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Jokopi MERR Café / ARA Studio

March 30, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

Jokopi – MERR, a local coffee shop branch that is currently expanding in Indonesia, built its first drive-thru coffee shop concept during the Covid-19 pandemic. People tend to be warier of closed indoor spaces because of how easy it is to get infected. Therefore, the drive-thru concept is applied as a design response to create a resilient space for customers and to be prepared for a possible upcoming pandemic outbreak.

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Sala Bang Pa-In Hotel / Department of ARCHITECTURE

March 30, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

The resort is situated in a rural landscape of Ayutthaya, Thailand, surrounded by the Chao Phraya River on one side and the canal on the other.  The architectural design is a contemporary re-interpretation of the local rural landscape and intends to connect people to the life of the river and its atmosphere. The buildings are scaled down to be in grain with the surrounding local houses, alternating and surrounded by lushness of trees, and arranged in clusters with variation of positioning, in and out with various building heights. 

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The Hill House / Wahana Architects

March 29, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

This project is a home for a young family with 3 kids with a 1200 sqm building area. Located on a rocky hill in Senggigi, Lombok, this 1600 sqm land area has a steep contour with approx. 25 meters difference between main road level with site end border, however, offers immersive sea horizon vie potential. The challenge is how to maximize the existing site potential & create an intimate home amid a spacious yet contoured land area.

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Sculptform Design Studio / Woods Bagot

March 29, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

Blurring the line between retail space and installation, Sculptform’s is a brilliant ‘working showroom’ case study for just how impactful design can be when local manufacturing and quality craftsmanship come together. Sculptform is a bespoke feature wall and ceiling manufacturer whose factory is in Bendigo (two hours from Melbourne). It makes sense to establish a statement showroom in central Melbourne to be physically closer to industry groups, other manufacturers and architectural collaborators. When Woods Bagot was invited to a design competition for the new showroom, the team threw caution to the wind and really got creative in their design response. They determined the space would be a testament to Sculptform’s expertise, design passion and craftsmanship philosophy.

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FaceTime Installation / CLB Architects

March 29, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

Park(ing) Day occurs the third Friday of every September. Started in 2005 in San Francisco, the worldwide event calls for creative people to transform parking spots into temporary public parks. The Jackson Hole Park(ing) Day event was the first display of The Facetime structures.

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Soui Flagship Store / HOFFICE

March 28, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

South Korea-based hoffice has created a small store in the basement for Soui. located in Seoul, where natural light and external air are blocked. The plan has been divided based on the floor grid by the walls, inducing functional solutions and spatial experiences. In this space, the walls surrounding the central space flexibly divide each area, creating a private shopping experience inside the wall, and a pure sense of space visually organized by displayed products outside (the central space). In addition, each wall is designed to guide the flow of traffic, giving visitors a primitive experience as if they were exploring a small cave.

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Caritas Innovation and Quality-of-Life Social Center / TEKTUM

March 27, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

During the planning and execution process, our goals were the following: creating a functional building that satisfies all expectations; the building’s effect on people should positively serve the institution; by building this house the city will gain an urban, contemporary building; to sustain the investment with realistic, feasible cost-effective solutions. To achieve these goals we kept the existing building, rebuilt and extended it (thus hoping to keep Sütő András`s memory alive in the house). It was important for us to build in the neighbour partition walls.

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De Nieuwe Molens Housing Complex / Rapp+Rapp

March 27, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

The ‘De Nieuwe Molens’ building complex originally was a flour factory that came into production at the end of the 19th century. Since then, the building has changed significantly. The building volume was literally doubled. Silos were added and the building, where the grain was milled, was added.