Muoto . photos: © Severin Malaud . renders: © artefactorylab

“Magasin 4, the Mecca of punk-rock culture in Brussels is saved !” The new concert venue is located along the Charleroi canal and is part of a landscape of logistical activities. Its architecture responds to the post-industrial identity of the neighborhood and of the music itself. It takes warehouse architecture as a reference, borrowing the vocabulary and technical devices of today’s large warehouses, such as sliding sectional doors, the rack structure and prefabricated alveolar concrete slabs. Continue reading Muoto

ATELIER ATLÁNTICO ARQUITECTOS . fotos: © FEDERICO CAIROLI

El concurso para el centro de interpretación y auditorio del túnel subfluvial solicitaba un edificio que resuelva todo el programa y la creación de un nuevo parque urbano para la ciudad.
La decisión más importante fue separar el programa en dos edificios que articulan el recorrido dentro del parque, cediendo el protagonismo al edificio del maestro Mario Roberto Álvarez. Continue reading ATELIER ATLÁNTICO

Sean Godsell Architects . + archdaily

The site is in country Victoria approximately one hour’s drive west of Melbourne. A previous scheme for this site was shelved due to cost. In reappraising the problem we suggested to our client that they might consider a simple farm shed to provide rudimentary accommodation on a different part of the site from the previous scheme. They had already erected a large machinery shed with solar panels and rainwater collection tanks uphill from where we agreed a very simple adaptation of a hayshed might occur. Continue reading Sean Godsell