Sauflon Innovation Centre By Foldes Architects (HU)

Sauflon Innovation Centre by Foldes Architects, photo: Tamas Bujnovszky

The Sauflon Innovation Centre, a make contact with lens centre of innovation designed by Foldes Architects in Hungary, has a 24 meter passage “surrounded by the reflections of reflections”.

Sauflon Innovation Centre by Foldes Architects, photo: Tamas Bujnovszky

Foldes Architects collaborated with glass sculptor Andras Bojti to compose the engaging illusion effects in the entryway hall. “The notion derived from the definition of lens, the implies of vision, and also we took inspiration from the higher-technology of the lens industry, therefore clean, intelligent, integrated options as effectively as playful reflections, gloss surfaces and transparency played fantastic importance in the course of the design and style.” says Laszlo Foldes, chief designer at Foldes Architects. “This notion is supported by the resin flooring, the glass bridges, the opened-up volume and the tremendous flow of light streaming by means of the glass façade and the glass roof.”

Sauflon Innovation Centre by Foldes Architects, photo: Tamas Bujnovszky

“The process was to generate an iconic but functional centre of innovation which mainly serves as the showcase for the higher-tech, revolutionary production strategies utilised in the manufacturing of the most current generation, higher-top quality make contact with lens items of Sauflon. 700 men and women in 4 shifts operate every day at the factory which shares the space with the centre of innovation.”

Sauflon Innovation Centre by Foldes Architects, photo: Tamas Bujnovszky

“To the façade a massive glass surface is used to maximize the amount of light flowing in. Following entering, the 10 meter higher volume remains open and a 24 meter-lengthy passage welcomes guests with a sloped glass surface at the finish which tricks the vision. On the proper hand side the core functions are positioned: initial a lounge with a 24m2 glass wall presenting the visual ID of the business, then a cloakroom hidden by ‘floating’ glass doors and lastly the rebel pink glass covered cafe like kitchen and the mechanical space behind.”

Sauflon Innovation Centre by Foldes Architects, photo: Tamas Bujnovszky

“Above, a wooden box is cantilevered, a house within the residence, which serves as an auditorium with 32 seats and an integrated interpreter-cabin for conferences. The box can be entered from the upstairs guest region, through two green glass bridges. The next bridge gives access to the fitting area exactly where clinical coaching is delivered and the newest lenses can be seasoned.”

Sauflon Innovation Centre by Foldes Architects, photo: Tamas Bujnovszky

“A 12 seat meeting area can be reached via the identical bridge. On the ground floor a white door opens up the secret of the Sauflon Centre of Innovation – guests can enter the production area right here which provides a special chance to acquire an insight into the technologies utilized by one of the most pioneering businesses in optics. An iconic text welcomes their arrival: ‘Innovation is at the heart of every thing we do.’”

Sauflon Innovation Centre by Foldes Architects, photo: Tamas Bujnovszky

CREDITS
Project name: Sauflon Centre of Innovation
Place: Gyal, Pest County, Hungary
Program: Innovation Centre attached to Sauflon speak to lens factory
Sort: competitors commission
Location/Size: 730 m2
Completion: November 2013
Expense: 850.000 EUR
Client: Sauflon CL Kft.
Project by: Foldes Architects
Principal Designer: Laszlo Foldes
Project Design Group: Johanna Csuri, Tamas Holics
Co-designer glass sculptor: Andras Bojti
Text: Viktoria Szepvolgyi

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Beck Residence By Horst Architects

Horst Architects lately redesigned this loft apartment perched atop a rocky seaside promontory in Corona del Mar, California.
Perched atop a rocky seaside promontory, this loft renovation is an efficient response to the difficulty of restricted space with simplicity and restraint getting the guiding principles of the design remedy. The customers requested a design which would accommodate workplace operate by day and intimate social and familial gatherings by evening. The interior spaces have been entirely reconfigured into an open program evolving around a double height entry volume containing the principal stairway. Sliding partitions and fabric behind frameless glass have replaced classic signifies of enclosure and spatial transition. A sculptural interplay of material, light and form define spaces, which are both intimate and communal, sheltering but expansive. Indoor and outside living is integrated by frameless, bi-folding doors. Windows are positioned to embrace the view of the harbor, while second skin systems such as wood shutters mediate the late afternoon sun and provide privacy. The altering play of light on surfaces, the breezes that move via and around the structure, the touch and smell of walls and gardens, the play of colors, the sound of spaces all play a element in the reception of architecture as it is lived in, and are important determinants in our well being.

