MIRAG - Muli-purpose pavilion, Viladrau 2011. Photos (C) Jordi Surroca.
SUBTILITAS
fineness of texture, logic, detail; slenderness, exactness, acuteness; sharpness : precision
Vaillo & Irigaray - Foro Europeo, Navarra 2004. The varied material pallet has a clear relationship the natural surroundings as they change with the seasons. Via, photos (C) José Manuel Cutillas.
MGM Arquitectos - El Pópulo housing rehabilitation, Cádiz 2007. Via, photos (C) Jesús Granada. Posted before, but an all time favorite.
Meili & Peter & Gunther Vogt - Park Hyatt Hotel, Zurich 2008. A series of large, marble blocks sit in a grid like formation that references the building facade. Subtle convex and concave shifts in the surface of each individual piece ensures that the frequent rain-water evaporates in specific ways, creating a constantly changing hue and reflective pattern in the courtyard. An adjacent courtyard accomplishes a similar effect with plantings. Via, photos (C) Georg Aerni.
Herzog de Meuron - Dominus Winery, Yountville CA 1998. Three tiers of gabions hold rocks in varying sizes, creating a somewhat abstract classical hierarchy of scale while providing a thermal skin that combats the region’s extreme temperatures. Photos (C) Margherita Spiluttini.
Holzer Kobler - Sasso San Gottardo, an ethereal permanent exhibition in a former war bunker located in the crystal-laden Planggenstock mountain, 2012. Photos (C) Jan Bitter.
