Inspired by origami, one of the most representative art of the Orient, the 3GATTI architectural firm, designed the Museum car Nanjing, China. An urban scale origami in which each shape or fold, beyond the mere whim resolved promptly ornamental feature of the building. "
Like many other contemporary architects, 3GATTI Architecture Study (3GATTI Architecture Studio), directed by the Italian Francesco Gatti, is a laboratory that is experienced with multiple architectural resources, as well as playing with elements and concepts from other disciplines.
The result of this form of work are unique works, ranging from virtual and ethereal solutions, as in the case of the "In Plant" project, also known as red object, the first work of 3GATTI in China, to the application of sculptural language, represented in the graceful curved shapes present in the "Barz" sustainable experimentation present in the "epidermis mutable" in homes type of project "Genetic Architecture."
however eminent playful works of Gatti, all respond promptly to the needs of its clients, users and the characteristics of the context where they are located; The Museum of Nanjing Automobile, China, one of his most recent designs, is no exception.
The design of the Museum of Nanjing Automobile, China, was inspired by one of the most representative art of the East: the papiroflexia1, based in the folding of paper for figures of various shapes: animals, people, flowers, plants, buildings, etc.
design a building based on the art of origami, also known as origami, suggests a somewhat whimsical approach, however, is not. The understanding that it forms a craftsman's role is similar to that of a sculptor and an architect as to the configuration of an object in any of the three activities, the operator needs a clear vision of the relationship between space -plane, grounded more in abstract thinking in the imitative character.
Image Car Museum is an extraordinary poetic, despite this, the solution architecture of the building than the simple condition ornamental, as each shape or fold that seen in the building meets functionality same, while alluding to the aesthetics of motorways and viaducts that characterize the great metropolises of the contemporary era.
The building, named for its author as "a film sequence" in which the car is the main actor, is determined from two concentric ramps: one outside and one inside.
The ramp outside the building runs from end to end and allows visitors moving about the building's showrooms in your own car. The journey of the ramp starts at the ground floor of the museum and ends at the parking-deck where visitors must park their cars.
Once visitors park their cars can tour the museum on foot through a parking ramp down to the different exhibition rooms enclosed by glass windows that uproots from floor to ceiling. The museum's offices, meeting rooms, restrooms, laboratories, shops and restaurants are located, some along the same ramp or on the ground floor, and were resolved as boxes or stations of various sizes and heights.
Once visitors conclude their tour of the museum and are on the ground floor can take an elevator that takes them back to the parking lot.
Gatti/3GATTI Francesco Francesco Gatti
is an Italian-born architect, graduated with honors from the University of Rome III (Università degli Studi Roma Tre). After 10 years of professional experience in Italy and in Europe in 2002 founded the firm 3GATTI Study of Architecture in Rome. In 2004, having won several competitions in China, the firm opens new office in Shanghai.
Projects in this architectural firm is characterized by functional and innovative design, committed to the needs and tastes of their customers are resolved in the best way. The firm also working in the field of architectural design (homes, offices, shopping centers, mixed-use buildings and renovation historic buildings) also made interdisciplinary project: interior design, industrial design, furniture design, lighting design, consulting, management and construction of urban projects, both architectural and urban structures.
office early work done in Italy include restoration work, the design of cultural facilities and the expansion of Library and Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University (2003) in Vatican City, a project that carried out in collaboration with architect King Roselli, with whom he won several international awards for innovative interactive proposed mechanical architecture.
Convinced always perform their own ideas about what is architecture, 3GATTI has done projects as experimental and challenging, especially in Asia, especially China, one of the most important architectural laboratories today. Two of the most important projects carried out in Asia 3GATTI: Redstar Plazas, Furniture & Furnishings, one located in the district of Shenyang Xitiexi and the other in Zhengdong New District, both projects each include: two malls and five residential towers.
His most important projects in the interior design field are: "In Plant" red object or project, his first work made in China ";" TUUN, a juice bar in DanYin, "The Cut", an interactive club, "Barzan", a Bar in Shaghai, interior design type for a housing complex comprising 25 houses in Cloundland and "Jia Hua Center" in Shanghai.
1. Origami. Also known as "Origami", this art is based on Japanese paper folding for various figures without using scissors, glue or staples.
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