Panorama House - Korea Moon Hoon

Moon Hoon has designed the Panorama House in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.

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From the architect:

The basic request of upper and lower spatial organization and the shape of the site promted a long and tin house with fluctuating facade which would allow for more differentiated view. The key was coming up with a multi-functional space which is a large staircase, bookshelves, casual reading space, home cinema, slide and many more…

The client was very pleased with the design, and the initial design was accepted and finalized almost instantly, only with minor adjustments. The kitchen and dining space is another important space where family gathers to bond. The TV was pushed away to a smaller living room. The attic is where the best view is possible, it is used as a play room for younger kids. The multi-use stair and slice space brings much active energy to the house, not only children, but also grown ups love the slide staircase…An action filled playful house for all ages…

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House NA - Tokyo Japan

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House NA
Tokyo, Japan
A project by: Sou Fujimoto Architects

Starbucks Interior Design by Kengo Kuma

Already behind the superb project Fruit Market in Japan, teams Kengo Kuma And Associates have designed this beautiful design for the shop franchise "Starbucks" in the city of Dazaifu in Fukuoka Prefecture. An incredible use of wood, discovering in the sequel.

 

Big Air Package Project

The artist Christo and Jeanne-Claude have created a beautiful indoor facility Display for the Gasometer Oberhausen. Presented until the end of the year, it is a ball "Big Air Package" of 90 meters and 50 meters in diameter in which visitors can enter. More in the future.

 

Triangle of the Squinches - a Collaborative Ballet

"Triangle of the Squinches" is a collaborative, full-length, contemporary ballet created by San Francisco Architect, Christopher Haas and San Francisco Choreographer, Alonzo King & LINES Ballet.

Christopher and Alonzo were the recipients of the Artist Collaboration Grant, supported by the Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Gerbode Foundation, which provided funding of $25,000 for the production of a new cross-disciplinary work.

The impetus for the collaboration came from a shared interest in exploring the built environment and space within dance. This was not to be an exercise in set design, but rather an explorative venture wherein the dancers would be partnered with interactive, transformable architectural objects and spaces. 

Working within the modest budget, the architectural objects were innovatively and meticulously crafted from ordinary, overlooked materials such as recycled industrial packing cardboard and elastic chord. Exploiting each materials' unique characteristics, and assembling them to an architectural scale, the materials took on unexpected dimensions, which played with our perceptions of their materiality, and of what is light, delicate, strong, and heavy.

The collaboration was an extraordinary success, receiving many recognitions and demonstrating the power of COLLABORATION. The honors include:  

8 sold-out performances in San Francisco

The project has earned the Architect the prestigious Isadora Duncan Award for Dance in the category of Visual Content, the first architect to ever receive the award.

The American Institute of Architects 2012 Excellence in Architecture Award

In July 2011, Germany's largest television broadcast company, 3SAT, commissioned the re-staging of the "Triangle of the Squinches" for the purposes of being filmed for European television broadcast. In February 2012, the collaborative ballet was broadcast to 85-million homes in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France."