Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation designed by brooks + scarpa architects the 
structure has been conceived to reject the nefarious response one has to typical industrial 
buildings. they american firm has approached the architecture in a way that sees it preserving 
the integrity of the high bay industrial facility and program, while also considering the occupants’
 needs by providing a model environment for users and visitors.
The building is rapped in a perforated and etched metal skin situated on a 100,000 square foot
 site within the new
 research and technology innovation park (PIIT) in monterrey.
Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

 

detail of the saw-toothed roofs geometries

  Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

  Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

view of the upper story offices that are protected by the punctured layer of metal

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

large operable door off the entry opens up to the garden

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

view of the main entrance and cantilevered upper floor  offices

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

the ‘metalsa center for manufacturing innovation’ is situated within the PIIT campus in 

monterrey, mexico

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

general view of the building

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Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai
With much of the construction on ‘the opus’ well underway, the developer omniyat has 

revealed a modified version of  property which will see zaha hadid engage further with the

 project. she will design the ‘ME by meliá’ hotel (the first in the middle east), and service 

apartments to be housed within the complex. 

The luxury accommodations will include several penthouse suites with private roof terraces,

 and it will be the architect’s first hotel undertaking in which she will be responsible for all

 aspects, both interior and exterior, of the scheme.

Situated near the burj khalifa, the hotel is projected to open for business at ‘the opus’ in 2016.

‘the opus’ stands as a monolithic cube with a free form cavern eroding from its outer edges

image © zaha hadid architects

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

  

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

zaha hadid: the opus office tower will stand as a landmark along the dubai skyline
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

general view of the mixed-use property
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

street view
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

images © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

by night
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

interior rendering with views of the free-form void
image © zaha hadid architects

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