Flower Market | Atelier Didier Dalmas Architectes Associés

Flower Market is designed by Atelier Didier Dalmas, The A3 block is the first block of the new ZAC “Lyon Confluence II” to be developed. It’s a prototype. His ambition is to invent a way of life characteristic of the new neighborhood.
The A3 block has a privileged location within the ZAC. On one side, it’s exposed on the major axis of the confluence district: the “cours Charlemagne” and on the other side, it’s on one the main squares: “the central place” to the south, in front of the regional hotel.

Photography: Jérôme Ricolleau

The building of the “Halle aux fleurs”, is an old market hall that has been preserved. This building is an industrial architecture. It testifies to a commercial past and allows to offer a variety of typologies to the islet.
The rehabilitation project consists of transforming the old hall into sports facilities. Are created: a dojo, a dance hall, offices and locker rooms and sanitary facilities for each activity.

Photography: Jérôme Ricolleau

This building had been designed for the auction of products of national interest market, but was never used for this function, and was eventually dedicated to the sale of wholesale flowers. A very specific architecture characterized this building: a double rostrum composed of steps arranged back to back, creating a particular spatial configuration inside this double-height concrete structure.
Large openings made of concrete sun breezes on the first level of the south-east and north-west façades have created a recognizable facade with large openings on the ground floor designed for truck passage.

Photography: Jérôme Ricolleau

The rehabilitation project consisted of removing all existing internal concretes and retaining only the envelope and structure of the building. The lean-tos on the sides of the building have been removed to enhance the main concrete volume and bring natural light into the rooms.
The hollow building made it possible to design a new distribution of spaces according to the requested program. An intermediate slab was built to create a complete floor, then the partitions were designed to meet the different requirements of the program: each level hosts a gym on one half of the surface (dojo in the RDC and dance hall on the R + 1), the other surfaces allowing the creation of locker rooms and sanitary facilities as well as offices dedicated to the various sports players.

Photography: Jérôme Ricolleau

The architectural choices were guided by the desire to accentuate the industrial side of the building: Untreated raw concrete elevations, wood paneling, wood fiber acoustic ceiling. Emphasis has also been placed on the development of the existing structure. This is visible from several areas of the project.
Furthermore, insulation of the building was made from the inside by wood wool in order to preserve the raw appearance of the building. The facades are covered with a mineral glaze in a light gray tone to preserve the appearance of the concrete and its roughness.

Photography: Jérôme Ricolleau

Project Info:
Architects:  Atelier Didier Dalmas Architectes Associés 
Location: Lyon, France
Lead Architects: Didier Dalmas
Area: 1168.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Jérôme Ricolleau
Budget: CUBIC
Fire Safety: Nicolas INGÉNIERIE
Structure: COGECI
Engineering Consultant: ARBOR&SENS
Project Name: Flower Market

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Central St. Giles Court | Renzo Piano Building Workshop Architects + Fletcher Priest Architects

Central St. Giles Court is designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop Architects + Fletcher Priest Architects, The proposed concept for the site was to transform a single-use office building into a genuinely mixed-use development incorporating office, retail, restaurant and residential use; seeking to create a new destination integrated within the local area.
The architects chose to situate the buildings around a new courtyard in the center of the site, which is connected by a publicly accessible route and ground floor public uses to the surrounding streets and spaces.

Photography: Michel Denance

The key elements of the scheme were to introduce activity into the area, provide a mix of uses particularly retail, restaurants, and housing introducing daytime and night time surveillance, and creating a properly managed and controlled environment which is reflected in the urban design approach to the layout of retail units, spaces and pedestrian routes.
Located in Camden, the project is part of a complex urban patchwork of medieval streets, modern buildings, and traditional urban blocks. This environment had a dramatic impact on the design of the project.

Courtesy Of Joost Moolhuijzen

The scheme is composed of complex volumes, which are characteristically chiseled fragmented and reduced in scale to match the surrounding buildings. These chiseled volumes mad St-G an impressive architectural sculpture characterized by a combination of shimmering facets.
Each facet is unique, differing in height, orientation, color, and relationship to natural light. Glass, steel and ceramic are the primary elements of the skin. In each fact the ceramic is used in different shade and colors that respond to the surrounding building, thus helping to integrate the scheme in the immediate urban environment.

Photography: Michel Denance

At the core of the scheme, there is a large courtyard, where the public activity is concentrated with its cafes and restaurants this piazza will generate social life, thus enhancing the urban identity of the site. A six-meter full height glass facade provides a maximum of transparency, five passages through this courtyard allow a permeable scheme and invite passers-by to this piazza shaded by a 20m high tree.

