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The 2ndHAND series examines the transformation of existing buildings and environments from a contemporary standpoint: activating what already exists. In contrast to exhausted monofunctional models, it proposes open-ended processes that introduce new uses, agents and modes of management. These transformations embrace ambiguity, fragmentation and the loss of coherence as intrinsic to the project.
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Project published in a+t 49: Dwelling Mixers. Complex Buildings series.
We have returned for the third time to the new neighborhood of Bassins á flot to see the vegetation grown and most of the projects completed. The compactness of the design breathes through squares, pedestrian paths and large courtyards.
Drawing by a+t research group. Published in the book Why Density?
This work of collective housing by the architects S333 is a project with multi-layers based on the program and the urban landscape.
CiBoGa is a hybrid comprising three uses: residential, retail and parking. There are four types of units: row housing, apartment with vertical circulation core access, apartment with access through shared communal space and high-rise apartment with access through glazed galleries.
Retail act.
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Photo: a+t research group
In 2003, MVRDV together with Norwegian firms Dark and A-lab, won the competition for the Bjørvika waterfront development with the design of the Bjørvika Barcode, a dense urban masterplan along Nyland Allé, which will be developed and realised by Oslo S Utvikling (OSU) in different phases. The masterplan comprises 220,000 m2 of mixed pro.
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Aires Mateus. Housing for the elderly. Alcácer do Sal. Portugal
Europan 12 proposes to explore the question of time with a view to making the city more adaptable. One of the sites proposed by the organization is Marseille Plan d'Aou (France).
If you are working on a project for this site, have a look at the following projects...
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BIG. Scala tower. Copenhagen. Denmark
Europan 12 proposes to explore the question of time with a view to making the city more adaptable. One of the sites proposed by the organization is Gjilan (Kosovo).
If you are working on a project for this site, have a look at the project Scala tower by BIG in Copenhagen (Denmark)...
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