I wrote a song about #Gaza and the crisis of humanity we face.
It's been a while since I did the music thing and life got a bit hectic with family and emigration so I lost touch with my partners in creation.
I wanna make this though, something with universal IP, zero copyright, just an anthem and a verse manifesto to release into the ether.
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UNStudio designs "urban speaker" as HQ of K-pop music agency
Amsterdam-based UNStudio has used sweeping geometric lines and metal surfaces to bring a sense of performance to the Seoul headquarters of South Korean music agency YG Entertainment.
Abutting an existing office building used by the agency, the seven-storey headquarters designed by UNStudio contains offices, meeting rooms and recording studios.
YG HQ is a headquarters for YG Entertainment that was designed by UNStudio
Designed to resemble a speaker, the building contrasts the exposed concrete of the neighbouring building with a central glazed section flanked by "shell-like" metal panel cladding.
To the northeast, the building's "quiet side" is more enclosed, while to the southwest it opens up with glazing and balconies overlooking an adjacent park.
The building has a sculptural form that was designed to look like a speaker
"It is designed to be more reminiscent of a product than a building; one in which every design feature has a performative function," said the studio.
"The new YG HQ aligns in height, floors and functionality with its older brother, while creating a new impulse for this location and an organisation that is enabled by its unique positioning between city and park."
The building features office space, recording studios and meeting rooms
The offices are organised around a four-storey skylit atrium that provides a meeting point for all of its users that pulls light deeper into the building's plan.
A series of projecting "pods" with large windows overlook this atrium, providing spaces for either working or resting.
"This area acts as a central stage for the lower level offices and the recording studios, as well as for the users, staff and visitors," said the studio.
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All of the office spaces have been organised on the park side of the building to ensure daylight across the floors.
Way-finding is incorporated into the interior design through colour-coding and sweeping lines that mirror the geometry of the building.
Curving lines were incorporated throughout the design of the interior
Lighting is integrated throughout, in strips that follow the lines of the interiors and in panels underneath the staircases, intended to turn the office into a glowing beacon at night.
"In the evenings the illumination concept of the various interior zones employs the facade lines to reveal a glimpse of various layers within the building, accentuating the quality of performance inherent to the entertainment and music industry," said the studio.
The interior has a layered and futuristic look
In the nearby city of Seongnam, Korean architect Moon Moon also designed a building for a K-pop agency, the K-Pop Curve, which features a curved concrete frontage.
Elsewhere, architect Glenn Sestig created a monolithic recording studio for electronic music duo Soulwax that nods to 1960s Italian architecture.
Photography is byRohspace.
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HKS releases design for "one of the largest" Black-owned real estate projects in Hollywood
HKS Architects has released plans for a plant-covered structure in the middle of Hollywood to be built for CMNTY Culture as an entertainment and tech hub.
The 500,000-square-foot (46,500-square-metre) project will form a creative campus for LA-based CMNTY Culture, an organisation founded by musician Philip Lawrence in partnership with business manager Thomas St John, which will be one of the largest Black-owned organisations in Hollywood according to the founders.
The proposed building will occupy a two-acre (0.8-hectare) site at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue. It will house creative offices in order to bring together tech and media companies as well as production spaces, music studios and venues.
CMNTY Culture Campus will be one of the largest Black-owned real estate projects in Hollywood
"Now, we live in a new era where creatives and their audiences seek opportunities to collaborate and interact, not just in the digital sphere, but in-person," said Lawrence. "Content creators need a physical epicenter, a place that celebrates their work and the power of community."
The structure itself will have two towers connected by an elevated green space.
The stepped terraces of the towers are shown full of plants in the renderings released by HKS, which worked with landscape designer Hood Design Studio for the proposal.
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A screen of louvres made of "custom-formed" aluminum panels will drape the whole structure, swooping down from the towers to the lower elevation like a curtain.
The louvres will provide controlled shading, but also be filled with lights that will illuminate the whole structure at night.
"This will not only improve the energy model of the CMNTY Culture Campus but will also allow for lighting and media to 'broadcast' along the outer surface," HKS told Dezeen.
The main veranda of the complex which will sit between the two towers will be covered by wooden walkways with a bow-like light sculpture at one corner.
