The World Islands, are a collection of man-made islands shaped into the continents of the world, located off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
It will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands.
Marina Bay Sands is a mixed-use complex located in the city-state of Singapore. Includes more than 2500 hotel rooms, a convention center, shops, restaurants, cinemas, a museum and a casino, all in a space located on the shores of the bay in Singapore and near the business district of the city in Asia.
The set has been designed by Moshe Safdie U.S. study for the developer Las Vegas Sands. It was partially opened on 23 June, although there are still some areas of the same for inagurar.Undoubtedly the most striking element of the complex are the three towers of 190 feet that house the hotel, crowned and united by a massive structure that gives rise to a park of 10,000 square meters height. The park includes sports fields, gazebos and even a swimming pool with spectacular views of vertigo.Complex applications are distributed as shown in the diagram below:
1. Hotel 2. SkyPark. 3. Casino. 4. Shops. 5. Convention & Exhibition Centre. 6. Art and Science Museum. 7. Theatres. 8. Glass pavilions (shops and nightclubs). 9. Space for outdoor events.
The Government of Abu Dhabi has unveiled Plan Abu Dhabi 2030: Urban Structure Framework Plan, a comprehensive plan for the development of the city of Abu Dhabi that will guide planning decisions for the next quarter of a century.
The Government also announced the establishment of a new Urban Planning Council to oversee the implementation of the plan and the further development of urban planning policy.
Plan Abu Dhabi 2030: Urban Structure Framework Plan has been created to deliver upon the vision of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for the continued fulfillment of the grand design envisaged by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the ongoing evolution of Abu Dhabi as a global capital city.
Through ten individual policy statements, the plan specifies land uses, building heights and transportation plans for the entire metropolitan area of Abu Dhabi. Under the plan, the city is projected to grow to over three million people by 2030. As such, the plan provides for large new areas of Emirati housing, inspired by the traditional family structures of the local community, and a diverse mix of affordable housing options for all the citizens and residents of Abu Dhabi.
Ron Arad Architects are close to completing construction of their first large-scale commercial project, Design Museum Holon in Israel.
Layers of COR-TEN steel with varying degrees of weathering wrap around the two main gallery buildings.
The museum is part of a 16-year regeneration plan for the city of Holon, outside Tel Aviv.
The museum will be inaugurated on 2 February 2010.
Announces inauguration date for 2nd February 2010 The city of Holon (Israel) is proud to announce February 2nd 2010 as the highly anticipated inauguration date for Design Museum Holon and its award winning building by Ron Arad Architects. After four years of construction, the iconic building will be completed at the end of 2009 and will open to the public in February 2010. Significant in so many ways, the structure of sinuous ribbons of varying shades of COR-TEN (weathered steel) represents Ron Arad’s first completed commercial architectural project, of this scale. Ron Arad has demonstrated an extremely sculptural approach, combining ingenuous and playful functionality with highly visual sculptural design.
The design museum project is the realisation of a 16-year regeneration programme in the city of Holon, just outside Tel Aviv, which has been lead by the mayor for more than 16 years, Mr. Motti Sasson, and the municipality’s managing director, Ms. Hana Hertsman.
“The creation of the first design museum in the region is the pinnacle of a long-term urban re-generation project which brings the discussion and exploration of design, culture and education to the forefront,” says Hana Hertsman, municipality managing director who initiated the project. “It not only highlights the role of design and culture in Holon’s day-to-day life, but also the city’s influence globally; I believe it will be a beacon within Israel and far beyond. Ron Arad’s building design as well as the exciting and engaging exhibition developed by the curators, will make the design experience at Design Museum Holon accessible to all, regardless of age or artistic background.”
More about Design Museum Holon:
Design Museum Holon accommodates two primary galleries and a number of diverse alternative exhibition and education spaces in-between. The Gallery 1 (500m²) celebrates the abundance of natural light in Israel and the qualities it can bring to the display of three-dimensional objects, while allowing curatorial flexibility by modulating light levels. The second, smaller gallery, (200m²) is taller inside but offers a more intimate, personal relationship between the visitor and the object on display.
