This book deals with the aesthetic potentials of sustainable archit ecture and its practice. In contrast to the mechanistic model, the book attempts to open a new area of scholarship and debate on sustainability in the design and production of architecture. In many instances, the key principles behind environmental concerns and sustainability in architecture are often misunderstood and misrepresented. Many often consider sustainability within a limited set of choices or still regard it as yet another inconvenience that hinders development. Certainly technical improvements help alleviate the problems at hand. But fundamental questions remain in regard to architecture: What are the structural issues behind the consciousness on sustainability and how do we address them in design? And what kind of opportunities can we find in its aesthetics for the revision of our industrial model? The book traces and underscores how the consideration of environment and sustainability is directly connected to aesthetic propositions in architecture. http://www.010.nl/catalogue

Designed by Piet Gerards Ontwerpers
English 320 pp / 240 x 170 mm / paperback 
price € 29.50 ISBN 978 90 6450 752 6
to be published November 2011, forthcoming

Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects are now a part of the international architectual project "Architizer".

Social and ethical responsibility Building their own home is the dream of many people, especially families. Here a strategy i provided to create a new type of homes in the city and reinforcing the social, economic, and cultural fabric of the urban centres. In the fast-grown suburbs an unnatural homogenous population is created because on the very small group of people usually moves there within a short period of time. This segregation of a large proportion of the society weakens the social structure. In the city centre a social groups a mixed and interact. The individual experiences being part of a society every day. This understanding is the foundation for any social and democratic understanding. Ressource efficiency and environmental impact Residential houses are the main course for land-use. Building new suburbs leads to the destruction of natural environments, more streets, traffic, and pollution. One important aim was to demonstrate that in the smallest urban niche it is possible to built a fully-functioning house which meets the highest design standards and ecological criteria.

Minimum Impact House - Developing a sustainable prototype

The project Minimum Impact House is a prototype for sustainable housing development in the city. Sustainability and ecology requires a holistic optimization of the building. At the mini house manufacturing of the building, operation and location factors such as urbanity and mobility were considered together. It turned out to be an inner-city densification has a number of environmental advantages. Prevent urban sprawl, traffic, reduces the intensified use of existing infrastructure and strengthen the social fabric of the city. For developing inner-city African developing new building types and building structures for the creation of sustainable housing in the city is required.

„The fact, that many people drive to town for work or leisure activity, increases the output of carbon dioxide.[..] Nearly half of the annual land consumption is generated by the building industry. With his architectural office (Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects) he realized in Frankfurt a few years ago a idea: the Minihouse.

Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects are now a part of the international architects portal Archello

Enjoying the sun in the green spaces or taking a stroll along the Main – more and more people in Frankfurt spend their leisure time outside. And what does this mean? Frankfurt needs more public toilets. They are planned now.

A multidisciplinary jury, i.a. with representatives of the parks and gardens department and the Office for the Environment, has now made their decision. A special award goes to the design of Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects for their construction with willows.

As nice as it is to be outside, as desperate it can get. In the parks of Frankfurt there are less public toilets than needed. Often complained, the city council is working on the future concept „ Public toilets in the city of Frankfurt”. There you find the following plan: Instead of building expensive permanent toilets, which will be run down after a while, temporar y toilets are planned to be provided during the summer. The architectural office Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects handed in a construction out of willows as an “overcoat” and won a special award.

Italian only: Ridurre l'impatto del consumo di suolo, creando una nuova tipologia di edificio residenziale che recupera aree del centro cittá poco densificate: é questa la proposta di un progetto di ricerca tedesco che ottimizza globalmente l'impatto ecologico, sociale, economico attraverso alloggi di edilizia sociale residenziale in legno.

The demand for passive houses has risen substantially in recent years. To meet the ever increasing cost of oil and electricity prices, many owners opt for an energy-efficient construction and save up to 90% on energy costs.

The new planning guide passive houses residential planning prepares you for this task well before, because selected project examples and detailed technical information to help you implement your own building project.

Take advantage of the design manual passive houses of residential buildings

Expertise for client consulting: The selected projects provide ideas for your own design. Concept variants and construction data to support the decisions.
Safety in design: designs, details and concepts of the building can be incorporated into your own planning.

