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ATELIER GARDENS STUDIOS, BERLIN MVRDV
MVRDV has received planning approval for the first two studios in a scheme to “sustainably transform” the campus of Berliner Union Film Ateliers (BUFA), on the southern edge of Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport. The five filming studios and assortment of ancillary facilities form a dense 23,800 m2
THE PAVILION, PENNSYLVANIA FOSTER + PARTNERS
The University of Pennsylvania has announced the opening of The Pavilion, as a ‘state-of-the-art’ inpatient facility designed by the PennFIRST ‘integrated project delivery team’ with Foster + Partners, HDR, engineers BR+A, and LF Driscoll, Balfour Beatty and Penn Medicine. The building has been designed to “enable collaboration and research centred on patient-focused care,” and to serve as “a blueprint for the “hospital of the future,” said the architects. Serving as a “bridge” across the urban academic medical campus, the design creates a new public square, and a focus for the surrounding buildings, “anchoring the Pavilion and creating new connections between the hospital and university campus,” said Fosters. “The building’s form and colour, and articulation of the facade, reference the historic Penn campus and are in keeping with the architecture.” Gardens planted around the public spaces are accessible to visitors, and a new landscaped pedestrian path provides a direct connection with the public transport system. The Pavilion’s patient care floors were designed with what’s believed to be a unique, flexible planning system that enables the 72-bed floors to be broken down into smaller unit sizes that respond to changing needs and patient demands. The 504 inpatient rooms are “conversion-ready,” with space and infrastructure designed to handle any level of acuity from medical-surgical to intensive care. The design is “sustainable, efficient, uplifting and sensitive to its surroundings, with the human experience in mind.”
campus: large, brick buildings define
narrow alleys and open plazas. MVRDV’s design takes advantage of the existing structures, while incorporating an “ecologically focused landscape,” says the firm. The first of these developments are the transformation of the building known as House 1, and the renovation of Studio 1, a listed building. For Studio 1, the design needed to lengthen the lifespan of the building to ensure a sustainable future for the campus while also respecting its history. MVRDV’s “low tech transformation” includes an intricate overhead curtain rail that becomes a focal point of the space, supporting a variety of colourful curtains, each with different functions. Brick walls are kept visible, while above the curtain rail, a skylight is added. The transformation of House 1 incorporates a wooden frame and climbing plants, delivering maximum impact with minimal material. This frame extends above the roofline to form a sheltered garden and rooftop pavilion.
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