Social and historical
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about social and historical
Project • By Kettal • Sports Centres
Ovaverva Hallenbad
The OVAVERVA Indoor Swimming Pool Sports Center St. Moritz is located in St. Moritz Bad at a historical site: it is where the Mauritius spring originated thousands of years ago and which has been used for healing as early as the Bronze Age. More
Project • By Tanya Karim NR Khan & Associates • Cultural Centres
Bangla Academy Complex
Bangla Academy Complex (National competition, 1st prize winner, IAB)
In today's day and age, when there seems to be an inclination to use technology and complex design strategies to achieve a "green" solution in building design. One must not forget that one of the most sensible ways to create an "environment friendly" architecture is to use the "environment" itself. The site, the surrounding and the climate should become primary forces and a successful "green" architecture can be achieved through "passive" means.
The Bangla Academy project approaches sustainability in many levels and does not just claim to be "environment friendly". In the first measure of sustainability the project addresses is that of "site". The project... More