C3 410 : Hypernatural Landscapes For Future Generations

Description

Nature and people coexist seamlessly only when human intervention creates hypernatural landscapes that preserve the environment. The four examples in this issue are then extensions or intensifications of their surroundings. These include structures by CHROFI in a replanted tropical rainforest in Australia, gad’s Mountain & Sea Art Museum in Yunnan, a protective canopy over a cave and archaeological site south-west of Beijing, and the Art Biotop Water Garden by Junya Ishigami + Associates. This issue also examines six local market halls as a key architectural typology that can contribute to and define a community, including profiles of both heritage structures and new buildings.

CONTENTS

Architecture of Biologically Grown Buildings _ Ljubomir Jankovic

New Projects
A flowing kindergarten playground roof surrounds a traditional Beijing courtyard building
Interview _ Ma Yansong + Herbert Wright / YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten _ MAD Architects
Art and performance are integrated in linked volumes wrapped in a sculptural brick facade / Phoenix Central Park _ Durbach Block Jaggers Architects + John Wardle Architects
Within a single steel frame box, a school building and stacked outdoor play areas are unified / Melopee School _ XDGA
A technology center within a concrete wall is inspired by an old war-damaged walled town / FORT Technology Park _ RANDJA – Farid Azib Architects

Hypernatural Landscapes for Future Generations
Hypernatural Landscapes for Future Generations _ Phil Roberts
The growth time of hardwood trees informs the design of three structures in a forest plantation / Lune de Sang _ CHROFI
Floating above a stone forest, a complex angular form deconstructs the idea of a museum  / Mountain & Sea Art Museum _ gad
A floating canopy protects a Chinese cave and its archeology and merges with the landscape  / The Protective Shelter of Locality 1 Archaeological Site of Zhoukoudian Peking Man Cave _ THAD
By replanting trees in a network of ponds, a new nature-like artificial environment is created  / Art Biotop Water Garden _ Junya.Ishigami + Associates

Community Markets: Links in Civilization
Community Markets: Links in Civilization _ Herbert Wright
Local materials and form create an avant-garde vernacular in a marketplace built over a river / The covered market of Lamure-sur-Azergues _ Elisabeth Polzella Architecte
A rebuilt town is brought together by a market built on a steep slope, under a distinctive concrete roof  / Gramalote Market Square _ Niro Arquitectura + OAU
Rapid renewal based on wooden frame trading units refreshes a modernist Italian market hall / Restructuring of the Sanremo Annonario Market _ Calvi Ceschia Viganò Architetti Associati
A low-cost glazed structure creates an airy temporary modular market hall in China  / Temporary Site of Shengli Market _ LUO Studio
Letter-shaped structures set in a translucent facade of a market hall spell out its function  / Market Hall of Nagykőrös _ Kiss-Járomi Architect Studio
Natural light and wood refresh a disused market hall to create a new artisan market / Tlaxco Artisans Market _ Vrtical