Omer Haciomeroglu student la Umea Institute of Design din Suedia a elaborat proiectul unui robot capabil sa demoleze si in acelasi timp sa recicleze betonul prin descompunerea in elementele de baza. Proiectul a fost declarat castigatorul categoriei Student Design din cadrul International Design Excellence Award ( IDEA).

ERO Concrete Recycling Robot poate dezasambla eficient structurile din beton cu un consum minim de energie. Operatiunea incepe cu scanarea suprafetelor pentru determinarea ordinii in care se vor executa lucrarile, apoi folosind jet de apa cu presiune robotul macina suprafata si o aspira ca ulterior sa o separe in agregate, apa si ciment. Apa este refolosita in continuarea procesului, agregatele sunt depozitate separat iar resturile de ciment si reziduri sunt compactate si pot fi reutilizate ca umpluturi.

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In 1988, the Architect/Designer team of Lawrence and Sharon Tarantino purchased the Bachman Wilson House, and restored it to its original state, after a number of alterations and previous floods had detrimentally affected the building since construction in 1954. The couple received a number of awards for their restoration, including a Wright Spirit Award from the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.

However, over the years the frequency and intensity of the floods which threatened the riverside building increased, leading the Tarantinos to the conclusion that they could no longer preserve the building at its current site. In 2012 they put the building (and its bespoke furnishings) on the market, with the added condition that the buyer must transport the building to a suitable site which duplicates the intimacy with nature that the building had previously. In light of the threat to the building, this approach was supported by both the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and the Borough of Millstone Historic District Commission.

The Crystal Bridges Museum, founded just a few years ago in 2011 and with a main building designed by Moshe Safdie, provided the opportunity to relocate the building to a site with views over native woodland and Crystal Spring itself. Lawrence Tarantino said of the sale: “there could be no better opportunity for the preservation of this important work of Frank Lloyd Wright than to secure its future stewardship in perpetuity at a public institution with a mission of celebrating American art and architecture.”

Crystal Bridges Director of Facilities and Grounds Scott Eccleston added “Relocating the Bachman Wilson House to our grounds offers an exciting opportunity to continue sharing significant architecture, along with great works of art, both inside the museum and out… here at Crystal Bridges, we’re all about art and nature, and this addition furthers that concept.”

The relocation also offers new opportunities for the museum to collaborate with the nearby Fay Jones School of Architecture (named for one of Wright’s protégés) at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Marlon Blackwell, department head at the school, said “with the addition of the Bachman Wilson House to Crystal Bridges’ grounds, the master and the protégé will be coming together in our region”.

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The helix structure was conceived as a new landmark for Chansgha, affording visitors a unique vantage point of the city’s busy Central Business District and the surrounding lake. In total, the public spiral is 88 meters in diameter and runs one kilometer in length, hosting a range of different programs from hospitality facilities to extensive public gardens, sun decks to children play areas.

Structurally, the curved ramps are made of hollow steal-beams which rest on 40 centimeter thick columns, allowing walkways to lift 9 meters off the ground, bridging across two expressways and reconnecting the city to the water.

Considered as a “city built from scratch,” Changsha has been host to a slew of architectural and urbanist projects in recent years. From Zaha Hadid’s ambitious Culture and Arts Centre to KPF’s 120 million square foot master plan, the city has been an experimental hot bed, expecting to grow to 180,000 inhabitants within the coming years.

The Meixi Urban Helix is due to be completed in 2015, “marking the start of a new urban expansion in the southwest of Changsha,” says KSP Managing Director Johannes Reinsch.

Architects: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten International
Location: Changsha, Hunan, China
Architect In Charge: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten International
Area: 20000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten

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