Nature Architecture

2008 NATURE 003 ARCHITECTURE Dubai - United Arab Emirates Price: UAE 50 AED, Bahrain 5 BHD, KSA 50 SAR, Kuwait 4 KWD, Oman 5 OMR, Qatar 50 QARSAR. Oman 5 OMR, Qatar 4 KWD, Kuwait 50 SAR, KSA 5 BHD, Bahrain AED, 50 UAE Price: Emirates Arab - United Dubai compasses COP numero 3.indd 1 1-12-2008 14:35:31 FINLAND UK NETHERLANDS FRANCE SWITZERLAND ITALY SPAIN CINA UNITED STATES GREECE IRAN JAPAN INDIA HEADQUARTER 003 [compasses] [editorial] 16 ١ﻓﺘﺘﺎﺣﻴﺔ SINGAPORE [experiences] ﺧﺒﺮات CO2 Emissions 0 18 ARGENTINA X vs. Y 22 AUSTRALIA Jumeirah Beach Club 30 Burj Dubai Residential Tower 32 Bamboo Towers 34 Desert Rose 36 Interview with Mohannad Sweid 38 Hollywood with love 40 Fashion Designer for Dubai 44 [focus] 52 ﺗﺮﮐﻴﺰ Publisher’s Board Scientific Director Correspondents Licensee Saeed Hareb Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi Italian Creative Design FZ LLC Massimo de Falco Anna Baldini (Deputy) Argentina Marcelo Corti Mario Donato The Grand Mosque Marco Ferretti Australia Fleur Watson Managing director Scientific Committee China Carlo Santoro [architecture] ﻫﻨﺪﺳﺔ هـﻌﻤﺎرﺔ Managing Editor David Chipperfield Finland Agatino Rizzo Head Office Giuseppe Rufo Odile Decq France Alessandra Cianchetta Dubai Media City Massimiliano Fuksas Greece Polyxeny Mantzou PO Box 502235 [Renzo Piano] Ecological Piano – Livio Sacchi 62 Interiors Consultant Hans Ibelings India Anand Batt Ph +971 4 3911873 [Arup Associates] Holistic engineering – Anna Baldini 70 Linda Nubani William Menking Iran Siamak G. 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[ideas] ١ﻓﮑﺎر Editor Consultant Advertising United Arab Emirates DEI Consulting Cover Image Urban planning against greenhouse effects – Massimo Locci 126 All Directions Media “Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque” [email protected] Abu Dhabi Material Finesse – Maria Ludovica Tramontin e Vittorio Tramontin 132 Marbles and Mosaics by Fantini Mosaici Charming spaces – Antonella Greco 138 Printing Company Picture by Fantini Mosaici Emirates Printing Press LLC news & trends] 146] اﻷﺨﺒﺎرواﻹﲡﺎﻫﺎت Distributor events & fairs] 176] ﻓﻌﺎﻟﻴــــﺎت و ﻣﻌﺎرض Jashanmal National Company LLC ﻫﻨﺪﺳﺔ هـﻌﻤﺎرﺔ [architecture] garden homes BIG Bjarke Ingels Group It was the end of the 1950’s when a that takes on the creation of social- relates to a thought which continu- as suggested by the metals and Gothic young Jørn Utzon finished the construc- ity, economically and environmentally ally permeates all contemporary work. space of the garages. A highly attentive Author tion of the Court of Kingohusene, near perfect places as a practical objective”. Since most internal stimuli have been use of colours adds to the understand- BIG Bjarke Ingels Group Copenhagen. In this interesting but not It is in the floor plan that Mountain exhausted, at least in part, architecture ing of the spaces and their functions. Work especially noted project, particularly Dwellings uncovers just how similar it is looks for creative thrusts from other The Dutch critic, Hans Ibelings, knew Mountain Dwellings when compared to the more famous to its predecessor from 50 years earlier. walks of life. In an efficient definition of how to identify the characteristic traits Location Sydney Opera House, one notes a The perfect 15 m x 15 m floor plan in this, Bjarke Ingels states “architecture is of BIG’s style – “clarity in their de- Copenhagen, Denmark perfect converging synthesis of Chinese, Utzon’s buildings becomes a perfect society acquiring physical form”. Another signs, simplicity in their concepts which Gothic and Islamic influences. What was, rectangle with sides exceeding 15m famous work, Lego Towers, is the perfect make them easily accessible, easily Year in the beginning, a single dwelling, fruit of inlength. The external courtyard is, in incarnation of a heteronomous project. digestible”. It is enough to observe the 2008 a self-financed project, became a large both cases, a proportionate reduction Lego bricks are the construction ma- project diagrams and the animations, Client scale, highly successful settlement. of the geometry of that floor plan. The terials, the accompanying music is the in which Dutch school and Koolhaas Høpfner A/S, Danish Oil Company A/S Bjarke Ingels is 33 and has an archi- living room and the court are unified rhythm and harmony of the composition, influences in particular are visible. Partner-in-Charge tecture practice in Copenhagen with 85 directly after the entrance, a further the video is the presentation technique Some confusion remains in relation to Bjarke Ingels collaborators. He reads Nietzsche and detail indicating BIG’s ability to use the and the internet is the instrument for the external areas. This project also Darwin and loves listening to Kraftwerk. salient characteristics of a great mas- its diffusion. There is an inclined lift in seems to follow the totally contempo- Collaborators JDS, Moe & Brødsgaard Engineering, He has just finished a large, 33,000 ter’s work in a contemporary setting. Mountain Dwellings, like those used to rary tendency towards individualism in Freddy Madsen Engineering APS m² building capable of “combining the Thus far, BIG’s inspiration for this climb hillsides. This, too, is an example buildings. The public space is missing splendours of the suburban backyard project is clear. But what exactly is the of Heteronomy. It reminds us of cities and the urban effect of the VM Houses, Project Architect with the social intensity of urban density”. innovative quality of this project? It has in futuristic films and speaks to us of which was found by way of treatment of Jakob Lange The historic context is different, but the already been referred to as part of the bigness which continues to transform the ground areas between them, is not Project Leader similarities are great between this work experimentation phase, one of BIG’s our buildings into cities within cities. perceptible here. The excessive cost of Finn Nørkjær and Utzon’s, beginning with their experi- constants, which is also the constant link Empathy is another key word used the houses is another less than favour- Project Manager mental character. Bjarke worked for four connecting the solutions adopted during to decipher this work. BIG is used to able point. A need to reconcile spatial Jan Borgstrøm years at Rem Koolhaas, from which he the project. Programmatic Alchemy, for identifying itself with its clients and their and material quality with a final cost inherited the ability to blend experimen- example, which is a mix between the dif- requirements. All needs are fulfilled, and accessible to those of lesser means Construction Manager Henrick Poulsen tation with an efficient execution. During ferent required functions (in this case 2/3 architecture is an art which can trans- could be necessary. But the real chal- this experience he met Julien de Smedt car park and 1/3 residence), renounces form limits into opportunities. The long lenge is the most stimulating: recreate Contributors with whom he founded the office Plot. In all standard zoning norms and generates service corridors, for example, generate a new standard for popular housing. Annette Jensen, Dariusz Bojarski, Dennis Rasmussen, Eva Hviid-Nielsen, Henrick no time at all, it became a reference point added value. Also, the façade creates a hints of reflection, prospective accelera- Curiously surfing the internet for informa- Poulsen, Joao Vieira Costa, Jørn Jensen, for young European architects and ob- sort of morphing between architecture tion, new optical milestones and stimulat- tion on Utzon’s houses would lead you to Karsten V. Vestergaard,

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