Architecture Design of Annemasse Aquatic Center

• Project: Annemasse Aquatic Center (Restricted competition)
• Site: Annemasse (74), France
• Client: Ville d’Annemasse
• Floor Area: 5400 m2 + 14000 m2 exteriors
• Construction cost: 9900000 € H.T.
• Design Team: SERERO Architects Urban planners: David Serero, Yoichi Ozawa, Fabrice Zaini
• Structural Engineers: GINGER Engineering, Mechanical Engineers: ETHIS, Acoustician: Pierre Pasquini, Project Economist: SOUBEYRAN, Local Architect: Franck Baffie

by Serero Architectes

GREEN BUILDING INDEX

WHAT IS THE GREEN BUILDING INDEX?




The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s industry recognised green rating tool for buildings to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise awareness among Developers, Architects, Engineers, Planners, Designers, Contractors and the Public about environmental issues and our responsibility to the future generations.

The GBI rating tool provides an opportunity for developers and building owners to design and construct green, sustainable buildings that can provide energy savings, water savings, a healthier indoor environment, better connectivity to public transport and the adoption of recycling and greenery for their projects and reduce our impact on the environment.

GBI is developed specifically for the Malaysian-tropical climate, environmental and developmental context, cultural and social needs and is created to:

•	Define green buildings by establishing a common language and standard of measurement;
•	Promote integrated, whole-building designs that provides a better environment for all;
•	Recognise and reward environmental leadership;
•	Transform the built environment to reduce its negative environmental impact; and
•	Ensure new buildings remain relevant in the future and existing buildings are refurbished and upgraded to improve the overall quality of our building stock. Summary of the GBI More update at http://www.greenbuildingindex.org/

MERRY X'MAS

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FUJITSU DESIGN AWARD 2011

FUJITSU DESIGN AWARD 2011

CALL FOR ENTRIES

A LIFE with Future Computing
(a design competition to create new lifestyle from next-generation computing) japanese company Fujitsu will work with designboom to hold an international industrial design competition. everyone is eligible to enter the competition, from professionals to students, who are involved with, or are interested in, design. participation in groups is also accepted. free registration required.

you can check further information at designboom

terreform 1: homeway

homeway is another conceptual architectural project from the architects of terreform 1 led by dr. mitchell joachim. the project focuses on how cities can extend into the suburbs sustainably. their idea is to mount suburban homes on wheels having them drive into the city by day and back again at night. in their vision, city highways would be enhanced with an intelligent renewable infrastructure that would serve these mobile home structures. 'in the future, the physical home will remain permanent but its location will be transient. our static suburbs will be transformed into a dynamic and deployable flow. houses will have the option to switch from parked to low speed. homes, big box retail, movie theaters, supermarkets, business hubs, food production, and power plants will depart from their existing sprawled communities and line up along highways to create a truly breathing interconnected metabolic urbanism. dense ribbons of food, energy, waste and water elements will follow the direction of moving population clusters.'

http://www.terreform.org