*️⃣Tianjin Zhongshuge Bookstore

Architect #XLiving
City #Tianjin
Country #China #AP

🔤The original site was a modern building that was detached from the surrounding classical context as it is located in the Italian-style district of Tianjin, surrounded by a century-old Italian architectural cluster characterized by red bricks. #context@simoderna

The project draws inspiration from the familiar everyday object of blinds, extracting a sense of unfamiliar perception. Light passing through the #brick slats is separated into threads, intertwining light and shadow.

In the center of the building, layers of dark #blue #steel are spread out, with the color extracted from the seawater of the Tianjin port, and the more delicate cutting form corresponds to the undulating waves, interpreting the spirit of the sea that embraces all rivers and the urban temperament of Tianjin. The large arched doorways progress upwards, as if the tide is surging with ripples, symbolizing the dissemination and spread of knowledge through books.

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Function #public #library
Feature #interior@simoderna
Address: China, Tianjin, Hebei District, Minzu Rd, 光复路 邮政编码: 300010

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*️⃣ Jewel Changi Airport

Architect #Safdie #MosheSafdie
Country #Singapore #AP

🔤"Jewel weaves together an experience of nature and the marketplace, dramatically asserting the idea of the airport as an uplifting and vibrant urban center, engaging travelers, visitors and residents, and echoing Singapore’s reputation as ‘The City in the Garden’." - Moshe Safdie.

The Rain Vortex is the world’s tallest indoor waterfall and transforms into a light and sound show in the evening. During the region’s frequent and powerful thunderstorms, recirculated, natural rainwater will flow at more than 10,000 gallons per minute, which helps provide cooling and airflow in the landscape environment, collecting significant rainwater to be re-used in the building. By night, the glazed facade helps dematerialize the building, revealing the glowing garden within. #sustainability

Project was selected by #Archdaily as the building of the year 2020 in public category. #award

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Material #glass
Function #transportation #airport
Feature #greenery #water #interior
Address: 60 Airport Blvd., Singapore 819643
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*️⃣Konst i tunnelbanan - art in Stockholm metro

City #Stockholm
Country #Sweden #EU

🔤The Stockholm metro is often described as the "world's longest art gallery" and is famous for the public art integrated into 94 of its 100 stations, including sculptures, rock formations, mosaics, paintings, light installations, engravings, and reliefs created by over 150 artists. #district@simoderna

Advocacy for art on the metro was driven by artists Vera Nilsson and Siri Derkert. By 1957, Stockholm City Council established a program to commission works for new stations, starting with T-Centralen (1st and 3rd pictures). #retro@simoderna

Beyond aesthetics, Stockholm regional public body believes that art at the stations contributes to a calm and safe environment and reduces vandalism and graffiti.

As another example be wandering through the entrance hall to Odenplan station (4th picture) to be captivated by the ‘lifeline’, a pattern of fluorescent lights modelled from the heartbeat of the artist’s (David Svensson) son.

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Colour #mixed
Material #stone
Function #transportation #metro
Feature #interior
Address: Vasagatan 16, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden
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*️⃣Hwanho Park Space Walk

Architect #HMUG #Mutter #HeikeMutter and #UlrichGenth #Genth
City #Pohang
Country #SouthKorea #AP

🔤SpaceWalk was designed as a spectacular traversable sculpture for the hills of Hwanho Park. This 333-metre-long, gleaming silver track reveals itself to be a winding stair, curving through space in spectacular undulations. Visitors ascend by means of a central access stair, and can then climb along the track in one of two directions.

The design of Space Walk is inspired by the concept of light found in Pohang’s Sun and Moon myth, as well as by a poetic dialogue between light and steel — a material that has driven Korea’s economic growth. The project envisions a slow, immersive walk through the sky, where art and movement merge into a single experience.

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Colour #grey
Material #steel
Function #public #park #observation
Address: 30 Hwanhogongwon-gil, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
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*️⃣Shanghai Cultural Greenhouse Garden

Architect #Delugan #Meissl #DMAA
City #Shanghai
Country #China #AP

🔤Before its transformation into the Expo Cultural Park, the inner-city recreational area was occupied by a coal-fired power plant and a steelworks. It was then remodeled as the location for Expo 2010.

As part of the project for the new Greenhouse Garden, the #steel structure of a former industrial hall was used as a geometrical superstructure that was then enhanced by organically shaped pavilions.

A pool adjacent to the pavilions not only provides cooling but also supplies energy to the greenhouse from PV panels that are located just below its surface. #sustainability@simoderna

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Colour #white
Function #public #orangery
Feature #interior
Address: 5FHF+HXC Pudong, Shanghai, China

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