Pavilion of the Future | NOVOE

Designed by NOVOE, The world of today is a world of transformations. Population growth, economic crises, environmental cataclysms, global warming, virtual reality, and digitalization put us new questions every day.
The world of today is a world where the main skills are the ability to rapid self-transformation, a propensity to new knowledge and interest to the collaborations that allow responding to an endless stream of challenges. In this world big cities work as the main centers of the global agenda due to the areas of important changes are concentrated there. However, almost half of the world’s population lives outside the megalopolises and this part is cut off from the access to key knowledge about sustainability. These knowledge are fundamental for the successful planet existence.

Photography: Ilya Ivanov

Towns in Russia
The population of Russia is 146 781 095 people but only 23% of them lives in big cities with a population of over 1 million people. Almost half of Russia’s population is located in medium cities and towns. In a case of development pace and global agenda engagement, these cities and towns are not so important such as megalopolises, but they have an impact on global processes too. Fortunately, in the world of today, every locality can be included in the system of knowledge and experience exchange. On this way is possible to solve problems important for every inhabitant of the planet. This way of thinking also requires cultural platforms and institutions to accumulate values and possibilities. Russian megalopolises have proper places, but in small towns places for such needs are either outdated or completely absent.

Photography: Ilya Ivanov

Pavilion
Pavilion of the Future is a part of the knowledge-sharing platform for the residents of different Russian territories. The system of pavilions, located in different parts of the country, is integrated with the digital platform: due to this aggregate, an urban community can change their experience and together look for solutions to pressing problems. The pavilion is a material part of the cultural platform. It should be flexible, multifunctional, open and friendly, eco-friendly and affordable to be a symbol of the progress.
Form of the pavilion based on the form of a cylinder and does not have a certain facade: the pavilion fits in any context because it demonstrates equal relation to any object in the environment. The structure is given by the surface of the double helicoid — the minimum screw surface. The surface of the helicoid allows dividing the space of the pavilion into two independent parts, which makes it possible to combine different formats of events inside it. Depending on the number of turns and the initial radius, the helicoid principle allows the effective area of the pavilion to be varied and increased by 2, 5 or 10 times and maintain a compact building spot. Movement along the surface, ascent up, and descent along the backside create an endless route inside the pavilion, increasing its capacity and separate flows of people. The surface of the helicoid is programmed due to the nature of the steps: different sections are solved as a staircase, amphitheater or are stored as ramps.

Photography: Ilya Ivanov

The integration of flat horizontal platforms inside the pavilion makes the functional filling of the structure as diverse as possible, and sliding walls in different places allow to transform the space. The pavilion can simultaneously operate a flat hall at ground level, an amphitheater, a staircase which lift to the roof, an observation deck, coworking outdoors, a lecture hall, workshops, a bathroom, and storage rooms for furniture and equipment. The facade of the pavilion is a universal showcase that allows to adapt it to the surrounding context or arrange for thematic events.
Every year small town Vyksa, located in Nizhny Novgorod region, becomes a venue for the Art-Ovrag festival, dedicated to the modern culture. The population of a town is 53 406 people. A pilot project of the Pavilion of the Future was implemented as part of the festival in the summer of 2019. The task of the pilot project was to test the architectural solutions of the pavilion, the construction technology and the process of interaction with local residents. Today, after the implementation of the pilot Pavilion and testing of its functionality as part of the festival’s public program, residents of Vyksa form their own curatorial program of events in space.
Project Info:
Architects: NOVOE
Lead Architects: Sergei Nebotov, Anastasiya Gritskova, Sergei Aksenov
Design Team: Mikhail Martianov, Anna Zamry, Margarita Dikova
Clients: 8 lines
Area: 465.0 m2
Project Year: 2019
Photographs: Ilya Ivanov
Project Name: Pavilion of the Future

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Sidra Medical and Research Center | Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Sidra Medicine is a world-class hospital and ambulatory care center offering state-of-the-art clinical services and biomedical research. This academic medical center is part of the Qatar Foundation’s Education City campus, which hosts branches of American universities.

