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Grand Egyption Museum, Egypt
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This international competition was held in 2002 by The Grand Egyptian Museum to to "bring into realization a bold, imaginative and creative design concept that fits to stand by the Great Pyramids of Giza". The proposal RFA presented was to create a building which will serve as a high technology container to display and preserve the vast number of important artefacts which comprise the Museum's collection. |
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The Grand Egyption Museum Project team | Architect | Ray Fitz-Gibbon, Scott Miner etc etc. | Graphics | Nigel Varley (Cad Australia) | |
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Lian Yun Gang Shopping and Retail complex, China |
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was asked by an international consortium to prepare a submission for a
50 000 m2 mixed retail, residential development in the city of Lian Yun
Gang in Jiangsu Province, China. RFA presented a joint submission
with our Shanghai based affiliate Shanghai Consortium Survey and Architectural
Design LTD (SCSAD). Our association with SCSAD enabled us to offer the
benefits of considerable resources. These include compliance with the
National Register Architects (TQM). SCSAD is a Class- A design company
authorised by the Shanghai Construction Administration Commission to work
with overseas architectural and engineering consultancies.
RFA's concept proposed to provide a development of between seven to nine levels of multi-use building comprised of two to three underground levels and five to six above-ground levels. The centre point of the design is a vast multi-use shopping Plaza at street level which splits the building between below ground and above ground structures. This Plaza features a striking structural system (columns, which provide support to the building above). The two to three underground levels would comprise of; one level of retail/shopping (food court etc) and parking, including loading docks. The Plaza level would provide a large open people-friendly space, which could be used for temporary markets, stalls, cafes, exhibitions and cultural events. The two levels directly above the Plaza would be set aside for retail, supermarkets etc. All the retail floors including the Plaza would be interconnected by lifts and escalators to ensure efficient pedestrian circulation. The three retail floors including the Plaza are linked via a vast atrium, which features a glass roof. The levels above the retail levels are confined to one end of the building in a form of a sculptural glass tower above the main lineal structure. This tower would house restaurants, night clubs, theatres, commercial facilities and residential apartments (serviced apartments). |
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| Lian Yun Gang Shopping and Retail complex Project team | Architect | Ray Fitz-Gibbon, David Morgan | | |||
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© 2004 Updated April 2004 by Carolyn Meddick
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