New Corktown
Rice School of Architecture faculty Albert Pope and Jesus Vassallo of the Houston-based research and design team “Present Future,” produced a powerful and imaginative proposal for innovative construction and its potential to improve quality of life. They were one of 12 teams chosen from more than 250 entries by the curators of the United States Pavilion, Monica Ponce de Leon and Cynthia Davidson. The pavilion imagines four sites in Detroit as architectural projects that incit
Vol 03
This Cube project is a ramp that starts from one side of the cube and ends with a window which frames a view on the left perpendicular side of the volume. Maybe there is no direct reference for this project as an inspiration. However, my visit to Centre Le Corbusier in Zurich was a starting point and triggered the idea of designing a stand alone stair . I was intrigued by the ramp, and later thought of designing a ramp/stair that would have no function but an observation towe
Vol 02 - The Cross (Updated)
One of my favorite spots in La Tourette was the central courtyard! A space surrounded by fore massive buildings, which none of them share the same exterior face. Wondering around in the courtyard, one cannot miss the striking form of the oratory; A pyramid sat on a cube supported by a reinforced concrete cross. Why walls and not columns? Why crossed walls? What I find very interesting about this structure is that the corners of the cube are not supported by any vertical eleme
Horizon House - Objecthood
Horizon House http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/project/horizon-house/ "Designed by a team of eight GSD students, Horizon House was awarded First Prize in an international student competition sponsored by LIXIL Corporation in April 2013, and finished its construction in November 2013. The competition asked students to consider the future of sustainable living in rural Hokkaido (Japan), based on the theme “Retreat in Nature.” Horizon House was conceived as a process for embracing loc
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