THYSSENKRUPP disaster prevention and education centre >SYNERGY< , TURKEY, competition 2011
>architecture and urbanism A basic Cartesian building is suddenly animated by internal program event, its evidence on the facade observe a new status of synergy, almost as if natural forces become managed by human construction skills of the 21. century. It simple yet complex appearance contributes to awareness of natural causality yet becomes a playful … Read more
BUSAN OPERA HOUSE, KOREA, competition 2011
ROBOTA designs for Busan’s harbour a new cultural anchor point. coming soon
GEOME3 AT LOUISIANA MUSEUM
Robota’s GEOME3 housing block is now presented among other 173 projects at the LIVING exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art/DK/opening June 1st-closing October 2nd An endless number of different cities can be built by simply replacing blocks with others. In the Block City the products of the Designer City are made affordable for … Read more
ESCALERA URBANA, hostel Barcelona, Spain, competition 2011
As a never-ending path of a backpacker, the ESCALERA URBANA© rises from the city to the clouds, even further than the lands horizon. Designed for housing Barcelona’s “observation”, ESCALERA URBANA links the city’s mixed typology into its skies. The building program is divided into two special program partitions, of equivalent surface amount. The roof … Read more
“TRIBUNE”, Betonhala waterfront center Belgrad , competition 2011
the scope of TRIBUNE is to use the opportunity of the Sava riverbank, in order to create an additional event plaza. Instead of a common urban building collection with a promenade, our proposal engage the pedestrians to perform within the “architectural” landscape. TRIBUNE rises upon the Beton Hala as a 3Dimensional square, covering the planned … Read more
ZGP gallery Plzen CZ, competition 2009
The competition plot area, is the main entrance gate to the Plzen city. In the same time, it is an equivalent of an deserted island, stranded phantom parking, just captured inside the anticipated local tram traffic loop of its less significant urban surrounds. In order to delineate the urban character of the ZGP, our proposal … Read more
GEOME3/A101 Block city Moscow RU, competition 2010
the cityscape is formed by various elements, the GEOME3 proposal is a micro city arranged by almost elementar architectural geometry, present in cities worldwide. block, slab and tower: Square/solidity, stability, trust /, Circle/infinity, perfection, harmony/, Point /dynamism, significance for orientation/ are forming the block of the new century. Renaissance/orthogonal/, Baroque/oblique/, Gothic/vertical/ united in the basics … Read more
BENETTON Headquarters , Tehran Iran, competition 2009
“Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of Persian culture and art, and dates back to ancient Persia. In 2008, Iran’s export of hand-woven carpets was $420 million. There is an estimated population of 1.2 million weavers in Iran producing carpets for domestic markets and international export. In recent times Iranian carpets have … Read more
CHICAGO Sea of holes/Mine the gap competition
In Chicago, yet another real-estate megalo-vision falls victim to the “crisis” and leaves behind nothing but a hole in the ground. But this hole is not alone. All over the world, the collection of cancelled projects is growing larger week. Architectural history itself consists widely of “holes”, virtual buildings that never saw the light of … Read more
Axiom MOSQUE/design as reform competition, 2nd round finalist 2010
Axiom of unity: Islamic architecture heavily depends on engineering and aesthetic principles. ROBOTA propose an “open dome” defined only by its developing columns. Pillars, as symbols of world of religion, and significant structural elements of architecture. At the early stages of mosque architecture, columns had been built by using the trunks of palm trees. In … Read more