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MOBILIA: One Hundred Years Of Design By Belgian Architects At The Atomium

Paul & Hilde Robbrecht with their son Johannes / Robbrecht & Daem, Ligeti, bench with pattern obtained using different species of plywood developed for the Concertgebouw in Bruges, 2002 photo: Kristien Daem

The forthcoming exhibition MOBILIA, at the Atomium in Brussels, that runs from February 12 till June 15 2014, focuses on the talent of architects whose function, because the late nineteenth century, has evolved beyond the style of buildings, to the creation of furniture and objects. Belgium hasn’t bucked this trend. Some emblematic movements of modernist architecture had been initiated, among others, by Belgian architects Victor Bourgeois (photo n°1) and Huib Hoste with Le Corbusier. They have been particularly active in the course of the 1st International Congress of Contemporary Architecture (CIAM) in 1928. Yet the story remains reasonably unknown to the basic public. (by TLmag)

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A Property With A Roof Leading Pool By Aamer Architects

This modern and exclusive private residence developed in 2012 by Aamer Architects located in Singapore.“Tan’s Garden Villa” Back in 2001, the Owner, Mr Adrian Tan, commissioned Aamer to design his house(s) at No 42. There a huge bungalow plot was divided into two to accommodate separate but identical homes which won the prestigious Singapore Institute of Architects’ Design and style Award in 2004.

Some 10 years later Adrian acquired the plot subsequent door, No 40, with the intention of developing an additional home and therefore possessing 3 homes one particular for themselves and a single for every single of their two grown up sons with their future families.

The concept, consequently, was to design and style the new home in sync with the preceding two but diverse, of course. Adrian particularly requested for a garden courtyard and koi pond. Hence, the swimming pool was designed on the roof with wonderful views over the estate and surrounding houses which are largely 2 storey bungalows.

Also, for this residence, because the sons are already in their late teens and early twenties they wanted a lot more space and privacy. So an exciting preparing layout placed the boys’ rooms outdoors by way of a verandah terrace with their own accessibility from the ground appropriate up to the rooftop entertainment room and pool garden terrace.

Significantly like the 1st two houses the components are very organic like timber, marble and granites, blending well with the lush vertically stacked gardens.

In addition, similar to the very first two homes, gardens and greenery are crucial to the Owner. So while the first two homes had trees increasing through wooden balconies, this time creepers are twining up vertical timber trellises that extend above the rooftop swimming pool. Even the bath rooms are open to gardens with lush flora and fauna like birds & butterflies generating this a truly vertical garden villa!

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Loft Apartment In Melbourne, Australia By Adrian Amore Architects

Walls tear, bend and converge in this sleek loft apartment interior housed in a former butter factory, in West Melbourne, Australia, by Adrian Amore Architects.
A sculptural stair sits at the converging point in the space, twisting substantially, and soaring up towards a recreational roof deck which overlooks the city of Melbourne.

The original apartment contained a steel truss which sliced by way of its centre, polarising, and its removal, with each other with the removal of the existing roof generated accessible space for addition bedrooms.

A monochrome palate of white on white with charcoal and black, plays with the abundant organic light which is drawn in from the large north facing windows and ceiling void.
An essentially open ground floor program is defined by bending, wrapping walls which include a bathroom, laundry and storage spaces.

Sliding doors further develop the chance for expanding or containing, depending on how the ground floor space is employed, whether it be as a studio, bedroom or for entertaining.

Photography by Fraser Marsden.

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DM Residence By CUBYC Architects Bvba

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DM Residence was completed by CUBYC architects bvba in 2013.

This contemporary residence is positioned in Flanders, Belgium.

