Casablanca Sustainable Market Square

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an aerial view of a building with many designs on it

Casablanca

Night Skies

Experimental Aesthetic

Dynamic Pattern

Market Square

Architecture And Design

Night Sky

Sustainability

The Neighbourhood

Casablanca Sustainable Market Square (2)

he “trees” adapt to the changes in the sun conditions from day to night and respond with levels of #transparency to control the amount of direct sunlight hitting the #market area. At night, the entire #installation turns completely transparent, revealing the #wooden #structural elements, the dynamic pattern of the BIPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaics) and the stars in the night sky to the people, dining and socialising underneath its span. This constant change in #appearance reminds citizens of the #environmental changes that architecture and society must work with. Its experimental aesthetic will draw attention to the neighbourhood and be part of defining the future identity of the area. Read more - See link!

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a horse drawn carriage on the street in front of a building with people walking around it

Organisation

Architectural Composition

Present Design

Architectural Concept

Sustainable Technology

The Proposal

Architecture Poster

Architectural Sketch

The proposal for the Casablanca Sustainable Market Square - brings all aspects of sustainability.

The architects do so with the interplay of medieval Islamic design tradition and #contemporary advanced #building #technology. The #architectural #concept is developed through the use of the girih tiles as a constantly present design method that elevates its purpose from pure ornamentation to a method of developing architectural composition, spatial organisation, structural elements, integration of #environmentally #sustainable #technology and strategies, to the planning of flow of people. Read more on our socials - see Link!