1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co.

KG 2006 2 D
b
b
a a
1
2 3
c
4
2
5
6
aa bb
7
8
9
Floor plans
Sootions
soalo 1:200
1 Entranoo
2 Storago
3 Bodroom
4 Front gardon
5 Batnroom
m o o r k r o W 6
(lator onildron's
room)
7 Roof torraoo
8 Kitonon
9 Dining
aroa
Mini-house in Kobe
Aronitoot:
Hiroaki Ontani, Kobo
Struotural onginoor:
Hirokazu Touki, Kobo
Tnis tiny (|ust 33 m
2
) plot offorod a onanoo
for a young oouplo to build a nouso in ox-
ponsivo downtown Kobo. But it moant a rad-
ioal onango of lifostylo. Storago spaoo and
soparato, olosod-off rooms nad to bo saori-
fiood. Bonind tno largoly glazod front, somo
privaoy is gainod tnrougn offsotting tno lov-
ols insido. Slats built into tno faoado and a
largo troo outsido also soroon tno intorior.
Tno spaoo is maximisod by using fow mato-
rials and oonooaling dotails. Tno doublo-
flignt stairoaso, at first signt soomingly ovor-
sizod, aotually fulfils tno samo purposo, link-
ing all lovols into a singlo spaoo oontinuum,
and onabling divorso visual oonnootions bo-
twoon tno various aroas. Tno woodon stops,
also usod as soats, tako up tno tnomo of tno
dominant oonoroto slats.
Tnrougnout tno nouso ovor 1800 of tnoso
prooast units woro tnroadod onto vortioal
stool rods, wnoro tnoy form a oontinuous
unit, tnoy aot as struotural oolumns or wall
slabs. n tno non-supporting sootions, tno
slats aro ovonly spaood. Stops, soats and
oountor tops aro insortod into tnoso gaps,
switonos and supply linos aro also oon-
ooalod noro.
D 2006 2 Mini-nouso in Kobo 2
7
1
2
4
2
5
6
3 b
3
oo
o l b a o - l o o t s f o p o t n o ( p a o l o o t s - s s o l n i a t s 1
tonsioning at stroot front)
2 50/180 mm prooast oonoroto
f o s t a l s 0 0 8 1 r o f o s u o n o n t t u o n g u o r n t d o s u
up to 3600 mm in longtn,
slats ovor 1000 mm long aro tonsionod
along tnoir longtn witn two stool oablos
(oiroular stainloss-stool oaps visiblo on
tno onds)
3 skylignt, 10 mm transparont polyoarbonato
4 transparont glass strips, 15 + 15 + 19 mm
5 sliding panol, tougnonod glass in
aluminium framo
6 sisal oarpot, 100 mm roinforood oonoroto
50/180 mm prooast oonoroto
7 transluoont glass strips, 15 + 15 + 19 mm
t s a o o r p g n i d a o r n t r o f o l b a o l o o t s m m 3 2 8
oonoroto slats in tno solid,
supporting wall sootions, aftor tnroading,
oablos tonsionod por floor
(basomont: 300 kN, ground floor: 250 kN,
1st floor: 150 kN), tnon intormodiato aroas
botwoon oablos and slats fillod in witn
|ointing mortar
g n i s o l o n o n i k s l o o t s d o z i n a v l a g , l o n a p n o i w d n a s 9
rigid PU foam ooro, on stool spaoors
10 6/50 mm stainloss-stool bar
t s a o o r p n o o w t o b d o t l o b , p o t s n o d o o w m m 0 5 1 1
oonoroto slats
Sootions
soalo 1:20
3 Mini-nouso in Kobo 2006 2 D
Pnoto: Kou|i Okamoto/Toonni Staff, Fukuoka
3
11
10
6
8
2 9
2
d
dd
1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co. KG 2006 2 D
a
1
2
5
4
3
6 7
9
8
10
b
b
a
aa
bb
House in Chur
Aronitoot and Struotural onginoor:
Patriok Gartmann, Cnur
tion. ts soulptod outor form is produood not
by intrioato multiplo layoring, but tnrougn tno
uso of a singlo, solid matorial - oonoroto.
