Stainless steel becomes protagonist at Museum of Contemporary Art

20 November 2018

A large irregular mirror Prism with irregular and changing facets beyond: this is the new home of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) which was inaugurated in October in Cleveland. The four floors of the building are encapsulated in a faceted surface made of blue stainless steel with multiple purposes. The transparent façade coating has a special mirror enamel that allows you to filter the sunlight. In this way the interiors are well lighting, while the heat remains outside: this solution also solves the problem of natural overheating. The Museum can be accessed from all six sides, so the structure makes the most of the flexibility of the spaces. The diagonal orientation, finally, allows the building to be reflected on several fronts. Visitors can live a unique experience, having the illusion of a moving perspective. Ready to receive LEED Silver certification for its high energy-saving standards, the 34 thousand square meters minimalist black cube has been designed by the Iranian architect Farshid Moussavi.     www.mocacleveland.org www.farshidmoussavi.com

Marco Mignatti

Architecture

Basket Apartments. Wooden slats and three-dimensional wire mesh's envelope

06 January 2019

The project is located on a long and very narrow site, on the edge of Parc La Vilette in Paris’s 19th district, within an urban development done by Reichen & Robert architects. On the northeast, new Paris tram route is passing along the site. The site is bordering with tram garage on the southwest, above which is a football field. The first 3 floors of the housing will inevitably share the wall with the tram garage. Basket ApartmentsThe parcel has a very particular configuration; 11m in width and extending approximately 200m north-south. This foreshadows the importance of processing the eastern facade overlooking the extension of the street Des Petits Ponts which hosts the tram and both cyclist and pedestrian walkways. The long volume of the building is divided into two parts connected with a narrow bridge. Between two volumes there is a garden. The building has 11 floors: a technical space in the basement, shared programs in the ground floor, and student apartments in the upper nine floors. The layout is very rational and modular. Basket ApartmentsThe major objective of the project was to provide students with a healthy environment for studying, learning and meeting. Along the length of the football field is an open corridor and gallery that overlooks the field and creates a view to the city and the Eiffel tower. This gallery is an access to the apartments providing students with a common place. All the studios are the same size and contain the same elements to optimize design and construction: an entrance, bathroom, wardrobe, kitchenette, working space and a bed. Each apartment has a balcony overlooking the street. Basket ApartmentsNarrow length of the plot with 10 floors gives to site a significant presence. Each volume contains two different faces according to the function and program. Basket ApartmentsThe elevation towards the street des Petits Ponts contains studio balconies-baskets of different sizes made from HPL timber stripes. They are randomly oriented to diversify the views and rhythm of the façade. Shifted baskets create a dynamic surface while also breaking down the scale and proportion of the building. Basket ApartmentsThe elevation towards the football field has an open passage walkway with studio entrances enclosed with a 3D metal mesh. Both volumes are connected on the first floor with a narrow bridge which is also an open common space for students. Basket ApartmentsThe building is energy efficient to accommodate the desires of Paris' sustainable development efforts. The Plan Climates goal is that future housing will consume 50KW-h.m.² or less. The objectives of energy performance and the construction timetable were met by focusing on a simple, well insulated and ventilated object that functions at its best year round. Accommodations are cross ventilating and allow abundant day lighting throughout the apartment. External corridors and glass staircases also promote natural lighting in the common circulation, affording energy while also creating comfortable and well lit social spaces. The building is insulated from the outside with an insulation thickness of 20 cm. Thermal bridge breakers are used on corridor floors and balconies to avoid thermal bridges. Ventilation is controlled by double flow mechanical ventilation, providing clean air in every apartment with an optimum temperature throughout the year. The incoming air also reuses heat from the exhaust air. The roof is covered with 300m² of photovoltaic panels to generate electricity. Rainwater is harvested on site in a basin pool used for watering outdoor green spaces. (Fabiana Cambiaso - Università La Sapienza) www.ofis-a.si  Photos: ©Tomaz Gregoric.

