https://scalamana.com/projects-1 daily 0.75 2023-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1563313250324-2KJAGOPD20N7MYBNTSZO/00_Hero-Image.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1567915642482-UI4ZNBEBEBMQUKPM4ZE8/Hillock.jpg Projects + Awards HILLOCK/ IDEAS CITY / NEW YORK Changing altitudes and viewpoints, creating shelter and space; the Hillock is a dynamic, interactive urban platform for the city, offering the opportunity of many variables by easy assembly. The configuration presents new forms of civic engagement such as Podium, the Mobile Theater, the Speakers Corner, the Megaphone, the Gavel, the Protest Booth, Boardwalk, and the Bridge. The creation of two or more elevations allows for a dialogue from hillock to street and vice-versa. The formation can be used in multiples, reduced to fewer modules or even a single unit. The Hillock becomes a billboard for the neighborhood by its configuration, its compact or loose formation, its appearance by the changeable printable fabric and an interactive nightlight installation. There are a total of four modules that create the various configurations. The modules measure 5’-6” x 5’-6”, with each having a platform height of 3’-11”. The framing is steel square tubing, and the platforms are made of High-Density Polyethylene. The sides of the steel framing are wrapped with printed vinyl mesh. The steel-framed modules are fully disassembling and stackable for easy transportation and assembly on site. Simply, the four modules can be quickly assembled, located on site within minutes and reconfigured during the event to support a range of events. For storage, the disassembling of the steel frames limit storage space. Hillock can be reused in future events at inner city plazas, playgrounds and schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1563417891675-OC5T2SPTY39OGZCWK8C0/Firmamento+Photo+05.JPG Projects + Awards FIRMAMENTO/ TORNILLO-GUADALUPE U.S. PORT OF ENTRY/ UNITED STATES Located at the new United States Tornillo-Guadalupe U.S. Port of Entry, “Firmamento” is a landmark gateway structure to the entrance of this new complex. The three-dimensional space frame structure is constructed from custom milled stainless steel blocks and standard pipe sections. The merging of art and science, a synthesis of organic and man-made structural principles derived from organic forms directed the initial geometry. The base module, a tetrahedron is utilized to create the structural system. Specific parameters including structural performance, 5-axis machining techniques, proportional analysis and cost estimating defined the initial limits of the 3D model design process. The evaluation of the output informed the proceeding iterations and began to develop a controlled transformation of the symptomatic form. The variation of the central node detail developed the main repeating model of the structure. A rigorous evaluation of the packing system was analyzed to develop the final cluster. The assembly consists of 29 unique nodes and a total of 14 unique pipe lengths. There is a total of 230 standard nodes and 912 pipes that produce the final form. The composition allows for the camouflaging of the system, only revealing itself when viewed from a particular angle. A balance of module size, pipe size and system complexity had to be achieved to develop the resulting effect. The ultimate goal was to have the structure take on a new character and read as a cohesive and interconnected mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1563419295967-26H9SC3Y2HEJETYNWYXH/PLAN-landscape.jpg Projects + Awards ROSENSTEIN QUARTER/ STUTTGART GERMANY What does it mean to be a model city for the future? A model city for the future continues to develop and improve. It is a model for future urban planning and development. The master plan for the Rosenstein quarter is a first phase of the continuous development process. A main goal is to create and maintain an urban habitat that has a low impact on nature. An idea for a better natural habitat for the people of Rosenstein. The Rosenstein Master Plan addresses four main themes: The first point "Stuttgart: Integrating sustainability" deals with the urban context, the following three points create a model of sustainable development. Stuttgart: The integration of sustainability Stuttgart's urban development dates back to the 13th century. The Rosenstein Plan begins with a deep understanding of the steps that Stuttgart's urban development has taken to date, the situation in which the city now finds itself, and the goals the city has set itself for the future. The ecological integration of the Rosenstein Quarter begins with the transformation of the distinctive topography of the site into an ecosystem in which the city is the essential component. This will require interventions in the linking and modification of the existing infrastructure to enable the creation of habitats for local biodiversity. Demographically, the city of Stuttgart is growing continuously, its population is getting older and comes from different cultural backgrounds. Adaptation to the needs of specific groups and fair inclusion are necessary in order to create a common city identity. Our proposal supports the possibility of participation and influence of the Stuttgart citizens in order to actively shape the development of the district. Economically, Stuttgart has followed the development from agriculture and industrial production to today's knowledge-based and service-oriented economy. Stuttgart-based companies, networks and institutions have comprehensive competences that are relevant for an innovative master plan - for example in relation to