https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1571 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17097 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:15:27 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17097-jose-selgas-and-lucia-cano-add-a-dash-of-21st-century-whimsy-to-their-family-compound-in-northern-madrid Also recognized by the New York–based honor society are Julie Bargmann, Beatriz Colomina, and Krzysztof Wodiczko. 

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16789 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:19:50 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16789-selgascano-and-levenbetts-among-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-letterss-2024-architecture-awards-honorees http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16769 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16769-a-colorful-cafe-and-pavilion-by-selgascano-enliven-a-sprawling-housing-complex-in-china SelgasCano’s first U.S. project, a shared-workplace complex for Second Home, takes advantage of the sun and laid-back lifestyle of L.A.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14277 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14277-second-home-la-by-selgascano Sixty freestanding work huts are clustered within a newly created jungle. Photo © Iwan Baan Inside, cross-laminated timber overhead reduces the need for structural steel. The architects also designed the solid-surface-topped tables. Photo © Iwan Baan In the existing building, at the site’s northwest corner (shown), the courtyard is surrounded by a café and glazed meeting rooms. Photo © Iwan Baan In the existing building, at the site’s northwest corner, the courtyard is surrounded by a café (shown) and glazed meeting rooms. Photo © Iwan Baan In the existing building, at the site’s northwest corner, the courtyard is surrounded by a café and glazed meeting rooms (shown). Photo © Iwan Baan A SelgasCano-designed reception station integrates painted aluminum tubes and acrylic rods. Photo © Iwan Baan The pods feel submerged in the landscape but are actually enveloped, around their bases, in raised planting beds. The soil—performing double duty as insulation—helps maintain a constant comfortable interior temperature. Photo © Iwan Baan Image courtesy SelgasCano Image courtesy SelgasCano This year’s roster of seasonal pavilions employ unusual geometries, bold colors, and textured materials to keep visitors cool in the shade.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14181 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14181-summer-2019-pavilions-pop-up-across-the-globe SelgasCano’s 2015 Serpentine Pavilion in Los Angeles SelgasCano’s prismatic 2015 Serpentine Pavilion is the first of the 19 structures built for the Serpentine Gallery’s annual program to travel to the United States. Originally installed in London’s Kensington Gardens, the cocoon-like structure, wrapped in a multicolored translucent ETFE membrane, has been reassembled on the grounds of the La Brea Tar Pits—the only active urban Ice Age excavation site in the world—where it will remain for the next five months. The new location will host a diverse program of talks, film screenings, and other events organized by Second Home, a London-based coworking operator, and the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County. Second Home’s first U.S. location, in L.A., also designed by SelgasCano, is scheduled to open in September. Photo © Iwan Baan Hórama Rama by Pedro y Juana at MoMA PS1 Hórama Rama, this year’s winner of the Museum of Modern Art’s 2019 Young Architects Program, by Mexico City–based Pedro & Juana, is a 40-foot-high, 90-foot-diameter cyclorama that brings seating, shade, and even a waterfall to MoMA PS1’s courtyard in Queens, NY. The design creates a playground of scaffolding, partially shaded by some 2,000 wood “bristles” protruding from its cylindrical armature. The seasonal structure is the home of PS1’s annual Warm Up summer concert series and will be open until September. Photo © Rafael Gamo Junya Ishigami at Kensington Gardens Billowing over the green of London’s Kensington Gardens like a jagged stone sail, Junya Ishigami’s 2019 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion has a thin canopy, heaped with thick flakes of loose-laid slate, which rises from three corners. As Ishigami suggests, the deliberately random composition of varying sized stones helps to create the impression of a natural feature but also recalls examples of vernacular architecture, lending the structure a kind of universal context, and reflecting the Japanese architect’s long-standing preoccupation with the interplay between man-made and natural environments. Photo © Norbert Tukaj Colour Palace at Dulwich Picture Gallery For a few months, Colour Palace is brightening the sky at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London. This summer’s pavilion, designed by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori with architect Pricegore, is the second iteration of the competition organized by the gallery and the London Festival of Architecture. The 32-foot-tall polychromatic structure’s facade of wooden slats features a geometric pattern inspired by fabrics in the markets of Lagos, Nigeria. It sits atop four red precast-concrete rings and is held together by a blue fir frame and a series of cables and brackets. The temporary structure will host outdoor events through September 22. Photo © Adam Scott A Pavilion on Roosevelt Island by Somewhere Studio Salvage Swings, a project by Fayetteville, Arkansas-based architecture practice Somewhere Studio, is the winner of this year’s City of Dreams Pavilion competition, which aims to encourage sustainability among architects and designers. (RECORD senior editor Joann Gonchar, FAIA, served on the design jury.) Using scrap timber salvaged from a construction project at the University of Arkansas, the team built 12 boxy modules on New York’s Roosevelt Island; each frames a single swing. The side-by-side structures, with roofs alternately sloping different ways, arranged in a triangle, enable games such as hide-and-seek. Photo © Somewhere Studio LLC Mark Dion: Follies at Storm King “My concept of a folly is somewhere between the traditional one of the aristocracy, and the vernacular,” says artist Mark Dion. His 13 highly diverse structures at Storm King—from a glass menagerie and a grotto embedded in the landscape to a reed-clad hunting blind and a truck that serves as a mobile laboratory—are instructional and enchanting, especially within the context of the Hudson River Valley art center’s 500 rolling acres and its monumental sculptures. On view until November 11, this exhibition includes pieces created and modified over the last 25 years, as well as a new site-specific work entitled Storm King Environmental Field Station. Photo © Jeffrey Jenkins The structure, to be installed at La Brea Tar Pits, will host a series of public talks and events.