1. InternationalCompetitionDESIGN MEDIA PUBLISHING LIMITEDDESIGN MEDIAPUBLISHINGLIMITEDEdited by Hu JiasiEdited by Hu Jiasi InternationalCompetition

2. ContentsCommercial & Office ComplexAttorney General BuildingBusiness Center MiramareCitron/Construction and Renovation of Deal-ershipsEmbosomHigh Court of Justice and Supreme Court, Cityof JusticeLex, Wallsall WaterfrontNew Headquarters for SpiegelOffice Building in Saint-EtiennePorta Nuova Showroom BuildingSnake SquaresTango TowersThe FrameWilson Town City CenterZuidkasAbu Dhabi Ladies ClubBeijing Wanhao Century CenterBionic TowerCorniche TowerEfizia TowerFake HillsSea ColonySkytowerTallinn Town HallThe KissTower 123Upside Down Skyscraper3rd Prize Miami812162024283236404448525660667074788286909498102106110116Culture & Sports 3. Macedonian Fight MuseumModern and Contemporary Art MuseumNational Mountain CentreNational Music CenterNew Mariinsky TheaterNew Tamayo MuseumNew York High LinePier Museum in Miami BeachPoly Art CenterPrehistory MuseumSarajevo Concert HallSchool of Design, Hong KongSolidarnosc Europejskie CentreStdel Museum ExtensionSundsvall Performing Arts TheaterSuper Sustainable CityTemporary Art PavilionTheater SpijkenisseThe House of Arts and CultureSteinhardt Museum of Natural HistoryTianjin Museum196198202206210214218222226230234238242246250254258262266270274Urban MediaspaceWinschoten Cultural CenterWrth Cultural and Conference CenterArchitectonic and Urban Regulation ofthe Port of Los CristianosBicentennial of the Independence PlazaVallon OuVertHill-versumLogroo Montecorvo Eco CityMEtreePOLISNew Holland IslandTirana RocksBunker HouseCessange StationCultural Park of the Hellenic CosmosFar Rockaway Park Beach StructuresInternational Competition for ThematicPavilion Yeosu Expo 2012278282286292296300304308312316320326330334338342PlanningMedical Center with Additional Facilitiesin SplitMill River PorchOslo Central StationPetro-Eco-BrasShenzhen AirportStation CAgro-HousingBashni Vetrov TowersDK2-Luxury Service ApartmentsDwellings and ShopsForwarding DallasHeadquarters LBBW ImmobilienHouse on the WaterPutrajaya Precinct 4 Waterfront Develop-mentResidential Skyscraper in New York City346350354358362366372376380384388392396400404Public FacilitiesResidenceAgora Theater in LelystadArctic Culture CentreArmed Forces MemorialArts and Culture HouseBlue PlanetCamp Nou Stadium for FC BarcelonaCenter ZametDeichmanske Library OsloEmbassy Quarter of Finland in TokyoExpansion of Milano University CollegeFlowing Gardens, Xian Horticultural Ex-hibition2011Freeport Arts CenterHeart of Slough Library & CommunityBuildingHorsaalzentrum RWTHItalian Sports MuseumJeongok Prehistory MuseumLamothLa RuralLibrary and Laboratories in Udine Univer-sityCampusLos Hueros120124128132136140144148152156160164168172176180184186190194Architects Index 4. Commercial & OfficeFocus 5. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T SThe systems outermost layer, the eyelids, is there to protect and moisten the eyes. Theseskin folds create a structural membrane that has two natures, one concerning its immedi-aterole of protecting the rest of the organ from the sunshine and light and, secondly, as itsnatural support structure. This was represented in the proposal by means of a geometricpattern, resulting from the analysis of function and proportion of a clear architecturalprogram. The building has two basements, functioning as parking lot, vehicle entrancefacility and vertical communication nuclei, taking people to their workspaces. The build-ingsexternal skin is made of layers that may be seen from the faade, acting as structuralsupport and solar control. This generates and external element that frames the landscapeprotects the inner spaces from the sunlight, supports the building and rounds up thissustainable project with a conceptual presence.i | Overviewp | LobbyGarduo ArquitectosCompetition date: 2007. Client: Campus of Justice. Competition name: Attorney General Building Inter-nationalCompetition. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: Shortlist. Totalarea: 13,006 m2. Organizers: Campus of Justice. Attorney General BuildingMadrid, Spain 6. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c ei | Sectionp | Structure modeli | Exterior Views | SectionA t t o r n e y G e n e r a l B u i l d i n g 7. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T SThe competition program is placed on a crossing of two streets, Miramarska and Bednjan-ska.It is a point of colliding two urban city concepts: north part with classical city blocksof the Zagrebs lower city enclosed by the railway and the south part primarily alongthe Vukovarska Street, outlined with modernistic dominant character of mostly publicand social buildings. Concept of awarded project stems from forming a unified structurethat will reconcile the surrounding urban matrix and meet the program requirements.Two interacting volumes, a tower with 20 floors and a lower building with 5 floors, unitethe planned goals and achieve high quality relations with the neighbouring buildings. Asemi-open atrium between the two buildings connects them with the surrounding publicpedestrian surfaces. The underground floors are reserved for garage spaces, ground floorfor shops, bars and restaurants. There are 20000 square meters of office space, and aunique viewpoint at the top of the tower.i | View from Bednjanska streetp | View from Miramarska street3LHDCompetition date: 2009. Client: Miramare Centar d.o.o., Competition scale: International Competition.Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 4,037 m2. Organizers: Zagreb Architects Society. 3D: Freya.Business Center MiramareZagreb, Croatia 8. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 11f | The semi opened atrium between the twotowerss | View inside the atriumB u s i n e s s C e n t e r M i r a m a r ei | Ground f loor planp | Section 9. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 13How can a building devoted to the automobile industry express mobility, be environ-mentfriendly, fit into the various contexts and needs? Mobility: The dynamic systemdesigned on the ground marks the drivers or workers influx. The faade speeds up as thecontinuous and curving horizontal lines flow in the distance. In the exhibition hall, thecar parade dramatizes the automobiles in a kinetic way. Environment: Some sunshadescover the building and the roof can spread out in order to control the solar energy. SomeCanadian shafts, taking its fresh air from the totem, moderate the air. The photovoltaicsystem included in the glass roof creates power. GlobaLocal: A charter (Global) offers abroad range of combination. At the centre, a free space fits into the local needs: It is dedi-catedto the cultural events, the exhibition of Citron toys, the commercial shows...i | The conceptual project by DESUNIQUE(S):The freespaceo | The conceptual project by DESUNIQUE(S):The luminous wakesp | The conceptual project by DESUNIQUE(S):The car paradeDESUNIQUE(S)/ParisRomain VIAULT/ArchitectLANDOR/ ParisNicolos WOZNIAK/Director Design BrondEnviromentCompetition date: 2008. Client: Citron. Competition name: International Competition-Winning Project.Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st. Total area: Scenario 1: 1400 m /Scenario 2: 2600 m / Scenario 3: 4400 m. Organizers: Paris, France.Citron/Construction and Renovation of DealershipsParis, France 10. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 15i | The final project by LANDOR: Interiorview of the showroomf | The final project by LANDOR: Actualitys | The final project by LANDOR: Exteriorview of the leadershipp | The final project by LANDOR: Interiorview of the celing deska | The final project by LANDOR: Generalview of the showroomC i t r o n / C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d R e n o v a t i o n o f D e a l e r s h i p s 11. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 17Kjellgren KaminskyCompetition date: 2008. Client: Diligentia. Competition scale: Internatioanl Competition. Competitionname: Embossom. Total area: 85,000 m2. Organizers: Danderyd municipality.Mrby centrum is a commercial centre outside Stockholm established in the 1960's. Afteryears of unplanned adding and reconstructing it is now in desperate need of a strongidentity and a general facelift. In the scale of the city and the surrounding infrastructurea superimposed grid layer connects the present incoherent parts of Mrby centrum to awhole. Simultaneously different treatments of each square in the grid gives the centre ahuman scale and an aesthetic variation. The squares can be filled with a wide range ofdifferent materials; mirror glass, vegetation walls, transparent glass, solar collectors, fibercement boards etc. A new high rise building containing offices and commercial spacespresents a strong symbol for the centre. The building is clad with the same gridsystem asembosoms the rest of the centre.i | Square and busstationi | Birds view of the new high rise buildingand renovated shopping centrep | Conceptual diagrams | Conceptual diagramEmbosomStockholm, Sweden 12. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 19i | Ref lectors light up with the shoppingcentres name as cars passes bys | Conceptual diagramE m b o s o mi | Conceptual diagrams | Interior connections link all parts ofthe centre 13. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 21High Court of Justice and Supreme Court, City of JusticeMadrid, SpainThe Appeals Court is a six-storey drum-shaped building with an undulating faade. It ispenetrated by a full-height atrium at its center, which repeats the swelling contours ofthe building, and is capped by a glazed roof. Its wide, welcoming entrance is guarded bya discreet security filter. At ground level, a large, decorative pool resonates with the useof water in vernacular Spanish architecture. It generates an animated visual experienceas daylight is reflected, while it also cools and humidifies the environment. The first twolevels accommodate 33 courtrooms, clustered in groups of two or three and accessed viabridges. The grouping relates to the division of courts into criminal, civil and mercantile,therefore rationalizing the circulation within the building. The upper levels are raisedabove these court rooms, providing offices at the perimeter of the building with meetingrooms encircling the atrium.i | Model viewp | A shallow pool on the ground f loorCompetition date: 2006. Completion date: 2010. Client: Campus de la Justica de Madrid, Comunidadde Madrid. Competition name: Competition for the Preliminary Plan for the Madrid Campus of Justice.Competition award: 1st prize. Organizers: Campus de la Justica de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid. Pho-tographerof architects: Nigel Young / Foster + Partners. Photographer of models: Richard Davies. Visu-alisationsrendering and drawings: Foster + Partners.Foster + Partners 14. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 23i | Model viewf | Aerial plan of the site. The first two lev-elsare occupied by courtrooms, clusteredinto groups that relate to the division of thecourts into criminal, civil and mercantileH i g h C o u r t o f J u s t i c e a n d S u p r e m e C o u r t , C i t y o f J u s t i c ei | Inside one of the courtroomss | Section 15. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 25Competition date: 2008. Client: Urban Splash. Competition name: Lex, Wallsall Waterfront-InternationalCompetition. Competition scale: International Competition. Total area: 59,996 m2. Organizers: UrbanSplash. Lex, Wallsall WaterfrontWalsall, United KingdomThis new open design competition seeks innovative and exciting design proposals forphase two of the Walsall Waterfront redevelopment.Architecture is generated in an in-tangiblefashion, immediately and ethereally, rejecting from the start the intervention offormal design, and transforming the outcome into geographical forms with geological fea-tures,blending immediately and naturally into the site. This is a proposal where chancemeets nature, becoming lively parties in the design team. The outcome includes threehybrid buildings, brought together by courts and ramps in different levels, where applica-tionsshare the space generating interactions by means of green areas, turning the wholespace into a multi-purpose court. Sculpting as it goes the timelines embedded in the rock,which contains and shapes them: natural irony transforming invisible light into multi-coloredhaze. It flows and gathers, allowing visitors and dwellers alike to flow with it.i | Exterior viewp | Overviews | SectionGarduo Arquitectos 16. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 27i | Interior viewp | Master planii | Main elevationi | Exterior viewf | Exterior viewL e x , Wa l l s a l l Wa t e r f r o n t 17. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 29The project comprises two U-shaped buildings. Their movement and vibrant appearanceis an interplay in-spired by sailing ships, the white paper and light. The buildings createtwo plazas. An arrival plaza towards Brooktorkai and a plaza for staying at in connectionwith the wharf promenade. Natural ventilation make it unnecessary most of the year toheat or cool down the rooms. One solar cell facility on the roof covers most of the powerneed. Together with a number of other environmental initiatives this is the basis for thejury panels emphasis of the projects sustainable character.The building will be complete as soon as in 2010 where also Hamburgs new concert hall,designed by Herzog & de Meuron, will be complete at the other end of Hafen City.i | Night viewp | ExteriorHENNING LARSEN ARCHITECTSCompetition date: 2007. Client: Spiegel. Competition name: Competition for Spiegel Groups New Head-quartersin Hamburg. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Totalarea: 5,000 m2. Organizers: ABG/Spiegel. New Headquarters for SpiegelHamburg, Germany 18. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 31i | Interiors | SectionN e w H e a d q u a r t e r s f o r S p i e g e li | Sectionp | Model 19. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 33This administrative center project, which groups various public services, reflects thechanges that have taken place in Saint-Etienne. The site is near the main train station, inan area undergoing redevelopment that will bring high density in land use. To preparethe way for things to come, the Manuelle Gautrand office sought to create a continuousset of volumes developing one after the other: hugging the ground here, rising up there,and animating the site in large portals and overhangs. Continuity in the volume patternenables excellent flexibility: depending on their needs, tenants will be able to extend orreduce the floor-space they occupy. The Aztec serpent look of the set expresses verticaland horizontal movement: top to bottom and vice versa, touching the ground and yetopening large access and exit ways. The three gigantic entrance portals are set in a stag-geredlayout, opening sight-lines and pedestrian passages on all sides.i | View from North-East, Grner streetManuelle Gautrand ArchitectureCompetition date: 2007. Completion date: 2010. Client: Cogedim Altarea. Competition name: La CitedesAffaires of Saint-Etienne. Competition scale: National. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area:25,000 m2. Organizers: The Town of Saint-Etienne and the Client.i | View from North-East, Grner streetp | Model of the building, scale 1/200Office Building in Saint-EtienneSaint-Etienne, France 20. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 35i | View from south-westf | Entire surfac of the buildingO f f i c e B u i l d i n g i n S a i n t - E t i e n n ei | Model of the building, scale 1/500p | Model of the building, scale 1/200s | Groundf loor plan 21. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 37Competition date: 2006. Client: Hines. Competition name: New building in Garibaldi Repubblica area,Milano. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 14,500 m2.Organizers: Hines. Porta Nuova Showroom BuildingMilano, ItalyThe design plays with the contrast of the buildings two main facades. The northernfacade, on the plaza, is a large, light, transparent glass front that functions as a rigorousbackdrop for the pedestrian area and the new Gardens of Porta Nuova. The southernfacade, at the edge of the area bordered by Via Don Luigi Sturzo, with a curved profile,is enclosed by a sunscreen system; the blades mounted on the facade vertically pace thefront, regulating internal luminosity. The continuity of the elevation, of about 140 me-ters,is enlivened by a system of internal courts with colored windows, which penetratedifferent levels of the building, bringing light to the various levels. The overhang of theroof closes the glass volume and clearly defines the silhouette of the building, making itsimultaneously linear, clean and unique.i | General view, building and project areai | South viewp | Architectural modelPiuarch 22. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 39i | General view, buildingf | View from above, buildingP o r t a N u o v a S h o w r o o m B u i l d i n gi | North aspect, on central piazza. Glazedpanoramic coulisses | Fifth f loor plan 23. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 41Offices are distributed in the both towers and the lower bridge. In the upper bridge poolwith gym is located. The entry for public is from the entry plaza to the glass connectionwhere central porters lodge is located. Also two separate entrances directly to both towersare possible for selected visitors and management. The both units are independent withits own access and vertical connections. They offer possibility of connections on differentlevels: the top of the arch through the bridge of the pool, the lower bridge through cafand lower pool and the ground floor through the shared space with receptor. The volumesare flexible and program can be shifted in different ways offering users to change capac-ity,areas and programmes. Commercial program is located at the ground floor along viadell Macchine and is opened to the street. It has double height. Restaurant is also locatedat the ground floor and is opened to the entry plaza from one side and the internal gardenfrom the other side.i | Heli viewOFIS arhitektiCompetition date: 2007. Competition name: Business Commercial Complex Venezia-marghera. Competi-tionaward: 1st prize. Organizers: Snake Squares, Venezia-Marghera, Italy.i | Heli view.s | Caption, caption captionSnake SquaresNorway 24. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 43i | Caption, caption captionf | Heli viewS n a k e S q u a r e si | Sitep | Elevations 25. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 45The symbolism has been drawn from the world of dance in the lines of the two 70-metertall towers to be built in connection with Holstebro Town Hall. The development, whichencompasses a split tower block of up to 20 stories and 70 meters in height, will provideroom for approximately 9,000 m of offices and apartments, of which Holstebro Munici-palitywill use approximately 2,500 m as an extension of the town hall. The complex isaimed to become a new landmark of the city. It also provides the opportunity to drawtogether public service functions in one central location, and further provide spaces foradded uses such as a health clinic, offices and new quality housing units.i | View from main roadCompetition date: 2007. Client: Holstebro Municipality & Nordicom Properties. Competition name:Holstebro Municipality-Tender for Skolegade Site. Competition scale: International Competition. Com-petitionaward: 1st prize. Total area: 9,000 m2. Organizers: Holstebro Municipality. Photographer: C. F.Moller Architects.C. F. Moller Architectsi | View of main approach from publicsquarep | Diagram of public and private useTango TowersHolstebro, Denmark 26. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e T a n g o T o w e r s 47i | Night view of public squaref | Site Plani | Sectionp | Conceptual model 27. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 49The first step consisted in defining a visual and constructive frame for the building. Thisframe would determine not only the exterior facade of the hotel but the physical limitsof built-up areas. The response to such a simple formal approach was to create a complexdialogue between each separate architectural or landscaping element. An urban and ver-ticalgarden has been the response to the massive hotel building, as an inverse piece, afriendly opposite that complements and allows the dark prism of the hotel to breathe. Theskin respects the plant-like structure and plays with it. It is cut along the branches of thestructure and passes before and behind it, a movement generated by the programmaticorganization. In this manner, the structure disappears, allowing the fenestration patternsof the curtain wall to be seen in the tourist section of the hotel, only to reappear and reaf-firmitself as structure in the area corresponding to the immense executive hotel atrium.i | The frame sky hotel, exterior viewi | Sky gardens, interior viewp | Interior viewInternational Architecture DevelopmentCompetition date: 2008. Client: Villamoda, Kuwait. Competition name: Villa Moda Luxury Hotel. Com-petitionscale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 2nd prize. Total area: 70,000 m2. Organizers:Villamoda, Kuwait. The FrameDubai, United Arab Emirates 28. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 51i | Motor lobby, exterior viewf | Frame structureT h e F r a m ei | Villamoda galleries, exterior viewp | Plan 29. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 53Competition date: 2008. Client: TriGrnit, Development Corporation, Zagreb, Croatia. Competition name:Wilson Town City Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition.Competition award: Winning entry. Organizers: TriGrnit, Development Corporation, Zagreb, Croatia. Wilson Town City CenterSarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWilson City Center is a major new development in the wider center of Sarajevo, offeringspacious river view offices, contemporary retail facilities, entertainment in a lively andaccessible area. It is important that this major new development should contain a rich andvaried mix of uses. Successful towns thrive on diversity, rather than a single use that isdeserted in the evening. In this way it becomes a desirable place to live, shop, meet, stay,relax and work. It will be the benchmark for future urban regeneration of Sarajevo. Piazzanow generally refers to a paved open pedestrian space, without grass or planting, often infront of a significant building or shops. Proposed Piazza would act as a social heart offer-inglively town-square-like environment. Weekend shopping masses will replace weekdaybusiness buzz. The proposal incorporates provision for a future improvement of riverwalk path.i | Aerial viewp | View accross the riverMilieu Architects 30. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 5i | Typical shopfront Elevationss | River promenade lined by old treesW i l s o n T o w n C i t y C e n t e ri | Typical f loor plans | Axonometric diagram 31. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e P R O J E C T FA C T S 57Four factors are of importance in such a model: energy efficiency, recyclability, durabil-ityand human activities under the influence of the building. The concept of the Zuidkasflows logically from these sustainability aspects. Thinking from the viewpoint of CO2 re-duction,energy efficiency and health, an unusual mixture of functions in a building hasdeveloped: living, working, school, parking, retail, restaurants, a park and a biogas powerplant. All this is linked by a glass construction envelope that encompasses various kindsof greenhouses: CO2 greenhouses, hybrid greenhouses, a buffer zone and atriums. Theobjective is to make an intelligent autarkic building where energy and CO2 flows can beinterchanged and waste flows can be converted into heat and energy, and also to mini-mizethe total discharge from the building, reduce the energy demand to a minimum, andabove all to create an attractive, pleasant and healthy living environment for people.i | An intelligent autarkic buildingo | Exterior viewp | Connection is keyArchitectenbureau Paul de Ruiter bvCompetition date: 2008. Client: Government construction bureau. Competition name: Highly sustainableOffice building. Competition scale: 5 contributions. Total area: 11,000 m2. Organizers: Government Con-structionbureau. ZuidkasAmsterdam, the Netherlands 32. C o m m e r c i a l & O f f i c e 59p | Zuidkas produces energys | Section Planf | Working, living, and relaxing are com-binedZuidkas absorbs co2s | Zuidkas absorbs co2Z u i d k a s 33. Complex Focus 34. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 63The Ladies Club is a 50,000m2 cultural facility located on the waterfront in Abu Dhabicity. The project will contain cultural, recreational and educational facilities for womenin the UAE. It will contain a conference hall and accommodation, multi-purpose audito-rium,indoor and outdoor sports facilities, swimming pools and a spa facility, womenshealth facilities, craft and education facilities as well as childrens creche and recreationalareas. The facility will also provide samll business resources and training for women inthe UAE. The project is being constructed in three stages. The design is derived from thefolding of traditional Islamic fabrics and patterns. It incorporates a series of traditionalislamic decorative motifs derrived from henna hand ornamentation, jewellery and fabricpatterns. The design is also derived from the image of a flower. The wings of the buildingform the petals of a flower.i | Aerial view of l -system stone wallss | Front faade showing pixelated stone L-systemcladdingi | Central festival space showing doublelayered lace fabric roof.s | SectionTony Owen Partners UPA PlanningCompetition date: 2008. Completion date: 2010. Client: Abu Dhabi Ladies Club. Competition scale: Inter-nationalCompetition. Total area: 25,000 m2. Organizers: Abu Dhabi Ministry of Development.Abu Dhabi Ladies ClubAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 35. C o m p l e x 65i | Ladies Club Front elevations | Lobbys | Ladies Club Front elevationss | Ladies Club at nightA b u D h a b i L a d i e s C l u b 36. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 67Beijing Wanhao Century CenterBeijing, ChinaWith its very auspicious location in the city, Wanhao Century Center can become a ful-crum,a turning point between the past and future, between the grand scale of the CapitolCity and the unique diplomatic districts on either side of the site, setting an importantexample for new development in Beijing. The project creates a clear distinction betweenthe verticality of the office towers and the horizontal proportions of the hotel. On thehotel horizontal bay windows and a strong division of base, middle, and top floors helpto express the different parts of the complex program, and keep the horizontal textureof the facades. The office towers are boldly formed with a base shaft of stone and glassbands, from which large vertical volumes of metal frame and glass are suspended and ap-pearto move up towards the sky. Both the buildings and the landscape play straight-linegeometries against soft curves.i | The powerful form of the paired officetowers marks both the site and its sur-roundingdistrict on Beijing's Third RingRoadp | The shape of the towers are inspired bygarden stonesCompetition date: 2007. Client: Beijing Modern Asia-Pacific Real Estate Co., Ltd. Competition name: De-signCompetition for the Beijing Wanhao Century Center. Competition scale: International Competition.Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 272,713 m2. Organizers: Beijing Modern Asia-Pacific Real EstateCo., Ltd. Digital illustrator: Shimahara Illustration. Presentation model: Model Concepts. Model photo:Jim Simmons. Digital renderer: Shimahara Illustration.Moore Ruble YudellJohn Ruble,James Mary O'Connor,Halil Dolan 37. C o m p l e x B e i j i n g Wa n h a o C e n t u r y C e n t e r 69i | The mid-rise hotel wraps a grand atri -uma social heart with a tempered envi -ronmentf | Ground f loor plan: The project s gate-wayquality is enhanced by the park-liketreatment of the open plaza, providing aplace of gathering and arrival for the neigh-borhoodand the Center itselfo | Within the mass of each building, a bal-anceof solidity and openness is createdwith the mix of stone and glassp | The design gives a high priority to ur-banlandscape, both to link the project tothe city around it, and to provide an impor-tantamenity to users of the site 38. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 71Learning from nature and advanced computing enables the designers to conceive struc-turesof incredible lightness, efficiency and elegance. The intelligence of the smallest unitresults in the intelligence of the overall system. By parametric modelling of a behaviourallogic the system is constantly optimized. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.New materials and technologies enable adaptability, responsiveness, environmentalawareness and strength. The traditional curtain wall facade is passive, lacking the powerto adjust to the fluctuating external environment. It should be able to intervene activelyin the buildings struggle to maintain its internal stability.i | Nightviewp | View from the cornicheLaboratory for Visionary ArchitectureCompetition date: 2007. Completion date: 2011. Client: Confidential. Competition name: Abu DhabiHigh-rise Tower Competition. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Total area: 100,000 m2. Organ-BionicTower izers: Confidential.Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 39. C o m p l e x 73Information ReceptionCafeRelaxation WaitingPublic SpacePublic SpacePublic SpaceLobbyi | Sectionf | Groundf loorplanB i o n i c T o w e ri | Facade details | Structural organisation 40. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 75The Corniche Tower concept is based on the pure qualities of a cut diamond. The bounceof light, crisp geometry and formal elegance all play important parts in defining the Cor-nicheTower. The Building is organized by Stacked packages of eight floors in height thatfold diagonally on every side. An overlay of diagonally continued patterns is superim-posedto generate a spiraling dynamic towards the sky. Many different possibilities wereresearched to tile the faade surface. The lobby areas have white shiny marble floors andinclude the main entrance on ground floor and all elevator lobbies that are undergroundthrough to the lobbies on each tower floor. In the elevator lobbies, the ceiling is backlit;doors and walls are covered with reflective stainless steel or chrome and the elevatorcabins are clad on two sides with a warm tactile material (Alcantara). The ceiling is lightwhile the floor surfaces are finished with marble. The car park entry frames the mainentrances to the building that are treated like a public space within the city. All walls andcolumns are painted in a reflective white and the driveway is accentuated by a dark mate-rialitythat separates public space from vehicular access.i | View from Abu Dhabi marinap | View from sidestreet, the towers coloursand patterns dematerialise the buildingLaboratory for Visionary ArchitectureCompetition date: 2008. Client: PNYG:GULF. Competition name: Abu Dhabi Mixed-Use Tower Competi-tion.Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Total area: 32,000 m2. Organizers: PNYG:GULF.Corniche TowerAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 41. C o m p l e x 77i | View from corniche, the tower ref lectssun sky and sea and fragments the elementsin an ephemeral wayf | A crsytral at night, the building turnsinto a lava lamp at night using the existingoffice lighting which is computercon-trolledC o r n i c h e T o w e ri | The parametric design process leads tofacade paterns between digital estetic andislamic ornamentsp | The very small site footprint is opti -mised through manipulation of the build-ingbulk 42. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 79The towers suggest two dancers bowing in rhythm with one another; one is convex, theother is concave, artfully connected yet independent. To create this illusion of two towersbending and folding in a dance, an innovative structural system was developed to allowfloors to extend beyond the core support with a framework of diagonal braces tying to-gethersections of cantilevered floors. Each guestroom or residential floor plate is shiftedslightly in relationship to a stable vertical core that accommodates utilities. The towersveil-like folded sheets of glass and fretted glass accents that cover the front faades pro-videguests a dramatic view of the Arabian Gulf to the east while welcoming naturaldaylight inside. The 60-plus-storey towers rise from a four-story podium with a signatureFentress entrance: a celebratory, light-infused, multi-story glass atrium.i | The Dancing Sisters spice up theworlds fastest-growing vertical skyline,adjacent to the Burj Khalifa the worldstallest buildingp | The Dancing Sisters, which rise over700 feet (210 metres), were designed by in-ternationallyrenowned architect CurtisFentress to evoke two dancers in rhythmFentress ArchitectsCompetition date: 2006. Completion date: 2011. Competition name: Mixed-Use High-Rise Development-Dubai. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Organizers: REISCOPMC organized the competition on behalf of the Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Saeed Bin Zayed Al-Na-DubaiTowers hayyan .Dubai, United Arab Emirates 43. C o m p l e x 81i | The Dubai Towers are two of 14 high-risebuildings Fentress has designed in thePersian Gulf region, including Kuwait s Ar-rayaTower, the worlds 4th tallest buildingcompleted in 2009f | Curtis Fentress Dancing Sisters, cre-atedthrough his Patient Search approachto design, are located along the celebratedSheikh Zayed Road next to a new elevatedmonorail.D u b a i T o w e r si | The 60-plus-storey towers rise from asignature celebrated entrance: a light-in-fused,multi -story glass atriump | The first four f loors serve as a podiumfor the towers and feature prime corporateoffice space, conference centers, high-endretail shops, restaurants, hospitality andentertainment areas 44. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 83Competition date: 2009. Client: DIMX. Competition name: MIPIM Architectural Review Future ProjectAwards Competition. Competition scale: International Competition. Total area: 170, 000 m2. Organizers:Architectural Review. Efizia TowerMexico city, Mxico.The tower has a dual facade; the first is a double glazed glass facade and the secondcomprises a stainless steel mesh, allowing natural light in while absorbing the heat. Thisensures the building remains cooler and places less stress on the air-conditioning sys-tems.The tower has a green roof of local vegetation. This will reduce the buildings visualimpact from the sky and re-introduce plants that were native to the habitat. The projectincorporates rain water collection technologies, allowing the collected water to be usedin toilets and reducing mains water consumption. More than 10% of the raw materialsused in the construction are local to the region. Only materials low in volatile organiccompounds (VOCs) will be used in the interiors. Many VOCs can be found in paint, carpetbacking, plastics and wood preservatives.i | Efizia tower from the streetp | Night view of EfiziaJuan Carlos Baumgartner 45. C o m p l e x 85f | Sketch of the building form the streets | Working render of the main faadeE f i z i a T o w e ri | The building showing double skino | 3D render of the main faadep | Working render of the suspension of thesecond skin 46. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 87Fake Hills is a building which will offer residential, office and hotel facilities. The 430,000sqm project by MAD architects is currently under construction. It is located on a water-frontsite in Beihai, China. The design concept combines the two typologies that usuallydefine residential developments (high rise towers or long, low rise blocks) to create a boldnew structure in the form of a long slab. This shape can maximize the views of residents,but can also easily appear to be a monolithic break between the waterfront and the landbehind it. The solution is twofold: to cut into the slab, creating a sculpted form which ref-erencesthe shape of the hills that dominate the regions landscape, and to cut openingsthrough the structure, to further allow space, views and light to penetrate it.i | Night viewsp | Day viewMADCompetition date: 2008. Competition name: Fake Hills Residential Apartment. Competition scale: In-vitationalCompetition. Competition award: 1st prize. Site area: 109,203 m2. Building area: 492,369 m2.Organizers: Beihai Development. Fake HillsBeihai, China 47. C o m p l e x F a k e H i l l s 89i | Panoramic view by nighto | Day viewp | Birdviews | Green roof 48. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 91The project does not propose to replace one icon with another, but to establish a new typeof attractor, based on the proliferation of experience.The integral continuity of the designintends to bring the liveliness of the city to the waterfront. The piazza consists of fourdifferent program clusters that are integrated with the logistics of the terminal program,with the open landscape of the piazza and with underground parking functions. Thethree clusters are programmed so as to achieve a sense of spatial continuity with the aidof sightlines. Cuts in the peripheral buildings allow views to the water and to the old cityfrom the central piazza. This central piazza is laid out on a continuous, horizontal plane,whereas the roofscape is laid out like a park with beaches, sports fields and other publicplaces situated at different height levels. The piazza with its clusters also aims for a time-basedcontinuity by careful complementary programming.i | Northwest viewp | East close-upCompetition date: 2008. Client: Generator of Contemporary Urban. Competition name: Ponte ParodiPublic Development. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Organ-izers:Genoa city government. Photographer: UNStudio.UNStudioi | Northwest viewp | East close-upPonte ParodiGenoa, Italy 49. C o m p l e x P o n t e P a r o d i 93i | Northwest viewp | East close-upi | Northwest viewp | East close-up 50. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 59Client: Committee of Busan International Architectural Culture Festival. Competition name: UnanimousInternational Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 469,529 m2. Organizers: Committeeof Busan International Architectural Culture Festival. Sea ColonyBusan, South KoreaIn order to best preserve the principle of community, human-scale and intimacy, theproject is subdivided into three distinct neighborhoods: Sea Colony West, Sea Colony Eastand Central Village. Sea Colony West is a resort apartment community of terraces, plazasand dramatic ocean views towards Haeundae Beach. Sea Colony East is a resort apartmentcommunity directly adjacent to Haeundae New Town comprised of terraces, plazas anddramatic ocean views of Song Jong Bay. Central Village will become a new paradigm incommunity development as it fosters a more human-scale environment that subscribes toa true live/work/play model for its residents and surrounding community.i | Plazasi | Dramatic ocean viewss | Song Jong BayGDS Architects, GDSK 51. C o m p l e x 97i | Residentss | Sectional diagram retail mallS e a C o l o n yi | Central villagep | Plam drawing 52. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 9A tower was asked to be designed as a stubborn charisma and identity; international,urban, trendy and stunning. The designers think that within the strip a square tower isthe most appropriate volume, better than a round tower or a tower with a free form. Theposition is insufficiently solitary and the tower is insufficiently distinctive in height inrelation to the surrounding high-rise buildings. The double -skin of the tower ensures suf-ficientabstraction and works at the same time as a buffer for the actual facade in whichto open windows and doors have been incorporated. Thus it is possible to develop a sus-tainabletower in which employees and hotel guests feel themselves comfortable, the windload is reduced and cooling systems can be reduced to a minimum because exuberant sunaccession is avoided.i | Park views | Skybarp | Waterfront overhoeksSeARCHCompetition date: 2008. Competition name: 2008 A high-rise tower in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Competition award: 2nd prize. Organizers: Ymere and ING Real Estate.SkytowerAmsterdam, the Netherlands 53. C o m p l e x 101i | Revolving restaurantf | Gevel details | Sectionp | SkydeckS k y t o w e r 54. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 103Competition date: 2009. Client: City Planning Office, City of Tallinn. Competition name: InternationalCompetition to Design Tallinns New City Hall. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competitionaward: 1st prize. Total area: 28,000 m2. Organizers: City Planning Office, City of Tallinn. Tallinn Town HallTallinn, EstoniaGood governance and participatory democracy is dependent on transparency in both di-rections.It requires adequate political overview of the problems, demands and desiresof the public, as well as public insight into the political processes. The new town hall ofTallinn will provide this two way transparency in a very literal way. The various publicdepartments form a porous canopy above the public service market place allowing bothdaylight and view to permeate the structure. The public servants wont be some remoteadministrators taking decisions behind thick walls, but will be visible in their daily workfrom all over the market place via the light wells and courtyards. From outside the pano-ramicwindows allow the citizens to see their city at work. In reverse the public servantswill be able to look out and into the market places making sure that the city and its citi-zensare never out of sight or mind.i | Public Green Marketplace (By BIG-BjarkeIngels Group)p | Aerial View from Smokestack (By BIG-BjarkeIngels Group)BIG-Jakob Lange 55. C o m p l e x 105Hilly ground coveringa tunnel of Mere puiesteePhja puiesteeSadamaSports hall plinthPublic squareGreen PathEuonymus FortuneiParking placesCultural CauldronCafPlaygroundWaterSportsEuonymus FortuneiGreen LaneRubus FruticosusJuncusJuncusJuncusBetula Pendula CrispaPinus MugoBetula Pendula Crispa10 8 6 4 2 0 mi | View from Public Square (By BIG-Bjarke In-gelsGroup)f | Siteplan (By BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group)T a l l i n n T o w n H a l li | Areial View of Model (By BIG-Bjarke In-gelsGroup)p | TAT Square (By BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group) 56. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 107The United Office Building is a mixed-use development of 175,000 sqm whose aim is to be-comea landmark for the entrance to the city of Jeddah, providing richly landscaped spac-es,public shopping galleries, world-class rental offices, spa facilities and restaurants. Itstechnical process is manifested by apparently subtle structural and architectural features(novel faade and tower design), lighting effects (night-time illumination and the worldslargest active LED facade) and state-of-the-art building intelligence (natural ventilation,facade-cleaning, recycling, etc). The giant main structural faade (100*140m) uses Arabictessellations to create effects of differing depths, shadows and rhythms.i | Wesr view, oasis gardensi | Southwest aerial view, kings roadp | Conseptual sketch, east facadeInternational Architecture DevelopmentClient: United Trading Est., KSA. Competition name: United Office Building. Competition scale: World-wideCompetition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 180,000 m2. Organizers: United Trading Est.,KSA. The KissJeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 57. C o m p l e x 109i | Facade studys | Lobby, interior viewT h e K i s si | Level 11, business center f loors | Business center, interior view 58. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 111Tower 123 business tower, located in Zagreb, Croatia, will be the tallest building inCroatia and one of the tallest buildings in the whole region. It will be built at the intersec-tionof the Ljubljanska and Selska streets, in the southwest corner. The solution for the de-signhas been made after identifying the shortage of quality public space on the locationof the Tower and the surrounding district. The analysis revealed the coexistence of twomatrices-one modern and urbane, and the other, the remaining rural architecture whichhas been absorbed by the city space. It was evident that both matrices lacked qualitypublic space. The principal avenue at the entry to Zagreb has been conceived as the mainbusiness area, thus giving to the image of the city a thoroughly new appearance.i | Aerial view of Tower 123p | The night view of Tower 1233LHDCompetition date: 2006. Client: Consultants Group d.o.o. Competition scale: Invited competition. Com-petitionaward: 1st prize. Total area: 3,689 m2. Organizers: City of Zagreb. 