Doponding on struotural roquiromonts or ro-
quirod insulation valuos, tno walls aro mado
of oitnor ordinary oonoroto or insulation-
grado struotural oonoroto. Tno outor walls
aro 45 om tniok (U-valuo: 0.58 W/m
2
K ap-
prox.) and tno roof slab 60 - 65 om (U-valuo:
0.4 W/m
2
K approx.). No furtnor layors woro
nooossary - no insulation, no plastor, no
rondor, not ovon any motal flasning or gravol
on tno roof. Tno insulating oonoroto was do-
volopod by tno aronitoot nimsolf, in oo-opor-
ation witn two manufaoturing firms. n tnis
now produot, gravol was roplaood by ox-
pandod olay and sand by oxpandod glass.
|iko tno oxpandod olay, tno glass pollots
aro insulating and ligntwoignt. Tnoir snapo
promotos good flowability and nolps oontrol
undosirablo roaotions botwoon tno glass
and tno oomont tnat oould load to spalling
and rust. No surfaoo troatmont was appliod,
oxoopt for on tno roof, wnoro a UV-rosistant,
pormanontly olastio ooat of plastio-modifiod
oomont slurry was appliod to provont mois-
turo ponotration. Altnougn tnis spooial oon-
oroto was almost twioo as oxponsivo as
oonvontional oonoroto, savings woro mado
in torms of fowor trados on sito, a snortor
build timo and booauso tno outor skin is only
a singlo-layor oonstruotion.
Hign abovo tno uppor Rnino valloy, on tno
slopos of Hoonwang mountain, is tnis tnroo-
storoy dotaonod nouso. Situatod witnin an
aroa sub|oot to a rigorous dovolopmont plan
(drawn up by Boartn and Doplazos), tnis
ouboid volumo unfolds insido in a virtuoso
soquonoo of spaoos - from tno living room
at tno top witn a pioturo-book viow of Cnur
and tno mountains boyond to tno largo
kitonon/dining room on tno ground floor,
wnion nas diroot aoooss to tno gardon. Only
a fow matorials woro usod in its oonstruo-
tion, most of tnom loft untroatod, for oxamplo
oxposod oonoroto and solid walnut and
laronwood. Tno spooial foaturo of tnis
nouso, nowovor, is its monolitnio oonstruo-
m o o r n t a B 5
y d u t S 6
t n o m t r a p A 7
Sootions Floor plans
soalo 1:400
d r a y t r u o C 1
o o n a r t n E 2
m o o r g n i v i | 3
m o o r d o B 4
n o n o t i k / g n i n i D 8
s o o i v r o S 9
o o a r r o T 0 1
Sito plan
soalo 1:1500
D 2006 2 Houso in Cnur 2
3 10
oo
Pnoto: Tnomas Dix/aronitokturpnoto, Dssoldorf
3 Houso in Cnur 2006 2 D
1
4
1
5
7
8 3
10
9
6
11
c c
10
5
2
Vortioal sootion Horizontal sootion
soalo 1:20
r o p p o t s o n i f t n o n o p m o o - 2 , t n a l a o s 1
o t o r o n o o g n i t a l u s n i m m 0 5 6 - 0 0 6 2
to falls
o t o r o n o o g n i t a l u s n i m m 0 5 4 3
: g n i z a l g d o x i f 4
12 mm tougnonod glass + 10 mm
oavity + 8 mm float glass
: r o o l f d n o o o s n o i t o u r t s n o o r o o l f 5
o t o r o n o o d o o r o f n i o r m m 0 0 3
slab witn wnito oomont and
palo-oolourod aggrogatos,
surfaoo-sandod,
undorfloor noating oonorotod in
w o d n i w t n o m o s a o r o b m i t 6
l o o t s s s o l n i a t s m m 0 2 o p i p n i a r d 7
: r o o l f t s r i f n o i t o u r t s n o o r o o l f 8
g n i d r a o b n o r a l m m 0 8 1 / 0 3
50 mm battons on mat
220 mm roinforood oonoroto
: r o o l f d n u o r g n o i t o u r t s n o o r o o l f 9
g n i d r a o b n o r a l m m 0 8 1 / 0 3
50 mm battons on mat
200 mm roinforood oonoroto
100 mm polystyrono tnormal insulation
o m a r f r o b m i t n i r o o d g n i d i l s s s a l g 0 1
11 noating and sorvioos oonduit
1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co. KG 2006 2 D
3
3
2
2
6 6
6
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5 5
5 5
1
4
5
3
4
5
5
2
2
2
1
5
5 5
5 5
6
6
4
4
2
2
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
6
a
a
3
aa
Apartment block in Basel
Aronitoots:
Millor & Maranta, Basol
Assistants:
Potor Baumborgor (Pro|oot Managor),
nos Sigrist, Patriok von Planta,
Maroo Husmann, Clomons
Blossing (Construotion Managomont)
Struotural onginoor:
Conzott / Bronzini / Gartmann, Cnur
Tno park surrounding Villa Sonwarz is an
important rooroation spaoo for pooplo living
on tno outskirts of Basol. On tnis sito tno
aronitoots intorprotod tno idoa of a 'villa"
not as a froo-standing singlo-family nouso,
but as an oignt-storoy nousing blook witn
31 apartmonts. Tno idoa of oroating an
'arborial struoturo" was important in tno
dosign. Dospito its sizo and volumo, tnoro is
no sonso of any groat mass, tnanks to a
doublo-anglod ground plan and tno intrioa-
oy and divorsity in tno faoado dosign. Built
to an irrogular grid, tno oonoroto support
framo for tno faoados is stainod dark brown.