Edoardo Croci

Architecture

MetroQuality

MetroQuality: a design show-room in the heart of Milan

Some places become containers of ideas, where the space becomes a dynamic dimension that is continuosuly evolving. There are other places where toughts flow feely and quickly, where they meet the matter and give life to new projects that can be touched with your hands. The 450 square meter MetroQuality permanent showroom dedicated to design professionals, located in the heart of Milan, is this and much more.

A position that is a declaration of intent. Animated by hundreds of daily passages, which multiplies during some periods of the year of great ferment such as the Salone del Mobile and international fashion events, the Brera district is one of the most visited districts of Milan as well as a centre of crative, commercial, and cultural development.

In this stimulating panorama, MetroQuality is a contemporary and welcoming showroom available to companies and professionals, where collaborations are promoted and new ideas and skills are developed.

MetroQuality is a space available to architects, designers, and engineers, with a complete offer of services and dedicated spaces such as Materioteca, Design technical assistance, Meeting Rooms, Work stations, Demos of isntalled products, Training sessions, and Event Spaces.

 

VISIT THE SHOWROOM AND DO NOT MISS OUT ON THE FUORI SALONE EVENTS

 

Fuori Salone | Showroom times

Tuesday 9 – Friday 12 April 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Saturday 13 April 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

 

Contacts

Via Solferino, 24 – 20121 Milan | Tel. +39 02 36742630

www.metroquality.it

 

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METROQUALITY’S PARTNERS

 

MetroQuality: the partner companies

Numerous companies believe in and have already chosen MetroQuality as a live and dynamic reference point, office, location, and meeting place. Excellent companies that are an active part of MetroQuality each day contribute to make the space increasingly dense with ideas and new projects.

Some of the MetroQuality partners include:

Agena founded in Turin in 1966. The company puts itself on the Italian and international market as an editor of high quality and Made in Italy design fabrics, wallpapers, and carpets, it is also an exclusive distributor for Italy of important international brands. Its collections are ideal for the private, public, and contract sectors.

Albertini is specialised in manufacturing custom-made doors and windows in wood, wood-aluminum, and wood-bronze. Moreover, in recent times, the company’s core business has increased to include doors and windows manufactured with the prestigious steel and bronze materials in its range of products. The company responds to specific orders and requests including the selection of raw materials, certified products, pre and post-sales assistance, and Research & Development.

Bianco67 transforms all ideas into marble. The marble, travertine, onyx, quartz, and granite are selected with cure and responsibilitiy and worked with precision thanks to the best technologies. The company offers precious, flexible, and high quality raw materials to ensure the uniquness of the result.

Brionvega is a historic Italian brand, acquired by SIM2 BV International srl, whose mission is to relaunch the Made in Italy design icons worldwide, through the objects that have made history. A large Italian company that has left an indelible mark on the history of design applied to technology.

Engarda Giordani Comunicazione is a Public Relations agency founded in 2002. It specialises in Press Office, Digital and Offline Coordinated Image, and Event Organisation. Solutions and services to optimise the customer’s image, visibility and develop its reputation.

Francesco De Maio creates hand-decorated ceramic collections. Vietriese icon of art and tradition, it evokes and reinterprets modern and past decorations with Byzantine, Arab, Renaissance, Baroque and floral motifs able to adapt to any domestic environment. Durable and quality furnishing finishes and multiple colour variations for unique, warm, and fascinating compositions.

Ghilardi works and sells Italian and foreign marbles, stones and granites, creating floors and walls for interiors and exteriors, fireplaces, columns, ornaments, tables, sacred and funerary art products, sculptures, building artefacts, marble furnishings. Workings that express beauty and solidity, enriched by the use of onyx, agate, mother-of-pearl, and fossil marbles, also ideal for creating inlays and mosaics.

