los angeles CALIFORNIA

UNStudio and EE&K a Perkins Eastman company, and Jacobs Engineering have submitted a proposal for a scope of work to develop a Master Plan of Los Angeles Union Station.

Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, along with Jonathan Cohn of EE&K, presented their ‘Vision Board’ - a conceptual rendering in the year 2050, showing Los Angeles Union Station as a multi-modal transit hub with a mix of uses, new development and outdoor spaces. The intent of the Vision Board was to explore visionary possibilities for Union Station and surrounding areas. The vision submitted does not portray the final design issues that will be examined in the Master Plan, however it does show a hint of the possibilities for the city and the regional transit hub of the future.

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drenthe THE NETHERLANDS

UNStudio’s design for an Observation Tower for ‘De Onlanden’ presented to Natuurmonumenten

On September 22nd, 2011, the design for an observation tower for the nature reserve ‘De Onlanden’, situated to the South-West of the City of Groningen, was presented to Natuurmonumenten (the Dutch Society for the Preservation of Natural Heritage) during the mini-symposium ‘Experience Nature with innovative concrete’ in Peize.

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singapore city SINGAPORE

Ben van Berkel / UNStudio’s design for The Scotts Tower unveiled in Singapore

UNStudio’s design for The Scotts Tower in Singapore will be the first development to be unveiled today under the Far East Organisation’s new SOHO brand. Designed to conserve space whilst maximizing live/work/play areas, The Scotts Tower presents a new dimension of functional and flexible vertical space.

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st petersburg RUSSIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

unSTUDIO : the 21,000 m2 dance palace forms part of the european embankment city quarter masterplan for a new urban square in the historic centre of st. petersburg. the building presents an open and inviting theatre with provision for 1300 guests (large auditorium 1000, small auditorium 300). integration with the existing neighbouring buildings is achieved by both the scale of the building - which in elevation follows st. petersburg’s typical 28m roofline – and the transformative transparency which is introduced by a facade system of triangular cladding panels.

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2006

rizzoli: fluidity and flexibility are hallmarks of UN STUDIO projects, and many of these projects have literally reinvented a number of standard building types, such as power stations, museums, bridges, transportation hubs, and live-work residences. un studio projects fuse a sophisticated understanding of digital design with a formal and material exploration that has ensured that their work reaches far beyond the “supermodernism” associated with other dutch firms. this book presents the firm’s complete body of work.

1998

architectura & natura: long awaited reprint in one volume of this seminal and influential architecture manifesto that was first released in 1998 by the founders of UNSTUDIO. move examines the architect’s new role in an environment of technological, public and economic change. the redefinition of organizational structures is the common thread running through the three chief volumes (imagination, techniques, and effects) that are published in this edition as one book.