https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2242 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17177 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:06:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17177-studio-gang-merges-art-and-tech-at-ccas-expanded-campus goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17099 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17099-the-geode-a-new-outdoor-performance-space-debuts-at-tippet-rise Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14864 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14864-isec-pedestrian-crossing-at-northeastern-university-by-payette-and-arup ISEC-Pedestrian-Bridge-01-B.jpg A soft, effective glow radiates from vertical and horizontal channels within the burnished steel parapets. Photo © Robert Benson goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Designers leverage technology to work with, as well as emulate, the light of the sun.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14049 Wed, 01 May 2019 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14049-continuing-education-daylight-and-electric-illumination 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-01.jpg Delos chose 860 Washington Street, in Lower Manhattan, for its headquarters, in part because of the daylight and views the building’s floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall affords. The electric lighting scheme uses tunable-white LED luminaires that adjust via a programmed time clock to enhance occupants’ circadian rhythms. Photo © ImagenSubliminal 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-02.jpg Delos chose 860 Washington Street, in Lower Manhattan, for its headquarters, in part because of the daylight and views the building’s floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall affords. The electric lighting scheme uses tunable-white LED luminaires that adjust via a programmed time clock to enhance occupants’ circadian rhythms. Photo © Robert Deitchler Arup’s new Los Angeles offices integrate daylight and electric illumination by means of an interior light shelf. The device shields the interior from glare and directs sunlight to the ceiling, thereby getting daylight farther into the interior. It incorporates tunable-white LEDs for times when natural light is not sufficient. Photo courtesy Arup Image courtesy Arup 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-05.jpg Studies of the daylight conditions at the workstations (left and middle) and at circulation spaces near the core (right) guided the design of the light shelf for Arup’s new offices. Image courtesy Arup The light shelf in Arup’s new offices reduces the amount of direct sunlight, lessening the incidence of glare while increasing luminance at the ceiling plane. Image courtesy Arup The light shelf in Arup’s new offices reduces the amount of direct sunlight, lessening the incidence of glare while increasing luminance at the ceiling plane. Image courtesy Arup 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-08.jpg A new gallery at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver relies on tunable-white LEDs to mimic actual daylight conditions in realtime. Photo © Ema Peter 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-11.jpg In a new gallery at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, a rooftop sensor reads outdoor lighting color and intensity, and a control system adjusts the room’s illumination accordingly. Photos © Ema Peter Open this week at Salone del Mobile in Milan, the exhibition, titled RECKONstruct, encourages visitors to be more conscientious consumers.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14008 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14008-us-pavilion-at-the-2019-milan-triennale-probes-the-life-of-materials RECKONstruct—the U.S. Pavilion at the 2019 Milan Triennale—grapples with the ecological effects of processes of material extraction. Photo © Matteo Imbriani The Mycelium Stool exemplifies how objects can be designed using naturally grown materials. Photo © Matteo Imbriani The Venus Stool, inspired by the Venus Flower Basket sea sponge, is made with a 3D printer, incorporating plastic from used fishing nets. Photo © Matteo Imbriani The UBQ Stool (far right) is fabricated from non-recyclable municipal waste. Photo © Matteo Imbriani A new pedestrian bridge linking the university’s main campus with its expanding science and engineering campus across a divide of five railway lines in Boston got a major boost.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13674 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13674-payette-led-bridge-spans-rail-corridor-to-unite-northeasterns-campus Photo © Payette, image by Tanguy Marquis Photo © Payette, image by Tanguy Marquis Photo © Payette, image by Tanguy Marquis Photo © Payette, image by Tanguy Marquis Photo © Payette, image by Tanguy Marquis Photo © Payette, image by Tanguy Marquis Site Plan Image © Payette Rendering Image © Payette Rendering Image © Payette goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A string of proposed projects aims to reclaim urban waterways for people.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13561 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13561-continuing-education-urban-swimming-holes 1808-Continuing-Education-Urban-Swimming-Holes-01.jpg The walls of + POOL, a proposal for New York, will be made of a membrane that will filter river water. Though shown here near Brooklyn Bridge Park, the location of the pool is not yet determined. Photo © Family New York, courtesy of Friends of + Pool Flussbad would transform the canal running along Berlin’s Museum Island into a 2,700-foot-long swimming channel. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad Flussbad would transform the canal running along Berlin’s Museum Island into a 2,700-foot-long swimming channel. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad A 1,300-foot-long planted bioremediation zone will clean Flussbad’s water. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad Flussbad’s microbiological filter system will include reeds in a gravel-and-sand bed. