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A sliding system with a unique design, complete with everything necessary to hang a glass door weighing up to 100 kg and with a thickness of 6 to 10 mm in an extremely limited space. Extremely functional and very easy to assemble.
Can be fitted with a slow closure system. Available for wall and ceiling fitting.
Available in versions with single and double doors (glass not supplied).
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for sliding doors
An exclusive Scrigno patent, Remix is a frame based on an evolution of Base and Granluce models, and is an innovative product that can contain two disappearing glass doors linked by a sliding system inside a single metal box. The special feature of Remix is that it can be built into a normal wall with a thickness of just 10.5 cm, and the glassdoors have a thickness of 1 cm. Available only in the single-door version for masonry walls. Also available in non-standard sizes with heights variable in steps of 1 cm.
With nearly 24 million inhabitants to feed and a decline in the availability and quality of agricultural land, the Chinese megacity of Shanghai is set to realize the Sunqiao Urban Agricultural District, a 100-hectare masterplan designed by US-based firm Sasaki Associates. Situated between Shanghai’s main international airport and the city center, Sunqiao will introduce large-scale vertical farming to the city of soaring skyscrapers. While primarily responding to the growing agricultural demand in the region, Sasaki’s vision goes further, using urban farming as a dynamic living laboratory for innovation, interaction, and education.
Shanghai is an ideal city for vertical farming. High land prices make building upwards more economically viable than building outwards, while the demand for leafy greens in the typical Shanghainese diet can be met with efficient urban hydroponic and aquaponics systems. Sasaki’s masterplan therefore deploys a range of urban-friendly farming techniques, such as algae farms, floating greenhouses, green walls, and vertical seed libraries.
Sunqiao represents more than a factory for food production, however. Sasaki’s masterplan creates a robust public realm, celebrating agriculture as a key component of urban growth. An interactive greenhouse, science museum, aquaponics showcase, and festival market signal an attempt to educate generations of children about where their food comes from. Meanwhile, sky plazas, office towers, and civic greens represent a desire to create a mixed-use, dynamic, active environment far removed from traditional, sprawling, rural farmlands.
Sunqiao will not be an alien concept to Shanghai. Whereas western countries depend on large-scale, rural, corporate farming, small-scale agriculture has traditionally dominated Shanghai’s urban landscape. However, the scale of Sasaki’s approved scheme does indicate the increased value placed on China’s agriculture sector. China is the world’s biggest consumer and exporter of agricultural products, with the industry providing 22% of the country’s employment, and 13% of its Gross Domestic Product. The Chinese government is therefore keen to preserve, modernize, and showcase an industry which has helped to significantly reduce poverty rates, and has influenced the growth of the biotech and textile industries.
“This approach actively supports a more sustainable food network while increasing the quality of life in the city through a community program of restaurants, markets, a culinary academy, and pick-your-own experience” explained Sasaki in a press release. “As cities continue to expand, we must continue to challenge the dichotomy between what is urban and what is rural. Sunqiao seeks to prove that you can have your kale and eat it too.”
Construction of the Sunqiao Urban Agricultural District is due to begin in 2017.
News via: Sasaki Associates
The winners of the 2017 Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project Awards have been announced. Prizes span across 11 categories and were awarded to projects from eight countries, from projects under construction to competition entries and conceptual designs.
“Successful projects this year include a thermal bath and resort in the Baltic, a new ecclesiastical library for the Church of England, a rural women’s community center in Turkey and a ‘dematerializing’ office building in the US Capitol city, all demonstrating the dynamism and creativity at the heart of the architectural professional internationally,” explained the awards organizers in a press release.
The winners of the 2017 Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project Awards are:
Overall Winner: 118 E59th Street Residences; New York, USA / Tabanlioglu Architects, for Madison Equities, LLC
Big Urban Projects: Madinat Al Ifran, Muscat, Oman / Allies & Morrison for Omran Tourism Development Company (ongoing project)
Civic and Community: Husame Koklu Women’s Community and Production Center in Bayburt, Turkey / Tabanlioglu Architects for Baksi Culture and Art Foundation (concept design)
Cultural Regeneration: Museum of Imperial Kiln, Jingdezhen, China / Studio Pei-Zhu (under construction)
Mixed Use: The Hills at Vallco, Cupertino, USA / Rafael Vinoly Architects PC for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority / Sand Hill Property Company (design development)
Offices: 2050 M Street, Washington, DC, USA / REX Architecture for Tishman Speyer (completion expected 2019)
Old and New: Lambeth Palace Library and Archive, London, UK / Wright and Wright Architects for the Church Commissioners of England (planning stage)
Regeneration and Masterplanning: Nya Hovås, Gothenberg, Sweden / Utopia Arkitekter AB for Nya Hovås II AB (planning process expected 2017)
Residential: 118 E59th Street residences, New York, USA / Tabanlioglu Architects for Madison Equities, LLC
Retail and Leisure: Liepāja Thermal Bath and Resort, Latvia / Steven Christensen Architecture for Liepāja City Council (unbuilt)
Sport and Stadiums: Power Court Stadium, Luton, United Kingdom / and Architects for Luton Town FC (in planning)
Tall Buildings: Ceylonz Suites, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Tan’ck Architect for Exsim Development (under construction)
Innovation Prize: Sino-Finnish Economic and Culture Cooperation Center, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China / PES-Architects Ltd for Southern New Town Construction Development Office, Nanjing (schematic design phase spring 2017)
Jeu D’Esprit Prize: Media City, Istanbul, Turkey / GAD Architecture for Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (conceptual)
Learn more about the winning projects here.
News via The Architectural Review.
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