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A museum - Sergei Tchoban 2/3

Sergei Tchoban is an outstanding architect, and the same applies to his drawing talents. The German architect with Russian roots has provided three drawings to enrich our thematic block on "Invisibility - Out of Sight" and in so doing offered a completely new perspective on the theme.

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A gem among stones

In a densely populated district, in the midst of prefabricated buildings and high-rises, a whitewashed dwelling for multiple occupants catches the eye. The building's edges have been angled such that it seems to be attempting to avoid being crushed.

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Architecture | Invisibility – Out of Sight

May the water flow for this purpose

A fine, almost invisible channel serves as the water run-off for the shower.

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Architecture | Invisibility – Out of Sight

The intelligent façade

Façade constructions usually consist of two individual components which often have to be laboriously adjusted to one another to satisfy the developer's aesthetic requirements and functional demands. But it can be done differently.

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Architecture | Invisibility – Out of Sight

Going through walls

The Art College and Galerie Stihl in Waiblingen both shimmer milky white, playing with the light, seemingly light, and lit up at night.

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Global Design

by Katharina Altemeier

The Zurich Museum of Design is tackling a tough topic in its show on "Global Design". It sets high standards, but only partially meets them.

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The Pure

Small, black, multifunctional: The "la candida" community center in Buenos Aires uses a butterfly roof to expand the glazed wall areas and thus brings the garden into the house.

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Architecture | Invisibility – Out of Sight

Small bright dots

Lighting systems that are almost unnoticeably integrated into the ceiling system ensure that the room does not compete with the lighting as the two blend almost perfectly.

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Architecture | Invisibility – Out of Sight

The Discrete Charm of Hidden Qualities

by Thomas Wagner

Whether the objective is improving the acoustics of a room, cooling it or heating it, today there are technical solutions that accomplish the desired results without attracting attention to themselves and aesthetically overburdening a space.

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Architecture | Invisibility – Out of Sight

Invisible pipelines

Pleasant ambient comfort is not just a matter of warmth in the room, as the temperature of the outside walls also plays a part. Alongside external heaters that simply warm up ambient air, there are also heating systems integrated into the wall that deliver pleasant radiant heat akin to that from a tiled stove - and yet remain invisible.

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Architecture | Invisibility – Out of Sight

Black, with a view

A house in the Japanese town of Otake with spacious open and white zones forms a marvelous frame for an almost limitless panorama.

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Creativity moods 1: Does art come from studios?

by Anne Haun

At the moment everything produced seems to be committed to being creative. But where, and under what conditions is it possible to work creatively? Is it true that art is still produced in studios? Has our idea of what a studio is fundamentally changed?

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Audi Urban Future Award 2010

The automobile manufacturer Audi, in collaboration with Stylepark, has established a competition for the Audi Urban Future Award. In the first year of the competition, six internationally renowned architectural firms will develop scenarios and visions for the city of the future under consideration of issues of mobility. The results will be presented in Venice parallel to the Architecture Biennale.

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