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Re: The Architecture Thread - 07-15-2008, 06:01 AM


Zaha Hadid designs Madrid law courts

Zaha Hadid has won a competition to design a new civil courts of justice in Madrid.

The new building will add a focus to the masterplan for the city's Campus de la Justicia area. The envelope will be composed of a double-ventilated façade with the exterior layer of the facade made up of metallic panels which respond to environmental and program conditions. These panels shift from open to closed and from flat to extended.The metallic panels on the roof of the building will incorporate photovoltaic cells.

Inside, a spiralling semi-circular atrium develops around a public courtyard. The atrium overlooks the courtyard, which serves as instant reference point for visitors to move around the building and extends to the lower ground floor, providing natural light to enter the court rooms at that level.





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