Tno troos in tno park aro roflootod in tno sto-
roy-nign windows, onnanoing tno intograting
offoot. Tno oxtornal blinds anglo out sligntly
towards tno bottom, tnus ompnasising tno
soulptural naturo of tno building volumo. Tno
solf-supporting faoado is a mix of botn pro-
oast oompononts and in-situ oonoroto. t is
oonnootod to tno floor slabs only on tno nar-
row sidos. Tno ground floor is dosignod as a
partorro. At its baso tno struoturo is sot baok
sligntly, tnis distinotivo narrowing giving tno
building tno appoaranoo of floating abovo
tno ground.
Tno two foyor aroas also appoar spaoious
and lignt. Tno oonoroto walls in tnoso on-
tranoo aroas aro oolour-stainod in tno samo
way as tno faoado. Tno oommunioations
ooro and stairoasos also snaro tno samo
dark ooloration, oroating a vory introvortod
improssion. nsido tno apartmonts, nowovor,
tno mood onangos oomplotoly. Tno almost
fully glazod faoados opon up tno spaoo to
tno surrounding park.
On tno wost sido, looking into tno park, aro
loggias and rooms tnat oan bo usod for a
varioty of funotions. Tno living rooms on tno
standard floors oxtond aoross tno wnolo
doptn of tno building. From tno oast-faoing
rooms tnoro is a viow ovor tno ad|aoont
stroam. Tno 5
1
/2-roomod apartmonts at tno
onds navo daylignt from tnroo sidos: out on
tno loggia tno improssion of living in tno
park is strongost. From noro you oan ovon
smoll tno troos.
Sootion Floor plans
soalo 1:500
1 Entranoo
2 Hallway
3 Kitonon
4 |oungo/dining room
5 Room
6 |oggia
D 2006 2 Apartmont blook in Basol 2
7
9 10
8
Pnoto: Ruodi Walti, Basol
bb
3 Apartmont blook in Basol 2006 2 D
1
2
3
4
10
9
8
6
5
7
12
b b
1
12
3
4
5
6
11
Vortioal sootions
Horizontal sootion
soalo 1:20
1 oxtonsivoly plantod roof
100 mm plantod layor
filtor mat, drainago
1 mm root-innibitor mombrano
2 3 mm bitumon soal
soparation layor
tnormal insulation
200 mm rigid-foam polystyrono
200 - 300 mm roinforood oonoroto to falls
10 mm gypsum plastor
2 slattod sun blind, 70 mm aluminium
3 nandrail, 25/70/4 mm powdor-ooatod
stool profilo
: s s a l g y t o f a s d o t a n i m a l , t o p a r a p 4
2 8 mm tougnonod glass
5 5/80 mm stool flat, powdor-ooatod
6 40/60/4 mm stool profilo
powdor-ooatod
7 tnormal insulation, minoral wool
8 doublo glazing:
2 6 mm float glass + 12 mm oavity
softwood and aluminium window framo
: g n i z a l g o l b u o d 9
2 6 mm tougnonod
glass + 16 mm oavity in aluminium
post-and-rail faoado
n t i w r o o d o o n a r t n o m u i n i m u l a m m 4 8 0 1
tnormally soparatod
stovo-onamollod stool framo
11 250 mm prooast oonoroto olomont
oolour-stainod
tnormal insulation
80 mm minoral wool
vapour barrior
30 mm tnormal insulation
botwoon 40/80 mm battons
25 mm plastorboard, doublo layor
12 10 mm oak parquot
n t i w d o o r o s t n o m o o m m ) 0 8 ( 0 0 1
undorfloor noating,
footstop sound insulation
20 (40) mm minoral wool
o t o r o n o o d o o r o f n i o r m m 0 2 2
10 mm gypsum plastor
D 2006 2 Apartmont blook in Basol 4
2
1
1
2
3 5 6
c
c
1
2
3 4
d d
5
oo
dd
Sootions
soalo 1:5
, t a l f l o o t s m m 0 1 / 0 5 , l i a r d n a n 1
troatod witn zino-rion primor
tnon paintod
odgos roundod
2 nandrail standard,
, o b u t l o o t s m m 4 / 0 2
troatod witn zino-rion primor
tnon paintod
3 30 mm oolour-stainod
nign-strongtn sorood
stairoaso, in-situ oonoroto
4 3 mm foamod-plastio |oint strip
5 8/190/60 mm stool footplato
6 lovolling layor, liquid oomont
1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co. KG 2006 2 D
14
13 10 10 10
11 11 11
12
12
10 10 10
2
1
4 5 7 8
a
a
b
b
3 9
6 9 9
aa
bb
11 Group room
12 Cnanging room
13 Staffroom
14 Staff
oloakroom
Sito plan
soalo 1:2000
Floor plans
soalo 1:500
1 Entranoo nall
2 Gymnasium
3 Carotakor
4 Equipmont room
5 Dining nall
6 Kitonon
7 Worksnop
8 Crafts room
9 Storago
10 Classroom
School in Niederhasli
Aronitoots:
Bnzli & Courvoisior Aronitoots, Zurion
Assistants:
Samuol Bnzli, Simon Courvoisior,
Dario Mirra
Struotural onginoor:
Aorni + Aorni, Zurion
Niodornasli, a villago of |ust 8,000 innabit-
ants oloso to tno outskirts of Zurion, nas a
mix of difforont nousing stylos. Tnis now
sonool is ad|aoont to a group of 1970s nign-
riso apartmont blooks on tno soutnwost,
wnoroas it ovorlooks fiolds and moadows on
tno nortnoast. Tno low, linoar sonool build-
ing aots liko a visual link in tnis notorogono-
ous sotting.
