Planning along the street
In the European city and, more in general, in all urban contexts that are inspired by it, the street represents the place the buildings look onto, the border between the collective space, the public life and the private sphere. This separation is usual …
Modernity of Via Novissima, Paolo Portoghesi
Via Novissima: Josef Paul Kleihues, Hans Hollein, Massimo Scolari Preparatory to the research conducted by the magazine on the subject of the urban building (architectures inserted in the masonry curtain of the consolidated city) we have asked Paolo Po …
Franco Albini and the reconstruction of the city of Parma: method and the rule
Parma July 12 2013 My initiation to architecture as a student took place by the fence around the INA Building site in Via Cavour in my home town. Watching from the outside, I followed Franco Albini’s building as it gradually took form. I read it with t …
Chungha Building
Just before a Korean pop-song became a global success on YouTube for the first time in history, and Gangnam became world famous as the nouveau riche hangout of the South-Korean capital Seoul, MVRDV was commissioned by Woon Nam Management Ltd. to redefi …
MAR – Art Museum of Rio
Our challenge was to unite three existing buildings with different architectural characteristics to house the Museu de Arte do Rio, the school “A Escola do Olhar” as well as cultural and leisure spaces. The existing buildings, the palace Palacete Dom J …
Ipera 25
The building is located on Tatarbeyi Sokak, is one of the most virginal and underdeveloped streets of the rapidly transforming Galata District under conservation. Comprised of eight 80 sqm studio flats and one 190 sqm penthouse up for sale, it has a to …
Dwelling in Via Maestri Campionesi
Archea took over the task of planning the construction of a residential building in via Maestri Campionesi in central Milan in 2009. The project centres on the external facades, the public areas of the building including the entrance hall and connectin …
Day-Nursery and apartment
photo by ECDM architectes The project takes place into a heterogeneous district made of buildings of any sizes, of any styles, any periods. It’s an environment slightly old-fashioned, hybrid and disintegrated, typical of the heterogeneous architecture …
San Vicente Ferrer
photo by Matías Pérez Illeras In a context of consolidated historical neighborhood of Madrid, the architects faced strict dimensions and facade regulations. The idea was to make the most out of a very limited area and give charisma to this little build …
Hotel Palacio Astoreca
Hotel Astoreca has been the subject of a competition, with the purpose of renovating an old building in a part of the harbour of Valparaiso that has been declared Unesco World Heritage. In our project we have decided to build a new wing at the back of …