Since at least as early as ancient Roman times, humans have recognized the value of what is now known as controlled environment agriculture, allowing farmers to cultivate plants year-round rather than seasonally. Though they were invented hundreds of years ago, greenhouses continue to be the most popular means of controlled environment agriculture today, with innovations in technology and design having improved both the beauty and efficacy of this typology. Below, we will explore in detail the history and structure of the greenhouse, as well as several examples of innovative and experimental greenhouse design.
Waiting Rooms, Reception Areas, & Courtyards: 43 Notable Examples of Hospital Architecture
Hospitals and projects related to healthcare must follow specific guidelines based on the rules and regulations of their country. These standards help us to design complex spaces, such as those located in areas of surgery, hospitalization, diagnostics, laboratories, and including areas and circulations that are clean, dirty, restricted or public, which create a properly functioning building.
There are a few spaces that we, as architects, can develop with great ease and freedom of design: waiting rooms, reception areas, and outdoor spaces. These are spaces where architects can express the character of the hospital. To jump-start you into this process, we have selected 43 projects that show us how creativity and quality of a space go hand-in-hand with functionality.
Cabin Y / dmvA architects
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Architects: dmvA architects
- Area: 12 m²
- Year: 2019
Site Apostolinnen / dmvA architects
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Architects: dmvA architects
- Area: 1400 m²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: Harry Hendrickx, FDT Construct + AB nv
What to Know Before Tackling a Renovation Project
As technology moves forward, so does architecture and construction. Architects, designers, and planners around the world now have infinite tools and resources to design and build the cities of today and the future. As promising as this may sound, new construction is also consuming our world’s limited resources faster than we can replenish them.
This situation leaves architects with an important responsibility: the rehabilitation and reuse of the existing built environment. This means using creative thinking and design to save and incorporate old or historic buildings that currently exist, in the present and future of our cities, by adapting them through creative and sensitive treatments.
Care Lab / dmvA
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Architects: dmvA
- Area: 400 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: B & R (Bouw & Renovatie)
Lorette Convent - Apartments Drbstr / dmvA
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Architects: dmvA
- Area: 4735 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Bouwbedrijf Van Poppel nv
Collective housing AGVC / De Gouden Liniaal Architecten
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Architects: De Gouden Liniaal Architecten
- Area: 473 m²
- Year: 2013
Educational Center Erasmus University Medical Center / KAAN Architecten
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Architects: KAAN Architecten
- Area: 34000 m²
- Year: 2013