bamboo lakou by john naylor wins foster + partners prize

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/bamboo-lakou-by-john-naylor-wins-foster-partners-prize/

HASSELL finalizes plans for mountain top wawu shan resort

From Designboom.
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/hassell-finalize-plans-for-mountain-top-wawu-shan-resort-11-20-2013/

HASSELL finalize plans for mountain top wawu shan resort
all images courtesy of HASSELL

designs for a sustainable mountain-top retreat located in central china have been unveiled by international practice HASSELL. the brief for ‘wawu shan resort and hotel’ called for the construction of an eighty-room complex set amid the region’s scenic forests and waterfalls, without adversely affecting the site’s natural heritage.

the mountain-top retreat provides views of the region’s dramatic landscape

navigating challenging contours, a series of pilotis have been used to elevate the structure’s various volumes, establishing an elegant sense of weightlessness. covered walkways and layered paths connect the proposal, with a series of cantilevered observation platforms extending out over the 500-meter drop below. in addition to the main hotel building, ten villas rest within the forest, offering more secluded dwellings.

the resort is perched on the edge of the world’s second largest plateau

sustainability is an important aspect of the scheme with locally sourced materials and resources used to minimize the project’s carbon footprint. consequently, the scheme will be constructed around ancient trees with no need to uproot them. guests can also only access the complex via cable car, with the remainder of the journey to be made on foot.

construction of ‘wawu shan resort and hotel’ is underway, with the project due to be completed by 2014.

aerial view of the complex, highlighting the protruding observation deck

a series of pilotis have been used to elevate the structure’s various volumes

observation decks cantilever over the 500-meter drop

the scheme will be constructed around existing trees with no need to uproot them

covered circulation space connects the hotel building with the cliff edge

the hotel lobby links the two wings of the hotel

one of the resort’s many dining areas

bedroom overlooking the surrounding mountain range

site plan showing the scheme in context

section demonstrating how the level change across the site is accounted for

project info:

location: wawu mountain, sichuan province, china
client: sichuan wawu mountain tourism development
area: 20,500 sqm, (220,660 sqf)
scheduled completion: 2014 

BoA 보아_그런 너 (Disturbance)_Music Video

Environmental Conference Center for Latin America as an Urban Flooding Prevention System / L-U-D Studio

Rui Liu | L-U-D Studio’s design for UN Environmental Conference Center for Latin America, in architect’s own words, highlights the negative outcome of the rapid urbanization throughout fast growing countries, such as Brazil, India or China – the indifference to integrated-design of how we utilize water. In the research, Liu went step back, in order to re-investigate the need of the built environment to engage with the requirements of water management, at a local scale. The design is a part of the final theses atBartlett School of Architecture.

The investigation is set in Rio de Janeiro – one of the most dramatic cities in the world, culturally diverse, with great economical potentials, and social identifications. Versatile Conference center, whose form and spatiality is governed by water construction and dissipation can be easily modified to serve numerous requirements, from meeting spaces, cultural performance platforms to private conferences. Using the recycled water, metaphorically and functionally, materializes the challenges of the developing country’s political transparencies.

The aim was to offer mechanically coordinated design of integration of daily grey water management and urban flooding within the local land system, while actually providing a systematic organization of the pathways as animated architectural tools.

Complex form of the building and the basic functional organization is regulated by the water management systems, derived from a series of water flow simulations. The proposal is the outcome of the research directed to alternative flow control and filtration of water. The inevitable, continuous change of the landscape due to its natural bio-degradable lifespan was used as a starting point and the driving force for the design.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/environmental-conference-center-for-latin-america-as-an-urban-flooding-prevention-system-l-u-d-studio/

Iron Man’s House Is Up For Sale

May 5, 2011

This one goes out to all the Iron Man fanboys out there who want to live out their fantasies of being Iron Man and who happen to have a cool 25 million lay around. Yes folks, the actually house used in the movie is up for sale and although it doesn’t come with an Iron Man suit, you do however get 11,000 luxurious square feet, 4 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and private access to Black’s Beach and an absolutely stunning view of the ocean. All you need now is some swagger and a sworn evil enemy hell bent on taking over the world.

http://cavemancircus.com/2011/05/05/iron-mans-house-is-up-for-sale/

Model making day.

Was doing unit 7 project. A student accommodation project. Design the different zones in the building presenting by model. :D

So Dior at Harrods

Christian Dior exhibition at Harrods. Talk about history. Process of making Lady Dior bag. Clothes wore by famous people. Elegant :D That's Dior. I obsessed in this exhibition. Picsssss.