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Simplicity and richnessJean Paul Viguier et Associés, Omar Kobbite, foto di Takuji Shimmura

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The proposed architectural concept stems from a work on a relationship between inside and outside , the interior and exterior architecture. The building, instead of oppose these aspects, try to put in relationship in order to restore the subtle dialectic that we can found in the most beautiful buildings of Morocco: simplicity and richness , warmth and fresh , clear and golden.The project has a very communicative nature, both in his own volumes than in the relationship with the outside world . The building born from a single parallelepiped; then this volume “open” himsfelf following a diagonal line to form two prisms that slide and rotate around the vertical circulation: the gesture indicates the interior of the original volume. A first low prism, which allows a large opening angle of the entrance of the building contains the museum and the restaurant. A top prism offset accommodate in the central core an office floor. Other offices and social spaces are placed in the lower part of the building. Its upper part receive the representative spaces and create a landmark in the city, putting the project in relationship with the neighborhood. These volumes also allow an openness

In apertura, Jean-Paul Viguier1 La torre nel contesto urbano di Rabat 1

Marocco

Rabat

Jean Paul Viguier et associésJean-Paul Viguier et Associés, Architecture et

Urbanisme is an international architecture,

town planning and interior firm led by Jean

Paul Viguier. It has designed and delivered

projects ranging from master plans to street

furniture, including public or private offices,

housing, facilities and shops. The agency has

thus shown an ability to build in various parts

of the world. Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés,

Architecture et Urbanisme strives to bring

to its projects the best possible responses to

the relationship between buildings and their

environment. The changing size of cities and

the urbanisation of the planet are forcing ar-

chitecture to consider its relationship with the

urban space, in other words to constantly bear

in mind that human urban well-being depends

on a harmonious relationship between archi-

tecture and planning. Whether in the case of

workplaces, housing, facilities or urban spaces,

the urban fabric and architecture contribute

to the sense of place.

La compatta base della torre la ancora visivamente al terreno

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Dialettica architettonicaUn progetto che tenta di coniugare, in una torre

da 135 metri, tradizione e modernità, riflettendo

il fascino e le potenzialità della tradizione senza

celare il proprio carattere contemporaneo. Interni

ed esterni, lusso e sobrietà, calore e freddezza,

fanno da contraltare l’uno all’altro nel progetto di

Jean Paul Viguier et Associés per la nuova sede di

Maroc Telecom: un volume puro, parallelepipedo,

che si rompe scorrendo diagonalmente su se stesso

e rivelando il cuore dell’edificio. Solo la base rimane

intatta, come fosse radicata nel terreno. Un progetto

che rappresenta il tentativo di creare un nuovo stile

architettoniche che esprima delicatezza e potenza al

tempo stesso e che riesca ad inserirsi in un contesto

orgoglioso del proprio passato ma desideroso di

guardare al futuro, dialogando con le architetture

più importanti della città. (C. Marelli)

CreditsMaroc Telecom, Rabat

Client

Maroc Telecom

Project

Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés, Omar Kobbite

Engineer

Setec

Decorator

Juan TrindadeI prospetti esterni sono rivestiti da una doppia pelle vitrea

La facciata è realizzata con montanti in acciaio e parete continua in vetro stratificato

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to the different elements that make up the district : the Mosque, the park , the square, avenue Annakhil and the justice court.At the ground lelvel the entire site is built according to geometric lines that draw a garden allowing access to the tower and to the Museum of Telecommunications, located at the basement of the tower, into a modern volume. The facades, modern and transparent, can be distinguished in two types: the external ones are “high performance” facades, very expressive with varying shades integrated into a “skin” or double thick skin equipped with opening on the inside. The other facades are naturally protected from the sun by the different volumes and the orientation of the building, which allows a simple and modern approach.

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La rotazione del volume disegna una grande hall d’ingresso, aperta verso la città

Formelle vitree colorate caratterizzano i prospetti del volume inferiore

La dimensione dello spazio di ingresso riporta l’edificio alla scala propria del quartiere circostante

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2 L’ingresso con l’acuta pensilina aggettante3 Dettaglio angolare dell’involucro vitreo4 Dettaglio del corpo alla

base dell’edificio5 Pianta dell’auditorium6 Pianta del terzo piano della torre7 Prospetto della torre e sezione sull’auditorium

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