Snohetta & Davis Brody Bond Aedas : 9/11 Museum

map: World Trade Center site. New York, NY

Awaiting completion in 2011, 9/11 memorial Museum already shows Snohetta's above ground pavillion. The 7 storie underground museum is designed by Davis Brody Bond Aedas of New York.  The Norwegian-american Snohetta office was comissioned the building (the only one that sits in the memorial grounds) horizontal and light, so as not to interfere with the inmensity of the site, and with a reminiscent appearance of the original towers.  

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"Almost no memorial museum is sited where the tragedy actually happened. And this museum is the reverse of most. Usually, the museum houses the exhibit. Here, the exhibit houses the museum."

- Steven Davis of Davis Brody Bond Aedas

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• Snohetta official site
• Davis Brody Bond Aedas official site
• arcspace
• pics of actual appearance, renderings and videos 

Snohetta & Davis Brody Bond Aedas : 9/11 Museum

Zaha Hadid. London Olympic Aquatic Centre.

map: Olympic Villa, Stratford, London, England

 

Original project rendering without side stands

Project with side stands

Construction site on november 2009

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• described as ‘the most complicated engineering challenge’ anywhere on the London 2012 Olympic Park.
• the steel roof frame weighs more than 3000 tonnes and stands on only three supports.
• two temporary stands were added to the original project
  

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 “The architectural concept of the Aquatic Centre is inspired by the fluid geometry of water in motion, creating spaces and a surrounding environment in sympathy with the river landscape."

Zaha Hadid

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• Roof complete on Hadid's Olympic Aquatic's Centre. bdonline
• First look at Zaha's olympic Aquatic centre roof. The Architects' Journal
• Zaha Hadid's reworked Aquatic Centre disappoint. bdonline 
• Zaha's official site
• Zaha's official blog
• London 2012 official site

Zaha Hadid. London Olympic Aquatic Centre.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Museum of Image and Sound

map: Av. Atlântica, 3432, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• the building takes inspiration from the neighbourhood’s stylized sidewalks designed by Roberto Burle Marx.
•  The “Vertical Boulevard” gently traverses indoor and outdoor spaces.

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. “I always wanted to see another function” 

Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro in announcing that the museum will occupy the site of a former infamous nightclub that became an area of prostitution and drug trafficking.

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• Diller Scofidio + Renfro official site 
• info at wallpaper magazine 
• info at Museum of image and sound Foundation official site
• all competition projects at archdaily
  

Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Museum of Image and Sound