CONCRETE ATELIER.DESIGN STUDIO, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " , USA Stark geometry and inventive use of raw materials characterize this modest office for an interior design firm in Arizona. Like Will Bruder Will Bruder (born in 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American architect most active in the American southwest. His ability to address the requirements of site, user experience, craftsmanship, and energy conservation, while still producing formally accomplished and beautiful for whom he used to work, Wendell Burnette creates taut, distilled architecture inflected in·flect v. in·flect·ed, in·flect·ing, in·flects v.tr. 1. To alter (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate. 2. Grammar To alter (a word) by inflection. 3. by the austere beauty of the Arizona landscape. Frugal geometry and expressive use of functional raw materials characterize his stark, monolithic structures, notably a series of houses (AR November 1997) and more recently a studio for David Michael Miller Michael or Mike Miller may refer to:
Locked between two streets in an urban grid, the site is a narrow, south-facing lot. Two mature native Arizona Mesquite trees are its sole distinguishing feature. Oriented on a north-south axis, the new building is a long, linear block placed hard up against the west edge of the site, abutting its neighbour. At the north end, a small service block wraps around a walled garden Refers to a network or service that restricts its users to its own content. Cable TV and satellite TV are walled gardens, offering a finite number of channels and programs to its subscribers. courtyard to enclose the largest Mesquite tree. This gentle interaction of nature and artifice is the dominant theme of the building, which seems to emerge from the landscape, rather than abruptly graft itself onto it. On the east side, a linear garden of native shrubs, cacti and succulents extends along the length of the building, softening both its mass and the impact of the inevitable car parking. The strong simple form recalls the powerful contours of the Southwest's vernacular walled architecture, the concrete block walls a modern version of massive adobe structures. An extremely basic yet surprisingly adaptable material, the grey blocks combine structural, insulation and fire resistance properties in a single skin 12in (300mm) thick. Small green tinted windows randomly punctuate punc·tu·ate v. punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing, punc·tu·ates v.tr. 1. To provide (a text) with punctuation marks. 2. the east flank, like rhinestones, while on the west side, slivers of clear plexiglass set between vertical joints in the thick block wall admit thin shafts of light that animate the softly luminous interior. At the main south end, the two long flank walls project beyond the building line to enclose an external room, sheltered and shaded by a cantilevered roof. The south wall is fully glazed, like a tall shop window, revealing glimpses of the inner realm. At ground floor level, a spine of circulation along the west wall anchors groups of workstations and the reception space. A vertical service tower near the main entrance conceals storage, lavatories and a staircase that twists up to the first floor. Morning light streams in through a thinly sliced piece of Indian onyx set in the east wall, in the unrendered concrete carapace carapace (kâr`əpās), shield, or shell covering, found over all or part of the anterior dorsal portion of an animal. In lobsters, shrimps, crayfish, and crabs, the carapace is the part of the exoskeleton that covers the head and thorax . At the top of the stair a steel bridge runs longitudinally past a library and conference room to the principal's office set at the north end of the building. This spans the width of the plan, like a choir loft in a Mexican chapel, with a privileged view of the Mesquite tree in the courtyard patio below. Set against the nondescript non·de·script adj. Lacking distinctive qualities; having no individual character or form: "This expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features otherwise nondescript" small town landscape, the compact building has a powerful presence that conceals an intimate, workmanlike work·man·like adj. Befitting a skilled artisan or craftsperson; skillfully done. workmanlike Adjective skilfully done: a neat workmanlike job Adj. 1. atelier designed in collaboration with David Miller David Miller could refer to any of the following:
See also: Precious . With this building, Burnette extends his convincing contemporary interpretation of Modernist values of spatial interpenetration In`ter`pen`e`tra´tion n. 1. The act or process of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration; also, the result of a process of interpenetration. Noun 1. and structural expression, but also demonstrates a capacity for material invention and celebration, C. S. 1 At the north end, the building wraps around a patio courtyard dominated by a huge native Mesquite tree. 2 North end terminates in a small service block that also defines an external courtyard or patio. 3 South end is a tall glass wall enclosed by massive planes of grey concrete blocks which extend to form an outdoor room. 4 Glazed north end overlooks the patio, a traditional form reinterpreted. 5 Conference area at first floor level overlooking the spinal corridor below. Light is diffused through the glazed ends and also percolates through slivers of plexiglass set in the west wall (right). 6 Elegant furniture and artefacts contrast with the rawness of the blockwork skin. 1 entrance 2 reception 3 wc 4 workstations 5 service tower 6 patio courtyard 7 parking 8 garden 9 conference/library 10 principal's office 11 bridge Architect Wendell Burnette Architects Phoenix Project team Wendell Burnette, Michael Le Blanc Le Blanc is a commune and a sous-préfecture in the Indre département of France. Geography Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, on the banks of the Creuse River. , Christopher Alt Interior design David Michael Miller Associates Structural engineer Rudow and Berry Electrical engineer C. A. Energy Designs Mechanical engineer Technica Landscape design Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Photographs Timothy Hursley |
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