The Hainan Resort Hotel is conceived as a gateway to a theme park, integrating a hotel, theatre, SPA, apartments, and commercial spaces into a unified architectural ensemble that defines the entrance plaza of the park. The design is shaped by the dual character of the site: an open, festive northern plaza for events and a […]
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The pavilion designed for Copagri called ‘Love IT’ is located in the south-east part of the Lake Arena – a large circular pool of water at the end of the Cardo, one of the main axes of the Expo Milano 2015 masterplan – and surrounded by the European Union Pavilion and the Vanke Pavilion. The […]
Minamora is a sculptural public bench designed by EMBT (Benedetta Tagliabue and Makoto Fukuda) in collaboration with Italcementi for Expo Milano 2015. Created as both urban furniture and artistic gesture, the bench was conceived to reflect themes of sustainability, innovation, and harmony with nature-central concepts of the Milan Expo. The name “Minamora” is a play […]
The aim of the project is to build the best possible architectural environment, the setting for a good life, in the fullest sense. But what exactly is “the good life”? What is the setting for a good life?. The project revolves around the construction of a unique enclave comprising all the homes and all of […]
The main aim of our proposal is to define the new facade of Hamburg to the River Elbe, to establish an attractive “Endpoint” to the new city centre. Hamburg is known as the “Gate to the world” and even its emblem shows a gate. This image of the city is transformed into a building which […]
The design for the new district at the port entry of Mainz aims to seamlessly continue the urban fabric of Mainz’s old and new towns. Drawing inspiration from historic city zoning along the river edge, the project emphasizes continuity with the waterfront and reintegrates the city’s former port features. An avenue of plane trees extends […]
BOTAN is a modular sofa designed by Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT) in collaboration with Passoni Nature. Inspired by the natural elegance of a flower; specifically, the peony (botan in Japanese) – the design merges botanical form with tactile materials, resulting in a piece that evokes both sculptural delicacy and structural comfort. The composition of BOTAN mimics […]
The design of the restaurant at the Marco-Polo-Terrassen is developed as a part of the public space design of Western Hafencity Hamburg. It transforms the topography of the landscape and builds a panoramic viewpoint for the Marco-Polo-Square, the Quay zones, the harbour basin and the new opera house Elbphilharmonie. This viewing platform is covered by […]
Marble is a material usually associated with qualities such as strong, noble and eternal. The new techniques of working the stone offer us a wider range of possibilities. This made us think of it in a nontraditional way. Our previous experience in the investigation of vegetal fibers and ancient techniques such as in Spanish Pavilion […]