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Uds Ltd.
Hotel
Sunday, 21 April 2024

Soki Atami

Soki Atami is a hot spring luxury hotel located in Atami, a coastal resort town in Shizuoka, known as one of the earliest hot spring retreats in Japan. This project aims to revise the way of hot springs accommodation in a Ryokan more adaptable for the current lifestyle and to rediscover the charm of the region by creating connections between guests and local’s rich nature, culture, and people. All rooms come complete with a personal hot spring, while other facilities include a public onsen, a restaurant with a garden, and a top floor Tea Salon & Bar overlooking Atami Bay.

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Kee Yen Lim
Residential
Saturday, 20 April 2024

Fillet House

The idea was to maximise the corner lot building plinth using rounded corners or rounded edges, the filleted streamlined form in response to the tropics, designated programmes and its neighbourhood. Viewing the building from the street level, a staggered filleted mass was elevated vigorously from its surrounding. The palettes of materials combined the white, black, and grey curved solid planes with touches of timber and transparency of glasses, streamlining a form which is manly standing out within its neighbourhood.

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Peter Kuczia
Multifunctional Photovoltaic Structure
Friday, 19 April 2024

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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Cheng Xiao
Public Space
Thursday, 18 April 2024

Shenzhen Lianhua Peak Restroom

The project is located on the top of Lianhua Hill. The primary principle is to achieve harmony between architecture and nature. The rest corridor connects the men's and women's toilets, and forms a visual corridor between the square and the mountain forest. The main walls are fully open, leading the scenery and natural wind into the room. One side of the square is set with art perforated plate as a visual barrier to protect privacy, giving the square a strong cultural atmosphere.

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Xinmeng Dong
Floating Hotel
Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Hi Sea

Conceived as a floating island, this hotel is located 500 meters off the coast of China’s southern fujian province. The buoyant project offers guests unrivaled views of the water as well as spectacular sunrises and sunsets. Its remote location meant that the architects had to consider environmental factors such as ocean currents and monsoons. Balance Design studied fish rafts in order to ensure buoyancy, while it was also important that the structure could withstand hurricanes. The roof is constructed from the same corrosion-resistant materials found in airport terminals and and yachts.

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ZHOYU
Living Center
Tuesday, 16 April 2024

Handan Zarsion

The project was designed to form an urban square by chamfered corners to maintain the greatest interaction and openness between the living center and the city. The square formed by chamfered corners of the building is not only a display platform in harmony with the city, but also a natural convergence point of vitality. Considering that this is a long and narrow urban corner land, the strip-shaped layout can perfectly fit its overall boundary attribute. A brand new super-scale interface strongly stimulates the vitality of the city.

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