News Ammar Eloueini wins 2nd prize in Flip a Strip
Un-strip, 2008
AEDS Ammar Eloueini (www.digit-all.net)
New Orleans, Lousiana
Site: Scottsdale: 2200 N. Scottsdale Road (near Oak Street)
Design team: Ammar Eloueini, Megan Cook, Gregoire Diehl, Melissa Urcan, Felix Wetzstein, Marcel Wisznia
Estimated construction cost: retail/lofts: $200/sqf; tower: $3 million
Features: robotic parking, artists’ lofts, public art, green roof, improved access
Un-strip admits that it is most unlikely we will abandon the convenience of our cars anytime soon to fully embrace the optimistic “new urban” smart-growth solutions of bike paths and walkways. Instead, the project addresses the problem of parking boldly and directly, as a central feature. It reorganizes the strip mall in four phases, with major landscaping revisions incorporated in each: revising current parking, enhancing present retail, adding a second story of artists’ loft housing and—in a grand finale—adding a robotic, vertical parking structure. In all, the project increases the footprint of retail and “green” on the site, reduces the footprint of parking and introduces many energy-saving features.
Visit the competition website for more details.
In addition to the winning the Flip a Strip, here is some more news featuring Ammar Eloueini:
The fourth space designed by AEDS | Ammar Eloueini for Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake will open in Toulouse, France in December 2008. The first space that Eloueini designed for Issey Miyake opened in Berlin in December 2004, followed by spaces in Perpignan 2005 and Paris in 2006.
AEDS | Ammar Eloueini is designing the exhibition Tramway for the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris France. The exhibition is scheduled to open in December 2008. The exhibition will present in the main space of the Pavillon de l’Arsenal the Tramway project in Paris.
Lecture at the Bartlett, November 5, 2008
CoReFab 21+1 is an exhibition featuring the CoRefab chair designed by Ammar Eloueini, presented by HH Style Aoyama in Tokyo and organized by Hiroko Sueyoshi and Yoko Kitsuda. The exhibition will take place during Tokyo Design Week from 24 October to 3 November 2008.
The work of Ammar Eloueini will be presented at the exhibition The Face of Lace from 11 November 2008 until 1 March 2009. The Face of Lace features works of art, design ornaments and fashion concepts related to lace.
10.16.08
