aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

SOUR’s proposal for Izmir Sustainability Center, SAL, is designed as Turkiye’s first floating public building. Image © SOUR Through its floating structure, SAL significantly reduces embodied carbon footprint, responds to rising sea levels, and avoids earthquake loads and ground improvements on a site with a high risk of liquefaction.

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Architizer

JANUARY 17, 2024

Developed initially in the 1960s by John Holland, Genetic Algorithms have evolved from optimizing jet engine designs to a tool reshaping computational design and architecture. They can optimize the placement, sizing and orientation of structural elements like beams, columns and trusses. The same is true for material optimization.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The D4PV project is therefore in addition to a conceptual masterplan for MMLIs in the North Sea, it is a generic toolbox that can be used co-creatively for the creation of multifunctional marine landscape infrastructures around the world. How important was sustainability as a design criteria as you worked on this project? .

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Leading East African planning, design, architecture and engineering firm FBW Group has been appointed to the international team tasked with delivering the trailblazing Kigali Green City project in the Rwandan capital. The development will also deliver much needed quality homes for people in the lower-to-middle-income brackets.

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e-architect

JULY 7, 2023

BDP, a collective of architects, engineers, designers and urbanists has a reputation for creating people-centred places and holds an excellent track record of working on high-profile projects including Wimbledon Centre Court, Ascot Racecourse, Liverpool One, the Google HQ at Kings Cross and the Houses of Parliament.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 23-storey mixed-use building, MVRDV’s first completed project on the west coast of the United States, is part of a masterplan that creates the wholly new neighbourhood “Mission Rock” overlooking San Francisco Bay. MVRDV’s residential complex The Canyon on San Francisco’s waterfront is complete.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Staircases in each structure open up the interior of the building. The expanded campus in Upper Manhattan was masterplanned by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Sustainable elements of the designs include high-percentages of recycled content, and a majority of the wood was sourced from sustainable forests. Code: Milrose.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The 23-storey mixed-use building, MVRDV’s first completed project on the west coast of the United States, is part of a masterplan that creates the wholly new neighbourhood “Mission Rock” overlooking San Francisco Bay. In the case of The Canyon, the ground floor is topped by two floors of offices, in turn capped by 283 apartments.

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e-architect

JULY 6, 2023

Acknowledging how working patterns and office cultures have been impacted by the pandemic, JRA’s design focused on producing both a sustainable and futureproofed central office with hybrid working / hotdesking models integrated throughout, including multiple collaboration and agile working spaces.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

BDP Creative, Multidisciplinary Structure Delivers More Success. We are creating a new generation of projects; adapting existing structures for new uses and using digital design and manufacture to support efficiency and wellbeing as we bring new buildings and places to our cities.”. BDP Architecture Office. 12 November 2022.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

Students: Mercedes Herrera, Isabel Cuerda del Valle and Teresa Cases Course: Sustainability Issues and Targets Lab Tutors: Professor Ernesto Antonini, Jacopo Gaspari, Davide Olori and teaching assistants Licia Felicioni, Lia Marchi and Yu Chen Emails: mariade.herreraramos[at]studio.unibo.it, isabel.cuerda[at]studio.unibo.it

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Urb has proposed a 93-kilometre cycling and walking highway If built, the 93-kilometre-long structure would be encased within a glazed tube and would have a kinetic floor that would produce energy when stepped on.

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Cities Transportation Masterplanning Concept 98

e-architect

APRIL 5, 2023

The masterplan design was developed for a consortium led by the municipality of Heilbronn and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation. Inside the platonic shape, the masterplan is simple, flexible, and sustainable. Circumscribing the campus buildings is a 1.2-kilometre-long Circumscribing the campus buildings is a 1.2-kilometre-long

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2022

February – MIT engineers invent plastic that is stronger than steel. Invented by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) chemical engineers, the material is light and mouldable like plastic but has a strength and resistance that is closer to steel. Read more about the proposed Manhattan Island extension ›.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The centre’s design intertwines with the city’s existing urban masterplan to connect the new multimedia library to the north of Jinghe Avenue with the new performing arts theatre, multi-function halls, studios and exhibition galleries to the south via elevated courtyards, gardens and paths that span the avenue’s eight lanes of traffic below.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The judges praised the project for its diverse spatial elements and its departure from the conventional structure of educational institutions in China. The eclectic building was originally designed by civil engineering firm Atkinson & Dallas. "It It was also named civic project of the year.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Suspendome Roof: Column-Free Hybrid Interior Spaces, Natural Light and Ventilation Archi-Tectonics took the initiative already in the competition phase to engage Thornton Tomassetti, to come up with the most innovative structural solutions. The whole masterplan, the 116 acre park and its 7 buildings, were built in just three short years.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 20, 2023

Providing civic presence at a human-scale Sitting at the entrance of a wider site masterplan envisioned as a parkland, the idea of a ‘pavilion in the park’ was a key design concept for the new hospital. Image © Medical Architecture Location: County Durham, UK Architect: Medical Architecture M&E Engineer: A.E.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

For this purpose, we designed a compact and sustainable building consisting of two different constructive systems, which are nevertheless connected by superordinate façade structure to form a common whole.” The clear form of the cubic structure allows for easy orientation within the building. ” — Prof.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As a part of this reactivation and redesign of the city, particularly establishing the cultural importance of the upcoming area, CHK’s winning design is a central connector in the urban masterplan, bringing together the entire district of the upcoming Cultural Hub, consequently forming a vibrant public space for the locals.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 29, 2022

Our bespoke and future-proof vision for IBM’s headquarters will offer its users a sustainable, vibrant, and healthy workplace. In addition to a workplace, the office becomes a place for health and sustainability in the broadest sense of the word, coinciding in one coherent and dynamic building. Image © Powerhouse Company.

