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		<title>Frank Gehry &#124; Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nanu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This building is one of the latest build projects signed by Frank Gehry, and is located in Las Vegas. The center is funded and supported by Keep Memory Alive, and it's supposed to become a national resource for the most current research and scientific information for the treatment of Alzheimer’s ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This building is one of the latest build projects signed by <strong>Frank Gehry</strong>, and is located in Las Vegas. The center is funded and supported by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.keepmemoryalive.org/">Keep  Memory Alive</a>, and it&#8217;s supposed to become a national resource for  the most current research and scientific information for the treatment  of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington ’s Diseases, and ALS (Lou  Gehrig’s Disease) as well as focusing on prevention, early detection and  education. The complete name of the project is Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, and from the images you can see that is nothing ordinary about it, as we were accustomed to Gehry&#8217;s projects.</p>
<p>Following images courtesy of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.matthewcarbone.com/">Matthew Carbone</a>:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3314" title="Cleveland Clinic lead" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Cleveland-Clinic-lead.jpg" alt="Cleveland Clinic lead Frank Gehry | Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health" width="550" height="365" /></p>
<p>The center hosts these 3 main spaces:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3315" title="Cleveland Clinic 4" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Cleveland-Clinic-4.jpg" alt="Cleveland Clinic 4 Frank Gehry | Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health" width="550" height="360" /></p>
<p>1. Medical building for patient care and research. Featuring simple,  functional interiors and a lego like exterior of slightly disorderly  blocks.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3316" title="Cleveland Clinic 5" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Cleveland-Clinic-5.jpg" alt="Cleveland Clinic 5 Frank Gehry | Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health" width="550" height="771" /></p>
<p>2. A breezeway between the medical building and the higher profile  stainless steel Life Activity Center. The breezeway provides a shaded  seated area to enjoy the Las Vegas weather while avoiding direct  sunlight. There is also a small cafe and it is method to experiencing  the reflection garden to the east.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3317" title="Cleveland Clinic 7" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Cleveland-Clinic-7.jpg" alt="Cleveland Clinic 7 Frank Gehry | Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health" width="550" height="770" /></p>
<p>3. The Life Activity Center – this is the portion of the project that has  and will receive most of the attention.  It is also the most  misunderstood. Patients are not treated in the space, nor do they ever  really interact with it except for the facade.</p>
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		<title>Chartier/Dalix Architectes &#124; Diderot d’Alembert School Infirmary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 11:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The separation also appears in the colors used on each side of the building, green and red. The inside light comes through the facades by pixalated openings. A gradient color links both of the side visualy. A banch has been added on the facade folowing the smooth angles. Regarding the intimacy required by this kind of programm, we’ve choosen to get the natural light form a skydome.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3143" title="diderot dalembert school infirmary" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diderot-dalembert-school-infirmary.jpg" alt="diderot dalembert school infirmary Chartier/Dalix Architectes | Diderot d’Alembert School Infirmary" width="550" height="409" /></p>
<p>This infirmary is located inside the playground of the highschool Diderot d’Alembert in Aubervilliers &#8211; Paris in the suburbs. The building is separated in two, by both its fonctions and acces. On one side you can get to the infirmary and the toilets, on the other to the office.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3144" title="diderot dalembert school infirmary 1" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diderot-dalembert-school-infirmary-1.jpg" alt="diderot dalembert school infirmary 1 Chartier/Dalix Architectes | Diderot d’Alembert School Infirmary" width="550" height="413" /></p>
<p>The separation also appears in the colors used on each side of the building, green and red. The inside light comes through the facades by pixalated openings. A gradient color links both of the side visualy. A banch has been added on the facade folowing the smooth angles. Regarding the intimacy required by this kind of programm, we’ve choosen to get the natural light form a skydome.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3145" title="diderot dalembert school infirmary 2" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diderot-dalembert-school-infirmary-2.jpg" alt="diderot dalembert school infirmary 2 Chartier/Dalix Architectes | Diderot d’Alembert School Infirmary" width="550" height="413" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3146" title="diderot dalembert school infirmary 3" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diderot-dalembert-school-infirmary-3.jpg" alt="diderot dalembert school infirmary 3 Chartier/Dalix Architectes | Diderot d’Alembert School Infirmary" width="550" height="415" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3147" title="diderot dalembert school infirmary 4" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diderot-dalembert-school-infirmary-4.jpg" alt="diderot dalembert school infirmary 4 Chartier/Dalix Architectes | Diderot d’Alembert School Infirmary" width="550" height="377" /></p>
<p><strong>Architects:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chartier-dalix.com/">Chartier/Dalix Architectes</a><br />
<strong>Location:</strong> Aubervilliers (93), France<br />
<strong>Client</strong>: Conseil Géneral du 93 – DBD<br />
<strong>Engineers</strong>: E.P.D.C.<br />
<strong>Project Area</strong>: 154 sqm<br />
<strong>Project Year:</strong> 2010<br />
<strong>Photographs:</strong> Mathieu Janand</p>
