THE PLATES
REBUILDING THE SUBURBAN TEXTURE OF PARIS 2017 International BIM Design Contest Washington University in St. Louis Location: Saint Prix, Paris, France
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his design is tr ying to explore a prevailing but significant question: how can we change a suburban segregated and monotonous area to an open and comfortable, nature-closed living environment? Considering the loose suburban texture, we design a lifted platform for an open first floor space. Meanwhile, its roof gardens provide the residents with relatively private green space—much-needed distance from the activities in the first floor. The curved form of the buildings is meant to preserve the existing canopy trees to the greatest extend on the one hand, and to create a new suburban texture with fluent and flexible form language and space quality on the other. The staggered floors generate fluent and diverse communicating space for residences.
BIRD'S EYE VIEW
DETAILS OF THE CURTAIN WALLS