“The Villa Varoise, a retreat in the South of France by Boston firm NADAAA, is a geometric marvel.”
“Elements — like the hybrid CLT / steel structural system and the multi-faceted building program — elevate RISD North Hall far beyond your typical student dorm.‘
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“The complex timber interior spans double-height spaces creating functional moments of genius throughout.”
Read on at Architizer HERE.
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AIANY + BSA Res Arch Now: Lunch/Learn with The 2020 Award Winners, 6 Unique Stories & Perspectives on Residential Architecture Commissions. (Hosted by AIANY CRAN + BSA Residential Design Committee.) register for all three events here 1.5 Credits each.
Part One: Taking Shape Stories, Conversations about New Construction and the Materials, Methods, Means.
Mount Mauwee House (Paul Schulhof)
Villa Varoise (NADAAA)
June 17, 2021 12:00 to 1:30PM
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FRANCESCO PAGLIARI writes: ‘The overall result is a multiple-feature architecture: multiple interrelated façades; abstract stereometric monumentality alongside homey light-filled interiors reaching out to connect with their surroundings: a sharp-angled monolith that is also an open, family-friendly holiday home. The striking materiality of these closed compact shapes is further accentuated by the use of unrendered concrete, the horizontal lines of the formwork still showing the veins and rough cut of the formwork, lending the manmade object an organic quality. The architecture is one with its terrain- its varied composition and natural color all dialogue with the landscape.’
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AN’s Matthew Marani present’s Site 4’s complex façade systems in this month’s special issue of AN.
“At Site 4, the aluminum panels are enormous—each is 10 feet tall, anywhere between 15 and 29 feet wide, and weighs 4,200 pounds—yet they are arranged like courses of masonry. Pushing the comparison further, they dagger at the tower corners like coppery quoins.”
Read on HERE.
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Check out a preview of Agnieszka Kurant‘s first installation of her two-part site-specific commission ‘The End of Signature’ commissioned for two new buildings on MIT’s campus in Kendall Square including Site 4 show above. Kurant developed this site-specific iteration of ‘The End of Signature’ in collaboration with students and faculty at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). A companion work will be installed on the facade of an adjacent building later this year. Kurant was the 2019-20 Ely Rubin Artist in Residence at MIT.
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Thank you Mark Pasnik for the photo!
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