DM Residence by CUBYC architects bvba:

“With this property, we tried to create a residence by a continuous play of coupled volumes, all interacting with each and every other.

That play provides the inhabitants different perspectives and spatial experiences.

All living places are visually with every single other, and with the wooded region connected, but you have to discover out these connections in phases. Each and every area has its own perspective. Doors and window frames are as minimal as attainable present.

The office of the home has its own internal courtyard, the living room is connected to a walled pond and the kitchen opens onto the covered terrace with Jacuzzi and fireplace. The main terrace integrates a large swimming pool, clad with the very same tiles of the flooring and the facade.

In addition to the office, the house accommodates a mediaroom, a fitness space, a hamman and pool and a garage for 4 vehicles.

The facades are clad with ceramic tiles, in random vertical strips due to maintainability in a wooded region. The tiles give the house a burst of white in the rather dark wood. The ceramic tiles gave us the chance to use them consequently in facades, inner and outer flooring.”

Photos by: Thomas De Bruyne & Koen Van Damme

TAGS: Belgium, CUBYC architects bvba, Flanders, Glass Walls, Minimalist Interior, Modern Property, Wood Floors

CATEGORIES: Art, Bathroom, Dining Area, Fireplace, Furnishings, Property, Interior Style, Kitchen, Landscaping, Lighting, Living Space, Workplace, Staircase, Swimming Pool, Wall Decor

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Hideg Home By Béres Architects

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This spectacular home combines wood and stone to develop a rough background for its luminous and sophisticated interior

Positioned in Koszeg, Hungary, its name is Hideg Property, and it was developed by Béres Architects.

Hideg Property by Béres Architects:

“Focusing on sculptural cliffs and friendly hillside woods, Hideg-ház is an unusual object in the landscape of the outskirts of Koszeg, a charming historical town in Hungary.

The internet site had been used as a quarry a couple of cenutries ago so the exposed rock face was 1 of the strongest components of the environment. In order to get sufficient direct sunlight all-year-lengthy and to remain close to the sculptural cliffs, the creating had been placed about 10 meters above the road that runs along the bottom of the valley.

“An abstract footprint of a family’s way of life – probably these are the greatest words to describe the floor plan” architect Attila Béres says. The wooden cabin is floating a few methods above the natural terrain. The two parts are tied together with a thick black frame. These units taken apart develop space for the covered outside terrace which became the central space of the cabin with its ideal views towards the colourful forms of the exposed rocks and the woods on the south side.

Natural lights and views to the surrounding nature have been the most critical variables at the arrangement of spaces. The solid and open surfaces of the 110 sqm constructing react to these components as properly – big but shaded openings towards the ideal views on the south side, glimpses of the rock from accentuated spots on the north.

The contrast between the rough sawn larch cladding stained black on the exterior surfaces and the very same material with natural finish and smooth surface on the inside leads visitors towards the interior spaces. The clear white walls in the interior choose up the random colours of the sky and the surroundings.

The creating is located in a nation with very diverse climate. Hot summers and cold winters need a wise mix of architectural decisions to hold the cabin comfortable and easy to run in all 4 seasons. The customers had a clear notion about what they wanted to obtain in terms of constructing solutions and comfort. A combination of high-tec and straightforward ecological solutions resulted in really low energy consumption and moderate constructing price.

Hideg-ház is the very first project realized by Attila Béres and Jusztina Balázs. The young architecture firm started the design and style of this creating in 2009 when Mr. Hideg noticed Attila Béres in Wallpaper magazine’s Graduate Directory – an annual list of talented young architects. Detailed design and construction of the cabin completed in 2013.

Mr. Hideg and his wife spent 3 years on internet site to build this precisely detailed and custom-tailored home by hand. They carried out virtually each and every phase of building from cleaning the cliffs to creating custom furniture. Their devotion and insistent enthusiasm had key value along the procedure of style and building of the holiday house.”

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TAGS: Béres Architects, Black Exteriors, Contemporary House, Hungary, Koszeg, Wood Ceiling, Wood Floors, Wood Walls

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