research in the fields of advanced building production, hydrogen fuel cells and light electric vehicles as well as in the field of environmental technologies. The Rosenstein Master Plan integrates seamlessly into the Stuttgart economy by selecting strategies that build on existing networks and competencies. Society - Culture: The Conscious Community Developing a city map that aims to integrate human activity with nature at a primary functional level means more than just ecological implications. Spaces of natural beauty have the potential to give people a sense of connection with their place, as do large squares, parks, or cathedrals. A district enriched and embellished by nature, with a strong sense of place, has great potential to be a district that is liked by its inhabitants. What is more, people identify with their neighborhood and take care of it. Public spaces created by nature have the advantage of making people's lives in the area healthier and less damaging to the environment. It is above all the attachment that the inhabitants feel to their place that will enable the neighborhood to develop in the future. By interlocking public spaces and facilities and strengthening new and existing networks, the Rosenstein Master Plan will create and increase solidarity and optimism among its future residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1563421274913-JHX7UNPWQ488IT2XEPNG/image-asset.jpeg Projects + Awards - Prototype 3 OnTheGo 04092018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1563414078741-SVTORF92NE59W5XA8RSH/SKIRT-AXON-MAIN.jpg Projects + Awards CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL LAKEFRONT KIOSK Cities are centers of innovation, a driving force of development, the organization of life formed by architecture is what surrounds us. Globalization and the digital have changed this existence. We seek a response through architecture. The potential to engage a mass population in an architectural dialog is critical to the future of architecture and its profession. Although a kiosk may never be enlisted as high design, it stands on the street among us. The kiosk is the place of informal exchange, and our proposal intends on amplifying it as an agent for change. As part of the Chicago Architectural Biennial, the “Skirt” is going to be more than the average kiosk, it will represent a version of the State of the Art of Architecture. Located at the Millennium Park, the kiosk will be the first point of contact to the Chicago Architectural Biennial for the unaware citizen or tourist. The dissection of the Chicago Architectural Biennial title, the State of the Art of Architecture, is our starting point. We look to the state of the art and the art of architecture. The state of the art reconsiders a response to technology through the lens of architecture. The art of architecture evaluates the discipline of architecture and how the architect defines the intimate part of a city. Architecture could simultaneously respond to technology, culture, and form without compromising its integrity. Our proposal represents a way to combine these considerations. Skirt walks the line between technology and the prescribed. The design is accomplished through a clear set of criteria defined by evaluating and combining the Chicago frame, facade, and form with technology and street culture. This play looks to redefine the kiosk and is a formal and technological response influenced by the city in the belief of instigating it. We propose to house the Lake front Kiosk at the Millennium Park Cloud Gate Plaza. The proximity of the Chicago Historical Center is critical in making a clear connection between the events. Skirt will spent the day and night autonomously moving at a snails pace through the plaza. While a traditional architectural exhibition might limit the content to the surface of a confined space, Skirt will bring the event to the street. This exhibition will be one about architecture within an intentional and changing physical context, an exploration in how the designation of an articulated space coupled with the facilitation of information exchange can be engaged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1567914421883-Z3LLMBSQ4NZUFM4XU4OZ/Manaves+Kriegel+Modulemobil.jpg Projects + Awards MODULEMOBIL/ DESCOURS/ NEW ORLEANS DesCours is unique in that it provides a platform for experimentation within the architectural field, showcasing architecture installations that use new materials, methods, technology and interactivity. DesCours presents an opportunity for viewing contemporary design within a historic setting by way of juxtaposition, thereby exposing the elegance achieved in the careful articulation of contrasting old and new. On a local scale, DesCours highlights the culturally rich fabric of New Orleans as a great backdrop for forward-thinking structural innovations that nod towards the future of architectural possibilities. Modulemobil is a modular and interactive temporary architecture for new music. The installation has two distinct programs. It is a stage for live performers and a visual and audible interactive installation. Lighting and sound components are affected via natural movement through the installation allowing the user to become a “performer” in the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1567969767323-K1WWIXKGV8FVCW9DRJ53/VERETX_SEND_290_111606-001.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1569790834492-899TVJUQVNM9N8C9JHLQ/COVER_BACK.