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Los Sopranos by Pedro Scatarella

Inspired by New York’s harbour warehouses, architect Pedro Scattarella has brought the atmosphere of an industrial port inside a Barcelona pizzeria. 

Elements like containers, merchandise boxes and industrial lamps can be traced throughout the two-storey interior. On the entrance level, an open kitchen allows customers to see how pizzas are prepared, almost as if attending a show. Concrete flooring and a brick wall enhance the industrial aesthetic in the space.

The ground floor visually connects to the upper one, thanks to the space’s double height. On the top floor is a large dining room, filled with four full-size shipping containers accommodating different functions like the bathroom, VIP room and exhibition showcase. 

Industrial graphic elements are spotted in several areas, helping to further enhance the warehouse feeling in the restaurant.

4 weeks ago 

TROOVE Salon by Hiroyuki Miyake

In Gifu, about 400km west of Tokyo, a beauty salon reflects how Japanese society is questioning its necessities after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The space is divided into two sections: in the fore-front is a waiting room with concrete walls and a single couch. Perpendicular half-walls divide this section from the back, which is lined with planks of Japanese oak that give the space a great sense of depth.

Overall, the salon appears to have a dark glow about it; according to designerHiroyuki Miyake, following the 2011 natural disasters, many towns in Japan lost power supplies or were asked to turn off lights.

4 weeks ago  3 notes

Pratt Gaud Exhibition by Pratt Students

Students at New York’s Pratt Institute have created a giant gallery installation using thousands of laser-cut cardboard pieces and thin plywood. 

The students were working under the guidance of designers Michael Szivos ofSOFTlab and Carrie McKnelly.  

As visitors enter the Hazel and Robert H. Siegel Gallery, they are confronted with a massive installation that dictates routes of travel along various axes through the space. On the gallery’s walls are works completed by students over the past two years; the works on the walls correspond to the axes of the installation. 

4 weeks ago 

IceShifts Series by Nicole Dextras

For her series IceShifts, environmental artist Nicole Dextras freezes garments into blocks of ice, creating installations and photographic reproductions.

Dextras’ art refers to nature and the environment. One of her main series consists of three-dimensional words made of ice or living plants, put in the urban or natural landscape. She links the projects to the seasons; ice corresponds to winter and the plants to summer.

IceShifts is a wintertime project that deals with the garment and nature. The idea originated from a photographic study of clothes and fabrics suspended in water.

Dextras froze dresses and garments into big blocks of ice. The result is beautifully delicate, thanks to the transparencies and play of lights passing through the iced fabrics. Although frozen, the figures have a mobile quality, as if they were gently dancing.

2 months ago  1 note

Langue Materielle Exhibition by Jimmy Robert

Jimmy Robert’s artistic practice relies on different media: collage, photography, installation, choreography and performance. Through these media, Roberts continuously questions the unsolved play between object and representation.

Through videos and installations Robert explores objects and bodies as carriers of language. Sheets of paper used in collages and photographic works are manipulated, folded and displaced. From their mere materiality, they acquire new meanings by means of the artist’s touch.

Robert also uses the body as a piece of paper, a white page to be ‘folded,’ touched and displaced. He elaborates choreographies to be performed as if the movement created a new representational reality.

Drawing and dancing are two aspects of movement that Robert also documents in three new video works. In them he focuses on the idea that gestures are a form of language that create a new order and new meanings.

2 months ago  1 note

gaellewedlake:

Starbucks Amsterdam Rembrantplein by Liz Muller and Starbucks Coffee

Starbucks will soon serve its daily brew with a dose of design at its first European concept shop, set to open Friday at Amsterdam’s famous Rembrandtplein square.

Dubbed Starbucks The Bank, the café is located in a former bank vault, below ground. Filled with only recycled or reclaimed furnishings, local artistry and eco-friendly initiatives, the shop is a far departure from cookie-cutter Starbucks that popped up worldwide through the 1990s and early 2000s.

Visitors enter the shop at street level, then descend into the 430-sq-m subterranean space that’s filled with nods to Dutch culture. One wall is made of ‘speculaas’ moulds (used to make a popular type of Dutch cookie), while another wall features a mural explaining about coffee’s history in Holland. Locals and tourists alike sample coffees at a ‘coffee theatre’ or enjoy cookies baked freshly in the store (the shop manager will even Tweet when a fresh batch is ready!)   