Montbel manufactures chairs, upholstery, and furnishing accessories for the contract, hospital and assistance sectors. The raw material, wood, is extracted and processed internally according to a quality path, to give shape to works of art, to be enriched with the vivacity of colours and tailoring. These are "pret à porter" products made of manual workmanship and experience.

Mussi is sofas, beds, chairs, tables, accessories, and fabric coverings. These are emotional creations of great simplicity, but the result is a sophisticated study of design tastes and trends, combining technology and craftsmanship, tradition and innovation, new materials and fine finishes.

NovelloCase is an Italian company specialising in the construction of custom-made high energy efficiency and bio-architecture wooden buildings. The production site, built in 2009, with its 16,500 square meters is currently the largest wooden industrial building in Europe.

Obsydian Design creates inserts, complements, and furniture finishes with hard stones and noble materials. It combines the excellence of Italian craftsmanship with the needs of modern design. The exclusive processes and unique pieces are capable of enhancing interior projects through the precious and exclusive charm of semi-precious stones.

Rastelli interprets design with its proposal of kitchen environments that gives attention to the themes of eco-compatibility and ergonomics. The company follows and takes care of the entire production process, from design to production. Tthe six kitchen collections are completely "Made in Italy", designed and manufactured in seven large, highly automated, and efficient production plants in Abruzzo.

Smania: the most modern among the classics, the most classic among the moderns. Since 1967, Smania has been designing, cutting, and sewing to create classic and contemporary furnishings and made-to-measure accessories for the home, the outdoors, and the office. Each product is designed and built with sartorial flexibility and attention to detail, to ensure luxury, exclusive, and unconventional finishes.

Status Contract operates in the field of contract furnishing and interior design. Supported by a large production area with state-of-the-art machinery, it also specialises in the processing of cutting-edge wood and materials. The service also includes the sale of the best furnishing fabric brands and the tailoring of custom curtains, beds and upholstery.

Paintmakers is the excellence of colour. The company specialises in the production of mineral and interior paints and coatings, cements, resins, decorative metal coatings and Wall&Floor Design patterns. An all-inclusive decoration concept for walls, floors, furniture, and furnishing accessories. Solutions that adapt to contemporary living needs, able both to dialogue with those who work in the design and interior design sector, and to meet the expectations of architects, interior designers, and aesthetic enthusiasts. The company has always been oriented towards high standards of quality and respect for the environment, pursued through the careful selection of raw materials and attention to production processes.

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Partners news

Glass or marble?

08 January 2019

An outer shell to protect the precious contents within: that's the goal of the façade of the Library at the Folkwang University in Essen, Academy of music and art in the region of Rhine North-Westphalia. A particular crystal structure features one side of the building. The exterior consists of glass panels with an impressive optical effect: thanks to the use of a special photographic technique applied to glass, viewers live in the illusion of being in front of a stone material. Folkwang University2These images depict the rough stone in its original size. In this way you can see the shadows of those beyond the façade and natural light is filtered inside the library. At night, the building also illuminates the outer space. The façade is attached to the bearing structure of reinforced concrete building with a vertical system. The concrete pillars were sized and positioned according to the proportions of internal racks, where library’s volumes are housed. The cherry wood used for shelves and furniture was used for the coating of the pillars also, but not everyone is designed as carriers: inside the cavity of some, there are the piping of air-conditioning systems. The building was designed by architect Max Dudler, in collaboration with photographer Stefan Müller. The Folkwang University is a charming building, housed inside the old Benedictine monastery of St. Ludgerus.   www.maxdudler.com

Edoardo Croci

Facades

Cement and steel. Bio Museum signed by Frank O. Gehry

30 November 2018

Concrete and steel are the protagonists of the skeleton of new Biomuseum of Panama designed by Frank O. Gehry. It is an eclectic, asymmetrical, projecting and convoluted structure with canopies that overlap to form a collage of shapes and colors that catch the eye.

