*️⃣Maraya Concert Hall

Architect #GioForma
City #AlUla
Country #SaudiArabia #ME

🔤The first brief from the client was to have a complex able to host concerts and events in an area of enormous archaeological and scenic value; a valley in the region of Al-‘Ula surrounded by the presence of ruins fro the Nabataean empire and 200,000 years of #heritage@simoderna

Our mission was based on figuring out how we could build in such a beautiful and meaningful place and we wondered how to establish a relationship between the construct and the existing in the most respectful way possible. #context@simoderna

Maraya Concert Hall holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s largest mirrored building, clad in 9,740 m² of specially developed #reflective #glass that visually blends the structure into the desert landscape. Guardian Glass engineered a customized exterior mirror solution capable of withstanding extreme heat and harsh conditions, overcoming technical challenges to deliver a quality solution. #record@simoderna

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Function #entertainment #concerthall
Address: PVV8+C77, Al Atheeb 43552, Saudi Arabia
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*️⃣Sun Tower Yantai

Architect #OPEN
City #Yantai
Country #China #AP

🔤Archeological discoveries revealed that Yantai was among the earliest places in China where ancient sun-worshiping culture emerged.

OPEN designed the Sun Tower to capture and celebrate natural phenomena, re-establishing people’s connection with nature’s spiritual power while bringing much-needed cultural and communal facilities to the new urban district.

Facing the ocean, the concave inner shell of the building acts as a sound collector, absorbing and amplifying sounds from the sea.

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Material #rawconcrete
Function #public #community
Address: 37.57465016, 121.21695989

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*️⃣Treetop Walk in Hamaren Activity Park

Architect #Effekt
City #Fyresdal
Country #Norway #EU

🔤The canopy walkway known for its islands and fjords, is the first of its kind in Norway.

The wooden boardwalk structure is carefully designed as a response to the curvature of the mountain, sometimes following the mountain’s ridges and slopes, and sometimes bending out, creating viewpoints and dramatic drops where visitors can feel the wind in the treetops.

The loadbearing structure as well as the boardwalk and railing are made from locally sourced pinewood. This way the structure literally blends in with existing pine trees on the mountain.

Effekt architects and Inge Aamlid developed a simple wooden system of small prefabricated elements to minimize impact on the natural site. Installed with light machinery and by hand, it reduced disturbance during construction. #sustainability@simoderna

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Material #wood
Function #public #park #observation
Address: 53MG+JV Lyngdal, Norway
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*️⃣Saint-Nicolas Church

Architect #Forderer #WalterForderer (Walter Maria Förderer)
City #Heremence
Country #Switzerland #EU

🔤Completed in 1971, the building replaced an eighteenth-century sanctuary destroyed by an earthquake and introduced a striking expression of modernity to the village. #retro@simoderna

Its sculptural concrete form, influenced by the monumental engineering of nearby hydroelectric dams, signaled both a physical and spiritual transformation at a moment. #context@simoderna

This assertiveness reflects a moment of civic determination, when a small community chose a radical architectural path in response to the destruction of its historic sanctuary.

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Material #rawconcrete
Function #religious
Feature #interior
Address: Rue de l'Eglise, 1987 Hérémence, Switzerland
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*️⃣Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru - Terminal 2

Architect #SOM
City #Bengaluru
Country #India #AP

🔤The new terminal reimagines the travel experience, transporting passengers through a landscaped terminal inspired by Bengaluru’s “garden city” heritage. The ceiling, made of layers of cross-laid engineered bamboo, filters light much like a garden pavilion. #context@simoderna

“It feels warm and welcoming and comfortable, bringing respite to the potentially stressful situation of travel.”

Brooke Horan, Juror, 2024 ARCHITECT Awards

Between the gate concourses and the terminal building is the “forest belt”–a 90-meter-wide swath of lushly planted landscape. #greenery@simoderna

The abundant vegetation is irrigated with rainwater that is harvested on site, and the retail area’s waterfalls cool the inside temperature. #sustainability@simoderna

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Colour #tan
Material #wood (moso bamboo)
Function #transportation #airport
Feature #interior
Address: 5PX4+HQ Gangamuthanahalli, Karnataka, India

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