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Global Perspectives: Exploring Diverse Sports Architecture Projects Ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics

Nour Fakharany — Mon, 13 May 2024 04:00:00 +0000

As the anticipation builds for the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, the city is preparing to host a global sporting event and embark on a journey of urban renewal. In a departure from traditional stadium-centric hosting, Paris 2024 embraces a new approach to the Olympic experience. Sports architecture has the ability to transcend functionality and become a space of collective experience and shared joy. In that sense, it invites individuals from diverse backgrounds to forge connections while celebrating athleticism. This month’s curated collection focuses on diverse forms of sports architecture, stadiums, venues, and landscaping projects, dissecting what components come together to form different sports architecture experiences.

National Institute of Water Sports / M:OFA Studios

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Government institutions in India usually follow a pragmatic, understated approach when it comes to the expression of their architecture. When Goa State govt. Floated an international level competition for the design of the National Institute of Water Sports in Goa, it wanted the institute to do two things: firstly, to make a bold, iconic statement with an expression that treats the architecture beyond the functional pragmatism and secondly, takes a fresh approach to the typical Goan Architectural setting a language that’s more global yet grounded while resonating the vernacular, through the use of local materials.

Tertulia Bar and Restaurant / Otherworlds

Hana Abdel — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000

The Balcao, Goa’s beloved porch - The Balcao is an outdoor porch found in most Goan homes today, characterized by thick curved walls with seats built onto its sides, finished in brightly colored hand-cast concrete. It is a welcome gesture of the house it gently invites you within. The balcao is a crucial part of a Goan home as this is where one spends most of their time, casually relaxing and napping in the afternoons, reading a book, writing, having the morning tea or even chatting with the neighbor or passersby, it holds space for many such activities. At a time of modern architecture and rampant urbanization, all houses tend to become very self-contained, private, and detached, separated from the city or the neighborhood. The balcao becomes all the more important at such a time as it is built with the idea of reinforcing the kinship between the house and the neighborhood. It is where the indoor meets the outdoor, where the boundaries of the exterior and interiors are blurred.

MOKSHA Crematorium / Rahul Deshpande and Associates

Hana Abdel — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 01:00:00 +0000

A unique design assignment. Four varied religious groups, Hindus, Shia Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Lingayat, share One parcel of Land to perform the last rights and perform rituals for their departed. The greatest challenge was each religion had its own stringent and divergent approaches to the design, in terms of color, expression, visual language, and privacy. The municipality divided the land into different segments and had common access. It was important to express the design in a universal language to convey the sensitivity of the program while giving each community its sense of identity and personality.