Lighting concept for St.Josef Church Dresden
Reconstruction and expansion of the St. Josef Dresden-Pieschen parish center
Space of encounter (Baptismal font)
Community hall
Chapel
Community center
Transport area
Category: General
Food Court GUC-German University in Cairo
Food Court GUC
Shade roof Food Court GUC
The images show our design proposals for a shade roof on the central square in the university campus of the German University in Cairo to optimize the conditions of use there.
The space is primarily used for catering for students and employees. It is a popular meeting place and location for meetings and presentations. Current information about university operations runs on the large screen. Due to the climatic conditions, it is often not possible to use the food court during the day, especially in summer, as the temperatures are too high and people therefore tend to seek out closed rooms or the shade. It was against this background that the project to build a shade roof came about.
The following goals are associated with this:
• Improvement of the heat situation during the day through shading (shade roof)
• Enabling use in the evening by illuminating the square from the shade roof
• Increase appeal – more guests use the food court
• Increased length of stay – guests stay longer
Our work consisted of the architectural concept for a large-scale roofing in several variants. By Ruairí O'Brien. For this purpose, a suitable lighting concept was developed for the attractive staging of the room below.
Further information can be found at the following link.
Eternity Art Competition Frechen Central Memorial
Eternity
Competition entry by Ruairí O’Brien for the Frechen Central Memorial
Ruairí O'Brien's work of art "Eternity", with its striking and at the same time simple elements in a material and metaphorical sense, forms a dignified space for remembering all victims of the National Socialist tyranny. The two vertical masts and the line of light floating horizontally between them mark and house the real Fre¬chen green space; At the same time, through the immaterial spaces in between, they inspire an unlimited mental wandering between times, spaces and events. A line crosses the sky and illuminates the ground below. At the same time, reference is made to the spatial and temporal significance of the topic. The meta-level created in this way, which can be perceived haptically / visually / with the senses, forms an expansion space and yet an ensemble with the information board designed for concrete, authoritative verbal information about the history. “Simplicity gives complexity” - Simplicity allows and harbors great complexity here. The work of art brings public attention to the central memorial site. It marks this central square as a central memorial day and night and symbolically refers to the places where the events took place. The work encourages you to linger, to pause, and offers flexible space for mediation work by institutions, groups and individual actors. The line of light (bridge) that invites you to look, think and remember, it remains, it is always there. The work of art has a noticeable day and night effect. Depending on the viewer's location, depending on the time of year and day, depending on the weather, lighting conditions, environment and individual visitor's condition, it develops its effect - sometimes more delicate, sometimes more intense, always with a long-distance and close-up effect. Anyone who approaches the work of art opens up different perspectives and perceptions. Viewers are reflected in the masts, their gaze connecting their own self with the surroundings and the subject matter. The environment is reflected in it, light is reflected and directed.
Dublin Embassy
German Embassy Dublin
Outdoor facilities-concept for the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ireland
In this project, our three focus areas of architecture, light and art/spatial art complement each other in an ideal combination for solving a demanding task. Suggestions were sought to give the courtyard area, which had been severely affected by various renovation work on the embassy building, a representative appearance again in the short term. As an interim farm improvement, we have developed suggestions for effective and easy-to-implement measures that give the farm area an attractive design and enable it to continue to be used. Our concept proposals with a design idea that spans the different courtyard areas serve as the basis for the redesign. The total area of the farm is approximately 1,200 m². Client: Federal Office of Foreign Affairs
Tharandt
Tharandt
The House of Sustainability is an architectural study as the result of a multi-stage participatory planning process for the future use/development of a central area in the center of the forestry town of Tharandt. In the past, the German House (host cities, cultural hall, cinema) was located on this area. With the demolition of the former Deutsches Haus hotel and inn in 2014, a central inner-city fallow or empty area was created. The design presented here (tree house / house of sustainability) is the result of a feasibility study on the district development of the central inner-city location in the forestry town of Tharandt from 2014. The House of Sustainability design for Tharandt reflects the genius loci of the forestry town of Tharandt, brings together modern hi-tech and original nature and creates a symbiosis of city and natural landscape in dialogue with the traditional architecture of the surrounding area (church, castle, town hall). The glass facade creates transparency and draws attention into the interior. There is a large space there for trees and plants that need special protection in our climatic conditions or their own climate. In this way, the building also creates a link to the forest botanical garden, which can be expanded with the tree house/house of sustainability to include plants and plants from other latitudes on earth.
Lighting concept for the city center of Bad Vilbel
Lighting concept for the city center of Bad Vilbel
Current completion of the lighting concept
The well-known mineral water town of BAD VILBEL is getting a lighting concept for its city center. The development of the content has been completed and a first rough version has now been handed over to the city administration. Final completion is planned for the end of the year and the concept will be officially presented at the beginning of the new year.
The Handbook serves as an important tool to engage citizens, business owners, investors and city representatives in the decision-making processes necessary to ensure a future “people and nature” friendly, innovative and sustainable lighting strategy for its unique historic city center and riverfront .