The shop has been built to meet Leed sustainable building guidelines; paints used were water-based and chemical free, while low-flow faucets conserve water and LED and CFL bulbs reduce energy consumption. Meanwhile, original marble floors (dating to 1926) were left intact, while recycled burlap sacks used for transporting coffee were used as décor.

2 months ago  5 notes

gaellewedlake: Storefront Mushroom Farm by CityLab7 and Olson Kundig Architects A Seattle shop is teaching guests about how the simplest of actions – purchasing a cup of coffee – has effects worldwide. At Mushroom Farm, a series of installations and experiments demonstrate how coffee grounds can be repurposed to grow rich and healthy oyster mushrooms, instead of being thrown into a traditional waste stream (which in most coffee shops is the norm). When used as compost, the grinds act as a nutrient-rich soil for foods and plants. Located in Olson Kundig Architect’s Seattle office, Mushroom Farm is not only an educational outreach centre, but a community lunchroom. The front of the space contains a nearly 4m-by-5m mushroom growing tent made of reclaimed plywood that’s wrapped in heat-sensitive plastic sheeting. The structure is a cocoon for 215 mushrooms growing bags. In the back of the shop is a 6-m-long table for sharing meals and lectures. The project of part of the ongoing [storefront] series, whereby Olson Kundig Architect rents its groundfloor space for probono design projects, social practice experiments and other community initiatives. Mushroom Farm is run byCityLab7, an organization devoted to spreading awareness of the impacts of climate change. The mushrooms are being grown by Alex Winstead of Cascadia Mushrooms.

gaellewedlake:

Storefront Mushroom Farm by CityLab7 and Olson Kundig Architects

A Seattle shop is teaching guests about how the simplest of actions – purchasing a cup of coffee – has effects worldwide.

At Mushroom Farm, a series of installations and experiments demonstrate how coffee grounds can be repurposed to grow rich and healthy oyster mushrooms, instead of being thrown into a traditional waste stream (which in most coffee shops is the norm). When used as compost, the grinds act as a nutrient-rich soil for foods and plants.

Located in Olson Kundig Architect’s Seattle office, Mushroom Farm is not only an educational outreach centre, but a community lunchroom. The front of the space contains a nearly 4m-by-5m mushroom growing tent made of reclaimed plywood that’s wrapped in heat-sensitive plastic sheeting. The structure is a cocoon for 215 mushrooms growing bags. In the back of the shop is a 6-m-long table for sharing meals and lectures.

The project of part of the ongoing [storefront] series, whereby Olson Kundig Architect rents its groundfloor space for probono design projects, social practice experiments and other community initiatives. Mushroom Farm is run byCityLab7, an organization devoted to spreading awareness of the impacts of climate change. The mushrooms are being grown by Alex Winstead of Cascadia Mushrooms.

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Loosdrecht Island House by 2by4-Architects

On an tiny island in Loosdrecht Lake, the Netherlands, a simple house with a subtle frame captures the essence of its surroundings.

The recreational house was custom-created as per the client’s wish. In summertime, nearly an entire side of the house can be opened to offer views of the water; the wooden façade can be folded open and the glass wall pushed inside it. The living room floor then becomes a jetty from where water can be accessed. A free-hanging chimney acts as a focal point, creating the perfect gathering place on warm summer nights.

Strict restrictions on size required 2by4-architects to cleverly and efficiently design the area available. The toilet, shower, storage are cupboards are concealed behind sleek double wall. A dining area is connected to the open kitchen, separated by a simple step.

2 months ago  1 note

Red Bull Amsterdam Headquarters by Sid Lee Architecture

Located in North Amsterdam in a converted shipbuilding factory, the offices are spread over three adjacent bays. Resembling the anatomy of a brain, the ‘logical’ left bay is a public space with cafeteria, while the ‘creative’ bays on the right house office and workstations.

As a whole, the space represents its nickname, ‘angel versus beast,’ the latter denoting the geometric black-metal-and-plywood structure on the public side. The structure is capped with semi-open rest areas handcrafted out of plywood, a material that recalls the building’s previous function – the boards might have been ripped off the hull of a ship – while referencing skateboard ramps to further enhance the brand’s wild side.

2 months ago  2 notes

Polyforum Siquieros Galleries by BNKR Arquitectura

A gallery in Mexico City houses the world’s largest mural painting.

The centre is a social, cultural and political facility that was decorated by three Mexican muralists, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco.

With over 8000-sq-m of mural painting covering its exterior and interior, it’s considered the largest mural in the world. The building was conceived in 1967 and until last year its main gallery had not been renovated since its inauguartion in 1971.

