DOUBLE UP
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| View from the plaza |
The buildings of a university create a big courtyard around a square. The headmaster and the council want a new building that will contain new technologies.
The
intention of the professors’ council is to make a new typology of
school in which students are owner of their time and their project.
At
the center of the courtyard there was an old warehouse, that will be
removed to make space at the new building. To maximize the area of
the plaza and to have a covered space the volume is lifted up in
order to allow a total use of the plaza without obstacle in the
middle.
The
two bumps have two functions: first is to support the volume and
second to create a 2.0 urban’s playground where people can stay and
play. One bump is a green hill in which people can sit and enjoy the
nature, the other one is a concrete pixelate hill that works like a
urban auditorium for lectures or shows or like a “gym” for
physical exercises.
The
volume is articulated in two floors that contain free classrooms,
conference rooms and one floor hosts a common space in which the
students can share their works with others and talking about their
projects freely.
The
building is characterized by a milky glass that filters the light
during the day and diffuses the interior light in night in order to
result like a giant lamp.
The
configuration of the building, and the plaza also, reflects the
wills of the client and to make possible that students can to
decide how and where to spend their time and energies
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| Concept diagrams |
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| Event Night |
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| Green hill |
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| Xmas time |
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| Plan |
Type: Competition
Location: USA
Year: 2017
