AV Proyectos 116 dedicates its dossier to Boltshauser Architekten, founded and directed by Roger Boltshauser. The Swiss firm experiments with geometry and materials to reach a poetic balance between tradition and modernity. This section is followed b

Boltshauser Architekten   Germany   The museum is located in the space once occupied by the old train station of Hannover. Its printed concrete facade creates a parallelism by the Lohsepark residential block, located right in front, which spatially recovers the train tracks...

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   The orthogonal arrangement of the three existing buildings is extended with two new volumes and several parks, both on the ground floor and on the upper levels, which form a complex marked by the original foundations...

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   With its gentle curves, the Ozeanium responds to the urban fabric and reflects its interior space, where spiral ramps welcome visitors. Except for the circulation cores that anchor the building to the site, the ground floor is a completely open-plan

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   The metal facade reflects the modulation of the floor plans. The photovoltaic system with color coated solar modules integrated in the cladding provides high energy efficiency, protects the interior space from excessive heat, and takes advantage of s

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   Though a similar site strategy is adopted for the whole complex, each family of buildings is distinctive: the houses grouped around the central courtyards are wood buildings, while the ones on the east are developed with a load-bearing masonry of ado

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   The multi-layered, transparent facade provides a view into the green inner courtyard and the atrium, which are visible from the main entrance. The naturally ventilated atrium serves as a distribution zone for the modular units...

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   The 20-meter-high building is subdivided into horizontal layers that respond to the stacked spatial program. Functionally, the building is structured in three main areas: the stacked ice rinks, the high diving and competition pools, and the leisure a

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   The project recovers the original spaces and materials from the industrial site, using a contemporary language for the new additions and rescuing the historic boiler house, the symbolic landmark of the factory and of great importance for the city...

Boltshauser Architekten   Switzerland   To ensure proper shear transfer in the horizontal joints, the rammed earth walls are provided with a vertical post-tensioning system of steel cables. This can be re-tensioned to compensate for settlements of the rammed earth...

David Chipperfield Architects   Greece   David Chipperfield Architects Berlin has won the contest to revamp and enlarge the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, located in the capital's Exarcheia neighborhood, which possesses one of the world's major collections of prehistoric and anci

Herzog & de Meuron   Greece   The metal roof, a reinterpretation of the Greek agora, presides the garden and marks the start of the stoa, which functions as an axis through the park, the existing building, the historic courtyards, and the exhibition spaces...

Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Georges Batzios Architects   Greece   The principal project decisions are to design a ‘living garden’ based on the theme of archaeologies; to highlight the original colonnade facade; to extend the existing gardens; and to build a glass canopy as well as peripheral terraces...

Kengo Kuma, K-Studio   Greece   The history of the museum, which is about burying, concealing, and revealing objects, inspires the new design. The ground is elevated to unveil a large subterranean space, a route of the senses defined by a gradient of light and warm, earthy textures

Thomas Phifer and Partners, Kalliope Kontozoglou, Tsolakis Architects   Greece   The entrance ramp occupies the central courtyard as visitors descend from street level to the ‘Rooms of Light’ below. Light is filtered through the coffered ceiling structure that floats overhead, naturally illuminating the interior...

OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Reinier de Graaf   Greece   The ‘Helix,’ the new gallery carved into the earth, spirals around a sunken garden with an ancient olive tree at the center. This space creates a new entrance to the museum, and includes an auditorium, a cafeteria, and galleries for temporary exhibit

Pedro Pitarch   Spain   Pedro Pitarch's firm designed the communal and lounge zones of the 42nd edition of ARCO, the contemporary art fair held at Madrid's IFEMA trade fair and exhibitions grounds, held this year from 22 to 26 February. For Pitarch, ARCOmadrid is envisioned

Estudio DIIR, Hanghar   Spain   The proposal reflects the purpose of creating a space where folklore and contemporary life converge. The huge red canopy recreates a fair atmosphere and includes traditional elements that invite to imagine community stages...

Equipo 01 / Jesús San Vicente   Spain   FITUR, the annual International Tourism Fair held at Madrid’s IFEMA trade exhibition premises, takes place this year from 18 to 22 January. The pavilion designed by Equipo 01 / Jesús San Vicente for Paradores Nacionales is getting the FITUR Best Stan

Palma, NULA.STUDIO   Spain   The stone-like appearance of the vinyl that shapes the volumes of the installation strikes a contrast with the lightness of its making: the large curtains levitate on a layer of the same crushed material to manifest how it is infinitely recyclable.

Studio Animal   Spain   The set design adapts to the constant changes taking place during the show. The lighting, the music, the contrast between colors, and the dynamism of the performers throughout the representation function as another element of the architecture...

SOLAR, Marta Jarabo   Spain   The intervention focuses on the vault of access to the building, where two parallelpipeds of the same dimension, placed horizontally and vertically, summon the spectator. In the remaining halls, the commented images are projected at real scale...

Burr Studio   Spain   A series of supporting elements formed by neutral infrastructures make up several spaces, both common and individual, which guarantee privacy and gathering for the artists without interfering with their creative process...

Renzo Piano Building Workshop   Switzerland   As part of its mission to engage the public in science, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (known by its French acronym, CERN) is launching the Science Gateway, a new facility for scientific education and outreach. The purpose of the proj

Through visual studies such as Marges or Distensions, a small selection of which is featured in the following pages, photographer Jérémie Lenoir explores the concepts of ‘third landscape’ or ‘non-place’ – phenomena that are shown now at a large scale