Return
to the Fold TM |
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In 1997, Return to the FoldTM was a response to the competition for the creation of a civic centre in the heart of Melbourne, beside the river Yarra, above the station railway tracks. This complex would house a shopping mall, a multiplex cinema, exhibition, sports, and performance halls, gardens, an inter-modal station, audiovisual studios, offices, and so on Faced with this programmatic heterogeneity, the NL architects sought above all to solve the problematic issue of continuity between public sphere and privatized commercial sphere. The programmes are housed on a homogeneous layer where the roofing forms an independent public esplanade, at once stage and seating for all collective activities. From this area, the citizen/consumer decides to "plunge" or to "float". The programmatic layer then folds over, enveloping a huge public atrium, all outdoors, embellished by a lift on an articulated arm. The fold forms a colossal baldachin, and protects the structure from both bad weather and the heat waves that are frequent in Melbourne. |
Pieter
Bannenberg (1959) Walter
van Dijk (1962) Kamiel
Klaasse (1967) Mark
Linnemann (1962) Principaux projets et réalisations 2000
"CK" transformation d'un immeuble de bureaux en appartements
et studios, Amsterdam (en cours) ; "Hidden Delights" 10 maisons à
patio, Amsterdam (en cours) ; "Bike City" The Hague (en cours) ; "KHK"
88 logements, The Hague (en cours) ; "Mandarina Duck" concept de magasin,
magasin pilote à Paris (en cours) Bibliographie sélective de NL Architects 2000
Wohn ! Design (janv.) |