below . Thickened wall edges contain fleshy and spiky plants that support the strongly threedimensional presence of the building and its setting .
The whole is wrapped in ‘ azulejos quebrados ’, the delectable broken ceramic tile facing made popular again by Santiago Calatrava in recent years . The building glistens in the torrential summer rains and shimmers above the stream of passing cars at night .
African sun , a shimmering curvaceous second skin of laser-cut shining aluminium louvres , tailored to suit , covers the denuded areas .
Under the gleaming belly of the building , a surreal landscape of irregular geometric forms appears to push through the surface deck from
Plan The two office pavilions are on average between 16 and 18 metres in depth and , as far as possible , the cores , stairs and services have been assembled in the centre of the building to keep the floor plates as clear and uninterrupted as possible .
Glass-enclosed lifts form a visual focus to the generous entrance atrium , where transparent glazed walls alternate with warm timber cladding panels in smaller areas . Large disk-shaped ceiling bulkheads and slot-like perforations in the roof create visual interest by introducing spatial tension and a dynamic sense of balance .
An Enabling Team Unusual buildings often have their origin in unique architectural ideas of space or form or both . But between a form sketch and a
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