Black & White Lines..

Orange/Red Moods...

RL House by Studio Guilherme Torres

The base for the decoration was the fusion of polymer cement, minty and blue colors and the use of a whole wall covered in pinus, a wood that has virtually no commercial value in Brazil. Another high point of the project was to expose the structural column right in the entrance door, composing a beautiful set with the dinner table. An important point is: all the main pieces such as tables, sideboards and sofa are designed by the architect.

Dutch Mountain by Denieuwegeneratie

Project: Dutch Mountain

Surface area: 709 m2 BVO / GFA

Start design: 5/ 2008

Start Construction: 6/2010

End Construction: 11/ 2011       

Client: Private   

Address: Undisclosed

Architect: denieuwegeneratie architecten | Sanne Oomen, Thomas Dieben, Oscar Vos

Contractor: De Kamper

Sustainability: Arup

Installations: Van Veldhuizen Energie, Sloof Elektrotechniek

Structural Engineer: van Rossum Amsterdam

Interior: 13 Speciaal

Lighting (LED): Erco

Chromatic Advice: Asmir Ademagic

Photography: Jaap Vliegenthart | John Lewis Marshall

Completed in December 2011 this private residence excites, inspires and fits right in with the friendly eco system. With only half of the house apparent to the naked eye there is nothing like cutting through a hill with glazing to bring a tear to the eye. A note to those out there, this never fails to grab our attention. The embedding in the hill simultaneously functions as both a camouflage and as a blanket, hiding the house from view from the north side and using the earth as thermal insulation. One enters the house literally through the mountain, sided with panels of slowly corroding scrap steel. The grand glass facade is framed in timber, which guides the transition from the artificial to the natural. The canopy regulates sunshine through the seasons and allows for a large terrace along the full width of the house. The terrace follows the split-level of the ground floor and jumps up to the higher west façade creating a henhouse underneath. Finally, it curls back up to become the canopy. The frame is constructed out of lark wood, forested from the immediate surrounding

WHITE Gallery Installation by Studio 400

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http://vimeo.com/35857895

Published in: Exhibitions, Art By Stefania Vourazeri, 05 April 2012

WHITE is a spatial and interactive gallery installation reminiscent of relational art. It is an exhibition space, a meeting point, a ‘common room’ within a gallery and it is designed by Studio 400, a five-year-old architectural design studio at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.

The installation was conceived, designed and created by Studio 400 so that the students could showcase their research books. 'We wanted to create a continuous surface that would bring spatial interest and social interaction to the gallery. The woven installation is a solution to providing students and faculty with a setting in order not only to read about our projects, but also to enjoy the space,' say the Studio 400 team.

The viewer has the chance to take part in the installation and become part of it. WHITE has been constructed to be temporarily inhabited by the people who come to visit. The white space is calming, inviting and playful and it becomes a hub where people can explore the different books and enjoy them in a space made exclusively for them. 80,000 square feet of plastic sheeting have been sliced, loomed, woven, stapled, taped and tied to provide a climbable and malleable surface in the 4,500 square feet gallery space.  Some bespoke book slipcases are scattered around this space, along with all the different research books. These laser-cut, clear acrylic panels, aka the bookcases, serve as the hanging elements that would be the interface between the installation and the user. This is very smart way of showcasing the books, as the visitors are invited to step in, crawl, climb and sit down and read the books.

It is like a library space, which is interactive, non-static and fun. The installation was completed collaboratively over a five-day period after the students had conducted considerable research and brainstorming in order to find the most suitable materials and put all the components of this piece together.

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Studio 400