Annually, Design Museum Holon will showcase site-specific exhibitions, concentrating on design concepts, objects and architecture. In addition to the featured exhibitions, Design Museum Holon will house an ‘Experience Archive’, a collection of international and Israeli design related objects, materials and resources which are all accessible to the public. The archive will be an interactive environment for in-depth research on design, from concepts and materials to execution and trends.
Ron Arad: Since his career began in 1981, Ron Arad has exhibited at many major museums and galleries throughout the world. 2009 is a significant year for Arad with the completion of Design Museum Holon, an unprecedented turn out to his retrospective at Centre Pompidou in Paris and an exhibition in July at MoMA New York, which moves to the Stedelijkn Museum in Amsterdam.
G.Lab* by Gansam Architects and Associates of Seoul have designed a visitors’ centre for the wetlands in Suncheon, South Korea.
Called Suncheon International Wetlands Center, the design was based on the imprint left by receding tides.
Meandering paths lead to a visitors centre, with each function housed in a separate structure.
Each glazed building has a green roof and is shaded by timber bars on the facade. Here’s some more information from G.Lab*: – Suncheon is one of the 5th largest tidal flats in the world, making it an international wetland that attracts approximately 2.8 million visitors in 2008. The methodology for this design began with the concept of leading visitors through the wetlands to the Suncheon Bay. The imprint of the receding tide water becomes the concept for this design. The visitor’s center is placed at the Northeast corner of the site, identified with meandering pathways which encourage and direct visitors to experience the wetlands and outdoor exhibitions. The choreography of these pathways allows visitors to experience the topographical change of the site from forest to wetland. The placement of the building maximizes both the picturesque views to the mountains beyond and to the river, creating a visual continuation of both the water’s path and visitor’s circulation. The buildings and pathways are designed to minimally affect the natural order of the protected wetland. Recesses in the pathways around the building allow for the wetland to continue under the structures. Building functions are separated into distinctly different envelops to allow for greater climactic control and lessen the overall energy usage. The wooden façade is intended to minimize summer sun exposure, maximize potential winter day lighting and blend with the surrounding woodland to the north.
Framed views from the gallery through these wooden slats capture light and help set the mood for this visitor’s center. Providing connectivity to the 2013 garden expo, and the greater city of Suncheon, this design intends to reconnect visitors to nature and a network of facilities designed to teach about wetland preservation. The green roof continues the language of the mountains beyond, allowing the gallery interior unobstructed views to nature. Suncheon International Wetlands Center Architect: G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Associates Location: 540 Ochon Dong Suncheon City, Jeonnam Province, South Korea Client: Republic of Korea Project Architect: Chuloh Jung Design team: Dae Hyun Im, Sang Hyun Son, Daniel Da Rocha, Tana Hovland, Alex Cornelius, Lawrence Ha, Lyla Wu Site Area: 33,000 m² Building Area: 8,300 m² Floors: First, Second Building Coverage: 25 % Competition Year: 2009
Click on the symbol in the bottom right of the video player above to view the movie in full-screen HD. Can’t see the movie? Click here. The movie shows the construction of the bent-wood lattice structure, the installation of fibreglass shells to the top of the pavilion providing shelter and its various uses throughout day and night. Studio Gang Architects also designed the boardwalk surrounding the 19th century pond, improving the water quality and habitat for the local wildlife and creating an educational nature trail. The new pavilion is used as an outdoor classroom, for yoga sessions and other activities. Here a little more from Studio Gang: South Pond Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago, USA
The project transforms a picturesque urban pond from the 19th century into an ecological habitat buzzing with life. With the design’s improvements to water quality, hydrology, landscape, accessibility, and shelter, the site is able to function as an outdoor classroom in which the co-existence of natural and urban surroundings is demonstrated. A new boardwalk circumscribing the pond passes through various educational zones that explicate the different animals, plants, and habitat found in each. A pavilion integrated into the boardwalk sequence provides shelter for open-air classrooms on the site.
Inspired by the tortoise shell, its laminated structure consists of prefabricated, bent-wood members and a series of interconnected fiberglass pods that give global curvature to the surface.
Architect: Studio Gang Architects Owner: Lincoln Park Zoo Status: Completed 2010