2 months ago  1 note

Los Sopranos by Pedro Scatarella

Inspired by New York’s harbour warehouses, architect Pedro Scattarella has brought the atmosphere of an industrial port inside a Barcelona pizzeria. 

Elements like containers, merchandise boxes and industrial lamps can be traced throughout the two-storey interior. On the entrance level, an open kitchen allows customers to see how pizzas are prepared, almost as if attending a show. Concrete flooring and a brick wall enhance the industrial aesthetic in the space.

The ground floor visually connects to the upper one, thanks to the space’s double height. On the top floor is a large dining room, filled with four full-size shipping containers accommodating different functions like the bathroom, VIP room and exhibition showcase. 

Industrial graphic elements are spotted in several areas, helping to further enhance the warehouse feeling in the restaurant.

TROOVE Salon by Hiroyuki Miyake

In Gifu, about 400km west of Tokyo, a beauty salon reflects how Japanese society is questioning its necessities after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The space is divided into two sections: in the fore-front is a waiting room with concrete walls and a single couch. Perpendicular half-walls divide this section from the back, which is lined with planks of Japanese oak that give the space a great sense of depth.

Overall, the salon appears to have a dark glow about it; according to designerHiroyuki Miyake, following the 2011 natural disasters, many towns in Japan lost power supplies or were asked to turn off lights.

Pratt Gaud Exhibition by Pratt Students

Students at New York’s Pratt Institute have created a giant gallery installation using thousands of laser-cut cardboard pieces and thin plywood. 

The students were working under the guidance of designers Michael Szivos ofSOFTlab and Carrie McKnelly.  

As visitors enter the Hazel and Robert H. Siegel Gallery, they are confronted with a massive installation that dictates routes of travel along various axes through the space. On the gallery’s walls are works completed by students over the past two years; the works on the walls correspond to the axes of the installation. 

IceShifts Series by Nicole Dextras

For her series IceShifts, environmental artist Nicole Dextras freezes garments into blocks of ice, creating installations and photographic reproductions.

Dextras’ art refers to nature and the environment. One of her main series consists of three-dimensional words made of ice or living plants, put in the urban or natural landscape. She links the projects to the seasons; ice corresponds to winter and the plants to summer.

IceShifts is a wintertime project that deals with the garment and nature. The idea originated from a photographic study of clothes and fabrics suspended in water.

Dextras froze dresses and garments into big blocks of ice. The result is beautifully delicate, thanks to the transparencies and play of lights passing through the iced fabrics. Although frozen, the figures have a mobile quality, as if they were gently dancing.

Langue Materielle Exhibition by Jimmy Robert

Jimmy Robert’s artistic practice relies on different media: collage, photography, installation, choreography and performance. Through these media, Roberts continuously questions the unsolved play between object and representation.

Through videos and installations Robert explores objects and bodies as carriers of language. Sheets of paper used in collages and photographic works are manipulated, folded and displaced. From their mere materiality, they acquire new meanings by means of the artist’s touch.

Robert also uses the body as a piece of paper, a white page to be ‘folded,’ touched and displaced. He elaborates choreographies to be performed as if the movement created a new representational reality.

Drawing and dancing are two aspects of movement that Robert also documents in three new video works. In them he focuses on the idea that gestures are a form of language that create a new order and new meanings.

gaellewedlake:

Starbucks Amsterdam Rembrantplein by Liz Muller and Starbucks Coffee

Starbucks will soon serve its daily brew with a dose of design at its first European concept shop, set to open Friday at Amsterdam’s famous Rembrandtplein square.

Dubbed Starbucks The Bank, the café is located in a former bank vault, below ground. Filled with only recycled or reclaimed furnishings, local artistry and eco-friendly initiatives, the shop is a far departure from cookie-cutter Starbucks that popped up worldwide through the 1990s and early 2000s.

Visitors enter the shop at street level, then descend into the 430-sq-m subterranean space that’s filled with nods to Dutch culture. One wall is made of ‘speculaas’ moulds (used to make a popular type of Dutch cookie), while another wall features a mural explaining about coffee’s history in Holland. Locals and tourists alike sample coffees at a ‘coffee theatre’ or enjoy cookies baked freshly in the store (the shop manager will even Tweet when a fresh batch is ready!)   

