The Leaves of Architecture

The leaves of a plant act as a modular unit that protects its' space from the elements.  The leaf pivots about its stem to maximize protection. 

The leaf contains veins with many...

Group 2, Pingting/ Etinosa

Using the concept of a mole holle, We propose to creat a surface
using a hexagonal patternbase that changes based on parameters,
allowing the surface to shift from a more planer type to volumn...

Concept Image _ Group5

Rhomboid

Pattern to adapt to the exterior facade of a building that responds to adjacencies through adaptive components.  The fluctuation of the openings will expand and contract depending on...

Concept EYE - Group 1 Kelly Swan/...

The concept of an adaptive skin, which, like the human eye or camera, focuses and filters light and solar radiation based on the needs of the program behind the system.  The shape of the structure...

Concept Images/Families

U CA+P - Fall 2012 - ARCH 6370 Concept...

(This challenge is associated with ARCH 6370 Advanced Tech. Const. at the University of Utah - UCA+P)

FALL 2012 - Conceptual Design

Please your...

Superhero Landmark: Challenge Winner

Gotham Square

This project is inspired from Batman and Gotham City. Big influences for the modeling of this scene were gothic architecture, art deco and also architects like Hugh Ferriss and Santiago Calatrava.

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reintegrate

REskin: Challenge Winner

Adaptive_Skin

The purpose of the skin is to create a buffer zone in the façade in order to insulate better the building. This skin protects also the existing historical façade from weather and outside...

Glass skin

This proposal alludes to the concept of a glass skin clasping onto a vestigial temple.

The first layer of skin aims to protect from turbulent winds and veiling solar glare. The second layer is...

REskin - "D-namico"

The features that define this composition are definitely modularity, variability, dynamicity and personalisation, in order to obtain at the same time admirable results both on the front of...

Striped facade in the wind

The idea of the design is to preserve the original facades of a building and to enable it's higher energy performance. To achieve that the new glass skin is added. It creates an additional space as an...

Balcony Shell

The Balcony Shell creates an environment that clings to the existing facade of the building.  As this building is landmarked, removing the facade of this building would be a loss of historical...

Hexagonal Trellis Facade

This approach to the REskin challenge is to attach an additional glazing system to the structure that will provide insulation as well as function as a trellis.  The system...

Passive House in Bulgaria / Competition

The planned private house was designed after the fashion of the two-storey dwelling houses characteristic of the Bulgarian rustic architecture. Like in the traditional buildings, the upper...

Passive House near to Sofia, Bulgaria

1. Determination of the orientation of the plot.

Following the executed surveys of the real estate we arrived at the decision described in the design. We analyzed the...