julien de smedt architects

julien de smedt architects (27 articles)

JDS architects: hangzhou waves

architecture | 12.26.11
place back-to-back, an office building and hotel mirror each other in form, opening their roof and facade into a downward sloping void to allow views of a nearby park and canal while introducing natural daylight.

JDS architects: euralille youth centre

architecture | 10.28.11
this trifold building form has elevated corners to generate open plazas, activating pedestrian interactions along the avenues which bound the triangular site.

JDS architects: hangzhou gateway

architecture | 05.26.11
featuring a sunken in plaza and shopping center, the design aims to stand as a new icon for the urban transformation of the old industrial neighbourhood.

JDS architects: new faaborg harbour bath

architecture | 03.27.11
consisting of changing rooms, a sauna and a 300 m2 meeting point, the branch-like design generates multiple open sea basins between its piers.

JDS architects: bone chair

design | 03.08.11
'bone chair' can be viewed as the dissection of a chair. its starting form is a box-like seat made up of planes. as it evolves, sections of the chair are subtracted, cutting away all the ballast material leaving ...

JDS architects: holmenkollen ski jump - compl

architecture | 02.24.11
the finished ski jump, a competition win from 2008, is the site of this year's FIS nordic world ski championships in oslo, norway.

JDS architects: stair

design | 09.25.10
a bench with multiple seating levels, allowing the public to sit in a way that is less prescribed, more flexible and more social. it is made constructed with plywood triangular prisms which have been connected in ...

JDS architects: the encants market, barcelona

architecture | 09.11.10
half of the market takes place in the interstice of space in between the roof and the ground/parking. the other half is compressed inside the roof 7 meters thickness.

JDS architects: two seasons hotel

architecture | 09.01.10
the 6 floor hotel was built on top of a 5 floor existing parking garage giving an extra challenge to the structure. here 194 hotel rooms float in a ribbon configuration around an inner courtyard.

JDS architects: the alphabet

design | 04.08.10
a lamp post which functions as an 'alphabet' of lights, where each configuration is a new letter to light up within a specific context.

JDS architects unveils new projects

architecture | 03.12.10
some of JDS architects' projects for 2010 will include mix-use developments in mexico and a police station in belgium.

JDS architects: experiencing the void

architecture | 02.07.10
an experience which sees a trampoline net spiraling down the institution's rotunda. this idea plays on frank lloyd wright's original scenography for the guggenheim in which he envisioned patrons visiting the exhibi...

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