The UN plans for 83 trillions euros to be used in sustainable infrastructures until 2030.
"The world needs to intensify its efforts (...) to contain climate change in the magnitudes dictated by science —as much as 1.5º Celsius— ", said the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, during the opening of the Climate Action Summit, held in New York last September. "The road we are taking at this moment faces a global warming of at least 3º Celsius by the end of the century," he added, and concluded: "This is not a Climate Negotiation Summit; you cannot negotiate with nature; This is a Climate Action Summit». About 2,000 cities were represented among the main actors of [...]
The five fastest growing airports in the world.
8,8 billion people (or 1.14 times the world population) passed through an airport in 2018, in one of the 99.9 million aircraft movements, according to the latest report published by the Airports Council International (ACI). The obtained figures represent a year-on-year increase of 6.4% in global airport traffic. In absolute terms, the airport with the most passenger traffic in the world remains (for 21 consecutive years) Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with more than 107 million passengers. It is followed by Beijing Capital’s International Airport, with 100.9 million travellers, Dubai’s International Airport, with 89.1 million passengers, fourth is Los Angeles airport, [...]
Emblematic architecture.
We’re currently working on an emblematic architectural project: a unique building, with reduced construction costs, but one that is still very visually attractive, with great habitability. We’re moving away from the concept of a building as a concrete and glass box, towards developing new research with alternative materials to the traditional ones. These allow the design and construction of unusual buildings, with the double objective of integrating them perfectly into their environment, whilst also contributing something new. The advances in building construction-system technology today allow the flexibility and efficiency necessary to carry out projects such as the one we’re presenting. [...]
Buildings with containers.
Why do we find so many right angles in buildings? One reason is that human beings feel comfortable inhabiting rectangular and symmetrical volumes, simply supported on the ground. Another reason why the vast majority of buildings have rectangular volumes is that the shape of a building has a decisive impact on its cost. Buildings with complicated, organic and irregular shapes are, a priori, more expensive due to their complexity. How can we design buildings with contained costs when high formal complexity or innovative structural solutions are needed? In Amusement Logic, we’re working on an architectural project that faces this challenge [...]
Prefabricated polyvalent modular housing.
We’re currently working on the development of a high-quality prefabricated house, with multiple custom-made options. It’s a modular building, easy to transport and install, which adapts to different sizes according to client needs. The façade’s cladding is made from noble materials with great aesthetic qualities. Designed for the enjoyment of both the interior and the exterior space, it’s equipped with a retractable pergola with which the user can regulate the relationship with the surrounding space, controlling the views, as well as providing shade or shelter. Of course, we have taken into account all the factors that lead to our preference [...]
New modular system for façades: harmonic rhythm and structural regularity
We’re continuing our study of decorative systems that superimpose new or existing buildings. The module that we’re presenting has harmonic rhythm and structural regularity as its origin. Once again, the modular idea attempts to minimize costs and simplify the construction system, using standard structural shapes that can be easily manufactured and placed. We’ve obtained a design whose main organizing principle is formal symmetry. This idea offers several very important advantages: it is scalable, as can be seen in the images. In this way, different sizes of the same module allow holes to be opened in the façade, wherever necessary. Whether [...]
How to enrich a building’s façade without letting costs soar
A building’s façade not only provides an enclosure destined to protect the interior from inclement weather and endows it with different degrees of intimacy; a good façade design should give the building character and personality. Yet this feature is not adequately addressed in the design of leisure spaces. One of the main reasons to dismiss a unique or emblematic facade is its high cost. The use of traditional materials requires technical solutions with heavy structures that penalise the building’s cost. At Amusement Logic we are working on leisure-architecture projects that take into account both cost and aesthetics, using new materials [...]
Architecture in waterparks: improving experience, containing costs.
A waterpark is a small universe where, by the art of magic, everything seems prepared to allow you to spend an unforgettable time; rides, pools, landscaping, signage, everything. Everything that is, except the buildings. In waterparks, the buildings house services such as lockers, changing rooms, restaurants and bathrooms, and they are usually treated as civil works with traditional construction. For guests, the excitement starts when they leave the changing room and enter into the aquatic area. It seems that waterpark designers have agreed upon the magic starting on exiting the changing room, not on entering the waterpark’s entrance building. At [...]
Fluid dynamics applied to the skin of the façade
[cmsmasters_divider shortcode_id="6wj477tsfa" width="long" height="1" style="solid" position="center" margin_top="50" margin_bottom="50" animation_delay="0"] As human beings, we’re used to recognising and appreciating the shapes that water makes when cascading in a waterfall, spraying from a fountain or flowing in a stream. When designing the façade of the waterpark that concerns us, we thought; could we apply the shapes of moving water to our building? In which way could we design it so that the façade was evocative of water running in a torrent, producing the same sensation of relaxation and well-being? The sub-discipline of the mechanics of fluids that describes the set [...]
Shibam, the “mud” Manhattan
Located in central-eastern Yemen, in this walled city they’ve been constructing vertically for centuries. Founded in the 16th century, its adobe-built towers reach up to eight stories high and provide shelter for more than 7,000 people. Erected on a hill, it’s situated at hundreds of metres on the cliffs of Wadi Hadramaut, which allows it to escape constant flooding. In fact, Shibam was born on the foundations of an ancient city devastated by a flood and curiously the buildings that survived that disaster were the Mosque and the 13th century castle. Construction started around 500 years ago in adobe, when [...]
