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SCI-Arc's Chu Wen Ong Creates a Line-Based "Evolutionary Library" in Warsaw

2020-07-06T12:42:00-04:00

Chu Wen Ong is a recent graduate from Southern California Institute of Architecture's (SCI-Arc) B.arch program. Archinect connected with Ong to unpack her final project - END LINES. Advised by studio instructor Kristy Balliet, Ong questions the concept of paper and graphic constraints as a means to design inhabitable spaces. Ong explains "the fundamental property of a graphic line is defined by the two ends that determine where it starts and stops. By focusing on the set of ends, the collection of volumized lines starts to transform into a building where the ends are appropriated in ways that can adapt and react to different architectural roles."

Archinect's Spotlight on 2020 Thesis Projects: 2020 has been an extraordinarily challenging year for architecture graduates. Students were displaced as schools shut down, academic communities had to adapt to a new virtual format, end-of-year celebrations were canceled or changed dramatically, and now these students are graduating into an ex...

Porch, Atrium, Terrace: A Deeper Look At Lake | Flato's Austin Central Library

2020-01-08T09:00:00-05:00

In recent years, public libraries have taken on a renewed prominence in American cities as vital community spaces that provide access to a growing array of necessary amenities and services, including internet and other technologies, air conditioning, continuing education opportunities and so much more. Increasingly, despite—or perhaps, because—of the fact that our day-to-day lives are becoming ever-more digitized, libraries are reasserting and expanding upon their fundamentally social and public character, a tendency that is being reflected more and more via the architecture of these facilities. The Austin Central Library, completed in 2017 and designed via a joint partnership between Lake | Flato and Shepley Bulfinch, represents an example of this emerging library-as-social-condenser model. The library, anchored by a collection of generous public spaces that include a six-level central atrium, roof top terraces, and reading porches, acts as a new node for Austin's growing downtown ...

The Continuous Reinvention of Chicago's Palace of the People

2017-08-10T09:00:00-04:00

The 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial blog is edited in partnership with Consortia, a creative office developing new frameworks for communication. This article also features embedded content from Are.na, an online platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge.

ShowCase: Folkwang Library by Max Dudler

2012-12-07T17:44:00-05:00

ShowCase is an on-going feature series on Archinect, presenting exciting new work from designers representing all creative fields and all geographies.

We are always accepting nominations for upcoming ShowCase features - if you would like to suggest a project, please send us a message.

ShowCase: Liyuan Library by Li Xiaodong/Atelier

2012-10-24T19:19:00-04:00

ShowCase is an on-going feature series on Archinect, presenting exciting new work from designers representing all creative fields and all geographies.

We are always accepting nominations for upcoming ShowCase features - if you would like to suggest a project, please send us a message.