Fun Design Consultancy & Johan de Wachter Architects designed a rigid but elegant structure of steel, stone and bamboo for the JinHua Architectur Park Restaurant.
The restaurant integrates three speeds of eating. This assortment is provided by vending machines (street food), a 3d tablescape (medium food) and a lounge restaurant (slow food).
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A joint AMO/Hermitage team will begin work to refine the museum’s global agenda, its urban and architectural programming, and its curatorial strategies over the next 12 months.
A joint statement says the team will assess the institution’s ‘global mission, national position and urban situation, as well as its relationship to the city of
The ideas will then be tested via the curation of one of the museum’s permanent exhibitions, the design of a temporary exhibition and an urban design project, before the final publication in 2014 of a Hermitage masterplan and an associated exhibition.
Koolhaas will lead the work at AMO, along with project architect Talia Dorsey.
In 2003, AMO worked with The Hermitage on the extension of its general staff building.
Author: Mike Exon
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The Knowledge company Designboost and Stockholm Furniture Fair, the premier design fair in Scandinavia, start a collaboration.
During the period 6–10 February Designboost will stage a “mini boost” event at the Stockholm Furniture Fair themed around the concept of “sustainable design”. It contains BOOST CHATS, BOOST TALKS and BOOST SHOWS. It’s one of a couple of “mini boost” events that Designboost will stage until it is time for the next main Designboost event in Malmö this autumn.
The different activities:
AT THE FAIRGROUND
-Designboost will arrange 15 different BOOST TALKS using a concept called the “design sofa”. Among the persons that will do presentations and be involved in discussions are designers Satyendra Pakhale, Stephen Burks, Ilse Crawfoord, Jean Marie Massaud and Matti Klenell to mention a few. Further on representatives from companies and organisations like Giulio Cappellini/Cappellini, Ewa Kumlin/managing director of Svensk Form, Mirkku Kullberg/managing director of Artek, Christel Vaenerberg/design director at Iittala, Yvonne Karlsson and Maria Midby Arén/Alcro and Irene Bernald/marketing director at Audi Sweden are invited to the “design sofa”.
-Designboost will arrange 8 BOOST CHATS where each of them consists of one designer, one producer, one journalist and one student. The theme of the BOOST CHATS is how companies and organisations can conceptualize on the notion of “sustainable design” to gain business advantage and consequently benefit the society. Among the participants are designers Damian Williamson, Alexander Lervik and Gabriella Gustafson. Producers and journalists are represented by Kersti Sandin/Materia, Johan Lindau/Blå Station and Peter Jiseborn/Swedese, Mark Isitt/freelance, Daniel Golling/Forum AID and Dan Gordan/Sköna hem to mention a few. Students from Beckman college of design and Konstfack, University College of Arts Crafts and Design will be involved as well.
-Designboost will visualize the seven parts of the Sustainable Wheel in seven different mini environments in collaboration with Alcro. The environments will contain products, descriptions and filmed interviews.
-Designboost will present two different conceptualizations of ”sustainable design” by Artek and Iittala.
-Designboost will use Audi as an example of a holistic view on “sustainable design”.
The complete program is available here.
AT TOWN
-Designboost will arrange a BOOST SHOW on the theme “sustainable design” at the Audi showroom, Hamngatan 17 in central Stockholm. It’s an updated version of the BOOST SHOW presented in Malmö in October 2007. It includes products and strategy descriptions from companies like Biomega, Apple, Electrolux and Nior Illuminati. Designboost will also present different filmed interview on the topic of “sustainable design” with Eero Koivisto, Tom Dixon, Tejo Remy and Stephen Burks among others. The BOOST SHOW at Audi will be up and running for a month.
While the Lower East Side has savored its fair share of hype over the past few years—from the rebellious beginnings as a skate-punk mecca to its recent emergence as a blue chip design destination—the area south of Delancey has always been somewhat on the cusp of the real action. But with the recent opening of the New Museum, ie: the area's new beacon of the arts, the Lower East Side—and its bustling neighbor Chinatown—is undergoing yet another renaissance.
The quarter is now being steered by the emerging art scene and is frequently being touted the next Chelsea. Yet, never one to welcome homogeneity—especially the white cube variety—the neighborhood succeeds in preserving its rough-and tumble, under-the-radar persona that makes it a downtown stalwart. Here, sneaker shops thrive alongside old-school Orchard Street tailors and slow food cafes are shoulder-to-shoulder with frenetic Chinese kitchens. But with the recent opening of the New Museum—the area's new beacon of the arts—Chinatown and its surrounding environs are undergoing yet another renaissance and reviving the artistic roots downtown has been historically known for.
See.
• James Fuentes LLC, 35 St. James Place, 212-577-1201; www.jamesfuentes.com
At just a year old, wunderkind gallery James Fuentes has pushed the limits of the Lower East Side art scene with his off-the-radar Lower Manhattan storefront and super-hip (and critically acclaimed) exhibitions by Chinatown-based talent. The neighborhood-focused roster of artists includes art rockers Gang Gang Dance's Lizzi Bougatos and Brian DeGraw, Agathe Snow, and William Stone.
