субота, 8. децембар 2012.

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Chamber of Commerce with green walls by Chartier-Corbasson

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Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
by Chartier-Corbasson Architectes

16 October 2012 | 8 comments

The deep-framed windows of this office building by French studio Chartier-Corbasson Architectes burst through mossy walls and piles of stone beside a 100-year old mansion in Amiens.

Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry by Chartier-Corbasson Architectes

Scattered across the green walls, the windows offer glimpses inside the new six-storey building that accommodates the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Picardy.

Chartier-Corbasson’s Olivia Caillou explained that the organisation had first planned to occupy both the new building and the historic Hôtel Bouctôt Vagniez, but eventually “decided to move all their offices into the new construction” and use the old building as a reception space.

Describing the design of the green walls, Caillou said that they drew inspiration from the Japanese-style garden that surrounds the property and that “the choice of our plants was guided by this particular aesthetic”.

Meeting rooms and offices occupy each of the floors, while a 189-seat auditorium is located in the basement.

The rear of the block nestles into a row of buildings on a neighbouring street and is clad with steel panels that were designed to match the colours and patterns of the typical local brickwork.

See more projects with green walls, including a pharmacy and clinic by Kengo Kuma.

Photography is by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre.

Here’s a project description from the architects:

Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Amiens 2012

The Bouctot-Vagniez Town Hall in Amiens is a remarkable building, an architectural testament to the glories of nineteen-twenties Art Nouveau. Our project is concerned with designing an extension to this unique building, which is home to the Picardy Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Ground floor plan – click above for larger image

All the essential features of the project are represented in a plinth of living greenery that creates a link between the new wing, the existing premises and the gardens. The offices will be situated above this greenery plinth. They are housed in two separate spaces divided from one another by an atrium that will allow natural light and air to penetrate the heart of the building. Screen-printing technology protects certain perspectives by shading the glazed areas or leaving them clear, according to the needs created by the utilisation of the rooms behind. To the south, on the roadside elevation, a double skin of metal mesh allows for ventilation and creates a sunscreen, creating a secluded atmosphere in the offices.

Second floor plan – click above for larger image

As regards the garden elevation, the design forms part of the existing landscaping as a sort of kink in the boundary wall. The hall opens out as broadly as possible onto the gardens, and the ground floor rises up to embrace a wide panoramic bay window creating a fluid, light-filled space.

Section – click above for larger image

Client: CRCI de Picardie
Architects: Chartier-Corbasson Architectes
Iida Tulkki, Gabriel Guthieriez architectes assistants

Engineering: Betom
HEQ engineering: Cap Terre
Acoustics: JPLamoureux
Stage design: Ducks scéno
Consultant facade: Van Santen et associés

Program: Office building, meeting rooms, reception rooms, 189 seats auditorium, landscape design
Net surface: 1800 sq m
Budget: €56 million
Delivery: June 2012

уторак, 9. октобар 2012.

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Gue(ho)st House by Berdaguer & Péjus

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Gue(ho)st House by
Berdaguer & Péjus

1 October 2012 | 10 comments

French artists Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus have converted an old house in France into a visitor centre by giving it a ghostly cloak of polystyrene and paint.

The building, which was formerly used as a prison house, a school and a funeral home, is located in the grounds of the Synagogue de Delme contemporary art centre, a gallery inside a 19th century synagogue.

Blocks of polystyrene create the chunky shapes on the facade, and are covered with resin and a layer of white paint.

The artists imagine the building as a ”ghost-house” and have named it Gue(ho)st House, in reference to the phrase invented by Marcel Duchamp “A GUEST + A HOST = A GHOST”.

Above: photograph is by Marie Le Fort

“Duchamp’s wordplay ended up being a trigger, a base line for drawing up the project,” said Berdaguer and Péjus. “Guest is the common denominator, the sharing space that we imagined. Ghost is a metaphor, a phantasmagoria.”

The completion of the Gue(ho)st House marks the 20th anniversary of the arts centre and provides new reception spaces for visitors, as well as studios for resident artists.

Above: photograph is by Marie Le Fort

Other projects inspired by ghosts include a collection of laser-cut chairs and a series of mesh screens around a Tokyo house.

Photographs are by Olivier-Henri Dancy, apart from where otherwise stated.

Here’s some more information from the Synagogue de Delme contemporary art centre:

The art project and the context of the commission

Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus are creating a remarkable work of architecture-sculpture in the area surrounding the Synagogue de Delme contemporary art centre: by enhancing the art centre’s visibility, by creating new reception spaces for visitors and artists, this work makes it possible to use the public space for new purposes.

The heart of the project is the transformation of an existing building that was once a prison, then a school and then a funeral home. Keeping this context in mind, the artists used the memory of the place and transformed the building into a ghost house, a veritable architectural phantasmagoria, which the title echoes. Gue(ho)st House borrows Marcel Duchamp’s wordplay: a Guest + A Host = A Ghost. This served as a trigger for the project, which offers an interface between hosts (art centre, commune) and guests (visitors, artists).

Berdaguer and Péjus are covering the original house in a white veil that drips onto the surrounding area and creates a living body, a moving form that looks to the past as well as to the future. As the spatial projection of a collective psyche, the house becomes not only a place of emotions, perceptions and memories, but also a great mediation tool for the art centre.

This public commission constitutes a major milestone in the history of the Synagogue de Delme, which has always presented itself as a place where artists can work and research, open to all members of the public, in a spirit of dialogue and proximity. In 2013 the art centre will be celebrating it’s 20th year of operation and will then be able to offer everyone a very a high quality experience.

Future uses

The ground floor of the building will contain a reception centre (for groups and schoolchildren, and for the art centre’s educational events), an information office and a documentation centre. The upper floor will be transformed into a studio that will occasionally provide accommodation to artists, students, interns and other art world professionals.

понедељак, 10. септембар 2012.

Boulder-Like Home Office is a Working Retreat in the Garden | Designs & Ideas on Dornob

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Boulder-Like Home Office is a Working Retreat in the Garden

As more and more people opt to work from home, more and more people are discovering just how difficult it is to separate home life from work life. The solution? A dedicated office space, preferably one detached from the main house. The Tetra Shed from Innovation Imperative is a particularly attractive example.

The Tetra Shed was meant to challenge the idea that a home office has to be a room in the home that has simply been turned into an office. Why not turn the notion on its head by creating something altogether more interesting – a space where you will actually want to spend time?

As a single unit, the Tetra Shed is just big enough for one or two people. But the units are modular and can be connected to form spaces as big as one’s imagination. These can be used for learning, guest accommodations, play, retail, or nearly anything else imaginable.

Engineered timber, matte black rubber and birch faced plywood are the simple, back-to-basics materials used to create these visually fascinating modules. Closed up in a backyard on a dark night, a single Tetra Shed looks rather like a large, dark boulder.

In the light of day, though, when the windows are opened up and sunlight pours in, the space is light and airy…and surprisingly roomier than it looks. It isn’t an executive office, but it is much larger than the cubicles many of us spend our days in.