Potemkin Theatre , 2019 by Maich Swift
- Credit: Antepavilion
Ever since Julius Caesar invaded Albion in AD 43 and set about rebuilding and regulating Londinium, there has existed a tension between a landowner’s right to build what they like, and the authorities attempts to regulate them.
Planning laws since this time have steadily accumulated, leading to regulations that increasingly seek to control and regulate everything from the size of a building, its architectural style and even material.
Planning regulations are commonly held then to be a bad thing, as laws that stop us doing what we want, from choosing to paint your house a zany colour to extending your home, are clearly resented by all.
The New Everbright Center convened five design teams to stage the four-room ArtPark9 hotel in Beijing. The proposals had to explore possible future lifestyles in high-rise buildings, creating harmonic atmospheres in dense urban contexts.
One of the rooms was designed by ARCHSTUDIO under the name hillside dwelling, in which the architects visualized the evolution of human habitation. The project returns to human origins by creating an atmosphere that stimulates the interaction between people and natural spaces. A hill-shaped structure was created that allowed different types of three-dimensional relationships. The hillside, covered with cork boards, managed to evoke nature thanks to its soft texture, organic shape, and earthy color. The richness of the project lies in its ability to recreate a natural environment in a creative and aesthetic way, in an interior space otherwise conditioned by modern urban life.
Antepavilion names two winners for 2021 competition as legal battle continues
A collapsible camera obscura and a bamboo tensegrity structure have been revealed as the two winning designs of the 2021 Antepavilion architecture commission in Hackney, London.
The Antepavilion competition, which takes place annually in the UK capital, invites experimental designs and structures for construction at Hoxton Docks on Regent s Canal.
Above: a visual of AnteChamber by Studio Nima Sardar. Top image: the All Along the Watchtower pavilion
This year s brief called for demountable and transportable interpretations of a bartizan – an overhanging, wall-mounted turret common in medieval fortifications.
It is the first time in Antepavilion s five-year history that two winners have been chosen for construction.