The building's exterior will be able to light up at night
"The balconies will provide excellent shading for the southern and southwestern exposure and CMNTY Culture's outdoor spaces reinforce wellness and provide ample locations for access to fresh air and the shaded daylight around the perimeter will increase comfort of visitors and artists," said HKS.
The greenery is meant to "capture water and cool the roof".
The plant-covered terraces will also soften the stepped terraces into slopes as the two towers frame the hills outside of LA.
"It was important to keep the building lower at the corner to reflect the scale of neighboring commercial buildings and open up views to the Hollywood Hills," said HKS.
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"The stepped building is meant to allow darling to penetrate the site, and overall improve the street life and pedestrian experience in the surrounding area as well," the architects added.
Within the ground floor of the building will be many of the studio spaces as well as the 500-seat venue which can all be seen from the street.
"This was an effort to reinforce porosity at the pedestrian scale," the architects noted.
HKS was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1939 by Harwood K Smith. The studio's most noteworthy projects include Atlantis Paradise Island Hotel in the Bahamas, as well a renovation of a 120-year-old steam plant into a medical company headquarters in Toledo.
Other plant-covered buildings in the works across the world include Ole Scheeren's "hanging gardens" and a mass-timber building in Toronto by Adjaye Associates.
The images are courtesy of CMNTY Culture/HKS.
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Sher Maker designs home and studio in Thailand connected by open-air walkways
Architecture firm Sher Maker has designed a home and music studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with a cluster of raised living spaces connected by wooden walkways that enjoy expansive views of its rural surroundings.
Designed for a musician and their family, the two-storey Khiankai Home and Studio draws on the vernacular architecture of the area to foster an "intimate connection" with its natural surroundings.
Khiankai Home and Studio in Thailand was designed by Sher Maker
The home is divided into two contrasting levels that surrounding a central paved courtyard, planted with a large tree that extends up through the building.
On the lower level, a concrete base has been dug into the gently sloping site, providing privacy and acoustic control to the music studio and two bedrooms.
Openings in the facade are clad in translucent panelling
Above, a lightweight timber grid frames a series of bright, independent living and dining spaces, connected by wooden walkways and terraces that overlook the landscape.
"The main body of the house is dispersed along the length of the land, with the main terrace linking every function together," explained the local studio.
"The front side runs along with a small village road, and the back side with the existing trees and a rice field," it continued.
Floor-to-ceiling windows connect the interior to a series of terraces
A series of pitched wooden roofs clad in traditional lanna tiling shelter the living and dining spaces, covering the central walkways but leaving those around the edge of the home open to the elements.
Bifold wooden doors allow the kitchen and dining space to be opened out onto the wooden terrace looking out towards the rice field.
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Full-height areas of glazing face in the opposite direction over the village path.
To the west, an independent volume houses the bathroom spaces, raised on concrete pillars and accessed via a short bridge clad in corrugated plastic.
The studio used wood throughout the interior
Due to the sloping site, the first floor of the home can be accessed directly from the road, with a wooden staircase in the central courtyard leading down to the ground floor.
Throughout the interiors, the timber structure of the upper level is complemented by wooden window frames, shelving, fittings and furniture, creating a layering effect when looking through the home.
Sheltered outdoor areas overlook the verdant landscape
"There was an abundant use of wood to create a link between the house and the natural surrounding landscape," said the studio.
"The wood was found and treated... in the local area, and then incorporated into many small elements in the home," it continued.
The home is split across a number of levels and volumes
Open-air spaces and local materials were central to Sher Maker's designs for its own architectural studio, which is also located in Chiang Mai.
Elsewhere in Thailand, Vin Varavarn used local bamboo and soil to build an agricultural learning centre.
The photography is by Rungkit Charoenwat.
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Meilan Music Studio's "chaotic" interior references the spontaneity of music composition
Chinese firm Domani Architectural Concepts has created a recording studio inside Guangzhou Opera House, featuring an interior covered with jumbled wooden panels that contribute to its acoustic performance.
The Meilan Music Studio is located on the fourth floor of the opera house that was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and opened in 2010 on a site in Guangzhou's central business district.
Jumbled timber panels make up the walls and ceiling of Meilan Music Studio
Domani Architectural Concepts was approached in 2017 to develop a design for the mixed-use studio complex, which is used for rehearsing and recording sessions by symphony and chamber orchestras, choirs and other musicians.