Biomuseum Frank Gehry

The building consists of three main elements: Museum, Design Gallery and Park. The structure is based on thick concrete “trees” that hold various metal clad similar to canopies in a series of curved and bent geometries. Biomuseum Frank Gehry

"The bridge of life" is the Museum’s name, conceived in order to teach and disseminate the importance of biodiversity. An irregular shape that looks like a representation of the natural forces that shape our world. Biomuseum Frank Gehry

Structural elements also become education points that describe the impact of mankind on the Panamanian ecosystem. Panama is not only one of the places with more biological diversity in the world, but it is also home of some of the most studied ecosystems. Biomuseum Frank Gehry

www.biomuseopanama.org   www.foga.com

Marco Mignatti

Architecture

The LB Open house 2019 has come to the end: 250 visitors, 100 different companies.

31st October 2019

From September 20th to October 4th 2019, LB opened its headquarters to an event focused on circular economy and on the exhibition of the results of the R&D activities on new technologies as well as on finished product. The new collections of technical porcelain gres, available in different shapes, from the 10x10 sample to the large 3200x1600 mm slab, have been exhibited in settings designed by Arch. Marta Meda, that interested parties can still visit by appointment as part of the permanent LB installation.

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The technologica-emotional path celebrate the technological quality of the company, which is today a world leader in the ceramic industry.

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The Wood of Opportunities, An overview of the many application opportunities offered by the LB products, as a demonstration of their high adaptability to different aesthetical and technical needs.

 

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Interior Stories, A journey through five domestic spaces in which the LB material is used for floors, vertical coatings and unique pieces of furniture

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LB Materialboard, A selection of LB products available for
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The Living Room, A comfortable area where discuss, share and deepen topics related to the LB world.

 

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An accurate reproduction of a kitchen and living room together with a pairing proposal between the most trendy LB materials, used for floors, vertical coatings and kitchen top.

 

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The Urban Landscape, A focus on the latest LB product, the innovative green sampietrino born from the collaboration between LB Group and Saxa Gres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Corrado Ravazzini for all the photographs.
Thanks to Bosa, Busnelli, Egizia, Giulio Marelli, Living Divani, Lumicom, Moma Design, Quadro Design, Re-wood, Tubes, Very Wood for furniture and accessories.
More info: www.lb-technology.it/

 

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Grosso Legnoarchitettura supports the America Pavilion at the Biennale Architecture of Venice

Venice, April 22, 2021. At the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Grosso Legnoarchitettura supports a work in the America Pavilion of the 2021 Biennale that explores the typical wooden construction system of American buildings. The Italian company, which has been a specialist in woodworking since 1968, was chosen by the architects and curators of the exhibition Paul Preissner and Paul Andersen for its expertise and experience in the creation of special custom-made wooden constructions. "A perfect synthesis of the company's values ​​- explains Stefano Grosso, CEO of Grosso Legnoarchitettura - which are summarized in our constant support for the passion for wood, for special constructions, creativity and research in absolute quality and taste. . We are honored to be able to contribute to the realization of this architectural work and to be able to bring to the field our skills and the Italian construction technology that allowed the construction site to proceed quickly, orderly and precisely thanks to the executive design and the pre-cutting performed at our factories ". Paul Preissner and Paul Andersen are the two architects who, after winning the open call for the pavilion with this idea, oversaw the project and commissioned the various builders, including Grosso Legnoarchitettura, to create the architectural work. In designing the USA pavilion, the two wanted to give wood the leading role. Visitors will enter the exhibition space through an installation that reproduces the structure of the wood frame house. With a development of three floors, leaning against the facade of the pavilion, the work in turn serves as an exhibition space. Inside, visitors will be able to move between the different levels, observing the rough skeleton, touching the lamellar beams and breathing in the smell of wood. "In the realization of this work - says Stefano Grosso - the curators of the exhibition wanted to give importance, in great style, to a construction method that has always been known in America and that in Europe has only recently developed thanks to the passion that we Italian builders of wooden houses and structures have always had: determination and entrepreneurial vision have pushed us over the years to adapt to the evolution of modern construction, grow, renew ourselves and make sure that wood becomes an increasingly appreciated and used material in construction ".

