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The new water treatment plant recovers the visual, hydrological and ecological links which were lost when the first facilities were opened in 1989. The structure recreates the original landscape of the area and tries to bridge the gap produced by the numerous infrastructures which make their presence felt. The roof is a thick living layer which contains both the water treatment facilities and the offices of the company which manages them. This layer is opened up to allow for the circulation e.
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The transformation of a former power station into the Bordeaux House of Architecture was based, according to its architects FABRE/deMARIEN, on the co-existence of both existing and new elements. Traces of former occupancy on the walls were preserved while new elements were painted white. Six months after moving in, the client – a group of institutions made up of the College of Architects, the House of Architecture, the Architects Training Centre and the Architecture et Commande Publique.
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La temática de la BAQ2014 “De la casa a la ciudad, de la ciudad a la casa” confirma sus primeros conferenciantes, entre ellos: Gyaw-Gyaw (Tailandia) organización constituida por nueve integrantes los mismos que viven en el pueblo de Noh Bo, en la frontera entre Tailandia y Birmania. Alexander Brodsky (Rusia) arquitecto y escultor, considerado uno de los mejores arquitectos rusos, particularmente por la arquitectura de papel, la cual fue una respuesta crítica a la arquitectura rusa estandarizada que había generado edificios que invadían el ambiente con una aestética comunista.
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The brick works and quarries in the Don river valley had interrupted the hydrological flows and broken up the continuity of the natural landscape which enters the city from the ravines...

The architectural blog Archidose has published a review of the latest issue of a+t magazine Reclaim - Domestic Actions.

"Therefore multiple lessons can be gleamed from each project through the thorough documentation that is a hallmark of a+t."

"Domestic Actions should have a much broader appeal – to homeowners looking to transform their houses, not just architects and other designers."

"The variety of solutions throughout the volume is tempered by a consistent trait of treating the existing as something that is both malleable and respected."

"The inherited building is something that is of great benefit for its materials and history, but it should also be seen as a creative spark, something these projects all exhibit."

Read the complete review

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