standardarchitecture for camerich

'folding house', camerich booth at shanghai furniture expo
image courtesy standardarchitecture


beijing-based standardarchitecture designed the 'folding house' booth and a series of furniture pieces for the chinese furniture brand camerich, 
shown in september at shanghai furniture expo. the concept for the showroom is a vision of the house of the future, which upholds themes
as lightness, transparency, spatial multiplicity, openness and continuity. a series of white tilted planes wrap and encompass visitors as 
they are guided through the showroom. four pitched roof elements break through the pristine rectangular volume to open views to the 
bustling activity surrounding the standalone construct. bound with frameless glass panes and railings, the interior surfaces visually continue 
and end where it begins. the displayed elements are comprised of angled benches and curvaceous lounge chairs and tables supported with 
minimal stainless steel rods.



'folding house', camerich booth at shanghai furniture expo
image courtesy standardarchitecture


inside the 'folding house'
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'folding house'
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furniture collection by standardarchitecture for camerich
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camerich booth at shanghai furniture expo
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a lounger, part of the furniture collection by standardarchitecture for camerich
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floor plan / level 0
drawing by standardarchitecture for camerich


floor plan / level 1
drawing by standardarchitecture for camerich


section
drawing by standardarchitecture for camerich


model at the standardarchitecture studio
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model at the standardarchitecture studio
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model of 'folding house' for camerich
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project info:


project name: camerich concept show
design team: zhang ke, jesper reiter, simon hjalmar persson, claire rizzi, fu yun, hector peinador
location: furniture china, shanghai new international expo center
program: concept show consisting of showroom and furniture showing the future of furniture

design period: june - september 2011

construction period: august - september 2011
site area: 273 sqm

building area: 500 sqm
architect: standardarchitecture

sou fujimoto: forest, cloud, mountains exhibition

sou fujimoto
'forest, cloud, mountain'
the watari museum of contemporary art, tokyo
on now until january 16, 2011



'forest, cloud, mountain' exhibition by sou fujimoto at the watari museum of contemporary art, tokyo, japan
image courtesy the watari museum of contemporary art


japanese architect sou fujimoto has put together an exhibition entitled, 'forest, cloud, mountain'
at tokyo's watari museum of contemporary art. recognizing the complex role architects must
play within today's modern society, the exhibited work explores the idea of the city
by re-imagining its potential beyond what traditional architecture has thus far attributed it.
the title, 'forest, cloud, mountain' is the three thematic concepts investigated through
the exhibited installations:

'forest-like architecture may be something between artificial and natural; perhaps when
we speak about a cloud-like architecture, we could imagine architecture made up of air
and light rather than a wall. mountain-like architecture may dial up a new relationship
between the human body and the building.' - sou fujimoto



exhibition view
image courtesy the watari museum of contemporary art


created in a large enough scale for the viewers to walk around and discern,
the exhibited projects range from an arrangement of transparent polycarbonate
pieces to a growing stack of polyhedral objects stippled with tree-like interventions.



image courtesy the watari museum of contemporary art


a collection of sou fujimoto's most recent works:



'primitive future house' by sou fujimoto as seen at the 2010 venice architecture biennale
for more images of the project, click here
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image © designboom



'OM house' by sou fujimoto
to see our coverage of the project, click here
image © iwan baan



physical model of 'tokyo apartments'



exterior view of 'tokyo apartments' by sou fujimoto
image courtesy guen-k



'house before house' by sou fujimoto for the sumika housing project
photo courtesy swych



photo courtesy claudia márques

Cardboard Exhibition Pods by Toby Horrocks

Posted by Dave on November 4th, 2010

Melbourne-based architect Toby Horrocks has designed a collection of cardboard exhibition pods.
Toby says:

The abstract ‘icons’ represent four magazines published by Architecture Media, and were displayed at an exhibition of Australian Design Publishing, at the Gallery of Australian Design in Canberra. Cardboard is an ideal medium for temporary displays. This cardboard exhibition display was designed to be flat-packed for transport.

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Punta Umbria Pavillion / MRDP Arquitectos

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Apr 2009

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural ,Featured , Green Roof, MRDP Arquitectos, Pavilion, Spain

 

In late 2008 the City of Punta Umbria, located on the coast of Huelva, Spain, organized a Competition for a Congress, Exhibition and Fairs building. MRDP Arquitectos sent us the winning entry.
The results:
1st Prize: FARO; MRDP Arquitectos | María Romero y Daniel Pérez
2nd Prize: CÓNCAVO-CONVEXO; Joaquín Aramburu y Asociados
3rd Prize: BI.VALVO; JOSÉ ÁLVAREZ CHECA


The plot is 7500 sqm, the maximum permitted occupancy is 70% and the area suitability for building is 7,500 m2 above ground. In the plot is planned to find archaeological remains to be integrated into the project.

The project:

We intend to create a building to distinguish the City of Punta Umbria from others of similar size in the environment that contain similar facilities for fairs, exhibits, congress and shows.


The project is organized around two main ideas:
From a programmatic point of view, we believe that Fairs and Exhibitions Pavilions samples becomes an inert, almost residual, in the hours and periods without activities. Therefore, we articulate the project around a plaza as a stimulus and an urban object, which may give the area more life regardless of the timing of the activities it contains.

Moreover, from a formal point of view we generate a unlimited flexible topography, where any changes did not compromise the character of the proposal. A building that moves away from conventional forms of fairs and exhibitions containers, flexible with itself and the area to be implanted, confused at times with it.
The new topography will contain the required activities under a green roof. The excess cost of such roof will be offset by savings in the acclimation of these large-scale spaces with an enormous thermal inertia.

The green roof will be covered by native hydrophilic species, resistant to weather and with poor maintenance. Part of the roof will be occupied by pedestrian paths connecting archaeological items that are expected to be found at the site.
We provide the building with a whimsical and unique 17m tower, as a lighthouse that will allow a visual connection to the river and its surroundings next to the building. This tower will contain small conferences and V.I.P rooms.
The Architects sent us a KMZ file, so you can see the project on Google Earth.
donwload KMZ

location plan

ground floor plan

second floor plan

elevation 01

elevation 02

section 01

section 02