toward Space

As we move toward the year 2040, the demands for energy, mobility and space in Los Angeles continue to grow in a region already overwhelmed with urban sprawl, traffic congestion, scarce open space, and inferior public transportation...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/los-angeles-skyscraper-in-2040/

Xeno -Culture

Xenoculture is a term coined by Iranian writer and philosopher Reza Negarestani that describes the need for embracing and exploring the unexpected, the alien. In this issue we borrow the idea and explore the realm of Architecture Xenoculture — the work of architects and designers who detach from everything that architecture is supposed to be and look like, including preconceived forms and aesthetics, to look into new architectural and design possibilities.
http://www.evolo.us/magazine/evolo-05/

Encircles Iconic Brick Building

Although it is utopia and it’s not going to be built any time soon – Atelier Zündel Cristea is awarded first prize at the ArchTriumph architectural competition for converting Battersea Power Station in London into a museum wrapped in giant roller coaster –the idea was that visitors get a full view of the museum by taking a ride on a roller coaster that encircles and slices through the iconic brick building.
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/architectural-ride-in-battersea-power-station-azc-wins-archtriumph-museum-competition/

Stone Group International in MARBLE IZMIR 2013

MARBLE 2013 – The Leading Global Event For The Natural Stone Industry

MARBLE is an international decision point of the natural stone industry since 1995. From blocks to more complex processing, from machinery to instrumental materials for professionals of construction and contract sectors as well as designers and decision makers.

http://marble.izfas.com.tr/indexx.php?f=e7b6dae1fad0a86ad144ae5cac43b52f&l=2

Major Cities

The rapid increase of population within the major cities around the world has led to poor development and serious urban design problems, including the lack of infrastructure, housing, and recreational areas. In Beijing, a large portion of the historic center has been demolished.
http://www.evolo.us/featured/light-park-floating-skyscraper/

a Stratosphere Network

As technological innovative and higher latest skyscrapers can be, they still need to rely on the support to the ground. So a higher heights usually means more unstableness as well as weaker capacity to resist disasters.

The project proposes a mega hex grid that evolves around the earth circumference at a stratosphere heigh, the principle that support this hypothesis is that it seem to be that in a building the larger the span is, the scale and the unstableness will proportionally increase...
http://www.evolo.us/featured/stratosphere-network-of-skyscrapers/

Petite Ceinture

The Phobia Skyscraper is a new form of modular suburban residential development for Paris, France. It is located over the “Petite Ceinture”, a former industrial site with excellent views of the city and an extensive transportation network. Two main ground slabs and an empty tower structure, constructed of recycled industrial materials, hold prefabricated units that are stacked to utilize the same plumbing system but are rotated to open to outdoor spaces. The units are grouped around outdoor common green spaces.
http://www.evolo.us/featured/phobia-skyscraper-revitalizes-paris-suburbs/

Sand, a Red one and Rocks...

The global increase in population, its concentration in cities, and the development of emerging countries lead to a big increase in energy need. The Earth has undergone dramatic climatic changes, which have been linked, by a large consensus, to greenhouse gases (GHG). The concentration of GHG in the atmosphere directly affects the global temperature, with potentially global, dramatic consequences. Without any doubt, it is indispensable to define an objective of maximum emissions, in order to limit problems in the future in the Earth.

The Project Nomad goal is to change the atmospheric and soil chemistry of Mars to make it hospitable for human colonization.
http://www.evolo.us/featured/nomad-terraforming-mars/

a Roof Construction

In less than one year, Martin Luther Church by Coop Himelb(l)au, together with a sanctuary, church hall and supplementary spaces was built in center of Hainburg, Austria. Its shape is inspired by a huge “table” – the entire roof construction is supported by four steel columns – the legs.
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/three-dimensionally-curved-roof-of-martin-luthers-church-in-hainburg-coop-himelblau/

a Volcano Mask

From the suffocation of Pompeii to the air traffic gridlock suffered in Iceland in 2010, the tephra that is expelled during volcanic eruptions has long posed grave threats to civilization. Since volcanic eruptions cannot be controlled, the designers of the VolcanElectric Mask I propose constructing an industrial structure over a volcano that can collect tephra during an eruption, keeping it out of the skies and away from cities and villages below, and also harness the power from the volcano’s heat in calm periods to provide clean electric power to surrounding areas.
http://www.evolo.us/featured/volcano-skyscraper-harnesses-clean-energy-from-active-volcanoes/

