OXFORD, ENGLAND This contemporary architecture respects the context’s floor level, height and window detail. Thus blending with the locality.
ADAPTIVE REUSE
PLACE IDENTITY FRAMEWORK
Contemporary architectural constructions
Projects like Leszczynski Antoniny Manor
like the above by Zaha Hadid architects,
Intervention in Poland, Green Mountain,
notable for its regional architecture quality
Hamburg, Germany and Lufa Farms green
speaks a story about its nativity. Its
house roof top, Montreal clealry explain
design ‘weaves through the older
the importance of rootedness, the
protected buildings and trees, its stainless
importance of place and its aspect of
steel facade mildy reflects the natural light
speaking a story.
Former farm buildings turned residential and healthcare facility Leszczynski Antoniny Manor Intervention (archdaily,2015)
World war 2 War bunker into a
to portray its surrounding older context’
community space topped by a towering rooftop garden.
(Archdaily, 2015), thus connecting the Leszczynski Antoniny Manor Intervention (archdaily,2015)
past, present and future. This project speaks about place identity and how it can be applied across different morphological The Investcorp Building / Zaha Hadid Architects at Oxfordshire (Archdaily, 2015)
levels Built on top of distribution centre
THE CASE OF TORONTO
(15,000 sq.m) Lufa Farms green house roof top, Montreal (euronews, 2020)
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