Architype Dialogue presents Simon Summers What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? Prior to our appointment on Dubai Metro, Aedas had designed more than 100 rail stations globally. With the experienced gained on these earlier projects [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Ross Wimer What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? The design for the Tanggu Rail Hub accommodates many complex challenges. The program includes a high-speed rail station, three subway stations, a bus station [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Peter Stevens What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? Without doubt the most difficult issue working within this building type is that of executing a design that contends with and resolves the matter [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Alfons Soldevila Barbosa, David Soldevila Riera, Alfonso Soldevila Riera What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? In our case, the most difficult issue was to work with a 60 meter-deep void. The challenge [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Rein Jansma, Reinald Top, Rob Torsing What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? The most common building type for a highline train tube and station exists of two pieces: the main structure that [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Adam Hatvani What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? In the last thirty years there hasn’t been such an ambitious development regarding the transport in Budapest as the metro4. The idea, trace and [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Andrea Maffei What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? The most difficult issue was the dimension of the Bologna station project and its relationship with the context all around. The size of a [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Karim Rashid What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? I started this project over 6 years ago. In 2004 I visited Naples for a briefing with the Mendini. They selected various famous architects [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Arnold Lee What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? Planning for future connectivity and designing for flexibility is our greatest challenge. There are currently no precedents for these types of rail stations in [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Eric Owen Moss, The editors of Architype Review were fortunate enough to conduct a live interview with Eric Owen Moss. Interview highlights are published below and to hear the Dialogue in full click on the player above. “One of the things that is interesting about the project is that it’s not a [&hellip
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Architype Dialogue presents Mehrdad Yazdani What was the most difficult issue about working within this building type or the most unexpected challenge that may have influenced new thought in your project? Infrastructure projects like this invariably involve a multitude of different agencies – often with conflicting interests. It’s important (and often challenging) to consider all [&hellip
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