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14038 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14038-selgascanos-colorful-serpentine-pavilion-coming-to-los-angeles Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano as it originally appeared in London in 2015. The installation will open at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles on June 28, 2019. Photos by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Second Home Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano as it originally appeared in London in 2015. Photos by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Second Home Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano as it originally appeared in London in 2015. Photos by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Second Home Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano as it originally appeared in London in 2015. Photos by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Second Home Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano as it originally appeared in London in 2015. Photos by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Second Home Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano as it originally appeared in London in 2015. Photos by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Second Home Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano as it originally appeared in London in 2015. Photos by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Second Home The Spanish firm pays respect to nature by jolting it with the surreal.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12870 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:13:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12870-selgascanos-surreal-auditorium-in-western-spain Circulation routes, which occupy spaces between the building’s ETFE skin and glass walls, are visible through the translucent facades. Photo © Iwan Baan Circulation routes, which occupy spaces between the building’s ETFE skin and glass walls, are visible through the translucent facades. Photo © Iwan Baan The auditorium’s seating occupies the congress center’s sloped cantilever. Photo © Iwan Baan A variety of multipurpose halls play with light and color and reveal surprising views within and through the building. A glass floor in one reveals the large portal that cuts through the building. Photo © Iwan Baan A variety of multipurpose halls play with light and color and reveal surprising views within and through the building. A glass floor in one reveals the large portal that cuts through the building. Photo © Iwan Baan A variety of multipurpose halls play with light and color and reveal surprising views within and through the building. A glass floor in one reveals the large portal that cuts through the building. Photo © Iwan Baan The main entry vestibule occupies the first level of the portal. Round skylights and open sides admit daylight. Photo © Iwan Baan SelgasCano creates fluid environments for the workspace enterprise Second Home.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12293 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12293-second-home-by-selgascano Occupying the second floor of the Mercado de Ribeiro, the large, open work studio of Second Home Lisbon is filled with daylight from clerestories and windows overlooking the street and market. Abundant plants support well-being, reduce noise, and improve air quality beneath the cheerful hues of the newly painted existing structure. Photo © Iwan Baan Lisbon’s Mercado de Ribeiro, a handsome early 20th century open-span structure where a food market still functions daily. Second Homers look out over the busy stalls piled high with fruit and vegetables in the market’s central hall. Photo © Iwan Baan In Lisbon, a rich blue reception area welcomes visitors with cozy banquettes for small groups, transparent meeting rooms, and a bar. Photo © Iwan Baan In London’s East End, the original Second Home features bold enclosures of curved acrylic on the façade and throughout its colorful, plant-filled interior. Photo © Iwan Baan In London’s East End, the original Second Home features bold enclosures of curved acrylic on the façade and throughout its colorful, plant-filled interior. Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home London Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home London Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home London Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home London Photo © Iwan Baan Second Home Lisbon – Perspective Image courtesy SelgasCano A new school in the sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera stands in striking contrast to the informal settlement that surrounds it.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11895 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11895-the-kibera-school-by-selgascano-and-helloeverything The school rises above the surrounding informal settlement. Photo © Iwan Baan Its polycarbonate roof is a bright spot amid the sea of weathering tin and shelters two levels of classroom space, as well as a courtyard for group activities. Photo © Iwan Baan Its polycarbonate roof is a bright spot amid the sea of weathering tin and shelters two levels of classroom space, as well as a courtyard for group activities. Photo © Iwan Baan Students and community members enter the covered courtyard off the settlement's netowrk of labryinthine pathways. Photo © Iwan Baan The pink pipe structure reflects Kibera's improvised building materials. Photo © Iwan Baan A balcony provides views of Kibera and a place for students to gather in informal groups. Photo © Iwan Baan Boxlike spaces on the lower level are oriented toward traditional classroom learning. Photo © Iwan Baan 1508-serpentine-pavilion-2015.asp Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5926-selgascanos-serpentine-pavilion Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan Tunnel Vision Serpentine Pavilion 2015SelgasCanoLondonPhoto © Iwan Baan A desert clinic shifts notions about traditional materials and becomes a gathering place for a nomadic population.

