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CENTRO RESIDENZIALE LUDOVICO MARTELLI
Location: Figline Valdarno, Italy
Type: Care Home Open Competition
Date: 2009
Client: ASP Martelli Generale
Architects: Alfredo Caraballo-Karin Templin
Collaborator: Giuliano Cosi
Area: 1,400 m2
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES QUARTER C12 C13
Location: Barking - London, UK
Type: Housing
Date: 2008
Client: Thames Gateway Development Corporation
Architects: SHL Architects - Karin Templin
CARLSBERG VORES BY
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Type: Masterplan Open International Competition
Date: 2007
Client: Carlsberg A/S Ejendomme
Architects: Karin Templin and Alfredo Caraballo
Team: Andrew Lavelle, Max Rengifo, Nicola Zech, Eric Behrens
TINSLEY COOLING TOWERS
Location: Sheffield, UK
Type: Masterplan - RIBA Competition
Client: Groundwork Sheffield
Architects: Alfredo Caraballo in collaboration with Astudio
Area: 31 ha
Awards: Third Prize
ASPLUND PUBLIC LIBRARY
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Type: Cultural – Open International Competition
Client: Stockholm City Council
Architects: Alfredo Caraballo – Karin Templin
Area: 29,500 m2
GYEONGGI-DO JEONGOK MUSEUM
Location: Jeongok-ri, Korea
Type: Museum - UIA Competition
Date: 2006
Client: Jeongok Museum
Area: 5000 m2
KIELDER OBSERVATORY
Location: Kielder, United Kingdom
Type: Cultural - RIBA Open International Competition
Date: 2005
Client: Kielder Partnership
Architects: Alfredo Caraballo
Area: 6,500 m2
Status: Competition entry
Awards: Longlisted
CIUDAD MIRANDA MASTERPLAN
Location: Charallave, Venezuela
Type: Masterplan
Date: 1998 2002
Client: Fondur
Architects: Alfredo Caraballo, Edgar Aponte, Andreina Belfort. P.A.C
Consultants: Sarcar Construcciones, Victor Ramirez, Ivan Nuñez, Frankarlo Pino
Area: 250 ha
Status: First stage built. Ongoing
Awards: Project selected for X the Bienal of Architecture. Venezuela
CIUDAD MIRANDA SOCIAL HOUSING
Date: 1998 2001
Consultants: Sarcar Construcciones
Victor Ramirez, Ivan Nuñez, Frankarlo Pino
Area: 13,860 m2
Status: Built
CASA S
Location: San Antonio, Venezuela
Date: 1998 – 2001
Client: Mrs Edith Serra
Architects: Alfredo Caraballo – Andreina Belfort
Area: 204 m2
Awards: Project published in “Latin American Houses’ Trama Ediciones.2006
studioACKT
Formed in London in 2009 by Venezuelan Alfredo Caraballo and American Karin Templin, studioACKT is an international design practice whose area of expertise lies in the interrelation of architecture and public space.
URBAN / BUILDING/ COMPONENT
Rather than working as separate multi-disciplinarians, as designers we follow the example of architects throughout history working simultaneously at different scales Urban / Building / Component understanding the various conditions that drive each aspect of the project and the effects that one scale has upon another. The work of studioACKT ranges from building interiors to urban masterplans.
INTERNATIONAL
As a multinational design practice, understanding the cultural, economic, social, environmental and historic issues of the places in which we work is fundamental to the work of studioACKT. The two founding partners of studioACKT bring with them experience of working in North America, South America, the Middle East, Asia, Continental Europe and the UK.
ALFREDO CARABALLO
Alfredo Caraballo studied architecture at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela and completed a Master Degree in Architecture at the London Metropolitan University in London, UK.
In 1995, Alfredo along with Roberto Puchetti and Max Rengifo founded CPR Arquitectos in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2004, Alfredo joined Allies and Morrison Architectsin London, UK.
Alfredo has worked on numerous high-profile projects in South America, Europe, and Asia including the Ciudad Miranda, a new city in Venezuela. His work has been exhibited throughout South America.
Alfredo is a design tutor at Kingston University and has taught at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, the Universidad Simón Bolívar, and the Universidad José María Vargas. He has also served as a visiting critic at several universities in the UK.
Alfredo has published numerous articles in Arquitectura Hoy and Kalathos.
KARIN TEMPLIN
Karin Templin studied architecture and urban design in both the US and Italy. Upon receiving a Master Degree in Architecture in Urban Design from Kent State University, Karin returned to Italy where she worked with Andrea Ponsi Architetto, SUPERSTUDIO founder Robert Magris and Partners, and Immobiliare Novoli SpA. After working in Italy for several years, Karin moved to London, UK where she has worked with Allies and Morrison Architects and schmidt hammer lassen architects.
Karin has extensive experience working on major urban regeneration projects in Italy, the UK, and the Middle-East. Her projects include the new quarter of San Donato in Via di Novoli, Florence, a New Town Centre at Brent Cross Cricklewood in London, UK and the Heart of Doha, Qatar.
Karin is a studio leader at Kingston Universityand the Florence Institute of Design International. She has also taught at London Metropolitan University and Kent State University in Ohio and Florence, Italy. She is also a visiting critic at several universities in the UK, Europe, USA, and South America.
Karin is a contributing writer for Glass Magazineand a foreign correspondent for Esempi di Architettura.
2009/2010
THE ARCHITECTURE OF DEATH
And to make the leap from life to death less abrupt, the inhabitants have constructed an identical copy of their city, underground....: actually it was the dead who built the upper Eusapia, in the image of their city. They say that in the twin cities there is no longer any way of knowing who is alive and who is dead.
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Burial grounds have long served not only as the final resting place for the deceased but as open green landscapes of contemplation and comfort for the living and provided an escape from the overcrowded and polluted industrial city centres.
