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EnglishThe International Creative Camp is dedicated to unlocking / re-discovering the meaning and role of memory and imagination in the dialogue between the arts in and through their (theoretical) and critical (written) approaches.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vilalta Arquitectura The Lideta Market in Addis-Abeba [/vc_column_text][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center" color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" top_margin="29" bottom_margin="0"][vc_column_text el_class="caseta"] Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Project title Lideta Mercato Architecture office Vilalta Arquitectura Director Xavier Vilalta Project Leader Maria Rosaria Favoino Project Team Joao Medeiros, Miguel Sánchez Enkerlin, Reema Al-Ajlan, Daniel Vaczi Structural engineering K2N Engineering Mechanical & Sanitary Abiy Aberra Client Flintstone Engineering Gross floor area 14.200 sqm Construction period 2010-2016 Photographs Gonzalo Guajardo [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center" color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" top_margin="33" bottom_margin="0"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Lideta Mercato was initially intended to be a shopping mall just like many others in the city of Addis Ababa. A rigorous analysis has identified the main issues of the existing malls in the city, which are commonly built using glazing
White Desert is a project founded by record-breaking polar explorer, Patrick Woodhead, and his wife Robyn, that launched the first and only luxury camp in Antarctica. The project is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a refurbishment of its camp – complete with new sleeping pods, lounge and dining room. The boutique camp, probably the most remote in the world, overlooks a spectacular 200ft icefall.
The inside of the Bánffy Castle main building in Bonţida village is now in the public imagination due to a combination of historical architectural richness in its present dilapidated state and the contemporary spirit of cultural events, such as music festivals that have already enshrined in this built framework.
The renovation of ING Bank Turkey Headquarters was started with a project workout within the participation of current employees. By getting their current space experiences, it was aimed to analyze their needs and expectations to create a more dynamic and ergonomic office atmosphere that also meets their needs. Workshop outcomes show that majority of the participants is not happy with the color scheme, workstation placement and space organization. Meeting room amounts are not enough and not designed efficiently. Besides, no common spaces exist for socialization. Three out of four participants need to be isolated to concentrate on their work and
This project aims to adapt, or rather, to make use of the stones available to put up a new building. It is a new building, in which various voices and functions (some already registered, others still to be constructed) intervene; it is not a reconstruction of the building in its original form.
Frequent floods have deprived the locals of an access to the wild and beautiful landscape. For this project, TERRITOIRES chose the radical and minimal system of a wooden path, which is as smooth as glass. This path extends across the two neighboring villages, frequently teasing and eventually crossing the river halfway via a footbridge. The geometric contrast between the sinuous river and the path’s rigid lines give its visitors an astonishing sense of levitation, without ever touching the ground.
The Cultural Palace was designed in 1930 by architect Victor Smigelschi from Bucharest, with the intention of being used primarily for events initiated by the ASTRA Cultural Association. Beginning with the ’60s, the building had hosted the cinema of the city, during which the first changes to the building and its interior courtyard were made.
The family house is located in a stabilized area of detached houses and garden plots. Set back from the street, it has the same position as a former garden house. This provides certain intimacy and isolation. The central location of the house splits the plot into the front and rear garden. While the front garden is conceived as lush, informal vegetation, the rear garden hidden behind the house has a more functional character.
The starting point in creating the interior was the investor’s collection of paintings, antique furniture and extensive library of books. The apartment was divided and furnished in order to expose these items, but in such a way that they do not compete and do not dominate the space. All the new furniture pieces are minimalist and free of any visible details. The books have been