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Project:Millowner's Association Location: Ahmedabad, India Architect: Le Corbusier Year: 1958
Fall 1993 4.203 Geometric Modeling |
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Millowner's Association
visualization design Vlad Bina |
| The headquarters of a prominent association of Indian mill owners was designed in a way to frame views of the surrounding landscape and neighbouring cultural events, both for the benefit of the staff in their daily work, and for night views from the stage of the assembly hall. It is oriented according to the prevailing winds, with the east and west facades having their brise-soleil calculated precisely to the appropriate latitude and the course of the sun. The south and north facades are nearly blind. Materials used include thick brick walls panelled in wood for the assembly hall, unplastered brick for the north and south facades, and unfinished concrete for the east and west facades. The brise-soleil are clad in wood, and the walls in sheet metal. Two elevators serve all the floors, from the lowest level to the roof, and a long ramp provides pedestrian access from the main office floor to the parking lot. | |
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