African project Lideta Mercato – Ethiopia
built using a lightweight concrete prefab system , and the shapes come from a traditional Ethiopian fractal pattern commonly found in the local fabrics . The passive ventilation system and controlled natural lightening created between the building ´ s skin and the interior atrium enables the interior
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Location : Addis Ababa , Ethiopia Client : Flintstone Engineering Surface : 14 200m 2 Time : 2010-2016 Data : Restricted competition : 1st Prize Architects : Vilalta Arquitectura ( www . vilalta . cat ) Director : Xavier Vilalta Project Leader : Maria Rosaria Favoino Project Team : Joao Medeiros , Miguel Sánchez Enkerlin , Reema Al-Ajlan , Daniel Vaczi Structural : K2N Engineering Mechanical & Sanitary : Abiy Aberra Photography : Gonzalo Guajardo
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