*️⃣SESC Pompéia

Architect #LinaBoBardi #BoBardi #Bardi
City #SaoPaulo
Country #Brazil #SA

🔤Originally a drum factory, the building was transformed in 1982 into a thriving multi-functional space by adding two concrete towers connected by diagonal walkways. #refurbishment #retro

Bo Bardi’s design approach emphasized the building’s structural elements, revealed through stripping the factory to its original #rawconcrete, and was guided by a socially utopian vision in line with the highest ideals of Modernism.

All structures are alleviated by amoeba-shaped windows the architect referred to as “Spanish civil war holes” — and contain sports facilities like football fields, a swimming pool, and a solarium. Both the “Spanish civil war holes” and the general redesign of the old factory exemplify the Mashrabiya, a postmodern remix of colonial-style elements that foregrounds references to Brazilian popular culture. #context@simoderna

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Colour #red
Function #public #community
Feature #interior #water
Address: R. Clélia, 93 - Água Branca, São Paulo - SP, 05042-000, Brazil
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*️⃣Keihan Uji Station

Architect #Wakabayashi #HiroyukiWakabayashi
City #Kyoto
Country #Japan #AP

🔤The station was originally opened on June 1, 1913. In 1995, it underwent a significant redesign by architect Hiroyuki Wakabayashi. His design introduced a circular, open-concept structure that emphasizes natural light and spatial fluidity. #retro #renovation

Uji Station redefines the role of a railway station as a point of connection between tradition and modernity. The structure consists of a series of #rawconcrete arches, with a circular plan centered around an open courtyard. Natural light is actively incorporated, and the shifting shadows throughout the day give rhythm to the space.

The station stands as a symbolic gateway to Uji, blending monumental form with poetic light, and remains one of Wakabayashi’s most celebrated works.

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Function #transportation #metro
Address: Otsukata Uji, Kyoto 611-0021, Japan
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*️⃣ Poly Grand Theater Shanghai

Architect #TadaoAndo #Ando
City #Shanghai
Country #China #AP

🔤True to Ando's minimal style – demonstrated by projects like Church of the Light – the theatre features a concrete structure, but here it is encased behind a glass and aluminium curtain wall.

Otherwise expressed as a strict grid, the façades correspond to the architect’s clearly stated intentions. Ando says:

“What we proposed was a building that asserts its presence through the intensity of its #interior spaces rather than through overt symbolism in its external form.”

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Five large openings were carved through the building to create a series of public Spaces that are exposed to the outdoors but sheltered from the rain. The lining of the tunnel is #aluminium, but painted like wood to contrast with #rawconcrete.

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Colour #grey
Function #entertainment #theatre
Address: 31.3532828, 121.2649960
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*️⃣Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice

Architect #RocheDinkeloo #KRJDA #Roche #Dinkeloo
City #NewYork
Country #USA #NA

🔤Inspired by bridge and highway construction, the straightforward structure is composed of load-bearing concrete and #corten.

The Ford Foundation is unusual for Manhattan in that it occupies fewer square feet than the site allows. The architects took advantage of the excess space which was devoted to an interior garden within a greenhouse-like atrium. #greenery

The building’s U-shaped plan maximizes workers exposure to park and river views, while the internal garden, protected from New York’s winter climate, serves as both a social condenser and a symbol of the foundation’s philanthropic mission.

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Function #office
Feature #retro #interior
Address: 320 E 43rd St, New York, NY 10017, United States
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*️⃣Samsung Jong-ro Tower

Architect #RafaelVinoly #RVA
City #Seoul
Country #SouthKorea #AP

🔤Dissatisfied with the design of its 20-story tower being built in Seoul, Korea, Samsung Corporation halted construction and launched a limited design competition in 1994, hoping to salvage the 17 stories of steel frame and concrete floor slabs that had already been erected. Rafael Viñoly Architects won by rethinking the program and creating three unique, but linked, building volumes. The resulting design is a mixed-use facility incorporating offices, entertainment, and an iconic restaurant volume suspended at the top, making the tower an instantly recognizable city landmark.

A circular, tube-like elevator core rises at each of the three corners of the triangle-shaped building, extending high above the office blocks to support the “cloud,” a double-height restaurant and bar, ring-shaped in plan, which floats above the city skyline and provides 360-degree views of Seoul.

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Material #steel
Function #office
Feature #skyscraper #retro #adminvisited
Address: 51 Jong-ro, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
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