2024-11-05T09:32:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150206785/what-do-you-believe-will-be-the-future-of-home-register-now-to-receive-advanced-discounted-entry-for-the-home-competition-2020 Sponsor 2020-07-13T13:17:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/84/842696efa09f3efc843ac2fa33556b05.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><strong><em>This post is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thehomecompetition.com/" target="_blank">Arch Out Loud</a></em></strong></p> <p>How do we define &ldquo;home&rdquo;? Although our ideas about home are constantly being rethought, the careful examination of &ldquo;home&rdquo; has recently come to our attention for architects and non-architects alike. Almost everyone has had to confront their perspective of &ldquo;home&rdquo; as they have adapted work places, social gatherings, fitness routines, and everyday life. We now not only internalize a home, but look at how our homes digitally connect to the rest of the world.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7f/7f8c71500c45921ba0ff10a94419f6d3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7f/7f8c71500c45921ba0ff10a94419f6d3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>The <a href="https://www.thehomecompetition.com/" target="_blank">HOME Competition</a> invites all designers to explore ideas of domestic architecture for the future. Designers may consider the impacts of global population shifts, proximity of major cities to coastlines, new materials and building techniques, as well as the rise of co-housing, tiny homes, smart houses and marketplaces like Airbnb. HOME creates a platform to speculate the ways new technological, political, environmental and cultural changes can redefine the spaces where we live.</p> <p>What do yo...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149944705/lissoni-architettura-conceptualizes-a-submerged-aquarium-in-the-east-river Dana Schulz 2016-05-11T14:36:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ph/phm0i8kk8vzkegif.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A lower level would contain the actual aquarium, while the higher level would be a floating green island. At night, the island would slide to cover the island and turn into a planetarium, its movement resembling that of a shell. A sloping beachfront would cover the parking area, and a public park would connect the mainland with the new basin.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Milan-based firm Lissoni Architettura created the winning entry for Arch Out Loud's ideas competition for a NYC aquarium and public waterfront. They propose a submerged aquarium called NYCAquatrium&nbsp;that will be located in a new basin along the Long Island City waterfront.&nbsp;</p>