Minimum Impact House (Min-i-Houses) is een bouw- en onderzoeksproject naar duurzame woningbouw in de stad. De tentoonstelling toont een selectie projecten in Amsterdam, Frankfurt en Rotterdam en tien ontwerpprojecten van studenten aan de Technische Universiteit Darmstadt (Duitsland). DGJ-Architeden, Mecklenburglaan 14, Rotterdam, mal wo & za 11-17, www.dgi.eu

MET ALS THEMA '10 DAGEN HET GELUID VAN EEN EILAND' WAS TERSCHELLING
TOT EN MET 26 JUNI HET DECOR VAN HET OEROL FESTIVAL. HET JAARLlJKSE
FESTIVAL BRENGT ONDER ANDERE (STRAAT)THEATER, MUZIEK EN BEELDENDE
KUNST. OOK BOUWKUNDE DROEG DIT JAAR HAAR STEENTJE BIJ.

25juni Architectenbureau aan woonhuis Kralingen: Open Huis
Een woning met architectenbureau in Kralingen (Rotterdam) is volledig gerenoveerd voor de jonge familie van de architect. Terwijl de indeling
van de karners de originele indeling van de woning volgt, zijn belangrijke elementen ontworpen vanuit een hedendaagse benadering. Keuken en badkarner zijn gerenoveerd door zorgvuldig elementen toe te voegen waardoor de karners hun kwaliteit heb ben behouden. Licht en ruimte zijn in de woning gebracht door een glazen vloer op een stalen constructie van zeepbellen die door de karners naar: de zelf ontworpen tuin waaien. In het souterrain heeft het architectenbureau een spectaculair landschappelijk uitzicht op de Alpen.

Locatie: Mecklenburglaan 14.
Tijd: 11.00 - 17;00 uur
(rondleidingen orn 11.00, 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00 en 16.00 uur).
Meer informatie: www.dgj.ch

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Small but beautifull - city dwellers living in the 21st century

Design for Disassembly: A Statement of decomposible for building structures

The construction of buildings uses most of the resources we consume. Demolition and construction activities also generates  approximately 60% of all waste. The current development in the construction industry fear suggests that the amount of waste in the future increase even more, because on the one hand, the life expectancy of the building continuously decreases, the other more different materials are joined together and more thoroughly: Composite materials consist of a variety of starting materials, which are glued together with non-detachable connections to a huge pile of future hazardous waste. Due to this waste production the environment and society are challenged as well as by the production of new building materials, which leads to energy and raw material consumption.

Sustainable buildings must be constructed differently: The individual components must be assembled with detachable joints. Constructive layers must be designed so leave them to wait, individually and exchange, because the stress and life is different. In particular, technical building equipment must be replaced and upgraded, because on the one hand the technology improves rapidly, but also to changing conditions (availability of resources, climate change) needs to be adjusted.

Affordable housing in the city while maintaining quality of life - a problem that employs the Frankfurt architect Hans Drexler for some years. His concern was not only a question of economic efficiency, but also about the environmental and social benefits of densification of urban areas. An idea that should be in the interests of urban planners. After all boasted Frankfurt as Germany's capital and passive house is striving towards the European title of a Green City. The award given by the city's architecture award "Green Building Award" to encourage private developers to sustainable designs. Hans Drexler received the award in 2009 for his mini-house. On a wedge-shaped area of 29 square meters, he set up at the Walter-Kolb-Strasse in Sachsenhausen, a multi-storey wooden building in passive house standard with a floor space of 145 square meters.

English only: "Raiffeisen’s flagship branch on Zurich’s Kreuzplatz dissolves traditional barriers between customer and employee, creating a new type of “open bank,” a space of encounter."

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Italian only: Completare, non espandere. È la filosofia di quest'opera sperimentale firmata dallo studio DGI architekten. Che pui a riqualificare nicchie, interstizi, spazi di risulta.

For the second time the „Architekturpreis für nachhaltiges Bauen“ (architectural prize for sustainable building) will be awarded in November 2011. Within the last competition architects, planner and  building owner of eight buildings were awarded with the Green Building Award. One of the awarded buildings was the Minimum Impact House.

Research Project: a prototype for sustainable construction

The existing infrastructure, the social and cultural offerings and the short distances make it attractive to live in the middle of the city. The dream of owning a home, however, can often seem to realize just on the outskirts. Inner-city building sites are scarce on the market and offer often difficult conditions. But even in an area of ​​29 square meters can be a full house plan that shows the office Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects in Frankfurt am Main with his mini house.

