Gallery Monma ANNEX by Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier

On 8 June 2oo2, ANNEX Monma Gallery opened in Sapporo, a place with rich natural environment. Designed by Shinichiro Akasaka from Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier the art gallery is open between May to October because of the weather in Hokkaido.

The very white and very tight rectangular hallway for exhibition that leads to an outside terrace in a naturally green environment which is so suitable for an open-air cafe.

'This gallery is different from our work of art as well as the people affected are aware of the visit here of the works on display, as well as the gallery, or left natural, some influence from the surrounding environment response was designed to trigger a rethink things.
This space is a cylinder with no air conditioning as a direct response to the environment.
Time and seasonal visitors will have to design their own action to the weather.
Here we are having the usual fall in the space environment, rather than the environment (work) to meet the people (affected), is the space.
Width 1.6m, height 2.14m, Depth 15m. In this tight space, or how to get what the artists exhibited their works or of the birth of a new or adapted in this space, we hope to present a space beyond the intended use of the designer.'

- Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier, Gallery Monma ANNEX.
The cantilever outside terrace.

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'Individual and Collective Experiences of Limits' by Atelier Brückner

This is the night view of light choreography in Expo 02, Biel (CH): "VIV(R)E LES FRONTIÈRES" by Atelier Brückner which is a project of the Swiss border cantons about Bans, Limits, Tabus, Borders.

'The Swiss Border Cantons shed light collectively on borders and limits from a social, psychological, cultural and ethnic perspective. The personal crossing of borders and the individual experience of limits, the collective social impacts of issues from domestic violence to human reproductive cloning are all subjects not easy presentable by conventional means. The highly interpretive presentation at the center of the pavilion and the revolving audio cabinets provide a view into these complex experiences of limits.'

- Atelier Brückner

Prologue- labyrinthine ::pole forest

Interior projection- introduction of the characters

Interior projection- domestic violence

Interior projection- invalidity

Interior projection- collective extensive experiences

Interior projection- upside down

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Maasberg in Overloon, Netherlands by UArchitects -Simple Stunning Architecture 16

Maasberg in Overloon, Netherlands design by UArchitects is not like any juvenile detention institution. It is a new place with more intensive interaction with the surrounding nature where the resoluteness of the world which aims at the interior is partly removed, so that the youngsters can prepare themselves for their return in society.

The concept aims at an open, transparent building between the closed prison and the outside world. Visitors can throw a glance at the prison life and the youngsters can look at the outside world, the society in which they will return later on.

By means of the light appearance and the placement on metal feet in the woodland soil, the volume seems to float in the wood. Because of the layered façade in steel, aluminium and Bankirai the building will be merged in the surrounding woodland scenery, showing different shades of grey.

The appearance and the rhythmic of the carefully detailed elements of the façade assume a respectful dialogue between environment and the youngsters.

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