Barcelona, ES / Shanghai, CN
The new building rises in the urban framework like a piece carved delicately by hands craftswomen. We understand the building like a well-taken care of sculpture that contains space that lodges knowledge.
It shows as a fluid mass that solidifies acquiring its identity and generating the urban space. We do not try to “occupy" the plot.
It is both space and plaza at the same time. The "public" becomes "private" and he penetrates it. The "private" opens itself to his surroundings, blends with it.
The result is a unique volume that shapes as a whole. Like a body that interlaces, crosses and folds back on itself. It is at the same time a passage inwards and a path outwards.
The skin of our building lives. It is a question of filtering, making opaque or transparent and more or less reflecting.
It protects feels and communicates. It reflects a culture, a city sunk in stone.
Status: Competition Entry
Location: Jerusalem, Israel