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Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project

This 20-storey-high lift transports residents and visitors in the Maltese capital Valletta from the recently restored harbour to the top of the city’s fortified walls (+ slideshow).

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Photograph is by Sean Mallia

International practice Architecture Project designed the lift as part of the regeneration of Valletta’s former port into a cruise ship terminal.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project
Photograph is by Sean Mallia

A lift was originally built on the site in 1905 to connect the port with the city, but became redundant and was dismantled in the 1980s.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project
Photograph is by Sean Mallia

The new lift has a larger footprint to cater for the increased number of people arriving at the converted Baroque warehouses that form the new harbour area.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project

The design of the lift tower references the massive sixteenth-century walls, which are subject to a conservation order and therefore could not be touched by the structure.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project

“The geometric qualities of the plan echo the angular forms of the bastion walls and the corrugated edges of the aluminium skin help modulate light as it hits the structure, emphasising its verticality,” said the architects.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project
Photograph is by Sean Mallia

Glazed lift carriages that offer views of the city and the Mediterranean Sea are shielded from the sun by the aluminium mesh skin, which also alludes to the industrial aesthetic of the original elevator.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project

The Barrakka Lift is nominated in the transport category at this year’s World Architecture Festival awards. Architecture Project’s renovation of an old building in Valletta into a contemporary office won the creative reuse category at the Inside awards in 2011.

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Other recent urban infrastructure projects on Dezeen include a triangular viewing platform for Brooklyn Bridge Park by BIG and a twisting staircase that descends from the walls of a historic naval supply yard in south-west England.

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Photography is by Luis Rodríguez López except where stated otherwise.

Here’s a project description from Architecture Project:


Barrakka Lift Project

This recently completed twenty storey high panoramic lift is located on the edge of Malta’s historic fortified capital city of Valletta. The sixteenth century fortified walls of the town that once served to keep enemy ships at bay are now subject to a conservation order and provide a stunning new access into the town for the large number of residents and visitors travelling from the water’s edge over the powerful landward enceinte of fortifications and into the heart of the city.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project
Photograph is by Sean Mallia

The recent restoration of Baroque waterside warehouses into a thriving cruise ship terminal prompted the re-activation of a lift that had been built to connect the harbour with the town in 1905 during Valletta’s heyday as a trading port. This old lift, that contained two lift cabins each with a capacity of 12 passengers, was abandoned and eventually dismantled in the 1980s.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project

Today, the heavy demands of accessibility to the town require a much larger footprint than previously, and therefore the renewed connection has a larger visual impact, whereas, on the engineering level, rigour was needed as attachment to the historic walls was not possible.

The geometric qualities of the plan echo the angular forms of the bastion walls and the corrugated edges of the aluminium skin help modulate light as it hits the structure, emphasising its verticality. The mesh masks the glazed lift carriages, recalling the forms of the original cage lifts, whilst providing shade to passengers as they travel between the city and the Mediterranean Sea.

Barrakka Lift by Architecture Project

Architecture: Architecture Project (AP)
Date: 2009-2013
Client: Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation plc
Value: €2 million
Location: Lascaris Ditch, Valletta, Malta
Lighting design: Frank Franjou

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“I tried to create something melting into the green”- Sou Fujimoto

In this movie by film studio Stephenson/Bishop, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how he tried to combine nature and architecture when designing this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which is open for three more weeks in London’s Kensington Gardens.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Sou Fujimoto

Built on the lawn outside the Serpentine Gallery, Sou Fujimoto‘s cloud-like pavilion comprises a grid of white poles that ascend upwards to form layered terraces with circles of transparent polycarbonate inserted to shelter from rain and reflect sunlight.

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“From the beginning I didn’t think ‘I’d like to make a cloud’,” says Fujimoto, explaining how he tried to design a structure that would fit in with its surroundings. “I was impressed by the beautiful surroundings of Kensington Garden, the beautiful green, so I tried to create something that was melting into the green.”

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“Of course the structure should be artificial so I tried to create something between architecture and nature; that kind of concept has been a big interest in my career so it is really natural to push forward with that concept for the future,” he adds.

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Fujimoto also speaks about how he wanted to combine inside and outside space within the structure. “The transparency is quite important for me because you can feel the nature, the weather and the different climates, even from inside the pavilion,” he says.

Serpentine Pavilion movie

Fujimoto is the youngest architect to design a Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. “It is kind of a dream for younger architects to be selected so I was excited, but at the same time it was kind of a big pressure ,” he said. “But I started to enjoy the whole situation and the whole challenge and for me, it was was a nice experience for the project to be abroad in a different situation than Japan.”

Serpentine Pavilion movie

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opened in June and will remain in place until 20 October. Dezeen also filmed an interview with Sou Fujimoto at the opening, when he told us he was “fascinated by such a beautiful contrast [between] the really sharp, artificial white grids and the organic, formless experience”.

Serpentine Pavilion movie

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Photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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3D Printing Architecture

Après la vidéo et les images dévoilant l’idée du projet « 3D Printed Room », le studio Digital Grotesque nous propose de découvrir la construction et la mise en place d’une pièce magnifique entièrement imprimée en 3D. Un rendu époustouflant à découvrir en vidéo dans la suite de l’article.

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ListenUp: From nomadic tunes for the modern world to a comedic #PrivateJam by Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson; the music we tweeted this week

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Fink Showreel 2013

Le studio français Fink a récemment dévoilé son showreel 2013 résumant avec talent et dynamisme les différentes réalisations de l’année 2013. De belles références diverses et variées démontrant une maîtrise des effets visuels et de la 3D. A découvrir en vidéo, sur la bande son de Nosaj Thing, dans la suite de l’article.

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