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FOUDATION A+U is an office of research and experimentation in architecture and urban planning that involves students and professionals from various fields of study and interest and which are organized and often change dynamically in nomadic groups in research, projects and competitions of architecture, town planning and other contemporary issues

Sunday 22 January 2012

10+ COMPETITION: FOUNDATION A+U + STUDIOPORTO


DESCRIPTION
This design competition is open to all students, architectural professionals, and artists. The aim of the competition is to further and expand a dialog about green thinking in Asia. The competition site is located in Shanghai, China.
Entries will be evaluated upon design merit, quality of sustainable ideas, and the impact proposal will have on Shanghai. The winner of the competition will get 3 months to work in 10 DESIGN’s Hong Kong or Shanghai office to further develop their ideas. An international jury composed of magazine editors, educators, and design professionals will select the winning entry. An exhibit of the winning entries and other notable submissions will be held both in Hong Kong and Shanghai and then at various universities and venues around the world.
DESIGN BRIEF
The aim of the competition is to design a visionary proposal for a sustainable architectural intervention along the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai. The location of the site selected can be anywhere along the Suzhou creek as long as it is within Shanghai. The project must occupy at least 150,000 square meters of land and contain residential, office, and commercial functions. The ratio and size of the programmatic elements is up to the competitor. The project must also maximize green areas on the site. We are looking for concepts that move beyond the ordinary and address issues such as power generation, cleaning air and water pollution, and the use of innovative materials and geometries.



Monday 19 April 2010

FOUNDATION A+U DESIGN AGAINST THE RAINS

Inspired by the ideas of the international contest DESIGN AGAINST THE ELEMENTS, FOUNDATION A+U to start a series of critical studies about the devastation caused by rains in the main Brazilian cities [the example of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife ...]. These studies should produce a range of proposals for these cities. As always disclose this research and proposals on http://hipercities.blogspot.com/




Monday 22 February 2010

2010 ResilientCity Design Ideas Competition!


2010 ResilientCity Design Ideas Competition!

Purpose of the ResilientCity.org 2010 Design Ideas Competition


The 2010 ResilientCity.org Design Ideas Competition is an exciting opportunity for architects, city planners and urban designers, engineers, and landscape architects, including students, graduate students and interns of these disciplines around the world to contribute ideas about creating more resilient cities.

The purpose of the ResilientCity.org Design Ideas Competition is to stimulate thinking and discourse about how to increase the resilience of our cities as we move into a century where our cities will be subjected to the combined environmental and economic impacts of Peak Oil and Climate Change.

There are many possible opportunities for increasing the resilience of our cities, and in the 2010 Design Ideas Competition we are looking for you to explore ideas about how you would increase the resilience of the city you live in. To this end, the 2010 competition’s theme will be:

“Building Urban Resilience where you live with what you have.”

1. Competition Rules and Requeriments
2. Registration for the competition (begins on Monday February 15th 2010)
3. Here is a link to view last year's winners

Friday 6 February 2009

qingpu shangai promo video . foundation a+u


This is a promotional video of our research activities, and design proposals for the International WaterGreenCity to Qingpu - Shanghai, in early 2009.

Tuesday 18 November 2008

shangai quingpu new city west region competion urban design 2009

More information and news about Qingpu, Shanghai and China in our research HIPERCITIES the site.



site

Saturday 18 October 2008

Video Promo . Novíssimos Alagados


Promotional Video of work "brand new flooded" sent by students Fernando Lucca, Eder Spain [members of FOUNDATION A + U] and Thais Santana; selected among the best work of the Biennale of Architecture Iberoamericana of Lisboa 2008. Video made by André Lissonger FOUNDATION & A + U. Salvador da Bahia. Brazil. October 2008.

FOUNDATION A+U Channel

Friday 10 October 2008

"capitães da areia" . the making off


Image showing a bit of logistics used for the production of the film "Captains of Sand", book by Jorge Amado, being held in the ruins of FATBRÀS, now under the ownership Nouvelles Vagues Institute. After our latest visit was realized that it is possible that future work in this area of the restaurant NVI.

Thursday 9 October 2008

virtual galleries . the old bahia


A collection of old photographs of the city of Salvador de Bahia. Photographic surveys carried out in public and private archives of the city of Salvador. Polls in the field of urban history based on iconographic analysis. Chances of Physics and Urban Development in 3D. Notes on some historical processes involving the urban development and architecture of the city of Salvador. Coordinated and published by Arch. André Lissonger & FOUNDATION architecture + urbanism . foundation.au@gmail.com

Tuesday 30 September 2008

contemporary art galleries . plataforma 21


space that will be dedicated to contemporary art galleries. photo andré lissonger

galleries of contemporary art . plataforma 21


view of the internal spaces of the galleries of contemporary art. proposal contemplating the ideas of the institute nouvelles vagues . design of the study done by andré lissonger

gallery of contemporary art . plataforma 21


view of the internal spaces of the galleries of contemporary art. proposal contemplating the ideas of the institute nouvelles vagues . design of the study done by andré lissonger

gallery of contemporary art . plataforma 21


view of the spaces outside the gallery of contemporary art. proposal contemplating the ideas of the institute nouvelles vagues . design of the study done by andré lissonger

gallery of contemporary art . plataforma 21


view of the spaces outside the gallery of contemporary art. proposal contemplating the ideas of the institute nouvelles vagues . design of the study done by andré lissonger

galleries of contemporary art . plataforma 21


view of the inner spaces of the galleries of contemporary art

Friday 19 September 2008


rated by andré lissonger
design by fernando lucca . the everyville project at the bienal of venezia 2008 . project not sent

Tuesday 9 September 2008

plataforma 21 . salvador of bahia . brazil



the new arts gallery at the old fatbrás factory
salvador of bahia . quartier plataforma . brazil
client: michel esteban + nouvellesvaguesfestival.org

The Institute Nouvelles Vagues open its doors in the second half of 2009 in the neighborhood of the Platform in the city of Salvador-Bahia, Brazil. It is a cultural area, breeding, production and exhibition built in a field of 40 000 m2 in the Bay of All Saints.

It brings together more than 3000 m2, galleries, artists workshops for residents, a recording studio, multipurpose spaces for events (exhibitions, parades, seminars for companies), Studio of Photography and Video, guest house, canteen, bar, library, office projection, offices…

Also a hotel, an SPA, a room for gymnastics and sports equipment, a restaurant, a business connected to the culture, ecology, trade and sustainable development will be integrated.

Open for the world, the NVI receive resident artists of all nationalities and different areas: music, visual arts, fashion, designer, photography, architecture, dance…

The NVI receive intemédio by neighborhood associations, the Association Platform 21, a home for children, through workshops and training of language.
winner of the competition national project of architecture and urban planning areas for structuring the suburb rail savior of bahia . brazil . 1999-2000 . architects: andré lissonger and ariadne moraes