3D: Boris Goreta.Tower 123Zagreb, Croatia 59. C o m p l e x 113gi | Views of the tower from Ljubljanskaand Selska streetf | SectionsT o w e r 1 2 3o | View from the west side of Ljubljanskastreetp | Ground f loor 60. C o m p l e x P R O J E C T FA C T S 115The concept for this skyscraper includes a new urban vision that comes from the study ofthe tensions generated by the building itself but also found in the site as a genius loci ele-ment;the simultaneity of the interaction of the tower within the city block and the entireurban environment forced to design a skin which is not only structural but also a live ele-mentthat speaks to the city. To freely circulate around the buildings the design strategyconsisted on reversing the idea of a classic skyscraper with the public areas on the groundfloor. An inter-connecting lobby with adjacent offices spaces is located on the top of theentire complex. Bridge gardens on different levels double functions as green areas for theresidents, the hotel and the public as well as circulations.i | Hudson Yard Viewp | 34 Street viewAlessandro Mangione, Manuela PrioriCompetition date: 2006. Competition name: Evolo Competition.Upside Down SkyscraperNew York, USA 61. C o m p l e x 117i | Bridge Gardensf | Site planU p s i d e D o w n S k y s c r a p e ri | Night Views | Section 62. Culture&SportsFocus 63. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 121The function of the museum is to exhibit culture in its physical expressions. This proposalaims to allow the living history of immigrants to flow into the museum in actively tellingthe ongoing narratives of emigration and its effects on culture and society, rather thanpetrifying and exhibiting artefacts of its unfolding. The cultural commons hosts a broadrange of events and activities to work in conjunction with the periodical exhibitions inthe museum. Through art, dance, markets, etc., and its intimate scale, the commons dis-solvethe monumentality of the museum's form through everyday use. If the traditionalmuseum operates on principles of preservation and permanence, then the pier museumcelebrates the transient nature of the borrowed artefacts and the history they embody.The exhibition space takes on a second function as temporary receptacle. As opposed tothe traditional museum, all artefacts are only temporarily stored before they are assem-bledas formal displays.i | Exhibition spacep | View to street levelArman BahramDonnie DuncansonAbreowong EttehBrian TobinJames WhiteCompetition date: 2009. Client: Arquitectum. Competition name: Miami 2009 Urban Competition. Com-petitionscale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 3rd prize. Total area: 2,000 m2. Organizers:ArquitectumArchitecture Competitions. Photographer: Arman Bahram, Donnie Duncanson. 3rd Prize MiamiMiami, USA 64. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 123i | The cultural commonsf | The promenade3 r d P r i z e M i a m ii | Planss | View to letcure room 65. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 125The Agora Theater is an extremely colorful, determinedly upbeat place. The building ispart of the master plan for Lelystad by Adriaan Geuze, which aims to revitalize the prag-matic,sober town center. The theater responds to the ongoing mission of reviving andrecovering the post-war Dutch new towns by focusing on the archetypal function of atheater. Both inside and outside walls are faceted to reconstruct the kaleidoscopic experi-enceof the world of the stage, where you can never be sure of what is real and what isnot. Inside, the colorfulness of the outside increases in intensity; a handrail executed asa snaking pink ribbon cascades down the main staircase, winds itself all around the voidat the center of the large, open foyer space on the first floor and then extends up the walltowards the roof. The main theatre is all in red. Unusually for a town of this size, the stageis very big, enabling the staging of large, international productions. The intimate dimen-sionsof the auditorium itself are emphasized by the horse-shoe shaped balcony and bythe vibrant forms and shades of the acoustic paneling.i | Theater Agora Exteior shell and faadeUNStudioCompletion date: 2007. Client: Municipality of Lelystad. Competition scale: International Competition.Competition award: Promotional Award Lelystad 2007, Gyproc Trophy 2007, Bienal Miami + Beach 2007,Gran Bienal Prize, USA. Gross floor surface: 7,000 m2. Organizers: Municipality of Lelystad. Photogra-pher:Christian Richters. Portrait photo of Ben van Berkel: Koos Breukel.i | Interior theater hall of the Theater Agorap | The Theatre Agora protrudes in variousdirections, with all faades having sharpangles and jutting planes, which are cov-eredby perforated aluminium and glassAgora Theater in LelystadLelystad, the Netherlands 66. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 127i | Multi -directional Theater Agora faadef | The outer envelope of the Theatre Agorais made of f lat steel panels, corrugated alu-minium,and aluminium mesh painted or-angeand yellowA g o r a T h e a t e r i n L e l y s t a do | A handrail executed as a snaking pinkribbon cascades down the main staircasep | The largest theatre hall holds 753 seats,fully upholstered in tufted nylon to en-hancethe acoustics, and features a horse-shoe-shaped seating balcony 67. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 129The Arctic Culture Center is an extroverted, climatically active and user-interactive bow,dynamically poised between three poles: Hammerfest town center, the harbor and thebeach. The form reacts to local forces, intelligently using the available resources and giv-ingback to the environment. The bow of the Arctic Culture Center opens up to the southcreates strong dynamic between the town square and the new sheltered, sun-catchingniche of the Arctic Culture Center harbor terrace. The public promenade extends throughthe foyer, engaging the Culture Center directly in the public route. The main entrance isfrom the harbor road. From here, the foyer opens up to the sunlight, the water, and viewsof the town.i | Entrance hall and exhibition spacep | View from the habourSMAQ in BerlinCompetition date: 2004. Client: City of Hammerfest and Nringsinvest AS. Competition name: Interna-tionalCompetition for the Arctic Culture Center. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competi-tionaward: Award Mentioned. Total area: 3,500 m2. Organizers: Hammerfest, Norway. Photographer:Arctic Culture Centre SMAQ.Hammerfest, Norway 68. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 131i | Site planf | Dance schools lobbyii | Sectioni | View from the seas | View of entranceA r c t i c C u l t u r e C e n t e r 69. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 133Chris Dyson ArchitectThe themes of Sacrifice and Renewal should lie at the heart of the proposed memorial.These themes will be suggested by the qualities of the space. The designers think that thememorial should occupy one site as its singular vision and focus would be diminished bya multi-site occupancy. They propose 6 meters high Elliptical Mound placed at the end ofMillennium Way, close to the dramatic bend in the River Tame. This location will ensurea sense of suspense, being only revealed having once entered the site. A wall of remem-brancecapable of being inscribed with names over many years by carving the stone, willalso have water running down over the names to one side with a water rill at its base lead-inginto the underground chamber down a long shallow ramp. The underground cham-beris linked to the surface by light transmitting-columns which emerge into the surfaceworld of growth and renewal. These columns will be made of stainless steel and annealedglass. A smaller passage directly opposite, similar in design of the entrance, will lead visi-torsup a path out of the chamber, following the flow of the water into the surroundingmoat, and leading to the top of the mound.i | Competition Modelo | Chamber Interior with columns andglassp | Sectional Sketch showing the chamberand moundCompetition date: 2006. Competition name: Armed Forces Memorial Project. Competition award: Final-ist.Organizers: National Memorial Arboretum, Millennium Commission, Royal National Legion. Photog-rapher:Chris Edgecombe. Armed Forces MemorialStaffordshire, United Kingdom 70. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 135f | Landscape proposed site plan showingnew memorial and visitor centre connectedby millennium ways | Entry to chamber showing memorialroutei | Competition model showing relation-shipto landscapes | Approach view along Millennium Waytowards the memorialA r m e d F o r c e s M e m o r i a l 71. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 137ArkhenspacesCompetition date: 2009. Competition name: UIA competition. Completion scale: Worldwide Competi-tion.Organizer: The Lebanese Minister for Culture, Mr. Tarek Mitri. Competition award: Mentioned. To-talarea: 16,000 m2. Photographer: Arkhenspaces.The project is surrounded by tall buildings (towers representing the Beirut of today). Peo-pleenter into the building going down to a public place which is situated 11 meters belowground level. From this place, climate is getting cooler thanks to a fountain. People can sit,discuss, have a tea or eat-cafeteria opens directly on the place and acts with the informa-tionhall as a prolongation of the public space. Besides, on the ground floor, part of publicspace crosses the plot and the building in its middle, before proposing again to go downto the place. Building gets organized around a central element gathering vertical flux andallowing deserving every element of the program. On the upper floor is the film library.The cinema is situated in the summit of the building under the dome of gold volume.i | Entrance public placeo | From the ring front viewp | Back viewArts and Culture HouseBeirut, Lebanon 72. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s A r t s a n d C u l t u r e H o u s e 139i | West elevationf | Sectionp | Ground plans | Aerial view 73. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 141Located at Copenhagens key entry point by road, sea and air, the Blue Planet will be oneof the largest aquaria in Northern Europe. The intention was to set new standards foraquarium design-the project was conceived as an organic shape, inspired by a magnifiedwater droplet. The basic plan follows a figure of eight floor plan, with a large verticalvolume containing the central atrium flanked by two horizontal volumes housing respec-tivelyaquaria for cold water and tropical sea life. Accessed via the main entrance stair-way,the atrium is designed as a central square, with direct and dramatic views out tosea. This area is the starting point from which the visitor embarks on a sequence of spatialexperiences-unlike traditional aquarium design; this project offers a visitor experiencethat is full of stimulus and surprise.i | The Blue Planet has an organic shapelike life in the ocean itselfi | The aquarium halls have striking viewsto aquaria and the sea outsidep | Visitors are surrounded by water on allsidesschmidt hammer lassen architectsCompetition date: 2008. Client: Bygningsfonden Den Bl Planet. Competition name: Restricted Interna-tionalCompetition. Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 2nd prize. Pho-tographer:schmidt hammer lassen architects. Blue PlanetCopenhagen, Denmark 74. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 143B l u e P l a n e ti | Plans | Sectionsi | The aquarium greets all vessels andshipss | A striking portal to an exciting under-waterworld 75. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 145The stadium will become well known not just for its distinctive appearance but also itsdramatic new external architecture. The design of the stadiums exterior faade will allowfor the stadium to transform itself between day and night and also between non-matchdays and match days. The tiles are a mixture of colored polycarbonate panels and coloredglass panels. These give the stadium a distinctive outer skin which will make a visual ma-trixof color, shade and reflections. At night the stadium will be energized by lights builtinto the faade to become a beacon to attract fans and respond to the excitement of thematch itself. Integrated within the colored tiles of the side enclosure are special lightingelements which mean that the entire external faade can be used for animated lightingdisplays. The entire stadium enclosure will work as a giant screen which can project mov-ingfull-color images to the stadium surround. Such images can range from low-key ambi-entdisplays to vibrant and more detailed displays on event-nights.i | The stadium by nighti | Rendering showing the approach to thestadium with its mosaic facades | A view of the internal concourse look-ingout to the city to the right and the sta-diumbowl to the leftFoster + PartnersCompetition date: 2007. Completion date: 2011. Client: FC Barcelona. Competition name: Competitionof Camp Nou Stadium for FC Barcelona. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 180,000 m2. Organiz-ers:FC Barcelona. Photographer of architects: Nigel Young / Foster + Partners. Photographer of models:Camp Nou Stadium for FC Barcelona Richard Davies. Visualisations rendering and drawings: Foster + Partners.Barcelona, Spain 76. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 147i | Caption, caption captionp | Caption, caption captionC a m p N o u S t a d i u m f o r F C B a r c e l o n ai | Caption, caption captionp | Caption, caption caption 77. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 149The joint conceptual and design element of the handball hall and the Zamet Center areribbons stretching in a north-south direction, simultaneously functioning as an ar-chitecturaldesign element of the objects and as a zoning element which forms a publicsquare and a link between the north and the south. One third of the halls volume is builtinto the terrain, and the building with its public and service facilities has been completelyintegrated into the terrain. The public space on the roof is not only a feature of the build-ingin the business part of the center, but the roof of the hall is also used as a kind of anextension of the park situated to the north of the hall. The hall has been designed formajor international sports competitions, in compliance with state-of-the-art world sportsstandards. The design of the hall has been conceived as a very flexible space.i | Aerial viewp | View of the stairs from the square to thelibrary3LHD ArchitectsCompetition date: 2004. Completion date: 2009. Client: City of Rijeka/Rijeka Sport d.o.o. Competitionscale: Invited Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 12,289 m2. Organizers: City of Ri-jeka.Photographer: Domagoj Blazevic, Damir Fabijanic. Center ZametRijeka, Croatia 78. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 151i | View of the public square from the hallf | Coffee lounge next to the VIP boxesC e n t e r Z a m e ti | View of the squares | Sections 79. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 153To safeguard a direct sightline from the city to the characteristic shoulder of the OperaHouse a triangle is incised in the south-west corner of the library leaving a roofed outdoorspace facing the water. The triangle is cut in staggered cubic indentations that invariablyguide the visitor to the main entrance of the building. Only the top level occupies the fullextension of the buildings footprint. The incision provides an up to 23 meters high roofedoutdoor atrium with a descending amphitheatric bowl below. The bowl will become apivotal meeting place, where guests of the caf - sheltered from the wind-can enjoy thesun and an unambiguous view of the water and the Opera House. The bowl will make apleasant backdrop of the many activities taking place in the square.i | Box shaped incisions form a shelteredoutdoor atriump | Coherence, synergy, f low and f lexibilityare the keywords of the library interiorschmidt hammer lassen architectsCompetition date: 2008. Client: The Municipality of Oslo. Competition scale: Invited International Com-petition.Competition award: 2nd prize. Photographer: schmidt hammer lassen architects.Deichmanske Library OsloOslo, Norway 80. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 15D e i c h m a n s k e L i b r a r yg | The library incisions allow an unblockedview to the Oslo Operaf | The facade of the Deichmanske Libraryis made of transparent silk-screen printingglassi | Plan showing the Deichmanske Libraryin relation to the Oslo Operao | From one level to the next the zigguratincisions shift and are not placed symmet-ricallyabove each others | Section, the library is not only a "pas-sivehouse" it also produces a surplus of en-ergy 81. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 157Competition date: 2009. Client: The Embassy of Finland. Competition name: Aiki. Competition scale:Local Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 2,856 m2. Organizers: Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Finland. Embassy Quarter of Finland in TokyoTokyo, JapanAiki is based on the use of universal and timeless values in architecture. Using the mostdurable mutual elements in Finnish and Japanese building culture a part of Finnish val-ueshas been delicately transferred to Tokyo. The Aikis outer shape is slightly reservedbut holds a strong inner atmosphere. This comes from rich spatial design that leads theflow of natural light into the spaces and on the transparent surfaces in a delicate manner.The modular general design seeks not only architectonic durability but also common linksbetween Finnish and Japanese architectural forms. Structural order, repetition and trans-parencyare the keywords of the design. The frame of the building will be wood. Woodenbeams and columns create the structural frame that will be varied by use of differentsurface materials and by use of different space arrangements like green court yards. Thedesign has several places suitable for Finnish works of art.i | Exterior illustrationsp | Exterior illustrationsArchitects Lahdelma & Mahlamki/ Professor Ilmari Lahdelma andProfessor Rainer Mahlamaki 82. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 159L E V E L + 2 1 : 2 0 0 L E V E L + 3 1 : 2 0 0 4 / 1 1W E S T F A C A D E 1 : 2 0 0 F A C A D E M A T E R I A L S :1 . G L A S S , C L E A R / O P A L I S E D A N D S I L K S C R E E N P R I N T E D2 . S T R U C T U R E D C O N C R E T EE A S T F A C A D E 1 : 2 0 0S E C T I O N B 1 : 2 0 05 / 1 11 . 2 .i | Interior illustrationsf | 2nd levelE m b a s s y Q u a r t e r o f F i n l a n d i n T o k y oi | Interior illustrationsp | West faadea | East faades | Section 83. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 161Competition date: 2007. Client: University College Milano. Competition name: Expansion of UniversityCollege Milano. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area:3,200 m2. Organizers: University College Milano. Expansion of University College MilanoMilano, ItalyThe project, and winner of the competition, reflects the color, height and ramified form ofthe existing building, creating a harmonious dialogue between past and present, while atthe same time utilizing a dynamic contemporary language. The building, on three levelsfor a total of 3200 sqm, contains 50 housing units for students. Following the principle ofthe existing volumes, the housing units are arranged in two continuous blocks, one facingsouthwest, and the other southeast. The facades are never directly opposite those of theexisting buildings. Each unit has a large, partially fixed window recessed with respect tothe facade, permitting the creation of a small terrace. This set-back makes sunlight a lead-ingfeature in the design of the room, providing the students with the light required forstudy, but carefully filtering the light to protect against excess heat in the summer.i | Prospective view, norths | Lighting at nighto | Model sectionp | General view, architectural modelPiuarch 84. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 163i | South view, lighting at nightf | South viewE x p a n s i o n o f U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e M i l a n oi | Filtered light in the corridors | Ground f loor plan 85. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 165Flowing Gardens begins from a single line-an axis extends from the Gate to the Green-house,travelling through the East and West Hills and over the lake, while extendinginto many sinuous paths, creating a network of intermingling circulation, landscape andwater. The project proposes a hybrid of both natural and artificial systems. These two op-posingsystems are brought together in a synergy of waterscapes. Considering the amountof water needed for irrigation, the project seeks to introduce various technologies anddesigns found in nature, yet customized by man to suit his specific needs. Rainwater iscollected and channelled into wetland areas; there, natural plants and reed beds are usedto clean and store the water to be dispersed and used as irrigation water. These naturalsystems are integrated into the landscape as wetlands and ponds, which can also be en-joyedby the visitors as points of tranquillity and oasis.i | Gate buildingi | Exhibition buildingp | Greenhouse 2Plasmastudio/ Groundlab LuCompetition name: Xi'an International Horticultural Expo 2011. Competition scale: Worldwide Compe-tition.Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 12,000 m2 for the buildings, 39 hectares the entire site.Organizers: Chan Ba Ecologic District, Xi'an. Photographer: Plasma Studio/ Groundlab Lu Limited. Flowing Gardens, Xian Horticultural Exhibition 2011Shanxi, China 86. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 167i | Exhibition building front viewf | GardensF l o w i n g G a r d e n s , X i a n H o r t i c u l t u r a l E x h i b i t i o n 2 0 1 1p | Greenhouses | Greenhouse front view 87. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 169The design first engages the public from the exterior, which expresses three elements: alarge rectangular volume consisting of an obscured glass veil and a base of clear glass thatenvelope the second element; an interior enclosure that can be seen through both glasstypes; and thirdly, a vertical tower clad in zinc siding to house non-public operations. Thetransparency of the lower glass clearly indicates the main entry, and follows the changein elevation of the ramp system between the glass and interior wall enclosure, permittingready views to pubic space below grade and an easily identifiable access system. At theentry, the visitor has the choice of following the ramp system against a curved, sphericalwall to approach the reception hall on one end and education on the other, or being visu-allyenticed into the lobby, and from there directed to the galleries and museum store bythe organization of space and use of light.i | East elevation and public terraces | North elevation and approachCompetition date: 2006. Client: Freeport Government. Competition name: Freeport Arts Center Compe-tition.Competition scale: International Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 3,155m2.Organizers: Freeport Government.Brininstool + Lynchi | Interior viewp | Interior view, galleriesFreeport Arts CenterIllinois, USA 88. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s F r e e p o r t A r t s C e n t e r 171i | Interior view of lobbys | Site plani | Sectionss | Plan 89. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 173Heart of SloughLibrary & Community Building Council. Competition award: 1st prize.Slough, United Kingdom3DReidThe new scheme will accommodate a new library, a museum, a central adult learning facil-ityand a caf. In addition, the development provides a valuable opportunity to regeneratethe public realm of the area and a new garden square will form the focus, providing botha suitable setting to the adjacent church and new architecture and a high quality environ-mentfor the local community and visitors. The building is planned to engage the com-munityand help foster creativity, knowledge and learning. The concept sets out to createan identifiable and distinctive place within the town center focused around a sculpturalcivic building.i | The original competition winning designp | The tower was set on a podium to keeppedestrians and traffic apartvCompetition date: Original competition 2003; revised brief 2007. Completion date: 2012 (Culture & Com-munityBuilding); 2018 (Full Heart of Slough Development). Photographer: 3DReid. Competition name:Heart of Slough Competition. Competition scale: International Competition. Client: Slough Borough 90. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 175f | Physical model of the competition win-ningdesigns | The economic climate led to a change ofbrief. The residential element was removedand the design changed from a mixed-usetower to a pure community buildingH e a r t o f S l o u g h L i b r a r y & C o m m u n i t y B u i l d i n go | Residential unit layout in the originaltower designp | Circulation route through the originaltower designs | Section through the original tower design 91. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 177The proposed solution is compact, comprising two blocks coated in green sedum grass,united by an airy, transparent glass atrium cutting through the building in a ziggurat pat-tern.The central idea of the proposal is the contrast between the inherently introvertedauditoriums and the dynamic and open social and circulation zone that connects the audi-toriums.The building integrates several informal spaces of various sizes to form squaresand terraces for social activity and knowledge sharing. The complex has seven entrancesto make it accessible from all sides of the campus with main entrances directly into theatrium on the north side and into the facade facing the plaza to the east.i | Blocks in front of the complex will betorn down to make room for the plazai | The transparent atrium in a zigguratpatternp | Plan showing the distribution of the au-ditoriumsSchmidt Hammer Lassen ArchitectsCompetition date: 2009. Client: Rheinisch-Westflische Technische Hochschule. Competition name:International Design Competition for the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technical High School. Competitionscale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: 1st prize. Total area: 13,500 m2. Organizers: Rhein-HorsaalzentrumRWTH isch-Westflische Technische Hochschule.Aachen, Germany 92. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 179i | The airy atrium cutting through thebuildings | Sections of the north sideH o r s a a l z e n t r u m R W T Hi | Main entrance facing the future plazas | All surfaces will be clad in Sedumgrass 93. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 181The project for a Museum of Sport in Rome, designed as a rational division into three ofthe overall structure, works along the lines of sporting-methodological symbology. Thecentral section is doubled height in order to emphasize the main entrance and hall; thepart holding strictly exhibition spaces is located on the third and top level of the buildingand is designed like a multi-story space supported by exposed columns facing towardsthe outside through a glazed facade. The exhibition area, concentrated in the part of thebuilding facing south, is designed like a sort of temple constructed over three levels, witha perimeter colonnade and internal cell hosting thematic exhibitions.i | Vista of Italian Sports Museump | View of the pool5+1AA, Alfonso Femia, Gianluca PeluffoCompetition date: 2008. Client: Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Municipality of Rome, SACspa. Competition name: New Italian Sports Museum Competition. Competition scale: Worldwide Com-petition.Total area: 15,760 m2. Organizers: New Italian Sports Museum Competition Committee. Photog-ItalianSports Museum rapher: 5+1AA. Photographer of the Designers Photo: Giuseppe Maritati.Rome, Italy 94. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 183i | Interior vista of Italian Sports Museums | CoverI t a l i a n S p o r t s M u s e u mii | Southern perspectivei | Western perspectivep | Assemble illustration 95. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 185The site is located on a slope and connects the park at the river with the excavation site.The idea is to extrapolate the existing landscape with a building that intensifies the land-scapeinstead of reshaping it. The most visible and iconographic element of the museumis the roof. Its volumetric structure of sections spans over all museum areas. The roof isshaped by the lateral forces which determine the different heights of the sections. Thesections itself are interconnected with a system of steel beams and cables, so the roofstructure appears massive and very light at the same time. The temporary roof covers ofthe excavation spaces are the only visible elements of the excavation and create a light andintimate enclosure. These covers have inspired the atmosphere as well as the appearanceof the museum.i | Night view of the accessible roof st ruc-turei | Main exhibition hallp | The three main elements: roof volume,circulation landscape and excavated exhi-bitionspacesHackenbroich ArchitektenCompetition date: 2006. Client: Province of Gyeonggi, Executive Agency for Jeongok Prehistory Muse-um.Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Competition award: Merit Award. Total area: 5,200 m2.Organizers: Province of Gyeonggi. Jeongok Prehistory MuseumJeongok-ri, South Korea 96. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 187J e o n g o k P r e h i s t o r y M u s e u marcheological excavation site multi media presentations of the Jeongok-ri paleolithic culture around 300 pieces of Jeongok-ri site remainsnatural history of human evolution computer terminals (research) around 300 pieces of Jeongok-ri site remains+ 20.00+ 19.00+ 13.50researchers office administration office+ 5.00+ 10.00+ 0.00+ 0.00+ 20.00+ 19.00+ 13.50lobby curators office+ 8.50multi-purpose hallstoragemedia labi | Main entry from the drop-off areaf | Public functions along the circulationlandscapei | View from the circulation landscape tothe Hantan River and mountainss | longitudinal sectionss | Cross sectioncaf wardrobeticketcountermedia labadministration abovemulti purpose hallloungeexhibitionexhibitionexhibitionshopabove 97. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 189The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (Lamoth) is to be a world class multi-culturalmuseum located at the northwest corner of Los Angeles Pan Pacific Park, as an annex andadjacent to the existing Holocaust Monument. The nearly 50 year history of the organiza-tionbegan from Holocaust Survivors who possessed artifacts along with their stories thatneeded a place to be memorialized. Lamoth soon became the first museum of its kind inthe United States. The Design Intent is to integrate the building into the park, so as notto visually impact the park atmosphere and to create a location for communities world-wideto visit, remember and move forward with intolerance. The Museum emerges fromthe landscape through a single hyperbolic surface. This simple move creates a distinctivefaade for the museum while maintaining the natural beauty of the topography. Layereda top the Museums galleries, the parks landscape and pedestrian paths seamlessly con-nectto create striking new views of the environment. The building will be integrated withthe six stark black granite columns of the existing Holocaust Martyrs Monument, anddescend from their base into two stories of exhibit areas.i | Birdseye view from southeasts | Plani | Birdseye view of museum entry fromsouthwestp | Birdseye view of from southwest withroof removeds | Street view of museum entryBelzberg ArchitectsCompetition date: 2008. Completion date: 2010. Client: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. Competi-tionname: Allen Matkins Green Building Design Concept Award. Competition scale: Los Angeles. Com-petitionaward: Mayors Award. Total area: 2,694 m2. Organizers: Los Angeles Business Council. Photog-Lamothrapher: Belzberg Architects.Los Angeles, USA 98. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 191La RuralBuenos Aires, ArgentinaThe proposal meets the program established by generating a vital building that expressesthe remarkable plasticity within, through the transparency of its exterior cover. The ideabehind this proposal is to recover the visual connection of its environment, especiallyfrom Darregueyra St., which opens from Santa Fe Avenue to Juncal St., by means of abuilding with a set of transparencies that allows a view from inside to the central squareand vice versa. The building has several overlapping boxes: internal red concrete withcurved shapes, a glass cover and the other with metal strips to filter the entrance of light.A dynamic visual effect of its changing forms will be created with the shift of each oneof these. Another independent case consists of a floating floor, walls and an acoustic ceil-ing.i | Northwest viewp | East close-upCompetition date: 2006. Client: Generator of Contemporary Urban. Competition name: National Contestof Preliminary Designs Center of Events La Rural. Competition scale: International Competition. Com-petitionaward: 1st prize. Total area: 60,000 m2. Organizers: Sociedad Central de Arquitectos .SCA. Pho-tographer:Alriggalindez + Ferrarifrangella.Alricgalindez Arquitectos 99. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 193i | Northwest viewp | East close-upi | Northwest viewp | East close-upL a R u r a l 100. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 195The first is a heavy, black volume that emerges from the earth; it is enclosed by threemetallic facades and completely covered with solar panels that form a patterned network.The second volume, contrasting with the first, is formed by two facades of curtain wall-ingwith an artificial grass-covered roof that starts off as an extension of the terrain andcontinues on to cover the entire site. Artificial grass also covers the below-ground-levelconnection, allowing it to merge with the site and its surroundings. The five galleries aredesigned to be visited sequentially. In order to serve for a wide variety of possible exhibi-tionsand contents, the galleries have been designed with very different characteristics:from those with ceilings at a conventional height to galleries with variable-height ceilings,reaching up to 16 meters of clear height, and with or without natural light.i | Laboratories, main buildingp | Internal courtStudio Nicoletti AssociatiCompetition date: 2008. Client: Udine University, Italian ministry of Instruction. Competition name:Library and laboratories for Udine University Campus. Competition scale: Worldwide Competition. Com-petitionaward: 4th prize, honor mention. Total area: 15,600 m2. Organizers: Udine University Commit-Libraryand Laboratories in Udine University Campus tee.Udine, Italy 101. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 197i | Library faadef | Entrance and connection between thebuildingsL i b r a r y a n d L a b o r a t o r i e s i n U d i n e U n i v e r s i t y C a m p u si | Library faade and sections | Library, main hall 102. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 199The idea of a shell shape comes naturally, a radial cover could protect both of the outsideand inside. The light and structure are the raw material of the project. The interior skinsplits and multiplies along the building to introduce natural light and to be part of thestructural beams. This ribbed shell form is expressionistic and empiric, phenomenologi-caland optimized; it follows people all around the building and attracts them look up tothe altar /imposes them to watch the altar/provokes them to see the altar. The Architectureof the church should create a warm and transcendental atmosphere. Light and structuregenerate a simple space which awakens the existential sense of life, without any decora-tion,where the light in its various forms, works as the vehicle to transport people towardan encounter with God.i | Interior view of main spaces | Cross sectioni | Interior view from secondary spacep | Floor plans | Exploded axonometryXavier Vilalta StudioCompetition date: 2008. Client: Fundacion Hercesa. Competition name: Los Hueros Parrish. Competitionscale: International Competition. Competition award: Mention. Total area: 1,800 m2. Organizers: Funda-cionHercesa. Los HuerosMadrid, Spain 103. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 201The existing qualities in the surroundings are enhanced with new additions. Benches areadded to the walk along the river and a new ramp connects it more closely to the museum.A new paving defines the Karpos square and connects it with the museum foyer, makingit part of the public room. Like rings on the water the Karpos square spreads out to definethe ground treatment outside the Old Theater. Visitors enter the museum from the Karpossquare. Arriving in an entrance room with double roof height they are welcomed by thetickets and information office. From here there are three ways of walking through themuseum; only visiting the VRMO museum, only visiting the museum of the victims ofcommunism or walking through both. Stairs or elevators takes the visitors to the startingpoint of each exhibition, from there one strolls down the slightly angled ramps throughjust one or both the museums. The walk is completed with a store and a caf. The lowinclination of the ramps together with the elevators makes all parts of the museum acces-siblefor disabled persons.i | The museum with the river Vardar inthe forefronti | The entrance hallp | At night, light shines through the thinmarble facadess | The top f loor exhibition hallKjellgren KaminskyCompetition date: 2007. Competition name: Macedonian fight museum. Total area: 5,100m2. Organizers:Macedonian Ministry of Culture.Macedonian Fight MuseumSkopje, Macedonia 104. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 203The building is not an isolated and remote realm, but, on the contrary, is an exceptionalspace which interacts with its surroundings in a way that can transform its perception.In some areas transparency requires a specific connotation. It is not only about lightness,but it is also a matter of clearness and osmosis with the territory own essence, a matter ofinteraction with the visitor. The designers conceived the museum space playing with thecontrast between architecture and the surroundings. The museum building, an artificiallandscape, blurs with the natural surroundings. The surroundings and the over imposedsynthetic landscape interweave and interact with each other; the consequence of thistopographic manipulation synthesizes the two systems into a consistent, progressive andinnovative identity.i | External viewi | External views | External viewMassimiliano Fuksas ArchitectCompetition date: 2008. Client: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Competition name: Competi-tionto Design the New Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. Competition scale: Invita-tionInternational Competition. Competition award: Finalist. Total area: 14,000 m2. Organizers: The Solo-Modernand Contemporary Art Museum mon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Render: archivio FuksasVilnius, Republic of Lithuania 105. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 205M o d e r n a n d C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t M u s e u mi | External viewp | Inter viewi | External viewf | Master plan 106. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 207Client: National Mountain Centre. Competition name: National Mountain Centre. Competition scale:Invited. Competition award: Commissioned project. Total area: 5,110 m2. Organizers: National MountainCentre. Designer: Saucier + Perrotte architectes in collaboration with Marc Boutin Architects. National Mountain CentreCanmore, CanadaThe buildings architecture realizes the stratification metaphor through its circulation sys-tems.The most expansive route is a snaking concrete ramp that leads visitors through ex-hibitiongalleries and meeting spaces for mountain guides and hikers, while offering un-fetteredRocky Mountain views through floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Viewed from the side,the concrete floor slabs appear to hover precariously above the transparent walls, creatingthe effect of floating strata. In addition to its main ramp, the building includes two othercirculation systems that explore different scales and methods of ascent. A 98-foot-tall cen-tralcolumn doubles as a rock-climbing wall, which will be North Americas only venue forworld cup rock climbing competitions. Aside from vertical climbing, the design also ac-commodatesBouldering-climbing without ropes-through an outcropping of polygonal,digitally designed rocks that process from the exterior lawn to interior space.i | Entrance view of the National MountainCentreo | Climbing wallp | Framed gallery view of the Rocky Mountainss | Canmore MountainSaucier + Perrotte architectes 107. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 209i | Main entry spacef | Conceptual models | SketchN a t i o n a l M o u n t a i n C e n t r ei | Gallery spaces | Sketch 108. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 211Studio Pali Fekete architects (SPF:a)Competition Date: 2009. Address: 134-11th Avenue SE Calgary, AB, Canada, T2G 0X5. Competition name:Cantos at the King Eddy, National Music Center. Competition scale: National Competition. Organizers:Cantos Music Foundation. Competition award: Finalist. Renderings/Drawings: Studio Pali Fekete archi-tects(SPF:a).Seen from afar, the building seems like a monolith- a striking black volume with synco-patedskin and a central shaft of light, suspending volumes on alternating sides. With thebackdrop of a night sky, these volumes of activity appear suspended in space, hoveringover the landscape like a musical beacon, begging the viewer to draw near. The skinsplayful perforations lend additional sparkle and mystery to its nocturnal presence. Theexterior is black, pre-cast concrete panels with a flat finish-to absorb maximum heat dur-ingCalgarys many cold months. The faade uses the suns energy to heat the pipes andair behind the panels. Scattered rectangular openings are glass panels flush with the pre-castpanels to emphasize the monolithic nature of the bridge.i | National Music Centre at the King Eddyrendering from the streetp | Soundscape atrium from inside thebuildingNational Music CenterCalgary, Canada 109. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s N a t i o n a l M u s i c C e n t e r 213f | Section through the soundscapes | Building at nighti | Exhibit gallerys | Horizontal section showing the connec-tionbetween new and old buildings 110. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 215Competition date: 2009. Completion date: 2011. Client: Ministry of Culture, Russia. Competition scale:International Competition. Competition award: Awarded project. Total area: 76,640 m2. Capacity: 2,000seats. Organizers: Ministry of Culture, Russia. New Mariinsky TheaterSt. Petersburg, RussiaThe design of the New Mariinsky Theater will be a contemporary expression of the exist-inghistoric urban form. The height of the fenestrated masonry base will be consistentwith the existing buildings of historic St. Petersburg and will create a continuous street-scapesimilar to the streets of the old city. The base will be relieved by large bay windowsthat will provide panoramic views of the city and the adjacent historic Mariinsky Theatre,fulfilling the role of the historic colonnaded porticos. Above the base of the New Mariin-skyTheatre will be a gently curved metal roof enlivened by a glass canopy. The contrastin form, material and color between the buildings base and its roof will give the buildinga contemporary identity rooted within the context of St. Petersburgs exceptional archi-tecturalheritage. The New Mariinsky will be a 2000-seat opera and ballet house with sixstages and six rehearsal rooms as well as an appropriate number of dressing rooms andother support facilities required for an opera house in the first rank.i | Birds eye viewDiamond and Schmitt ArchitectsKB ViPS Architectsi | View from lobby of the old Mariinskys | Model view 111. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s 217i | View from the northeasts | View from the roof terraceN e w M a r i i n s k y T h e a t e rii | East facadei | West facadep | Model view of the roof terrace 112. C u l t u r e & S p o r t s P R O J E C T FA C T S 219Understanding that contemporary art spaces pretend to be more important than the artthey contain, the design proposal