NADAAA commemorates the final day of Shahad Khalifa’s internship with a photo!
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NADAAA commemorative photo
Posted on September 11th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: Things We Like
Architect Top 50: NADAAA ranks #1 in design, #25 overall
Posted on September 8th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: Things We Like
“For the second year in a row, NADAAA has captured the top slot for design. Once again, the design jury noted the firm’s command over a diverse range of typologies and geographies, regardless of whether it’s a $90 million school of architecture that just opened in Australia or an elegant private home sited amid olive groves in France. The judges hailed the firm’s ‘strong handling of materials and structural form to shape light and connect to each site.'”
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Nader lectures at Auburn University
Posted on September 5th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: Lectures
Nader will give his lecture ‘Pedagogical Constructs’ at Auburn University School of Architecture on September 12, 2014 at 3:30pm in the B6 Auditorium.
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NADAAA is hiring!
Posted on September 5th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: Things We Like
NADAAA is hiring!
We are looking for three profiles:
\ young intern level designers. hard-working, rigorous with geometry and construction issues. competitions, charrettes, model-making and long hours
\ 5-10 years experience, project architect, project management experience, strong leadership skills, ability to work with others, communicates well with consultants, clients, and staff
\ 2-5 years experience, marketing director, manage endeavors relating to the production of proposals, the design of exhibits and update NADAAA social media platforms.
Please send portfolios and CV’s to nada@nadaaa.com
Below are the links to our official postings:
BSA- Project Architect Position
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NADAAA wins BSA Unbuilt Award
Posted on August 26th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: Awards, Competitions, Things We Like
NADAAA wins 2014 BSA Honor Award for Glasnevin Centenary Chapel. Below is a brief description of the project with some selected images. Please follow up shortly on our blog for more images and information on the project.
Our proposal for the Glasnevin Chapel hinges around several priorities that we believe are the cornerstones of its mission statement. First, we believe that this is to be a space of peaceful contemplation: a place where questions of life and death beyond religious denominations can be formed within a framework that is reflective of the solemnity of mourning. Second, we recognize that the site is composed of a landscape and urban context which contains significant monuments –both public and private– and that a scheme needs to operate within this spatial framework in a meaningful and responsive fashion. Third, the mission contains a programmatic brief that is highly specific, and our proposal has set out to respond to them not only in detailed ways, but also in ways that are inventive, transformative and reflective of the architectural ambitions of this competition. Finally, we recognized that the competition is located within a rich cultural context, and that our proposal will need to speak to the history of this heritage in ways that are as powerful as a commitment to looking at contemporary constraints and opportunities in construction culture.
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Open Day 2014 at the University of Melbourne
Posted on August 24th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Events, Press, Things We Like
In a letter summarizing Open Day 2014 the Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Glyn Davis, wrote:
“A word of heartfelt thanks if I may to all staff for a superb Open Day at Parkville and Southbank yesterday. This annual event is a vital point of connection between the University and future students, families and the broader community. As ever, the professionalism and commitment of staff in making Open Day a great experience for visitors was outstanding.
This year, the University received an estimated 60,000 Open Day visitors. Many report a notable increase, yet again, in the number of interstate and international visitors. This year, particularly strong numbers were in evidence at the VCA, with a great atmosphere obvious among music theatre students in the new Lionel’s Lounge.
Among highlights was the first public airing of the stunning new Melbourne School of Design building. All day crowds moved and milled, in, out and around all sides of the building, engaged by extraordinary student displays, gazing up at Harry Potter-esque stairways and taking selfies on the concrete globes at the Swanston Street end. Despite large crowds in the new building’s atrium space, conversation was easy because of its outstanding acoustic qualities. Noted Melbourne architects were seen sneaking on to campus, seizing the chance for a quiet look!”
“Above all, our visitors engaged intensively in conversation, dialogue and friendly interrogation with generous staff members from across the faculties and schools.
It is this face-to-face contact which makes Open Day so vital to all this University achieves. For the water tight event planning, which made the day work so well (and even precluded rain!), I sincerely thank all involved: especially Kim Howells, Jacqueline Nguyen, Marcia Lewis, Taryn Groom and the Open Day team.
You may enjoy this wrap-up of Open Day 2014, which includes links to pre-recorded course information sessions from yesterday, and help for students and families wanting to take next steps to engage with Melbourne. It also includes an inspiring video of a memorable day on campus.”
If you’re interested in keeping up with media coverage on the University of Melbourne click on this link : Melbourne School of Design New Building Media Coverage
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Nader lectures at UCLA
Posted on August 11th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction, Lectures
Nader gives his lecture ‘Pedagogical Constructs’ at UCLA Architecture & Urban Design on October 27, 2014 at 6:30pm.
The above image is a rendering and mock-up for the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. See our NADLAB post on the mock-up for further details.
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Nader lectures at UNLV: ‘Outside In’
Posted on August 7th, 2014 by Lisa LaCharité
Posted under: Events, Lectures
Nader will be giving his lecture Outside In at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture on October 20, 2014 at 6pm.
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Almost done……..
Posted on August 7th, 2014 by achang
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, construction
In the summer of 2009 John Wardle Architects invited us (then office dA) to collaborate on a open design competition for University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. Through the competition the University’s mission was to select a design team rather than a completed design. So our trans-global collaboration extended through an extensive re-evaluation of program and budget, complete redesign, documentation and construction. Today, 5 short years later, delivered by Brookfield Multiplex 6 months ahead of schedule and with a 6 star Greenstar rating, the building is nearly complete.
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SLAB XRAY: NERVOUS SYSTEM
Posted on July 19th, 2014 by tberesford
Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction
All slab-bourne conduit serving level 03/level 02 ceiling electrical, IT and A/V devices. (courtesy Mulvey Banani Intl Inc.)
These are images of the electrical nervous system to be embedded in the concrete slabs supporting the graduate design studios at the new U of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture. Lines shown in cool/blue tones indicate conduit that will serve devices mounted to or embedded within the exposed concrete ceilings below. Lines shown in warm tones indicate conduit that will serve floorboxes at the top of the floor slab. If we are lucky, we will be able to embed/conceal all of these conduits within the congested 12 inch thickness of concrete also containing hydronics for radiant cooling/heating, reinforcing bar, and voids that will reduce the slab’s dead load self weight.
There are two major bottlenecks that correspond roughly with the locations of the “spinal cord/brain”: the electrical and IT closets located at the the northeast and northwest stair cores, respectively. From these locations, conduit fan out in all directions. However, the local bottlenecks are exasperated by a large, floor-through penetration right at the center of the plan, which corresponds with a large amphitheater sunken to the level below. We will try to mitigate the need for additional slab thickness at areas of congestion by omitting slab voids in those locations.
Detail of data (orange) and electrical (yellow) conduits serving cast-in floor boxes at the graduate design studio level. (courtesy Mulvey Banani Intl Inc.)
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