*️⃣Lotus temple

Architect #Sahba #FariborzSahba
City #NewDelhi
Country #India #AP

🔤While designing the Baha’i House of Worship for India — a Temple dedicated to the Oneness of Religions, in which peoples of all backgrounds are welcome – architect Fariborz Sahba was inspired to use the lotus flower as the basis for his creation.

He chose it as a symbol for the Bahá’í belief in the potential purity of the human spirit; he chose it as a metaphor for the truth that out of the “murky waters” of our collective history of ignorance and violence we will arise to create a new age of peace and universal brotherhood.

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Colour #white
Material #stone
Function #religious
Feature #retro
Address: Lotus Temple Rd Bahapur, Kalkaji, New Delhi, Delhi 110019, India
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*️⃣Azabudai hills

Architect #ThomasHeatherwick #Heatherwick
City #Tokyo
Country #Japan #AP

🔤Echoing the natural forms of the project’s valley setting, the undulating structure rises like a gently sloping hillside before puncturing the ground to allow natural light to pour deep into the basement retail zones.

The team devised a pergola-like system scaled up to district proportions to organise and unify many different elements of various sizes. In this way, the design allows for significant green space both at ground level and climbing up the podium buildings, without sacrificing connectivity to the ground. #greenery@simoderna

It is a new kind of district in the city, made for people and filled with greenery – “a place,” says Thomas Heatherwick “to be cherished.”

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Colour #tan
Material #stone
Function #retail #mall
Feature #adminvisited
Address: 9 番 1, 5 Chome Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
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*️⃣Basilica Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime

Architect #ANPAR or #Andrault #MichelAndrault and #Parat #PierreParat
City #Syracuse
Country #Italy #EU

🔤In the architects' intention, the shape is meant to symbolize the elevation of humanity towards God. Nonetheless, in time, the morphology of the building was infused with additional religious meaning, being read as a lighthouse guiding devotees towards divinity, or a teardrop, in connection to the sacred event that led to the erection of the church.

Pierre Parat would say many years later:

"I like the architecture that reveals itself, that is honest, I don't like gimmicks and ornament".

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The concrete structure reaches a height of 94,3m and a statue reproducing the image of the crying effigy sits at the top of the Sanctuary. The dome's structure is made of an array of 22 #rawconcrete ribs horizontally connected through eight pre-tensed rings.

Vertical window strips alternate the structure's rhythm, giving the impression of light beams coming down towards the sitting area of the Sanctuary.

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Function #religious
Feature #retro #interior
Address: Via del Santuario, 33, 96100 Siracusa SR, Italy
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*️⃣CaixaForum

Architect #HerzogdeMeuron #HdM #Herzog #Meuron
City #Madrid
Country #Spain #EU

🔤 CaixaForum is conceived as an urban magnet attracting not only art-lovers but all people of Madrid and from outside. The attraction will not only be CaixaForum’s cultural program, but also the building itself, insofar that its heavy mass, is detached from the ground in apparent defiance of the laws of gravity and, in a real sense, draws the visitors inside. #cantilever

The classified brick walls of the former power station are reminiscences of the early industrial age in Madrid. The only material of the old power station that we wanted to save was the classified brick shell. This opened a completely novel and spectacular perspective. The removal of the base of the building left a covered plaza under the brick shell, which now appears to float above the street level. This sheltered space under the CaixaForum offers shade to visitors. #heritage@simoderna

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Material #steel #corten
Function #public #museum
Feature #greenery #interior
Address: P.º del Prado, 36, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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*️⃣ Coffee & Tree + Canopy

Architect #SelgasCano
City #Rizhao
Country #China #AP

🔤Wiggling through a phalanx of mid-rise housing blocks, a covered walkway and attached café serve as a colorful antidote to the regimented architecture all around it.

The project goal was to enliven the housing blocks and create visual connections. The contrast to the red-brick, residential monoliths could not be starker.

A high-energy jolt of architectural exuberance, the walkway and café projects entice residents to come and relax. Bisecting the property, they serve as common ground for kids, parents, and seniors. They’re both a line and a hub. And they do all this by balancing the needs for both standing out and fitting in, especially with nature.

“The most important part of the project is the landscape,” says Selgas. Whether you’re on the walkway or in the café, you’re always surrounded by trees and plantings. “On most projects, landscaping is the last thing considered and the first to get cut. Not here.” #greenery@simoderna

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Colour #yellow
Material #steel
Function #public #community
Feature #nightlight
Address: 35.6474968, 119.4763690

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