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1567966400016-EMGETBFFDIW1CUJACTFK/ATHENS_NIGHT_V1.jpg Projects + Awards WING OF DESIRE Landmarks of Olympic Activities 2003 Second Prize The 2004 Olympic Landmark is a structure used for various athletic and cultural events during the 2004 Olympic Games. The structure operates as a landmark to be located at a number of places, and will mark the entrance of athletic venues and other Olympic events. While acting as the way-finder for spectators it will also be used for crowd management services and as a watchtower when needed. This landmark icon creates its own presence among the city revealing the Olympic Venue entrances. The sails create a visual displacement and draws attention. In passing the visibility of color and image directs the crowd to their intended events. Its large Batiline sail the main visual element displays similar imagery for its intended sport while conveying specific information and sponsorship. Its structure displays an image inline with sporting and chooses to define its fabrication within this realm. This union allows for a design that can reach outside conventional construction. The structure takes shape utilizing tension in its members and skins. The sail stiffens and reaches out visible to its surroundings. The ability of quickly interchanging the sails allows for flexible usage during the changing of events and sponsors. Its skin also allows for varies changes to match a system of colors for specific sporting competitions. Its image draws the spectator and becomes the main aspect for the wayfinding landmark. The visual lightness in its structure and its large sail creates a unique image in all aspects of its design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1569795748420-FN9BIFHTK9UJHSYI7FKC/le-Cube-Dezeen-Awards-2019-shortlist.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1572211837396-YNDDIS6KW99WNLBVRTLU/le-Cube-Dezeen-Awards-2019-winner2.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1569781003306-1JYQ89K53C4KQKVR3KM7/TH_P1.jpg Projects + Awards TOWNHOUSE REVISITED COMPETITION/ WINNING ENTRY/ SELECTED AS ONE THE NEW CHICAGO SEVEN BY THE GRAHAM FOUNDATION The Townhouse is in response to its exterior influences of our fast society, capturing the action along a city strip. The main element is the billboard. It becomes a continuation of the visual background noise in our cities. The screen-wall becomes the main structure creating a clear zone allowing vehicles to drive under and through the site. The passing of the car begins to influence the form above the clear zone. This is evident in the use of action as in the hood of a car and the roof, the protection of the car in a garage and the garage door and our facade, the structure of a car and our floor construction and the function of the interior of a car and the use of the sleeping cabs. The screen-wall appears on the exterior facade allowing for the owner to influence the city strip by a louvered billboard. The combination of the screen-wall and vehicle use creates a blurring of the background noise of the city and townhouse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/t/6175432f930c642e167e1736/1635070150122/ Projects + Awards - Iconic Award 2020 Best of Best https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1635075583907-45L9LZLM0Y1QMHAH4K29/GDA21_HO_WINNER_MC_RGB.png Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1635077250460-2I7UCJ4YQFYLO1LNEED9/ait-dialog-special_ait_award_2020.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1635086515469-B6IF5DCW0UBI94UYL2NI/AIA.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1635197953484-PZ5IXEE7HOQ3WPT0FXDZ/172267_Fu%C3%9Fg%C3%A4ngerperspektive+Holstenplatz+Richtung+Hotel+Astor-v1.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1569776008648-4CIX6WXCDI5HTW45D85Z/HC_PAGE01.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1635358485704-YKRX1255HO4JWTZECNCA/c1_a3_TP.jpg Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1567850299960-8MHOTZ62YKYI2KR6UR75/Guggenheim-Helsinki-1.jpg Projects + Awards GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM/ HELSINKI FINLAND A city needs a place to expand and contract, to explore and confirm. Our proposal approaches the design of the Guggenheim Museum, not in a traditional manner. Connected Horizons challenges the city to reach beyond the landscape’s edge and explore the new possibilities a Guggenheim Museum can offer the city of Helsinki and its reach across the globe. Its predecessors have created a presence that can only be added to by expanding the possible and exploring extreme passion and prestige. From the harbor, the Guggenheim Museum is a new beacon for the city, marking a place both familiar and new. A blending of horizontal lines and vertical masses interact with the cities horizon allowing the vista of the city to be heightened both from land and water. The goal of our proposal is to generate a connection with Helsinki’s culture, its citizens and the visitors from all over the world by the creation of a new precedence for a modern museum. The globalization of architecture has forever changed the local vernacular and the expectation of the foreign element. The hybridization present in our proposal looks for a reconfirmation and a forward thinking for a new museum. Our proposal releases the confinements of the traditional museum and frees the curator and visitor; a space is no longer only defined by its precondition but the exhibition. The future of the gallery is not predetermined space, it is idealized curation. Art cannot adapt to a room; a room must adapt to the art. At first, this simplification can be seen as a generic solution. We argue for the specific but leave the unknown and future condition to be determined. The three main compositional elements of the museum are the landscape circulation