*️⃣Oscar Niemeyer Cultural Center

Architect #OscarNiemeyer #Niemeyer
City #Goiania
Country #Brazil #SA

🔤It is a work that seems to be effortless, without any visible functionality, just a drawing, and yet everything in it was thought-out: space, scale, sections, viewpoints, etc. Niemeyer does not use the curve as a detail or ornament, but is always "building the architectural form in its integrity since it already incorporates the moldable and indivisible logic of reinforced #concrete", the technical effort made invisible gives way to light, stable, and surprisingly sustained shapes. Molded and self-supported, it shows no sign of breaking the law of gravity, in such a way that its spatiality becomes natural, while the supporting pillars discreetly follow its curves.

The complex consists of four geometrically pure buildings: a rectangle that holds a public library, a cylinder where the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) is located, a dome that shelters the Music Palace, and a 36-meter-high pyramid that houses the Human Rights Monument.

Niemeyer's formalism is regarded as a deviation from the original principles of the Modern Architecture movement. There is an emphasis on artistic expression and for this reason, he becomes associated with free-form modernism.

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Colour #red #white
Function #entertainment #venue
Address: GO-020 - Chácaras Alto da Glória, Goiânia - GO, Brazil
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*️⃣Issam Fares Institute

Architect #Hadid #ZahaHadid #ZHA
City #Beirut
Country #Lebanon #ME

🔤In 2006, the competition jury selected ZHA’s proposal to build the new institute. The design significantly reduces the building’s footprint by ‘floating’ much of the IFI’s facilities above the entrance courtyard to preserve the existing landscape integral to the 2002 master-plan and create a new public space for the campus.

A ramp leads between the trees to connect the research lounges on the second floor directly with the campus. The Issam Fares Institute building is defined by the many routes and connections interweaving the pathways and views within the campus to create a forum for the exchange of ideas at the heart of the university.

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Material #rawconcrete
Function #education
Feature #cantilever
Address: VFXH+XWG, Beirut, Lebanon
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*️⃣Katara towers

Architect #Dar #DarAlHandasah
City #Lusail
Country #Qatar #ME

🔤Symbolically intertwined with Qatar’s heritage, the Katara Towers in Lusail are an architectural translation of Qatar’s national seal, representing the traditional scimitar swords.

The two five-star hotels in the Katara Towers were opened in 2022 when Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup. One tower houses the Raffles Doha Hotel, while the other contains the Fairmont Doha Hotel and they are jointly managed under one management team.

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Function #hospitality #hotel
Feature #skyscraper
Address: 9GQJ+RJF marina, Lusail, Qatar
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*️⃣The Interlace

Architect #RemKoolhaas #Koolhaas #OMA and #OleScheeren #Scheeren
Country #Singapore #AP

🔤The interlocking blocks create a multitude of shared outdoor spaces, forming a dramatic topography of inhabitable terraced gardens across the stepped volumes. Partly resting, partly floating, the blocks hover on top of each other to form an expressive “interlaced” space that connects the individual apartments with an accessible and inclusive community life.

The landscape design capitalizes on the generous size of the eight-hectare site and further maximizes the presence of nature. By stacking the apartment blocks, the design generates a multiplication of horizontal surfaces populated by extensive roof gardens and landscaped terraces that in aggregate provide 112% green area – more than the size of the unbuilt site.

Water bodies have been strategically placed within defined wind corridors, which allow evaporative cooling to happen along wind paths, reducing local air temperatures and improving the thermal comfort of outdoor recreation spaces in strategic micro-climate zones. #sustainability

Project was selected by #WAF as the best building of the year 2015. #award

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Colour #monochrome
Material #concrete
Function #residential
Address: 180 Depot Rd, #01-02 The Interlace, Singapore 109684
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