Saturday, March 3, 2012

Architectural Design Competition | Sohar Bank Headquarters | Muscat | Oman | Estudio Lamela


Competition bases set out areas for exclusive use of the Bank Sohar and rent areas as the remains.
Due to the climatology changes so uneven and extreme, concept design was based on the scheme of the omani fortress as the main reference, leaving the bank offices upside in a privileged zone with more security and under the potential image of the building and destinating the offices of the levels below under the protection of the shadows.
The access to both different type of offices was separated because the security and image. There are only two holes in the massive plinth that answer to this scheme of separated access, in order to protect from the wind the patio inside as an oasis in the heart of the building.
Private parking areas for the bank rest underground meanwhile parking for the visitors stayed under the shadow of the palm trees.......more
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