Architecture and Design

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Green Offices: from Paris to London

(Issue of a magazine 4/2013, page 48)

In Europe, sustainable architecture has already become an integral part of the construction process. First of all, it concerns the office buildings that cannot be the most advanced in terms of design and engineering systems. Wilmotte & Associés offers its clients such projects, in which magnificent design is combined with the advanced engineering solutions that make these buildings friendlier for the local environment. Amongst the green projects that the company continues to work today are two office buildings in France and one in the UK.

Urban Farm: Food Directly to the Table

(Issue of a magazine 4/2013, page 54)

Located in downtown Tokyo, Pasona HQ is a nine-storey hight, 215,000 square foot corporate office building for Japanese recruitment company, Pasona Group. Instead of building a new structure from ground up, an existing 50 years old building was renovated, keeping its building envelope and superstructure. The project consists of a double-skin green facade, offices, an auditorium, cafeterias, a rooftop garden and most notably, urban farming facilities integrated within the building.

House of Lower Austria - Pilot Project

(Issue of a magazine 4/2013, page 60)

Austria’s Largest Passiv Office Building is situated, as of now, in the small-scale old town of Krems, Lower Austria. How this is possible and can produce special qualities is shown by the result of the international architectural competition for the Niederösterreichhaus (“House of Lower Austria”) in Krems: Already in 2005, the project collaborative of AllesWirdGut, feld72, and FCP came out winning in the design competition; on May 13, 2011, the building was officially inaugurated.

Iridescence in the Faces of Harpa

(Issue of a magazine 4/2013, page 72)

Harpa the Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Iceland is the winner of the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The award ceremony will take place on 7 June at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, coinciding with a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the prize. The building has helped to transform and revitalise Reykjavik harbour and brought the city and harbour district closer together.

Emporia: More than Just Shopping

(Issue of a magazine 4/2013, page 78)

Emporia is first and foremost an urban planning project in which offices, housing, and retail come together in a mixed-use development along Boulevarden and Stationsgatan in Hyllie, on the south side of Malmö. The main idea of our winning competition entry was to hide inwardlooking retail behind a wreath of residential and commercial buildings. The whole shopping complex would thereby eventually become integrated into the fabric of the city.

Aeroville: Travel under One Roof

(Issue of a magazine 4/2013, page 84)

In October 2013, completed the construction of a multifunctional shopping and entertainment complex near the airport of Charles de Gaulle in Roissy (Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport), France. In 2010, Unibail- Rodamco appointed Philippe Chiambaretta/ PCA with the design and development of this complex called Aeroville. After less than four years of studies and construction, the project is open now.

Utilizing Wind in Sustainable Design

(Issue of a magazine 4/2013, page 90)

In this issue we continue publishing chapters from the book “Sustainable Architecture in Japan: The Continuing Challenge 1900–2010 & Beyond”, published to coincide with the 110-year-old anniversary of Nikken Sekkei. In previous issues (Green Buildings, № 2–3, 2013) we reported on the use of natural light and heat in architecture. Now we will focus on wind – on how applying modern design techniques a building can do without air-conditioning systems.

Living Stones of Montpellier

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 66)

The complex PierresVives («Living Stones”) located in Montpellier, the capital of the Department of Herault – is the first building in France, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Zaha Hadid. In September 2012, “The Knowledge Center and Sports for All” was opened to the public, and in June 2013 it joined the ranks of nine projects implemented in the territory of the European Union, awarded the Prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA Award). It represents a new look at cultural sites, which nowadays are embodied a quintessential of the changes in common perception.

Under the Tuscan Sun

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 72)

Bulgari winery in Southern Tuscany, Italy – is the architecture that has become part of nature. The estate is located among the vineyards in the outskirts of Siena, Architecture finds expression by showcasing the agricultural process, making clear the stages of wine production via a beautiful yet rigorous narrative that blurs the boundary between exterior landscape and the interior linear continuity of the work space.

Yotsuya Tenera: Self-Developing Space

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 84)

In 2012, a small house in Tokyo, won the prestigious prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects – RIBA International Award, which is recognized for the excellent work performed outside the United Kingdom. Situated in a residential district of Tokyo, the three-storey Yotsuya Tenera building occupies a curved site and complies with a number of onerous planning constraints, such as having to build away from boundaries of the site, rights to light and evacuation requirements.