Manuel Sánchez Pérez

Las empresas españolas de la piedra están realizando un gran esfuerzo para mantenerse activas mediante un ajuste de sus costes para ser competitivas en los mercados internacionales, incrementando su presencia comercial en dichos mercados o participando en ferias de todo el mundo...
http://www.revistapiedranatural.com/es/sector/284-entrevista-a-manuel-sanchez-perez-presidente-de-la-federacion-espanola-de-la-piedra-natural-

enhancing Efficiency

Energy is one of the major concerns of our current society. Today sustainable architecture seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation in the use of materials. Noise is part of our urban environment and our everyday life and it is one of the most prevalent pollution form in cities, but it is also an important source of energy not valued yet.
http://www.evolo.us/featured/soundscraper-captures-sound-kinetic-energy-while-reducing-noise-pollution/

the Shape of the Water

Inspired by the shape of water in endless motion, The Blue Planet is shaped as a great whirlpool. The new Denmark’s Aquarium is situated in the borderland between the worlds of Poseidon and Zeus. The walls and roofs form a single, continuous flow and are clad in a way which emphasises the wavy outline of the building, thereby telling a story of this union. The first and longest of the whirlpool’s arms follows the shape of the landscape and the building, moving into the land. As soon as visitors arrive at The Blue Planet, the building will convey a sense of the special experience that awaits them inside. Here, the whirlpool has pulled you into another world - a world beneath the surface of the sea.

http://www.archello.com/en/project/blue-planet-0

Instant Nature

The Skinscape project was inspired from the idea that the natural environment modifies architecture as time passes by and in some instances nature even reclaims it. For example, Banyan trees now cover the Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia built in 12th century.
http://www.evolo.us/featured/skinscape-morphing-contiguous-skyscrapers/

The Presence of Light

...There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds...GK. C

We are Stone Group International-Natural Materials in Architecture of Tomorrow - A Piece of Greece into the World.

We, the people of Stone Group International, believe in economic, social and environmental development, respect our materials and closely watch all aspects of the built environment. From individual buildings to large scaled projects. From cities to meta-cities. From Mediterranean sustainable architecture to the global one. Always consider  the philosophical issues of arts and culture that contributes to.

We strongly support our materials, in a new sustainable approach to all forms of construction. We know our materials. We can speak on them. We know their characteristics, their behaviour through time. We know the needs of our customers, we provide the best quality and the best solutions. Marble’s cultural inheritance, evidence of a long tradition in history that has been kept for centuries, is today the most advantageous element for marble exporting companies to deal with the hard competition worldwide.

That’s the way we think in Stone Group International. Our Biography is what happens inside us. Our Philosophy is our Company. An ambassador of greek marble and entrepreneurship abroad, a Piece of Greece, contributing to economic diplomacy, building relationships of trust.
Our aim illustrates social and natural resource issues in order to work closely with architects in their approach to future design.

Humanity, Environmental Policy, Ecology, Beauty, Elegance, Quality and Advanced Technology express our vision and our commitment to our people, our clients and the community.
Our global presence encompasses 63 countries.

We express new ideas and new concepts in order to improve construction quality.
We promote business relationships, aiming to achieve higher cultural responsiveness.
We created an innovative exhibition space, to share with students, sculptors, architects and customers, in order to contribute to research, material studies and projects.

They say that Global Architecture refers to the process of diagramming and understanding the underlying connections, strengths, communications, and supports that exist beneath a global climate.
We are part of these. We act in a global perspective.

