CK-ARCHITECTURE A101 URBAN BLOCK COMPETITION IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA

This competition was organized by the Masstab Developing Company in collaboration with Bart Goldhoorn, the director of the Moscow Biennale. 

"The Block City concept aims at combining the advantages of standard design with
the qualities embedded in site-specific design. This is done by defining a standard for
the plot size of the urban block. When this standard is applied both in the design of
urban areas and in the design of housing blocks, it is possible to use identical
projects for housing blocks in different places while keeping their urban qualities.
Since projects with the same size are interchangeable, any project that already has
been developed for one site can be used in new standard-sized plots. This will lead
to competition and result in better and cheaper housing design. Last but not least, the
Block City concept offers the possibility to develop urban design projects and the
architecture"

After a series of sun studies it became apparent that towers are the most beneficial housing type for this location.  The fact that within a small tower footprint most units can be designed as corner units means that they would occupy two principle directions, thus have longer access to sunlight.  

In addition, we developed a system in which a tower footprint of standard one bedroom  units can be augmented by additional, prefabricated bedroom / bathroom capsules.  These capsules can be added at numerous locations to enlarge the one-bedroom units into two or three-bedroom apartments.

CK-ARCHITECTURE, XP&ARCHITECTURE SUBMISSION FOR SINFONIA VARSOVIA CONCERT HALL COMPETITION WARSAW POLAND

Christoph Kapeller: CK-Architecture and Judith Mussel: XP & Architecture competition entry to the international competition for a new concert hall in Warsaw, Poland.

CK-Architecture Submission to "DINGBAT 2.0" Competition Los Angeles

CK Architecture Submission to "House in Luanda" Competition for Lisbon Trienale

A House in Luanda was the title of the international  competition for a model house in Luanda, Angola for a maximum cost of 34,000 Euro.  The idea of the design is to utilize concrete sanitation pipes as the main elements of the housing element.  The remaining elements will be added by stacked bags of earth and other simple building methods that can be performed by the inhabitants.

CK Architecture in collaboration with Christopher Monger Achieves Long List at Greenpeace Airplot Contest

CK Architecture in collaboration with Christopher Monger got onto the "long list" at Greenpeace's Airplot Heathrow Contest.  Greenpeace UK had been looking for ideas how to prevent the construction of a new runway at Heathrow.  To this end, they bought a plot of land together with international celebrities and thousands of people from around the world.  The contest's goal was to gather ideas to make the land defendable and to win the political campaign against the runway.

CK Architecture's entry called Boedecia's Bosom consists of two tumuli that evoke Celtic mysticism by portrayng the Celtic Queen Boedecia's bosom who defeated the Romans in 60 AD.  While the tumuli would be planted with wildflowers during the campaign, they would also allow shelter for activists.  After the campaign has been won, the tumuli will be filled with manure and compost and eventually transformed into a giant grove of oak trees.

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CK Architecture Competition Boards for the Norwegian National Museum in Oslo: in Collaboration with Bittoni Design Studio