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29.06.10
slide project > completion soon
after only 5 months of construction, the slide residential project is a few weeks away from completion with the cabinetry, painting and landscaping the last few packages to be completed. we will be photographing the house in two weeks and will upload the final images within the next month and a half.
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16.06.10
voronoiCity project
our large scale housing project in suwon city, south korea is underway with the first display apartments now under construction.
voronoCity is a 30 tower (30-40 floor) development located on the outskirts of seoul, korea. in order to make the development economically viable an extreme density was required with towers around forty stories. the high density created by the tall towers restricted the accessible daylighting and view corridors of the site. due to the competition of neighbouring housing developments we were asked to create a project that would stand out and rethink both the typical residential korean tower design as well as an implementation of an innovative planning strategy. rather than opting for an orthoginal grid as the typical organization device of the site, we investigated a voronoi algorithm that related to specific design restrictions and demands. the result is a large scale housing development with some mixed use and recreation area with both scalar, height and orientational variation.
click through for further images...
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03.06.10
urban future (au) - at creative sydney 10x10
we’ve just been nominated by chris bosse for the creative sydney 10×10 night launching this friday at the MCA, circular quay, sydney!
a little more info on the 10×10 project…
“some of sydney’s most respected creative minds, including sass & bide’s sarah jane clarke and heidi middleton, dinosaur designs co-founder liane rossler, and film critic margaret pomeranz, have contributed to an inspiring online project for creative sydney called the 10×10 project.
launching on June 4, and prepared from nominations gathered in the lead up to creative sydney’s program of free discussions and presentations at the MCA, the 10×10 project invites 10 creative leaders to each introduce 10 sydney-based creatives who inspire their own outstanding work, drawing from film, fashion, music, performance, media, events, architecture, design, advertising and technology.”
sydney creative will be launching the list of 100 nominees on friday june 4. check back for a link to the dedicated 10×10 project mini site, created in partnership with The Loop.
ufo(au) will be there for the launch night so hopefully we’ll see you all there!
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29.05.10
urban future (au) - new office
we've finally moved back into the city from the beaches! the sydney office has now expanded and is now located at 184-186 st. john road. glebe. check the contact details for further information.
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27.05.10
fifteen years of urban future: exhibition
this thursday, london metropolitan will host the opening night of an international travelling exhibition that documents the first fifteen years of urban future organization.
click the image above for further information.
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12.05.10
urban future + revista
urban future (au) were recently invited to participate in architectura 21 – a map of young architecture practices with portuguese links. luckily, being an international practice, we had one to deliver. the article profiles the tri-wall, a collaboration between the offices of urban future , studio wsh and the university of technology sydney (mda Lab) which featured as the interior space for the transcapes / artificial nature exhibition launched at the uts gallery, sydney.
check back soon for the full article.
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10.05.10
refraction engine: australian fashion week
in collaboration with for fashion label , we worked on the brief which called for an ‘exploded glass’ sculpture as a futuristic gateway to the collection. with the collection titled ‘refraction’, the piece took a fractal geometry approach to a practical level, breaking down the images of the models and shearing them into shards of light and dark.
click the image for further info.
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24.04.10
construction process
the steel framing of the palm beach (queensland) project has now been finished with the topping out of the structure scheduled for next week whilst the construction period is expected to complete by early august.
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22.04.10
project documentation
we're finally getting around to documenting our recently built work and will be uploading to the projects directory in the week or so. (above image of the doff house in sydney). check back for further images...
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19.03.10
slide - work in progress
the slide house construcion has now completed the slab and first floor masonry stage. we have just been sent the fabrication drawings which illustrates the large webbing beam that supports the eastern length of the house. click the image to view the design of the project...
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00.00.10
beach house
we have been researching curved timber construction for our harbour side house project on the northern beaches. the clients were influenced by the number of boat manufacturers that are located nearby at pittwater and were after a material pallete of the surrounding landscape. further images to be uploaded to the projects page.
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19.12.09
husk house
new projects currently being designed in the studio for the new year include: a pavilion extension to a house in palm beach (sydney), high tech gym in melbourne and a real estate commercial interior in double bay
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the image above is a schematic render of the husk house - plans and sections are to be updated on the projects page in the coming week.
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15.12.09
great percy street
we have recently completed this 4th floor refurbishment on percy street in islington, london. the small yet bright interior utilises the use of its southerly aspect through a new roof terrace and large custom skylights. check back soon for more interior projects.
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01.12.09
veiled house
the veiled house in surry hills is in the final weeks of construction certificate. the project proposes an entire redevelopment of a two storey terrace, adding an additional level + ground floor rear extension. an 8 metre high x 3 metre wide black anodised laser cut screen is proposed to veil the entire infill section (entry) of the house. we have been developing a number of parametric VB scripts in grasshopper that: 1. pack shapes, 2.blooms lace (using recursion) and 3. varies material thickness to gradate opacity of the screen. construction of the project is expected to commence early january.
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30.11.09
under construction
the slide house has started with demolition and excavation on site. the large new build dwelling features a laser cut screen of varying apertures and a floor to ceiling internal edge truss. click the shot above for further images.
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25.11.09
extreme environments
recent work from a competition winning research proposal to initiate developments for large scale landscape mitigation strategies in extreme environments, in this case mount etna, sicily.
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31.10.09
interior landscapes
we have completed a design scheme for an interior landscape project for a four floor, 8000sq.m. fitout on chapel street, prahran. click through for further images.
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19.10.09
fluid dynamics
our r&d team have been busy the last week investigating field theory + curvilinear surfaces (using grasshopper and t-splines) to develop a contoured topological interior for a commercial fitout in melbourne.
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01.09.09
slide
design development for the queensland project is nearing final stages. projects page to be updated soon.
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31.08.09
associative tiling
ufo(au) are currently researching associative tiling techniques based on a growth pattern of cellular automata. the tesselated tiled wall system is being developed for a sydney CBD commercial interior.
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04.08.09
pecha kucha sydney #12
we will be presenting our work at pecha kucha sydney at everleigh carriageworks on thursday the 6th august. The presentation will summize urban future's design approach & network organization and how this informs the international and local projects.
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07.07.09
fold penthouse
the fold penthouse in double bay is moving ahead to construction certificate stage with the development application approved this month.
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01.07.09
peripheral sydney
current projects in the sydney office include a large pavilion style addition to a residence overlooking the blue mountains, a bio-tech lab facility interior and an 8000sq.m. internal fitout located in melbourne.
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03.06.09
laneways by george
urban future in collaboration with dr.sarah benton + bodega black have been shortlisted for the laneways by george competition. the scheme proposes a draped component pavilion situated within abercrombie lane, sydney CBD. click the image for further details on the design.
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26.05.09
design update
the sydney office is currently working on a number of new build projects including a large 5 bedroom dwelling in nsw, a laneway design in sydney CBD and a pre-fab research pavilion to be build in late june.
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27.02.09
urban future (sthlm)
the office of urban future stockholm has been launched this week by daniel fagerberg and max zinnecker. new projects include a ski resort scheme in borgafjäll and an assembly of prefab housing prototypes.
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