Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house

31 Jul 2020 | Sports Grounds

Centre Court

Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house

Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture

About

Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house is the new centre of Ayla Golf Club. Desi­gned by the legen­dary Greg Norman, Ayla Golf Club boasts an 18-hole cham­pi­on­ship course and a nine-hole floodlit academy course. The new buil­ding was desi­gned by Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture.

Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house takes inspi­ra­tion from the natural dune­s­capes and moun­tains of the surroun­ding desert as well as the archi­tec­tural heri­tage of the ancient Bedouin.

The inno­va­tive and organic design of the buil­ding forms the iconic core of the Ayla Oasis mixed-use resort deve­lo­p­ment.

Ayla Oasis

This 1,200 square meter buil­ding is part of the first phase of a 44 square kilo­me­ters leisure deve­lo­p­ment curr­ently under cons­truc­tion in Aqaba, Jordan. The deve­lo­p­ment encom­passes resi­den­tial, hotel and commer­cial space, all centered around an 18-hole signa­ture golf course.

The Club­house features retail, dining, bar/lounge, banquet, fitness, and spa compon­ents; while the Golf Academy includes retail, dining, and indoor/outdoor swing analysis studio compon­ents.

Archi­tec­ture

The distinct archi­tec­tural form of the Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house estab­lishes a unique connec­tion with nature by captu­ring the elemental, vibrant beauty of the rolling desert land­scape.

A massive concrete shell drapes over the program areas, enve­lo­ping the inte­rior and exte­rior walls of each volume. The curved shot­crete shell blends with the sand like dunes instead of having conven­tional walls and ceilings. Openings grant views towards the spec­ta­cular Aqaba Moun­tains in the back­ground.

Corten steel perfo­rated screen filters the light, similar to the tradi­tional Arabic ‘’Mashra­biya’. Jorda­nian patterns inspired the trian­gular pattern of openings while the tones of the surroun­ding moun­tains are echoed in the colors of the shot­crete and the metals.

Reali­sa­tion

The cons­truc­tion of the project is the result of a know­ledge exch­ange program between the Euro­pean office of Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture and local work­force. Shot­crete pouring tech­ni­ques were taught to workers in the first phases so that they could take owner­ship of the cons­truc­tion and obtain specia­lized skills.

A local artist also helped shape the buil­ding by applying a tradi­tional pigmen­ta­tion tech­nique to the inte­rior surfaces, gran­ting a raw, unadorned look that stays true to its context and inspi­ra­tion.

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Compa­nies involved & Links

Archi­tect

Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture

Client

Ayla Oasis Deve­lo­p­ment Company

Golf Consul­tant

Greg Norman

Physical address

Ayla Golf Club
Al Farouq Street
Al Nakheel Area
JOR – 77110 Aqaba

Project team

Chad Oppen­heim, Beat Huesler
Alek­sandra Melion, Anthony Cera­soli, Tom Mckeogh, Ana Guedes Lebre, Rasem Kamal

Photo­graph

Rory Gardiner

Author

Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture

Opening

2018

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Colegio Nuestra Señora de Lourdes

29 Jul 2020 | Schools and playgrounds, Schulen & Kindergärten, Sports Halls

Let there be light

Colegio Nuestra Señora de Lourdes 

Picado De Blas Arqui­tectos

Situa­tion

This project has been carried out thanks to the Torre­l­odones muni­ci­pa­lity initia­tive which seeks to improve the current condi­tions of the most degraded public schools in the area by intro­du­cing a small archi­tec­tural inter­ven­tion network of new cons­truc­tions.

This gives the oppor­tu­nity to intro­duce ecolo­gical concepts in schools with very low cost.

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In this case, a small pavi­lion was required for a sports acti­vity next to the exis­ting school.

Brea­king up with the tradi­tional concept of this type of spaces, which are usually very closed to the outside, a large window opened to east appears, offe­ring a view of the sky.