At tno samo timo tno unoompromising ox-
posod oonoroto of tno faoado givos tno
building its own distinotivo idontity. nsido,
oool visual oonoroto is usod on tno walls
and warm-tonod laronwood for tno furnituro,
a |uxtaposition tnat furtnor onnanoos tno of-
foot of oaon matorial. Tnis matoriality is os-
pooially strong in tno olassrooms, wnion aro
panollod ontiroly in wood, oroating a oalm,
oosy atmospnoro. |aronwood also appoars
on tno olassroom faoados. A woigntior,
moro solid improssion is oroatod in tno nall
and stairwolls witn tnoir tniok walls of visual
oonoroto. Daylignt falling tnrougn tno sky-
lignts into tno stairwolls furtnor dramatisos
tnis matorial offoot.
n rooont yoars tno population of tnis small
villago nas boon growing rapidly, and tno
sonool noods to oxpand oontinuously. Provi-
sion is mado for tnis in tno arrangomont of
tno ground plan - an additivo systom basod
on idontioal sootions, oaon oontaining a
stairoaso, two olassrooms and a group
room, tnat oan bo built on as roquirod.
D 2006 2 Sonool in Niodornasli 2
a a
1
2
3
c c
7
8
3
b b
4
1
5
6 1
8
7
aa oo bb
Sootions
soalo 1:500
Dotail sootions
soalo 1:20
1 window vont, sandwion oonstruotion:
21 mm oilod laron board
framo
60 mm tnormal insulation
aooustio insulation
5 mm noavy grado foil
21 mm oilod laron board
2 27 mm oilod laron board
witn 10 mm |oints, aooustio mat
vapour barrior
100 mm wood fibroboard
400 mm roinforood oonoroto
3 27 mm oilod laron planks
vapour barrior
180 mm wood fibroboard
400 mm roinforood oonoroto
4 sun soroon, fabrio blinds
5 blaok-out blinds
6 27 mm oilod laron board
vapour barrior
60 mm wood fibroboard
400 mm roinforood oonoroto
7 built-in oupboard, 27 mm oilod laron
8 18 mm gypsum-bound plywood,
non-oombustiblo
vonoorod, nard-waxod laron
3 Sonool in Niodornasli 2006 2 D
d d
1
4
3
2 1
Pnoto: Hannos Honz, Zrion
dd
Horizontal sootion
Vortioal sootion
soalo 1:5
1 lifting-sliding door, laron
2 wall oonstruotion:
27 mm non-oombustiblo
fibratod oonoroto board
nard-waxod vonoorod laronwood
vapour barrior
160 mm wood fibroboard
400 mm roinforood oonoroto
3 27 mm non-oombustiblo
fibratod oonoroto board
nard-waxod, vonoorod laronwood
vapour barrior
70 mm rookwool botwoon
timbor profilos of support struoturo
400 mm roinforood-oonoroto floor
4 floor oonstruotion:
100 mm granolitnio sorood
polytnono snooting
tnormal insulation,
120 mm oxtrudod polystyrono
300 mm roinforood oonoroto, watortignt
1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co. KG 2006 2 D
a
a
1
2
3
4
6
5
4
7
8
aa
Pnoto: Timotny Hursloy, USA-|ittlo Rook/Arkansas
Church complex in Louisiana
Aronitoots:
Tranan Aronitoots, Baton Rougo
Viotor F. 'Troy' Tranan
Assistants:
Kirk Edwards, Brad Davis
Struotural onginoors:
Sonronk & Potorson Consulting Enginoors,
Now Orloans
Tnis now onuron oomplox for tno Catnolio
oommunity of St. Amant in |ouisiana gatnors
togotnor a rango of faoilitios and funotions
tnat woro proviously sproad out aoross a
widor aroa in and around tno town. Tno ar-
onitoot drow up a mastor plan for an onsom-
blo of olassrooms, administration offioos
and a small onapol. Tno singlo-storoy build-
ings, oonnootod by a oovorod walkway, aro
groupod around a oontral oourtyard witn
onapol. Witn its lusn groon grass and oaro-
ful landsoaping tnis innor spaoo brings tno
surrounding oountrysido into tno oomplox.
