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Sumit Singhal
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. LONDON BAY in United Kingdom by Hermann Kamte & AssociatesFebruary 12th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Hermann Kamte & Associates In 2015, we have been participate to “a folly for London competition” a contest organised by A Folly For London; a platform for articles and public engagement regarding the issues underlying the proposed Garden Bridge in central London which launched with a free-to-enter and open-to-all satirical competition for architecture of the absurd.  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates
 Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates This means, the main goal of competition was essentially focus around criticism. And then the principal question was: “is London really needs the garden bridge proposed by Thomas Heatherwick considering the supposed cost of design, construction, maintenance?” or is this project absurd?  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates At this time, the citric around the engagement of the city through this project was open. But, the result was, our project has been banished and removed to the entries by the organisers because “our critic was in favour of the new vision of London, the possibility of a city which evolves regardless money but focus on wellbeing of people. The garden bridge is one of the important solutions among the possible sustainable design for future of London”  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates Now let’s talk about the Mixed-Use Complex we proposed for London on the site competition. London Bay is a multifunctional Mixed-used Complex including a commercial and leisure facilities. The design on the Thames riverbanks wants to improve the quality of lives of the people and promoting social and environmental integration.  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates Indeed, the idea of the transformation of a public garden space into a commercial and leisure centre is represented as the real difficulty of our design. How can we integrate people with the new piece of architecture? First, it is necessary to understand the ancient heart throughout its history then understand his connections with people.  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates The centre consists of a retail area, leisure centre, and indoor restaurant and finally a water park and relaxation open to the public. The experience of a leisure centre and relaxing on the Thames River is also a major tourist asset for the city. From our aquatic centre, we can admire the London landscape.  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates A bioclimatic process and assets like greenery, recycled and sustainable materials as wood comes to recreate the natural environment of a garden and reduce the environmental footprint of the project.  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates About Hermann KAMTE Hermann KAMTE is a Young Cameroonian Architect passionate about culture and self-taught. He was born in Yaounde in 1992 and in 2010 he moved to Ngaoundere to study physics science. In 2011,he traveled to Lome (Togo) to start learning Architecture.  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates With a great passion for architecture, Hermann constantly feels uninspired if he is only restricted to architecture. Hernann consider architecture as well as philosophy and all other sciences. He strongly believes that a good designer has to be multi-disciplinary, capable of exploring design fundamentals and apply these ideas into his works. Hermann thinks there is no difference between architecture, landscape architecture, interior design or product design because they interacted with one another. Wishing to contribute to the evolution of humanity and especially the practice of architecture in the world and mainly in African countries, he nourished the ambition to enjoy the collaboration with professionals to achieve the common goal of a world each time better than the last.  Image Courtesy © Hermann Kamte & Associates Through a series of award projects, Hermann KAMTE always focus to develop sustainable design by integrating local materials and other skills with contemporary aesthetics and modern process. As a student, Hermann received several international prizes and honours including but not limited to; Jacques Rougerie Foundation, Water is life, David Salisbury, recently TAW 2016 or Plan B: The City Above The City as recent graduated. As well as possible, the target is always to create coherent works, through a multi-disciplinary approach; in the field of Architecture, Urbanism, Design, Landscape, Education and Research. Besides his interest in the art of shaping the life and city; he developed a very special attention to the economy, the cinema, music, astronomy, oceanography and zoology.
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