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad The team behind the Thames Baths has explored a number of Central London sites, including one near Westminster Bridge (above), but it is now evaluating an East London location. Rendering © Studio Octopi & Picture Plane A group behind a proposal for Boston’s Charles River is focusing on a spot adjacent to a Cambridge park. Rendering © Stantec Earlier this summer, a new harbor bath opened in Aarhus, Denmark. The triangular facility can accommodate up to 650 people and was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. Ingels was also part of the team that designed the first of Copenhagen’s four harbor baths, completed in 2003. Photo © Rasmus Hjortshoj Daylight is the magic ingredient of a vast new building on the London campus of media giant Sky.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13062 Wed, 01 Nov 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13062-sky-central-offices-by-plp-architecture-and-al_a-with-arup Top light floods the cafe-lined “street” and atrium. Photo © Hufton+Crow Accent fixtures, such as the wing-shaped pendants, add visual texture to the steel and engineered-wood structure. Photo © Hufton+Crow Overlapping mezzanines in the daylit atrium provide diverse workspaces. Ramps connect surrounding floors, which are arranged as 18 “neighborhoods” of about 200 desks. Photo © Hufton+Crow Amenity and social spaces include a large restaurant and five additional cafés, located so as to encourage movement. The electric lighting is dimmed here: the daylight is strong due to the location at the perimeter of the building. Photo © Hufton+Crow Image courtesy PLP Architecture and AL_A Image courtesy PLP Architecture and AL_A Image courtesy PLP Architecture and AL_A goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Architects created a student hub by adding a six-story-tall central atrium to a new building on campus.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12885 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12885-northeastern-university-interdisciplinary-science-and-engineering-complex-by-payette-and-arup Photo © Warren Jagger Photo © Warren Jagger Photo © Warren Jagger goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Nearly 90 years after it was first proposed, a 2-mile stretch of subway connects Manhattan’s Upper East Side to Midtown.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12510 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12510-second-avenue-subway-by-aecom-arup Photo © Jeff Goldberg / Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg / Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg / Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg / Esto goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Msheireb Properties is revitalizing Doha with an eponymous new downtown that has an ambitious sustainable agenda.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11822 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11822-dark-sky-design-msheireb-by-arup-and-allies-and-morrison goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Gutenberg’s introduction of movable type six centuries ago was a true revolution. The development forever altered the way information was received and disseminated, democratizing knowledge. Printing’s recent move beyond two dimensions could be similarly transformative.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11652 Sun, 01 May 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11652-continuing-education-3-d-printing Beyond the Prototype SOM and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a small 3-D-printed building dubbed “AMIE” for “additive manufacturing and integrated energy." Photo © Oak Ridge National Laboratory Beyond the Prototype The structure, assembled from multiple C-shaped channels of carbon-fiber-reinforced ABS plastic, includes photovoltaics on its roof that work in tandem with a generator housed in an accompanying 3-D-printed vehicle. Photo © Oak Ridge National Laboratory Beyond the Prototype The structure, assembled from multiple C-shaped channels of carbon-fiber-reinforced ABS plastic, includes photovoltaics on its roof that work in tandem with a generator housed in an accompanying 3-D-printed vehicle. Photo © SOM Beyond the Prototype Arup used additive manufacturing and computational tools to optimize a node for a tensegrity structure. The iterative process created a node that was 75 percent lighter than and half as tall as the original, conventionally fabricated one. Photo © Arup Beyond the Prototype Arup used additive manufacturing and computational tools to optimize a node for a tensegrity structure. The iterative process created a node that was 75 percent lighter than and half as tall as the original, conventionally fabricated one. Image © Arup Beyond the Prototype MX3D is building a 3-D-printed pedestrian bridge for an Amsterdam canal. Image © MX3D Beyond the Prototype The fabrication technique developed by the 3-D printing startup resembles drawing in space with molten metal. Photo © MX3D Beyond the Prototype A facade designed by DUS for a temporary building in Amsterdam includes a skirt-like shading device and triangular elements with integrated benches. These are printed from a bioplastic that can be shredded and reprinted once the facade has been dismantled. Photo © Ossip Van Duivenbode Beyond the Prototype A facade designed by DUS for a temporary building in Amsterdam includes a skirt-like shading device and triangular elements with integrated benches. These are printed from a bioplastic that can be shredded and reprinted once the facade has been dismantled. Photo © Ossip Van Duivenbode Beyond the Prototype Gensler’s 3-D printed office, now nearing completion in Dubai, consists of multiple modules surrounding a courtyard. It is part of an effort to create prototypes of 3-D-printed structures suitable for commercial and residential use. Image © Gensler goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A multifaceted design team creates a 21st-century transportation hub for New York while preserving an important piece of the city's history.

