Category Interface

Architecture as a mediator between users, society, and environment, enabling interaction across physical and symbolic thresholds. Describes mainly public spaces.

Romanian Academy✖️Nicolae Porumbescu

Romanian Academy Iași Nicolae Porumbescu

Romanian Academy ✖️ Architect: Nicolae Porumbescu ➕ Location: Iași, Romania ◾️Year: 1982 🟰 Annotations: A – entrance B – conference room  C – library  D – exposition space  E – reading space  ➗Drawings: cross section diagrams first level diagram eye…

Prada Transformer ✖️OMA

Prada Transformer OMA drawing

Prada Transformer ✖️ Architect:OMA ➕ Location: Seoul, South Korea ◾️Year: 2007-2009  🟰 Annotations: A – hexagon. Fashion exhibitionB – rectangle. CinemaC – cross. Art exhibitionD – circle. Special eventE – translucent membrane Temporary structure picked up by cranes and rotated…

VitraHaus ✖️Herzog & de Meuron

VitraHaus Herzog & de Meuron drawing

VitraHaus (flagship store and home to the Vitra Home Collection) ✖️ Architect: Herzog & de Meuron ➕ Location: Vitra campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany ◾️Year: 2009 🟰 Annotations: A – main entrance B – cafe C – shop ➗Drawings: …

Children’s Library ✖️ Kenzo Tange

Children’s Library Kenzo Tange drawing

Children’s Library ✖️ Architect: Kenzo Tange ➕ Location: Hiroshima, Japan  ◾️Year: 1953 🟰 Annotations: A – reinforced concrete shell structure (a cylinder, a partial toriod and a cone) B – reading room C – services ➗Drawings:  cross section diagram ground floor diagram…

Nomadic Museum ✖️ Shigeru Ban

Nomadic Museum Shigeru Ban drawing

Nomadic Museum ✖️ Architect:  Shigeru Ban ➕ Locations: Santa Monica. New York. Tokyo. Mexico City ◾️Years: 2005 – 2007 🟰 Annotations:A – shipping containers B/C – PVC membrane D – tubular cardboard structureE – recycled wood ➗Drawings:  facade and cross section axonometric view eye…