ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 327

Thu Mar 29 11:17:04 PST 2007

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 In breaking news, Richard Rogers has just been announced as the
 2007 Pritzker Prize laureate.  See this British form-giver's 
 great works that helped create and define high-tech modernism, 
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CASA MAULEEN
    by Paul Harris
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	On a beach near an abandoned mine on Chile's former "coal
	coast," the Mauleen House merges historical industrial
	connections with the raw beauty and energy of the
	location. Concrete winch towers of the Schwager coal mine
	dominate the neighborhood's horizon and influence details
	of the house design.

	With strong winds howling in off the Pacific Ocean and a
	scorching sun beating down on a strip of black-sand
	beach, the seafront property is not a "tranquil beach of
	the summer," says architect JosÈ Miguel Heras, of
	Factoria Ltda. Indeed, the building lot, land-filled with
	industrial debris, forced the architect to think in the
	vertical plane to minimize ground contact.

	The coal mining heritage of the location, Coronel in
	Region VIII, was one of the borrowed references for the
	design. But the architects, not wanting to replicate the
	industrial icons, sought a modernist edge for the
	1200-square-foot (110-square-meter) house.

	"We took certain heights and lines from existing
	buildings as reference to trace some relationships, but
	we did not want to imitate the existing architectural
	typology because it symbolized the past. We wanted to
	propose architecture of today for this location," says
	Heras.

	The firm FactorÌa, which also includes principal Susana
	Andrea Herrera, attempts to "not leave anything out" when
	considering project variables of "family nucleus,
	cultural context, cost, our vision about architecture,
	and that of the future inhabitants," according to Heras.
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New York AIA Awards 2007
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	The New York Chapter of the American Institute of
	Architects announced its 2007 Design Award winners during
	its annual symposium in February. Recognized by this
	program are projects of design excellence - architecture
	and interiors - that were either built in New York City
	or designed by New York architects but built elsewhere.
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	At the GreenBuild Conference in late 2006, Phil
	Bernstein, Autodesk vice president of Building Industry
	Strategy and Relations, announced that the software
	company would begin working with the U.S. Green Building
	Council to help architects and engineers more readily
	adapt their digital design processes to incorporate
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	acoustic quality. Please define "spaciousness" as an
	acoustic quality and explain how it relates to
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	When designing an unheated facility the anticipated
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	types. What is the minimum start-up temperature for a
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