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Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games
Check out this amazing video of the winning bid by the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to host the 2016 Olympic games.
Car Showroom and Leisure Center Cairo
French architects Manuelle Gautrand Architecture shared their new showroom and leisure center design for Cairo, Egypt. The concrete structure consists of connecting circles and spherical cavities that create a flexible interior allowing users to seamlessly flow through different showrooms. “Most of the time, the cars are exhibited like art-pieces on those turning platforms. The entire project is imagined around this monumental way of showing cars,” explained the architects.
Maldives 4 Islands Project
The government of Maldives runs every few years a bid for the islands that investors can rent for 25 years. The bid documentation has to contain also a concept and architectural proposal for the resort. The extra challenge was developing environmentally friendly, ecologically sensitive and self-sustaining model of 4 different islands and how to demonstrate an earnest concern and a keen sensitivity to its authentic environment.
Eco-pods by Howeler + Yoon Architecture
Boston architects Howeler + Yoon and Los Angeles digital designers Squared Design Lab have designed a conceptual structure for Boston, where an unfinished building would be covered in modular pods growing algae for biofuel. The pods would be continuously rearranged by robotic arms (powered by the micro-algae produced) to ensure the optimum growing conditions for alage in each pod.
Tatiana Bilbao University Mexico
Mexican architecture firm Tatiana Bilbao have designed a university building for Sinaloa, Mexico, inspired by a tree. Called Biotechnological Park Building, the six-storey sructure will house academic study and research into new technologies in the field of agriculture. The project will cover 8000 square metres of the Culiacán campus of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, the largest private university in Mexico.
Saturday, October 3
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