Photography: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO

The 380-bed hospital has dedicated divisions for children’s health, women’s health, and adult acute care. The identity of each specialty hospital is articulated by a sweeping, sail-like atrium form with dedicated drop-off and entrance zones from both street level and underground parking level. Natural materials, including wood, granite, and marble, are used throughout the lobby and public spaces to create a warm and welcoming environment.
The inpatient rooms for each hospital are organized around three healing garden atria. Glass-enclosed elevator lobbies overlook the lobby atrium and healing garden atrium, orienting visitors and patients within the building. The atria are clad in ceramic tile, enamel-coated metal panels, and high-performance glass with stainless steel accents and sunshades, utilizing a variety of measures to filter and soften the strong sunlight.

Photography: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO

The 37,160-square meter (400,000-square-foot) Ambulatory Care Clinic frames a historic house, preserving the heritage of Qatar’s built environment. Directly tied to the main hospital by bridges on three levels, the clinic building also connects back to the Weill Cornell Medical College, providing a direct link between education and practice. The center is also planned to include translational research facilities and a central services plant.
The complex will include structured above grade staff parking for 1,000 cars, and underground public parking for 1,000 cars. The design treats the parking garages as an important part of the public experience. Rather than a utilitarian transit zone, visitors parking their cars pass an engaging space with sculpted arch forms and an undulating ceiling plane. Projected future phases will accommodate the future underground walkway to Weill Cornell Medical College.

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Project Info:
Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Location: Doha, Qatar
Lead Architect: Ellerbe Becket
Design Team: Cesar Pelli, Fred Clarke, Mark Shoemaker, Randy Volenec, Edward Dionne, Ashley Forde Rao
Area: 139000.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO
Manufacturers: AGC, Terreal
Project Name: Sidra Medical and Research Center

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Jiangnan Courtyard | PTArchitects

Designed by PTArchitects, The wise finds pleasure in water; the virtuous seeks pleasure in hills. An elegant, peaceful and silent scenario based in the power of water and hill landscaping is what our design trys to pursue in this project. The shape of the roof ridges is a mimic of the mountain-silhouette while the buildings embrace the silent water, which reflects the mountain shades. With tree branches and leaves waving in the wind, trails winding and turning upon the free-flowing water underneath, the sunken courtyards and theme clubhouse all add silence and coziness to the recluse life in the nature.

Photography: Schran Images

The site of JIANGNAN COURTYARDS is located at Hangzhou central downtown fringe, in close proximity to the West Lake and Wulin Gate busy urban neighborhoods where everything is within half hour by foot. Hence a peaceful and quiet lifestyle is embedded in the busy and bustling city context. Like an island surrounded by a 1100-meter creek, the site is hidden in greenery of trees, bushes and lawn. All the inhabitants enjoy a waterside lifestyle isolated inside the city.

Photography: Schran Images

Watching from the aerial, the courtyard is girt by water hidden in the busy neighborhood, which contains the buildings of sales pavilion, gateway, veranda as well as the waterscape. The gateway not only appears concise and contemporary by using the point-line-surface design approach, but also shows the oriental poetry and rhythm after the gray space and timber screen are applied to enhance the connection between the external and internal parts.
Before entering the courtyard, the screen offers visitors a translucent view of the water and veranda ahead. Inside the yard, the pitched roof follows the gradient of the mountain shape at a random and cadence. Magnificent scenery is also visible from one side of lightweight grilles on the veranda, full of typical Jiangnan flavor.

Photography: Schran Images

The curtain wall and metal grille in style reflected by the mirror-like water, half-emerging and quietly, also contains oriental elegancy and subtle characters. The pedestrian trails and geometric waterscape of minimalism transfer an oriental poetry of “Floating wine cup array upon the winding water” in the face of a contemporary atmosphere.
The architectural idea takes both the atmosphere of traditional oriental yards and the western modernism approaches into consideration. While planning the space, we try to make the circuitous complicity more straight and simplified, while endeavoring to the details, materials and constructions per further research. The so-called“JIANGNAN COURTYARDS”is not only a prosperous and luxury residenial area, but also a place of silence full with traditional legacy, historic inspiration, and oriental taste.

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Project Info:
Architects: PTArchitects
Location: Chongxian New Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Architects: Hui Yao, Jia Xue
Design Team: Bo Zhu, Lei Xu, Houqi Shen, Cheng Li, Cheng Chen, Weifeng Huang, Yafen Hu, Zhen Luo
Area: 1893.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Schran Images
Project Name: Jiangnan Courtyard

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