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Currency Museum, Costa Lopes
Currency Museum, Costa Lopes
Building Case Studies
The metallic parasols generate shadow and urban scale.
Red Mirror Strips, Wise Architecture
Red Mirror Strips, Wise Architecture
Building Case Studies
The structure of the building follows the image of the strips. Instead of the general H-shape steel columns, numerous thin hollow steel sections support the building. It is like glazing the mullions to maximize building transparency from the interior. The building consists of many layers of materials: from steel, glass, super mirror strips, red transparent polycarbonate strips, and then back to super mirror strips. These layers make the in-between space of the stair passage fluid and blur its boundaries. They challenge the idea that architecture exists as a rigid structure in solid state.
Kukje Gallery, So-Il
Kukje Gallery, So-Il
Building Case Studies
The material is used as an extra layer that drapes over the façade. It gives off a fluid appearance, dissolving the appearance of the sharp edges of the actual building.
Health Sciences Building, Co Architects, Ayers Saint Gross Architects
Health Sciences Building, Co Architects, Ayers Saint Gross Architects
Building Case Studies
Copper panels were folded, bent, and cut to provide a visually striking façade which connect with the desert landscape
Villa Dvt, Boetzker |Helder
Villa Dvt, Boetzker |Helder
Building Case Studies
Cut and folded metal sheets in horizontal lines offer patters on the façade
Metal Shutter Houses, Shigeru Ban Architects, Dean Maltz Architects
Metal Shutter Houses, Shigeru Ban Architects, Dean Maltz Architects
Building Case Studies
Movable facade serve as light-modulating privacy screen.
Zahner Factory Expansion, Crawford Architects
Zahner Factory Expansion, Crawford Architects
Building Case Studies
The final graphite concept sketch drew inspiration from multiple patterns to create a form that was specific to the proportions and context of the expansion. Once the sketch was complete, a computer based algorithm converted the sketch’s tonal values into a 3-dimensional digital surface model of the façade. The resulting form grows out of the rigid, solid geometry of the existing building’s east façade with a single sweeping motion, and increases in complexity as it moves around the corner to the west, paying tribute to both Zahner’s past and future.
Nasa Sustainability Base - Building N232, William Mcdonough + Partners, Aecom
Nasa Sustainability Base - Building N232, William Mcdonough + Partners, Aecom
Building Case Studies
The steel and aluminium used were chosen because they had high recycled content and were regionally available, thereby reducing transportation energy.
Yalova Cultrual Center, Yalova, Turkey, Emre Arolat Architects
Yalova Cultrual Center, Yalova, Turkey, Emre Arolat Architects
Building Case Studies
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Heavy Metal, Hufft Projects
Heavy Metal, Hufft Projects
Building Case Studies
Custom perforated steel panels form the envelope. Perforations based on programmatic and climate responses.
Windsor Police Department, Roth Sheppard Architects
Windsor Police Department, Roth Sheppard Architects
Building Case Studies
It is composed of two sloped metal structures that contain separate programs within the police department. A pre-engineered metal building is the location of “nonessential” storage and support, while the “essential” operations and offices are held within a metal building with an eye-catching transparent lobby and masonry base.
The Balancing Barn, Mvrdv
The Balancing Barn, Mvrdv
Building Case Studies
The material is highly reflective, so while it is a new material introduced to the barn prototype, it reflects the rural landscape.
Q1 Building, Jswd Architekten, Chaix & Morel Et Associés
Q1 Building, Jswd Architekten, Chaix & Morel Et Associés
Building Case Studies
400,000 metal “feathers” are anchored into 3,150 routered stainless steel moveable stalks, which can be mechanically controlled to transform the façade to allow more or less light into the building. The 1,280 motorized elements can be closed to create a more solid enclosure, follow the position of the sun, or be entirely open to allow maximum solar exposure.
Tsai Residence, Hhf Architects, Ai Weiwei
Tsai Residence, Hhf Architects, Ai Weiwei
Building Case Studies
The use of corrugated metal is meant to represent a scaleless piece an abstract piece of art in the landscape.