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→ The undersides of the airport’s 127 concrete vaults are embossed with a veined leaf motif, and gaps between the bays usher light into the interior. ↓ Designed to resemble a Bedouin tent when viewed from above, the canopy is topped in heat-reflective metal that enhances climate control. Air trAvel mAy hAve lost some of its cAchet, but international airports are still designed as iconic gateways that represent national identity and status. While the Water Cube and the Bird’s nest may have captured media attention during the 2008 Olympics, Foster + Partners’ more ambitious Beijing International Airport has proved to best define the new China. The British firm scores again in Amman, with Queen Alia International Airport. The $800‑ million terminal doubles the capacity of jordan’s largest air‑ port, positioning it as a regional hub, with flights to and from major north American and european cities. This is also the latest in the firm’s large and ever‑expanding global portfolio of airports, which consistently achieve an impressive balance between local character and worldly sophistication, solemn monumentality and pragmatic efficiency. Designed for incremental expansion – 12 million passengers a year by 2033 – the 103,000‑square‑metre building is modular: 127 pendentive vaults clustered into a central hall, with restaurants, lounges and shops, and two piers for departure gates. The clustered vaults reprise a pattern commonly found in Islamic architecture: an open‑ended field made up of a series of structural bays. This spatial ordering is exemplified in Spain’s Mosque‑ Cathedral of Córdoba, where it sharply contrasts with the closed and delineated figure of the Christian cathedral that predates it. Much like how the mosque accommodates the accidental cathedral within the matrix of arches and columns, the vaulted superstructure at Queen Alia airport enables things to get a little messy on the ground – so long as clarity dominates above. But Foster + Partners has taken this traditional canopy further, project‑ ing the pendentive vault (a regional invention developed in the fifth and sixth centuries) into the 21st century. After the experiments with concrete domes pioneered by Luigi nervi and Félix Candela in the ’60s, Foster realigns the structure with an environmental agenda. The concrete vaults’ thermal mass passively regulates the airport’s sustainable microclimate, absorbing heat during the day and releasing it at night – a capacity suited to Amman’s desert climate, where temperatures vary dramatically. By concentrating the loads on the support points, the archi‑ tects managed to create wide, teardrop‑shaped gaps between the bays. This enables generous daylighting, enhanced and bounced back by reflecting pools that illuminate the space. In addition, the canopy extends beyond the building to protect the exterior circulation routes from direct sunlight. Furthermore, the glazed curtain wall is equipped with anti‑glare louvres, which enables visitors to enjoy the brightness of the hall and the uninterrupted views beyond without PHOTO BY LOReM IPSuM DOLORe vaults resemble a Bedouin tent – or a many‑eyed insect – when viewed aerially. taxing the building’s electrical capacity. Topped in heat‑reflective metal, the The most sustainable aspect of Queen Alia airport may be how it is designed to weather with minimal maintenance. While lighter, thinner and more high‑tech building systems will age ungracefully in jordan’s des ert, the ponderous vaults will evoke a monumental antique ruin repurposed for modern use. june 2013 41



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focus little A printer that fits in your hand is just one product in a new wave of tiny technology mini me that’s hitting the market – big time BY Brendan cormier matt webb, ceo and co-founder of the London design studio Berg, once asked, “What happens when stuff is conceived of as participants in our own creative, social, connected lives?” after years of strenuous prototyping, Webb seems to have arrived at an answer with a plug-in printer that turns your social media and favourite sites into something you can touch, hold, even feel emotional about. Launched last year, Little Printer is indeed compact. With a frame less than 13 centi metres long, it sits on two orange elbows and is ready to print off “mini-newspapers” via your smart phone. on a receipt-sized strip of thermal paper, you can print top news headlines, a list of books, or daily crosswords, though the most alluring aspect of Little Printer might be its anthropo morphic cuteness. a faceplate holds the paper roll in place, and an image of a happy face (or one of your choosing) appears at the beginning of each wee printout, and smiles back at you when not in use. $262; next shipment begins in july. bergcloud.com/littleprinter cubeSensors The Vamp Google Glass Square register by cBSr by Paul cocksedge by Google by Square inc. crammed with sensors that monitor Kickstarter is a natural breeding already controversial before its Developed by Twitter creator jack humidity, air quality, light, tempera- ground for newfangled micro- anticipated public release later this Dorsey, Square register makes ture and noise levels, cubeSensors technology, and it’s where London, year, google glass will either be the credit card payments fluid and relay that data