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		<title>C.F.Møller Architects &#8211; Akershus University Hosptial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nanu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architects: C.F.Møller Architects Location: Oslo, Norway Collaborators: Multiconsult AS, SWECO AS, Hjellnes COWI AS / Interconsult ASA, Ingemannson Technology, Nosyko/Erstad og Lekven Client: Helse Sør-Øst RHF Landscape: Bjørbekk &#38; Lindheim AS, Schønherr Landskab A/S Artists Involved: Troels Wörsel, Gunilla Klingberg, Mari Slaattelid, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Jan Christensen, Tony Cragg, Birgir Andrésson, Petteri Nisunen, Tommi Grönlund, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1609" title="Akershus University Hosptial" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1254259632-cfm-siafot42-photographer-torben-ekserod-.jpg" alt="1254259632 cfm siafot42 photographer torben ekserod  C.F.Møller Architects   Akershus University Hosptial" width="550" height="289" /></p>
<p>Architects: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cfmoller.com/"><strong>C.F.Møller Architects</strong></a><br />
Location: <strong>Oslo, Norway</strong><br />
Collaborators: <strong>Multiconsult AS, SWECO AS, Hjellnes COWI AS / Interconsult ASA, Ingemannson Technology, Nosyko/Erstad og Lekven</strong><br />
Client: <strong>Helse Sør-Øst RHF</strong><br />
Landscape: <strong>Bjørbekk &amp; Lindheim AS, Schønherr Landskab A/S</strong><br />
Artists Involved: <strong>Troels Wörsel, Gunilla Klingberg, Mari Slaattelid, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Jan Christensen, Tony Cragg, Birgir Andrésson, Petteri Nisunen, Tommi Grönlund, Julie Nord, Per Sundberg, Vesa Honkonen, Janna Thöle-Juul, Kristine Halmrast, Mikkel Rasmussen Hofplass</strong><br />
Project year: <strong>2000-2008</strong><br />
Constructed Area: <strong>137,000 sqm</strong><br />
Photographs: <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.torbeneskerod.dk/">Torben Eskerod</a> &amp; C.F.Møller Architects</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1610" title="Akershus University Hosptial view" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1254259965-cfm-siafot74-photographer-torben-ekserod-.jpg" alt="1254259965 cfm siafot74 photographer torben ekserod  C.F.Møller Architects   Akershus University Hosptial" width="550" height="297" /><br />
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<p>The new university hospital is not a traditional institutional construction; it is a friendly, informal place with open, well-structured surroundings which present a welcoming aspect to patients and their families.</p>
<p>Akershus University Hospital has been designed to emphasize security and clarity in experientially rich surroundings, where everyday functions and well-known materials are integrated into the hospital’s structure.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1611" title="Akershus University Hosptial view2" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1254259478-cfm-siafo153-photographer-torben-ekserod.jpg" alt="1254259478 cfm siafo153 photographer torben ekserod C.F.Møller Architects   Akershus University Hosptial" width="550" height="365" /></p>
<h3>Wholeness and variation</h3>
<p>Although the individual parts of the development each have their own material expression and the material expression of the development varies, nonetheless it is united into a whole by means of a general architectural theme centred on panels and transparency. In this way, a unity is created between the individual parts of the complex, which thereby receive a subtle effect of transparency and depth.</p>
<p><strong>Treatment department</strong></p>
<p>Facades in glass, plaster and aluminium panelling, with white-lacquered sinusoidal aluminium panels in the courtyards</p>
<p><strong>Wards</strong></p>
<p>Facades in dark screen tiling<br />
Children’s department<br />
Facades with wood cladding</p>
<p><strong>Chapel</strong></p>
<p>Facades clad in oak panels and tombac (an alloy of zinc and brass)</p>
<p><strong>Front building and main arrivals area</strong></p>
<p>Facades in glass, plaster and glass tiling</p>
<h3>Structured like a town</h3>
<p>A glass-roofed main thoroughfare, in which wood is the dominating material, links the various buildings and departments. The ’glass street’ begins in the welcoming foyer of the arrivals area, where the main reception desk receives visitors, and concludes in the foyer and separate arrivals area of the children’s department.</p>
<p>In the glass street, the central element in the development, the various materials are united in an overall composition, in which the large coloured panels designed by the Icelandic artist Birgir Andrésson form a natural element and provide a ’palette’ for the colour scheme of the hospital.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1612" title="Akershus University Hosptial facade" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1254259398-cfm-siafo143-photographer-torben-ekserod.jpg" alt="1254259398 cfm siafo143 photographer torben ekserod C.F.Møller Architects   Akershus University Hosptial" width="550" height="365" /></p>
<p>The glass street has a town-like structure, with public and semi-public zones defined as squares and open spaces, offering the everyday functions of a town: church, pharmacy, hairdresser, florist, café and kiosk, as well as traffic nodes and other services for the benefit of patients, relatives and staff.</p>
<p>In natural continuation of these functions, a number of other services, such as health information, polyclinics and out-patient surgeries, are located near the street level of the thoroughfare.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1613" title=" Akershus University Hosptial - centered on the patient" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1254259612-cfm-siafot41-photographer-torben-ekserod.jpg" alt="1254259612 cfm siafot41 photographer torben ekserod C.F.Møller Architects   Akershus University Hosptial" width="550" height="793" /></p>
<h3>Centred on the patient</h3>
<p>The hospital’s structure helps to ensure that the patient remains the natural focus in the physical design, despite the strict and demanding logistical requirements which underlie all hospital constructions. Just as the overall complex is made up of clear and comprehensible units, so the individual wards are built up from smaller elements.</p>
<p>The wards are centred around four so-called courtyards which ensure a well-defined daily life for the patients, with a manageable level of social contact, assisted by a clear staff interface.<br />
The wards of the children’s department are equipped with windows which give the children and young people individual views of both the sky and the surrounding greenery from their beds. The well-equipped facilities for parents secure excellent contact between the children and their families.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1614" title=" Akershus University Hosptial site plan" src="http://archtopia.speedymirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/siteplan-1-300-bjoerbekk-lindheim-and-schoenherr-landskab.jpg" alt="siteplan 1 300 bjoerbekk lindheim and schoenherr landskab C.F.Møller Architects   Akershus University Hosptial" width="339" height="450" />via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.archdaily.com/36473/akershus-university-hosptial-c-f-m%C3%B8ller-architects/" target="_blank">Archdaily</a></p>
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