Nanshan Marriage Registration Center | urbanus | Last Architecture

'Nanshan Marriage Registration  Center' by chinese architecture practice Urbanus ,
a multi-storey facility in the northeastern corner of lijing park in nanshan district, shenzhen, china.
Seeking to provide a new identity for government buildings and institutes within the realm of
built architecture, the design incorporates a reflecting pool and pavilion in the approach to secure
a sense of public space to the registration facility.

Surrounded by a dense collection of tall deciduous trees, the cylindrical building comfortably inserts itself into the park in a way that respects and maintains the lushness of the site. The reflecting pool to the south creates a calm and fragile surface to the grounds, serving as an inviting meeting point for the public. A series of ramps and floating pathways dissect the water, allowing visitors to move through and experience the pool. A simple pavilion structure oriented towards the center frame the approach like a small gateway.

Outfitted with a shimmering floral mesh aluminum skin, the center exhibits a level of transparency from the exterior. The interior gains from natural daylighting through floor-to-ceiling glass and is further maximized by the curved nature of the walls. Focusing on the movement and circulation of the building, the layout revolves around a spiral pathway that connects facets of the registry in a sequential manner.
Areas give way to smaller rooms and private space in a fluid gesture, forming curvilinear partitions that organically define the layout

project info:

client: construction bureau of nanshan district
site area: 3002.5 m2
floor area: 977.5 m2
structure: steel

design director: meng yan
project director: zhu jialin, wu wenyi, zhang zhen, fu zhuoheng, wei zhijiao
architecture designers: wang jun, yin yujun, hu zhigao, li qiang, zhang xinfeng
landscape designers: liao zhixiong, lin ting, yu xiaolan, liu jie

interior design: guoqun studio
curtain wall design: henzhen keyuan construction group co., ltd
structure / MEP: guangzhou RBS architecture engineer design associates
general contractor: shenzhen decoration and construction industrial co., ltd,
guangdong 8th construction group co., ltd

Roses IES Cap Norfeu | Javier de las Heras Solé and Bosch Tarrús

the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin.

Designed by Spanish architects Javier de las Heras Solé and Bosch Tarrús, the new wing contains two classrooms, a laboratory and tutorial rooms within a narrow, single-storey structure.

The block benefits from a south-facing facade, so adequate levels of daylight filter through the perforated walls to the rooms inside.

The architects also added a second wing, where rooms that include a canteen are contained behind a traditional glazed facade.

Photography is by Adrià Goula.

The aim of this project is the alteration and extension of IES Cap Norfeu in Roses.

The intervention involves the enlargement of the school complex in the site’s north region with two small PB buildings that surround one of the existing buildings in operation.

Two strategies are considered to face this programme:

1a. Group two classrooms, the lab, the teacher and tutorial department in one container, a light box which rests on top of a solid base. It is placed parallel to the warehouse and open to the schoolyard. A large south oriented building, protected by a lattice which leaves the light needed for using the schoolyard and which formally closes the box structure, delivering an abstract picture.

2a. Group the canteen-catering-bar, the dressing rooms, the alumni association, AMPA and the warehouse in one section. Its shape is the result of introducing all of these applications in the site’s region between the workshop and its own limit. Construction follows the formal language of the existent building.

1st prize, restricted competition

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Address: Carrer Ponent 11 17480 (Girona)
City: Roses
Region: Alt Empordà

Project: November 2007
Construction date: December 2010 / October 2011
Authors: Javier de las Heras Solé – Bosch Tarrús arquitectes scp
Arquitecture contributors: Mercedes Sánchez Hernández, Asunción Belda Esteban

Contributors: Blàzquez-Guanter arquitectes consultors d’estructures, Proisotec, enginyeria, Jordi Roig Fontseca, arquitecto técnico
Site Management: Javier de las Heras Solé, arquitecto
Executive management: Sònia Cuevas, arquitecto técnico ( Summa,sa )

Promoter: Gestió d’infraestructures SAU GISA
Contractor: Arcadi Pla, SA