• Never Work, 191 Henry Street, 212-228-9206, www.never-work.net
Former Marianne Boesky employee Siobhan Lowe founded Never Work in October to exhibit up-and-coming local talent. With only three shows under her belt, the gallerist fills the shoebox-size Henry Street space with high-impact pieces from psychedelic oversized paintings by Ariel Dill to elaborate 2-D rope works by Christian Sampson.
• V&A, 98 Mott Street #206, 212-966-5754; www.vandanyc.com
Founded in June 2006 by Victoria Donner and Anne Maffei, V&A shows an inspired roster of emerging artists who, as Donner notes, "moved to New York to create something peculiarly New York." The exhibitions that, to date, focus on painting and works on paper, have featured local up-and-coming artists, including Ryan Hixenbaugh, Megan Pflug, Scott Taylor, and Selma Hafizovic.
• E-Flux's Pawn Shop, 53 Ludlow Street, 212-619-3356; www.e-flux.com
Part art-project, part functioning not-for-profit-retail store, the Pawn Shop was founded in October by artists Julieta Aranda, Liz Linden and Anton Vidokle who took over e-flux's storefront on Ludlow Street to host a different kind of art exhibition—a literal pawnshop where artworks are submitted by artists for cash, and if not reclaimed after 30 days, placed for sale exclusively by the shop. Starting with a who's-who list of over 60 contributing artists, from Paul Chan and Rirkrit Tiravanija to Lawrence Weiner and Andrea Zittel, the shop opened it’s mission to the public in Novemer, allowing anyone who wanted to sell their art to stop by and receive fast cash.
• CANADA, 55 Chrystie Street, 212-925-4631; www.canadanewyork.com
Located just off the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, Canada gallery exhibits an experimental group of artists as unexpected as their ambiguous name (neither the artists nor the space's founders have much to do with our neighbors to the north). From Joe Bradley's Tetris-like installations to Devendra Banhart's folk-infused ink on paper drawing, the works here are not to be missed.
• Reena Spaulings Fine Art, 165 East Broadway, 212-477-5006; www.reenaspaulings.com
Taking the moniker of a fictional gallery owner, Reena Spaulings Fine Art is an art gallery-cum-art piece by John Kelsey and Emily Sundblad. Now on its second Chinatown incarnation (above a Chinese restaurant, naturally), Reena Spaulings shows an international list of academic artists, including Merlin Carpenter and Claire Fontaine.
Shop.
• Save Khaki, 254 Broome Street, 212-925-0134
The newest branch of basics brand Save Khaki, with its shop on the buzzing corner of Broome and Orchard opening last December, takes pleasure in providing the masses with nothing short of perfect super-soft shirting, and, of course, plenty of expertly tailored khakis for both men and women. Expanding upon the Lafayette Street location of the nearly 2-year-old label, owner and designer David Mullen will "officially" launch the store this month by welcoming his new USA-made label to the eco-conscious minimalist space.
• Front Street, 47 Orchard Street, 212-334-8144; www.frontstreetny.com
For sneaker freaks in need of limited-edition Nike Dunks, Loteks, and Vans, consider Front Street your newest pusher. Opening last August, the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Orchard Street shoe shop is also filled with BMX accessories from Animal and Fit as well as the obligatory selection of Front Street logo T-shirts and sweats.
• Project No. 8, 138 Division Street, 212 925 5599; www.projectno8.com
An avant-garde haven just south of Canal Street, Project No. 8 opened less than a year ago to plenty of deserved fanfare. In a smart, all-white storefront, proprietors Brian Janusiak and Elizabeth Beer serve up conceptual clothing and accessories to men and women who seek an impeccably edited selection from fashion-forward designers, including Sunshine and Shadow, Boudicca, Repetto, and Schisser, to name a few.
• Leelush, 29 Ludlow Street, 212-431-4433; www.leelush.com
Planting its previously online-only shop on Ludlow Street last autumn, Leelush takes on the unique responsibility of bringing Canadian style stateside. Proprietors Zarie Muelle and Elinor Arzt pair Vancouver-based designers Dace and Chulo Pony with local pieces from jewelry designer Lo'key Makaj; a selection of vintage pieces are thrown into the bright blue space's mix of wares for good measure.
• aNYthing, 51 Hester Street, 212-777-0919; www.anewyorkthing.com
Practically single-handedly rallying a whole scene of artistic downtowners, aNYthing has become a defacto headquarters of the Lower East Side's art and fashion set. Founded by Aaron Bondaroff, the self-proclaimed Don of South of Delancey Downtown, aNYthing provides a place to become part of the action, providing skate kids and gallery goers alike access to hard-to-find photo 'zines, local fashion, aNYthing's in-house clothing line, which plays off commonplace New York typography, as well specially designed T-shirts by graffiti artists like Futura and Neckface.
Eat. Drink.
