Geometric patterns
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about geometric patterns
Project • By Emilio Faroldi Associati • Factories
Chiesi Research and Development Centre
In the light of the extensive changes taking place in where and how work and research are carried out, together with the move from mass production to streamlined production, the spread of new technologies, flexible working and the increasing fluidity of society and markets, business-related architecture has assumed a significant and strategic role in the shaping of cities and the transformation of the landscape.
The new Chiesi Research Centre is a part of that scenario:an initiative that finds its premise within the processes of structural expansion, organisational rationalisation and technical innovation that are leading design research to offer new levels of performance and services, that maintain the balance between speed of change an... More
Project • By Laboratory for Explorative Architecture & Design Ltd. • Restaurants
Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant - Vip Room
Pak Loh is a traditional, Hong Kong based family restaurant specialised in Chiu Chow style Chinese food. For over 45 years its highly successful flagship restaurant has been located in the heart of a building block in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district. This project involves the renovation of the restaurant’s public entrance area and the replacement of its front Lo Mei food preparation area with a high-end VIP dining room / lounge area.
The new VIP room is located in front of the restaurant at the building block’s façade, and is disconnected from the restaurant’s main entrance by a public passageway. Thus, this very small and intimate private room is fully surrounded by publically accessible space. This condition was grasped as an opport... More
Project • By Elenberg Fraser • Hotels
Ajman Spa Hotel
A new 500 room beachside hotel in Ajman, in the United Arab Emirates, was an opportunity to create something truly special. We wanted to break away from the homogeneity of upscale luxury hotels to create a place that was borne of the local people and culture, a place that would give each guest a unique experience whilst leaving no doubt as to their specific location. The hotel was designed to cope with demands that changed throughout the week. Monday – Friday rooms are used predominantly for corporate accommodation, while the weekends are for holidays and mini-breaks.
Protecting outdoor areas from the Middle Eastern climate was a high priority, but we used art and science to create an aesthetic and functional solution. Dramatic parabolic d... More
Project • By Vandeventer + Carlander Architects • Shopping Centres
Yangzhou Riverside
Part of a much larger development, Yangzhou Riverside is a pedestrian commercial and retail street that flanks a new canal in the rapidly expanding city of Yangzhou. Modeled after the riverside experience of San Antonio, Texas, this project draws from the depth of Chinese culture to create an environment that speaks to both China's past and its emergence as a vigorous, forward-looking country.
When developing the formal diagram for this project, we researched different geometric patterns of traditional Chinese screens. From the multitude of screen patterns studied, we were drawn to the interlocking geometries and offset repetition found within the chosen pattern. With further analysis, it became clear that the geometries could be used... More
Project • By LAVA Architects • Universities
DOHA EDUCATION CITY
The masterplan includes a main stadium, aquatic centre, indoor arena, tennis centre, and multipurpose hall. Principles of health, wellness and sport are translated into sophisticated architecture. The complex is a place for the personal and physical development of the local community, and a centre for hosting national and international standard competitions. The principles of health, wellness and sport are translated into sophisticated contemporary architecture.
The creation of a sports landscape gives a new dimension to an education city. A topography, a landscape and an amenity. An atmosphere of lightness, pleasure, fun, health and wellness. A fresh breeze, a tempered climate. Shaded areas light and lush. The entire development is a pa... More
Project • By Morphogenesis. • Auditoriums
Chettinad Health City Auditorium
The project brief entailed the fitting-out and interiors of an auditorium facility for Chettinad Health city, to be used as part of the medical institute. The auditorium facility been designed to cater to a diverse activities such as stage performances, lectures or seminars, projection of recorded medical information web-casts & broadcasts etc. Conventionally, auditoriums are perceived as simple, monolithic, box-like structures lined with internal acoustic paneling. The design intent was to shift away from the typical morphology in order to create a more visually dynamic space.
Located in Chennai, a cosmopolitan city which serves as the gateway to South India, the project was exploited to be used as an opportunity to create an interior wh... More
Project • By Elia Felices • Nightclubs
BLUB LOUNGE CLUB
A space with capacity to combine evening dining with music and a discotheque.
The lighting, shapes, colours, furniture and the space itself create the experience of forming part of an undersea world. The light shining onto the different elements is broken up into tiny shafts, resembling the rays of light under the sea, bathing every detail in an underwater glimmer.
Blub lounge is a small sub-aquatic world. The first immersion takes place as we come through the door with its vegetable, organic imagery.
The open interior space enables circuits of interaction to be established. Movement between the different public areas has been made easier by the use of divisions built into the walls, using new elements such as the blue anodised al... More
Project • By Kois Associated Architects • Offices
KANENA building
The proposal is for a multi storey building which comprises of offices and lofts and is located in the centre of Jordan’s capital. The design process begun with the, study of Amman’s urban environment, it’s organizational principles and the study of the typology of the structures located in the neighboring area This analysis and the study of Jordanian architecture, informed the volumetric investigation which started with a plain parallelepiped, parallel to the building plot’s shape and attached to the adjoining buildings.
Consecutively, the lower edges are drawn towards the street grid, while the volume is detached from the inner boundaries of the site. The elaboration on the volume’s skin, as the final border with the city and the one... More
Project • By MAD Architects • Art Galleries
Huangdu Art Center
The beauty of old Beijing exists in the empty space between architecture, where trees grow and birds live. As such, the buildings themselves do not have to show any special shape in order to be unique.
—— Lao She
Old Beijing is composed of Hutongs, closely woven districts of communal courtyard homes. The basic elements of these districts are one-storey buildings, forming unique geometric patterns that are repeated at dense scales. This traditional urban fabric is increasingly under threat, however, forced to mak... More