New Kyoto Town House 4 / Alphaville Architects

Stacking Tsuboniwa Gardens - Traditionally, Kyoto has had a high planar density with townhouses in rows on a narrow strip of land and a low cross-sectional density. With low-rise buildings lining the street, that rich living space has been secured by arranging external spaces such as street gardens and tsuboniwa on a planar scale. Today, however, while the planar density remains the same, there is a growing demand for mid to high-rise buildings in cross-sectional terms, and houses must devise ways to incorporate effective exterior spaces in the new situation while taking advantage of the special characteristics of the city.

nimbus Café and Lifestyle Shop / LoHA + Fukui University of Technology

Nimbus is a scarf and lifestyle shop located in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture. This building was originally a house designed by Arata Isozaki in 1985. This time, the building was renovated into a store. The exposed concrete frame (1050mm grid and ceiling dome) with the strong formality of the existing Isozaki architecture is likened to "heaven", and the activities of people under it are likened to "earth".

Inclined Home / casa design studio

Inclined home is a place perfect for relaxation and retirement life. To create such an experience, it was important to enhance its surroundings. One of the major positives of the site is its entry from the east. A good amount of warm morning sunlight enters the house through the large openings. At the entrance, four trees are planted to enhance the shade and the shadow of the house. These create different patterns at different times inside the house. The residence does not block the views of the surrounding. The landscape of the house is dominated most by tropical plants. The water body adjacent to the sit-out and pooja room has a small planter box in which Plumeria rubra is planted, giving an island effect that also creates an internal aura of reverence and tranquility.

Edificio Darwin 1111 / Hermanos Goldenberg

“Espero que entiendan que la arquitectura no tiene nada que ver con las invenciones de formas. La arquitectura es el verdadero campo de batalla del espíritu. La arquitectura escribió la historia de las épocas y les dio sus nombres. La arquitectura depende de su tiempo. Es la cristalización de su estructura interna, el lento despliegue de su forma. Esa es la razón por la cual la tecnología y la arquitectura están tan estrechamente relacionadas. Nuestra verdadera esperanza es que crezcan juntas, que algún día una sea la expresión de la otra. Sólo así tendremos una arquitectura digna de su nombre: la arquitectura como verdadero símbolo de nuestro tiempo.” Mies van der Rohe.

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