social housing across different countries. The research has been further developed by Ma Yansong’s own engagements with this subject while teaching at Tsinghua University and the Beijing Architecture University.

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Housing Diagram Residential Real Estate 52

Bustler

MARCH 22, 2022

The Competition, initiated by Jiaxing City Urban Investment Development Group Co., It will not only respond to the characteristics of the ancient city and its surroundings, but also integrate modernity and adapt to changes in the future. Jiaxing enjoys a flat terrain, balanced development and harmonious folk customs.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Over the past 22 years Allen has established these farms to grow food, train young people in sustainable and Indigenous farming practices, and more. A diagram shows the structure’s rectangular plan. She calls this artistic medium—working with the earth and plantlife—"fifth-dimensional expression."

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Building Diagram Mining Manufacturing 104

aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Shenzhen, a vibrant and highly innovative city, is home to many leading and innovative corporate headquarters. In 2020, a competition was held for the design of the Shenzhen Super Headquarters Base tower C in the city. UNStudio developed a tailored tool to analyze the different positions of tower C in the urban context.

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e-architect

JUNE 15, 2023

The inaugural course On Sustainable Cities will be a 36-week programme in three stages — Foundations, Transformations and Interventions —with time divided between classrooms, cities and studios. They will use the most up-to-date digital tools in the quest to improve a sustainable quality of life.

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Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2022

The linear city, which will be 170 kilometres long and 200 metres wide, was launched by Saudi Arabia 's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and is described as "a revolution in civilization". It goes against all environmental design principles, sustainability and basic common sense.". The project, which ?? "It It looks nice!".

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Diagram Transportation Exterior Engineering 103

aasarchitecture

MARCH 28, 2022

Cologne-based project developer PANDION recently held an international architectural competition for a new mixed-use high-rise building in Düsseldorf. This part of the tower also acts as a sound barrier for the inner courtyard and residential development behind. Image © UNStudio.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 23, 2023

The resort’s sustainable architectural vision is expected to inspire a new vitality in the region and serve as a healing place where the soul finds its release. The resort’s design incorporates the use of sustainably sourced timber materials to construct small, energy-efficient homes.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 17, 2022

The design of Bangkok Civic Center, which explains its relationship with politics, power, the economy, commerce, the public, and sustainability, could be regarded as a connecting link between the past 40 years from 1980 to 2020 and the brand-new future harmonizing with nature in the capital of Thailand. Concept diagram. Site Plan.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 20, 2022

For six months, the 60-hectare Floriade park on the Weerwater will showcase the latest horticultural developments from around the world. With the theme “Growing Green Cities,” this year’s World Horticultural Exhibition promises to be greener, more productive, and more sustainable than ever. Diagram.

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Bustler

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

While the airport terminal—conceived a century ago—is a relatively new architectural typology, it has since its inception held equal importance with quintessential civic buildings: city halls, courthouses, libraries, museums, and theaters. Achieve sustainability and resiliency. Again, use context to create identity.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 11, 2023

Program The new complex will include the impressive Back of House which is necessary for large-scale productions: rehearsal spaces, workshops to produce stage sets, offices, storage for props and scenery and much more, arranged over three city blocks. A ‘village’ will emerge including a village square.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Through a diversity of projects, the firm has transformed our understanding of the city and our evolving relationship with art, fashion, food, sustainability, and other quintessentially twenty-first-century preoccupations. The works presented here elaborate on OMA’s philosophy even as they expand its portfolio geographically.

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Diagram Residential Art Visualization 111

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 9, 2021

MVRDV has completed construction of the Idea Factory, a transformation of a former factory building in the Shenzhen urban village of Nantou that sustainably reusing and improving the building instead of demolishing and rebuilding it. Source by MVRDV. Photo © Xia Zhi.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 9, 2021

MVRDV has completed construction of the Idea Factory, a transformation of a former factory building in the Shenzhen urban village of Nantou that sustainably reusing and improving the building instead of demolishing and rebuilding it. Source by MVRDV. Photo © Xia Zhi.

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