The Space Race Museum

The ‘Space Race Museum’ is a proposal designed by Islam Fikry Abbas from the Port Said University in Egypt for an a new museum dedicated to early stages of outer space exploration during the Cold War.

It is the story of a race between the United States and the Soviet Union to conquest the last frontier. The main concept of the project is to use architectural forms and spatial differentiation to represent thetechnological and political situation during those years.

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Algorithmic Architecture: Inhabitable Bridge in Tokyo

The objective in designing the ‘Living Bridge’ was to describe a new type of nonlinear algorithmic architecture through the design of an inhabitable bridge in Tokyo. The chosen site integrates with the residential neighborhoods of Ginza and Tsukishima.

Les Cabanyes Pre School and Primary School / Arqtel

Les Cabanyes Pre School and Primary School / Arqtel Architects: Arqtel Location: Barcelona , Spain Project area: 2,434 sqm Project year: 2008 – 2010 Photographs: Eugeni Pons A primary school like the one designed in Catalonia by design studio Arqtel calls a design that is sensitive to childrens’ need for comfortable and inviting spaces. This building generates a dialogue with its surroundings not only through its spatial composition and architectural tectonics but also through its volumetric orientation. As a result, the building optimizes functional program at the same time as it focuses on aspects of light, orientation and the quality of the spaces generated. Retaining a telluric presence, the building brings a sense of order to the site and acts as a landmark among surrounding buildings and fields. Its north-south longitudinal axis opens up in a circulation pattern resembling a comb, alternating playfully between filled and empty...

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