Elevation

Project Info:
Architects: Fletcher Priest Architects, Renzo Piano Building Workshop Architects
Location: St Giles High St, Westminster, London WC2H 0, UK
Design Team: J.Moolhuijzen, M.van der Staay (partner and associate in charge), N.Mecattaf (associate) with L.Battaglia, S.Becchi, A.Belvedere, G.Carravieri, E.Chen, D.Colas, P.Colonna, W.Matthews, G.Mezzanotte, S.Mikou, Ph.Molter, Y.Pagès, M.Pare, L.Piazza, M.Reale, J.Rousseau, S.Singer Bayrle, R.Stampton and M.Aloisini, R.Biavati, M.Pierce, L.Voiland; O.Auber, C.Colson, Y.Kyrkos (models)
Structure: Ove Arup & Partners
Pre Construction Advice: Bovis Lend Lease
Lighting: P.Castiglioni / G.Bianchi
Landscaping: Charles Funke Associates
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon
Client: Legal & General with Mitsubishi Estate Corporation Stanhope PLC
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Michel Denance, Joost Moolhuijzen
Manufacturers: Hunter Douglas Architectural
Project Name: Central St. Giles Court

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Fascinating lego model of the beautiful Javits Center

Inside the massive Crystel Palace of New York’s Javits Center is an impressive, smaller version of the same space. At the main entrance, next to the statue of Senator Jacob K Javits is the 7 feet long Lego Model.

The 5-foot wide model is made up of a staggering 114,470 Legos! Created by Brooklyn based Sean Kenney, this model took over 440 hours to design. It was designed and built over the course of 2 months.

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This massive model was painstakingly built by Kenney and four assistants. The model is made entirely with standard LEGO pieces – pieces that can be found in any regular store. Kenney made the model using floor plans from convention websites, Google Street View, photos taken by tourists and satellite images. The impressive model shows the building and the activities around and inside the building. The interior of the structure had to be meticulously designed and built. This was done because the artist wanted it to be an accurate model of the Javits Center with the clear glass of the structure. The interiors of the convention center can be seen through the clear lego pieces in the model. On his website, Kenney noted that the designing the escalator, 1 inch tall in the scale of the model, took over 20 prototypes and 7 hours. The model has innumerable tiny figurines – doing things you might see if you actually visited the Convention Center. There are people waiting at a food stand, trees, and vehicles like taxis and buses plying around. The model boasts of over 300 vehicles and 7,000 micro figures.In addition to these everyday things, cruising on the West Side Highway is a Batmobile.
Moreover, the model also features a representation of the 6.75-acre green roof of the Javits Center.  The green roof is entirely made of 14,560 tiny plant lego pieces, to mimic the plants on top of the convention center.
If you find yourself attending an event at the Javits Convention Center, make sure to stop and check out the LEGO Model and the numerous tiny details. You can also watch a time-lapse video of the model being made by Keeney on Youtube

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Best Universities in the World to study Architecture

There are a vast number of colleges for you to choose from. And no matter where you want to study in the world, there are a vast number of universities that will leave you spoilt for choice. Here are the 10 best universities in the world to study architecture.

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1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States

MIT has consistently bagged the first position amongst the best universities in the world for architecture.
Its school for architecture was the first of its kind in the US. It was founded in 1865, 4 years after the institute was founded. It is known for introducing modernism to the US and also, for commissioning progressive buildings.
With only 25 students in it’s M. Arch program classes, MIT is known for providing its students with an excellent atmosphere. The small class sizes ensure enriching debate amongst the students and teachers.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. The Bartlett School of Architecture, United Kingdom

UK’s Bartlett School of Architecture ranked second behind MIT. Established in 1947, this is one of the 11 constituent faculties of UCL.
It claims to be the first architecture school founded in the UK. With faculties known for experimental and original research and for developing the space syntax, it is no surprise that the Bartlett School of Architecture is one of the best universities in the world.

The Bartlett School of Architecture

3. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

This university, based in the Netherlands, retained its third position in architecture ranking. The Faculty of Architecture in TU Delft is the largest with 3000 students.
With its proudly multinational image and challenging masters degrees, they draw on the Dutch tradition of multidisciplinary practice that is, students, work in groups to produce holistic solutions.

Delft University of Technology

4. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland

Switzerland’s ETH Zurich is recognized as one of the most highly regarded universities for architecture. The Department of Architecture was founded in 1854 and has 2000 students. The success and good name of ETH Zurich are majorly due to its brilliant teaching and research results. This university focus on broadly defined built environment issues.

ETH Zurich

5. The University of California, Berkeley (UCB), United States

The University of California, Berkeley is known for their research and for encouraging independent design. The architecture degrees focus on aesthetic, cultural and technical components of the design. With award-winning faculties and professors who are innovative thinkers and designers, it is understandable why UCB is one of the best universities in the world.

The University of California

6. Harvard University, United States

Many famous and influential architects, landscape architects and urban planners have graduated from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Architecture courses first started in Harvard in 1864, and today the department has a rich diversity and boasts of a unique community. It promotes collaboration by exploring new ways of thinking.

Harvard University

7. Manchester School of Architecture, United Kingdom

Manchester School of Architecture is an innovative collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester. This has united two schools of architecture with over 100 years of educational experience to create one of the largest architecture schools in the UK.

8. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

With the academic popularity of the University of Cambridge and the setting of the medieval city, studying architecture here will leave you with a unique experience.

University of Cambridge

9. Politecnico di Milano, Italy

With about 42000 students, The Politecnico di Milano is the largest technical university in Italy. Many renown architects studied and now teach, at Politecnico di Milano.