]]> 1506-konokono-vaccination-center-selgascano.asp Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7996-konokono-vaccination-center Konokono Vaccination Center Corrugated metal supported by a structure of scaffolding elements provides shelter against the desert sun, converting the facility into a popular meeting place for the Turkana people.   Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center After laying stone, used for seating rings, proved too time-consuming, the team made concrete blocks on-site for walls.   Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center The team made concrete blocks on-site for walls.   Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Shadows cast by the blocks’ projecting corners cut heat loads. Overlapping roof planes promote ventilation, and adjustable fasteners permit movement in any direction for struts.   Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Photo © Iwan Baan Konokono Vaccination Center Photo © Iwan Baan SelgasCano, the Madrid-based firm known for its buildings wrapped in polychromatic plastic, today unveiled its design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in London. 

]]> 150325-serpentine-pavilion-selgascano-plastic-etfe.asp Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3347-selgascano-unveils-serpentine-pavilion-design Serpentine Pavilion 2015, designed by SelgasCano Image © Steven Kevin Howson / SelgasCano Serpentine Pavilion 2015, designed by SelgasCano Image © Steven Kevin Howson / SelgasCano SelgasCano's founders, Jos&#233; Selgas and Luc&#237;a Cano Photo © Hisao Suzuki Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre, 2013 SelgasCano Cáseres, Spain Photo © Hisao Suzuki El B Auditorium and Congress Hall, 2011 SelgasCano Cartagena, Spain Photo © Iwan Baan El B Auditorium and Congress Hall, 2011 SelgasCano Cartagena, Spain 2011 Photo © Iwan Baan El B Auditorium and Congress Hall<br />SelgasCano<br />Cartagena, Spain<br />2011 SelgasCano Unveils Serpentine Pavilion DesignEl B Auditorium and Congress HallSelgasCanoCartagena, Spain2011Photo © Iwan Baan Factory M&#233;rida, 2011 SelgasCano Badajoz, Spain Photo © Iwan Baan Factory M&#233;rida<br />SelgasCano<br />Badajoz, Spain<br />2011 SelgasCano Unveils Serpentine Pavilion DesignFactory MéridaSelgasCanoBadajoz, Spain2011Photo © Iwan Baan Factory M&#233;rida, 2011 SelgasCano Badajoz, Spain Photo © Iwan Baan Office in the Woods, 2009 SelgasCano Madrid Photo © Iwan Baan Office in the Woods, 2009 SelgasCano Madrid Photo © Iwan Baan MIT Photo © Iwan Baan Amidst the Air: Installation at 13th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2012 SelgasCano Photo © Hisao Suzuki el-b-auditorium-and-congress-hall-selgascano.asp Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7895-el-b-auditorium-and-congress-hall-by-selgascano "“El B” appears blue (foreground in photo). A polygonal cutout in the polycarbonate wall of the foyer serves as an information window. Outside, selgascano treated El B’s roof as a fifth facade: Multicolored alumnium sheets provide a continuous surface. On the south facade, rows of LEDs placed at the base of the methacrylate walls create an illuminated backdrop. Seen from the southwestern corner, “El B,” the name the architects prefer for the building, is rendered in orange. Photo © Roland Halbe The metal scaffolding that supports the methacrylate facade—and the longitudinal line of LEDs at its base—is clearly visible beside the box office window. As visitors make their way through the building, they are gradually submerged below the level of the pier, which is marked by the horizontal line that divides the upper methacrylate and the lower concrete retaining walls. The orange ETFE plastic sidelight looms above this space, allowing ample light into the building. The expansive foyer leads to the main auditorium. Steel staircases—with rubber-lined treads and polycarbonate balustrades—connect the building’s different levels to the auditorium and contrast with the rough concrete of the walls. A sinuous ramp (background in photo) runs the length of El B and is accompanied by colorful benches in irregular shapes. The second-level landing of the steel stair offers an oblique view of the double-layer, pressurized ETFE plastic sidelight that spans the building’s entire width (92 feet). The orange ramp descends from the second level to the first, connecting the exhibition room with the foyer. Eero Aarnio’s plastic bubble chairs hang from the suspended walkway. The aquatic blue-green of the 1,500-seat auditorium’s polycarbonate walls provides a chromatic contrast to the space’s orange skylight. A mirrorlike screen behind these walls multiplies and refracts the light. Image courtesy Selgascano Image courtesy Selgascano Image courtesy Selgascano Image courtesy Selgascano Image courtesy Selgascano