plates “Connected Horizons,” the Exhibition Boxes, and the Landmark Towers. The main upper exhibition spaces are open boxes awaiting the moment, a contradiction to a prescribed space. The gallery is designed similar to a film studio. The visitors produce the action on the set. The gift is the perimeter, its circulation, the above and below. The blurring between exterior and interior occurs. In any museum, the wings are not the moment of connection; it is in the circulation where we exchange a premise, discuss a thought, reveal a find. Our design hybridizes this moment allowing for an open exchange and visual connection to Helsinki, the harbor and the museum guests and vise versa. The unique all wood structure supports the upper exhibition floor and the Landmark Towers. The towers are both a visual and sculptural element functioning to bring controlled light into the main exhibition boxes. The movement of the inner fabric ceiling allows a curator to manipulate and alter the space and light quality. In addition, a large rectangular skylight at the lower perimeter of the towers bring light into the upper and lower exhibition spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1658521847234-FIF7VOR4BJG6CPI3WMFA/_DSC0015.png Projects + Awards Double Clutch Brewing Company / Evanston, Illinois https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1658935667992-X7CSGG2JFWH7HDITAWLG/IMG-2443.png Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1658927998311-I7KMVWXICBCGMZQ7NHMX/20210827-Facade---East--opt2_R1.png Projects + Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1658971707117-2SAIAOTIP3N1629X1FAE/DIAGRAM_FIGURE-GRND.png Projects + Awards Am Schlaatz - Potsdam, Germany In 2021, the city of Potsdam hosted a competition to solicit redevelopment concepts for a district in the south east of the city called Am Schlaatz. The district is comprised of mostly prefabricated housing blocks assembled in the 1980’s. Generally of uniform density and housing type, it is the youngest district in the city, with the highest proportion of low-income households, recent immigrants and groups at high risk of poverty. The district has several key strengths however which competition organizers see as an opportunity for growth. Namely, the district is well connected through public transit, has access to natural areas, and by nature of the initial master plan, a high percentage of open green space. Maximizing the impact of these strengths was our core focus. Urban Identity - Create a more clear urban identity by strengthening the existing Lange Line promenade through shifting density to this area, consolidating transit in this zone, and introducing flexible commercial spaces to punctuate each block and vary the urban street wall. Interconnected Natural Space - Maintain the potential for high-quality courtyards and nature by maintaining existing building footprints to the greatest extent possible regardless of demolition or renovation. Connect those courtyards to create a semi-public green ring allowing all residents connection to ample natural space. Improve Housing Options - Create a broad variety of housing typologies and sizes to support a range of individuals, couples and families across all ages and demographics. We proposed adding new units on top of existing buildings along the Lange Line, and town house units in the semi-private courtyards. Strengthen Connectivity - Further strengthen the districts ties to the central city through better mobility connections, including extending the tram line through the district, and expanding the existing Nuthe bike trail to incorporate a future autonomous bus route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1666123102962-L4AQ1OKF6XRXF2I2BCBE/2022-06-23-16.30.png Projects + Awards Millennium Hall Pavilion - Chicago, Ill Historically during the summer months, a temporary kitchen and bar was installed on the Millennium Park ice rink to support the adjacent restaurant space. In 2022, new owners took over and created Millennium Hall, and as a part of the renovation, a new strategy was required for this high profile location. In initial meetings with the owners, the core concept was developed: Upgrade the quality of the pavilion to take full advantage of the iconic setting, engage with Michigan Avenue and its foot traffic, and prioritize modular construction strategies to reduce cost across years of assembly and removal. Working closely with the client, general contractor, steel fabricator and structural engineers Endre Studios in a compressed schedule, modular kitchens, platform framing, and canopy assemblies were developed, fabricated and installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1666126330609-16JUVCSQY8XMDYE380H8/2022-10-11-10.48.png Projects + Awards Millennium Park Concessions - Chicago, Il The broad promenade east of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park is always full of people. In the spring and summer months in particular, this is a bustling pedestrian thoroughfare for both locals and tourists and a prime location for concessions. Instead of the typical white tarp tent which is typically erected, a series of shipping containers were retrofitted and clad in cedar slats which subtly slope. This assembly of installations elevate the concession stand and provide a more elegant presence in this highly visible location. https://scalamana.com/scalamana daily 1.0 2021-10-26 https://scalamana.com/about daily 0.75 2019-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2e08f879225b0001b52679/1563469115224-D272ZW71CZQQ4MVNZTRF/Berlin.jpg About https://scalamana.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2022-12-11