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e-architect

JUNE 28, 2023

Lillie Road property in Fulham: The homes will be highly sustainable and constructed using high quality robust materials. Fulham Wharf Masterplan , London, England picture © Cityscape Fulham Wharf Development Design for a 3.2 hectare residential and retail development on the Thames approved by Hammersmith & Fulham Council.

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e-architect

JULY 4, 2023

images courtesy of architects practice Bristol Zoo Gardens Clifton homes in southwest England Developed through extensive public consultation, the mixed-use masterplan restores and re-purposes the iconic site as a residential-led development with significant public realm, offering free public access to the gardens for the first time.

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Deezen

MAY 18, 2022

The building's structure marries timber with steel and concrete. The building's structure is largely built from glulam and cross-laminated timber, which is exposed internally and combined with steel and concrete elements. M&E engineer: Atelier Ten. Structural engineer: Atelier One. BREEAM: Atelier Ten.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Above and top: Pop Up is a concept for a car park capable of floating on top of a sunken basin The concept would see a parking structure sunk into a hole in the ground. In the 19th and 20th centuries, engineers focused on sanitation prioritised pushing water into underground sewers.

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Architizer

APRIL 23, 2022

The natural materials and colour palettes selected, emphasises the project’s aspect on sustainability and resilience, fully incorporating the functional, typological, stylistic and constructive origins, which the place relates to. How did the context of your project — environmental, social or cultural — influence your design?

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre, which will span eight lanes of traffic on Jinghe Avenue, will form part of a masterplan for redeveloping the area. Sustainability: Carlos Bausa Martinez, Bahaa Alnassrallah, Aditya Ambare. Structure: Rong Baisheng Architectural Structure Design Office.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Responsible for OMA’s work in the Middle East and Africa, Iyad has led projects including the acclaimed masterplan for Waterfront City in Dubai, the HIA Airport City masterplan in Doha, Concrete at Alserkal Avenue, a new public venue for Dubai’s cultural district, and the Qatar National Library in Doha.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Exemplified in the Komera Leadership Center, which swept at the 11th Annual A+Awards, this firm is one to keep a close eye on. This multifaceted approach is evident in projects such as Kia Lab, which take a holistic view of the programmatic brief, embedding the building’s function with the broader urban and cultural environment.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 5, 2024

It stands out as a recognizable landmark that both rises above and integrates itself with the surroundings—a radical approach towards sustainability with intelligent geometry. Photo © Gustav Willeit The starting point of the design was to incorporate the courtyard typology of the existing masterplan buildings into the massing.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Master Plan Today, the factory has closed, and most of the structures that once occupied the site have been demolished, although a number of large refinery buildings and some oil storage drums remain. The outer façade of the museum is permeable, allowing breezes to penetrate the structure.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 21, 2022

China United Northwest Institute for Engineering Design & Research Co Year: 2022 Images: Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). RBS Regulation and technical consultant: ???????????????

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The highly sustainable design has reached LEED Gold rating. The towers that are included in the masterplan development are underway. A screen of anodized aluminum vertical slats in three neutral shades wraps the façade of the arena. Photo © Hufton + Crow. The practice field features a green roof. Source by Studio Libeskind.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With 10 Design being part of Egis Group – one of the world’s leading consulting, engineering, and operating companies, the strategic business merger with SB Architects further expands Egis’ design and architectural capabilities. Las Olas by SB Architects. AMARA by SB Architects.

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e-architect

JANUARY 7, 2022

Getting the green light: sustainable British Library redevelopment granted planning permission by Leeds City Council. Planned improvements will transform the Library’s site at Boston Spa into a modern and sustainable home for the UK’s growing national collection. British Library Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. 7 January 2022.

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Building Government Masterplanning Site 86

aasarchitecture

JULY 27, 2023

Developer Vanhout purchased the former OLV Collegium, a 19th century building in the center of Zottegem, Belgium, to design a masterplan for a new residential project and a public underground parking area. The sustainability of the project goes beyond technological solutions. Source by Studio Farris Architects.

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Architect Masterplanning Residential Commercial 52

e-architect

AUGUST 2, 2023

I immediately wanted to know what could and couldn’t be modified and, in some cases, we were impeded by structural restrictions.” We repositioned and repurposed most of the existing slabs and structure to save on natural resources, and to ensure that we didn’t waste any of the embodied carbon already used in the previous construction.”

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