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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. Hangzhou Prism in China by OMANovember 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: OMA The city of Hangzhou is historically described as a heaven on earth. This project attempt to deliver the users with luxurious and high standard life experience, enhancing what Hangzhou is traditionally known for: Good Life!
The Pyramid stands as a symbol over Hangzhou’s beautiful landscape. It is an abstraction and symbolic representation of the ground that reaches the heavenly sky. It acts as a pinnacle for Hangzhou Region and its surrounding landscape. The design of the Pyramid is generated by a radical and decisive oblique cut along its volume. The cut part exposes a significant amount of outdoor terraces that provides natural daylight for the building. In addition to that, the generous design gesture of the interior void offers the building an open air central garden which consists of water pool, green land and recreational space for people. The masterplan attempts to maximize the building orientation benefit. All the surfaces and spaces are rationally oriented towards south for the maximum exposure of direct sunlight. The northern side of both buildings are utilized to host mechanical and technical space, making way for the southern oriented façade to be transparent and open. The relationship between the two buildings lies in their ability to abstractly express their own qualities and in the identical materiality of their components. As for the former the pyramid expresses its own grandiose tempered with pixelated surfaces that brings it down to human scale. As for the tower it’s about exaggerating its verticality through the use of vertical louvers of different densities responding to different privacy requirements. In summary they are similar in their conceptual content and differs in their physical expression. Contact OMA
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