‘CURVES’ PLAY A PROMINENT PART IN OSCAR NIEMEYER’S BODY OF WORKS, INCLUDING THIS PROJECT WHICH IS HIS FINAL ONE. EXPLORE THE IDEA BEHIND THE DESIGN AND HIS IDEA OF THE CURVE WHICH IS ONE OF HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL IDEA IN THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
DNA_DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE REVITALIZES 9 ABANDONED STONE QUARRIES BY TRANSFORMING THEM INTO CULTURAL SPACES THROUGH REFURBISHING AND TRANSFORMING THE EXISTING SITE INSTEAD OF CONSTRUCTING AN ENTIRE NEW BUILDING, ALLOWING THE ARCHITECTURE TO TELL THE STORY OF HAND-MINING CULTURE BY ITSELF
APART FROM BEING A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN LEARN AND BROADEN THEIR VIEW AND IMAGINATION OF THE WORLD THROUGH BOOKS, THIS LIBRARY DESIGNED BY CONDITION_LAB & UAL STUDIO ALSO ENABLES CHILDREN TO APPRECIATE THEIR HOMETOWN’S VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WILL BE FORGOTTEN SOON
MOST OF THE LIBRARIES IN TAIWAN EARN THE TITLE OF ‘THE LAND OF SILENT’. THEY ARE PLACES WHERE TYPING AND MOUSE-CLICKING SOUNDS COULD DISTURB THE PEOPLE INSIDE. HOWEVER, TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY IN YONGKANG DISTRICT DESIGNED BY MECANOO AND MAYU ARCHITECTS SEEMS TO HAVE A MORE FRIENDLY VIBE AND ALLOWS ANYONE TO SPEAK UP AND DISCUSS WITH OTHERS WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY
WARA JITHPRATUCK FROM PLAN ARCHITECT INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE FULLEST POTENTIAL OF GLASS AND SURPASS ITS SUPERFICIAL CHARACTERISTICS. COME UP WITH A SUITABLE DESIGN ALONG WITH THIS MATERIAL IN THE TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THAILAND.
RIBA (ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS) PRESENTS AN EXHIBITION THAT DELVES DOWN INTO A ‘FEMALE INFLUENCE’ IN ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORES THE DEEPER MEANING OF THE PLAN OF THE 18TH TO 20TH CENTURY HOUSES IN ENGLAND
CENTRAL CHANTHABURI IS THE NEW LARGEST MIXED USE PROJECT IN EASTERN REGION, DESIGNED WITH THE COLLABORATION OF M.A.A.R, PHTAA AND LANDSCAPE COLLABORATION EXPRESSING NATURAL DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENT LOCAL WAYS OF LIFE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY THAI ARCHITECTURE WHICH HELD UNDER THE CONCEPT ‘CHARMING CHANTHABURI’
THIS TIME OF VIEWS BY KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE AND JENCHIEH HUNG LOOKS TOWARD PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING PROJECTS FROM NODE ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM WHICH RAISES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION ‘HOW CAN ARCHITECTURE MOBILIZE A CITY?’
85 SOCIAL DWELLINGS IN CORNELLÀ BY WHICH PERIS+TORAL.ACQUITECTES DESIGNED IN BARCELONA CONSISTS OF SUITABLE ROOM SIZE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE DWELLERS’, AIR VENTILATION, AN OPEN COURT AND GREEN SPACE WHILE RAISING THE QUESTION – ‘WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGN’
EVEN THOUGH FOLLY IN THE FOREST BY BANGKOK TOKYO ARCHITECTURE (BTA) SEEMS SIMPLE AND HARMONIOUS WITH LUSCIOUS SURROUNDINGS, THE DESIGN FILLS WITH AMBIGUOUS ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE AND FUNCTIONALITIES THAT PROMPT USERS TO INTERPRET ITS USE AND MEANING
