“Carefully crafted architecture within the city fabric” – Holcim Awards Jury
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Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Weaving Publicness: Socially-integrated office building with sustainable façade, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Inspired by podium and tower: the podium slopes down toward the surrounding urban space, and creates three urban square typologies. The inner circulation of the building is conceived as a street, which circles out to the sequence of urban squares, generating a “public-ness” in its circulation so typical for Ethiopian streets. At the same time, access is conceived in such a way that multi-tenant scenarios are easily implementable.
The jury acknowledges the architectural and spatial qualities of the building – a carefully crafted piece of architecture within the city fabric of Addis Ababa. Of particular importance is the sequence of public spaces “weaving” the hustle and bustle of the city streetscape deep into the new facilities of the Chamber of Commerce. Trade – as a form of interaction and key activity of civic life – evolves as the central theme of the design proposition. Additionally, the jury valued the façade structure and its composition as a fresh alternative to the outlandish curtain walls that clad high-rise building throughout the city.
Last updated: June 13, 2014 Beirut, Lebanon
The jury acknowledges the architectural and spatial qualities of the building – a carefully crafted piece of architecture within the city fabric of Addis Ababa. Of particular importance is the sequence of public spaces “weaving” the hustle and bustle of the city streetscape deep into the new facilities of the Chamber of Commerce. Trade – as a form of interaction and key activity of civic life – evolves as the central theme of the design proposition. Additionally, the jury valued the façade structure and its composition as a fresh alternative to the outlandish curtain walls that clad high-rise building throughout the city.