Cemeteries have often been designed to reflect the cities and landscapes of this world. Cities of the dead include streets, squares, and courtyards with individual front doors to family mausoleums. The gardens of the dead contain sculptural pavilions which rise from their landscaped gardens.
Studio 3.3 is studying the different cemetery typologies and exploring the symbolism, materiality, effect of light and shadow, and the organization of the architecture and open space.
Studio 3.3 undertook a "Grand Tour of Death" visiting the cemeteries of San Michele in Venice by David Chipperfield, the Brion Tomb in San Vito dAltivole by Carlo Scarpa, San Cataldo in Modena by Aldo Rossi, Suburbano in Pisa by Massismo and Gabriella Carmassi, and the Camposanto in Pisa by Giovanni di Simone.
Cimitero di San Michele in Venice, Italy
San Michele_Alfredo Caraballo
Brion Tomb in San Vito d'Altivole, Italy by Carlo Scarpa
Brion_Alfredo Caraballo
Cimitero di San Cataldo in Modena, Italy by Aldo Rossi
San Cataldo_Karin Templin
Cimitero Suburbano in Pisa, Italy by Massimo and Gabriella Carmassi
Suburbano_Alfredo Caraballo
Camposanto-Pisa, Italy by Giovanni di Simone
2008/2009
THE ARCHITECTURE OF LIVING: The Urban Palace
BUILDING TYPOLOGY: the Mansion Block and Palazzo
Cities are centres of trade, industry, culture, and most importantly, collective living. Of all the traditional housing typologies, the apartment block is the most urbane, providing high density residential accommodation as well as internal and external communal spaces.
Studio 3.4 traced the origins of the first apartment buildings in London, the mansion blocks of the late 19th century, through the mansion blocks and hôtels of Paris back to the Renaissance palazzi of Florence. The typology of the “urban palace” was studied in order to understand how the buildings themselves created a new context on the outskirts of the existing city giving a sense of dignity to the city and residents alike. These blocks provided courtyards and lightwells for the occupants and formed the streets and in many cases the public spaces of the city.
COLLECTIVE LIVING ROOMS: the Piazza
Living in the city does not only occur within the internal spaces of buildings, but in the public spaces of the cities themselves, our collective living rooms. These urban rooms can be civic or intimate, grandiose or humble, for their character is determined by the scale of the space and the building facades which envelop them.
Studio 3.4 studied the piazze of Florence evaluating these spaces at the urban, building, and component scales to understand the interrelation of architecture and public space.
Piazze di Firenze and Palazzi di Firenze models
Scale comparison of Florentine palazzi and London mansion blocks
Florence by Emmanuel Nzekwu
Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Rucellai by Emmanuel Nzekwu
Palazzo de' Mozzi by Kingsley Koranteng
Palazzo de' Mozzi by Fang Chin
Approach to Piazza del Duomo by Fang Chin
Piazza del Duomo by Hyoung Shin
GLASS MAGAZINE
Creative Hubs by Karin Templin
Spring 2010
ESEMPI DI ARCHITETTURA
OPEN CITY/IABR Review by Karin Templin
October 2009
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW 1351
FESTIVAL/Beyond Media Review by Karin Templin
September 2009
MEDIO INFORMATIVO no. 11
Recordando a Jesus Terneiro: algunas notas y tres imagenes by Alfredo Caraballo
July 2008
KALATHOS no. V
Nubes, nieblas, gas. El clima del Artificio by Alfredo Caraballo
April 2001
ARQUITECTURA HOY no. 298
Palabras Petrea by Alfredo Caraballo
June 1999
ARQUITECTURA HOY no. 278
Cut and Paste o Los Placeres del Collage by Alfredo Caraballo
December 1998
ARQUITECTURA HOY no. 202
De la piedra a la letra, de la letra a la imagenby Alfredo Caraballo
May 1997
ARQUITECTURA HOY no. 194
Los suenos de la resignacion producen monstrousby Alfredo Caraballo
March 1997
ARQUITECTURA HOY no. 177
Los viejos heroes ya no estan by Alfredo Caraballo
November 1996
LONDON, UK - September 2009
Karin Templin's review of the Beyond Media International Festival for Architecture held in Florence, Italy can be found in the September 2009 issue of Architectural Review
LONDON, UK - February 2010
Karin Templin's article on Creative Hubs can be found in the Spring 2010 issue of Glass Magazine.
FLORENCE, ITALY - September 2009
Karin Templin and Alfredo Caraballo of studioACKT have been selected to participate in the second edition of the Florence Triennale in Florence, Italy 9-19 September, 2009 (click on image for more details)
LONDON, UK - November 2009
Lynch Architects have won the Abbey Green design competition in Barking, London, UK. Karin Templin of studioACKT served as the urban design consultant for the winning entry.
FLORENCE, ITALY - June 2009
Karin Templin of studioACKT will be leading a one-month architecture course in Florence, Italy from June 8th - July 2nd, 2009 at the Florence Institute of Design International (click on image for more details)
ROTTERDAM, NL - October 2009
Karin Templin's has written a review of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) for Esempi di Architettura
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY - DEGREE SHOW 2009
The work of Kingston University's Studio 3.4 led by Karin Templin and Alfredo Caraballo of studioACKT and Max Rengifo of Astudio will be exhibited as part of Kingston University Faculty of Architecture Degree Show 2009 at Kingston University in Kingston-London , UK from June 7th - 12th, 2009
RACKVERE, ESTONIA - September 2009
DMD Architects have placed third in the international competition for the reconstruction of St. Paul's Church and the reconfiguration of Vabaduse Square in Rackvere, Estonia. Karin Templin of studioACKT served as an urban design consultant for DMD Architects on the proposal.
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