MASDAR INSTITUTE BY FOSTER + PARTNERS

The Masdar Institute is the first part of the wider Masdar City masterplan to be realised and creates an educational focus for the entire programme.

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY OFFICE BY BROOKS + SCARPA

Site: A 100,000 square foot vacant parcel located within a new Research and Technology Innovation Park developed by the Mexican government. The site is also adjacent to the Monterrey, Mexico airport and adjoins a natural habitat area.

CITE DU DESIGN BY LIN ARCHITECTS

The Cité du Design in Saint-Étienne is a new and unique institution for research, education, communication and media, and design related services. It addresses diverse groups, combining urban and social activities with industrial and artistic expertise. A single slender body, the Platine, is integrated into the site of the Manufacture d’armes, a former arms factory.

CITTÀ DELLA SCIENZA DI NAPOLI

Queste foto testimoniano ciò che resta oggi di un gioiello tecnologico andato distrutto nella notte del 5 Marzo scorso, ma anche vogliono testimoniare l’importanza scientifica e la qualità architettonica di una delle eccellenze culturali italiane ed europee.

BTEK TECHNOLOGY INTERPRETATION CENTRE BY ACXT

One of the main goals of the project is to come up with an implantation solution adapted to the surroundings, in a plot with a certain geometrical and topographical complexity, uniting architecture and urbanization, thus deleting the limits between indoors and out.

INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY BY ARKÍS

The Institute of Natural History is a public institution, carrying out diverse research and monitoring of nature. Research is especially focused on botany, ecology, taxonomy geology and zoology. The new building for the Icelandic Institute of Natural History houses research facilities and offices for 50 scientists and other employees. Furthermore, the building houses the Institute’s research specimen collections and scientific library.

CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE BY CHARLES CORREA

The Chamaplimaud Centre for the Unknown is located in the Belém district of Lisbon, where the Tagus River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

ITALCEMENTI I.LAB BY RICHARD MEIER & PARTNERS

ITCLab - Innovation and Technology Central Laboratory - è il nuovo centro ricerca e innovazione del GruppoI tal cementi inaugurato nella primavera 2012.

KNOX INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTRE BY WOODS BAGOT

KIOSC, Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre, has established a centre of excellence training hub for the delivery of green education and training, focusing on environmental sustainability and responsible management.

DÜZCE TEKNOPARK BY II ARCHITECTS

“On November 12th, 1999, the city of Düzce was shook by the 7.2 magnitude Düzce Earthquake. The remaining architecture is a wild mixture of quick reconstructions following the disaster.

MAGGIE’S CENTRE BY OMA

The Maggie's Centre in Glasgow has been named Scotland's best building at the nation's annual “architectural Oscars”, held in the Scottish Parliament.

CENTER FOR SOLAR ENERGY AND HYDROGEN RESEARCH BY HENNING LARSEN

The new research building in Stuttgart is designed as a grid of small units to meet the requirement for a highly flexible workplace that serves as a dynamic framework for the ongoing research and innovation activities of the centre. The Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research comprises offices, laboratories, meeting and conference facilities.

TECHNOLOGY CENTER BY GMP ARCHITEKTEN

Il progetto di riconversione dell’ex Manifattura Tabacchi, progettata da Pier Luigi Nervi tra il 1949 ed il 1954, nasce sulle linee guida progettuali identificate dalla Finanziaria Bologna Metropolitana d’intesa con il Comune di Bologna e la Regione, proprietaria della struttura dopo versa acquistata per 19 milioni di euro dalla British American Tabacco.

EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREVENTION BY CRAB STUDIO

"The scene: 
The Earthquake Disaster Prevention directly inspired by a reaction to the tsunami. It sits with its blades resting into the ground: ready to divide the streams of water – if and when they come. Symbolically and practically rising above the streams.

ROLEX LEARNING CENTER AT EPFL BY SANAA

Barely five weeks after the opening of the Rolex Learning Center, the verdict fell—the building’s architects, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SAANA), were announced the winners of the 2010 Pritzker Prize, the most prestigious prize in architecture.

BIO-LAKE RECEPTION CENTER BY ZEPHYR ARCHITECTS

The Bio-lake campus is comprised of company headquarters, research institutes and labs related to biology and medical research in Wuhan.

RESEARCH CENTRE, PARIS PARC BY BIG GROUP

BIG GROUP WIN THE COMPETITION TO DESIGN THE RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JUSSIEU IN PARIS

The new multidisciplinary research centre, Paris PARC, will become a significant addition to the campus, strengthening the international appeal and openness of the leading French University for Science and Medicine.

Paris PARC is located in the visual axis of the Notre Dame Cathedral in a dense context of university buildings from different historical periods. BIG proposes a building geometry that adapts to the specific conditions of all adjoining sides, optimized for daylight, views and accessibility. The three-dimensional envelope retracts from the neighboring facades, opens up towards the square Jean Nouvel’s of Institut du Monde Arabe and the park, and folds into a publicly accessible rooftop landscape, resulting in an adapted sculptural building  volume situated between the emblematic architectural monuments of the university.

“As a form of urban experiment the Paris PARC is the imprint of the pressures of its urban context. Wedged into a super dense context – in terms of space, public flows and architectural history – the PARC is conceived as a chain of reactions to the various external and internal forces acting upon it. Inflated to allow daylight and air to enter into the heart of the facility, compressed to ensure daylight and views for the neighboring classrooms and dormitories, lifted and decompressed to allow the public to enter from both plaza and park and finally tilted to reflect the spectacular view of the Paris skyline and the Notre Dame to the Parisians.” Bjarke Ingels, Founder, BIG.

A central canyon provides daylight and a visual connection between laboratories and offices. In the atrium a cascade of informal meeting spaces lead to the public rooftop terrace and faculty club. A public stair to the rooftop offers glimpses into the activities of the laboratories which are divided by transparent walls throughout the building to ensure visual connections between the working spaces. The upper levels have panoramic views towards the Notre Dame and the skyline of Paris.

“We propose a building that creates the optimum conditions for encounters and exchange among the academics and visitors of Paris PARC. Like a scientific incubator the new building will provide the physical environment for nurturing growth of cultures and sharing of ideas - through the internal mix of laboratories, research facilities and informal meeting spaces, and through a reunification with the public life of the city.” Andreas Klok Pedersen, Partner-in-Charge, BIG.

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