Double facade
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Project • By Erik Giudice Architects • Offices
Platinan
- BIM d’or Prize “international building” category
- TEAM: Structure: ELU/ strong current, low current, elevators: WSP/ fluids mechanics: PROJEKT ENGAGEMANG / Landscape, circulations and logistic: RAMBÖLL, fronts& shells: TAITO/ BIM coordinator: ZYNKA / project management: AKURO
Luxigon, Vivid vision
Luxigon, Vivid vision
- Platinan is part of an extensive transformation of central Gothenbourg, Sweden’s second largest city. The two buildings are located on a strategical site, with close access to the central station and to Västlänken, a new regional railway network.The mixed-use development will include offices, housing, a hotel, shops and cultural activities, all of which seek to... More
DV Offices
During the first decade of 21st century and before the 2008 economic crisis, Madrid suburban areas were highly developed, and their residential capability were exploited to its maximum allowance. A strict urbanistic regulation forced new constructions to consider a percentage of ground floors to have only and exclusively commercial or office purposes, despite there was no interest or commercial activity at that time. Many commercial spaces located within residential blocks were never put in use and remained almost abandoned for more than a decade.
Javier Bravo
DV Offices is a project that aims to activate the existing urban layer with a hybrid program mostly dedicated to office equipment but providing a neutral configuration that allo... More
News • News • 17 Dec 2021
Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Center shaped like an arrangement of glazed ice cubes
The glazed beacon welcomes visitors to a new Xinxiang tourism district dedicated to winter sports. Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia Architecture arranged the program into nine glazed cubes slightly offset from each other.
ArchExist
The glass panels are printed with translucent ice crystals to filter the light. The double facade is suspended by stainless steel cables and minimal steel connections.
ArchExist
The architect was inspired by the metaphor of ice cubes transformed to a liquid state to represent the lake and winter sports theme.
ArchExist
From the north the stacked cubes form a 34-meter vertical gap that invites the visitor to enter inside. At night the facade is fully luminated and radiates a uni... More