Syd Energi Headquarters | GPP Arkitekter

The new Plus Energi Headquarters for Syd Energi (SE) is located on a remarkable site in the southwest part of Denmark – where the countryside meets the city, next to the biggest Danish land art monument – “The hill of light”. This new building for the employees at the energy company will, besides from being a great work environment, also be ground-breaking in terms of architecture and sustainability.A simple and timeless design with a slanted cut on the top floor offers a dynamic, round building, that reflects SE´s company profile and the grandness of the western Danish landscape. A spacious atrium in the center of the building provides light and airiness for all workspaces within the building.

Visitors and employees are met and greeted by a large reception and showroom area, from where one via the atrium can get an overview of the entire building. A marvelous sculpture comprised of stairs and bridges in the atrium leads visitors and employees through the building.The first three floors are a mixture of departments with a combination of single and multiple workspaces in an open office environment together with modern meeting and relaxing areas. At the top floor, one discovers a panoramic cantina, lounge and meeting area.

The icing on the cake is the 1000 m2 roof garden, shielded from the wind by the top aluminum ring and glass. There is also a 360-degree panoramic walk around the top floor that gives an amazing view of the surrounding city, farmland, airport and the North Sea.
Project Info
Architects: GPP Arkitekter
Location: Esbjerg, Denmark
General Contractor: Hoffmann A/SEngineerEsbensen (installations), Sloth Møller (construction)
Landscaping: Thing &WainøApS
Advisor to SydEnergi Holding A/S: Johansson &Kalstrup A/S
Area: 11000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Type: Office Building
Project Name: Syd Energi Headquarters
All Images Courtesy of Syd Energi

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Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center | Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro:

The re-design is intended to transform the venue from a good multi-purpose hall into a premiere chamber music venue with street identity and upgraded functionality for all performance needs. Tucked under The Juilliard School, the opaque base of Pietro Belluschi’s building is stripped away to reveal the Alice Tully hall’s outer shell.

Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro – Photography : Donna Pallotta

The sloped underside of Juilliard’s expansion serves as the canopy framing the Alice Tully hall, its expanded lobby and box office. A shear one-way cable net glass façade puts the hall on display. The liner of African moabi is tailored around all existing Alice Tully hall features and new programmatic elements to eliminate visual noise and illumination emerges from the wood skin the way a bioluminescent marine organism exudes an internal glow.

Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro – Photography : Iwan Baan

A percentage of the wood liner is constructed of translucent custom-molded resin panels surfaced in veneer to match and blend seamlessly with the wood, binding the house and stage with light. Like the raising of a chandelier or the parting of a curtain signaling the start of performance, the blush will be part of the performance choreography: a hush will fall in the seconds of transition from distraction to attention when the blushing walls become the first performer.

Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro – Photography : Iwan Baan

Project Info
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXFOWLE Architects
Location: New York, United States
Year: 2009
Type: Cultural Center
Photographs: Iwan Baan, Donna Pallotta

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The Offices of Buck O’Neill Builders | Jones / Haydu

The Offices of Buck O’Neill Builders

A young general contractor with a strong belief in sustainable building practices wished to create a new, LEED certified office space that demonstrated his considerable construction skills. While the selected raw space was not large (1,100 S.F.), it offered high ceilings, a mezzanine, and a large glass storefront.Numerous low partition workstations, a private office, a conference area, and a kitchenette were carefully placed within to maximize function and daylight penetration while providing spatial interest with a flow that fostered communication. Given the size of the space and the amount of program, the materials palette was kept to a minimum.Particular attention was given to green and recycled materials. Reclaimed Douglas fir was used at the partitions, entry wall, and cantilevered stair. Workstation counters are recycled paper stone. Cork tile was used in the conference area, bathroom, and kitchenette. No VOC paints were selected for all walls and ceilings. Energy efficient fixtures were selected and instead of a traditional HVAC system, each workstation has an independently controlled radiator.

The focus of the space is a living wall of mixed plants that takes filtration a step further. The plants are affixed to a perforated stainless screen that is connected to a fan. Air is drawn through the plants, thus providing natural filtration, and then recycled back into space. The office space is on track to achieve a LEED (R) Gold rating.

Project Info
Architects: Jones | Haydu
Location: California, United States
Team: Paul Haydu, Hulett Jones
Photographs: Bruce Damonte
Type: Office Building

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House in Miashi | Daisaku Hanamoto Architect & Associates

House in Miashi

Create a space by creating difference in the brightness. This architecture consists of a house and a veterinary hospital.The client requested stable lighting and many small rooms at the vet clinic. The housing part is contrasted with them. We designed space where clients can feel the natural light positively and relax.

Photography by © Kenji Masunaga

In this house, the theme was to create a space by creating difference in the brightness that appears on the floor, walls, and ceiling that make up the building. In order to be able to feel the subtle differences created in the floors and walls, the planning will be flexible room that can overlook many surfaces at the same time.

Photography by © Kenji Masunaga

The hanging walls (Tarekabe) divide the ceiling into a grid shape to block the line of sight Moderately and brings depth and rhythm to simple spaces. The divided ceiling surface has a clear lightness difference due to the relationship such as the size of the opening and the sense of distance.  And the rough finish emphasizes its presence. It is predicted that the perception of light on the floor and walls will weaken as start living and furniture are placed.   However, this ceiling has always remained the frame of this architecture.

Photography by © Kenji Masunaga

Project Info:
Architects: Daisaku Hanamoto Architect & Associates
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Area: 193 m²
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Kenji Masunaga
Manufacturers: LIXIL, Tajima, ikuta

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