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Uni-park Daxing Community Shopping Center

Aico Ltd Community Shopping Center Architecture

Uni-park Daxing

Uni-park Daxing is a five-story community shopping center in the south of Beijing. A co-living space occupies the third to fifth floors in the northwest corner and serves as a public place to rest and meet others. The three-story-tall space opens to the street through a large glass wall. Stepping terraces on the west facade create several outdoor activity areas. A rooftop garden is reached from the terraces and from the co-living space. A steel structure carries the upper floors, which overhang the main entrance by five meters.

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The Hub Mixed-use Building

Adel Badrawy Mixed-use Building Architecture

The Hub

The Hub is a mixed-use building located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The design brings together restaurants, small retail shops, a large recreational area for young people and office spaces, each with its own entrance and vertical circulation. All functions are gathered under one large canopy, which shades the spaces below and recalls the traditional souq. Corridors, bridges, roof gardens and landscaped areas link the different volumes. The total built-up area is 20,000 square meters, including 8,400 square meters of outdoor and landscaped space.

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Tian Liao Fire Station

SUIADR Fire Station Architecture

Tian Liao

Tianliao is a fire station in Guangming District, Shenzhen, China. The building follows a centralized layout and combines a three-story office building with a seven-story training tower. The gross floor area is 5,039.5 square meters, of which 3,985 square meters are above ground, and the floor area ratio is 0.97. The internal floor level is raised above the municipal road to prevent rainwater from entering. Open areas are placed on the lower floors, so daily training is not disturbed. Gardens are set in several places on the site.

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Sustainable Single Family Residence

Nahian Bin Mahbub Single Family Residence Architecture

Sustainable

This is a single-family residence design based on a site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The goal was to design a sustainable living space in one of the most populated, polluted, and busiest cities in the world. Because of rapid urbanization and overpopulation, Dhaka has very little green space left. To make the residence self-sustainable, spaces from the rural area like the courtyard, semi-outdoor space, pond, deck, etc are introduced. There is a green terrace with every function which will act as an outdoor interaction space and protect the building from pollutions.

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S90 Residence Residential Dwelling

Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan Residential Dwelling Architecture

S90 Residence

S90 Residence is a two-generation dwelling located in the northern part of Tainan County, Taiwan. The house is built with a steel structure and an exterior panel finish. The sloped roof is angled for good sun exposure, so photovoltaic solar panels can be added later. The white facade matches the green fields around the site and reduces heat gain from strong direct sunlight. The plan holds three functions: a shared public space, a second floor for the young couple, and a single story volume for the parents. The total development area is 324 square meters.

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Meiyuan Pavilion Checkpoint

THAD Checkpoint Architecture

Meiyuan Pavilion

Meiyuan Pavilion is a checkpoint structure built at the entrance of an old residential community in Beijing. The pavilion offers shelter, a temperature checkpoint, package storage and a resting place. Three separate circulation routes divide entering pedestrians from residents collecting packages, which reduces congestion. Each module is formed of paper tube columns and beams joined by plywood tenon joints and steel bases. Digital fabrication allowed assembly within 24 hours and left the existing pavement intact.

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Ryouriyado Yamazaki Japanese inn

Makoto Furihata Japanese inn Architecture

Ryouriyado Yamazaki

Ryouriyado Yamazaki is a Japanese inn located in Echizen town, Fukui prefecture, Japan. The former reinforced concrete building was replaced by a wooden structure. A robust private house built about 120 years ago in the same Hokuriku area was relocated and revived as the main building. Existing fittings and interior materials were reused to keep the historic atmosphere intact. Wood, stucco and reclaimed wooden fittings were applied by traditional craftsmen. The two-storey inn is designed to harmonize with the severe coastal climate.

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Shui Cultural Center

Haobo Wei & Jingsong Xie Cultural Center Architecture

Shui

Located in China in Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui ethnic minority. West-line studio’s goal with this building was to turn the Shui’s ritual elements and atmosphere into a public space. A thin bronze skin creates a contrast with the heavy concrete structure, breaking the sunlight to create a dramatic effect once inside. After visitors pass the open water square the Cultural Center presents a succession of three spaces, strongly characterized by pitched roofs, which evoke the Shui’s mountain pictogram.

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Michurinsky Prospect Metro Station

Liudmila Shurygina Metro Station Architecture

Michurinsky Prospect

The station "Michurinsky Prospect" is a part of the Moscow Metro system. It has a 3 level semi-underground structure. Patterns on the walls of the facade, interior space and columns facing the movement of the passengers accompany them from the entrance of the subway to the coach. They form a solid visual row in all parts of the structure. Red and orange intersecting elements of flowering branches and ripe fruit trees symbolize the abundance in the gardens, due to the achievements in the field of plant breeding of the famous Russian biologist I.V. Michurin.

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Skewed House Residence

Hardik Shah Residence Architecture

Skewed House

Skewed is a standalone villa located in Surat, India. The house covers 11,000 square feet and is planned as a series of interconnected vistas. Elements are shifted slightly off the straight line, which creates varied perspectives within the three-dimensional form. Simple aesthetics, a minimal material palette and close connections to nature guide the design. Black granite flooring, concrete and plaster walls, and teak windows and interior woodwork are used throughout. A garden on the first floor is carried by a post tensioned slab and connects with the whole house.

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Identity Villa

Tarek Ibrahim Villa Architecture

Identity

Identity Villa is set on a small plot with lots of constrains,it is an experiment for modern extensions,to express the spirit and characteristics of the old building with modern language. The concept is to strongly and obviously separate yet link the extension from the existing structure. The imperfection of craftsmanship and the way people circulate and interact with the old house should be echoed in the new addition,answering the modern lifestyle needs. The resulting villa holds the identity of the past with modern language. It holds new approaches and different perspectives for extensions.

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The Courtyard Recreational Space

Nischal Abhaykumar Recreational Space Architecture

The Courtyard

The Courtyard is a recreational and event building designed for community gatherings. The two-storey structure is rectangular in plan, with a flat roof, corrugated metal walls and a mild steel frame. A corrugated polycarbonate facade encloses the multi-purpose event space on the first floor and brings natural light into the interior. Textured drapes line the facade to control light during shows. Inside, black painted steel beams, exposed deck sheet ceilings and floors of concrete and timber are left visible. Mass-produced components kept the cost low and the construction period to 75 days.

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