Skin of Architecture: Pattern 7

Source: Stephane Chalmeau archdaily.com

Monconseil Retirement Home, Tours, France, 2010 designed by Atelier Zundel & Cristea

The facade is composed of prefabricated concrete, over which we applied a plant pattern, in order to produce a vibration in the surface. -- ArchDaily

Source: Francisco Nogueria archdaily.com

Rainha Santa Isabel Secondary School, Estremoz, Portugal, 2010 designed by Oficina Ideias em Linha

The premises were to provide new functional areas such as classrooms, convivial and management facilities supported by new technological means, attending to the possibilities given by the school’s original structure as well as an adequated urban insertion. -- ArchDaily

Source: Antonio Arévalo archdaily.com

Police Station of Manzanares, Antigua Carretera de Madrid, Manzanares, Spain, 2011 designed by Estudio Lamazeta

Located on the site of an old winery, the new Police Station of Manzanares is the result of an Architectural Competition initially announced for the construction of a Museum. When the construction was 80% completed, the Government decided to adapt the building to the current use. For the outside finishes of the building we have used a white ceramic tiling that combines pieces of different sizes and proportions. The patchwork designed disappear gradually in different parts of the facade where the texture and color used are slightly different. -- ArchDaily