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Minima | Maxima
Minima | Maxima is the latest Structural Stripes "Crawling Assembly'" from MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY. This permanent installation provides a moment of contemplation amid the busy grounds of World Expo 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Why, among visitors of all ages, does it seem instinctive to engage the structure playfully? For instance, to tuck...
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Poly International Plaza
Situated midway between the Forbidden City and Beijing Capital Airport, the Poly International Plaza occupies a highly visible position adjacent to the Capital Airport Expressway, set between a new urban district and the agricultural-industrial sprawl that surrounds Beijing. In contrast to the typical, undifferentiated office space ubiquitous...
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Sahya
Sahya Orproject is interested in the feasible and economic construction of complex and double-curved geometries. The prohibitive cost of molds however often renders the use of double curved elements unsustainable for projects which need to remain commercially viable. With Sahya, Orproject therefore explored the possibilities and variation...
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Photoptosis
Photoptosis is a sculpture that explores the medium of light as a material that in itself can grow the same way that plants do. Photoptosis consists of a triangulated, plant-like stainless steel surface, and onto this a set of side-glowing fiber optics cables has grown like the veins of Ivy on a tree. The geometries of both the stainless steel...
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New Passenger Terminal at Franjo Tudman International Airport Zagreb
Project title: New Passenger Terminal at Franjo Tuđman International Airport Zagreb Construction: 2013-2016 Project completion: 09/2016 In 2008, an international architectural design competition was held to select the best project for the New Passenger Terminal at Franjo Tuđman International Airport Zagreb. In order to...
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Europa - New headquarters of the Council of the European Union
As a consequence of 2004 European enlargement, the Justus Lipsius building becomes too small for the Council of the European Union (hereafter named the Council). According to the treaty of Nice, adopted in 2001, all European Council sessions are held in Brussels, which also generates new real estate needs. In order to respond to those, the...
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Lane 189
Lane 189, located in the Putuo district in central Shanghai, combines retail, restaurant and office spaces in an organisation that rearranges the typical mall into a vertical city centre that offers opportunities for shopping, strolling, eating, gathering and resting. The design incorporates elements of 'old Shanghai' through geometry,...
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LILYPAD, A FLOATING ECOPOLIS FOR CLIMATE REFUGEES, Oceans
“LILYPAD” A FLOATING ECOPOLIS FOR CLIMATE REFUGEES MONACO, PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO 2100, A LARGE CROWD OF ECOLOGICAL REFUGEES Further to the anthropogenic activity, the climate warms up and the ocean level increases. According to the principle of Archimedes and contrary to...
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MCEC (Midwest Commodity Exchange Center, China)
MCEC (Midwest Commodity Exchange Center, China) Interdesign Associates + Hugo Kohno Architect Associates MCEC (Midwest Commodity Exchange Center) is a trade center for metal products located at a center of Xi’ an International Trade & Logistics Park. This region is positioned as one of regional headquarters of China’s New Silk...
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Great Amber - Concert Hall
“Great Amber” is the name of the city’s new Concert Hall. With 1024 seats, it is the largest concert hall in the Baltics. The decision to build it was made back in 1896 (!), and in 2015, the concert hall finally became reality. Volker Giencke & Company Architects from Graz, Austria, won the international competition towards the end of 2003....
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H.O.R.T.U.S ZKM
ecoLogicStudio has been designing and conceiving the project ‘ the inhuman garden ’ as part of the Globale: Exo-Evolution Exhibition at ZKM Museum in Karlsruhe. ‘ The exhibition focuses on the artistic use of new technologies and opens up views into the future, in various modules. It shows us our new reality, which is shaped by 3-D...
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Urban Algae Folly
ecoLogicStudio has been invited by INL, International Iberian Institute for Nanotechnologies and the City of Braga to rethink the Urban Algae Folly project presented at ExpoMilano2015 this year in Milan (Italy) for Pra ç a da Rep ú blica in Braga (Portugal). The Urban Algae Folly, designed by ecoLogicStudio, is an...
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