Green spaces
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News • News • 3 Jan 2024
MODU’s design for a mixed-use office and retail center in Houston tempers the hot Texan climate
Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary architecture and design practice MODU has completed Promenade, a 15,000-square-feet (1,394-square-meter) mixed-use office and retail center in Houston, Texas. The use of self-cooling facades, tall “fins” that offer shade, and overhanging trellises, are central to tempering the effect of the hot Texan climate and improving outdoor comfort. In addition, these features provide Promenade with a uniquely visual exterior.
Naho Kubota
MODU
At Promenade, tenants avail of both indoor and outdoor areas, with exteriors that are also healthy green spaces. “The planted gardens connect people to their surroundings and extend the indoor activities of working and shopping outdoors,&rdquo... More
Project • By Ateliers A+ • Offices
Le Lab
Being a new place of innovation in Nice Méridia, Le Lab is an iconic, smart and ecological building. Sitting in the last urban corner piece in the district, Le Lab fits into its context, while meeting ambitious environmental, architectural and functional requirements. Signature building, the soft and luxuriant vegetation flourishes in the heart of a setting of 7 floors. Organized around a game of volumes and balance, it offers its residents and users wide views of the Mercantour.
A+Architecture
The facades are shifted, misaligned, offering sets of recesses and projections, accentuating shadows and light effects, night and day. The light of the Mediterranean Sea circulates everywhere, while dealing... More