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HANGING GARDENS

DENTAL CLINIC + TRAINING CENTER

LOCATION

KIGALI . RWUANDA

YEAR

2020

Earth Shift as a tool of design. We deside to use the terrain, the first action of leveling and building retaining walls to design the whole thing. The result is the concatenation of 6 horizontal slabs supported by a structure of arcs. 
 
The technical action became a frame of a secuency of green terraces and patios where the inside and outside are mixed. All the spaces rest in shadow with front view to the gardens. Patios are inserted to let the natural light in and provide natural ventilaion. 
 
All in brick construction. We will use the ground from leveling as a main material, compressed and mixed with agglomerated additives (cement and fibers) to build arcades and flooring. 
 
ARTIFICE AND NATURE 
 
The plot is divided into two halves, a natural one and an artificial. A new public space is created linking two roads in different levels. Soft line descends  and goes into the building while the other half is created by strict geometry. One contains the other disperse. Both trying to coexist and offer a natural desire for lush and joy in a busy city. An exercise of architecture as a landscape blurs the strict limits between public and private of urban restriction. 

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