Connecting
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about connecting
Project • By SENSO | THINK UNITED • Hotels
The Yas Hotel
The Yas Hotel, a 500-room, 85,000-square-meter complex, is one of the main architectural features of the ambitious 36-billion-dollar Yas Marina development and accompanying Formula 1 raceway circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Asymptote envisioned an architectural landmark embodying various key influences and inspirations ranging from the aesthetics and forms associated with speed, movement and spectacle to the artistry and geometries forming the basis of ancient Islamic art and craft traditions.
Of architectural and engineering significance is the main feature of the project's design, a 217-meter expanse of sweeping, curvilinear forms constructed of steel and 5,800 pivoting diamond-shaped glass panels. This Grid-Shell component affords the b... More
Project • By SENSO | THINK UNITED • Pavilions
Mini Pavillon
The MINI Pavillon on Lenbachplatz combines timeless, Bauhaus-inspired architecture with cutting-edge technology. Originally built in the 1960s and used as a showroom from 2003 onwards, the Pavillon is now regarded as a true synthesis of the arts with its roots in the Maxburg and its adaptation to contemporary needs. Having undergone extensive renovation, the building is now being re-opened to embrace this unique concept combining relaxation, information, work, networking and shopping. More
Project • By NAT OFFICE - christian gasparini architect • Nurseries
PIEC | childhood pole
First part of an overall recovery and modification operation of the educational and open spaces in order to redefine a single childhood pole, the project aims at connecting physically the two existing buildings with longitudinal walls parallel to the buildings themselves. The new connecting space, nearly a winter garden or at least a ramification of the park hidden in the green, is created by the organic inclusion between open space and closed space.The place, with its arboreal essences, the orientation of the buildings, the inequality of the ground and the morphological and spatial characteristics of the buildings, is taken as source and material of the educational and cultural project to build through physical – perceptive connection... More