Sapiens / Costa Lopes
The Sapiens Building (Polytechnic Institute of Science and Technology) is located in a still semi-industrial area, on an intermediate topographic platform between the northern limit of downtown, not far from Luanda?s port and the Central Railway Station, and the bottom of the cliff just bellow the residential neighbourhood of Miramar.
© Fabrice Fouillet
Architects: Costa Lopes
Location: Luanda, Angola
Area: 10758.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Fabrice Fouillet
© Fabrice Fouillet
From the architect. The Sapiens Building (Polytechnic Institute of Science and Technology) is located in a still semi-industrial area, on an intermediate topographic platform between the northern limit of downtown, not far from Luanda?s port and the Central Railway Station, and the bottom of the cliff just bellow the residential neighbourhood of Miramar.
© Fabrice Fouillet
The situation was very challenging, even more when considering the implantation on a wedge plot, next to Rua dos MunicÃpios Portugueses, already very compacted by two towers, one of offices with 14 floors and the other of housing with 20 floors.
© Fabrice Fouillet
The polyhedral volume occupies the available plot completely. On one hand, its abstraction fits better to the close proximity of the towers and, despite its six floors, guarantees its formal firmness.On the other hand, enhance the concrete structure, the gal...
© Fabrice Fouillet
Architects: Costa Lopes
Location: Luanda, Angola
Area: 10758.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Fabrice Fouillet
© Fabrice Fouillet
From the architect. The Sapiens Building (Polytechnic Institute of Science and Technology) is located in a still semi-industrial area, on an intermediate topographic platform between the northern limit of downtown, not far from Luanda?s port and the Central Railway Station, and the bottom of the cliff just bellow the residential neighbourhood of Miramar.
© Fabrice Fouillet
The situation was very challenging, even more when considering the implantation on a wedge plot, next to Rua dos MunicÃpios Portugueses, already very compacted by two towers, one of offices with 14 floors and the other of housing with 20 floors.
© Fabrice Fouillet
The polyhedral volume occupies the available plot completely. On one hand, its abstraction fits better to the close proximity of the towers and, despite its six floors, guarantees its formal firmness.On the other hand, enhance the concrete structure, the gal...
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