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

All Images Via Untapped Cities

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