Composed Elements Scarves

« Composed elements » est une collection d’écharpes créée par le studio Inge de Vor. A partir d’illustrations réalisées avec de la peinture et des crayons de couleurs, la créatrice hollandaise a imaginé différents motifs pour ses écharpes. Une collection à découvrir à travers les clichés de Hanneke van Leeuwen.

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Anime-Inspired Art by Mayi Bashou Wang


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Antonini Darmon's housing in Nantes presents a patchwork of solids and voids

Solid panels, perforated screens and recessed balconies create a patchwork of varying transparency on this tower that rises up from one side of a mixed-use development in Nantes, France, by Antonini Darmon Architectes (+ slideshow).

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

Known as Oiseau des Iles, which translates as Bird Islands, the 10-storey structure creates 30 social housing units and 600 square metres of commercial space at a site on the fast-developing western tip of île de Nantes.



Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

Conceived by Paris-based Antonini Darmon Architectes to become a local meeting place, the building constitutes two parts – a timber-clad base accommodating the shop units and car parking, and a residential tower with a gridded structure.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

“The great strength of the program and of its articulation resides in the duality which exists between the telluric plinth, a monolith on a pedestrian scale, and the community accommodation that rises up out of this block,” said the architect team.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

The tower comprises an asymmetric volume that rises up to a point. It slightly overhangs the edge of the podium below, creating the impression that it has been precariously balanced on top.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

The gridded facade is framed by steel beams, which sit proud of the facade to create balconies around the entire perimeter.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

Some sections of the grid have been infilled with solid panels, while others are open or screened by perforated aluminium shutters.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

“The community building is a slender volume rising towards the sky where it culminates in a point, a steady prow, proving to be simple but strong,” said the team.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

“Echoing the urban thread, the facade receives a skin-like surface, an almost living mashrabiya or lattice work, alternating between solid, void and the movement of the shutters as they are opened and closed,” they added.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

The angular roofline of the plinth create an elevated topography overhead, with a decked timber ground surface. This is interspersed with planting areas that will eventurally frame the tower’s first-floor entrance.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

A total of 24 apartments are housed within the nine storeys of the tower, while six additional duplex homes run around the south and east sides of the plinth, each featuring their own small gardens.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon

Photography is by Alexandre Wasilewski.

Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon
Ground floor plan – click for larger image
Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon
Podium level plan – click for larger image
Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon
Section – click for larger image
Nantes Social Housing by Antonini Darmon
North facade – click for larger image

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Drying With Light

Because the rainy season doesn’t agree with fresh laundry, the YOGA “light dryer” is here to help prevent mildew, water stains and bad smells when it’s humid. The upright unit not only offers a quick-dry solution, but has healthy functions such as ultraviolet sterilization and a purification system that brings a friendly smell and feel back to clothes even when it’s sticky out!

Designer: Xiang Yu


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