*️⃣Louvre Abu Dhabi

Architect #Nouvel #JeanNouvel #AJN
City #AbuDhabi
Country #UAE #ME

🔤Jean Nouvel sought inspiration for the concept of Louvre Abu Dhabi in traditional Arabic architectural culture. Taking a contextual approach to the site, Nouvel designed Louvre Abu Dhabi as a ‘museum city’ in the sea. Its contrasting series of white buildings take inspiration from the medina and low-lying Arab settlements. #context

The dome consists of eight different layers: four outer layers clad in stainless steel and four inner layers clad in aluminium separated by a steel frame five metres high.

The dome is supported by only four permanent piers, each 110 metres apart. These are hidden within the museum buildings to give the impression that the dome is floating.

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Colour #white #grey
Material #aluminium
Function #public #museum
Feature #onwater
Address: G9MX+G69 - Al Saadiyat Island - Cultural District - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
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*️⃣Vessel

Architect #Heatherwick #ThomasHeatherwick
City #NewYork
Country #USA #NA

🔤Influenced by the Indian stepwells of Rajasthan, formed from multitudes of stone staircases reaching down into the ground, the studio became interested in the mesmerizing visual effect of the repeating steps, flights and landings.

To create the continuous geometric pattern of the stepwell, the object had to be self-supporting – a discreet structural solution was required, which did not need additional columns and beams. This was resolved by inserting a steel spine between each pair of staircases, creating a natural division between ‘up’ and ‘down’.

The raw welded steel of this structure is exposed to give the object clarity and integrity, and the underside of the staircases is clad in a deep copper-toned metal, setting them apart from the surrounding architecture.

Forming a major free public attraction at the heart of this new district, Vessel represents an intention to create an extraordinary new kind of public legacy for New York.

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Colour #bronzen
Material #steel
Function #public #observation
Address: 20 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, United States
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*️⃣Taipei Performing Arts Center

Architect #Koolhaas #RemKoolhaas #OMA
City #Taipei
Country #Taiwan #AP

🔤Located at Taipei’s Shilin Night Market marked by its vibrant street culture, Taipei Performing Arts Center is architecture in limbo: specific yet flexible, undisrupted yet public, iconic without being conceived as such. The spherical 800-seat Globe Playhouse, with an inner and an outer shell, resembles a planet docking against the cube.

"When we first visited Taipei for the competition, we felt it was a city with an appetite for experiment," explained OMA's founder and project lead Rem Koolhaas. "This building is a response to that discovery."

The general public—with or without a ticket—is invited into the theater through a Public Loop, which runs through the theater’s infrastructure and spaces of production that are typically hidden. Portal windows along the Public Loop (google street) allow visitors to look at the performances inside and technical spaces in between the theaters.

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Colour #grey
Material #curvedglass
Function #entertainment #theatre #community
Address: No. 1號, Jiantan Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan 111
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*️⃣Fosun foundation

Architect #Heatherwick #ThomasHeatherwick and #Foster #NormanFoster
City #Shanghai
Country #China #AP

🔤At the heart of the project is the public plaza and cultural centre which is designed to host theatre, art exhibitions and fashion shows. Elevated and cantilevered on two pillars, the centre recalls the tradition of raised, open Chinese theatres where actors performed to those inside as well as those standing outside.

The #kinetic façade creates a link between the inside and out and is composed of individual metal ‘tassels’ arranged on three tracks. When the tracks rotate around the perimeter, the tassels overlap to produce different levels of opacity and varied apertures.

Each tassel is clad with coloured stainless #steel sleeves. Inspired by patterns of Chinese weaving, ropes and knots, the studio worked with local craftsman to develop embossed textures for the sleeves. The textures vary in scale and become more diffuse as the tubes rise, reducing the sense of weight.

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Colour #bronzen
Function #entertainment #venue
Address: 600 Zhongshan Rd (E-2), 600, Huangpu, Shanghai, China, 200120
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*️⃣Expo Station MRT

Architect #Foster #NormanFoster
Country #Singapore #AP

🔤Metro stations, like airports, are often the first buildings that people experience when arriving in a city and they therefore have an important symbolic role as urban gateways.

The station is announced externally by two highly sculptural roof elements, which overlap to dynamic visual effect and appear to hover weightlessly above the heavy concrete base. A 40-metre-diameter disc, clad in stainless steel, shelters the ticket hall and marks the station entrance, while a 130-metre-long, blade-like form, sheathed in titanium, covers the platforms, its reflective soffit constantly animated with the reflections of passengers and passing trains.

The station is used by very large numbers of people at peak times and so creating clear sight lines and a strong sense of orientation were fundamental to its design. At ground level, the concourse is open, with views on one side to the street, and on the other side to a lush tropical garden created.

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Colour #metallic
Material #steel #titanium
Function #transportation #metro
Address: 21 Changi South Ave 1, Expo, Singapur

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