Architecture and Home Design

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House in the Pampas by Manuela Garcia Faure Architecture, in Buenos Aires, Argentina Posted: 02 Jun 2013 09:43 PM PDT This House in the Pampas is designed by Manuela Garcia Faure Architecture, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The asymmetry of it’s 25 windows frames thousands of views of the Argentine pampas. Multiple vistas arouse curiosity, contemplation and motion, like paintings coming alive or screens capturing the changes of light and time; the harvesting of the crops, the deepness of the horizon and the ancient ombu tree. Space experimentation is vital for the concept of this L shaped house, its different volumes with changing ceiling heights create different atmospheres. Sustainability was also important to his project implemented by the use of local materials, natural illumination, cross ventilation which allows natural breeze to flow. The design was developed in Chicago by Manuela Garcia Faure Architecture with technical documentation, contract administration and site inspection by Architect Lorenzo in Buenos Aires.

Wandsworth Acute Unit by MAAP Architects, in Springfield University Hospital, London, United Kingdom Posted: 02 Jun 2013 09:43 AM PDT This Wandsworth Acute Unit is designed MAAP Architects, in Springfield University Hospital, London, United Kingdom Situated in Tooting, South West London, the hospital is the largest of the Trust's 50 sites, with 33 hectares of land, with a number of protected heritage buildings and preserved trees. Designed by MAAP Architects, the aim was to create an environment which is conducive to therapeutic treatment and recovery within the constraints of an urban block framework. The challenge for this project was to provide welcoming and attractive buildings filled with natural light and to provide direct access to safe and secure high quality open space. The street pattern defined by the masterplan suggested the new mental health facilities would occupy similarly sized buildings. The existing topography of the site presented opportunities to accommodate car-parking and services underneath and increases the perimeter of the building for other uses including a small café and garden in the south east corner (not yet realised). The Wandsworth Acute Unit (WAU) is a new mixed gender inpatient facility for adults with acute mental illness at Springfield University Hospital. It comprises an 18 bedded acute ward (AAU) and a 10 bedded psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) together with community team bases and outpatient facilities.

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