*️⃣Museo Internacional del Barroco

Architect #Ito #ToyoIto
City #Puebla close to #MexicoCity
Country #Mexico #NA

🔤To frame the main facade of the museum a large square has been designed which receives the incoming visitors. Facade will also receive night time projections of images related to current exhibitions, which also illuminate the museum and make it stand out from a distance.

In this extensive patio, dominating the space we can find a large fountain designed as a swirling water motif. In the Baroque, moving water is a recurring theme; in the MIB it is a metaphor for the 'generation' of the museum.

As part of the structural strategy, the museum is a single rigid volume, giving the building earthquake resistant qualities. The foundation transmits vertical loads on the ground filler compacted soils.

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Colour #white
Material #concrete
Function #public #museum
Feature #water
Address: 2Q93+PF Puebla, Mexico
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*️⃣Astramline Shin-Hakushima Station

Architect #Coelacanth #CA
City #Hiroshima
Country #Japan #AP

🔤Located within a network of civil scale structures with a bridge and one-sided three-lane highways, the station is enclosed from the heavy traffic on both sides by cylindrical shaped shell. The shell consists of a three-dimensional curved surface of a ribbed #steel plate with a thickness of 9 mm.

The platform, located on the first basement floor, is a space seamlessly integrated with the ground, by wiring the station facilities under the floor and receiving the earth pressure of the box culvert on the track with the new U-shaped civil engineering structure.

Light and shadow show different expression depending on time, weather and seasons. "As a result, we were able to realize a bright platform space filled with natural light, which is rare as an underground station.

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Colour #white
Function #transportation #metro
Feature #interior
Address: Japan, 〒730-0005 広島県広島市中区西白島町154-1
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*️⃣Doha Metro Network

Architect #UNStudio #UNS
City #Doha
Country #Qatar #ME

🔤The network’s design bridges the past and future of Qatar. While drawing inspiration from regional architecture, it simultaneously presents an effective vision of the future.

Referencing the notion of Caravanserais - which were inns with enclosed courts that served as gathering and resting places on ancient trade routes - and following in the lineage of historic train palaces, the design generates social interaction and propagates place creation over space creation.

The contrast of solid sandstone exteriors and rich, illuminated interiors with a motherof-pearl iridescence, exemplify Qatari
traditions. The atmospheric exterior
references the monolithic strength of ancient Qatari architecture, while interior spaces reveal themselves like oyster pearls,
capturing a sense of movement.

Drawing inspiration from the arch, expressions of traditional architecture, the lightness of the dhow sail, and the tensile profiles of nomadic tents, the 'Vaulted Spaces' design proposes a contemporary approach to the interpretation and structural implementation of these references.

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Colour #tan
Material #stone
Function #transportation #metro
Feature #district
Address: 9FJV+P6R, Doha, Qatar
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*️⃣Suwon Starfield Library

Architect #Buchan
City #Suwon close to #Seoul
Country #SouthKorea #AP

🔤By maximizing the advantages of open space with four floors, Suwon Starfield Library aims to break down boundaries, create a practical relational space through people and programs, intersecting various gaze, movement, and content. The 'Wonder-Book Tower' is an object of the huge bookshelf symbol of the Byeollang Library.

Its name, "Byeollang," combines the Korean words for "star" (별) and "wave" (랑), symbolizing creativity and dynamism.

Suwon Starfield Library offers a unique blend of traditional Korean architecture and modern amenities. Situated in a serene environment, it provides a peaceful retreat for those looking to escape the hustle and bustle of city life.

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Material #wood
Function #mixeduse #public #library #retail #mall
Feature #interior
Address: South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Suwon-si, Jangan-gu, Suseong-ro, 175 스타필드 수원 4F~7F
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*️⃣Cube houses

Architect #PietBlom #Blom
City #Rotterdam
Country #Netherlands #EU

🔤Hans Mentink, the politician in charge of spatial planning at the time, had grown tired of the utilitarian architecture which was increasingly prevalent and believed that

"Rotterdam was in need of architecture with some life in it.”

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Metaphorically, he considered the experience of living in trees; each elevated cube represented a tree and therefore they collectively represented a forest. Blom realized that elevating inhabitable masses on narrow trunks would maximize public space below while creating ideal views from above, a concept that was inspired by the work of Le Corbusier.

In addition to residential cubes, there are also two larger “supercubes”. The southernmost supercube was developed as a school of architecture while the nothernmost supercube was intended for commercial functions.

One residential cube has been opened to the public as a response to curious tourists, so that visitors can experience the unique spatial volume. Recently the two supercubes have been converted: the school of architecture into a youth hostel, and the unresolved commercial space into transitional social housing.

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Colour #yellow
Material #wood
Function #residential
Feature #retro #adminvisited
Address: Overblaak 70, 3011 MH Rotterdam, Netherlands
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