to your mobile device u.K., designer Paul cocksedge next big thing or a niche product mobile. Slightly smaller than your and send recommendations on how launched the Vamp, a magnetized for the technologically addicted. average ice cube, the reader plugs to improve your indoor conditions. cube that adheres to any hi-fi The new eyewear features a front- in to the audio jack of any iPhone, Too bad they don’t go the next step, speaker and channels your digital mounted camera for recording videos android or iPad. customers swipe though, and communicate directly device’s music library via Bluetooth and snapping pictures, triggered their cards, and the app processes with your thermostat, air filters and or cable. Simply wire it to a speaker by a simple voice command; and a the payments. Signatures are sound systems to perfectly calibrate for stereophonic sound that is virtual retina display that enables scribbled on the touch screen with your environmental preferences. rich er and more textured than what layers of information, such as weather a finger, and vendors can take First shipment begins this summer. most handheld devices can produce. reports, Twitter feeds and text a picture of the item sold for their Starting at $249 for two. The Vamp is expected to launch this messages, to float before your eyes. records. The gadget is free, but cubesensors.com month, starting at $70. Pricing to be announced later this Square takes 2.75 per cent of every paulcocksedgestudio.com year. google.com/glass sale. squareup.com 44 june 2013 azuremagazine.com

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just in az awards Azure congratulates the 46 finalists of the third annual AZ Awards, chosen finalists from almost 700 entries residential architecture Gredig Walser dipl. architekten the design agency and James collection, by nani marquina eth Fh sia aG: Kindergarten, K. M. cheng: momofuku restaurant, as ⁄ d asociación de diseño: samedan, switzerland toronto unBuilt coMPetition entries casa alta ii, mexico city shoP architects: shopbop el dorado: echo ridge duplexes, landscaPe architecture headquarters, new york allied Works architecture: national topeka, Kansas music centre of canada, calgary J. Mayer h. architects: oLs house, vladimir djurovic landscape Furniture desiGn sitbon architectes: cristal public near stuttgart, germany architecture: hariri memorial facility, dead sea, israel ⁄ jordan lode architecture: d house, garden, beirut extremis: marina outdoor table set, brittany, france daoust lestage: Place des by bruno fattorini & Partners concePts ⁄ PrototyPes festivals – Quartier des spectacles, Fábrica: street football seat ball coMMercial ⁄  institutional montreal chair, by ana gonzález and hubert MZ architects: Valley city master plan, Qatar architecture over el dorado: troost bridge, Kansas schoba Michal Maciej Bartosik: tensegrity 1,000 square Metres city, missouri Fritz hansen: minuscule chair, by space frame Light cecilie manz Fr-ee ⁄ Fernando romero teMPorary ⁄ deMonstration andy Martin studio: thonet enterprise: soumaya museum, bentwood bike mexico city architecture Furniture systeMs saucier + Perrotte architectes, nadaaa: gwangju urban folly, demode: engineered by valcucine: student a aWard + hughes condon Marler architects: gwangju, south Korea meccanica kitchen, by gabriele daniel Kowal-andersen (Kolding university of british columbia rockwell Group: national building centazzo faculty of Pharmaceutical museum, washington, d.c. teknion: enclave case goods school of design, denmark): essentials kitchen tools sciences  ⁄ cdrd, Vancouver Plain Projects, urbanink, PiKe collection, by figure3 sean Godsell architects: Projects: hygge house, winnipeg aaron choi, christine Phu, diego valencia (arizona state university, rmit design hub, melbourne liGhtinG shoP architects: barclays center residential interiors Brightgreen: dr700 retrofit bulb, usa): X-scape public furniture Julie richoz (ecal, switzerland): arena, brooklyn, new york Jean-Maxime labrecque by david o’driscoll thalie tableware architecte: inhabitable sculpture, Flos: aim pendants, by ronan and courtney creenan, Kyle coMMercial ⁄ institutional architecture under montreal erwan bouroullec Masta linski, daniel nead, scott licht Kunst licht: städel museum hong Kong stunt team: ebell Loft, selin, lisa stern (university at 1,000 square Metres santa ana, california skylights installation, by tanja baum Buffalo, usa): elevator b bee daoust lestage: Vitrines habitées – Frentearquitectura: mini-studio, habitat Quartier des spectacles, montreal mexico city interior Products libor Šenekel (technical university el dorado: trail center at amala carpets: aria carpet of liberec, czech republic): camp Prairie schooner, Kansas city, coMMercial ⁄  institutional collection, by amala carpets Vaclav havel’s monument missouri interiors Graff: sento bathroom faucet, by arina agieieva, dmytro Zhuikov el dorado: boulevard brewing Pfarré lighting design, raupach angeletti ruzza design (dessau institute of architecture, company cellar 1 expansion, architekten, design stauss nanimarquina: chillida carpet Germany): food and energy Kansas city, missouri public facility Grillmeier: hafencity university subway station, hamburg, germany the grand jury choosing a winner is never easy. in march, at hôtel Le germain in toronto, azure’s six-member judging panel met to huddle and muse over the remarkable 677 submis- sions arriving from 38 countries. while the winning projects, products and concepts will not be revealed until june 13, when the trophies are handed out at toronto’s evergreen brick works, we are thrilled to announce the finalists who impressed and inspired this prestigious international jury. to read about the 14 winners, pick up our ↑ left to right: todd saunders of saunders ↑ left to right: Giulio cappellini of cappellini; Photos by matthew furtado july/august issue, which hits newsstands archi tec ture and George yabu of yabu Pushelberg. Ken smith of Workshop: Ken smith landscape in mid-june. architect; shirley Blumberg of KPMB architects; and todd Bracher of todd Bracher studio. 46 june 2013 azuremagazine.com

