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MAD designs Nanhai Art Center to emulate "continuous wave of water"

Deezen

Architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for an arts centre on a waterfront site in Guangdong, China , which will have an undulating form modelled on moving water. It will be located on a waterfront site The undulating roofscape will be crafted of white ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) – a type of plastic with a translucent finish.

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MAD Architects unveils Nanhai Art Center

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MAD Architects unveiled the design for the Nanhai Art Center in Foshan City, Guangdong, which covers a total site area of 59,445 square meters and includes three major functions: the Grand Theatre, the Museum, and the Sports Center. Image © MAD Architects The permeable facades allow nature to flow through the site back to the city.

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It shouldn’t take 17 years to build affordable housing

Brandon Donnelly

And this is exactly what was agreed to in 2007 with the Lorena Plaza site in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of LA. Los Angeles wants to build some 450,000 new homes by 2029.) The proposal: 49 affordable units geared toward people making 50% of the AMI. However, like all things in development, things do take time. Time isn’t free.

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