365 days of Architecture

Public Pool on an Urban Artificial Valley / DJ Arquitectura ➨  Function : Public pool ➨  Location:  Granada, Spain ➨  Area:  1169 m2 Hello people, Hope you're liking the new segments. Personally, I've been enjoying the idea of giving this blog an order. After "  The world's most extraordinary homes" and "Arab women in architecture" segments, today we will bring back the "60-minute challenge". If you're new to the blog, the 60-minute challenge means that I need to choose, analyze, visualize, and write about the project in only 60 minutes.  Let's set the timer, 3 2 1...Go I really wanted to cheat and re-draw my small sketches, but I had no time to do that so you need to bear up with the real sketches that I draw when I try to understand a project :)  Let's get into the project. Today's project is a re-using of an old school site. After restoring the old building to held in a gym, the city's municipal wanted to use the rest of ...

Local Activity Center / MWArchitekci ➨  Function : Public space ➨  Location: Rybnik, Poland ➨  Area:  450 m2 Hello people, Hope you like a quick project. Today's project is simple and efficient. It's the first focal point of two others that aims to create a space for cultural and sports activities and social integration in Rybnik city. Its principles are universal to be adapted to different contexts.  Resources:  Archdaily Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Rephrase Rephrase current sentence Edit in Ginger ×

Le Gardien Pavilion / Collectif REV.L ➨  Function : Temporary Installations ➨  Location:  Faverges, France ➨  Area:  6 m2 Hello, loafers, Stop procrastinating.  Today I entered the final exam for the master's application requirements, let's hope It will put an end to my easy choice of projects.  Well, let's get into the project. Did you ever hear about the Festival de Cabanes?, apparently, It's an annual event that happens in the provinces around Lake Annecy In France. It aims to make the visitors and stakeholders aware of their territory by setting up small-scale wooden huts.    Lake Annecy Today's project is a part of 12 structures that have been built around the lake, It takes place in private land where cows live. The wooden hut was built at the edge of the mountain marking the relation between natural territories and human activities.  Besides marking the territory, the hut shape frames the fragile landscape creating the activity of...

Face, Pool, Two Towers, and Ruin Installation / Paradigma Ariadné ➨  Function : Temporary Installations ➨  Location:  Veszprem, Hungary ➨  Area:  20 m2 Hello, winter, Please show yourself, Today's project was a little different, It's a response to the failed urban developments in Veszprem city, the architect accepts these failures and the grey, sad and soulless buildings that resulted from it, as they explain that accepting the problem is the first step to solve it or maybe play along with it. So as these soulless modern buildings are not going anyway, it's time to start accepting them as part of the city, apart they shouldn't be neglected but played with it. Soulless buildings The project is made of five portable urban artifacts, artifacts that aren't defined by their functions but their types and presence.  The main purpose of these artifacts was to create spaces that host different moments, spaces we miss in modern cities, spaces like corners in old citi...

Wantouqiao Township Center -2 / WCY Regional Studio ➨  Function : Community center ➨  Location:  Wugang, China ➨  Area:  5531 m2 Hello adults,  Hope you're channeling your inner child.  Today is a special day, It's day 40 of this challenge, which means that I've been able to transform this challenge into daily practice. Have a moment to celebrate 👻 Besides that today Istanbul was covered with a beautiful white coat, and I couldn't stop myself from releasing my inner child into the streets. Unfortunately, I think I'm catching the flu, Let's hope I wake up well because I'm filled up this week.  Let's continue the project.  The social space of this community is the market, therefore, the main units of this structure were developed from the market tent shape. This unit's scale is retable to the city's fabric, Along with the units, other traditional space elements were used such as the stage, bridge, attic, ancient pagoda, and threshing floors....

Wantouqiao Township Center -1 / WCY Regional Studio ➨  Function : Community center ➨  Location:  Wugang, China ➨  Area:  5531 m2 Hello sun lovers, Hope you got your Vitamin D In the last few days, I've been preparing an Instagram story that talks about community centers, I want to talk about the history of their appearance, their values, and which functions they contain. I do believe in the community center's important role in improving the lives of local residents. There should be urban codes that obligate governments to build community centers in every neighborhood.  Coincidentally, today's project is a community center that was built in a rural town in Hunan province in China. During my research on community centers,  I came to the conclusion that community centers gain their shape and function according to the social value of the local community. It's a translation of this community's definition of unity. While for some communities being toget...

Guðlaug Baths / BASALT Architects ➨  Function : Public baths ➨  Location:  Akranes, Iceland ➨  Area:  117 m2 Hello people, hope you're ready for SNOW :) Recently, I've been feeling like I'm just re-writing Archdaily's posts, I haven't drawn a thing for a week, maybe because I'm busy preparing for an exam next week, but that is not an excuse, I didn't start this blog for just re-writing posts, Well, at first, I really didn't know what I wanted from this challenge, I hoped I'd figure that by now 🙇. Let's hope that I will find something to spice this experience.  Well, I blabbered enough, Let's get into the project.  Today's project takes place on the beach of Akranes city in Iceland, It's a public bath that offers a different experience for the residents of the city. The project is an example of how public spaces in small towns could create an attraction point for tourists and in resalt with positive effects on local communities.  The ...