a Polar Umbrella

During the last decades of global warming, the polar ice caps have experienced a severe rise in temperature causing the northern and southern ice shelves to become thin, fractured, and melt into the ocean. Rebuilding the arctic layers is the primary objective of this proposal which cools down the Earth’s surface by reducing heat gain in vulnerable arctic regions.
http://www.evolo.us/featured/polar-umbrella-buoyant-skyscraper-protects-and-regenerates-the-polar-ice-caps/

to Revise Architecture

Following the massive earthquake that occurred in 2011, we discovered that there are many unreliable aspects of our society, and we also realized that there is a need to revise architecture, which was still based on 20th century-style industry and economics. In the future, architecture should celebrate the people who live in it and the local natural environment. Enabling people to continue embarking on their adventures in this way will give rise to a new and different tomorrow.
Yasuhiro Yamashita

http://www.toto.co.jp/gallerma/ex121013/index_e.htm

an Emblematic Project

It is the simple combinations inherent between these cells that can potentially produce many different mutations. This project is emblematic of democratic design as seen through the lens of digital fabrication, aggregation, and repetition.
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/londons-other-distributed-social-game-a-collective-gardening-experience/

ENVISION FUTURE

This dynamic cultural center in Grottammare, Italy, will be Bernard Tschumi Architects’ first commission in Italy. Inspired by the city’s small medieval center, the roughly 7,000 square meter structure will house a variety of exhibitions, conferences and workshops in an effort to “strengthen people’s ties to the territory with which they identify” by exchanging information about the existing city and envision its possibilities for the future...
http://www.archdaily.com/338720/grottammare-cultural-center-bernard-tschumi-architects/

MOUNTAINS

Ajax Law Ling Kit and Virginia Lung of Hong Kong based practice One Plus Partnership designed Chongqing Mountain & City Sales Office for Chongqing Nanshan District, China. Slanted walls and marble floor pattern are triangular – the geometry is derived from the mounting background...
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/chongqing-mountain-and-city-sales-office-one-plus-partnership/

an Art Expansion

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | SFMOMA’s expansion works commence this summer – the new 235,000-square-foot building is designed by Norway based practice Snøhetta. The expansion will seamlessly join the current Mario Botta’s museum building.
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/sfmoma-expansion-construction-to-start-soon-sn%c3%b8hetta/

Stay Alive

The “Migrant Skyscraper” is literally mobile: A giant, thin tire with a building and green space in the center, this skyscraper is ready to roll. The concept behind this structure is that in an unstable world, people need the stability of self-sufficiency to truly be free, and the future of the architectural field can help provide that to people...

http://www.evolo.us/competition/migrant-skyscraper/
 

A Grand Volume of History

National Museum of Iran, aging more than 70 years, containing 300,000 museum objects in an area more than 20,000 square meters, is not only the largest museum of History and Archaeology of the country, but ranks as one of the few most prestigious museums of the world in regard to grand volume, diversity and quality of its huge monuments...
http://www.nationalmuseumofiran.ir/WebForms/En/General/Default.aspx

iNTEriorities

0RN8 is interested in pursuing the creation of novel interiorities through the articulated elaboration of experimental and existing structural systems. The development and differentiation of each tectonic system experiment that is under analysis occurs within the defining parameters of the system’s own inherent logic.
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/parametric-design-studies-on-novel-interiorities-for-existing-structural-systems-0rn8/

STONE GROUP IN XIAMEN 2013

Xiamen Stone Fair 2013 will be the world’s largest stone exhibition with 158,000 m2 exhibition area. A newly-built exhibition center of over 30,000 m2 floor will be put into use as overseas exhibiting space, with more sufficient exhibiting facilities and luxurious exhibition ground.

STONE GROUP INTERNATIONAL participates with its own stand as a Piece of Greece, in order to display all its products and promote business to a higher level.
http://www.stonefair.org.cn/Exhibitors_Center_fair2013.asp

grand Universe of History

The Grand Egyptian Museum holds in trust for Egypt and the World a chronological statement for the ancient history of Egypt over the past 7000 years. Neighboring a timeless wonder, the Giza Pyramids, the new museum is to pay homage to eternal Ancient Egyptian monuments, treasures, and history hosting over 100,000 artifacts, about 3500 of which belong to the famous King Tutankhamen.
http://www.gem.gov.eg/

as Three Dimensional

The goal of the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and of its Dean Klaus Bollinger is to teach architecture as an all-inclusive thought process that puts the future architect in the position to define architecture as three dimensional expression of culture. To achieve this, the three design studios of Zaha Hadid, Greg Lynn and Hani Rashid closely work together with specialists in the departments of technology, theory and editing within our institute, as well as with specialists from reputable external organizations.
http://www.i-o-a.at/