new york - paris
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blurred landscape
l’arca/auchan italy 2001 - - mentioned
to talk about the porosity of a shopping mall's envelope is to put a fresh spin on a traditionally self-contained type of brief and to think in terms of active integration, of taking the building out into its context. via an open-ended structure the project offers a gradual shift from the urban to landscape, from motorway to greenery. the sales area does not come across as controlled and methodically laid out, having been conceived, on the contrary, as differentiated: specific yet fluid zones take shape around promotional, cultural and other events and are marked out by their own light, heat and sound characteristics. these zones determine the shape of the envelope, a sensitive film that registers and expresses the variety of the spaces inside it.