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Porosity Block

Type:

Transportation, Mixed Use Hub

Intervention Phase:

Schematic Design - Academic Project 

Surface : 

15.500 m²

Date: 

July 2014

Project Description:

Mobility is a contemporary fact that changes our relation to the city and its architecture. The architectural proposal deals with a mixed use transit space that shapes the city, focusing on mobility stakes.

This is a mixed use building, directly linked to a subway station. It associates leisure spaces, work spaces, and a cultural center. To articulate these different clusters, the cultural center performs a twist around the two other units, allowing subtle transitions between them. The resulting disposition creates two porosities at the heart of the building that brings light to the below ground subway station. 

Institution:

École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette

Professor:

Jim Njoo

Team:

Individual Work