Posted by DesignalmicPosted in COLOR,Community Centre,DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,FUNCTIONAL,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,Prefabricated elements,SUSTAINABILITY,USABILITY,VOIDFebruary 8, 2013
The Buddhist Meditation Centre Metta Vihara is located in Hengstdijk – a small village near the Belgian border – in a remote area of the Netherlands. The new accommodation provides 22 beds in 13 one and two person bedrooms, a meditation hall, library, and dining hall. Form and materials used in the centre relate to the rural vernacular building, but used in a new and fresh way…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,BUILDING SYSTEMS,COLOR,Community Centre,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Kindergarten,MATERIALS USED,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,Planting Area,Playground,Public Facilities,Public Space,SOLUTION,Square,Steel,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITY,TravelAugust 18, 2012
The Spanish architectural firm Ecosistema Urbano has once again managed to transform an unlikely area into a sustainable, family-friendly community center, much like its Air Tree project in Vallecas. This time, however, the project is designed to be an “open environmental classroom” for teaching children about the benefits of reduced energy consumption…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,ATMOSPHERE,Church,Church Interior,Clear,Community Centre,Editor's Picks,Elegance / Artistic,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Firm / Solid / Strong,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MATERIALS USED,Modern Contempory Style,Natural Stone & Rock,Smooth,Travel,USABILITY,VOIDJune 28, 2012
The intervention in the church of the convent of Sant Francesc aimed to convert the building into a cultural facility. The two phases implemented have allowed the building put to use as an auditorium and multipurpose cultural space…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Community Centre,Editor's Picks,Harmony With The Context,NATURAL VENTILATION,Playground,Prefabricated elements,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,SOLUTION,SUSTAINABILITY,USABILITY,WoodenJune 8, 2012
Klong Toey is currently the largest and oldest areas of informal dwellings in Bangkok. More than 140 000 people is estimated to live here, and most are living in sub-standard houses with few or no tenure rights or support from the government…
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A park on the city’s periphery houses the multipurpose hall (shows and music), as well as a community centre for the elderly.A very tight budget coupled with the aim to adopt an exemplary environmental approach were the leitmotifs running through the project option…
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