Upon closer inspection, the building is divided into three blocks connected by glass passageways. These three blocks are mid-level from each other and in direct contact with nature.
The concept used to build this duplex is creating an environment where everything is on display. With that in mind, the firm went with open shelves of the lower and upper kitchen cabinets, showcasing a huge collection of cooking supplies and appliances which are usually used for the son’s experiments for healthy packaged food.
In this project, the firm banished the existing four-story brick building and opted for a two-story extension instead.
Inside the building envelope, enclosure spaces are arranged to represent a series of identifiable ‘masses’ that generates a network of fluid and linked interstitial ‘cavities’ housing the principal public spaces under the slanted roof surfaces.
The library functions as a landmark for the local community as well as a gateway into San Antonio for those who travel into town via Highway 87.
Maple Street School has a simple and spare material palette. Doors, maple flooring, and the furniture gives a warm and inviting color palette to the school interior. Bright color touches at some spaces will add the visual interest for everyone who sees it.
The first phase of this project was to renovate an early 19th-century building which was badly damaged during the liberation of Normandy in 1942.
Every added element, such as scent, technology, meeting facility, furniture, refreshment, and music, has been crafted with that goal in mind.
With the large and clear glass wall, everyone can enjoy the view of beautiful the Spaarne river. The glass wall can be found along the wall near the stair.
The building itself was previously known as an old town hall on the Place de l’Europe, connected to the St. Melaine church and parish house which was built in the early 19th century by a local architect named Arthur Regnault.
Far from the busy lifestyle in the city, the apartment’s entrance has a semi-enclosed foyer which acts as the threshold between the outside and the inside.
Alana Groom
Bella Duckworth
Ella Summers
Karin Hoover
Linjo Joson
Molly Milson
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