The music studio is arranged across two floors and comprises a large double-height performance space surrounded by several recording rooms and a workspace for music production, as well as relaxation areas and utility spaces.
Domani Architectural Concepts wanted the studio to look chaotic
"The spaces needed to be aesthetically creative, as well as refreshing the impression of the traditional music studio while fulfilling strict acoustic criteria," said Domani, which was shortlisted in the civic and cultural interior category of Dezeen Awards 2021 for the project.
The studio's walls and ceiling are covered with acoustic panels made from solid or slatted timber that are arranged in an apparently random configuration.
The panels incorporate lighting and acoustic features
"We aimed to build a chaotic structure with an astonishing appearance that seemed to be randomly generated," the studio told Dezeen. "The design visualises the spontaneous part of the process of music composition or any kind of creative works."
The jumbled wooden elements incorporate lighting and built-in seating, as well as forming frames around openings that provide a visual connection between the central performance space and adjoining recording rooms, studios and breakout areas.
Recording rooms are also fitted with the same wooden panels
The key consideration for the studio space was to optimise acoustic conditions, so Domani collaborated with a specialist acoustics firm to refine the design and identify suitable materials.
"Due to the comprehensive requirements of the sound effect of the venue, special materials are used for the walls and floors to strengthen sound insulation, control the elasticity of sound waves and prevent moisture and static electricity," the architects explained.
"The irregularity of the space is designed through the combination of design techniques and material density, to avoid the interference of inner standing waves on the recording."
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A bespoke chair was designed for the project by furniture brand A&V, which is part of the Domani group and is headed by the firm's design director, Ann Yu.
The folded geometric form of the 6 Degrees Chair is made from simple section of wood. Like the music studio's interior, its colliding shapes are inspired by the creative process of musicians.
Prototypes featured in the spaces are splashed with ink that represents the need to continuously destroy and rebuild work as part of this unpredictable process.
The designers drew on the creative process of musicians for the interior
Domani Architectural Concepts was established in 2005 and is owned by Domani Group Limited. It focuses on spatial design and related corporate planning, business consultancy and product development.
The Meilan Music Studio is shortlisted in the civic and cultural interior category of Dezeen Awards alongside a floating church on a canal boat in London, and a project undertaken by Kengo Kuma and Associates to renovate Antoni GaudÃ's Casa Batlló in Barcelona.
The photography is byVincent Wu.
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Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli designs music school with patterned concrete walls
Architecture office Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli has completed a music school in Bressanone, Italy, comprising monolithic concrete volumes decorated with a subtle hand-hammered pattern.
Trevino-based Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli designed the Music School of Bressanone, which was founded in 1961 and is one of the South Tyrol region's most important cultural institutions.
The Music School of Bressanone is located in Italy's South Tyrol region
The music school is located close to Bressanone's historic centre and forms part of a larger redevelopment of the area, which includes the introduction of a two-level underground car park, a climbing wall, a municipal swimming pool and a public square.
The building lines the northern edge of the future plaza, and incorporates public thoroughfares and a tunnel that will connect the square with the car park and other amenities.
Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli built the school using patterned reinforced concrete
The project comprises a compact volume arranged over three storeys above ground and part of the basement level. This structure emerges above a two-storey structure that wraps around the site.
"To mitigate the impact on the city skyline, the top floor is set back from the line of the external facades, obtaining an optical effect that dissolves the perception of the building," the architects explained.
"The elevations are also conceived as wall faces, whose treatments change in relation to the context, in order to resonate harmoniously with the surrounding buildings."
The school has three floors above ground and a basement
The main volume is situated to the west of the plot, leaving space for a publicly accessible courtyard area on its eastern side. The wall enclosing the courtyard contains staircases, storage and a kiosk facing the adjacent square.
"One of the peculiarities of the project is the 'garden of music'," the studio added, "a finely decorated open-air room, inside the enclosure and yet outside the volume of the school, which dissolves the boundary between the inside and outside."
The concrete is tinted to echo the colour of traditional buildings in the region
The architects claimed that this public space allows the building to better serve the community, adding that it is inspired by the Wunderkammer or "chamber of curiosities" – created from the 16th century onwards for aristocrats and wealthy merchants to showcase collections of rare and exotic objects.
The school's facades are entirely constructed from reinforced concrete that is tinted using red porphyry aggregates and pigments to create a hue that echoes the region's architectural vernacular.