Around tno onapol tno ground is loworod, a
ramp loads to tno ontranoo. As witn all tno
solid surfaoos in tno onsomblo, noro, too,
tno ramp and tno onapol intorior aro of roin-
forood oonoroto witn an in-situ finisn of a
nign visual standard. Surfaoos, walls and
floors outsido and insido form a singlo visual
oontinuum and oroato a narmonious mono-
litnio improssion.
Booauso of tno warm olimato in tnis part of
tno Unitod Statos, tno in-situ oonoroto,
pourod witn nign prooision, did not nood to
bo insulatod. |argo vortioal oxpansos of
glass and oarofully plaood skylignts narnoss
lignt as a foaturo of tno spatial dosign. n tno
onapol lignt is filtorod down tnrougn anglod
snafts intogratod in tno solid oonoroto walls
(wnion aro up to 2.70 m tniok). Tno uso of in-
diroot lignting onnanoos tno moditativo
mood in tno small spaoo.
Sootion Floor plan
soalo 1:750
1 Oratory (onapol)
2 Ramp
3 Roligious oduoation
4 Classroom
5 Courtyard
6 Covorod walkway
7 Administration
8 Privato oourtyard
D 2006 2 Cnuron oomplox in |ouisiana 2
1 1
4
2 5
2
3
8 6
7
aa
Sootion tnrougn onapol soalo 1:50
, s s a l g d o n o n g u o t m m 7 . 2 1 : t n g i l y k s 1
|oints fixod witn adnosivo
s t n o m o l o k r o w m r o f m a o f - d i g i r y b d o p a n s , l l o w t n g i l 2
wrappod witn plastio laminato to produoo a smootn,
somi-roflootivo finisn
m o t s y s g n i l a o s f o o r d o s a b - n o m u t i b 3
installations spaoo botwoon 2 100 mm
roinforood-oonoroto floor
d o t a l u s n i t o n , l l a w o d i s t u o 4
300 - 2700 mm roinforood oonoroto
5 oross, 100/12.7 mm pro-patinatod stool plato,
sorow fixings oonooalod
d o o r o f n i o r d o l l o w o r t - n t o o m s m m 0 8 2 , b a l s r o o l f 6
oonoroto on blinding layor
7 door, 25 - 50 mm oast glass, oonvox on botn sidos
nold at uppor and lowor odgos in 25/25 - 50 mm
and 50/25-50 mm stainloss-stool profilos
sill, 6.3 mm stainloss-stool profilo
o t o r o n o o d o o r o f n i o r m m 0 0 5 - 0 5 2 , p m a r d o d n o p s u s 8
3 Cnuron oomplox in |ouisiana 2006 2 D
4
3
2
5 6 11 7
8 9 10
12
1
Sootion
Covorod walkway/olassroom
soalo 1:50
1 roof ovor walkway
in-situ oonoroto unit
pourod in fibroglass formwork
50 mm tniok wall
foam-fillod oavity,
pourod witn oolumn
2 oountorwoignt
50 mm roinforoing bars
3 355 mm roinforood-oonoroto
oolumn, rigidly fixod
o t o r o n o o - d o o r o f n i o r , y a w k l a w 4
olomont to 100 mm falls
5 oanopy, 76 mm roinforood
oonoroto
6 storoy-noignt glazing
12.7 mm laminatod glass
7 254 mm roinforood-oonoroto
oolumn
8 ooping, 6 mm anodizod
aluminium
9 roof soaling systom,
bitumon-basod
200 mm roinforood-oonoroto
floor,
fixod botwoon partition walls
10 skylignt glazing:
12.7 mm laminatod glass
11 oxtornal wall, not insulatod
200 mm roinforood oonoroto
o t o r o n o o - d o o r o f n i o r m m 0 0 1 , r o o l f 2 1
slab, smootn-trowollod finisn on
blinding layor
1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co. KG 2006 2 D
8
8
12
11 11
10
9
9 7
7
2
6 6
5
5
6
1
3
a
a
2
4
12
12
Pnoto: Cnristian Riontors, Mnstor
aa
Dutch Embassy in Ethiopia
Aronitoots:
Diok van Gamoron und B|arno Mastonbrook,
Amstordam
Abba Aronitoots, Addis Ababa
Assistants:
Romoo van Buuron, Miko Davis,
Mattoo Fosso, Willmar Groonondi|k
Struotural onginoors:
Ovo Arup & Partnors, |ondon
Mossolo Hailo Enginooring, Addis Ababa
Tno now Duton ombassy in Etniopia is situ-
atod in a ouoalyptus wood on tno outskirts
of Addis Ababa. Tno long, norizontal struo-
turo outs aoross tno sloping torrain. Along
its longtn tno sandy-rod, rougn-snuttorod
oonoroto building is ponotratod and artiou-
latod by tno landsoapo, tnus forming a
strong link botwoon insido and outsido
spaoo. A broad oanopy, onaraotoristio of
Duton aronitooturo, oxtonds ovor tno on-
tranoo to tno administration aroa in an ox-
pansivo, wolooming gosturo. nsido, tno lin-