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DUCASSE SUR SEINE

21st October 2019

The new Ducasse Sur Seine restaurant was opened on September 2018. It is a 40-meter boat with an electric motor specially designed by the naval architect Gérard Ronzatti. The restaurant's interior design needed to reflect the excellence of the world’s most Michelin-starred living chef, as well as the novelty of this directional project. To meet this challenge, the partners, Citysurfing, Ducasse Paris, and Caisse des Dépôts, commissioned the talented duo of couturier-designer Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman, who they entrusted with the creative and cultural direction of the floating restaurant.

 

The Seine and its barges epitomise the beating heart of Paris, and the flow of the river inspired Galante and Lancman design of the restaurant's interior. This concept carries the notions of movement, reflection, and fluidity of water, as well as "shapes of water", expressed through a multitude of facets, from furniture to tableware. The designers also strived to highlight French know-how and the beauty of exceptional craftsmanship.

 

To harmonise with the magnificent environment, encompassing Pont de l'Alma and the Jena bridge, the Eiffel Tower, and passing boats on the river, the two designers created a visual language directly inspired by the movement and reflections of the Seine. By bringing the exterior inside, they have conceived Ducasse Sur Seine’s particularly exquisite atmosphere to synch with its surroundings. Motifs of waves and ripples are explored in the restaurant. The ceiling of the great hall is designed with 3000 three-dimensional metal waves in different shades of silver and gold, shaped by the italian company PLANIUM Srl. An integrated LED system between the waves imparts a subtle effect of movement. This lighting, conceived by light artist Franck Franjou, is coordinated with the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower”.

 

The metal waves on the ceiling were made of pre-anodised aluminum in silver and gold, 0.5 mm thick. The light plates have been anchored on a polished metal net, welded with assembly hardware always in shiny metal, taking care of every detail until the desired perfection. The assembly of the waves on the net has been developed to make the installation on the ceiling of the restaurant of the prestigious boat precise and rapid.

 

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Arianna Saini

Architecture

Bonus 110: PARTNERSHIP TRA RETE RILANCIO ITALIA E SYNCRONIA il portale di rifermento del mondo professionale

Siglata la partnership per il lancio della Piattaforma RILANCIO ITALIA che permette ai professionisti italiani la gestione del Superbonus 110 % in maniera facile e veloce.  

 

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Syncronia ha scelto di diventare media partner della Rete Rilancio Italia per dare l’opportunità ai professionisti italiani di poter diventare attori protagonisti nel complicato processo di far accedere le famiglie italiane al Superbonus 110.

La piattaforma Rilancio Italia è lo strumento tecnologico all’avanguardia che è stato realizzato con il supporto di professionisti, legali, assicuratori ed esperti nel settore della finanza per permettere di affrontare in maniera organica e strutturata i molteplici aspetti della normativa legata al Superbonus 110.

 

Gli oltre 170 documenti necessari per la gestione di una singola commessa possono disorientare e spaventare ma se vengono gestiti con la piattaforma tecnologica Rilancio Italia non sono più un problema. La piattaforma segue il professionista passo dopo passo con informazioni, alert, blocchi, strumenti ad hoc per risolvere i molteplici dubbi che sorgono quando si affronta una realtà così complessa.  

Alberto Costa, Presidente della Rete Rilancio Italia ed Alfercom srl, ideatore della piattaforma, dichiara ”nella realizzazione della piattaforma abbiamo ascoltato la voce dei professionisti coinvolti, grazie a loro,  abbiamo costruito una infrastruttura informatica tailor made sulle necessità di chi ci lavora, utilizzando anche la nostra decennale esperienza per la gestione di commesse di grandi infrastrutture”.

