Garden house, Orava SK, study 2004
In the project “garden house” for an artist, we searched for unification of tradition and modernity, with focus on the most interrelated nature and house relationship. kids/parents/kitchen /family/restroom *Modern* embrace *tradition*. A traditional hipped roof becomes the main nave of the family cathedral. All the surrounding spaces are heating up its interior core. In single … Read more
DUBAI RACING WORLD, urban study, UAE 2005
Dubai RACING WORLD ® A city for 150 000 inhabitants. City/ architecture/ joy/ illusion/ formality? Formula 1 racing tracks city. Urban utopias of future, has been always connected to industrial progress of society. Since the invention of car, we struggle with urban euphoria of speed, time and accessibility. We propose a city, where transport is senseless; … Read more
BENETTON Headquarters , Tehran Iran, competition 2009
“Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of Persian culture and art, and dates back to ancient Persia. In 2008, Iran’s export of hand-woven carpets was $420 million. There is an estimated population of 1.2 million weavers in Iran producing carpets for domestic markets and international export. In recent times Iranian carpets have … Read more
CHICAGO Sea of holes/Mine the gap competition
In Chicago, yet another real-estate megalo-vision falls victim to the “crisis” and leaves behind nothing but a hole in the ground. But this hole is not alone. All over the world, the collection of cancelled projects is growing larger week. Architectural history itself consists widely of “holes”, virtual buildings that never saw the light of … Read more
Axiom MOSQUE/design as reform competition, 2nd round finalist 2010
Axiom of unity: Islamic architecture heavily depends on engineering and aesthetic principles. ROBOTA propose an “open dome” defined only by its developing columns. Pillars, as symbols of world of religion, and significant structural elements of architecture. At the early stages of mosque architecture, columns had been built by using the trunks of palm trees. In … Read more
PLUG-IN CARGO, fashion museum Omotesando Tokyo JA, competition 2010
In an ideal city of innovations under a perpetual change, a “coat/cargo-rack” emerges as resonance to Tange’s, Kurokawa’s, Kikutake’s metabolist city. The “PLUG IN” museum consists of several fixed exposition levels, inside an autonomous vertical self bearing structure. Its “cladding”, a basic sized 2,4/12,5m Cargo containers, self-sufficient, each with different functions of use, are free … Read more
MIRRAGE_HBBX Brooklyn Bridge NY, competition, Jury’s special selection 2010
ROBOTA proposed a new step in the evolution of the High Bridge. Simply by adding of the exact mirrored volume of the existing High Bridge, on top of its structure, we create a “one” entire object, where the “new” corresponds to the values of its engineered predecessor, by adding skills of the following century. The … Read more
SPORTS BASTION, Fort Tilden Field House, competition 2010
Sports are about discipline courage and modesty, almost military conditions. We imagine a Sports-bastion of fitness and relaxation, ready to be conquered. The scheme is a simple “terraced roof”, driven from program constraints, where the seating area almost equalled the prescribed building program surface area. Our proposal is a continuous loop of sport … Read more