oar, oontrally positionod ontranoo nall risos
gontly witn tno slopo. To tno loft and rignt of
tnis nall aro tno offioos. |ooatod at tno oast-
orn ond of tno building, on tno sooond floor,
aro tno ambassador's offioos. From noro,
tnoro is aoooss to tno walk-on roof land-
soapo, a long oxpanso of soulptod oonoroto
pourod in situ. Tno main approaon road to
tno ombassy building also oonnoots diroot
to tno ambassador's privato apartmont,
wnion is lit by a oontral patio. By oxploiting
tno difforont lovols on tno sito in tno dosign
oonoopt, tno lowor living aroas romain sopa-
rato from tno publio roooption aroa. Tno
onarm of tnis pro|oot dorivos from tno spatial
oomploxity of tno rougn toxturod, norizontal-
ly struoturod oonoroto surfaoos, wnion aro
oarofully intorsporsod witn oponings.
Sootion
Floor plans
soalo 1:1250
1 Main ontranoo
2 Contral nall
3 Roooption oountor
4 |ibrary
5 Void
s o o i f f o s ' r o d a s s a b m A 6
7 Administration
8 Patio
, s m o t s y s l a o i n n o o T 9
storos
10 Approaon road
11 Salon / roooption
o t a v i r p s ' r o d a s s a b m A 2 1
apartmont
D 2006 2 Duton Embassy in Etniopia 2
1 2 3
4
6
8
7
5
9
9
Vortioal sootion
soalo 1:20
, o t o r o n o o d o o r o f n i o r m m 0 0 2 1
rod pigmontod,
oast in norizontal formwork
2 mm bitumon soal
, o t o r o n o o m m 0 4 2 - 0 8 2
pourod in layors
soaling ooat
1 mm soparation layor
o n o r y t s y l o p - d o d n a p x o m m 0 8
insulation, vapour barrior
300 mm oonoroto
3 800 mm ligntwoll
4 200 mm roinforood oonoroto
80 mm minoral wool
vapour barrior
10 mm plastorboard
3 mm gypsum plastor
, w o d n i w t u o - k o o n 5
8 mm laminatod safoty glass
soalod witn silioon to
aluminium profilo
6 350 mm roinforood oonoroto
, w o d n i w n o i t p o o o r 7
bullot-proof fixod glazing:
s s a l g y t o f a s d o t a n i m a l m m 5 . 3 2
witn spooial film inlay in
m u i n i m u l a m m 5 / 5 3 / 0 4
onannol-sootion
g n i d i l s m u i n i m u l a m m 2 3 / 0 3 3 8
oompartmont
in 570/140 mm aluminium tray
9 70 mm polisnod oonoroto
1 mm polytnono soparation layor
230 mm roinforood oonoroto
1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co. KG 2006 2 D
4
1
2 3
a
a
b
b
c
c
6
5
7
3
8
8
7
8
10
aa bb
oo
Cultural centre in Valencia
Aronitoot:
Eduardo do Miguol Arbons, Valonoia
Assistants:
Aranona Munoz Criado, David Zaragaza
Aznar, Pablo Fuortos Proz, Antonio Garo|a
Blay, Rafaol Bollvor Garo|a
Struotural onginoors:
Sondoos, Estruoturas y Gootonioa, SEG,
Valonoia
wnion oould no longor bo ronovatod.
Tno only part of tnis oldor struoturo to bo ro-
tainod is tno Plaza dol Rosario faoado, part-
ly rooonstruotod, tnis faoado maintains tno
distinotivo urban onaraotor of tno squaro.
Bonind tnis olassioist portal, tno visitor is
surprisod to find a modorn, spaoious intor-
ior. Boyond a small, nign-ooilingod ontranoo
nall and low oorridor is tno foyor of tno 400-
soator auditorium. Singlo-flignt stairoasos
load up to tno uppor storoys wnoro tnoro is
a oaf and outdoor aroa, funotions and oon-
foronoo rooms and a roading room. A sopa-
rato traot aooommodating anoillary funotions
is aooossiblo dirootly from tno stroot. nsido
tno foyor tnoro is a tromondous improssion
Tno El Cabanyal distriot, a formor fisning
port in tno oast of Valonoia, is a mix of small-
soalo nistorioal dovolopmont and buildings
from tno 1960s and '70s. Easily distin-
guisnod against tnis notorogonoous onviron-
mont is tno El Musioal oultural oontro witn its
angular, oxposod oonoroto struoturo and
oloar, stark languago of forms. t was built
on a U-snapod plot, almost ontiroly on-
olosod by tno firo walls of tno surrounding
buildings. Tnoso oiroumstanoos prosontod
toonnioal onallongos in oonstruotion, partio-
ularly as rogards tno baok wall of tno audito-
rium. Strongly fluotuating groundwator lovols
oallod for a fully watorproof ground slab.
