PEPE Hairstylist Showroom, image courtesy POINT | Photo © Enrico Muraro

The project wanted to solve some problems of space and logistic that badly characterized the pre-existing rooms, giving the owner the chance to dedicate a single space to each activity scheduled. The focus of this project is the so-called decompression gangway conceived to incline the user towards the Pilates approach. The mood is thus cozy and warm, in its dark brown colour and wooden oak panel shell. The gangway leads to the activities rooms, remodelling the internal atmosphere and turning it into a more functional and recognizable space.

PEPE Hairstylist Showroom, image courtesy POINT | Photo © Enrico Muraro

PEPE Hairstylist Showroom, image courtesy POINT | Photo © Enrico Muraro

PEPE Hairstylist Showroom, image courtesy POINT | Photo © Enrico Muraro

PEPE Hairstylist Showroom - Layout plan, drawing courtesy POINT

+ Project facts

STUDIO: POINT | http://www.getthepoint.it/
DESIGNER/ARCHITECT/ARTIST: Marco Verrando (architect, project manager), Francesca Rossotti (architect)
CLIENT/s: SPT
PROJECT: STUDIO PILATES TORINO
CITY/COUNTRY: Turin, Italy
EVENT DATE: 2011
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: Enrico Muraro

University of the Arts London offers a range of Dual City Summer Courses that begin at either Chelsea College of Art & Design or Wimbledon College of Art and end in either Milan or Barcelona!

The Dual City Summer Sessions began in 2006 as a range of practical art and design courses that commence in London and end in Milan, Barcelona or Paris. New for 2012 we are delighted to introduce a collaboration between the world famous Central Saint Martins and Chelsea Colleges of Art & Design and Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering. The partner colleges in these programmes all have outstanding reputations based in cities famous for their culture and creativity. These unique courses offer the perfect opportunity for students to develop key skills, sample the environment of prestigious institutions, make new friends and business contacts and learn the current trends from experienced, practicing tutors.

The Dual City journey will begin in the vibrant, global metropolis of London with a wealth of cultural and creative sources of inspiration and ending in Paris Milan or Barcelona

These courses are suitable for portfolio-builders, current students, new professionals and creative individuals with an interest in the areas of Fashion, Interiors, Graphic Design Communication and Film & Theatre Design. All courses are taught in English and suitable for all ages (18+) and abilities with no prerequisites.

+ For more information, visit

http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/dual-city-courses/

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A redundant farm building in Berlicum has been transformed into a large family home and an architectural office. The farm, a typical 'langgevel' farm where all the entrances and orientation are on the longest façade of the farm, belongs to the estate 'De Wamberg' and was built in 1893.

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In this farm the house and barn are incorporated in one very large volume. The former house, situated at the front of the volume, is transformed and adjusted to modern requirements. Much effort has been spend to make all alterations look very natural. The biggest change is made on the upper floors where new (bed)rooms have been created, adjoining a great hall.

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The former barn, which used to house cows, is in use as the office of HILBERINKBOSCH architects. The large double height space has been kept open so the roof and the old timber construction are kept in sight.

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A new wooden volume marks the transition between the house and the office. This new volume houses all the new functions which where not present in an old farm such as toilets, bathroom and a geothermal heating and hot water system.

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During daytime the old barn doors are opened. Behind these doors and way bigger than the original openings, steel sliding doors have been placed. Thus having parts of the old plaster visible. At night when the last employee goes homewards, the barn doors close again and the building goes to sleep.

+ About HILBERINKBOSCH architects

The various projects of HILBERINKBOSCH architects, ranging from private and project-based housing, offices, renovations and large-scale urban studies, are characterized by a conceptual approach. The base of all concepts is formed by a precise analysis of the history, the urban lot, function, requirements and potentials. Form, material and colour arises from this concept, representing the poetry of life.

The different aspects of study slowly grow into an actual building. The building becomes part of the poetry, part of the memory, it becomes meaningful.

We are passionately seeking for the smartest solution for complex cases.

+ All images and drawings courtesy HILBERINKBOSCH architects

Chicago is known for its penchant to "make no little plans" as Daniel Burnham memorably pronounced over a century ago. And so today, Chicago's most popular attraction, Navy Pier is revisiting Burnham's legacy as it reimagines its potential as a world class cultural destination. To help realize Navy Pier's ambitious design goals, a team led by !melk, UrbanLab and HOK has proposed a series of dramatic ideas to reconceptualize Chicago's preeminent exclamation point extending from the Great Lakes to the world.

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The design team is headed by !melk principal Jerry Van Eyck, a former partner of the renowned Netherlands based landscape and urban design firm West 8. Van Eyck has realized numerous cutting-edge landscape-centered projects around the globe. Reinvigorating cultural landmarks such as Navy Pier into dynamic places that attract worldwide attention is exactly what Van Eyck knows how to do.

Team !melk's design proposal stems from the geological history that formed the unique Chicago and Great Lakes landscape. The melting mile-thick glaciers of the last Ice Age left not only the five Great Lakes, but also left behind smaller marks on the landscape, or landmarks throughout the region. The swell and swale landmarks imprinted on the landscape such as drumlins, kames, moraines, eskers and kettles are spectacular forms. Team !melk works with these unique natural phenomena to create a series of topographic waves and curls that smoothly unify the once highly fragmented Pierscape. The new topography also creates and opens surprising movements, social spaces, vistas, observation points, places for activities, contact with nature, and art.

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The design team strongly believes that to appreciate the magnitude of the Great Lakes people must get close to them…and then get even closer. This closeness is at the heart of their approach. The team has found several ways to inspire people to experience the power of the Great Lakes in multiple states.

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The team's boldest water-based design proposal is the "Glacier". The icon embraces water in all its states, especially in the winter when onboard waterfalls create flows of ice freezing the tower into a glacier. It will surely become the next must-see global attraction. A less monumental but equally compelling water-based design feature includes a "Fish Resort". This is a much larger version of Chicago's existing "fish hotel", which has been a successful attractor of both fish and people of all ages and sizes. The team is hopeful that the Fish Resort will become an attraction equal in popularity to seal watching on Pier 39 in San Francisco (Pier 39 receives twice the number of yearly visitors than Navy Pier largely based on the presence of the seals).

Render courtesy !melk

Team !melk is also making plans to strengthen Navy Pier's connection back to the urban fabric of Chicago. Currently, many people living in Chicago have the impression that Navy Pier is a far-off destination rather than a place to visit routinely. The design team is recalibrating this scenario with highly interconnected new spaces and programs authentic to Chicago. The team has redesigned Gateway Park – the primary physical connection back to the city – with a new public plaza housing several new potential programmatic and cultural venues.

Providing economic sustainability to Navy Pier is the long term goal, and these ideas will likely happen over multiple phases. The short term goal is to attract Chicagoans by making them feel as though Navy Pier is a vital slice of a unique city.

+  All images courtesy !melk