Brise-soleil
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Project • By Perkins&Will • Offices
Edifício Waldyr Beira
The Waldyr Beira Building, developed by Perkins&Will São Paulo for the Construtora e Incorporadora Pedra Forte, brings an innovative proposition to the corporate building segment. Located in one of the most valued regions of São Paulo's capital, Rebouças Avenue, the single-tower development has 22 corporate floors with nearly 6 meters of double-height. "This is a strategy to vertically expand the constructive potential while maintaining the floor area, thus providing a breathtaking view of the tree-lined horizon of Jardins neighborhood," says Douglas Tolaine, Design Principal of the studio. The landscape can be admired right from the first floor, positioned at the level of the treetops.
Pedro Mascaro
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News • News • 25 May 2023
Mixtura completes the uniquely contextual convent of the Franciscan Fraternity of Bethany in Brazil
Designed by Mixtura, a practice of young architects from Italy, the new convent of the Franciscan Fraternity of Bethany is now complete. The 5,300 square meter project includes large spaces for prayer, hospitality, and areas for residents from the surrounding local community of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, to meet.
Cesare Querci
The design concept comes from an extensive participatory design process between the architects and the community. The resulting complex features primarily low-tech buildings where locally derived wood textures inform the structure and the cladding. The classic typology of the convent, which is oriented around a single closed cloister, is reinterpreted here by multiplying the number of cloisters. In tota... More
News • News • 27 Sep 2022
Perkins&Will complete innovative São Paulo residential project inspired by Oscar Niemeyer and the Brazilian modernist movement
In São Paulo, global studio Perkins&Will have completed a impressive residential project that reflects Brazilian modernism and celebrates the exuberant green area that surrounds. The project is situated a close walk from Ibirapuera Park by Oscar Niemeyer.
Leonardo Finotti
Completed in 1954, the park remains one of the city’s most celebrated destinations and an icon of modern architecture. Throughout the project, the aesthetics of Oscar Ibirapuera guide a reinterpretation of elements recognized as hallmarks of Brazilian modernism, such as roof supported only by columns, organic shapes, and brise-soleil on facades.
Leonardo Finotti
The projects includes apartments of 182 m2, 227 m2, or 233 m2 wit three or... More
Project • By Archicentre Sdn. Bhd. • Sports Centres
Estuari Sports Centre
The Estuari Sports Centre is a new sports facility. Arranged over two levels, the building is formed by two large open volumes at lower ground and upper levels, which sandwich a transparent see-through public entry space
H Lin Ho
The building hosts different functions of a private club for get-together activities for the local community, indoor and outdoor sports, swimming pool, martial arts studio, multipurpose room, gym & yoga room, sauna and other facilities It will cater for conferences, exhibitions and weddings. Outdoor facilities include the FINA compliant swimming pool and Tennis courts for international tournaments such as the ATP Malaysian Open & SUKMA Johor
H Lin Ho
The North and West facades are designed with... More
News • News • 8 Feb 2022
Multi-edged façade made of architectural bronze houses the documents of Cologne’s Historical Archive and the Rhenisch Picture Library
Housing the holdings of the Historical Archive and the Rhenish Picture library, a three-storey shell rises from an elongated protective structure to tightly embrace the archival documents held within a windowless ‘shrine.’
Brigida Gonzalez
The multi-edged façade made of architectural bronze generates a varied effect of lighting and shadow depending on the incidence of light and makes a significant contribution to meeting the building’s energy and conservation requirements for the indoor environment sustainably.
Brigida Gonzalez
Protected behind the windowless facade, the documents of the Historical Archive and the Rhenish Picture Library are safely stored in shelves and cupboards. The compac... More
News • News • 29 Dec 2021
Morphosis completes titanium clad convention center alongside the Yangtze river
Morphosis was inspired by the flowing curves of the Yangtze river that were echoed in the undulating roof. The titanium roof paneling refers to sunlight shimmering on the water surface.
Fangfang Tian
The building program is divided into a horizontal conference center and a vertical hotel tower with 340 rooms overlooking the river. The site’s boundaries shape the building’s wavelike form.
Fangfang Tian
The north side of the tower, facing the city, utilizes a metal brise-soleil system that shades the building during the day and integrated lighting lights up in the evening.
Fangfang Tian
On the river side 90,000 distinct metallic panels make up a rippling metal and glass brise-soleil that mirrors the river edge.... More
News • News • 28 Jan 2021
Morphosis wraps Casablanca Finance City tower in futuristic brise-soleil
Morphosis wraps the Casablanca Finance City tower with a brise-soleil that protects the building against the harsh Moroccan sun while exploiting the external elements to regulate natural light, air and temperatures internally.
Jasmine Park
The complex façade draws inspiration from traditional geometric patterned mosaics and intricate wooden latticework screens characteristic of Moroccan architecture.
Jasmine Park
In collaboration with VS-A Façade Engineers, Morphosis developed a façade system of three layers. First the exterior brise-soleil, followed by Low-E insulating glazing and an interior canvas blind.
Jasmine Park
The engineers used bidirectional energetic data inside a 3D Rhino model to se... More
News • News • 13 Oct 2020
Escola Massana addresses its surrounding context with rotating volumes and ceramic brise-soleil façade
Situated in the heart of Barcelona’s historic Gardunya Square, the Escola Massana is part of a long-running urban transformation process. With over 11,000 square meters of usable surface area, Estudio Carme Pinós was tasked with integrating a large programme and building footprint into a rich existing city fabric.
Credit: Duccio Malagamba
The architect’s design response was to differentiate the building, both volumetrically and in terms of façade design.
Credit: Duccio Malagamba
The part of the building that faces the square is split into two rotating volumes that generate different terrace spaces. Sculptural in appearance and giving the building a unique terrace element, this move also serves to... More