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Zaragoza World Expo's Austrian Pavilion / Strauss-Solid-Ritter

Amber P — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Austria Pavilion designed by Strauss-Solid-Ritter for the Expo Zaragoza 2008 was an extension of the popular 19th-century “cyclorama” art form. The viewer platform in the center of the panorama and the plastically designed historic panorama architecture in the foreground merge into a white landscape marked by contour lines, which will serve as the pavilion’s exhibition space. This abstracted landscape (i.e., exhibition space) forms the center of the various “panorama spaces” that result from the changing projections, while its abstracted form ensures that the landscape is also an integral part of each projected panorama. For example, when surrounded by images of mountain tops, the landscape transforms into a mountain crest; and when the images change to trees, the landscape becomes a green forest clearing.

Actur Library / Carroquino Finner Arquitectos

Nico Saieh — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Located in the intersection of the streets Pedro Laín Entralgo and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, the Library appears before his immediate environment as an element with urban presence. Actur is a neighborhood in expansion from the 70-80`s, with a bland grid of big avenues and an intensive residential development. From the car, this neighborhood invites you to walk through it but due to the cold north wind, is not possible.

Expo Zaragoza Pavilion / Tatiana Bilbao

Amber P — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Mexican Pavilion at the Expo Zaragoza 2008 is located at the western end of the Ronda 1 building. It occupies the two double heights set aside for it of a building already constructed by the organizers to be handed over "in the rough" to be developed by the participants.

Oliver Kindergarden / Carroquino Finner Arquitectos

Nico Saieh — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The kindergarden in the borough of Oliver in Zaragoza is the key project of our emerging Spanish-German architecture association. Resulting from a successful entry into a competition in 2005, it did not only mark the start-up of Carroquino/Finner Arquitectos but provided a secure guideline for three following kindergarden projects in Zaragoza.

Nursery School Santa Isabel / Carroquino Finner Architects

Nico Saieh — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The nursery school Sta. Isabel in Zaragoza (Spain) is one piece in a major public building operation. Together with the nursery schools in the districts Oliver, La Paz and Actur (all redacted by C|F) Sta. Isabel completes the educational core of that program.