Paraguay

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Project • By INDARQ • Offices

FIVE NORTE

The west and a single material, brick forming folds together, in response to the incidence of the Sun. Leonardo Méndez Without “doors” or “windows” as an expression of sobriety and introspection, detached from the ground so as not to interrupt the creeping vegetation. Leonardo Méndez Leonardo Méndez With these premises, progress was made to refunctionalize and adapt a pre-existing work to office use. The living and dynamic element of architecture, natural light, penetrates all the spaces of the project, drawing a matrix, a projection of summoned brick that runs through floors and walls. Leonardo Méndez Leonardo Méndez Since we are not able to display the... More

Project • By MSGSSV • Offices

Paraguay Government Offices

Architects: Manteola, Sánchez Gómez, Santos, Solsona, Vinsón, architects + Julia Galanti associate architect First prize international project competition. 2016. Leonardo Mendez Architectural layout of the complexThe unification of the Government Offices of Paraguay is an opportunity to search for a local architectural image, far from the extemporaneous international models and transferred to any cultural and climatic environment.The required image, of "solid character of a government entity" does not necessarily mean rigidity of layouts and volumes, but also receptive areas for all citizens, employees and visitors.Above the 10.00m level, the five primary volumes of different heights give, from a distant view, ide... More

Project • By Equipo de Arquitectura • Primary Schools

ASA STEAM

“I got an order from the school board that said ‘We have a great idea. We should not put windows in the school because children need wall space for their paintings, and also windows can distract from the teacher’. Now, what teacher deserves that much attention? After all, the birds outside, the person scurrying for shelter in the rain, the leaves falling from the trees, the clouds passing by, the sun penetrating: these are all great things. They are lessons in themselves.” – Louis Kahn   In 2001, The Guardian published a survey that invited children to suggest the school of their dreams. The result was gathered as the “Children’s Manifesto”, published in a book called “The School... More