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The illusion of living on the second floor

17 pointsby abhinavstartsalmost 2 years ago

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abhinavstartsalmost 2 years ago
The 2012 Pritzker Prize was awarded to Chinese architect Wang Shu. Among his winning designs is the Vertical Courtyard Apartments, six 26-story towers by his architectural firm Amateur Architecture Studio built in Hangzhou.[27] &quot;These towers were designed to house two-story apartments, in which every inhabitant would enjoy &quot;the illusion of living on the second floor&quot;, accomplished by folding concrete floor planes (like &quot;bamboo mats,&quot; claims the firm), so that every third story opens into a private courtyard. In the larger towers, the two-story units are stacked slightly askew, adding to the visual interest of the variegated façades (Goldhagen 2012)<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lowereastsiding.blogspot.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;01&#x2F;blog-post.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lowereastsiding.blogspot.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;01&#x2F;blog-post.html?m...</a>
RugnirVikingalmost 2 years ago
would have really liked to have seen a view from the windows, it&#x27;s hard to parse just from looking at it, seems similar to a lot of residential skyscrapers.