Alp by Akihisa Hirata

Filed Under: Home Design

This is a housing project in Tokyo in which we wanted to re-think of architecture not as the act of producing a safe area, but as a folded surface generated by ground motion. Here, the pressure balance between the interior and exterior makes the turning of walls and ceilings, creating a large volume with subtle divisions. One can get to every house from exterior corridors, generated by a dent in the...

Communicator, bowls by Alessi

Filed Under: Kitchen Design

Communicating with the dishes. Not only in taste but also the written expression. The idea is to Guixè Marti , who decided to introduce the actual messages to the doors of the table; accomplice Alessi. Communicator line of products, two cups and a penholder, arrows and exclamation points are in fact the areas to leave notes and express their thoughts, just like the cartoon balloon.

Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes / Ricardo Bofill

Filed Under: Public Building

A cultural center with spaces suitable for musical concerts of symphony orchestras (with capacity for 2080 people) and a venue for the symphony orchestra of Castilla y León, chamber music, concert halls smaller (capacity: 450 people), conservatories, an experimental theater ( Capacity: 480 people) and the School of Performing Arts Valladolid. The covered plaza, linking different sectors and is designed...