Ideas: The Facebook for Architects

Dear Architects,

Allow me the pleasure of introducing you to Architizer! A Facebook-meets-Linkedin social hub targeted for architects to promote themselves, their companies and their projects. It is the perfect medium to showcase a project give credit to the numerous people involved. It is a usefool marketing tool for developers to identify the local firms in each region and a creative and social place in the web to get inspired and educated by the current trends around the world!

Case in point, one of the featured projects of Architizer of this month that we love is Ex Arsenale de La Maddalena (as seen above), a project designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti. Located in La Maddalena of Sardinia, the renovation of the ex military port included the recuperation of 15,000 square meters of public waterfront, a new Conference center, hotel and recuperated existing structures destined for commercial use and nautical events. The buildings cover an area of 155,000 square meters.

All of the buildings are connected conceptually and aesthetically in a contemporary design inspired by the infinite shapes of the waves and the rigorous forms of Italy’s traditional military architecture. The most appealing element of the project though is that it is a model of sustainability and urban regeneration. The energy efficiency is incorporated through heat exchange systems with the use of seawater for heating and cooling, solar panels for the production of hot water and large photovoltaic surfaces producing energy from renewable resources. To discover more about Ex Arsenal, visit the Archetizer, here.