Month: March 2022

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MVRDV to install neon-pink staircase and viewing platform on Het Nieuwe Instituut

March 1, 2022 James Parkes 0
Aerial render of the Het Nieuwe Instituut

Dutch architecture office MVRDV has unveiled plans to install a giant neon-pink staircase across the exterior of Rotterdam’s Het Nieuwe Instituut that will lead to a viewing platform in the same colour on its roof. Titled The Podium, the temporary installation will extend from the ground level plaza in front of the Het Nieuwe Instituut,

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Neri&Hu adds mesh-clad guesthouse to Shenzhen urban village

March 1, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has converted a nine-storey residential building in Nantou City, Shenzhen, into a guesthouse wrapped in a metal mesh. The Shanghai-based studio aimed to reflect the cultural heritage of buildings in the Nantou City urban village within its design for the guesthouse. It stripped back and cut open the original building’s structure to reveal different

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Natural House / Ideo arquitectura

March 1, 2022 Valeria Silva 0

Hemp. The house is 200 years old and suffered from a huge problem of rising dampness. After evaluating options, we took a risk and decided to use it. We are pioneers in the islands in the use of hemp, and we hope to be an example for other architects. As we know, in Mallorca, and in almost all of Spain, this material has not yet been worked on due to ignorance and lack of companies that manufacture it (in 1961 the United Nations prohibited its cultivation, now lifted). However, we knew that it is suitable for areas with high ambient humidity such as the island since the hygrothermal regulation caused by this material increases comfort and saves energy.

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“Those who do not condemn Russia’s actions support them” says National Union of Architects of Ukraine

March 1, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
National Union of Architects of Ukraine (NSAU)

The National Union of Architects of Ukraine has called upon the International Union of Architects to revoke Russia’s membership of the global institution, following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. “We demand that Russia be deprived of its membership of the UIA,” wrote National Union of Architects of Ukraine (CANY) president Oleksandr Chyzhevsky in a letter to International

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Five architecture and design events in March from Dezeen Events Guide

March 1, 2022 Nat Barker 0
Suite No.4 Renault concept car by Mathieu Lehanneur

Melbourne Design Week and Maison&Objet are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Also taking place in March is MIPIM, the giant property conference in the south of France, and a theatrical performance inside Australian architect Gabriel Poole’s home as part of the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival. Read on

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A Refugee Crisis Unfolding: War on Ukraine Triggers a Humanitarian Emergency

March 1, 2022 Andreea Cutieru 0

Last week, the unthinkable happened, and war has returned to Europe. As of yesterday, 520,000 people have left Ukraine in the span of only five days, triggering a rapidly-growing refugee emergency and what is considered the largest exodus of people in Europe since the Balkan wars. Unless there is an immediate end to hostilities, as many as 4 million Ukrainians are expected to leave the country in the coming days and weeks, according to the UN. Military violence and indiscriminate bombardments upon residential areas and civil facilities like hospitals and kindergartens further escalate the humanitarian crisis.