africa - Jean-Paul Viguier

africa
speciale
Maroc Telecom
Rabat
Jean Paul Viguier et Associés, Omar Kobbite
Simplicity and richness
Marocco
Jean Paul Viguier et Associés, Omar Kobbite, foto di Takuji Shimmura
Rabat
The proposed architectural concept stems from
a work on a relationship between inside and outside , the
interior and exterior architecture.
The building, instead of oppose these aspects, try to put in
relationship in order to restore the subtle dialectic that we can
found in the most beautiful buildings of Morocco: simplicity and
richness , warmth and fresh , clear and golden.
The project has a very communicative nature, both in his own
volumes than in the relationship with the outside world . The
building born from a single parallelepiped; then this volume
“open” himsfelf following a diagonal line to form two prisms
that slide and rotate around the vertical circulation: the gesture
indicates the interior of the original volume. A first low prism,
which allows a large opening angle of the entrance of the
building contains the museum and the restaurant. A top prism
offset accommodate in the central core an office floor. Other
offices and social spaces are placed in the lower part of the
building. Its upper part receive the representative spaces and
create a landmark in the city, putting the project in relationship
with the neighborhood. These volumes also allow an openness
Jean Paul Viguier
et Associés
Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés, Architecture et
Urbanisme is an international architecture,
town planning and interior firm led by Jean
Paul Viguier. It has designed and delivered
projects ranging from master plans to street
furniture, including public or private offices,
housing, facilities and shops. The agency has
thus shown an ability to build in various parts
of the world. Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés,
Architecture et Urbanisme strives to bring
to its projects the best possible responses to
the relationship between buildings and their
environment. The changing size of cities and
the urbanisation of the planet are forcing architecture to consider its relationship with the
urban space, in other words to constantly bear
in mind that human urban well-being depends
on a harmonious relationship between architecture and planning. Whether in the case of
workplaces, housing, facilities or urban spaces,
the urban fabric and architecture contribute
to the sense of place.
In apertura, Jean-Paul
Viguier
1 La torre nel contesto
urbano di Rabat
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La compatta base
della torre la
ancora visivamente
al terreno
La facciata è realizzata
con montanti in acciaio
e parete continua in
vetro stratificato
I prospetti esterni
sono rivestiti da una
doppia pelle vitrea
Credits
Maroc Telecom, Rabat
Client
Maroc Telecom
Project
Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés, Omar Kobbite
Engineer
Setec
Decorator
Juan Trindade
Dialettica
architettonica
Un progetto che tenta di coniugare, in una torre
da 135 metri, tradizione e modernità, riflettendo
il fascino e le potenzialità della tradizione senza
celare il proprio carattere contemporaneo. Interni
ed esterni, lusso e sobrietà, calore e freddezza,
fanno da contraltare l’uno all’altro nel progetto di
Jean Paul Viguier et Associés per la nuova sede di
Maroc Telecom: un volume puro, parallelepipedo,
che si rompe scorrendo diagonalmente su se stesso
e rivelando il cuore dell’edificio. Solo la base rimane
intatta, come fosse radicata nel terreno. Un progetto
che rappresenta il tentativo di creare un nuovo stile
architettoniche che esprima delicatezza e potenza al
tempo stesso e che riesca ad inserirsi in un contesto
orgoglioso del proprio passato ma desideroso di
guardare al futuro, dialogando con le architetture
più importanti della città. (C. Marelli)
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africa
speciale
Maroc Telecom
Rabat, Marocco
Jean Paul Viguier et Associés, Omar Kobbite
to the different elements that make up the district : the
Mosque, the park , the square, avenue Annakhil and the
justice court.
At the ground lelvel the entire site is built according to
geometric lines that draw a garden allowing access to the
tower and to the Museum of Telecommunications, located
at the basement of the tower, into a modern volume. The
facades, modern and transparent, can be distinguished
in two types: the external ones are “high performance”
facades, very expressive with varying shades integrated
into a “skin” or double thick skin equipped with
opening on the inside. The other facades are naturally
protected from the sun by the different volumes and the
orientation of the building, which allows a simple and
modern approach.
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La dimensione dello spazio
di ingresso riporta l’edificio
alla scala propria del
quartiere circostante
Formelle vitree colorate
caratterizzano i prospetti
del volume inferiore
La rotazione
del volume
disegna una
grande hall
d’ingresso,
aperta verso
la città
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2 L’ingresso con l’acuta pensilina
aggettante
3 Dettaglio angolare dell’involucro
vitreo
4 Dettaglio del corpo alla
base dell’edificio
5 Pianta dell’auditorium
6 Pianta del terzo piano della torre
7 Prospetto della torre e sezione
sull’auditorium
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