Sapphire Gallery / XTEN Architecture
The Saphire Gallery is a residential gallery addition to a private residente in Los Angeles, California. It is designed to display a private collection of contemporary art while also providing for a home office with views to the sorrounding hills.
Arctic Cultural Center / B.I.G Architecture
The 3 main programs - a theater, a concert hall and a cluster of rehearsal roos - are placed so they define a centrifugal public space tht connects the city to the water and the new harbour front promenade. The dancing studios are wedged between the 3 main programs with beautiful views to Hammerfest's scenic focal points: the mountains, the bay and the historical city. Light cracks between the floating dancing studios and the auditoria provide the public space with the feeling of being under water covered by big floating ice gaps.
Both of these two buildings show the great use of space communication and dynamic roof, especially the Arctic Cultural Center: with blank walls closing the building, a few curtain walls, windows, gaps on the roof and the small courtyard in the building center allow natural light to go into the building with no problem.Work together with the dynamic shape, the Arctic Cultural Center gains apure beauty from all these simple elements.
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