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Luis Barragán House and Studio
Built in 1948 in the suburbs of Mexico City, the home and studio of architect Luis Barragán is an outstanding example of the architect's work in the post-World War II period. The concrete building has a total area of 1,161 square meters and consists of one and two floors, as well as a small private garden. Barragán's work merged modern and traditional artistic and vernacular trends and elements into a new synthesis that had a great impact, especially in the design of contemporary gardens, plazas and landscapes.
Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century
The industrial city of Ivrea, located in Piedmont, was a testing ground for Olivetti, a manufacturer of typewriters, mechanical calculators and office computers. The city consists of a large factory and buildings for administration, social services and residential units. The complex was designed by leading Italian urban planners and architects, mostly between the 1930s and 1960s, reflecting the ideas of the Community Movement (Movimento Comunità). Ivrea is a typical social project that expresses a modern vision of the relationship between industrial production and architecture.
Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
The Cabañas Hospices was built in the early 19th century to provide care and shelter for the vulnerable, including orphans, the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill. This striking complex was unique at the time, combining a variety of distinctive designs specifically tailored to the needs of its occupants. It is also known for its harmonious relationship between open and built spaces, its simplicity of design and scale. In the early 20th century, the church was decorated with a series of exquisite murals, now considered masterpieces of Mexican art. They are the work of José Clemente Orozco, one of the greatest Mexican muralists of the time.
Beijing Olympic Rowing & Rowing Park
The Beijing Olympic Rowing and Water Park has a water surface area of about 635,000 square meters, a green area of about 580,000 square meters, and a greening rate of over 82%. Together with the greening of the surrounding areas, it has become a veritable natural oxygen bar. Walking into the Shunyi Olympic Rowing and Water Park, the view will become suddenly broad. The 2,272-meter-long still water track is as clear as spring water and sparkling. The stadium is surrounded by green trees, blue water and blue sky, which complement each other. The logo of the Beijing Olympic Rowing and Water Park is drawn with traditional Chinese brush lines, reflecting the rich Chinese cultural heritage. The colors use the five colors of the Olympic rings, symbolizing the perfect combination of ancient oriental civilization and modern Olympic spirit. The logo image is a variant of a rowing athlete, which has the image characteristics of a rowing athlete paddling with his back to the finish line, and the image characteristics of a canoeist paddling with both hands holding the paddle. The blue-green water pattern in the middle further highlights the characteristics of the water sports. "SHUNYI 2008" also uses a sporty font to highlight the venue and time of the event. The entire composition is dynamic and has a strong sense of movement. In the composition, the red stripe is a variant of the Chinese pinyin initial consonant "S" of the Chinese character "Shun", and together with the yellow stripe, it forms a variant of the Chinese pinyin initial consonant "Y" of the Chinese character "Yi". At the same time, black, red and yellow together form the Chinese character "Yi". The blue and green stripes below symbolize that Shunyi Olympic Water Park and Chaobai River Forest Park are adjacent to each other and set off each other, forming the new Shunyi city heritage of "taking the river as the foundation, water as the soul, and forest as the rhyme". The step-by-step upward water pattern and the text composition of "SHUNYI 2008" also symbolize that the people of Shunyi seize the opportunity of the Olympics, carry forward the Shunyi spirit of "working together, scientific innovation, being down-to-earth, and pursuing excellence" on the road of building a socialist harmonious society and "working together to build a well-off society in an all-round way and creating a green international port", and continue to forge ahead and have an uplifting spirit. The Beijing Olympic Rowing Park has a total area of 9.2 square kilometers. From south to north, it consists of four parts: Lighthouse Square, World Sailing Base, Wanpingkou Ecological Square and Water Sports Base. At present, the landscape parts of Wanpingkou Ecological Square, World Sailing Base and Lighthouse Square of Beijing Olympic Rowing Park have been completed and are open to tourists. If you have enough time to take a walk around Beijing Olympic Rowing Park, you will definitely find more things related to water and water sports. For example, the bridge between the rowing competition field and the canoeing competition field has two arches of different heights on both sides of the bridge, which are in the shape of waves. Even the floor tiles on the bridge are paved in the same style. There is also the management area of the International Rowing Federation and the boathouse area where athletes park their rowing boats. Both adopt the arc-shaped architectural style, which looks like waves on the water and canoes moving forward courageously.
The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design
Jorge Plečnik’s work in Ljubljana during World War I and World War II is a prime example of humanistic urban design, as the city’s image changed after the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as Ljubljana went from a provincial city to the symbolic capital of the Slovenian people. Architect Jorge Plečnik contributed to this transformation with his personal, deeply humanistic urban vision, based on an architectural dialogue with the old city while responding to the needs of an emerging modern society in the 20th century. The legacy includes a series of public spaces (squares, parks, streets, promenades, bridges) and public institutions (National Library, churches, markets, funerary complexes) that are cleverly integrated into the pre-existing urban, natural and cultural context and contribute to the city’s new image. This highly contextualized and humanistic approach to urban planning, as well as Plečnik’s unique architectural style, stood out from other dominant modernist principles of the time. It is an exceptional example of creating public spaces, buildings and green areas as envisioned by a single architect, within a limited time, in a limited space in an existing city and using relatively limited resources.
Wachau Cultural Landscape
The Wachau is a beautiful part of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, which preserves many traces of its evolution since prehistoric times, including architecture (monasteries, castles, ruins), urban design (towns and villages) and agricultural use (mainly grape cultivation).
Jinzhongdu Park
Beijing Jinzhongdu Park, a narrow area south of Baizhifang Bridge and west of the moat, is part of the "Green Passage for Building a City and Capital" project in Xicheng District, Beijing. The park is located on part of the ruins of Jinzhongdu City more than 800 years ago. It is more than 200 meters wide from east to west and about 1,000 meters long from north to south. The architectural decorations inside the park are all in the style of the Jin Dynasty, reflecting the construction method of "Tang style and Song system". The designer set up five scenic spots from south to north, namely, the city platform, the city building, the nomadic Jin people, the main entrance square, and the Xuanyang Post Station, stringing together many historical nodes in the Jin culture.