− Water at-traction _ Bureau FaceB
− Phoenix Observation Tower _ BIG
− A New Urban Campus for Bocconi University _ SANAA
− Into the Wild _ Openfabric + dmau
− Historical Park of Medieval Bosnia _ Filter Architecture
− Mirror Lab 2.1 _ VAV Architects
− Grundfos College Student Dormitory _ CEBRA
Podia, Plinths and Flying House
Podia, Plinths and Flying House _ Silvio Carta
− Tanglewood House 2 _ Schwartz / Silver Architects
− Algarrobos House _ Daniel Moreno Flores + José María Sáez
− BF House _ OAB-Office of Architecture in Barcelona + ADI Arquitectura
− X House _ Cadaval & Solà-Morales
− House in Beranda _ Schmidt Arquitectos
− Wind-dyed House _ acaa / Kazuhiko Kishimoto
− Hanare House _ Schemata Architects
− Summer House in Naxos _ Ioannis Baltogiannis + Phoebe Giannisi + Zissis Kotionis + Katerina Kritou + Nikolaos Platsas
Wall Graft
Revamping the Derelicts of the Past: In Praise of the Hybrid _ Nelson Mota
− Corten Apartments _ 3ndy Studio
− Thalia Theater _ Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos + Barbas Lopes Arquitectos
− Casa Potxonea _ OS3 Arkitektura
héctor fernández elorza
Incase We Meet _ Héctor Fernández Elorza
Intense Material Density _ Jesús Donaire + Héctor Fernández Elorza
− Venecia Park
− Twin Squares
− Valdefierro Park
− Faculty of Cellular and Genetic Biology
C3 no.342 (2013 #2/12)
Podia, Plinths and Flying House
Podia, Plinths and Flying House _ Silvio Carta
One of the main compositional principles since the time of Classical architecture, and even before, has been the tripartition of every building into plinth, body and roof. Each part, throughout history, has had a specific relationship with the city and its inhabitants: The plinth fosters direct connections with the streets and passersby, while the body constructs the urban tissue of the city in its tridimensional extent, and the roof determines its end in height, concluding the building. The overall combination plays various roles as the scale changes, turning a single object (the building) into a complex element. But what happens if one of these crucial compositional elements goes missing? Can the building still embody complexity and perform its various activities? Moreover, is it still a complex unité or is it now incomplete? What happens to its internal organization? In other words, what if a building is not solidly rooted in its terrain but is conceived as being perched? What if the building takes flight over uneven terrain?
C3 no.342 (2013 #2/12)
Podia, Plinths and Flying House
Podia, Plinths and Flying House _ Silvio Carta
One of the main compositional principles since the time of Classical architecture, and even before, has been the tripartition of every building into plinth, body and roof. Each part, throughout history, has had a specific relationship with the city and its inhabitants: The plinth fosters direct connections with the streets and passersby, while the body constructs the urban tissue of the city in its tridimensional extent, and the roof determines its end in height, concluding the building. The overall combination plays various roles as the scale changes, turning a single object (the building) into a complex element. But what happens if one of these crucial compositional elements goes missing? Can the building still embody complexity and perform its various activities? Moreover, is it still a complex unité or is it now incomplete? What happens to its internal organization? In other words, what if a building is not solidly rooted in its terrain but is conceived as being perched? What if the building takes flight over uneven terrain?
