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PAR PRESENTS RANCHO CONCEPT

Our design for a 15 ha private equestrian ranch in José Ignacio, Uruguay will be presented during a site visit over the winter holiday. Set upon a plateau, 7 buildings integrated with the surrounding horizons are approached by a processional on axis with the sea. Taking inspiration from Le Corbusier’s masterwork Ronchamp, punctuated thick masonry walls amplify light and sound.

PAR FEATURED IN CONCEPT

Check out our finalist proposal along with engineering partner Buro Happold for the international Keelung Harbor Gateway competition featured in CONCEPT, Vol. 164, December 2012.

KEELUNG EXHIBITED IN YANGMING

PAR’s finalist proposal for the Keelung Harbor Gateway Competition is up for it’s second exhibition alongside entries from NMDA, Asymptote, Mecanoo and ACDF. The exhibition continues through December at the Yangming Marine Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. Our friend Paul Petrunia of Archinect covers the project.

Exhibition: Yangming Marine Museum, Taipei, TW
Schedule: Dec 1-30, 2012

PAR + ARUP ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM

In Athens, we developed together with engineering partner ARUP, the adaptation of a 14,000 m2 former grain silo into a Museum of Underwater Antiquities. A system of void spaces introduces a spatial configuration that brings daylight to public areas whilst engaging the surrounding urban context. At moments of subtraction, the Cartesian grid of the silo building translates into a newly contoured geometry, expressing the old within the new. The competition winners will be announced in early 2013.

PAR WINS AIA NEXT LA HONOR AWARD

PAR has won an American Institute of Architects, NEXT LA Honor Award for The Archipelago, a 46.500 m2 housing project located in Leeuwarden, NL. Developed in collaboration with CO-LAB and Joris de Baes, our proposal provides a framework for an urban geography where history and future, density and openness, identity and diversity coexist. Drawn from a study of waterfront cities, a collection of 9 typologies create neighborhood identities, each with it’s own individual character based on their unique relationships to water.

PAR + ARUP @ FACADE INNOVATION CONFERENCE

This Fall, PAR along with engineering partner ARUP, will present Extreme Ocularity at the Chicago Facade + Innovation Conference in a Mies van der Rohe landmark. The presentation will feature our approach to designing a high performance facade for a zero carbon building in the challenging climate of Helsinki, Finland. Fernando Romero, Principal of FR-EE opens the conference with a keynote presentation.

Exhibition: IIT, Chicago, US
Schedule: Oct 11-12, 2012

PAR EXHIBITS IN TAIWAN

PAR’s finalist proposal for the Keelung Harbor Gateway Competition is up for exhibition in Taiwan alongside entries from NMDA, Asymptote, Mecanoo and ACDF. A BIG thanks to our project partners SES + RLA and our world class engineering team: Buro Happold, Moffat & Nichol and LandDesign.

Exhibition: Keelung Harbor Tower, TW
Schedule: Sep 20 – Nov 27, 2012

PAR FINALIST FOR KEELUNG GATEWAY

PAR in a collaboration with SES, RLA and Buro Happold were awarded honorable mention in the  international competition for the Keelung Harbor Gateway in Keelung, Taiwan. A gateway to the nation, the 120,000 m2 project is comprised of a cruise terminal and 70m office tower. Congratulations to our competitors Asymptote, Mecanoo, ACDF and especially NMDA for their winning entry. A BIG thanks to our project partners SES + RLA and our engineering team: Buro Happold, Moffat & Nichol and LandDesign. Our friend Sam Lubell of Architects Newspaper covers the project.

Are you in Taiwan this Fall? Check out the finalist proposals on exhibition at two locations through the end of 2012.

Exhibition: Keelung Harbor Tower, TW
Schedule: Sep 20 – Nov 27, 2012
Exhibition: Yangming Marine Museum, Taipei, TW
Schedule: Dec 1-30, 2012

PAR SHORTLISTED IN KEELUNG COMPETITION

PAR in a collaboration with SES and Buro Happold have been shortlisted in the international, two-stage Keelung Harbor Gateway competition in Keelung, Taiwan. To become a landmark, the project adopts a form that resists easy classification to free-associate with symbols of the utilitarian, the industrial, the poetic. A global gateway, the tower represents Taiwan’s cultural progress and modern commerce. Teams will present final designs to a distinguished international jury in mid September.

Shortlisted Teams: Asymptote, NMDA, Mecanoo, PAR + SES and ACDF
Final Jury Presentations: September 11th, 2012
Project Area: 120.000 m2
Project Budget: $211,00 US
Competition Jury: Aaron Betsky, Cai Yuan Liang, Gene King, Kiyoshi Miyazaki, Michael Speaks, Su Yu Zhe, Wang Ming Hung and Wei Jenn

THE ARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER STUDIO TOUR

Dwell On Design + Architects Newspaper host a Studio Tour in our building.

Tour Location: American Cement Building, Los Angeles, US
Tour Date: Jun 21, 2012, 6-8pm