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2024-12-22T02:46:12-05:00
https://archinect.com/news/article/150405980/mvrdv-completes-colorful-haus-1-office-conversion-in-berlin
MVRDV completes colorful HAUS 1 office conversion in Berlin
Josh Niland
2023-12-04T14:24:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c2/c252c7f4e8e0f31bb9dd3e9f4bc6cd6c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/327/mvrdv" target="_blank">MVRDV</a> has completed work on a vibrant new conversion project in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1778/berlin" target="_blank">Berlin</a> called HAUS 1 that reworked an aging office building from 1997 into a new hub for innovation and community.</p>
<p>Other than the eye-catching canary color finish, the project is visually dominated by an extended grand external staircase. A new terraced timber pavilion space is enacted on the rooftop, completed by an arrangement of native plants and constructed using a palette of bio-based materials. Inside, floorplans are altered to maximize flexibility. Other important aspects of the design include low-temperature underfloor heating and a rainwater harvesting system that will help the building to function sustainably year-round. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/46e0793d5edb76cb37747c321a5b08a5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/46e0793d5edb76cb37747c321a5b08a5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo © Lukas Drobny</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/2132b1bca5577526db1ec5ec03acd109.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/2132b1bca5577526db1ec5ec03acd109.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo © Lukas Drobny</figcaption></figure><p>MVRDV founding partner Jacob van Rijs says: “The newly transformed HAUS 1 is more than a gateway to this unique campus devoted to impact. It is a representation of the Atelier Gardens community and their commitment to chart a different vision of society...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150297134/developer-fabrix-employs-urban-mining-to-cut-carbon-footprint-in-its-projects
Developer Fabrix employs urban mining to cut carbon footprint in its projects
Nathaniel Bahadursingh
2022-02-01T17:46:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/365d831b353e54794cfadbfbf9d87a45.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>When old office blocks are demolished, their steel frames are typically smelted down to be recycled, emitting thousands of tonnes of carbon in the process. But at One Broadgate, the steel beams that once framed the London headquarters of inter-dealer broker TP Icap Plc will instead be salvaged from the site and recycled by developer Fabrix. Chief Executive Officer Clive Nichol says the example proves it’s possible to “apply the circular economy to structural elements of buildings.”</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1871788/fabrix" target="_blank">Fabrix</a> has purchased 139 tons of steel from the contractor behind the demolition of One Broadgate and plans to use it on other projects in London. The process, known as <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1915694/urban-mining" target="_blank">urban mining</a>, recovers and resells raw materials from waste products. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0b/0b932162c8692830e5d83dadbee21e9c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0b/0b932162c8692830e5d83dadbee21e9c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150291493/how-anthropocene-mining-offers-architects-growing-alternatives-to-the-way-we-build-cities" target="_blank">How 'Anthropocene mining' offers architects growing alternatives to the way we build cities</a></figcaption></figure><p>As reported by <em>Bloomberg Green</em>, engineering consultant AKT II estimates that reused steel could reduce the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/8690/carbon" target="_blank">carbon</a> impact of a building by up to 80%. The U.K. is attempting to encourage this practice, in which construction materials with large carbon footprints would be resold through a marketplace. This move comes at a time of ballooned steel prices in the U.K.</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150288166/mvrdv-unveils-plans-for-a-revamped-bufa-campus-in-berlin
MVRDV unveils plans for a revamped BUFA campus in Berlin
Josh Niland
2021-11-12T17:55:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0c/0cfc8bdfa105799e6185292d5b0fbcae.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Plans are moving forward for a “low-tech transformation” of West Berlin’s storied film and television studios Berliner Union Film Ateliers (BUFA) called Atelier Gardens from London-based developer Fabrix and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/327/mvrdv" target="_blank">MVRDV</a>. </p>
<p>Approval has been granted for a six-acre adaptive reuse project at the southern edge of the former Tempelhof Airport in the merged borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/338325fc13f86f526471010c7c16a22a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/338325fc13f86f526471010c7c16a22a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: © MVRDV</figcaption></figure><p>The comprehensive master plan will repurpose two of the site’s existing 20th-century structures into a center for social justice activism surrounded by a radically re-greened campus courtesy of British landscape designers <a href="https://www.harrisbugg.com/" target="_blank">Harris Bugg</a>. <br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fe/fea040f451182b1e3be3cbf4e7bb675c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fe/fea040f451182b1e3be3cbf4e7bb675c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: © MVRDV</figcaption></figure><p>Studio 1, a 100-year-old building that has served as the set for several different important films, including Bob Fosse’s Oscar-winning 1972 classic <em>Cabaret</em>, will get a colorful curtain-clad makeover in addition to a new skylight and other “sensitive” interventions making the 7,000-square-foot facility a vibrant space for film screening, meetings, an...</p>