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 Volkswagen Student Design CompetitionVolkswagen AG, in partnership with the Chattanooga Chapter of the American Institue of Architects and RiverCity Company, announced a pedestrian bridge design competition for its new $1 billion production facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Students at five regional universities are invited to submit designs for the pedestrian bridge, which will connect Volkswagen's on-site training facility with the plant and serve as the major entry point for both employees and visitors. The competition is intended to challenge students to work collaboratively and across disciplines in exploring innovative pedestrian bridge design that is both functional and memorable. "At Volkswagen, we understand that our vehicles are more than a means of getting from Point A to Point B. They are designed to evoke emotion and awaken the senses of the driver. We want the same to be true of our bridge," said Frank Fischer. "Not only does the bridge physically connect employees and visitors with the plant, it symbolically connects Volkswagen with the community. That is what makes this student competition so appropriate." more Volkswagen Student Design Competition added by Levent OZLER |
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 The Auto as Architect's InspirationCollecting exotic cars is practically a prerequisite for celebrities, but Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno have no patent on that pastime. Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect whose birth in 1867 preceded the gasoline-powered automobile's by about 20 years, was an early adopter of the internal-combustion engine and an auto aficionado all his life.He was also eerily prophetic in understanding how the car would transform the American landscape, and his designs reflect this understanding. Wright often designed both for and around automobiles, and his masterpiece, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, owes its most distinctive feature, the spiral of its rotunda, to his love for the automobile. This year is the 50th anniversary of both Wright's death and the opening of the Guggenheim, which is presenting an exhibition of his work, "Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward." After a half-century, the Guggenheim still stands as a testament to how the automobile helped transform architectural space. This year is the 50th anniversary of both Wright's death and the opening of the Guggenheim, which is presenting an exhibition of his work, "Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward." After a half-century, the Guggenheim still stands as a testament to how the automobile helped transform architectural space. more www.nyt... (26) design directory Guggenheim Museum > Art Museums added by Levent OZLER |
 Foster + Partners Wins Competition for Major Sustainable Masterplan in South KoreaFoster + Partners, together with PHA and Mobility in Chain, has won an international competition to design the masterplan for the expansion of the Incheon Free Economic Zone, an extensive mixed-use scheme encompassing the islands of KangHwa and OnJin-gun, to the north west of Seoul.Conceived as a self-sufficient, sustainable development, the 300 square-kilometre masterplan will extend organically from a central transportation spine, creating a centre for green industry and serving a population that is expected to grow from 35,000 to 320,000 residents and commuters. The scheme integrates a range of low to high-density mixed-use areas, connected by a Light Rapid Transit system and construction will be phased over 10 to 15 years. The area spans three main sites within the free trade zone - the north of KangHwa will be a centre of inter-Korean economic cooperation, taking advantage of its strategic location close to Incheon airport and North Korea, while the south of the island will be mixed-use, combining green technology industry with community, cultural and residential buildings. It is envisaged that Incheon will become a national centre for sustainable industry: manufacturing photovoltaic panels and wind turbines, and developing new products and technology within a new research and development institute in the south of KangHwa. more Foster + Partners Wins Competition for Major Sustainable Masterplan in South Korea design directory Foster and Partners > Architecture Design Studios added by Levent OZLER |
 KSS Architects Designs Second Major Renovation for Cornell UniversityFive years after the completion of the acclaimed Beck Center addition to Cornell University's Statler Hall, which houses the university's world-renowned School of Hotel Administration, KSS Architects is back in Ithaca, N.Y.The firm, with offices in Philadelphia and Princeton, N.J., is designing the Statler Hall tower renovation, which began construction last September. David Zaiser, AIA, KSS' partner-in-charge for the project, said SHA considers the 14,000-square-feet project to signify the true completion of KSS' previous addition and renovation to Statler Hall. "It was an honor when the School brought us back," Zaiser said. "Statler Hall will become an even more prominent and engaging place to be on campus when the renovation is completed." Formerly a part of an auditorium and theater, the existing tower will be converted into new programmatic spaces to support SHA's growing Center for Hospitality Research, Center for Hospitality Real Estate Studies and Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. The project challenged KSS to create new floor plates within a tightly constrained tower space that then have to align with existing floor levels in the rest of the building. KSS also cantilevered several floors to gain usable space and fit multiple programs in the tower's small footprint. more www.kss... (56) design directory KSS Architects > Architecture Companies added by Levent OZLER |
 The Intypes: First Searchable, Online Database for Contemporary DesignThe Intypes (Interior Archetypes) Research and Teaching Project at Cornell creates a typology of contemporary interior design practices that are derived from reiterative historical designs that span time and style and cross cultural boundaries.The argument for the significance of a typology of historic and contemporary interior design practices is based on eleven years of experiments that have already produced approximately 70 archetypes developed by the principal investigators and graduate students. Intypes identify contemporary design practices that have not been named, thereby providing designers with an interior-specific, history-specific, and contemporary design-specific vocabulary. The project also offers an innovative approach to further design criticism and design sustainability. The Interior Archetypes Project produces a new knowledge base for the creative dimension of design. It is the first project of its kind to assemble contemporary design theory in a searchable database using primary source imagery. more intypes... (212) added by Levent OZLER |
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