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- Hot Paper Restaurant \ WAMHOUSE
- Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center \ 3XN Architects
- Branson School Student Commons \ Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects
- Sushi Dining Matsu \ JAM
- Cafe KBT \ JAM
| Hot Paper Restaurant \ WAMHOUSE Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:46 AM PDT
 Hot Paper Restaurant, image courtesy WAMHOUSE| Photo by Mariusz Warsinski The restaurant design included not only interiors, but also the name of the restaurant, logo and elevation, that is comprehensive image setting. The leading element is a newspaper motif, which appears both in the restaurant name and in the interior itself – in the form of a wallpaper as well as "torn" walls and furniture. The guests of the restaurant were supposed to be surprised with the name thereof, not knowing what to expect – hot news or meals from a hot newspaper J.  Hot Paper Restaurant, image courtesy WAMHOUSE| Photo by Mariusz Warsinski  Hot Paper Restaurant, image courtesy WAMHOUSE| Photo by Mariusz Warsinski  Hot Paper Restaurant, image courtesy WAMHOUSE| Photo by Mariusz Warsinski In the restrooms, there is not only the newspaper itself, but also milled rock tiles with printed names of cities. An interesting point are records which can be heard in the restrooms, featuring lessons of foreign words and phrases.  Hot Paper Restaurant - Layout plan, drawing courtesy WAMHOUSE + Project factsProject: October 2011 + All images and drawings courtesy WAMHOUSE                           |
| Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center \ 3XN Architects Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:02 AM PDT
 Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center, image courtesy 3XN Architects | Photo by Adam M¢rk From Growing Pains to Growing Commitment The new City Hall and cultural center in the Dutch city of Nieuwegein, is designed to create cohesion and the foundation for a stronger local community. A modern participatory democracy requires transparency and communication at eye level in the encounter between citizen and authority. These elements have been the core of Danish practice 3XN’s design.  Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center, image courtesy 3XN Architects | Photo by Adam M¢rk
Nieuwegein is located 5 km south of Utrecht, and since 1970 the city has grown from having just 8,000 inhabitants to 62,000 inhabitants in 2012. The strong growth in population makes heavy demands on the city administration to develop the city socially and culturally.
 Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center, image courtesy 3XN Architects | Photo by Adam M¢rk Architecturally the building takes its point of departure from a central and bright atrium from where a sculptural staircase soars up through the building and connects the many diverse facilities – indeed facilities not normally found in a City Hall. By bringing together the local library, citizen service centre, café, cultural center and commercial spaces in the building, the City Hall fuses with a range of everyday activities. This creates life in the building all day, and strengthens the connection to the commercial and residential area surrounding the building.  Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center, image courtesy 3XN Architects | Photo by Adam M¢rk The five floors spread out like a fan and open up towards the atrium, allowing the building’s visitors and employees to visually connect with what is happening on the other floors. 3XN puts great emphasis into maximizing the benefits of daylight through use of windows, including a huge picture window on the 4th floor, through which daylight streams down into the building.
 Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center, image courtesy 3XN Architects | Photo by Adam M¢rk The Mayor of Nieuwegein, Mr. Frans Backhuijs describes the open structure of the building and the many different facilities as a great advantage for the city administration.
 Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center, image courtesy 3XN Architects | Photo by Adam M¢rk The building has two facades. The inner is a traditional facade of concrete and glass, while the exterior facade of glass patterned silkscreen almost folds around the building, but without covering it completely. This avoids direct sunlight in work station areas, while spaces like the lobby and restaurant receive maximum natural daylight and unobstructed views over the city. The glass' geometric patterns in blue and grey give the facade a three-dimensional expression and reflect the diversity of both the building and Nieuwegein.  Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center - Ground floor plan, drawing courtesy 3XN Architects + Project factsStadshuis Nieuwegein Function: City Hall, library, commercial spaces, citizen service center, café, cultural house + All images and drawings courtesy 3XN Architects | Photo by Adam M¢rk                          |
| Branson School Student Commons \ Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects Posted: 28 Mar 2012 06:11 AM PDT
 Branson School Student Commons, image courtesy Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects | Photo by David Wakely  Branson School Student Commons, image courtesy Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects | Photo by David Wakely  Branson School Student Commons, image courtesy Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects | Photo by David Wakely  Branson School Student Commons, image courtesy Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects | Photo by David Wakely This is a new student commons at an independent high school in Marin, California. Designed by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects, the Branson School Student Commons gives students a much-needed gathering space with an unusual degree of connection to the outdoors. Sited in a narrow glen between upper and lower campuses, the structure includes a dining hall, a kitchen, offices, a lounge, and support spaces. Three large overhead doors open onto a generous plaza for dining, meeting, and outdoor learning. Extensive glazing provides views of the hills and floods the space with natural light. The building is LEED Platinum certified; sustainable strategies include a living roof, radiant heating, natural ventilation, photovoltaic panels, and pervious paving. + Project factsBranson School Student Commons Architect: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects + All images and drawings courtesy JAM | Photo by Jun Murata / JAM                   |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:32 AM PDT
 Sushi Dining Matsu, image courtesy Jun Murata / JAM The site faces the main street of the busy shopping district in Osaka Central City. The outer wall which faces the corner lot of the existing building is covered with glass, and has drawn the attention from the circumference. After calculating the efficient degree of lighting of daytime, and the height of eyes of walkers of night, Shoji, Japanese paper windows, installed carefully with setting back 50 mm from glass walls.  Sushi Dining Matsu, image courtesy Jun Murata / JAM Movable Shoji can be carried out to right and left up and down, and it can adjust the amount of lighting to internal space with change of time and season. Unfortunately, though it is impossible to see the beautiful nature view from inside space, it can cut out the busy sequence in the city, and it has brought a kind of dramatic effect which is desired into the commercial space.  Sushi Dining Matsu, image courtesy Jun Murata / JAM The refined interior space is released to the exterior in the daytime, and the space for the meal which covered the scenery of the indecent forest of neon and settled down, and a talk is directed at night. The shade of enjoying guests is projected on the screen of Shoji, the interest of the walkers who go back and forth is charmed, and there is an effect which invites them to the restaurant. The place of clean and quiet relaxation is directed in the miscellaneous town of night by making the expression of the new material of LED or fiberglass add to a traditional material called a bamboo, louvers and Japanese paper.  Sushi Dining Matsu - Layout plan, drawing courtesy JAM + Project factsSushi Dining Matsu Firm : JAM (Principal : Jun Murata) + All images and drawings courtesy JAM | Photo by Jun Murata / JAM                    |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:11 AM PDT
 Cafe KBT, image courtesy Jun Murata / JAM The site is located at the foot of Mt. Wakakusayama in northern Nara. Here, in a region of a historical area including Machiya – traditional wooden townhouses -, Shin-Yakushi-Ji Temple and Buddhist temples. The Intention was to create a rich relaxation place for tourists and neighbors.  Cafe KBT, image courtesy Jun Murata / JAM The building which should be repaired is an old steel frame two-story building, and is connected with the back to two old wooden one-story house and the small yard on the south. Project is planned over 2 phases. In this 1st phase, the 1st floor (50sqm) of the steel frame building is renovated to the café / restaurant.  Cafe KBT, image courtesy Jun Murata / JAM The building is set back about 4m from the passage, and the charming shop façade greets guests. The inside is clear and functional planning. The soft north-side light from the large opening spreads into the inside refreshing space. The rest room and the powder room arranged functionally, and follow the back kitchen by the rectangular opening of a cupboard, and the crescent opening of a table setting counter.  Cafe KBT, image courtesy Jun Murata / JAM The corridor of the side approaches the wooden houses that will be renovated to the Japanese style restaurant and the organic farming garden, not only as a staff-passage. In order not to make the guest of all the generations that share this space feel construction a feeling of oppression and a feeling of tension, inside details are arranged simply and purely. And, many wooden and aged furniture, lighting, and goods are displayed. At the next step, 2 wooden houses will be changed into Japanese-style Tatami-café with various art works created by neighbor artists and a small court  Cafe KBT - Floor plan, drawing courtesy JAM In the following 2nd phase, the 2nd floor of steel frame building will be changed to artist's sharing style atelier for artworks and workshops. Two wooden housess will be renovated into the Japanese style Tatami-cafe and temporary gallery by neighborhood artists. And the sunny small yard on the south will be cultivated to a small vegetable garden. Then, two cafe and restaurant will be served with the harvested organically grown vegetables. Visitors and guests will relax and refresh with touching artworks and staying plain space among this historical district. + Project factsCafé KBT Firm : JAM (Principal : Jun Murata) + All images and drawings courtesy JAM | Photo by Jun Murata / JAM                 |
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