• Brown Café, 61 Hester Street, 212-477-2427; www.greenbrownorange.com
With its start seven years ago as a biodynamic catering company, Green, Brown and Orange (an event company, Cafe and epicerie, respectfully), the Café has become something of a Hester Street institution. But despite the eco-conscious slow food the trio serves up, growing and commissioning nearly every item served, Green, Brown and Orange captures a perfect laidback sophistication of the new downtown, from the rustic yet elegant baked eggs and wild boar sausage to the minimalist plywood walls.
• Good World, 3 Orchard Street, 212-925-9975; www.goodworldbar.com
Taking its name from the barbershop-cum-brothel that once housed its Orchard Street storefront, Good World opened in 1999 as a Scandinavian-style bistro, where one could kick back with friends over Swedish meatballs and a glass of Aquavit. And while nearly a decade ago the south of Canal location seemed a risk to owners Annika Sundvik and John Lavelle, the duo has established firm roots in the neighborhood, and plan to open another Swedish mainstay—White Slab Palace—on the corner of Allen and Delancey in the coming months.
• Bacaro, 136 Division Street, 212-941-5060
Venetian for "pub," Barcaro opened in October with a whole lot of buzz over their decadent northern Italian dishes, cavernous subterranean location, and art-world following. Satisfying traditional bar snacks and 200-plus wine selection are added bonuses.
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Actor Brad Pitt has signed up thirteen architectural practices - including Adjaye Architects (above and below), Morphosis, MVRDV and Shigeru Ban Architects - for the Make It Right housing project in New Orleans.
The project, initiated by Pitt in 2006, aims to develop sustainable and affordable housing in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
The aim is to construct 150 houses on the site which will be ecologically responsible, safe, affordable and have a high quality of design.
Above: Adjaye Architects, London, England
The designs, by a mixture of local New Orleans architects, US firms and international companies, are based on traditional
Above and 2 images below: Constructs - Accra, Ghana
The following text is from Make It Right:
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Architects:
Make It Right’s goal is to join the history of the Lower 9th Ward with creative new architectural solutions mindful of environmental and personal safety concerns in order to encourage both the evolution of aesthetic distinctiveness and the conscientious awareness of natural surroundings.
To that end, MIR assembled a team of fourteen local, national and international world-renowned architecture firms specializing in innovative, ecologically responsible design.
Local: Billes Architects – New Orleans, LA; Eskew Dumez Ripple – New Orleans, LA; Concordia – New Orleans, LA; Trahan Architects – Baton Rouge, LA; John Williams Architects – New Orleans, LA
Below: Graft - Berlin, Germany
National: BNIM – Kansas City, MO; Kieran Timberlake - Philadelphia, PA; Morphosis – Santa Monica, CA; Pugh + Scarpa – Santa Monica, CA.
International: Adjaye Architects – London, England; Constructs – Accra, Ghana; Graft – Berlin, Germany; MVRDV – Rotterdam, Holland; Shigeru Ban Architects – Tokyo, Japan
Designs :
In keeping with Make It Right (MIR)’s overarching priority to work in cooperation with former residents of the Lower 9th Ward, the approach to new home design began directly with the homeowners themselves. Because local cultural influences gave rise to the pre-Katrina architecture so emblematic of the area, preserving that identity remains vital in reclaiming the spirit of the neighborhood. MIR’s goal is to join the history of this tradition with creative new architectural solutions mindful of environmental and personal safety concerns in order to encourage both the evolution of aesthetic distinctiveness and the conscientious awareness of natural surroundings.
Below: MVRDV - Rotterdam, Netherlands
The architects were given a typology study that included traditional
The four main guiding principles for the designs are safety, affordability, sustainability
Vision
In December 2006, Brad Pitt convened a group of experts in
Below: Shigeru Ban Architects - Tokyo, Japan
Previously, Pitt sponsored an architecture competition organized by Global Green with the goal of generating ideas about how to rebuild sustainably. Several of those designs are currently under construction in the Lower 9th Ward and the project inspired him to expand his efforts.
After discussing the hurdles associated with rebuilding in a devastated area, the group determined that a large-scale redevelopment project focused on green affordable housing and incorporating innovative design was indeed possible.
The group settled on the goal of constructing 150 homes (one of the larger rebuilding projects in the city), with an emphasis on developing an affordable system that could be replicated.
Below: BNIM - Kansas City, MO
To demonstrate replicability, Pitt determined to locate the project in the Lower 9th Ward, one of the most devastated areas of
Having listened to one former resident’s plea to help “make this right,” Pitt was inspired to name the project “Make It Right” (MIR).
Below: Kieran Timberlake - Philadelphia, PA
Below: Morphosis - Santa Monica, CA
Below: Pugh + Scarpa - Santa Monica, CA
Below: Billes Architects - New Orleans, LA
Below: Eskew Dumez Ripple - New Orleans, LA
Below: Concordia - New Orleans, LA
Below: Trahan Architects - Baton Rouge, LA
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