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Solar Veloroute Multifunctional Photovoltaic Structure

Peter Kuczia Multifunctional Photovoltaic Structure Architecture

Solar Veloroute

The idea of covering the bicycle routes with "Veloroutes" - the aesthetic, electricity generating photovoltaic canopies and transforming them into attractive landscape structures is not only sustainable, but creates a kind of sculptural variety that becomes an architectural symbol for the change from gas-powered cars to more sustainable ways of mobility. Just one Kilometer of the “Veloroute” could provide around 2000 MWh of electricity and could power 750 households or provide electricity for more than 1.000 electric cars driving 11.000 Kilometers per year.

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Collective Ground Residential Complex

Yiying Tang Residential Complex Architecture

Collective Ground

Collective Ground is a residential complex designed for a housing community in Senri New Town, Osaka, Japan. Rentable spaces are introduced within both public areas and individual units. The ground floor holds commercial spaces for rent, with curved landscapes and pocket parks for residents and visitors. The second to fourth floors contain rented offices, amenity spaces and units with independent rooms, while the fifth to ninth floors hold typical units. Load-bearing concrete and glass curtains create a column-free commercial level, and steel supports the upper floors.

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Sky Jade Residence

Golden Jade Residence Architecture

Sky Jade

Sky Jade is a 24-story residential building in Taichung City, Taiwan. The design prioritizes green space instead of maximizing building coverage, and greenery is shown on the facade. A glass curtain wall inclined at 7 degrees gives a faceted appearance similar to a cut gemstone, so each facade looks different as sunlight and weather change. A sky garden is placed every three floors. Digital parametric modelling was used to simulate climate, daylight, energy use and structure, supporting a low-carbon design that suits the natural setting.

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Shamim Polymer Factory

Davood Boroojeni Factory Architecture

Shamim Polymer

The plant needs to maintain three programs including production facility and lab and office. The lack of defined functional programs in these types of projects is the reasons for their unpleasant spatial quality. This project seeks to solve this problem by utilizing circulation elements to divide unrelated programs. The design of the building revolves around two void spaces. These void spaces create the opportunity for separating functionally unrelated spaces. At the same time acts as a middle courtyard where every part of the building is connected with each other.

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Pixel Residential Building

The Grid Architects Residential Building Architecture

Pixel

Pixelhouse is a residential building designed as the home of an extended family in Ahmedabad, India. The design balances the need for privacy with shared family life across three floors. Offsets and stacked volumes create a stepped form with sheltered balconies and planted terraces that also serve as outdoor gathering areas. A central atrium staircase is lit by a skylight, and every bathroom receives daylight from above. Wood, stone, exposed brick and concrete provide thermal mass, while rainwater harvesting, solar panels and double glazing reduce energy use.

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Escape House

Hohyun Park/Hyunjoo Kim/Seonggon Cho House Architecture

Escape

Escape House is an unusual and unexpected concrete house in the typical town. The meaning of the Escape house is ambiguous. It has monolithic and close form on the street side while the open view to the woods.. ‘E’ means different. The house makes different scenery in the town, and the skip floor structure makes various space experience and dramatic views such as a panoramic woods view from the living room. Escape House is our final destination of escaping from ordinary daily life,

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House On The Cliff Residential Building

Shamsudin Kerimov Residential Building Architecture

House On The Cliff

House On The Cliff is a residential building located in Algarve, in the southern part of Portugal. The total area is 250 square metres. The architectural solution consists of two rectangular volumes embedded in each other, and the vertical chimney appears at their intersection. The rhythm of the structure is set by the complex form and by the multidirectional textures of the facade cladding. Only natural materials and their derivatives are used. The main volume is made of architectural concrete, and the second volume is clad in metal that oxidizes over time.

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The Osmanthus Grace Sales Center

GTD Sales Center Architecture

The Osmanthus Grace

The Osmanthus Grace is a sales center building located in the Yuhua District of Shijiazhuang. The design places two staggered bar-shaped blocks around an interior courtyard and an exterior landscaped courtyard, which remain independent yet linked. The three-story southern block combines solid stone with fully glazed sections, and the glass is covered by a fine metal grid with a spacing of about 150 millimeters. The two-story northern block is almost entirely glazed. Slender steel columns support the canopy overhang. The building will later serve as a public service facility.

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Handan Zarsion Living Center

FTA Group Living Center Architecture

Handan Zarsion

Handan Zarsion is a living center built on the site of a former oxygen generator factory in Handan, China. The chamfered corners of the building form an urban square that remains open to the street. Residents use the square to chat, play chess, take a walk and walk dogs. A long strip layout follows the narrow shape of the corner site. On the second floor, 18 metal shuttle-shaped louvers are set at regular intervals, each rotated by ten degrees. Sunlight on the louvers creates changing patterns of light and shadow across the facade.

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House of Tubes Residential

Enrique Leal Residential Architecture

House of Tubes

The project is the fusion of two buildings, an abandoned one from the 70's with the building from the current era and the element that was designed to unite them is the pool. It is a project that has two main uses, the 1st as a residence for a family of 5 members, the 2nd as an art museum, with wide areas and high walls to receive more than 300 people. The design copies the back mountain shape, the city's iconic mountain. Only 3 finishes with light tones are used in the project to make the spaces shine through the natural light that is projected on the walls, floors and ceilings.

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Dowell DoThink Chinoiserie Mansion

GTD Chinoiserie Mansion Architecture

Dowell DoThink

Dowell DoThink is a residential complex in Hangzhou, China, covering 103566 square meters. The design combines contemporary urban residences with courtyards and high-rise residences set in gardens. Each household has an independent private courtyard, inspired by the traditional Jiangnan courtyard, where one house is served by six courtyards. Stone, natural stone coating and high-grade paint create a unified and modest facade, while inlaid metal lines add rhythm to the minimalist tone. The entrance landscape, central garden and cluster garden add shared open space.

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Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore

Aico Ltd Bookstore Architecture

Pingjiang Wonder

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore is a bookstore in Suzhou, China, with a gross built area of 1800 square meters. The building is shaped as a delicately cut crystal and is divided horizontally into two parts. The upper part is faceted, and the sliced facades are tilted by a vertical angle of 4 to 6 degrees towards the sky. The transparent lower part is set at the human scale for better integration into the surrounding streets. High reflective glass panels of 5 by 1.8 meters form the external framed curtain wall.

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