01. Flower House
No Architecture’s second major residential project after Courtyard House, Flower House in the Berkshires reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology through its dynamic relationship to the native landscape and a plan configuration that organizes the six interlocking pavilions into “petals” around a central open courtyard that create a 360-degree view. Treating the space below each canopy as a pavilion, passive heating and cooling, solar access and natural ventilation optimize comfortability for the rituals of daily life.
No Architecture’s second major residential project after Courtyard House, Flower House in the Berkshires reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology through its dynamic relationship to the native landscape and a plan configuration that organizes the six interlocking pavilions into “petals” around a central open courtyard that create a 360-degree view. Treating the space below each canopy as a pavilion, passive heating and cooling, solar access and natural ventilation optimize comfortability for the rituals of daily life.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, US
Partially excavated into a gentle hillside
Private spaces are near subterranean while public spaces open to the landscape
Central open-air garden captures summer breezes and winter sun for the interior
Living room has direct horizon views from all cardinal directions
Featured in Dwell, AD Italia, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Architect Magazine
Partially excavated into a gentle hillside
Private spaces are near subterranean while public spaces open to the landscape
Central open-air garden captures summer breezes and winter sun for the interior
Living room has direct horizon views from all cardinal directions
Featured in Dwell, AD Italia, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Architect Magazine
02. Museum of Contemporary Art
No Architecture’s first museum commission is an integral part the city of Nanchong’s plans to sustainably expand northward through historic villages and towards protected mountains. The team approached the winning competition entry as an opportunity to ask “What is the form of a ‘landmark’ in a society that relates to nature symbiotically as opposed to hierarchically?” The result is a large new construct that respectfully alters and intimately integrates in its site to preserve the silhouette of the hilltop’s existing ridgeline.
No Architecture’s first museum commission is an integral part the city of Nanchong’s plans to sustainably expand northward through historic villages and towards protected mountains. The team approached the winning competition entry as an opportunity to ask “What is the form of a ‘landmark’ in a society that relates to nature symbiotically as opposed to hierarchically?” The result is a large new construct that respectfully alters and intimately integrates in its site to preserve the silhouette of the hilltop’s existing ridgeline.
Nanchong, Sichuan, CN
First prize
Large new cultural institution for a city of 5.6 million people
Part of the city government’s plan to develop new civic and public buildings
Design responds to the site’s topographic contours as intersecting umbrella canopies supported by structural stems that create unique interior spaces
Setting for viewing contemporary art blurs boundaries between inside and outside
First prize
Large new cultural institution for a city of 5.6 million people
Part of the city government’s plan to develop new civic and public buildings
Design responds to the site’s topographic contours as intersecting umbrella canopies supported by structural stems that create unique interior spaces
Setting for viewing contemporary art blurs boundaries between inside and outside
03. Fantawild Headquarters
Building on the professional experience of No Architecture’s founding principal, the concept for this 32-story 148 m tall tower centers around the client’s work as one of the preeminent creators of children’s media and theme parks in China. Translating fantasy, pixels and innovation into architectural form, the tower emerges from a 9-sqaure grid of 12x14-meter pixels with four independent cores to column-free floorplates. The design combines orthogonal ‘Vierendeel truss’ with triangulated ‘cross-bracing’ to avoid conventional ‘braced tube’ construction and eliminate awkward view obstructions typically associated with massive ‘X’-shaped perimeter beams.
Building on the professional experience of No Architecture’s founding principal, the concept for this 32-story 148 m tall tower centers around the client’s work as one of the preeminent creators of children’s media and theme parks in China. Translating fantasy, pixels and innovation into architectural form, the tower emerges from a 9-sqaure grid of 12x14-meter pixels with four independent cores to column-free floorplates. The design combines orthogonal ‘Vierendeel truss’ with triangulated ‘cross-bracing’ to avoid conventional ‘braced tube’ construction and eliminate awkward view obstructions typically associated with massive ‘X’-shaped perimeter beams.
Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN
Breaks down the standard approach to having a massive central core
Integrates productive outdoor spaces for the company’s 800+ employees
Street-level corners boast 14-meter cantilevers to create outdoor lobbies through porosity
Flexibility and openness in vertical and horizontal circulation maximizes opportunities to meet the divergent needs of employees, guests and VIPs
Breaks down the standard approach to having a massive central core
Integrates productive outdoor spaces for the company’s 800+ employees
Street-level corners boast 14-meter cantilevers to create outdoor lobbies through porosity
Flexibility and openness in vertical and horizontal circulation maximizes opportunities to meet the divergent needs of employees, guests and VIPs
04. Courtyard House
No Architecture’s first ground-up residential project was for a semi-retired couple. Moving to the heart of the Oregon wine country, part of the client’s impetus for the project was to create a destination, “a draw,” for out-of-town family and friends to visit. The architecture and design harmoniously resolve tensions between “ageing in place” with both nature (alone) and community (together). This foundational project has received several awards and been published internationally.
No Architecture’s first ground-up residential project was for a semi-retired couple. Moving to the heart of the Oregon wine country, part of the client’s impetus for the project was to create a destination, “a draw,” for out-of-town family and friends to visit. The architecture and design harmoniously resolve tensions between “ageing in place” with both nature (alone) and community (together). This foundational project has received several awards and been published internationally.
Willamette Valley, Oregon, US
Burrowed into the land so it remains unseen from the main street
Cantilevered floor slab creates effect of floating over the expansive wetland views
An open plan home where all living spaces gracefully convert into bedrooms for up to eight guests
Awarded Boston Society of Architects/AIA New York Housing Honor Award
Featured in The Wall Street Journal, Dwell, Cultured Magazine, Architect Magazine, AD Germany, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Dezeen, *Wallpaper, Mansion Global, Ignant, the Oregonian, Gray, Taschen
Burrowed into the land so it remains unseen from the main street
Cantilevered floor slab creates effect of floating over the expansive wetland views
An open plan home where all living spaces gracefully convert into bedrooms for up to eight guests
Awarded Boston Society of Architects/AIA New York Housing Honor Award
Featured in The Wall Street Journal, Dwell, Cultured Magazine, Architect Magazine, AD Germany, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Dezeen, *Wallpaper, Mansion Global, Ignant, the Oregonian, Gray, Taschen