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Building: Limoges Concert Hall
Location: Limoges, France
Completion: 2007
Architect: Bernard Tschumi Architects
Local Architect: Atelier 4
Structural Engineers: Technip TPS
Acoustics: CIAL

AE Interests: Double envelope: an outer skin made of wood arcs and translucent rigid poly-carbonate sheets and an inner acoustical envelope of locally grown Douglas fir, meant to filter light, heat and acoustics. A good example of energy conservation and use of renewable materials.

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Building: ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Completion: 2012
Architects:  University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Structural Engineers: Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart

AE Interests: Double curved shape pavilion, entirely robotically fabricated from carbon and glass fiber composites, directional stress distributions with unidirectional layer structure,  anisotropic fiber for directed load transfer, fiber optic sensors continuously monitor the stress and strain variations

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Building: Glacier Skywalk
Location: Jasper, Canada
Completion: 2014
Architects: Sturgess Architecture
Structural Engineer: Read Jones Christoffersen Consulting Engineers
Construction: PCL Construction Manegement, Inc

AE Interests: Cantilevered corten steel and glass structure, parabola shaped, trapezoidal box girders supported at the cliff, then extended curved end is cable supported

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Building: Ribbon Chapel
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Completion: 2013
Architects: NAP Architects
Structural Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, S structure

AE Interests: Free standing chapel, use of titanium zinc alloy, a three-dimensional brace and hoop effect for resisting horizontal and outward forces, pendulum-type base isolation, overhang-type tuned mass damper (TMD), dot point glazing (DPG) arms

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Building: Sejong Art Center (SAC)
Location: Naseong-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Completion: March 2013
Architects: DMP (Designcamp Moonpark) Partners
Structural Engineer: I’ST
Mechanical Engineer: HIMEC
Civil Engineer: Daekyo E&C
Electrical : Jung Woo Eng.
Acoustics: ad&c

AE Interests: Multi-theater center, best acoustic quality using SAR (Source Selective Absorbtion & Reflection), long span roof for open entrance

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Building: Sejong Center for Performing Arts
Location: Sejong, South Korea
Completion: 2013
Design Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Local Architect: EGA
Structural Engineer: Knippers Helbig

AE Interests:  Performing Arts Center, complex interior theater, intricate pattern of louvers, curved roofs.

    
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Building: River Culture Pavilion (ARC)
Location: Daegu, South Korea
Completion: June 2012
Design Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Local Architect: EGA
Structural Engineer: Knippers Helbig

AE Interests:  Multimedia theater pavillion, complex form integrated with landscape, ETFE plastic pillows, man-made peninsula, part of World Expo 2012.

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Building:  Sydney Modern Project (competition winner)
Location:  Sydney, Australia
Architect:  SANAA

AEInterest:  International competition winner, Lightweight pavilions connecting museum to landscape and city.
“includes the new building by SANAA, a revitalization of the original, 19th century building, and a new plaza linked to the Royal Botanic Gardens.”

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