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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. Mont-Blanc Base Camp in Chamonix, France by KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATESJune 28th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES The project was to design a headquarters building for Blue Ice, a company specialized in products for outdoor sports of various kinds, which includes base jumping. The site looks up the peak of Mont-Blanc.  Image Courtesy © KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES
 Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE In order for the architecture and its surrounding forests to dissolve in the environment, the façade of the building is almost like the trees in the wood, as it consists of thick, unskinned panels of oak. The roof is also composed of the unskinned planks.  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE The roof is designed wide and grand, so that it goes in harmony with the inclination of the land. In its underneath, a one-room space extends lit by natural forestall light from the top. The working space of the office is placed like a terrace in this woody space.  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © CAUE BEATRICE CAFIERI  Image Courtesy © CAUE BEATRICE CAFIERI  Image Courtesy © MICHEL DENANCE  Image Courtesy © CAUE BEATRICE CAFIERI  Image Courtesy © KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES
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