The wall enclosing the courtyard contains staircases, storage and a kiosk
The exposed concrete surfaces were bush-hammered by hand to add texture. Some areas were left smooth to contrast with the rough surfaces, including the frames surrounding various openings and a pattern based on traditional decorations found across the city.
A large opening in the southern wall provides access to the courtyard, while an adjacent entrance leads into a public foyer. The ground floor also contains offices, a rehearsal room, classrooms and utility areas.
The organisation of spaces on this level creates a sense of separation between the teaching areas and a large auditorium for hosting public concerts, which partially extends into the basement.
A total of 29 music rooms are distributed across the building's three floors, with most of them arranged around a large central corridor.
The double-height foyer has a large skylight above
According to the architects, the school's interior is designed to contrast with the monumental facades and provides a sense of familiarity by referencing the city's historical architecture.
The double-height foyer is topped with a large skylight that allows natural light to reach the circulation areas and other spaces within the building. Service areas including the cloakroom and toilets are lined with a wallpaper designed to evoke tapestries hung in the historic Bishop's Palace.
The main auditorium is lined with stained-wood panelling
The bright and clearly navigable communal areas feature large apertures, lined with pale grey marble that visually connect the various spaces. Comfortable chairs and sound-absorbing curtains lend these areas the feeling of a relaxing lounge for public use.
Staircases and joinery are made from dark-stained oak that recalls the carpentry found in the historic city centre's buildings. The music rooms and auditorium are lined with stained-wood panelling that introduces texture and colour, as well as providing the required acoustic properties.
The exposed concrete walls were bush-hammered by hand to add texture
Michel Carlana, Luca Mezzalira and Curzio Pentimalli all graduated from the Università Iuav di Venezia and founded their practice in 2010.
The firm works on urban planning and architecture projects that reinterpret spaces using an approach that favours simplicity, durability and precision.
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Soulwax's monochrome recording studio nods to 1960s Italian architecture
A chequered granite facade envelopes this monolithic recording studio in Ghent, Belgium, which local architect Glenn Sestig has created for electronic music duo Soulwax.
Built on a derelict garage plot, the anonymous four-storey building houses the DJs' vinyl collection and music production facilities, as well as an apartment with a roof terrace for overnight stays.
The Deewee001 studio features a gridded facade
Soulwax is made up of Ghent-born brothers David and Stephen Dewaele – also known as 2manydjs – who use the studio as the hub for their record label Deewee.
Originally finished in 2013, the building is captured here in a series of photographs that were taken to mark the label's 50th release and shared exclusively with Dezeen.
According to the Dewaele brothers, every record released on their label has in some capacity been produced at the Ghent studio, nicknamed Deewee001.
The gridded interior courtyard has beds of white pebbles
"Our project was ambitious," said David Dewaele. "We wanted to create something that was functional so it had to be a complex building in order to address different needs but we also knew that Glenn [Sestig] is incredibly efficient."
"He has a very Japanese way of making the most of every inch of a space," he added. "He was instrumental in helping us understand that you can do a lot with little."
Movable acoustic panels line the recording room
The layout of the building revolves around a central recording room, located on the double-height lower ground level. This space is home to the mixing desks, which the brothers describe as "the building's very heart", alongside a wall of moveable, monochrome acoustic panels.
Above the recording room is a library housing the DJs' entire collection of 60,000 vinyl records.
An open-plan living space with a roof terrace is located on the very top floor, while a guest bedroom and dedicated synth and video rooms sit on the levels in between.
Next to the recording studio on the ground floor is a rectangular paved courtyard lined with white pebbles, which creates the impression of being in a Japanese stone garden.
The studio features a Massimo Vignelli-style coffee table with a conical base
"While acoustic and mechanical requirements were key to the design due to the project's technical nature, its aesthetics were just as important," explained Sestig.
"The work of 1960s architecture firm Superstudio and Japanese architecture were major influences, blending a minimalist overall feel with strong, graphic design elements."
The studio also houses Soulwax's vinyl collection
Echoing the building's mysterious exterior, the interior features grid patterns, dark colours, plush carpets and smoky mirrors.
Other recording studios featured on Dezeen include a garden shed in Australia with its own stage and a former warehouse in south London that has been divided into separate music studios with the help of geometric plywood panels.
Photography is by Younes Klouche, Maxime Verret and Ill Studio.
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