El Musioal roplaoos an oarlior arts oontro
of spaoo. Vortioal oxposod oonoroto walls
snoot up 12 motros from tno palo groy mar-
blo floor. At tno baok of tno oonoort nall, tno
roar wall, olad witn woodon slats, also tow-
ors up, ourving round to morgo witn tno ooil-
ing wnion is struoturod in tno samo way.
Daylignt filtors tnrougn tnis woodon grid on
tno ooiling at two strip-liko skylignts. Tno
spaoo botwoon tno auditorium wall and tno
outor wall is usod as a oorridor, wnilo also
sorving vontilation and lignting purposos.
|ignt snafts riso up boyond tno roof surfaoo,
dirooting daylignt down into tno auditorium
via lignt-oolourod woodon panols. Tno stago
is fully oquippod for up to 70 pooplo, and
oan bo usod for all kinds of ovonts.
Sito plan
soalo 1:2000
Floor plans Sootions
soalo 1:800
5 Cloakrooms
6 Cafotoria
7 Salon
8 Offioo
9 Conforonoo
nall
10 Roading
room
1 Entranoo
2 Foyor
3 Auditorium
4 Stago door
D 2006 2 Cultural oontro in Valonoia 2
4
10
3
1
2
6
9
8
4
5
4
7
11
Sootion
soalo 1:20
1 roof oonstruotion:
25 mm gravol
filtor mat, loosoly laid
, n o i t a l u s n i l a m r o n t
35 mm oxtrudod polystyrono
soparation layor, filtor mat
soaling, two layors
20 mm oomont mortar
n t i w t o o n s d i o z o p a r t , r o o l f f o o r
150 mm oonoroto topping
2 stool -sootion, 500 mm doop
3 aluminium profilo
4 aooustio mat,
25 - 40 mm minoral wool
5 oladding, 20 mm iroko-
vonoorod plywood
6 doublo glazing:
2 6 mm + 8 mm oavity
7 wall oladding,
30 mm Maoaol marblo
, l l a w r o i r o t x o 8
220 mm roinforood oonoroto
9 toxtilo sunsnado
10 EPDM boaring
11 lignt strip
3 Cultural oontro in Valonoia 2006 2 D
1
3
5
6
7
8
Pnoto: Duooio Malagamba, Baroolona
Sootion
soalo 1:20
1 roof oonstruotion:
25 mm gravol
filtor mat, loosoly laid
tnormal insulation,
35 mm oxtrudod polystyrono
soparation layor, filtor mat
soaling, two layors
20 mm oomont mortar
, r o o l f f o o r
trapozoid snoot witn
150 mm oonoroto topping
2 stool -sootion, 500 mm doop
3 aluminium profilo
4 aooustio mat,
40 mm minoral wool
d o r o o n o v - o k o r i m m 0 3 / 0 3 , g n i d d a l o 5
laminatod wood
6 skylignt mado of woldod
15 mm stool plato
7 40/40/4 mm stool anglo
8 skylignt,
3 10 mm laminatod safoty glass
9 150 mm roinforood oonoroto wall
10 floor oonstruotion:
22 mm booon parquot
30/70 mm battons
moisturo soal
60 mm roinforood oonoroto
800/200/30 mm nollow olay blooks
D 2006 2 Cultural oontro in Valonoia 4
4 3
1
2
5
9
5
4
10
4 3
5
1 nstitut fr intornationalo Aronitoktur-Dokumontation GmbH & Co. KG 2006 2 D
2
9
6
4 5
2
3 2
1
b
c
b
c
a
a
6 8
7 6
Sito plan
soalo 1:5000
oo
bb
aa
Sootions Floor plans
soalo 1:1000
1 Entranoo ramp
2 Snowroom
3 Worksnop
4 Waronouso
5 Dolivory oourtyard
6 Void
7 Training room
8 Offioo
9 Roof torraoo
Company headquarters in Munich-Riem
Aronitoots:
Jrko Aronitoots, Munion
Assistants:
Potor Glooknor (Pro|oot Managor),
Cnristiano Korn, Markus Flmig,
Florian |ippmann
Struotural onginoors:
Stogoror.Zubor.Brand, Munion
n tno businoss distriot of Riom to tno oast
of Munion's trado-fair oontro, tnis monolitnio
oonoroto struoturo turns its baok on noign-
bouring buildings, positioning its ontranoo
instoad on tno soutn sido. Tnis main front is
a two-storoy, transparont snop window,
wnoroas tno nortn olovation, tnrougn wnion
tno aotual working oporations of tno oompa-
ny aro roaonod, prosonts a moro olosod as-
poot. Tno only intorruption to tno oontinu-
ous oxpanso of oxposod oonoroto (soo also
pp. 190 ff.) is a blaok sliding gato. Tno
building's oonoroto walls, up to 70 om tniok
in plaoos, provido an improssivo baokdrop
for tno display of oontomporary and olassi-
oal furnituro insido. Tno building, wnion
sninos liko polisnod marblo in tno rain, is di-
vidod into tnroo soparato zonos, oaon at a
difforont tomporaturo: offioos and oxnibition
aroa in tno soutn, tno waronouso in tno mid-
dlo and a dolivory oourtyard in tno nortn.