The city of BAD VILBEL is located in the south of the state of Hesse, in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis of Frankfurt am Main and is known for its mineral water springs. With the concept, which was implemented as part of the nationwide “Living Centers” program in Germany, the historic city receives an attractive, innovative and sustainable lighting concept to improve the evening ambience.
Contents:
Staging the historical building structure in the appropriate architectural lighting scenarios.
Improving citizens’ sense of security at night.
Development of a light guidance system inspired by the unique motif of the city’s natural spring water.
Development of identity-related “City Light Art” scenarios for the riverfront.
The lighting concept for Bad Vilbel is the seventh lighting master plan that we have developed for a city, a city district or a local center in recent years.
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Meetingpoint Music Messiaen Zgorzelec-en
Meetingpoint Music Messiaen Zgorzelec
Winning design in the competition for an international meeting centre as a memorial on the site of the former prisoner-of-war camp Stalag 1a
The design of the “European Centre for Education and Culture – Meetingpoint Music Messiaen” in Zgorzelec, Poland won 1st prize in the competition for the architectural-urban planning concept in 2009.
Services: HOAI LP 1-3, basic evaluation, preliminary design, draft (2009-2012)
Client: Meetingpoint Music Messiaen e.V., Görlitz
Client: Fundacja Centrum Wspierania Przedsiębiorczości w Zgorzelec
Mobility center Reitbahnstreet
Mobility center Reitbahnstreet
“Future traffic development is an important topic for architects. That’s why the study of the mobility center for Dresden’s city center is not about a parking garage in the traditional sense, but rather about flexible architecture for an innovative, future-oriented mobility concept.” Ruairí O’Brien With the concept we are in line with the medium- to long-term mobility development, in which the use of the automobile is only one option among many alternatives. The central location in the city center and the proximity to the main train station enables different mobility approaches to be linked in an innovative mobility hub (electric mobility, bike & ride, park & ride, rental stations, charging stations, rentals, etc.) and thus sustainable concepts for the city Future. An innovative, adaptable and evolving architectural concept was developed to take into account the future development of the city and transport in the city. Transformability is a property that will be important for future architecture in general to demonstrate true sustainability. The future decline in motorized individual transport and the long-term development towards a car-free city are already conceptually integrated here and the conversion of the building to benefit other uses, such as living, working/office, trade/services, has already been planned in advance. A sensible solution should be found for the inner-city brownfield site at the back of Prager Straße, with which the existing backyard atmosphere can be improved through the urban development context of Prager Straße and other current problems in connection with the inner-city development of Dresden can be addressed – as a benefit for the city and in favor of less vacant wasteland.
Euthanasia Information and Memorial Site, Berlin
Euthanasia Information and Memorial Site, Berlin Tiergartenstrasse
Competition entry for the design competition Memorial and Information Site for the Victims of the National Socialist “Euthanasia” Murders at the site of the planning headquarters, Tiergartenstraße 4 in Berlin.
Based on the artistic core idea of creating a dialogue between the spatial expression for the commemoration of the victims, the sculptural “pool of tears” and the site of the perpetrators with the ground plan of the building Tiergartenstrasse 4, both a mental and emotional approach to the topic of “euthanasia” murders becomes possible.
Awarded by: City of Berlin, 2012
City Warehouse Jena with Hologram Façade
City Warehouse Jena with Hologram Façade
Architecture-light-artwork
After years of vacancy, the historic post-and-beam building of the city warehouse in Jena was brought back to life through the step-by-step implementation of the city warehouse concept developed by Ruairí O’Brien. The identity-creating overall concept for the revitalization of the monument connects inside and outside and past, present and future and creates an attractive upgrade of the inner-city living space.
Hologram facade Jena
According to O’Brien’s design, the city warehouse at Jena’s market square presents itself with a hologram façade and new roof, integrated into the existing market ensemble in terms of urban development. After years of vacancy, the historic post-and-beam building was brought back to life through the gradual implementation of the city warehouse concept developed by Ruairí O’Brien. The identity-creating overall concept for the revitalization of the monument links the past, present and future of the city and creates an attractive upgrade of the inner-city living space. The hologram conveys a holistic message that breaks new ground in the living preservation of monuments.
Services: Lph. 1-8 HOAI
Awards: Recognition for the façade award of the city of Jena, recognition “architektourpreis” Chamber of Architects Thuringia.
Hologram façade- Built urban identity
The hologram façade embodies the essence of the city of Jena, it is a tribute to its spiritual and economic identity. The façade as an independent aluminum-steel-glass construction placed in front of the listed building depicting a spatial expression of the city storage concept. The identity-creating “eye” of the building highlights the historically significant structure inside with translucent to transparent effect and protects the valuable center of the monument. The hologram façade of the city warehouse forms a tailor-made connection between contemporary architecture and the historic structure.