 

Carlo Bardelli, ammin. Delegato di Syncronia, puntualizza “abbiamo esaminato con grande attenzione le molteplici offerte presenti sul mercato ma siamo felici di aver trovato l’unica piattaforma che non è costruita per per un controllo documentale, per permettere lo smobilizzo del 110% da parte degli istituti finanziari. La piattaforma informatica Rilancio Italia invece, è lo strumento che segue il processo ed il professionista dalla sua gestazione allo smobilizzo finale”.

 

Syncronya srl, attraverso il Suo portale ed il suo magazine, in qualità di Media Partner, raggiugerà con i suoi consolidati strumenti e canali, i tecnici - architetti, ingegneri, geometri – le Aziende, per far loro comprendere, le peculiarità e le importanti funzionalità della Piattaforma Rilancio Italia 2020 dando la possibilità di utilizzarla a condizioni tariffarie agevolate.

 

La piattaforma permette ai professionisti di risolvere le domande delle famiglie che, entusiaste in un primo momento dalla straordinaria opportunità offerta dallo Stato Italiano, stanno ora pensando di lasciar perdere, spaventati dalla complessità delle pratiche da predisporre.

 

Con l'utilizzo della Piattaforma Rilancio Italia anche il più difficile e complesso degli iter può essere affrontato con fiducia e darà la possibilità di accedere al Superbonus ad un ampio numero di italiani.

 

Al termine del processo il visto di conformità per poter accedere al Superbonus 110 viene rilasciato da CAAF/ Cgil, il più grande CAAF ITALIANO, che ha siglato un apposito accordo con la piattaforma per fornire questo delicato servizio agli utenti a garanzia delle famiglie italiane.  

 

La Piattaforma Rilancio Italia permetterà ai professionisti e alle aziende di gestire con la massima linearità un processo che ha delle caratteristiche di gestione di tipo industriale:

 

  • la piattaforma gestisce in tutta sicurezza l'accreditamento, la certificazione, l'assicurazione, l'esecuzione dei lavori, le asseverazioni, lo sconto in fattura, la cessione del credito e tutti i relativi pagamenti.

 

  • la piattaforma memorizza informazioni, documenti, certificati, pratiche e le corrette prassi in ogni suo passaggio inserendo degli alert qualora alcuni documenti non fossero conformi evitando di creare degli Stop all' interno del processo.

 

 

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Syncronia organizza delle dirette Facebook sulle seguenti tematiche :

 

-  12/11      presentazione piattaforma Rilancio Italia 2020

-  19/11      Superbonus : una opportunità grazie all’uso della piattaforma

-  26/11      Cessione credito d’imposta e sconto in fattura in piattaforma

-   3/12       le assicurazioni, in piattaforma la soluzione per ridurre i rischi

- 10/12       la gestione della documentazione in piattaforma 

- 17/12       dimostrazione della gestione della commessa e del configuratore  dell’offerta 

 

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Luxury residence in concrete

Choosing concrete as material for a luxury residence. The young Mexican architect Abraham Cherem (Cherem Arquitectos) recently completed the project of a residence on the outskirts of Mexico City, built for a well-known local football player. Cherem Arquitectos, House P, Bosque Real, Huixquilucan, MessicoThe project is based on the study of the views of the house and the movement of the light on the inside. The architect has two overlapped blocks of concrete, creating a complex set of rectangles and curved walls. The goal is to minimize the outskirts views of the metropolis, by focusing our gaze on the large patio. Cherem Arquitectos, House P, Bosque Real, Huixquilucan, MessicoThe 44 cm thick walls alternate with smooth walls in corrugated surfaces. Inside, the walls are conceived as concrete curtains, regulating spaces and the entry of light at different times of day. Cherem Arquitectos, House P, Messico, pianta del piano terraAbraham CheremThe use of concrete is inspired by the work of Brazilian architects Lina Bo Bardi and Oscar Niemayer
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