The amount of frame houses measured to the total market of one- and two-family houses has been increasing constantly. About 13.000 residential buildings were built in timber-panel -construction and prefabricated timber-construction in Germany in 2009, with tendency to rise. Because of the commercial and technological advantage of the modern timber-construction, there can be expected, that the positive trend will continue during the following years.

Architectural competition. The Renovation of today’s Bath Géronde will be soft and luxurious. With new pools the swimmers can dive directly into the lake.

CONCOURS D'ARCHITECTURE. La rénovation des actuels Bains de Géronde sera douce et luxueuse. Avec les nouveaux bassins, les baigneurs pourront entrer directement dans le lac .

Like in a Spacecraft: The newest Branch of the Raiffeisenbank at Zurich's Kreuzplatz is not saving on modernity. White shining surfaces and space stile furniture generate  the athmosphere of an "open bank" as director Thomas Stutz says. (transl. DGJ).

Futuristische neue Filiale der Raiffeisenbank am Zürcher Kreuzplatz

Die Wände einer Bankfiliale am Kreuzplatz erzählen die Geschichte des Quartiers Hottingen.

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Le jury du concours d’architecture pour le réaménagement de Géronde-Plage a tranché. Il a choisi le projet d’un bureau zurichois, qui s’intègre parfaitement au lac et à l’environnement.

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1er prix. 1er rang : « Côte Sauvage », DGJ + NAU arge

german only: Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architekten und Designstudio NAU haben eine Bankfiliale am Kreuzplatz in Zürich gestaltet. Bauherrschaft und Architekten waren darum bemüht, die Idee einer «offenen» Bank, wo jegliche Schranken zwischen Kunden und Berater aufgehoben ist, in Architektur umzusetzen, schreibt die «NZZ». «Entstanden ist dabei ein fliessendes, helles Foyer mit Mobiliar in futuristischer Formensprache und weisser, glänzender Oberfläche.» Ins Auge stechen die geschwungenen Wände mit ornamentalen Verzierungen. Die Gesichter bekannter Persönlichkeiten aus Hottingen sind darin eingelassen und erzählen so die Geschichte des Quartiers.

Die Anlage rund um den Gerundensee in der Sonnenstadt wird neu gestaltet. Den Architekturwettbewerb bjlt die Arbeitsgemeinschaft NAU Architecture in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Büro

Drexler Guinand Jauslin aus Zürich gewonnen.

Everybody is talking about sustainable building, but what does this really mean?
First of all: It is more than just a bit of insulation.
It is a gentle way of handling resources regarding the whole life cycle of a building.
This is what the project was about, the young architectural office
Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects in Frankfurt and the TU Darmstadt worked.
The aim was to develop a prototype for sustainable building in cities.

This minibook summarizes the results of the three-year research project and the developement of the prototype house.

The Miniboook is published by Müller + Busmann, Wupperthal.

188 pages (English and German) 14,80 Euro

Order:

minibook@dgj.eu

Frankfurt's image is mainly formed by the high-rise buildings. But below them wether is changing.

http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-BAUNETZWOCHE_166_984503.html

The young architects office Drexler Guinand Jauslin designed a small town house on a site of only 29sqm.

There are a lot of Passivhouses, but most of them outside the city-center. The Frankfurt Minihouse shows that this can also be achieved on the smallest inner city sites.

Brandmark Greenbuilding - City awards eight Buildings.

Text zur Publikation

Left over sites and minihouses in Frankfurt.

Minimum Impact House is award by building ministery.

Sustainable Living on a 29sqm Site Area

An architects and the Technical Univeristy Darmstadt research about urban densification.

Dealing with the issue of sustainability always implies the hope of improving the present conditions and of actively contributing to sustainable developement. An awareness of the complex relations involved the search for new possible solutions, and education, and training concerning the mutual interdependence of the various systems.

Research Project for sustainable protoype.

Investigates an acoustic landscape in the city.

Jesse Reisser and Naneko Umemoto of RUR Architects are investigating the relationsship of uses, material, and the structure of space.

The Materiality of buildings and constructions is an important aspect of architectural design. The approach to and use of materials is a fundamental building block of architectural training. The themes featured include: subjective effect of materials; haptic influences; use of materials; and creative use of classical construction materials.

Review of group exhibition

Jesse Reisser and Naneko Umemoto of RUR Architects are investigating the relationsship of uses, material, and the structure of space.

Wile E. Coyote - Road Runner is a cartoon about how many ways not to catch a Road Runner. The perpetually ravenous Wile E. Coyote obsessivly pursues the elusive Road Runner.