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style beauty Inspired by the skills of its Afghan weavers, Arzu develops stunning underfoot rugs designed by star architects BY ElizaBEth Pagliacolo ← Simeon i, designed by Margaret Mccurry (far left); abrahamic tribal ii rug by Stanley tigerman (bottom left); zh runner, also in red, by zaha hadid (left). → arzu’s afghan weavers use loom skills passed down through generations. If arzu’s bold new collectIon is any indication, the american company will soon be a household name, and it deserves to be. Founded by former goldman Sachs exec connie Duckworth after a trip to war-torn afghanistan in 2003, it employs local women to hand-weave designer carpets for an inter national market. The result: a new cottage industry of high-end floor coverings, in patterns from modern to tribal, produced with loom and knotting skills passed down through generations. The weavers have grown in number from 30 to 700 since the not-for-profit started up, and all enjoy better-than-average working conditions: they set up their looms in their own homes, earn livable wages and have access to health care and clean water. in its latest project, arzu has commissioned architects Frank gehry, zaha Hadid and michael graves, among others, to design 10 limited edition wool carpets, signed and shipped with proof of authenticity. To reach a broader audience, the rugs are sold through coalesse, a Steelcase company, at prices from $3,500 to $14,000. You can own a four-metre-long runner emblazoned with an architectural sketch by Hadid, or a 1.8-by-3.6- metre carpet with a puzzle piece motif by gehry. if you want a style more faithful to eastern rugs, margaret mccurry and Stanley Tigerman, partners in life and as principals at their chicago firm, have come up with a sober pair of designs with more tradi- tional geometric patterns. While the series’ name, the masters collection, could refer to the architects, it could also acknowledge the weavers, masters at their trade though anonymous in their art. arzustudiohope.org Frozen poetry Glass vessels that ← ← a tumbler and a bring a modern flair to the frost carafe from Front’s Frost collection for Stelton. ↙For hay, Scholten & in the wrong hands, frosted glassware can veer into tacky territory, but two new collections transform it into the Baijings added pale colour to its glassware sublime. inspired by the wintry coating that forms on a window, the series designed by Stockholm studio Front for collection. Stelton – two glasses, an ice bucket and a corked carafe – exudes cool simplicity in ultra-minimal lines. adding pastel hues to the embellishment, amsterdam’s Scholten & Baijings created a collection with stemware and lean carafes, for another Danish manufacturer, Hay. more of a tint than a finish (some glasses incorporate graphic elements: a pink square, intersecting lines), their surface treatment takes the trend one step further. hay.dk, stelton.com 48 june 2013 azuremagazine.com

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TRENDING ARTIFICIAL Taking digital design to another level, these spirited pieces have INTELLIGENCE a life of their own BY ELIZABETH PAGLIACOLO ← SPINAL STAIR Italian firm Disguincio & Co conceived the proto type Folio staircase in fibre glass modules reinforced with carbon fibre strips. Principal Mirko Daneluzzo says the goal was essentialism – “making things with fewer components that do more” – and the result resembles a spinal column . disguincio.com ↓ ERROR MESSAGE Resembling a distorted image of a cabinet, this storage unit from Fratelli Boffi’s Good Vibrations series stretches the possibilities of CNC manufac- turing to produce an object with a sense of irony. Designed by Ferruccio Laviani, the oak cabinet also references traditional oriental furniture. fratelliboffi.it → BODY SCULPTURE Like a swirl of ← SECOND SKIN Burlesque artist black smoke encircling the wearer’s Dita von Teese models a Fibonacci- neck, the Kinesis poly amide neck- inspired nylon gown tailored to her laces are laser sintered in striated body by Francis Bitonti and Michael PHOTO, DITA VON TEESE, CO ALBERT SANCHEZ PHOTOGRAPHY forms that seem to ebb and flow. Schmidt, who sought to emphasize They are the work of London’s Daniel D printing’s ability to output a Widrig, an alumnus of Zaha Hadid’s fluid, custom-fitted textile. “It trans- firm, who has also collaborated with forms and adapts continuously to haute couturier Iris van Herpen on the body,” says Bitonti. The garment her insectlike D-printed dresses. is part of an evolving collection. danielwidrig.com francisbitonti.com  AZUREMAGAZINE.COMUREMAGAZINE.COM AZ  JUNE  JUNE