Design

The project approach is to set up the pavi­lion as a remo­vable archi­tec­tural piece, quickly erected, sustainable and inno­va­tive. We thought at this point in remo­vable refri­ge­ra­tion panel self-supporting struc­ture, a typical mate­rial used in the industry, which is light­ness and has a high energy effi­ci­ency that faci­li­tates its quick assembly and keeps safely the possi­bi­lity of reuse in the future.

These panels have a 10 cm thic­k­ness, weig­hing the whole buil­ding less than a quarter of what would weight a tradi­tional cons­truc­tion.

Reali­sa­tion

We under­stand as inno­va­tive this proposal, not only for the intro­duc­tion of indus­trial panel systems, but also because of the acou­stic absorp­tion achieved in the inte­rior space. The impact absorp­tion on the ground was ensured by super­im­po­sing several special absor­bent sheets under the pave­ment, while echoes and rever­be­ra­tions on the walls were coun­ter­acted by a 3D textile mate­rial speci­ally desi­gned for this project.

The wood used as the final floor finis­hing is an indus­trial oak recy­cled wood, which is made with the remains of other woods. This mate­rial will provide warmth and faci­li­tates the indoor sports perfor­mance.

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Project data

Archi­tect

PICADO-DE BLAS ARQUITECTOS
Calle González Amigó nº23
E – 28033 Madrid

Client

Commu­nity of Torre­l­odones

Team

Rubén Picado Fernández, María José de Blas
Carlos Diaz-Monis, Jorge Li, Teresa Casbas, Sofía Fernández, Will Tooze

Address

Calle Ntra. Sra. del Carmen, 10
28250 Torre­l­odones
E – Madrid

Opening

2019

Photos

Alberto Amores
Estudio Picado-de Blas

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PICADO-DE BLAS ARQUITECTOS

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Copen­hagen Islands

27 Jul 2020 | Design, Installations & Events

Parki­pe­lago

Copen­hagen Islands

Marshall Blecher & Studio Fokstrot

About

The project intro­duces a new arche­type in urban space to the city’s harbour; a “parki­pe­lago” of floa­ting islands, open and free to be used by an incre­asing number of boaters, fishermen, kaya­kers, star­ga­zers and swim­mers.

The islands rein­tro­duce wilder­ness and whimsey to the rapidly gentri­fying harbour, with endemic plants, trees and grasses above and anchor points below provi­ding a habitat for birds and insects, seaweeds, fish and molluscs. the islands offer a constantly chan­ging, gene­rous, green space in the centre of the city. The project also hints at a new type of climate resi­lient urba­nism, inher­ently flexible in its use and only using sustain­ably sourced and recy­cled mate­rials.

Cons­truc­tion

The islands will be cons­tructed by hand in the boat­buil­ding yards in the south habour of Copen­hagen using tradi­tional wooden boat buil­ding tech­ni­ques. They will be moved seaso­nally between unde­r­uti­lised and newly devel­oped parts of the harbour, cata­ly­sing life and acti­vity.

The first proto­type island ‘CPH-Ø1’ was laun­ched in 2018 and became a popular feature in the harbour, moving from place to place, hosting part of a photo­graphy exhi­bi­tion, a series of talks and many seaside picnics. The pro­totype will be followed by three more islands to be laun­ched in 2020, CPH-Ø1, CPH-Ø2 & CPH-Ø3 with plans for even more in the follo­wing years.

Awards

Copen­hagen Islands was awarded the taipei inter­na­tional design awards for public space and the award for social design, It was a fina­list in the Beazley design prize at the London Design Museum and has just been announced as a fina­list in the Danish Design Prize.

Copen­hagen islands is a not for profit initia­tive started by austra­lian archi­tect Marshall Blecher and Danish Design studio Fokstrot, it is supported by køben­havns kommune, by og havn and den gode havneliv.

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Project data

Design

Marshall Blecher
Studio Fokstrot

Illus­tra­tons

Airflix (Aerials)
MIR (Visua­li­sa­tions)

Author

Marshall Blecher

Opening

2018 / 2020

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