]]> 1501-fulton-center-arup-grimshaw-page-ayers-cowley-hdr-daniel-frankfurt.asp Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7990-fulton-center-by-arup-grimshaw-page-ayres-cowley-and-hdr Fulton Center's key orientation element is the sky-reflector net, the product of a collaboration among James Carpenter, Grimshaw, and Arup. It consists of a skylight and 952 diamond-shaped perforated aluminum panels held in place by a doubly curved cable net.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center The sky-reflector net drives daylight into the station's lower levels and is animated by the sky's changing colors.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center Fulton Center comprises multiple pieces, including a glass-and-steel pavilion and the 125-year-old Corbin building.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center The Fulton Center project also included construction of a 350-foot-long tunnel that will connect to the World Trade Center site once a Santiago Calatrava'designed commuter rail station opens there later this year.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center One route to the subway platforms from the street takes commuters under the so-called 'doughnut'—two levels of commercial space wrapped in glass and lifted off the ground plane on V-shaped columns.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center To understand how commuters would circulate through Fulton Center, Arup examined the complex with a crowd simulation tool developed in-house. The software populates the digital model with 'agents,' or virtual people.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center Because clay shrinks when fired, molds for new terra cotta pieces for Corbin's facade could not be formed from the existing pieces. Instead, artisans had to sculpt new positives, roughly 10 percent larger than the originals, before forming the molds.   Photo © Ian Buckley Fulton Center A new set of escalators leads commuters through Corbin's foundations.   Photo © Ian Buckley Fulton Center Before retrofitting Corbin's lateral load-resisting system, engineers conducted various studies, including a structural analysis of the building's north wall.   Image courtesy Arup Carefully modulated daylight illuminates the new galleries of a Saint Louis institution.

]]> 1308-saint-louis-art-museum-david-chipperfield-architects-arup.asp Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7686-saint-louis-art-museum-east-building-by-david-chipperfield-architects-and-arup A glazed north face allows daylight and views into the St. Louis Art Museum’s new East Building. Inside, a waffle-like coffered ceiling comprises individual light lofts that illuminate the galleries via skylights by day and gentle fluorescents at night.   Photo courtesy Saint Louis Art Museum/Alise O'Brien Sunlight enters each coffer via a triple-glazed, UV-resistant skylight and bounces off the concrete through a “light spreader,” a light-diffusing resin panel in an aluminum frame. This framing also holds track lights, speakers, and sprinklers'the last peeking out of the bottom-most layer, a stretched acoustic sheet that appears to float overhead.   Photo courtesy Saint Louis Art Museum/J.J. Lane Drawing courtesy HOK When Foster + Partners and Arup started work on Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport, the team knew it had less than four years to design and build the project.

]]> 0807terminal3-1.asp Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8116-terminal-3-at-beijing-capital-international-airport-by-foster-partners-and-arup Set in a newly developed part of Hong Kong, the Sunny Bay MTR Station combines sophisticated engineering with nature itself to show how even infrastructure projects can stand as examples of sustainable design.

]]> 0804_sunnybay.asp Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/6786-sunny-bay-mtr-station-by-aedas-and-arup Photo courtesy Aedas Photo courtesy Aedas Photo courtesy Aedas Photo courtesy Aedas Image courtesy Aedas