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What is the role of a facade in a building? A building's facade typically serves a crucial functional role through regulating acoustic performance, facilitating light transmittance, aiding with energy efficiency and often creating a graded barrier between the external and internal realms. Facades can also offer an opportunity to emphasise the personality or character of the building to create a clear identifier within the street. The battened facade of our Little Lane Early Centre project seems to do just that! Taking the opportunity a corner lot offers, the battened elements wrap around both street faces and create what reads as a unified, continuous plane. Up-down lighting further enhances the screens depth and allows the structural elements to peak through. By making such a statement to the street it is easy to mistake a childcare centre for a museum... Project: Little Lane Early Learning Centre, Glen Iris Lighting fixtures supplied by Darkon #earlylearning #lighting #facade #design #architecture

Hush A-Z of Building Acoustics… N – Notice boards with sound absorption The acoustic conditions within offices, classrooms and other spaces can be improved without having a major impact on the amount of available wall space by choosing a sound absorbing notice board. Hush Absorbing Notice Boards are certified Class A sound absorbers which means they offer outstanding noise control, particularly at speech frequencies. Being made from a sound absorbing foam inner core and very robust fabric outer available in 10 colours, they can accommodate pins, staples and they are velcro friendly - tough, practical and sound absorbing. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eXKhdfZx #acousticsolutions #acousticdesign #acousticpanels #acousticconsultant #acoustictreatment #soundproofing #soundproof #architecture #renovationproject #buildingregulations #buildingregs #refurbishment #renovation #buildingconstruction #soundinsulation #acousticsolution #acousticinsulation #buildingrestoration #schools #schooldesign 

Make acoustics improvements in your school for the 2024-25 academic year Did you know that the acoustic conditions within school classrooms, communal spaces and other study areas can be transformed in a matter of weeks from the initial survey to installation? That means if you are experiencing excessive background noise problems inside your school building there could be time to resolve them early in the Autumn term. The solution is usually provided by installing sound absorber panels, strategically mounted on walls and ceilings, which helps to reduce reverberation – where soundwaves reflect off hard surfaces. And the panels can be coloured or printed with photos, images or patterns to enhance the aesthetics within rooms. Find out more about how Hush Acoustics can help improve your school: https://lnkd.in/egAyUeFx #acousticsolutions #acousticdesign #acousticpanels #acousticconsultant #acoustictreatment #soundproofing #soundproof #architecture #renovationproject #buildingregulations #buildingregs #refurbishment #renovation #buildingconstruction #soundinsulation #acousticsolution #acousticinsulation #buildingrestoration #schools #schooldesign 

Introducing the new Echo Trail Middle School in Metro Louisville, catering to 1,000 students and nestled in a rapidly growing area. Set against a stunning rural backdrop with forests, fields, and a stream, it's conveniently located across from the renowned Parklands at Floyd’s Fork. The architectural design pays homage to the natural surroundings, focusing on building siting, massing, and articulation. Using insulated concrete formwork and geothermal heating and cooling ensures exceptional efficiency. The school, shaped like barn-like structures, is strategically positioned on a plateau for optimal visibility from the street and park. The design allows for breathtaking views from both outside and inside the building. From a distance, the school resembles a weathered wood barn, thanks to a custom pattern of four conventional bricks, glazing, and glazed porcelain tile. The brick cladding extends through glass-clad connecting corridors, embracing the historical essence of the pavilions. Inside, the two-story pavilions neatly define grade levels, administrative offices, teaching areas, and gym/cafeteria support spaces. Team clusters surround central gathering spaces, with glass-enclosed technology learning spaces at the heart of each grade. Daylight devices bring natural light into the central support core. The media center and social commons are designed for engagement with media, technology, and nature, cascading down into the landscape. Small terrace areas offer outdoor class use and breakout spaces for art and media engagement. 🏫🌳 #SchoolDesign #InnovationInEducation #NatureInspiredArchitecture #JRAarchitects #EnlivenedDesign

Here is a design report I created of a cohousing extension proposal on an existing building in Shields Road, Byker. A three-storey U-shaped structure intending to pull the citizens of Byker into a warm embrace of a comfort living space like no other, engaging in inclusivity. Starting from the geometry up until the materiality, aspects of the design are highly influenced by its context and surroundings. Submitted on 12 December 2023

Prefabrication techniques like building #masstimber classrooms by modules before going on-site saves time and money, here's how:   Modular Design Features: 🌲  Large Windows 🚧 675 to 775 square feet classrooms 📐Lighting and Flooring to Specification ⚒️ Visible Wooden walls, ceiling and cladding   Mass timber classrooms allow schools to meet infrastructure needs.   Advantages of Modular Classrooms: ✅ Timber = sustainable ✅ Built with performance = durability ✅ Prefabrication of modular structures = Speed   🌲 These are simple turnkey projects that feel like you are a part of nature.   "A high quality built environment and the presence of wood stimulate learning, promote well-being, and foster academic success." - Nordic Structures   🌎 Cornerstone Timberframes collaborates with Nordic to bring you great projects like this. . . . #MassTimberConstruction #CrossLaminatedTimber (Photo from Cornerstone Timberframes and Nordic Structures)

