Category Archives: Wastelands

Abandoned city – Cidade deserta

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Does urban life in Brazil really stop during world cup soccer matches? Fábio Miyata tries to answer this question by taking photos of main avenues of São Paulo during the matches of the Brazilian soccer team. Some of the usual transit bottlenecks, such as Radial Leste, Avenida Santo Amaro and Avenida Paulista, indeed remain deserted. Marginal Pinheiros still seems to have the normal flow of vehicles during the match against North Korea. And of course the Anhangabaú valley is completely crowded with pedestrians, because of the large public plasma screens that show the match.
The photos are posted on cidadedeserta.blogspot.com

Strijp R – the implosion

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Strijp R, Eindhoven, once a booming industrial site, is now being transformed into a new residential area. Saturday 8 May 2010, the RAF building, a former Phillips light bulb factory at Strijp R, was imploded, to make space for the future low density neighborhood. In a matter of seconds, the high-rise structure turned into dust without a warning. Most spectators, like myself, were not fast enough to photograph the exact moment it fell. The video below, by ED-TV, shows the implosion in slow motion.

The RAF building, before

The RAF building, after

Video of the implosion

Redevelopment of the neighboring Strijp S complex

Read more:

Urban plan for Strijp R
http://strijpr.nl

Redevelopment of the Philips buildings and sites throughout the city of Eindhoven
www.projetosurbanos.com.br/2010/03/12/reuse-of-philips-factories-eindhoven

Development of the neighboring site, Strijp S
www.projetosurbanos.com.br/2010/03/12/reuse-strijp-s

Retrofit no centro de São Paulo

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Retrofit, a reforma de prédios antigos, visando o reuso deles para uma nova função, virou moda no centro de São Paulo. Em geral se trata de prédios de escritórios que são transformados em habitações de renda média. Na cidade, esse desenvolvimento está causando uma queda de preço por apartamento na área central e por isso aumentando as oportunidades da classe média-baixa para morar nesta região. Ao mesmo tempo, os prédios  antigos voltam a ter manutenção e ocupação, o que  melhora muito a segurança nas ruas. Nem todos os projetos de retrofit são de boa qualidade, mas felizmente existem vários exemplos bons. Veja abaixo uma reportagem da SP-TV (Globo) sobre Retrofit, onde se mostra a transformação de um hotel no centro de São Paulo em habitações, um projeto do empresário Pierre Mermelstein.

Veja também:
www.projetosurbanos.com.br/2008/12/11/edificio-concordia

Kunstfort Genieloods competition – results

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The main issue of the design competition was the reuse of a historic military engineers barrack, the “Genieloods”, on the premises of the fort.
The competition was won by a joint venture of the architects Office Jarrik Ouburg, Paulien Bremmer Architects and CC Studio. The Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen Foundation wishes to actually realise their winning design, “SILVER BULLET”. Two runner-up designs were awarded an honourable mention : “CROSS ROADS” by Forum Architecten & Planners and “UP” by Ateliereen Architecten.
After the award ceremony, the exhibition of the winning design and the remaining entries was opened. This exhibition will show in Kunstfort’s Genieloods until June 26, 2010.
A full-color tabloid was issued especially for the event, containing a detailed jury-report, and also mentioning other designs that were representative in some way. The Tabloid was edited by Reonald Westerdijk, Jaco Woltjer and Holger Nickisch. Melle Hammer was responsible for graphic design and production of the tabloid. Merten Nefs wrote an article for the tabloid as a visiting author, placing the Genieloods design competitition in the international context of cultural reuse of industrial heritage. The article is partly based on an interview with Kunstfort director Holger Nickisch.

Click here to download the tabloid (13 mB)

Click here to download the press release of the winning design (220 kB)

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http://kunstfort.nl/nl/international-design-competition/361-design-competition-silver-bullet

Kunstfort Genieloods competition

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Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen is a center for contemporary art, and is part of the “Stelling van Amsterdam”. This historical line of defence around the Dutch capital, dating from the late 19th century, is declared a UNESCO world heritage monument for its unique character. Besides exhibition rooms, the Fort houses a restaurant with meeting rooms, as well as (guest) studios for professional artists.

Earlier this year, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen issued an international design competition for the reuse of an old military barrack, “Genieloods”, on the premises of the fortress. On behalf of Kunstfort the jury has selected the winning entry for the International Design Competition for a Center for Contemporary Art.

The winner will be announced on during an award ceremony. The announcement of the winner and award ceremony will take place at the Genieloods of Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen on April 24, 2010 from 3.00 – 05.00hrs CET


The exhibition of the winning design and a selection of the other entries will open on the same day. The competition offers talented architects and designers the opportunity to design a new exhibition space in the Genieloods at the  Kunstfort. The redesigned of the new Genieloods will be the future point of departure for visitors of the Kunstfort and will enhance the Center’s visibility to the public. Architects and designers were asked to come up with an intriguing yet realistic design. Kunstfort intends to award the winning entry with the commission to design the new Genieloods, and to actually build this design. The design competition was organized by architect Reonald Westerdijk and other Kunstfort volunteers.

The jury consisted of :
– Dorine van Hoogstraten: architecture historian and chairman of the Monument
Commission of North-Holland
– Fred Schoorl: director of strategy at Ymere, housing corporation;
– Thijs Asselbergs: architect, aTA, professor at TU Delft, chairman Archiprix
Nederland / Archiprix International
– Jaco Woltjer: architect, Woltjer Berkhout Architecten, architect of the
wooden houses at Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen
– Krijn de Koning: Visual artist
– Holger Nikkisch: artist, director of Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen and chairman of the
jury.


Art work Bar Raketa, by Roseboom/Weemen

Read more
www.kunstfort.nl
www.stelling-amsterdam.nl