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Located at the junction of Nanyang Ave and Nanyang
Drive,
the new iconic School of Art,
Design and Media is situated in a wooded valley right in the heart of the campus.
The highlight of the building is the verdant turfed roof which blends
with the ground contour. Apart from its visual impact, the turfed
roofscape is a functional space which is easily accessible via sidesteps along
the roof edge, thereby allowing the rooftop to be a scenic outdoor communal
space. Environmentally, it helps to lower the roof temperature and
surrounding areas. The facade design is a glass curtain wall in
neutral grey colour. The remaining parts of the building comprised off-form
concrete walls which eschew painting or external rendering works. The
external finish is reserved in its primary condition to maintain its design
integrity and naturalness. When night beckons, the building lights up like a
beacon that announces its warm presence. The interior lighting streams through
the glass curtain walls to render the building a dynamic stage against the
backdrop of the external landscape.

Via: DesignFlute

I do remember reading about the hanging gardens of Babylon as one of the splendors of the ancient world. Maybe I should say that they were one of the wonders of the ancient world. The point here is that, they were considered as an architectural wonders several centuries back. So here is someone whose design and innovation in no way match the splendor or the green magic of the hanging gardens and yet they are considered a modern day creative brilliance! I’m sorry to say this but if this idea got an award, then maybe I should have nominated my mom long back for ‘The best green architect of the year’ long back.

A young and budding designer from Tokyo has decided that there were too many empty beams that were too clean and not useful, in the city of Tokyo. So he decided to go and grow some moss on them (A very clean idea indeed). Then this young ‘architect’ named Taketo Shimohigoshi went o to win 2007 AR Award for Emerging Architecture for what is called ‘innovative genius of his design’. Now I’m not someone who is an architect and neither am I trying to show down a very young creative mind. The idea is good, but to hail it as something awesome would be truly an insult to our intelligence.

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