Friday5 - October 4, 2024 - MillerClapperton

IN THIS WEEK’S FRIDAY5

While the purpose of many large-scale infrastructure projects is to connect distant locations within urban areas, they can also significantly affect local communities. Their substantial physical presence can result in the disconnection and disengagement of previously connected neighborhoods, the disruption of public spaces, while also adding noise, pollution and more. However, several successful built environment projects have managed to re-integrate contentious infrastructure into the community through the thoughtful design of outdoor spaces. Redesigned outdoor spaces can rejuvenate public areas by fostering social engagement and redefining civic interaction. Click below to read more.

Location: Jacksonville, FL
Products: Reynobond (MCM); Pac-Clad (Profiled Metal Panels)

General Contractor: Batson-Cook Company/Danis, Joint Venture

Architects: Gresham Smith

The third phase of UF Health Jacksonville’s master-planned campus is a new, 124-bed, 174,000-square-foot inpatient tower that expands acute care and adds rehabilitation and concierge medicine for the North Jacksonville community. The recently opened facility creates a hospitality-inspired experience driven by the latest technology that allows staff to deliver cutting-edge care while patients recover in a calm and comfortable environment. The six-story tower includes a 48-bed rehabilitation unit, two-story, state-of-the-art rehabilitation gym, and 76 acuity-adaptable patient rooms that can flex based on demand. Shared amenity spaces include conference rooms, dining areas, an outdoor rehab terrace and a healing garden. The building’s design was inspired by the Intracoastal Waterway and matches the other building on campus, with a signature silver ribbon winding through the façade that serves as a geometric interpretation of the inland marshes. For this project, MillerClapperton fabricated and installed 62,500 square feet of MCM, and 6,400 square feet of Profiled Metal Panels.

Residential design can range from the mundane and cookie-cutter to something that feels like it’s straight out of a sci-fi novel. While many futuristics houses, with their biomorphic curves and gravity-defying elements, sleek materials and bold angles, may look like something dreamed up by AI or Hollywood, many are real homes occupied by real people. Check out these 10 eye-catching homes, including a home in Russia by Zaha Hadid and a prefab pinwheel-inspired home in Italy, that are ahead of the curve.

Architecture is meant to not just be functional, but also resonate with human emotions while enhancing one’s well-being. Shapes and forms, especially curves and lines, play a crucial role in influencing how one feels and behaves within a space. Understanding the very real emotional and psychological reactions the human brain responds to when it sees different shapes and forms help architects to design spaces that promote positive experiences and well-being.

Recommendation: Interview with Jim Venturi and Anita Naughton

“Stardust: The Story of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown” debuted on September 25 at the New York Architecture & Design Film Festival. The film, filmed over a decade by their son, Jim Venturi, shows an intimate portrait of two of the most influential architects of the last century. In this article, The Architect’s Newspaper interviewed Venturi, and Anita Naughton, the film’s writer, about Stardust and why it’s a timely film.

Friday5 – October 4, 2024

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