UNStudio has been awarded 1st prize in the recent competition for the masterplan of the Beijing River Creative Zone, located in Yanqing, 200km from Beijing. From the nine projects presented (Foster+Partners (UK), Zaha Hadid (UK), Atelier d’Architecture Christian de Portzamparc (FR), AS. Architecture-Studio (FR), Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning &Design Institute (CN), Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (CN), NPS (US) and KCAP (NL)), UNStudio’s design was selected as the winning entry.
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Dutch architects UNStudio have won a competition to design a dance theater in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 21,000 m2 Dance Palace forms part of the European Embankment city quarter masterplan for a new urban square in the historic center of St. Petersburg.
The new complex houses the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, headed by choreographer Boris Eifman.
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Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has unveiled plans for a 60-story building with two towers in Hangzhou, China.
Called Raffles City, the building will incorporates retail, offices, housing and hotel facilities and marks the site of a cultural landscape within the Quianjiang New Town Area.
‘The philosophy behind the Raffles City concept is to integrate mixed use in an urban context, but in such a way as to give this concept a twist by focusing on where the urban context meets the landscape of the city,’ says van Berkel.
Raffles City Hangzhou will reach a height of 60 stories, presenting views both to and from the Qiantang River and West Lake areas, with a total floor area of almost 300,000 square meters.
‘In the design of the towers the urban element of the project twists towards the landscape, whilst the landscape aspect, in turn, twists towards the urban context, thereby effecting the incorporation and consolidation of these separate elements in one formal gesture.’
The building is due for completion in 2012.
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‘The installation by UNStudio explores the transformative potential of the material world. Just like clothes designers, architects offer alternate looks and identities, age and income-appropriate shells.
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‘The Ponte Parodi project establishes a new city attractor based on the proliferation of experience. A three dimensional plaza located on the waterfront combines a variety of programs including a cruise terminal, wellness, cultural and leisure program, all of which bring liveliness to the old harbor. With its low-slung, undulating outlines the piazza provides a park with sport fields, beaches and other public functions while emphasizing the view of Genoa and its Alpine setting.’
Client: Porto Antico di Genova Spa/ ALTAREA Italia Progetti S.r.l.
Location: harbor Genoa
Building area: 76.000 m2
Program: 3 dimensional Piazza/ cruise terminal/ wellness
Status/phase: design development phase
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‘The Arnhem Central project by UNStudio is a large urban plan development composed of diverse elements which amassed constitute a vibrant transport hub. The expansion generates office space, shops, housing units, a new station hall, a railway platform and underpass, a car tunnel, bicycle storage and a large parking garage.
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Inspired by the fort’s concentric floor plan, Dutch architects UNStudio has designed a spatial installation in an abandoned fort as part of RETREAT, an art exhibition they have curated at Fort Asperen near Leerdam in the Netherlands.
The object is a cross between a sculpture, a piece of furniture and a route indicator for visitors.
The reflective, faceted details of the sculpture reflect the artwork exhibited around the fort.
The exhibition runs from 28 June to 20 September.
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