The shop has been built to meet Leed sustainable building guidelines; paints used were water-based and chemical free, while low-flow faucets conserve water and LED and CFL bulbs reduce energy consumption. Meanwhile, original marble floors (dating to 1926) were left intact, while recycled burlap sacks used for transporting coffee were used as décor.

gaellewedlake: Storefront Mushroom Farm by CityLab7 and Olson Kundig Architects A Seattle shop is teaching guests about how the simplest of actions – purchasing a cup of coffee – has effects worldwide. At Mushroom Farm, a series of installations and experiments demonstrate how coffee grounds can be repurposed to grow rich and healthy oyster mushrooms, instead of being thrown into a traditional waste stream (which in most coffee shops is the norm). When used as compost, the grinds act as a nutrient-rich soil for foods and plants. Located in Olson Kundig Architect’s Seattle office, Mushroom Farm is not only an educational outreach centre, but a community lunchroom. The front of the space contains a nearly 4m-by-5m mushroom growing tent made of reclaimed plywood that’s wrapped in heat-sensitive plastic sheeting. The structure is a cocoon for 215 mushrooms growing bags. In the back of the shop is a 6-m-long table for sharing meals and lectures. The project of part of the ongoing [storefront] series, whereby Olson Kundig Architect rents its groundfloor space for probono design projects, social practice experiments and other community initiatives. Mushroom Farm is run byCityLab7, an organization devoted to spreading awareness of the impacts of climate change. The mushrooms are being grown by Alex Winstead of Cascadia Mushrooms.

gaellewedlake:

Storefront Mushroom Farm by CityLab7 and Olson Kundig Architects

A Seattle shop is teaching guests about how the simplest of actions – purchasing a cup of coffee – has effects worldwide.

At Mushroom Farm, a series of installations and experiments demonstrate how coffee grounds can be repurposed to grow rich and healthy oyster mushrooms, instead of being thrown into a traditional waste stream (which in most coffee shops is the norm). When used as compost, the grinds act as a nutrient-rich soil for foods and plants.

Located in Olson Kundig Architect’s Seattle office, Mushroom Farm is not only an educational outreach centre, but a community lunchroom. The front of the space contains a nearly 4m-by-5m mushroom growing tent made of reclaimed plywood that’s wrapped in heat-sensitive plastic sheeting. The structure is a cocoon for 215 mushrooms growing bags. In the back of the shop is a 6-m-long table for sharing meals and lectures.

The project of part of the ongoing [storefront] series, whereby Olson Kundig Architect rents its groundfloor space for probono design projects, social practice experiments and other community initiatives. Mushroom Farm is run byCityLab7, an organization devoted to spreading awareness of the impacts of climate change. The mushrooms are being grown by Alex Winstead of Cascadia Mushrooms.

Loosdrecht Island House by 2by4-Architects

On an tiny island in Loosdrecht Lake, the Netherlands, a simple house with a subtle frame captures the essence of its surroundings.

The recreational house was custom-created as per the client’s wish. In summertime, nearly an entire side of the house can be opened to offer views of the water; the wooden façade can be folded open and the glass wall pushed inside it. The living room floor then becomes a jetty from where water can be accessed. A free-hanging chimney acts as a focal point, creating the perfect gathering place on warm summer nights.

Strict restrictions on size required 2by4-architects to cleverly and efficiently design the area available. The toilet, shower, storage are cupboards are concealed behind sleek double wall. A dining area is connected to the open kitchen, separated by a simple step.

Red Bull Amsterdam Headquarters by Sid Lee Architecture

Located in North Amsterdam in a converted shipbuilding factory, the offices are spread over three adjacent bays. Resembling the anatomy of a brain, the ‘logical’ left bay is a public space with cafeteria, while the ‘creative’ bays on the right house office and workstations.

As a whole, the space represents its nickname, ‘angel versus beast,’ the latter denoting the geometric black-metal-and-plywood structure on the public side. The structure is capped with semi-open rest areas handcrafted out of plywood, a material that recalls the building’s previous function – the boards might have been ripped off the hull of a ship – while referencing skateboard ramps to further enhance the brand’s wild side.

Polyforum Siquieros Galleries by BNKR Arquitectura

A gallery in Mexico City houses the world’s largest mural painting.

The centre is a social, cultural and political facility that was decorated by three Mexican muralists, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco.

With over 8000-sq-m of mural painting covering its exterior and interior, it’s considered the largest mural in the world. The building was conceived in 1967 and until last year its main gallery had not been renovated since its inauguartion in 1971.

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