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cultural information exchange center
wall street, new york 1997 -
design intent: the building was considered as a flow of bodies and information through space, over time. the programmatic elements were modeled as attractors on the site. visitors, information and exchanges were modeled as particles. once the particles attracted, they started forming varying degrees of concentration. a halo of particles was floating over the site, suggesting an eventual architectural space. as a cloud in the sky, the particles halo started forming a virtual building, an interrelated spatial fields. this constellation was crystallized to form the new temporary cultural information exchange center.
architects: ammar eloueini and céline parmentier, digit-all studio.