The Columbia Asia Medical Centre designed by Environmental Design Practice Sdn Bhd is located in Nusajaya, Malaysia. The brief asked for a hospital that does not look like a typical hospital. It should exude confidence in users as a place of science and precision in healthcare facilities. The owner commissioned Environmental Design Practice Sdn. Bhd. to provide the prototype design of their 82-bedded...
The new Acropolis Museum designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects is located in Athens, Greece. 300 metres south east of the Acropolis stands the site of the new Acropolis Museum, due to open on 20 June, exhibiting four thousand artifacts from ancient Athens. Directly linked to the city by the Athens Metro, the museum will provide ten times more space than the original museum on the Rock. Designed by...
Designed by Allard Architecture, Mirador Nature Activity Centre is located in Oostvaardersland, Netherlands. Imposed site challenges are absorbed through the structure which not only acts as an iconic visual reference, but connects the upper level dike and main road with the lower landscape. The form of their proposal is a product of the rational stacking of programs which are arranged through a...
Designed by Giancarlo Mazzanti, El Porvenir Kindergarten is located in Bogotá, Colombia. On the outskirts of the Colombian capital of Bogotá, where unplanned settlements are in their plenty, Giancarlo Mazzanti has designed a new kindergarten for local children. Schools in Colombia tend to be fenced off from the public realm, but this reinterprets the conventional notion of a barrier. On its inner...
The Minamigaoka Clinic designed by Matsuyama Architect & Associates is located in Sapporo, Japan, At present, Japanese society faces various issues triggered by a declining birthrate, and the environment of obstetrics and gynecology hospitals has been changing drastically in recent years. The new Minamigaoka Clinic is an example of this. The architects decided on a design direction fully dominated...