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Pinamar - Argentine
"Pinamar, Argentine coast - Argentine"
 
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2008-07-5 - RAK CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, UAE, RAS AL KHAIMAH
 


Unlike the traditional high-rise building, the design for the Ras al Khaimah Convention and Exhibition Centre accommodates all primary functions, such as the convention centre, hotel rooms, apartments, offices and retail space in a giant sphere.

A low-rise building adjacent to the sphere `hovers` above the ground beside the
exhibtion centre, retail and additional hotel rooms.
Access to the new buildings is provided by a new road system linking it to the
city creating a direct connection between the new buildings and the exisiting
urban structure.
What is left to be invented when it comes to the creation of a landmark?
So far the 21st century – in a desperate effort to differentiate one building
from the next – has been characterized by a manic production of extravagant
shapes. Paradoxically, the result is a surprisingly monotonous urban substance,
where any attempt at ‘difference’ is instantly neutralized in a sea of
meaningless architectural gestures.
RAK is confronted with an important choice: Does it join so many others in this
mad, futile race or does it become the first to offer a new credibility?
This project represents a final attempt at distinction through architecture:not
through the creation of the next bizarre image, but through a return to pure
form.
Invented long ago, both the sphere and the bar explicitly abandon claims to
formal invention or "originality".
Yet both geometries still continue to feed the architectural imagination: perfectly autonomous shapes, within their bounds the promise of a perfect world – made possible only by the seamless integration of engineering.
In spite of their apparent simplicity the sphere and the bar could come to
represent a milestone in the construction of the new RAK and provide it with a
powerful universal symbol: Western and Eastern, futuristic and primordial, contemporary and timeless.












Source: OMA
В "Architecture" 26 записей.Назад | Дальше

26 Сообщения:
elizbethElizabeth (2008-08-30)
Amazing smiley
sheldaRomina (2008-08-25)
smileyAmazing buildingsmiley
huberHumberto (2008-08-17)
A amazing building smiley
fabrizioFabrizio (2008-08-13)
Amazing building smiley
virgieVirginia (2008-08-12)
Amazing building!smiley
jandroAlejo (2008-08-10)
smileyamazing!
julietJulia (2008-08-7)
Incredible buildingsmiley
miguelyaMiguel (2008-08-6)
Interesting buildingsmiley
gabiGabriel (2008-08-5)
Cool building!smiley
gracielaGraciela (2008-08-2)
Wow, incredible!smiley
marianoMariano (2008-07-31)
Incredible!smileysmiley
teresianaTere (2008-07-23)
Impressive building!smiley
luizaLuisa (2008-07-18)
Impressive!
mariuMariel (2008-07-16)
Great!smiley
leonaTina (2008-07-16)
Impressive building!
mastrojoseJosé (2008-07-15)
Incredible!smiley
patocolPatricia (2008-07-15)
This building is incredible!smiley
jazmnJazmín (2008-07-15)
Impressive. It is incredible his sizesmiley
ltutanaSusana (2008-07-13)
Interesting building!smiley
paloPaola (2008-07-13)
Interesting building!smiley
monigraMónica (2008-07-13)
Very, very orginal!
marieladeviMariela (2008-07-13)
Impresssive!smiley
indiecitaJorgelina (2008-07-8)
Beautiful and strange design. It likes to me, goes out of commonlysmiley
vivicrisViviana (2008-07-7)
Cool!smiley
gabriGabriela (2008-07-6)
Interesting...
ferchoFederico (2008-07-5)
Wow!... My God, is impressive its size. A real sphere, incredible!smileysmiley

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