New Projects
Modern Zen Temple Strives for Timelessness
- Golden Mountain Upper Cloister _ Atelier Deshaus
- Interview _ Liu Yichun + Michèle Woodger
Elliptical Towers Rise above a Hanging Garden
- Roma Tre University Building _ Mario Cucinella Architects
Extension of a Vast Heritage Structure
- MKM Museum Küppersmühle _ Herzog & de Meuron
In a Relationship - Museums and the Land
In a Relationship – Museums and the Land _ Herbert Wright
Cascading Pavilions and Terraces
- Sydney Modern Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales _ SANAA
- Interview _ Asano Yagi and Hyunsoo Kim + Herbert Wright and Hee Joon Lee
- Aspects at the North Building, Art Gallery of New South Wales _ Hee Joon Lee
Light Solidifies above Heavy Stone Massing
- National Museum of Norway _ Klaus Schuwerk Architect
Symmetric Wings Curve Upwards over a City Park
- Museum of Ethnography Budapest _ Napur Architect Ltd.
- Interview _ Marcel Ferencz + Herbert Wright
Red Volumes Emerge from a Hill like Giant Stones
- Yunnan Dongfengyun Art Center _ Line+ Studio
Kindergartens: Architecture of 100 Languages
Kindergartens: Architecture of 100 Languages _ Michèle Woodger
Kindergarten with a Touch of Home
- Engelbach Kindergarten _ Innauer-Matt Architekten
Cork-clad Concrete Building with a Natural Concept
- Casa da Árvore Elementary School _ Contaminar Arquitetos
Rammed Earth and Green Spaces for Children
- Child Care Center in Villeta _ Equipo de Arquitectura
Playful Volumes Alter Children’s Perceptions
- Bambú Kindergarten _ Gonzalo Mardones Arquitectos
- Interview _ Gonzalo Mardones + Michèle Woodger
Safe Haven for At-Risk Children
- The Fleury-sur-Orne Nursery _ Paul Le Quernec Architectes
Multifunctional Hub for Learning and Community
- Frastanz-Hofen Education Center _ Pedevilla Architects
- Interview _ Pedevilla Architects + Michèle Woodger
C3 no.424 (2023-2/6)
In a Relationship – Museums and the Land
The relationship between museum buildings and the land has historically been a disconnect, but recent museum architecture designs have started to incorporate the natural aspects of the land into their designs. Museums have been symbols of national prestige and grand urban interventions that create formal, scenographic public spaces. In the twentieth century, modernism replaced neo-classical styles and produced museums with strongly orthogonal forms of steel and glass. The trend to create iconic forms accelerated with post-modernism, which turned museums into architectural spectacles. However, the influence of the natural land has been absent from these designs until recently.
This section surveys four new museums that incorporate natural elements in their design. It examines how the elements of the land have shaped, inspired, or been woven into their design, each in different ways. It considers whether these designs relate to the museum's contemporary needs and the urgent and overdue agenda of sustainability.
Kindergartens: Architecture of 100 Languages
The Reggio Emilia method of early years education, founded by Loris Malaguzzi in post-war Italy, has had a global influence on kindergartens. The Kindergarten Bambú in Chile, designed with this method in mind, creates intermediary spaces that encourage exploration and discovery. The Engelbach Kindergarten in Austria has transitional terrace spaces that dialogue with the external play area, creating ideal conditions for exploration and fun. Materials contribute to positive formative experiences, with natural materials reducing exposure to pollutants, contributing to ecological sustainability, and generating familiarity through texture.
Climate-based concerns also dominate these projects, with architects ensuring a continuation between the interior classrooms and the external natural world to develop a positive relationship to nature. Architecture is an active agent in the integration of schools with their communities, borrowing from the architectural semantics of the local vernacular to create shared recreational spaces. The philosophy is that architecture has "100 languages" with which to respond to a child's pedagogical needs.
C3 no.424 (2023-2/6)
In a Relationship – Museums and the Land
The relationship between museum buildings and the land has historically been a disconnect, but recent museum architecture designs have started to incorporate the natural aspects of the land into their designs. Museums have been symbols of national prestige and grand urban interventions that create formal, scenographic public spaces. In the twentieth century, modernism replaced neo-classical styles and produced museums with strongly orthogonal forms of steel and glass. The trend to create iconic forms accelerated with post-modernism, which turned museums into architectural spectacles. However, the influence of the natural land has been absent from these designs until recently.
This section surveys four new museums that incorporate natural elements in their design. It examines how the elements of the land have shaped, inspired, or been woven into their design, each in different ways. It considers whether these designs relate to the museum's contemporary needs and the urgent and overdue agenda of sustainability.
Kindergartens: Architecture of 100 Languages
The Reggio Emilia method of early years education, founded by Loris Malaguzzi in post-war Italy, has had a global influence on kindergartens. The Kindergarten Bambú in Chile, designed with this method in mind, creates intermediary spaces that encourage exploration and discovery. The Engelbach Kindergarten in Austria has transitional terrace spaces that dialogue with the external play area, creating ideal conditions for exploration and fun. Materials contribute to positive formative experiences, with natural materials reducing exposure to pollutants, contributing to ecological sustainability, and generating familiarity through texture.
Climate-based concerns also dominate these projects, with architects ensuring a continuation between the interior classrooms and the external natural world to develop a positive relationship to nature. Architecture is an active agent in the integration of schools with their communities, borrowing from the architectural semantics of the local vernacular to create shared recreational spaces. The philosophy is that architecture has "100 languages" with which to respond to a child's pedagogical needs.
