ArchShowcase Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’The Kurdistan Museum in ERBIL, IRAQ by STUDIO LIBESKINDThursday, April 28th, 2016Article source: STUDIO LIBESKIND Daniel Libeskind unveils the design for The Kurdistan Museum at the Bloomberg Businessweek Design conference in San Francisco. Libeskind will present the design for a building that will create the first major center in the Kurdistan Region for the history and culture of the Kurdish people.  Image Courtesy © Hayes Davidson
Baghdad Shopping Mall and Rotana Hotel by Maviperi MimarlıkFriday, November 6th, 2015Article source: Maviperi Mimarlık This project has started in 2010 and will be completed with the opening of the shopping mall in 2014. Started as a shopping mall, firstly an office building, later a five star hotel block was added to the project. The architecture and interior design of the five star hotel was designed according to the needs of Rotana group.  Image Courtesy © Maviperi Mimarlık
Aura in Erbil, Iraq by SOMA architectsWednesday, July 1st, 2015Article source: SOMA architects Aura, the new city center for Erbil, creates an iconic skyline in vein with that of major metropolitan areas. The design uses the diagram of an equalizer to achieve an iconic skyline, and ultimate flexibility of program and area distribution. The buildings form two wings which embrace the parkland in between, allowing for not only for a dynamic landscape within the park, but also maximizing the natural light and ventilation into the park and underground retail center. The landscape within this park is designed using a series of interchangeable modules which act as pools, tree planters, pavilions, and grass panels. These intensive operations resulted in a matrix that not only directed the physical implementation of each wing, guided the carve-out of their massing, but also laid out their interior partitioning and their exterior landscaping. The consequence of this unique system of modular variation across all levels and all scales results in perfect alignments between interior and exterior spaces. In summary, this unifying system, or matrix, successfully unites landscaping, architectural and interior design in one operation.  Image Courtesy © SOMA architects
Nassiriyah Truck Stop in Ur, Dhi Qar, Iraq by New World Design LLCWednesday, February 9th, 2011Located on a desolate and dusty plane near the ancient Ziggurat of UR, the Nassiriyah Truck Stop is proposed as a modern day oasis along one of Iraq’s most dangerous highways. The project is intended to become an economic seed for the local community by proving space and microfinance grants for family-owned businesses, as well as vital services and supplies for Iraq’s trucking community.
 Aerial View Nassiriyah Truck Stop
T-Wall Housing in Al Qurnah, Basrah, Iraq by New World Design LLCWednesday, February 9th, 2011
The T-wall—a freestanding precast concrete panel with a footing cast into the base—is perhaps the most ubiquitous architectural element in Iraq’s security landscape. Used to create barricades around secure military zones, T-walls are scattered across the country by the millions, and as American forces draw down their forward operating bases in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of these T-walls will be either discarded or crushed. Due to their steel reinforcing, most T-walls will be banished to so-called T-wall graveyards, to be stored for an indeterminate amount of time for an undetermined purpose.
 Construction Diagram of T-Wall House
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