MVRDV and ADEPT win competition for House of Culture and Movement

MVRDV and ADEPT win competition for House of Culture and Movement

MVRDV and ADEPT win competition for House of Culture and Movement, Frederiksberg, DK

The City of Frederiksberg, Denmark, the Danish Foundation for Culture and Sport Facilities and Realdania announced MVRDV and ADEPT winner of the House of Culture and Movement competition in Frederiksberg, Denmark. The building is a new urban typology with its mix of community centre, exhibition and performance, playground, park and health centre. The House of Culture and Movement is aimed to engage the population of Frederiksberg in a healthy and active life style. The 4,000 m2 building is set in 4,500m2 public gardens and is the first in a series of 3 buildings. The first phase is to be completed in 2015 and has a total budget of 17 million Euro.

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“How to” on submitting projects to Architecture Caribbean

Firstly, thanks to all our members and readers for your commitment to design and to Architecture Caribbean.  A few of our readers have had problems submitting their projects to our site for publishing. We apologize for your troubles and have placed the submission process steps to aid you in submitting your great works. Continue sending in your works in Architecture, Visual Arts, and Design; we look forward to them!

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Voest steelworks office in Linz by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

Voest Steelworks Office in Linz

Located in Linz, Austria, Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes have completed the new Voest Alpine Stahl building.

The main entrance, at the north-eastern end of the new building, is situated below a daring cantilever that exploits steel’s structural possibilities, and symbolizes the industrial ambitious claim of modern innovative and efficient company.

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voest_steelworks

The gentle slope under the cantilever leads into a spacious glass enclosed lobby which overlooks the impressive landscape of cranes, waste heaps, and chimneys. The ground floor is dedicated to services for all employees, shops, travel agency, library. This canopy guides staff and visitors into the building with the addition of LEDs to light the way. Glass and steel are predominant offering transparency and strength across the 23,160 sq m built up area.

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A conference area, directly accessible by a lift from the lobby, is located on the upper floor, while a large wooden deck offers expansive views over the industrial site. Individual offices are situated close to the facades. A central zone serves for meetings, provides space for team work, including copy facilities and small coffee areas. Inner atriums, enclosed by glass roofs, are open to all stories. The atriums provide natural light, and ventilation (via the chimney effect), for the inner zones and divide the building into sections.

voest_steelworks

The subdivision of the facade into full-height opening steel panels and fixed glass elements, allows flexibility with possibility of different size offices to be made as per requirements.

Photos by: Josef Pausch

National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain, Trinidad

National Academy for the Performing Arts, Trinidad

National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

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CHOGM 2009 – Sustainability & Climate Change in the Commonwealth

CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) is held every two (2) years and brings together Commonwealth leaders to discuss global and Commonwealth issues, and to agree upon collective policies and initiatives. CHOGM 2009 is being hosted in the city of Port of Spain in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on November 27-29, 2009.

This year the main theme is that of Sustainability and climate change. Click to view the Handbook on Climate Change or download here

Click here for a document on Climate change and the Commonwealth.

Click here for the live video stream of the opening Ceremony and Cultural Programme at the National Academy for the Performing Arts today (Friday), starting at 1:50pm.

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I am looking forward to the outcomes of this year’s meetings.

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Punta Figura Lighthouse in Arroyo, Puerto Rico originally uploaded by Bolivar Rodriguez

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Conservation International – Georgetown, Guyana

Conservation International

Conservation International photo originally uploaded by Nigel Durrant.
This is their local office located in Queenstown, Georgetown, Guyana.

Conservation International has been established in Guyana with the main purpose of assisting the government in creating a national system of protected areas. They have been assisting the government of Guyana develop a strategy for carbon sequestration and the sale of credits.

Their vision is to establish Biodiversity Corridors in Guyana, incorporating the anchors of a National Protected Area System, while developing trans-boundary corridors across the Guiana Shield. They have been working with the Government of Guyana and resident indigenous communities to develop long term and sustainable management for the establishment of protected areas, helping to develop protected area legislation in Guyana and actively working with the Government to endow and establish a protected areas trust fund to finance the management of Guyana’s protected areas in perpetuity.

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Interview with Caribbean Artist – Jackie Hinkson – Pt.1

Jackie Hinkson

Jackie Hinkson is an artist who describes himself as “a Trinidadian who spent his childhood and youth with…broad-minded parents and five siblings.” He spent most of his youth in the heart of Port-of-Spain. The urban and extensive early rural experiences left an indelible impression on his mind. Here is a portion of the interview, see below for the entire interview.

Country House, Gran Couva

Architecture Caribbean: Who are your favorite artists (Caribbean and International Artists)?

Jackie Hinkson: There are many and they change from time to time. I am not familiar with the work of Caribbean artists outside of Trinidad. Sadly, there is very little exchange and communication between the Caribbean islands. Locally, in my youth, I greatly admired Sybil Atteck, Leo Basso, MP Alladin and Carlyle Chang. On the local contemporary scene I like the drawings of Eddie Bowen and some of the work of Lisa O’ Connor and Sundiata, and much of the work (particularly their earlier pieces) of the recently deceased James Boodhoo and Boscoe Holder The international artists I admire most (living and dead) are the early Renaissance painters Giotto and Piero della Francesca, the Venetian Titian, the Spaniards Francisco Goya and Diego Velasquez, the French painter Simeon Chardin, the impressionist Paul Cezanne, the American watercolorist Winslow Homer and the American Edward Hopper, to name a few.

Estate Cocoa Dry House

Architecture Caribbean: You were commissioned by the Trinidad & Tobago government in 1982-1985 to produce One Hundred pieces of work showing the “disappearing architecture” of the country, tell us more about this experience.

JH: Perhaps because I grew up in a typically fine example of an early 20^th century wooden, gabled-roof, fretwork ornate house, and perhaps because the humble wooden homes, the shops and barrack yards of Port-of-Spain and the rural and plantation architecture of Trinidad had left such an indelible mark on me, I devoted a large number of years to the capturing the traditional and disappearing architecture of the island. This Government project was an important chapter in this commitment. I traveled throughout the country searching for fine examples of the vernacular architecture and rediscovering many from my childhood experiences in the rural and coastal districts. Importantly, I always felt, when executing these works, that I was trying to do more than just record or chronicle, I was also exploiting these images for their emotional and symbolic potential, to allude perhaps to ideas about age or change or death or decay or simply to pay tribute.

Roadside Vendor, Tobago

AC: What’s the most challenging part of your work?

JH: There are several but if I had to choose one I would say to be completely honest to my vision (in my work) and to be not seduced by any notions, no matter how current or popular, that are not consistent with that vision.

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Jackie Hinkson’s artwork is rich in detail and recording history. His works on Caribbean architecture are a breath of fresh air, reminds us of days gone by, and serves as a record. It is a reference for our history in architectural detailing and elements of Caribbean architecture. It is valuable because it enables us as architects to find innovative ways to pay homage to our history in our contemporary designs and detailing. What are your opinions of the work of Jackie Hinkson?

Christian Mission Church Building – Guyana

Christian Mission Church

The Christian Mission Church originally uploaded by Nigel Durrant

Christian Mission Church located in Lacytown, Guyana.

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