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WHITECHAPEL IDEA STORE
by criolloarch
THE IDEA STORE WAS MADE WITH A COLOR PALETTE OF BLUE AND GREEN HUES. THE SHADES OF BOTH THESE COLORS ARE PROMINENT IN THE FACADE AND EVIDENT WITHIN THE INTERIOR SPACES AS WELL. THE ARCHITECT WANTED THIS BUILDING TO STAND OUT AMONG ALL OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS SURROUNDING IT IN SUCH A BUSY STREET AND DECIDED TO MAKE THIS NOTABLE FACADE WITH BEAUTIFUL COLORED PANELS SO THAT IT CAN BE RECOGNIZED FROM ANY CORNER OF THE STREET. THE FACADE PANELS WERE INSPIRED BY A NEARBY MARKET WHICH ALSO UTILIZED THE SAME LANGUAGE AND COLOR PALETTE AS THE IDEASTORE. SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL REASONS FOR THIS COLOR FACADE INCLUDES THE PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM THAT THE GLASS CREATES THROUHG ITS WINDOWS, AND IT’S PLAYFUL AND INVITING NATURE MAKING IT A TRUE COMMUNITY HUB.
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THE WHITECHAPEL IDEASTORE IS A VITAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY. IT IS A PIECE OF ARCHITCTURE THAT SERVES THE STREET, IT’S PEOPLE, AND THE WORLD BY PROVIDING A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER COMMUNITY HUBS ALIKE. INSIDE OF THIS IDEASTORE THERE ARE RESOURCES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO USE, SOMEWHAT LIKE A LIBRARY BUT WITH TONS OF OTHER AMENITIES THAT ARE NOT USUALLY PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC FREE OF CHARGE.
THE ARCHITECT IN CHARGE OF THIS BUILDING, DAVID ADJAYE, HAS BEEN AN ICON OF HIS GENERATION PUTTING THE COMMUNITY FIRST IN ALL OF HIS WORK. THE WHITECHAPEL IDEASTORE IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF ADJAYE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS ARCHITECTURE. THE BUILDING’S FACADE IS NOTABLE THROUGHOUT THE STREET IT SITS IN BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE COLORS, AND METAL STRUCTURE.
THE COLORS OF THIS BUILDING ARE A UNIQUE PALETTE OF BLUE AND GREEN HUES THAT CLASH WITH ITS SURROUNDING ARCHITECTURE. THIS WAS DONE ON PURPOSE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY HUB EASY TO DETECT, AND INVITING FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO USE IT. THE COLOR PALETTE AND PATTERN OF THE GLASS PANELS ARE ALSO IN REFERENCE TO A NEARBY MARKET.
ALL IN ALL, THIS ARCHITECTURE IS A GOOD EXMAPLE OF HOW THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO PERCIEVE COLORS WITHIN ARCHITECTURE AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE WAY THAT ARCHITECTURE GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IS WAS PLACED IN.
