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| National Maritime Museum \ Architectural Resources Group Posted: 29 Aug 2011 01:10 PM PDT
The National Maritime Museum Building is the most fully developed example of Streamline Moderne nautical style in San Francisco. Designed by local architect William A. Mooser III and constructed during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration, the building was originally intended to serve as a bath house at the center of the city's Aquatic Park, one of the largest-scale WPA projects in California. Mostly unaltered since its completion, the building consists of an aboveground structure and two subterranean wings with public showers and dressing facilities for bathers.  National Maritime Museum, image courtesy Architectural Resources Group | Photo by David Wakely  National Maritime Museum, image courtesy Architectural Resources Group | Photo by David Wakely Its rounded forms, porthole-shaped windows, set-back upper levels, and railings give it the appearance of an ocean liner. This important landmark became the San Francisco Maritime Museum in 1951. The National Park Service assumed stewardship of the facility in the 1970s and began an effort to restore the building in the 1990s. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  National Maritime Museum, image courtesy Architectural Resources Group | Photo by David Wakely The building contains numerous examples of noteworthy art by WPA artists. Artist and color theorist Hilaire Hiler painted an aquatic-themed mural for the main floor and decorated the ladies lounge ceiling with a color wheel of his own devising. The prominent African-American sculptor, Sargent Johnson, executed the exterior bas-relief in green slate surrounding the main entrances. Local artist Beniamino Bufano created the sculptures on the portico.  National Maritime Museum, image courtesy Architectural Resources Group | Photo by David Wakely Architectural Resources Group (ARG) developed a conservation treatment for the slate mural. The firm then completed contract documents for a comprehensive exterior envelope preservation effort. The slate façade had been in a condition of disrepair and deterioration for a number of years. To preserve Johnson's bas-relief, ARG developed an innovative method for removing soluble salts from the sculpture's panels using ultrasonic cleaning technologies and surface treatments for the masking of incised graffiti.  National Maritime Museum, image courtesy Architectural Resources Group | Photo by David Wakely The scope of work also included repairing and restoring the structure's unique stainless steel-clad windows, which had begun to corrode and leak. The project included a comprehensive analysis and waterproofing of the building envelope, undoing a previous effort to stop leakage that had covered the roof decks with a traffic topping. ARG determined the original type of paving used for the decks and designed a new roof system that matched the original. + Project credits / dataProject: National Maritime Museum Client: Craig Kenkel, Superintendent, National Park Service, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Building E, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123 Project Team: David Wessel, FAPT, Principal Architectural Conservator + All images courtesy Architectural Resources Group | Photo by David Wakely                      |
| Two Single-occupancy Detached Houses in Wingert | L3P Architekten Posted: 29 Aug 2011 12:14 PM PDT
L3P Architekten has recently completed the two single-occupancy detached houses in Wingert, Oberweningen ZH, Switzerland.
 Image courtesy L3P Architekten  Image courtesy L3P Architekten Despite the small size of the parcel of land, two single-occupancy detached houses have been developed in a countryside setting taking a new path in reference to volumetry and spacial definitions. The basic type of detached house has been split, the work being akin to a sculpturer's work. Polygonal bodies were formed in which the mutual proximity becomes a quality. The mirroring of water and façade in the water basin hints at a clear vision within these rooms, which are among themselves but without direct insight to each other – a special place with strong vibrancy and intimacy.  Image courtesy L3P Architekten  Image courtesy L3P Architekten The position in the parcel of land also moulds the inner area. An elaborately-devised subdivision arranges the rooms in a split-level system and allows the hillside characteristics to also be experienced in the building itself. While the inner walls are masoned and smoothly plastered, the exposed concrete outer walls, the black polished and jointless floor and large window fronts add to a cool technical conclusion.  Image courtesy L3P Architekten Elaborate skylights allow an atmosphere of light to develop which features a spiritual force and vibrancy.  Image courtesy L3P Architekten The materialization of the facade and the roof are conspicuous. Together with the artist Thomas Sonderegger, we experimented with a surface of galvanised steel. We were able to fabricate a sheet with a unique and vital expression which was deployed for a first time on the façade and in the roof area. The design added to a monolithic overall picture in which an association to a sculpturer's work is given once again.  Image courtesy L3P Architekten  Image courtesy L3P Architekten Citation of the artist:The materialisation of the façade and roof add to the monolithic overall picture and allows constant pauses for a moment. When one takes a moment, one realises: something is responding and developing a plurality from itself. Something new is forming from the etching. It is growing. It lives. It is this which constitutes the unique expression of the façade – an alchemical-generated and self-generating work from Thomas Sonderegger, and so, an artistic bow to vitality.  Basement floor plan, drawing courtesy L3P Architekten  L1 floor plan, drawing courtesy L3P Architekten  L2 floor plan, drawing courtesy L3P Architekten  Section, drawing courtesy L3P Architekten
+ Project credits / dataProject: New development, two single-occupancy detached houses + All images and drawings courtesy L3P Architekten                      + More projects by L3P Architekten on +MOOD Renovation / extension, conversion of the former restaurant Metzger Hall | L3P Architekten  6 Family House Staldern Regensberg ZH | L3P Architekten |
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