Polycarbonate in Innovative Architecture

The relevant section includes some prestigious works, such as the Energy Museum in Terragona, Spain, designed by Arquitectura. The Family and Childhood Center in St. Louis, Missouri (United States), created by Luchini, is another example of a large public building using this material. Another perspective is offered by an elegant chain of interconnected buildings, created in Moscow by a team of Russian architects. The Danes propose a modular pavilion dedicated to visual arts that can be disassembled and moved elsewhere.

Archdaily does not only focus on unusual, very expensive, or pretentious works. The site also presents simple projects, such as an illuminated hangar for Cadillac Fairview and Lanterra, the result of a project created by United Visual Artists. Practically, the most interesting suggestions provided by the site are those involving the residential domain, applicable on a large scale. This is also the case with a seven-story building constructed in Madrid, Spain, completely clad in green polycarbonate panels. The choice of the architecture firm SOMOS explicitly appeals to the principles of urban mimesis, developed by the company SEP (a philosophy based on reducing the environmental impact of constructing industrial structures, and not only).

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