Transformation of existing building and facade Center West - unit for kids with special needs. Valhøj School Rødovre Kommune The old west facade has been transformed with a new, vibrant expression. The proportions of the facade have been carefully aligned with the original horizontal and vertical lines, allowing the new facade to blend harmoniously with the existing architecture. ✨ 🧩 The previously worn facade has been replaced with a beautiful wooden structure made of discarded pine wood, where knots and irregularities add character a:gain [again] The new facade opens the school towards the landscape, creating an organic interplay between indoor and outdoor spaces. This makes it possible to extend teaching outdoors, while built-in benches both inside and out invite people to stay and reflect. Behind the facade lies an integrated ventilation system InVentilate and the improved natural light and fresh indoor climate enhance both the rooms and the learning experience. ♥️🌞🌬️ This project demonstrates how older buildings can be revitalized with a focus on both aesthetics, sustainability and functionality. 👍 👍 #NewFacade #SchoolTransformation #SustainableRenovation #Architecture

Valhøj School - West Facade 🪵 in Rødovre Kommune The old west facade has been transformed with a new, vibrant expression. The proportions of the facade have been carefully aligned with the original horizontal and vertical lines, allowing the new facade to blend harmoniously with the existing architecture. ✨ The previously worn facade has been replaced by a:gain [again] with a beautiful wooden structure made of unsorted pine wood, where knots and irregularities add character. The new facade opens the school towards the landscape, creating an organic interplay between indoor and outdoor spaces. This makes it possible to extend teaching outdoors, while built-in benches both inside and out invite people to stay and reflect. Behind the facade lies an integrated ventilation system, and the improved natural light and fresh indoor climate enhance both the rooms and the learning experience. InVentilate ApS 🌬️ This project demonstrates how older buildings can be revitalized with a focus on both aesthetics and functionality. 👍 👍 #NewFacade #SchoolTransformation #SustainableRenovation #Architecture

We’re excited to announce that 8001 Woodmont Avenue has been recognized by Maryland Chapter ASLA with an Honor Award in the Residential Design – Multi-Family category! 8001 Woodmont, a mixed-use high-density residential development, is situated between two prominent commercial corridors in the heart of Bethesda, MD. As part of an existing “super block” lacking adequate pedestrian connections, the team’s design approach proposed to “break the block” by inserting a new human-scaled plaza through the building, improving connectivity between the adjacent Corridors, and providing much-needed open space for the public. The ground level is organized around a block-long public plaza, which extends through a 35’ tall portal in the building. Pyramidal landforms, interwoven with pathways, imbue the plaza with an unmistakable character while providing opportunities for recreation. A tessellated public art element adorns the portal’s ceiling. Running along one side, a large stormwater planter treats rainwater from the roof of the building. This planter contains an enriched biofiltration soil that supports diverse plantings, making 8001 Woodmont one of the first designed in the county to use this technology. Throughout the building, a series of distinctive terraces provide opportunities for residents to engage with the outdoors: a south-facing Pool Terrace, a lushly-planted Garden Terrace space with facilities for gathering, and the Entertainment Terrace with vistas across the city. Kebony and native plantings add visual warmth while contributing to a sustainably-focused material palette. Client: JBG SMITH Design & Construction Team: FXFOWLE VIKA Companies, LLC Plaza Construction Xibei Song Tim Bragan Joseph Chambers, ASLA, PLA, SITES AP #MKSK #ShapePlace #PlacesforPeople #LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanDesign #Design #ASLA #MDASLA #Award #Bethesda #PublicSpace #PublicArt #Sustainability

Dark, brooding, moody… no not me! Our latest visual for St. John’s Grove in London has just been completed by the excellent Studio Stravaig. We developed this image to be a ‘wet’ scene and a departure from the usual sun drenched visuals, after all, it does rain in London and the sun does set in the capital! This visual shows the other side of the development that faces Broookside Road. This ‘north’ block has the same architectural language as the south to ensure the site doesn’t read as having a front or a rear. The form and elevation provides a visual counterpoint to St John’s Tavern and the adjacent housing developments, with the north-south axial route between Brookside Road and St John’s Grove remaining an integral part of the urban design strategy. #architecture #architect #design #building #engineering #facade #facadedesign #facadesketch #materials #space #form #london #ldn #city #resi #citylife #cityliving #archway #facades #urban #urbandesign #regeneration #residential #residentialdesign #interiordesign #lighting #wet #visual #visualisation