Panoramic Garden of CCIS | SADAR + VUGA

Designed by SADAR + VUGA, Panoramic Garden of CCIS project presents the first structural and programmatic intervention into the project already realized by our office. The large summer banquet terrace is to be glazed and extended into the current VIP room. Thus we formed an inner interior winter garden, where a spatial ribbon carries the troughs and baskets with lush tropical greenery, where from one can enjoy a magnificent view of the city center.

Photography: Zare Modlic

Besides the vertical executive business and club rooms, it also represents the most attractive interior space in the CCIS. It may be characterized as a new type of the business and club room that is intended for events such as ceremonial receptions, award-granting ceremonies, banquet luncheons as well as for meetings of an extended management team.

Photography: Zare Modlic

The green ribbon also enables the partition of the space into several micro-ambiances that may be used according to the type of event and the number of participants. The plants and greenery in the interior, the play of light and shadow, enabled by the shade-like structures, and the views to the outer spaces at the top of CCIS building jointly create a relaxed working atmosphere.

Photography: Zare Modlic

The construction pattern of the glazing structure was inspired by the cross-section of a plant leaf, which, reaching from two outer lateral parts and from the roof, envelopes space.
To the general look of CCIS office block’s backside and the stacking of special boxes on its frontal part is now joined also the filigree spatial structure of 3D panoramic garden ornament.

Plan

Project Info:
Architects: SADAR + VUGA
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project Team: Jurij Sadar, Boštjan Vuga, Tina Hočevar, Janja Brodar, Aleksandar Lalic
Client: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
Area: 194.6 m2
Project Year: 2004
Photographs: Zare Modlic
Project Name: Panoramic Garden of CCIS

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Cape Russell Retreat | Sanders Pace Architecture

Cape Russell Retreat designed by Sanders Pace Architecture, The owners commissioned the architect to design and coordinate construction of an off-the-grid lakeside pavilion with integrated water reclamation and photovoltaic technology for weekend use. A lightweight steel structure was chosen for durability and ease of fabrication.

Photography: Jeffrey Jacobs

This structure was shop fitted with tabs to allow for the attachment of a secondary skin. In developing this skin the desire for transparency coupled with a passive cooling approach led to a shop fabricated structural screen of 2×4 vertical cedar boards backed with insect screen. Structural blocking located between the vertical structure lends a delicate pattern to the structural skin camouflaging the structure within its densely wooded setting. Towards the water view, the cedar skin dissolves and becomes a series of screen panels allowing unobstructed views to the water and mountains beyond. A single 8’x8’ sliding screen panel provides direct access to the water.

Photography: Jeffrey Jacobs

Additionally, the cedar screen provides the structure for the butterfly roof above that directs and delivers rainwater to a collection cistern located beside the structure. An internal charcoal filter and ultraviolet light treat the water for portable use. Rooftop mounted photovoltaic cells provide the necessary power to run the water pump, refrigeration, fans, and lighting providing for a truly independent overnight living situation.

Exploded AXO

Project Info:
Architects: Sanders Pace Architecture
Location: United States
Project Team: Brandon F. Pace, John L. Sanders, Michael A. Davis
Client: Suzanne Shelton & Corinne Nicolas
Budget: $47.200
Area: 16.3 m2
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Jeffrey Jacobs
Project Name: Cape Russell Retreat

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Kiltro House | Supersudaka

Designed by Juan Pablo Corvalán
& Gabriel Vergara, Kiltro House located in the Central Valley near Talca is almost a statement of how to accomplish architecture in Latin America.
As the design and building process were so unsteady, starting from the site -located in an almost impossible steep hill-, to the budget limitations, a very basic grid configuration evolved to a much multifaceted formal result; both simple and complex at the same time.
Curiously, the principal façade when arriving in the house is the roof, designed as a complete terrace to a 360º view of the valley but also as a structural complement underneath the deck that overtakes the horizontal forces in case of earthquakes, which allows avoiding cross-bracing in the windows towards the appealing views. This wooden “envelop” is extended and returned to block excessive sun exposure in the hot summer of central Chile zone, although lets the sun to enter in the fresh early morning and in hard winter in a more inclined angle.
Plus, natural cross ventilation through an opening of all the glass planes through the patio and external façade permits a regulation of temperature in a passive mode. Unexpectedly, this calculated geometry relates almost candidly to the nearby hills topography.
Beyond demanding technical issues, the project spatial organization outcomes -as it was never determined- in a open space around the patio which includes the kitchen and could display as the inhabitant wishes, switching dining room to living room or any other instance as desired. A more stable programme is the principal bedroom with a private bathroom and terrace towards the view since residents could enjoy it more during the morning and late at night rather than the day. Plus, an optional studio and/or guest room in the opposed side is available aligned with a more “public” shower, toilet and laundry facilities. All fits in less than 104 M2, nevertheless all spaces connect to each other in exterior or interior ways: a continuous promenade with no dead ends as is to integrate all the spatial qualities and views of living in a steep and almost non urbanized area, nevertheless 5 minutes to the city.
All this was reached rather than in a quest for certainties, through a trial and error modus operandi whereas all design resources at reach where unconsciously or more rationally implied: from Corbusier’s 5 points for a new modern architecture, to nearby Smijan Radic’s Copper House 2, or/and references passing through Mies structural explicitness through OMA and PLOT experiments (All apologies).
The result? A mix, a bastardized design, a fusion, like a crossbreed dog, as named in Chilean: A Kiltro (mixed-breed dog).
Project Info:
Architects: Juan Pablo Corvalán
& Gabriel Vergara
Location: Talca, Chile
Project Team: Pablo Sepúlveda, Miguel Angel Reyes
Engineering: Cesar Moreira / Sigma Ingenieros
Budget: U$80,000
Area: 104.0 m2
Project Year: 2008
Project Name: Kiltro House
All Images Courtesy Of Juan Pablo Corvalán
& Gabriel Vergara

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