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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Microsoft Technology Pavilion in Sochi, Russia by NowadaysJanuary 28th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Nowadays The Microsoft Technology Pavilion was designed by architectural firm Nowadays for the 2014 Winter Olympic games, held in Sochi. Standard rectangular plots 25×30 meters were given to sponsors of the Games in the Olympic park. One of the main requirements of the Olympic Committee was to locate a single volume on the site. But the clients wanted to create a public space where visitors could meet between competitions. So architects decided to rethink the proposed layout of a single building in the center of the site and distributed all the functions around the perimeter. It gave the opportunity to create a multilevel courtyard, saturated with various activities.  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov
 Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov The pavilion was built of wooden structures on a single platform. The color palette of the windows 8 interface was transferred to the floor in the form of squares of colored chips , literally zoning space. Facades and fences are made of wooden slats that unite all the volumes on the platform in the whole complex, still maintaining airiness and layering. It’s achieved by complex coloring of inner cubes and external facades – each slat has only side faces painted and in different colors, so that while in motion the moire effect appears. The boundary between interior and exterior space is blurred , for example the amphitheater passes through the wall, organizing lecture room inside and a large sitting area outside.  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Ilya Ivanov  Image Courtesy © Nowadays  Image Courtesy © Nowadays
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