Tanzanian Hotel / WOW Architects
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Apr 2009
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Singapore-based WOW Architects designed this hotel in Tanzania. It has two buildings, and the overall design was inspired by geological processes that shape rock formations in nature.
Flowing gardens spill out of the building’s windows and the orientation was planned so that the sunlight enters the interior courtyard in the center, providing the hotel guests a warm and inviting space to mingle.
For more information, click here. More images after the break.
Looks like an overgrown multistorey car park. Rubbish. Stupid reverse conceptualising once again.. “ooooh it looks like rock strata, lets produce some glitzy diagrams that could explain how we meant this all along”
So much Bad Architecture everywhere.
This strikingly reminds me of my own diploma, which I currently do
cannot tell how angry this makes me
rendering out of the blue, making schemes out of nothing, and a meaningless superposition of random layers
please, be a little more critical archdaily.
Architecture is also a notion, an idea and a message than just shapes and matter
Food for thought
Take Care
… not very many black people in your renders… you know in Africa most people are not Caucasian! Sorry to say this but you don’t have much cultural understanding and this is so inadequate for that part of the world [perhaps anywhere in the planet!] look up a project developed by Arup in Zimbabwe and learn a thing or two about cleaver design routed in its context
JDR, please be fare to all architects. Positive comments are more necessary for any improvement.
PS. i can’t tell how angry i am when i went to your website, student.
Nice. ATELIER MATERIAL.
i’m a tanzanian architecture student and i kind of know the tanzanian economic situation. i really don’t see how this scheme will fit in the context…architecturally and economically…it will be completely isolated. i’m not too big a fan of iconic buildings designed just for the sake if it.
…The shape of the building reminds me of our monument
for the unknown soldier. It shows more the hands of a
sculptor and a total absence of an inspired innovation
from the local african cultural.
Magnificent web site. Lots of helpful info here. I am sending it to a few pals ans also sharing in delicious. And naturally, thank you to your effort!
1:39 PM Apr 21st
Tanzanian Hotel / WOW Artetos: hotel na tanzania inspirado nas forças geologicas (texto em ingles) http://tinyurl.com/cvqgcs
1:39 PM Apr 21st
Tanzanian Hotel / WOW Arquitetos: hotel na tanzania inspirado nas forças geologicas (texto em ingles) http://tinyurl.com/cvqgcs