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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. Nbi Synagogue And Community Center in Santiago, Chile by Nicolas LoiDecember 9th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Nicolas Loi The Project is a Synagogue and Community Center for the NBI Community, and it includes a Synagogue, Offices and Meeting Rooms for religious and cultural activities. It houses all the activities of the Community, generally meetings and gatherings of about 300-400 people.  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal
 Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal The design concept behind the building is to create a synagogue where its construction materializes through a unique design concept that answers the functional, symbolic and environmental requirements. In that sense, the synagogue is designed with 3 elements: a steel structure with diagonal elements that supports the building, a glass façade that gives transparency, luminosity and lightness, and a set of wooden louvers that brings solar control to the interior of the space. This 3 elements generate a three dimensional stained glass, giving natural light to the space and creating a symbolic relationship with the triangular shapes of the David´s Star. This stained glass gets lighted at twilight, when the jewish celebration of Shabbath starts and ends.  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal The building is at the same time a religious and an institutional one; it houses in a single design solution all the functional necessities such as offices and meeting rooms, and at the same time the more religious activities. The materials used are concrete in all the walls of the ground floor, for a more abstract and rustic appearance, and over this area two steel structures: one with metal louvers that houses the second floor offices and the other one with wooden louvers that houses the synagogue.  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Marcos Mendizabal  Image Courtesy © Nicolas Loi  Image Courtesy © Nicolas Loi  Image Courtesy © Nicolas Loi  Image Courtesy © Nicolas Loi  Image Courtesy © Nicolas Loi  Image Courtesy © Nicolas Loi  Image Courtesy © Nicolas Loi
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