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Santiago Calatrava

Calatrava's style has been heralded as:


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Bridging the division between structural engineering and architecture. In the


projects, he continues a tradition of Spanish modernist engineering that
includes Flix Candela and Antonio Gaud.

Nonetheless, his style is also very personal and derives from numerous
studies of the human body and the natural world.

Concept derived from human


body

MVRVD

MVRDV is well-known for its philosophy of densification and multiple space


use.

Their Studies in Density implies a city that is not only in front, behind or next
to, but also above and below.

In this dense three-dimensional world, spatial quality is no longer translated


into morphology or geometry, but in richness, diversity, presence, and
proximity.

Include retail and office space, housing


units, a hotel, and a park around the
base of the building. Flexibility is one
of the buildings key design elements,
and its modular composition allows
property
managers
to
alter its
structure to suit tenants needs.

Sky Village

Gemini Residence

Tom Wiscombe

In converting the old twin


Seed Silos on Copenhagens
waterfront
into
residential
towers the architects placed
the circulation in the core of
the concrete structures and,
literally,
clipped
the
apartment to the exterior of
the silos.

Interior view

A major characteristic of his working philosophy is the integration of other


disciplines and sciences into the architectural work, introducing the latter into
a far bigger framework.

Biomimicry concept cells structure and dragonfly wings,

Biomorphism and biomimicry as two threads of discourse

Huaxi Urban Centre Tower, Guiyang China, 2008

Bjark Ingels

Its liberating sense of joy and the exaltation of human experience through
functional aestheticism thats at the heart of Ingels philosophy.

To turn the vision and ambition for economic and social sustainability into a
pragmatic utopia.

The traditional notion of functionalism is to get different functions resolved as


quickly as possible to create a model for efficiency rather than happiness.

A technology centre for Taipei, Taiwan, was


designed by Danish firm Bjarke Ingels
Group. The building design consisted of a
cube-shaped structure with round voids cut
from its volume. The modern building was
called TEK (Technology, Entertainment &
Knowledge Centre).

Ben van Berkel


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Ability to be holistic, to listen, to be engaged with the client as well as


the sites environment and a buildings essential function.

Many thoughts and theories pertaining to our world and our lives
cannot be fully understood without an image of the apparatus that
holds the concept together, which seems to me a very architectural
notion.

Its not so much the articulation of form and materials that everyone
always talks about, its about the energy behind the structure.

Raffles City

The philosophy behind the Raffles


City concept was to incorporate
mixed use in an urban context, but in
such a way as this concept gave a
twist. It focused on the urban context
met the landscape of the city. In the
building design, the urban element
of the project turned towards the
landscape, whilst the landscape
aspect, in turn, turned towards the
urban context. The incorporation and
consolidation of these separate
elements in one formal gesture were
effect.

They are also intended to create a


more intimate relationship between
the interior shape and the exterior
faade. Unlike commons voids that
are placed at the centre, these voids
are placed at the perimeters, hence
they have three advantages:
1. The voids are easily transformed
into balconies
2. The usable floor space is larger
and can be planned more flexibly
3. The voids offer space for small
meeting or personal reflection

UNStudio Tower

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