Politecnico di Milano

10. National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

NUS’s Department of Architecture of the School of Design and Environment was founded in 1969 and offers a wide range of programs including landscape architecture, urban design, urban planning, and integrated sustainable design. It offers its students opportunities to choose from creative paths fitting your design talent and research interests.

National University of Singapore

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15 simple tips to easily improve your SketchUp skills

SketchUp has been one of the best -known 3D modeling programs in the world of design. Its intuitive working tools, open source libraries, and innumerable plugins make SketchUp easy to use. Often, it is used to engage children with architecture.
Its user-friendly interface makes it a great application for beginners. It contains an array of functions and is capable of producing complex results for students and senior partners alike, in an efficient and prominent manner.
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Here are 17 useful tips to make you the best SketchUp user of your office.

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1. 3D Warehouse.

3D warehouse comes with Sketchup as a platform to promote the 3D modeling designs. With a massive gallery of free 3D models designed by other users, you have the option of choosing the right design for your project. This even helps you avoid increasing your file size – as you don’t need to add lines, layers, and materials.

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2. Geo-locate

Sketchup allows you to geolocate your model – accessible from Window> Model Information>Geolocation>Add location/ Define location manually. This is especially important as the conceptualization of a project requires the reallocation. Moreover, the shadows cast by the project varies as you move the project from one location to another.

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3. Extension Warehouse

Users of Sketchup have developed a variety of plugins – not only to solve problems in the software but also to exploit the potential of existing tools. Solar North is an extension that provides tools to set the orientation for shadows and angle of sunlight. Extensions like Curviloft generate parameterized volumes when selecting a series of curves.

4. Customize your Toolbar

A work environment customized to your needs and preferences will help you execute tasks efficiently.  It takes a considerable amount of time to organize your toolbar, but it helps out a lot. The end result is worth the time is taken as it offers you a better environment to design and detail.

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5. Group It

Using a group is extremely beneficial if you have to make changes to your model later in time. Organizing parts of the model into groups allows you to alter one part of your model without affecting the faces and lines attached to it. Click on the surfaces/lines/figures, right-click>create a group. Double-click the group to easily edit it.

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6. Layers – but not too many

Use layers to perform work smoothly. If you are importing other models or CAD files into SketchUp, there might be innumerable new layers added from them. If you choose to delete any layers, be careful – they might be from the CAD file or other models. Hide the layers you are not using (Windows>Layers) to hide the parts of the model you are not currently using.

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7. Reference Points

Reference points come in handy when you are creating or duplicating elements. Using points, objects or reference guides while copying objects will make it precise and accurate. Select the object, choose a reference point in space and press the Ctrl key.

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8. Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts, for any software, make you speedy and efficient in it. Sketchup has easy to remember keyboard shortcuts, but they can be customized (Windows>Preferences>Shortcuts). Read the different actions and variations (indicated on the lower left of the screen) of the key combinations

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9. Visual Styles

The 3D modeling software has built-in graphic styles. You can use them to create artistic effects or to hide geometries. If you know what you want your model to represent, the visual styles can be chosen to resonate that. This tool has always stayed at the top in the designers’ preference list.

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10. Scene Manager

Scene manager (Windows>Scene) allows you to create different camera angles or scenes. These help in communicating, understanding and animating the project. It is a useful precision tool to control the height of the camera in relation to the ground.
Moreover, adding a scene to the scene manager allows you to have one viewpoint if you are presenting different interior layout options for one particular room. Similarly, it can be used for exterior facades of a project.

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11. Save!

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You can never rely on software and computers. SketchUp is not immune to crashes and “bug splats”. Moreover, there is nothing worse than losing hours of work because of an unexpected crash. Make sure you have Auto-save enabled and set to 5-minute intervals.

12.Axis and Arrow Keys

Sometimes when you are trying to move something or drawing a line, it becomes hard to get it to do so in the direction you want. Sketchup has one unique way of ensuring that you lock the axis you want to work in. Up arrow is blue axis, the right arrow is red axis and the left arrow is the green axis. By tapping them when you are doing something, locks it to that axis.
If you tapped the wrong arrow, you can re-tap it to free the object or tap the arrow you were supposed to tap. You can also lock an axis by using the Shift key while aligned to an axis.

13. Complex Moves require multiple steps

If you are moving something “down, to the left and little towards the front”, it becomes easier to do it in multiple steps. First move it down, then move it to the left and finally, in front. Doing it in multiple separate steps will allow you to precisely position an object without having to align multiple axes at the same time.

14. Multiple Copies

First, select the object you want to copy. Then, use the Move tool to move it. Tap on the Ctrl button. This informs the software that you want to copy the original. If you specify a distance say 1000mm, it copies it to that distance.
If you require multiple copies, equally spaced apart, just type the number of copies followed by an asterisk. For example, typing 10* and pressing enter would give ten copies each at 1000mm from the previous one.
But, if you want 10 copies between the first and the last, within the 1000mm, type /10. This will create ten copies between the original two.

15. User Community

SketchUp has lots of communities to discuss all things SketchUp. These communities are locations for professional design advice, or to share and find Sketchup related things.

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