苏州现代物流园综合办公大楼解读

文章通过对澳大利亚的JPW建筑设计公司在苏州工业园区设计并建成的物流园综合办公大楼进行介绍和解读，试图让更多的人了解该建筑，并发现其设计中的趣味。     

东张西望

在全球化背景下,随着东部的崛起, 边缘化是西部建筑师所面临的共同挑战。西部历史悠久,地域辽阔,民族众多,不同地区建筑师的反应和追求也不同。既有弃西就东的随从,也有不论东西只分良莠的选择,还有向文化中心地努力的企图。在本质上西部建筑学与东部一样,属于全球化语境下的地域建筑学探索。但东张西望是西部建筑师的总体生存状况。     

西部年轻建筑师的凤凰涅槃

文章试图以当今中国东西部社会经济发展与文化的地域差别为背景,分析西部年轻建筑师的现实境遇和状态,以及他们应对本土问题时的策略与方法,并指出在批判的地域主义“双重批判态度”的基础上,还应重视对当今中国社会现实问题批判的“第三重批判态度”。     

中国当代建筑集群设计现象研究

文章从研究“集群设计”的兴起与定位,历史渊源及其发展异化入手,进而探讨中国当代建筑集群设计的现象与概况, 并重点评述中国集群设计的特征、价值、意义与误区,以及与“明星建筑师”的关系     

推进中国建筑师的职业化

中国建筑设计市场是巨大的,但又是极不规范的。中国建筑师的工作标准和行业规范也较模糊,职业素质和意识有待提高。为了建立完善规范的行业标准,推动中国建筑市场的良性运作,建筑师的职业化成为当今建筑设计市场的一大需求。     

巴塞罗那,普拉特皇家高尔夫俱乐部新总部办公楼

文章从地形、功能布局、建筑材料等几方面简要介绍了卡洛斯·法雷塔建筑师事务所设计的巴塞罗那普拉特皇家高尔夫俱乐部新总部办公楼。简洁、水平延展的建筑形体和地形较好地融合,表达了对所处环境和地形的理解和尊重。     

Architecture Takes Time

Though condensed between the stages of design and completion, the conventional process of designing a building is time consuming, involving various stakeholders, planning processes and a wide team of consultants and contractors. What happens, though, if the time period of an architect's involvement is expanded? How might a more process-orientated approach shift the role of the architect? Tobias Armborst, Daniel D'Oca and Georgeen Theodore , principals of Interboro Partners in New York, describe how they have developed projects that have sought opportunities in expanding the timescale and remit of traditional practice.     

Matter Timed

At best, the ageing of materials is regarded as lending a patina to historic buildings. In reality, however, materials often age disgracefully and unevenly, requiring a high level of maintenance and refurbishment. What if materials could be engineered and integrated into buildings not only to enhance but to heal? Martina Decker , Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), looks at pioneering research that is being undertaken into performative, time-dependent materials.     

Upgrading Computational Design

Shajay Bhooshan heads up the computation and design ZHACODE group at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and is a course master at the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (AADRL). Here he argues that Parametricism 2.0 has a vital role to play in the progressing of computational design. Assimilating the exploratory developments of the last 15 years, he asserts how the next phase of Parametricism will enable a further consolidation and evolution of digital practices.