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The Serpentine Gallery is delighted to reveal the plans for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by world-renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. This year’s Pavilion is the 11th commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. It will be the architect’s first completed building in the UK and will include a specially created garden by the influential Dutch designer Piet Oudolf. [More info and images after the break]

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The New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion at Peter Minuit Plaza has now officially opened to the public in New York City’s Battery Park. The pavilion was designed by Amsterdam-based Ben Van Berkel/UNStudio in collaboration with Handel Architects LLP, New York serving as associate architect. The project’s landscape was conceived by Parks Dept. Landscape Designer Gail Wittwer-Laird. [more images and project description after the break]
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This year’s Pavilion is the 11th commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. It will be the architect’s first completed building in the UK and will include a specially created garden by the influential Dutch designer Piet Oudolf. [More info after the break]

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Project: Pabellon Cultural de la República
Author: Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos with J. Francisco Serrano and Susana García
Location: Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, México
Type: Competiton
Date: 2008
Built Surface: 57,697.00 sq ft
Renders: Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos

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Iwan Baan

Project: Hypar Pavilion
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXFOWLE
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Design Team Principals: Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio and Charles Renfro
Design Senior Associate: Kevin Rice
Architecture Team: Zoe Small, Haruka Saito, Ann-Rachel Schiffman, Stefan Roeschert, Michael Hundsnurcher, Roman Loretan, Dan Sakai, Chris Andreacola, Anthony Saby, Mateo Antonio de Cardenas, Toshikatsu Kiuchi, Felipe Ferrer, Hallie Terzopolos
Core and Shell Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXFOWLE
Kitchen Design: Yui Design
Lighting: Tillotson Design Associates
SMEP: Ove Arup & Partners
Acoustical: Jaffe Holden
Telephone and Data Consulting: Shen Milsom & Wilke
Construction: Turner Construction
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Iwan Baan

           
Iwan Baan

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Philippe Ruault

This year —the Serpentine’s 40th Anniversary— the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is designed by world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel. This 2010 Pavilion is the 10th commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. It will be the architect’s first completed building in the UK. More info and images after the break.

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Project: Chinese Private Enterprise Pavilion
         Expo 2010 Shanghai China
Author: ASATSU-DK INC.
        KEIKAKU Inc.
        Beijing Caien Architect Institute Co., Ltd.
        ANS International Design & Consulting Pty. Ltd.
Location: Shanghai, China
Exhibitor: Fosun Group + 15 private enterprises

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Project: UBPA B3-2 Pavilion
Author: Studio Archea
Location: Shanghai, China
Project: Exhibition pavilion
Client: World Expo Shanghai 2010 Holding Company
Plan: 2007
Construction completed: 2010
Plot area: 3,000 sq.m
Built area: 2,000 sq.m
Contractor: Shanghai Construction Company
Photography: Luciano Romano

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During a 4 week workshop program called: Social Technologies 2010 at the Department of Architecture and Design of the Aalborg University, the students researched the link between CNC fabrication techinques and digital tools. The students worked together with Dolle Trapper and the result were 7 architectural models and the Pavilion Art615, more images and videos after the break.

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Architect: Vector Architects
Location: Hefei, China
Client: CR Land
Design-partner-in-charge: Gong Dong
Project Architect: Jiajun Chen, Qun Sun
Structural/Mechanical Engineer: Huanyu Design Institute, Hefei
Project Area: 900 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Shuhe Photo & Vector Architects

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Austrian architects soma have recently won the first prize in the international competition for the Thematic Pavilion for the 2012 Expo in Yeosu, South Korea.

The Thematic Pavilion will be one of the major facilities of the Yeosu Expo. Its exhibitions will give the visitors overview and introduction to the Expo’s theme, “The Living Ocean and Coast”. The aim of soma’s design titled “One Ocean” is to create an iconic landmark that embodies the theme of the Expo in multiple ways and is integrated into its urban context and the surrounding nature.
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Project: Air Forest
Author: Minsuk Cho + Kisu Park
Design Team: Mass Studies (Joungwon Lee,Bumhyun Chun, Kyungmin Kwon, Sungpil Won)
Location:  City Park, Denver, Colorado, USA
Gross Floor Area: 673 m2
Building Scope: 56.3m (L) x 25m (W) x 4m (H)
Structure: Pneumatic
Finishing: Nylon fabric with silver dot printing
Fabricator: ABR
Design Period: 2008.04 – 2008.08
Construction Period: 2008.08
Client: Denver Office of Cultural Affairs

Air Forest is a temporary public pavilion installed in City Park, Denver, Colorado, USA, for Dialog:City, an arts and cultural event during the Democratic National Convention 2008.

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The idea “forest and fortress” comes from the literal meaning of the Chinese term for Luxembourg. The pavilion, built from steel, wood and glass, will be an open fortress around with greenery. The 15-meter-high main structure will resemble an ancient castle with large openings surrounded by medieval towers,

“All the materials are recyclable,” said the architect of the pavilion, Francois Valentiny. Also, the outside walls will be translucent, on which Chinese characters will be shown. The exhibition area of the pavilion is about 1,300 square meters. The downstairs hall will stage a satellite video show displaying live scenes from the country. “Visitors will be able to talk with Luxembourg people through satellite. And we will bring live programs of Luxembourg events here,” said Jeannot Krecke, the country’s Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade.

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Architectural exhibits in Millennium Park designed by London-based Zaha Hadid and Amsterdam-based Ben van Berkel of UNStudio emphasize the importance of boldly imagining a better future for all. Both are intended to echo the audacity of the 1909 Burnham Plan, which proclaimed, “What we as a people decide to do in the public interest we can and surely will bring to pass.”

The Burnham Pavilions will be open and free to the public in Millennium Park from June 19 through October 31, 2009.

BURNHAM PAVILIONS

The iconic centerpieces of the Burnham Plan Centennial will be two temporary architectural pavilions in Millennium Park. World renowned architects Zaha Hadid (London) and Ben van Berkel of UNStudio (UNStudio, Amsterdam) designed these bold Pavilions to echo the audacious future-looking images and words of the Burnham Plan: “What we as a people decide to do in the public interest we can and surely will bring to pass.”

The Pavilions will open to the public on June 19, 2009, when the Grant Park Symphony and Chorus will simultaneously premier a new work composed by Michael Torke called Plans that commemorates the words most often attributed to Daniel Burnham: “Make No Little Plans.” The pavilions will close on October 31, 2009, when they will be dismantled for re-use or recycling.

Partners for the Burnham Plan Pavilions include:

    * The Art Institute of Chicago
    * The Burnham Plan Centennial Committee
    * City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
    * Illinois Institute of Technology
    * Millennium Park, Inc.
    * University of Illinois Chicago School of Architecture

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Foster + Partners’ design for the UAE pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo has broken ground. Drawing inspiration from the form of a sand dune, the pavilion is a reference to this symbolic feature of the desert landscape shared by each of the seven emirates.

The landscape and climate of the UAE are integral to Emirati culture. Like a sand dune, the pavilion appears rough and textured on the side that bears the full force of the wind and smooth on the other side. The northern elevation is more porous to admit natural light, while the southern elevation has a solid façade, to minimize solar gain. A stainless steel skin, treated to appear golden, encloses the jewel-like shell. Leer el resto de esta entrada »