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THE PLAN 149 is the sixth issue for 2023. The cover is dedicated to Casa Sabater, designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos and photographed by Fernando Guerra.
THE PLAN 149 opens with the editorial “The Tectonic Imagination,” written by the Höweler + Yoon studio. The authors investigate the divide between architectural design and construction, whereby architects work with representations and builders work on the physical building. The use of digital tools, such as BIM, and growing environmental awareness are introducing new dynamics to the sector, which this article aims to address.
In the Highlights column, Michael Webb talks about Californian studio Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects, taking its Culver Steps mixed-use building in Los Angeles as an example of its work. Valerio Paolo Mosco’s Journey to Italy column the looks at the work of Vittorio Grassi Architects, with a particular focus on the Cassala 22 office building in Milan.
In Montevideo, Uruguay, Mathias Klotz, Germán Hauser, Daniela Ziblat, and Edgardo Minond have designed the highly sustainable Alma Brava residential building. This ten-story building’s façade was conceived as a changing metal skin, made up of movable oxidized steel panels and fixed black steel panels.
Santuario de la Salle, in Biñan, the Philippines, can be interpreted as a large astrolabe. The building is composed of interconnected circular spaces that look out at nature. The project was the work of Philippine studio CAZA.
From Asia we head to North America for the latest home designed by Studio MK27 in Canada. Flag House is a residence created with volumetric simplicity, generous proportions, expressive materials, and elegant details. Its rooms overlook the snowy landscape of Whistler, British Columbia.
Still in Canada, Hariri Pontarini Architects has designed the urban project The Well and the 8 Spadina Avenue office building in Toronto. Underlying the project is the linguistic composition of the volumes and choice of materials intended to strengthen its connection to its setting and create a replicable tower.
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos has designed Casa Sabater in Alicante, Spain, a home on a sloping site, with a design based on two connected Ys, that’s fully integrated into the landscape. Sightlines, internal courtyards, and large windows open the home to its natural setting without compromising privacy. The article was written by Philip Jodidio.
The Zoom column closes the issue with an interview with Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, founder of the studio of the same name in Mexico City and creative director of Zumtobel Group’s Artistic Annual Report 2022/23, entitled The Book of Hours.
THE PLAN 149, the sixth issue for 2023, opens with Höweler + Yoon’s editorial, “Constructive Imagination.” Among the featured projects this month are homes and residential buildings, a sanctuary, and an office complex. The issue ends with an e... Read More
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