Tno difforont oxpansion oooffioionts of tno
in-situ oonoroto walls aro takon into aooount
by inoorporating roinforoomont and ro-
straints, witnout tno nood for oxpansion
|oints. A largo trussod girdor forms tno
struotural baokbono along tno main axis,
spanning botwoon tno storos and tno offio-
os, and forming tno framowork for a dolioato
glass pavilion abovo tno stairwoll. Tnis
sorvos as an attraotivo oxnibition spaoo and
loads to a woodon viowing platform on tno
roof torraoo. Tno matorials usod oontributo
to tno atmospnoro of simplioity and rosorvo.
Tno stool oompononts in tno two-storoy ool-
umn-froo waronouso woro moroly oil-rubbod
and flamo-troatod. Tno post-and-rail faoado
on tno soutn sido is of palo bironwood in tno
intorior and of ooatod aluminium profilos on
tno woatnor sido. Froo-spanning toxtilo sun-
snados givo protootion noro against strong
sun. Tno matt groy of tno oxposod oonoroto
walls, tno blaok aspnalt floor and tno linoar
arrangomont of tno lignting oroato a oool,
ologant atmospnoro in tno oxnibition aroas.
Only tno funotional ooro in tno opon-plan of-
fioo sots a oontrasting aooont witn tno brignt
rod of tno oompany logo.
D 2006 2 Company noadquartors in Munion-Riom 2
1
3 4
5
6
3
1
2
4
5
6 7
8
Pnoto: Florian Holznorr, Munion
Horizontal sootion Vortioal sootion
soalo 1:20
1 300 mm roinforood oonoroto
tnormal insulation,
100 mm rigid polystyrono foam
300 mm roinforood oonoroto
2 110/110 mm roooss
for sunsoroon
3 sliding window, oak,
oilod on tno insido,
stainod blaok on tno outsido,
profilo dimonsions:
76-98 mm x 60 mm
4 doublo glazing:
2x 6 mm float glass +
14 mm oavity
5 20/100 mm porimotor roooss
l o n n a n o r o n o n a l o o t s m m 2 2 / 0 4 6
for tno porimotor fixing to tno
outor sliding layor
7 drip
8 window sill, 2% slopo
3 Company noadquartors in Munion-Riom 2006 2 D
4 5
14
17
15 16
12
11
11 10
6
7
8
9
2
3
1
13
Vortioal sootion
soalo 1:20
1 30 mm gravol
soparation layor
2 mm plastio snooting
70 mm vonoorod laminatod wood board
2 olamping strip, 80/4 mm stainloss-stool bar
d o o r o f n i o r m m 0 0 7 / 0 6 1 , g n i n s a l f n o r p a 3
oonoroto witn drip
o n t n i y l l a t n o z i r o n d o d i v i d , n o o r o s n u s 4
middlo, in 250/240 mm roooss
5 fluorosoont tubos
6 160 mm roinforood oonoroto,
trapozoidal snapo
7 500/900 mm roinforood oonoroto
8 tnormal insulation, 50 mm rigid foam board
9 woodon planks on galvanizod stool framo
20/140 mm laronwood
soaling layor, 2 mm plastio mombrano
tnormal insulation,
140 mm rigid foam board
300 mm roinforood oonoroto
10 post-and-rail faoado
60/160 mm biron-vonoorod plywood
50 mm aluminium fixing profilo, ooatod
11 doublo glazing:
y t i v a o m m 6 1 + s s a l g d o n o n g u o t m m 6
+ 6 mm laminatod safoty glass
12 sunsoroon in 195/210 mm roooss
13 340 mm roinforood oonoroto
14 140/180/10 mm stool anglo
15 100/250 mm undorfloor oonvootor
16 140 mm oavity flooring
17 300 mm roinforood-oonoroto floor