mediatic and an emotional journey
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Two page story with picture of the Media-TIC building in barcelona. Article written by Carl Heintz for the introduction to cont. art for UEM. PS: The second photo of the steel barrier was taken from the presentation from the architects site at; www.ruiz-geli.comTRANSCRIPT
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Therearetonsofsimilarsmartsolutionstomakethewholecomplexthatmuchsmarterandefficientthenmostoftheotherofficebuildingsyouhaveseen.Myinitialideaofanuglyindustrialparkinglothasduringthetriptransformedtojustplainadmirationofthebuilding.Perhapsnotontheaestheticsidebuttheworkandinnovationthearchitectsandengineeringmanagedputinisamazing.Architectureformeisaboutcombiningdesign,innovationwithactualfunctionandforme,thisbuildingisdoingagoodjobofit,especiallythelasttwoofthosethree.Walkingfloorbyfloorandgettingshoweddifferentpartsandhowitallisfunctioningwasveryinspiringforme.
Continuingonthisthemeofadmirationandengineering,Ifoundanotherreallyinterestingfeature.Itwasabouthowtheysetupthecarryingwallsandweightdistribution.Theyactuallybuiltthewholecomplexwithastrongoutsidewalllikeabarrierthatcarriesthefloorsintensionwhichleftonlyasmallpartofthebuildingsweightonthegroundfloorinsteadofthenormalsolutionwhentheybuildeverythingontopofeachother.Thatoptionalsoleftthearchitectswithaprettyfreehandwiththefirstfloorwithouthavingtouseanysortofpillars,itleftaveryroomyfeelingwhenyoufirstwalkedintothebuilding.
ThefirstsightofthebuildingwasalsothelastsightandIwalkpastthemainentranceintheoppositewayandmindThefirstsightofthebuildingwasalsothelastsightandIwalkpastthemainentranceintheoppositewayandmindframeasthenthetimeIentered.Nighthasturnedtoday.
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