C3 320: IBERIAN SILVER

Description

Iberian Silver: Care homes for the elderly could be described as a sort of fusion between hospital and hotel, a comparison which touches on the need for varying levels of care and assistance required by different residents. The analogy is lacking however, failing to take into account a crucial difference – the need for independence and autonomy amongst the long term residents of care homes. The three projects presented here are notable for the way in which they attempt to humanise these institutions.  They are playful and often colourful. They invite interaction and they provide space which residents can occupy in ways of their own choosing. The projects featured are: the Santa Rita Geriatric Centre in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain, by Manuel Ocana; Casa Sacerdotal Diocesana in Plasencia, Spain, by Madrid practice Andre Jacques Arquitectos; and Aires Mateus Arquitectos’ home for the elderly in Alcacer do Sal, Portugal. (by Alison Killing)

Bamboo Architecture: Innovation has always been an essential factor in any important change within architecture. When evaluating technological impacts, it is no longer possible to assess this in absolute terms. Despite the fact that the modern myth of progress fell decades ago, global architecture still follows its ambition of high technology at all costs. However, an architecture that lacks a pulse and hunger for change risks losing its interactive role within society. Materials like bamboo challenge these simplistic points of view by offering high performance and the expressive possibilities associated with a low degree of technology, with the final achievement of poetry. Analyzing projects such as the ‘Bamboo Structure Project’ by Rai Studio, ‘El Camion Restaurant’ by Llona+Zamora Arquitectos and Fernando Mosquera, ‘Suoi Re Village Community House’ by Kien Viet, ‘Green School’ by PT Bamboo Pure and the ‘Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility’ by De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop, it is possible to show how this way of thinking leads towards a real sustainability. (by Simone Corda)

CONTENTS

Archipulse

• Seung, H – Sang: 30th Anniversary Memorial Building of DaeJeon University 
• Hyuk Khang: Constructed Nature
  

Iberian Silver

• Alison Killing: Inviting Engagement 
• Aires Mateus: Houses for Elderly People
  
• Manuel Ocaña Architecture and Thought Production Office: Santa Rita Geriatric Center
  
• Andrés Jaque + Enrique Krahe + Miguel de Guzmán: Diocesan Priests House

Dwell How; The Interstitial Element

• Silvio Carta: The Interstitial Element 
• Jorge Mealha: House in Meco
• Christian Pottgiesser Architecturepossibles: Maison L
  

Dwell How; Second Life

• Alison Killing: Second Life
• Architects Atelier Ryo Abe: Shima Kitchen
• Momo Estudio: Ruíz Cottage
• UXUS: La Finca
• SPEAC: The Ivy House

Bamboo Architecture

• Simone Corda: Framed in Cane
  
• 1+1>2: Suoi Re Village Community House
• PT Bamboo Pure: Green School 
• Rai Studio: Bamboo Structure Project
  
• Llona + Zamora Arquitectos, Fernando Mosquera: El Camión Restaurant
  
• De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop: Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility
  
• Édouard François: Club Med
  

208 pages, color ills / 23 x 30 cm / Korean, English