Square of Traditional Crafts in Varaždin / KONNTRA ➨  Function : Crafts shop ➨  Location: Varazdin, Croatia ➨  Area: 280 m2 Hello Berfin, thanks for your feedback. Today I'm filling down a little bit, by this time I thought we would have more people interested in this challenge, but It's only me and you, my lovely imaginary friends. It's ok, at the end of the day this is a personal challenge. I will find another way to make it more enjoyable.   Let's continue ... Today's project is an intervention to the existing square in the historic city of Varazdin. The old city is a stage for the local craftsmen. Therefore in this project, the architects aimed to move the traditional crafts to the public square by creating flexible kiosks that can be used by the craftsmen.  These kiosks are defining a free space that can be used for different events and can be considered as a pocket park for the neighborhood.  Another important aspect of this design is the intention ...

Green Hill - Scale 3 / TJAD Original Design Studio Hello survivors, hope you're feeling better.  Today I woke feeling better, mentally and physically, as you recall from the last posts I've been feeling down lately, I was feeling stressed and overwhelmed from the number of things I have to do which eventually reflected my body and got me sick. BUT I'm good now so let's continue... Today we will be talking about the third scale in the Huangpu river renovation project, here we will see how the principles that were taken on a bigger scale are translated into architectural elements such as buildings, parks, walls, landscape elements, pathways, etc..... Well let's get into the project This project is a renovation of an old tobacco factory and warehouse. The 6-story factory created a barrier that blocked visually and physically the city's residents from the river, therefore  the architect saw an opportunity to reuse the building and to reconnect it with the city befor...

Yangpu Riverfront South Section Phase II - Scale 2  / DA Landscape + TJAD Original Design Studio Hello sick people, who is striving to achieve their goals? hope you get better.  This morning I woke up really sick, but I'm really committed to achieving the goal of this blog, therefore, I will try to do my best.  Today we will be talking about the second scale of the Yangpu riverfront renovation project, when a series of principles are applied on a bigger scale, we as architects should be able to create a variation of these principles according to a smaller scale. In today's reading, we will see how the principles were applied in a smaller section of the 45 km project.  Well nothing else to be said, let's get into the project. Today's site is 1.2 km that marks one of the endpoints of the 45km project. The main problems in this site were abandoned warehouses, factories, and docks, the lack of open space, and the old flood control system.  The principles for renovat...

Yangpu Riverfront - Scale 1  Hello allergic people, hope you're breathing well.  Today we will be talking about the first scale in the Yangpu riverfront renovation project. In architectural practice, it's important to gain the skill of navigating between different scales. so what do we mean by scale? through the design process and in order to gain a full understanding of the site, we should be able to analyze the position this project takes and will take according to the smallest element in the site like trees, to the bigger picture like the relation to its region.  well let's get into the project *** after writing the intro I had an allergy attack, therefore there will not be any visuals today, I will add them later, but I've already prepared the paragraphs so bring up your imagination while reading **** After the industrial revolution in the 18th century, most of the city's river banks were occupied by factories, warehouses, and docks. therefore the access for the...

Yangpu Riverfront South Section Phase II / DA Landscape + TJAD Original Design Studio Hello fearless people whose surprises thrive them, hope you're connecting the dots.  Today I approached a different method in choosing the project. I asked my little sister to scroll through Archdaily's Instagram page and choose what she thinks is beautiful. She ended up sending me a landscape project.   At first,  I thought it was easy but it ended up being a small part of a 45 km project.  and as my curious little ass can't just neglect the 45 km project, I ended up spending the day reading about the Yangpu riverfront renovation project.  In this project, we will read about how architectural projects create a bigger relationship with its surrounding and how navigation through different scales can reveal major problems that affect different aspects of the economy, tourism, environment, and social and daily life of the city's residents.  Well, Let's get into the project In...

The Urban Environment House / Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects Hello, night owls Hope you're taking care of yourself.  If you're feeling curious, yes my arms and legs are still hurting, and, yes I didn't work out today, well I did nothing today except reading this project. Well, Let's get into the project. Today's project takes place in Helsinki, Finland,  The project is an office building for an urban environment division where they specialize in city planning, building supervision, and environmental services.  The design of the facade comprises a mix between modern and archaic that can be seen in the contrast between the minimal and arch shape windows.  The architect's aim is to create a sense of togetherness between officials and citizens. to achieve that the ground and first floor have been given back to the city through public functions like a cafe, restaurants, exhibitions, etc.  Diverting from the traditional isolated floors offices, new relationships ...

Chara-ani Public Stairs / EVA Studio  Hello people hope you're having a fun weekend. Today I decided to take the day off, but I couldn't take yesterday's project out of my head, how the wrong understanding of the cultural and social context of a site can ruin the whole project.   Therefore I started searching for public space projects that managed to reflect the real needs of the residents.  The project takes place in the Qoubbeh neighborhood in Tripoli, Lebanon. for 3 years the neighborhood was a conflicted land. The war traces could be seen in the bullet-covered facades.  The project's main intention is to help the residents reclaim the public space in their neighborhood.  The public space is defined through the stairs that connect the neighborhood together and to the historic part of the city.  the stair's steps are the playground for the children, the cafe for the mothers, and the workplace for bakers.  The architects  started by holding ...