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The train house

6/2017 East centric East Centric

The house for the track renewal train, or a garage for that matter, has all basic architectural elements: structural elements, volume, skin and above all, its function. This type of building, usually not designed by architects, offers interesting design challenges. Typical elements of the railway have been used in the design. Repetition of evenly distributed elements like railway sleepers and the dynamics of railway switches are revealed in the facade. Hot-dip galvanized elements of steel are used, a material which is so historically typical for the railway infrastructure. The train house does not want to be an ordinary building. The semi-transparent

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2015 east centric Slovenia

House *L

6/2017 East Centric East centric

The school of Serbian language and culture, including a hostel, is located in Valjevo, a small city in Western Serbia. The building is situated on one of the hills of the wider city center, among private houses of similar or smaller volume. In order to meet the clients' needs for diverse space types but also to adequately correspond to the surrounding ambience, the architecture of the object is designed as a quiet neighbor who also uses all the benefits of the location to realize different spatial qualities.

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2015 east centric Serbia

Birds Eye View

January 31, 2018

5/2017 Camps and shelters Practice

A team of 20 Japanese carpenters constructed the viewing house, with the structure itself forming the shape of a bird, playfully working in three dimensions as Bar’s conceptually driven illustrations do on paper. For the illustrator, it was important to retain the visual storytelling of his work, an architectural form translated into the environment in which the visitor interacts with the structure, both visually and as a functioning viewing house.

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2015 Camps and shelters Japan practice

The Small House

January 31, 2018

5/2017 Camps and shelters Practice

Between 2014 and 2015, the Italian architect Bonaventura Visconti di Modrone was invited to Anse-à-Pitres, a small village in the South East Department of Haiti, to build a housing complex for Ayitimoun Yo, an N.G.O. that helps local street children.

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2015 400 sqm Camps and shelters Haiti practice

Seashore Chapel

January 19, 2018

4/2017 Practice Practice Selectively Bred Equipment

We imagine the Seashore Chapel as an old boat drifting on the ocean long time ago. The ocean receded through time and left an empty structure behind, which is still lying on the beach.The space is thus divided vertically.

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2015 China practice Selectively Bred Equipment

Tea House in Hutong

January 19, 2018

4/2017 Practice Practice Selectively Bred Equipment

Located in Beijing traditional Hutong district, the project’s structure space is an «L» shaped area, 450 square metres large. Currently, the space has five old traditional houses and temporary corroded steel houses. The building, which originally hosted company business meetings before going dormant due to poor management will be transformed into a tea café. The tea café will be an ample place for people to read while enjoying their tea time. Additionally, the café will also serve individual dining guests.

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2015 China Selectively Bred Equipment

Tokyo Station Yaesu Redevelopment

January 18, 2018

4/2017 Practice Practice Selectively Bred Equipment

The Tokyo Station Yaesu Redevelopment consists of a 200‑meter South Tower, a second 200‑meter North Tower on a retail base and a new entrance to Tokyo Station. A simple yet bold strategy was developed to give the development a unique presence. Taut glass facades define the towers’ volume while the angular geometry of the North Tower further emphasizes the different uses of the base and the tower. Various layers of glass define the office and retail components and provide a distinct image on the skyline. The tight site is characterized by elements of traffic circulation, retail, office uses and access

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2015 JAHN Japan Selectively Bred Equipment