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ALEXANDER WONG WINS BEST LUXURY RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS WITH INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
BMW Museum, Munich, Germany Photo: Marcus Meye Alexander Wong was awarded Best Luxury Residential Interior Design in Hong Kong 2022 in the 14th Luxury Lifestyle Awards (USA). The designer was recognised for his project titled “The Natura”. One of the principle inspirations is derived from Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea in Finland. Its unique ambience established by the wood grain timber walls, flooring and ceiling evokes a modern Scandinavian aesthetic that is calmly soothing and almost timeless. Colourful modern and abstract art also plays a big part at The Natura with inspirations coming from many modern masters. The Natura also takes its inspiration from connectivity to information and technology and communications. The Natura is natural yet functional, colourful and warm, calming and exquisitely beautiful. It provides a revolutionary and unique way of living for the 21st century and beyond. www.alexanderwong.com.hk
ATELIER BRÜCKNER celebrated its 25th anniversary by taking part in International Museum Day with an Open Atelier. Established in 1997, Atelier Bruckner is one of the world’s leading offices for exhibition design – with 120 employees at the company’s premises in Stuttgart and Seoul. The Open Atelier allowed visitors to enjoy insights into some of the projects and processes of ATELIER BRÜCKNER in the form of designs, models, test structures, material patterns and animations that portray the profession of the exhibition designer. “Discovering museums with pleasure” was the slogan of International Museum Day. It was organised by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) – in 2022, for the 45th time. In Germany, it is coordinated by the Deutscher Museumsbund and traditionally takes place on a Sunday. ATELIER BRÜCKNER is a member of ICOM Germany. www.atelier-brueckner.com/en
URBAN CONCEPT IN MEXICO THAT COMBINES ART AND WELL-BEING
COMANSA BUILDS BESPOKE TOWER CRANE FOR NORWEGIAN YARD
The future of the Nuevo Polanco area in Mexico City is Neuchâtel Cuadrante Polanco, a real estate complex owned by Ivanhoé Cambridge and developed by MIRA. The complex is centred on mobility, art, urbanism, design, efficiency, and community creation. Focused on improving the quality of life of the habitants of Mexico City, the development will house The Eye of Mexico, Latin America’s first Artificial Intelligence work of art. Strategically located in the heart of the capital, in one of the most important cultural corridors in Mexico City, Neuchâtel Cuadrante Polanco is an unprecedented mixed-use complex that has been designed to redefine the concept of community, which generates a positive impact on the city’s inhabitants. An urban community composed of blocks, streets, avenues, a plaza, public areas, recreational zones, and crosswalks, all intertwining to offer an ecosystem where daily life transpires, the project is born in response to Mexico City’s new urban reality, and seeks to restore a sense of belonging to inhabitants through an integrated, connected, and walkable urbanism. Its development is undoubtedly a milestone in terms of transforming the residential dynamics of the area. www.massivart.com
Comansa has built a customised 50-tonne capacity tower crane. Used in the client’s largest project to date it has been designed to lift loads 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Its 80 metre boom length has made it possible to reach the entire platform with a single tower crane, and withstand 400 tonnes per corner originating from a crane of more than 90 metres in a D25 wind zone. Comansa built the reinforced portal of 10 metres. 250-micron paint was used to prevent corrosion and safety features include vision camera on the trolleys to view the loads and the environment more safely, alarm signals, high-luminosity LED lights on the boom for the area workstations with on/off from the ground, signalling lights pursuant to the EN14439 standard, counterweights protected with galvanised steel frames, stainless steel electrical cabinet, activation of the wind-release system from the base of the crane. www.comansa.com/en