Design and ceramics renew a shopping center
FMG Fabbrica Marmi and architect Paolo Gianfrancesco, of THG Arkitektar Studio, have designed the restyling of the third floor of Reykjavik's largest shopping center. Ceramic, the central element of the project, covers floors, walls and furniture with versatile solutions and distinctive character.
In the reading room, the qualification of spaces, light and acoustic atmospheres is treated through a roof: the active layer.
The interior atmosphere refers to both warm interior of town houses’ reading rooms and qualities of factories’ open spaces bathed in a diffuse overhead lighting. The media library overlooks a garden which encourages the link between the neighborhoods downtown.
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Mediatheque La Madeleine, La Madeleine, France
Program: medialibrary
Architects: Tank
Engineering studies: SNC Lavalin
Economist: PHD Ingéniérie
Acoustics: Daniel Caucheteux
Client: Ville de La Madeleine
Area: 2,200 mq
Completion: 2013
A house turns its back on the road to open up to the landscape
The single-family house project designed by Elena Gianesini engages in a dialogue with the Vicenza landscape, combining tranquility and contemporary style through essential geometries and the Mazzonetto metal roofing.