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Yuting Zhang
Museum
Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Iceland Volcano

The Volcano Museum, situated in Iceland's captivating Myvatn region, integrates harmoniously with its natural surroundings. Its circular design is inspired by volcanic craters, hot springs, and lakes, seamlessly connecting indoor and outdoor spaces. Visitors can explore three distinct ring paths: a tranquil interior gallery, an observation deck on the exterior walkable roof, and a park loop trail with large-scale sculptures. The visually permeable façade emphasizes a timeless connection to the landscape while art pieces are displayed against Myvatn's stunning backdrop.

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Alexander Yonchev
Private House
Monday, 9 September 2024

Villa Bianca

The project consists of partial reconstruction and complete visual transformation of an existing house built in pseudo-traditional style. The main idea has been to achieve the exactly opposite effect: to have a contrasting, memorable, minimalistic and contemporary architecture. The biggest challenge of the project has been to reduce the cluster of geometries and to emphasize the constructive principle of the building by making some spatial and organizational improvements of the interior.

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Hooman balazadeh
Mixed-Use
Sunday, 8 September 2024

Kohan Ceram Central Office Building

This project is the headquarters for Kohan Ceram Brick Manufacturing Company, including showroom, sales office, and a guest unit. Situated alongside a highway in Tehran, this project marks the boundary between the residential neighborhood and the freeway in the urban fabric. The main criterion was to remain neutral in the urban scale while creating a tangible entity in the local scale. The brick were used as the main representative of the company. The brick module not only forms the façade, but also forms the entirety of the project both on the interior and the exterior.

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Toshio Tsushima
Exhibition Gallery
Saturday, 7 September 2024

Memories of Water

The “Memories of Water” sits on a beautiful seashore in Qingdao, China, developed by China Resources Land, as a life style exhibition gallery, where people can appreciate the ocean scenery. The project blurs the boundary of space, and strengthens the interaction between visitors and the sea by creating architecture reflecting the water, the blow of wind, changing light, and shimmering sounds. The cantilever floating design allows visitors to enjoy the panoramic ocean view. The theme of the architecture is to go beyond its simple form like the ocean but to host people’s memories.

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Lin Chen
book villa
Friday, 6 September 2024

Mountain House in Mist

The Mountain House in Mist combines traditional culture and modern design through new application of traditional materials, transformation of the roof, and use of translucent polycarbonate board on the Facades. In the daytime, light creates a translucent atmosphere indoor, while at night, the light sneaks out and the book house becomes a visual center. The book house was built to provide a space for to read and to calm down, so as to attract more young people and children back to the mountains.

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Gao Shanxing
Exhibition Hall
Thursday, 5 September 2024

Oriental Movie Metropolis

Embedded within Starry Island's bay, the Oriental Movie Metropolis Grand Theatre was designed to present the force and spirit of the coastal city. Appearing as if sculpted by nature, the building seamlessly blends in with the symbol of a transfusion of Qingdao culture. With the aid of symbolic representation, the theatre deepens the emotional connection between the visitors and environment. The architecture is consequently theatrical in both its performance of narrative spaces and its context within the landscape.

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