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Mauges High School Shelly Ginenthal
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EPICURIA ARCHITECTES • FRANCE Andreas Thierer - ComputerWorks GmbH
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10 KLEIN & SÄNGER ARCHITEKTEN Bart Rammeloo - Design Express
Audi Academy Bertrand Moinault - CESYAM
Carlos Lüthy - ComputerWorks GmbH
• GERMANY 12 STUDIO MANFRONI Emily Patrick - Vectorworks, Inc.
Trade Fair Center in La Spezia Jacqui Smith - Computers Unlimited
Julie McClure - Vectorworks, Inc.
& ASSOCIATI (MMAA) • ITALY 14 Luc Janssens - Design Express
Lucas Vandersanden - Design Express
RYUE NISHIZAWA • JAPAN 18 Martina Moellinger - ComputerWorks GmbH
Pete Hicks - Vectorworks, Inc.
Hiroshi Senju Museum | Teshima Art Museum Pier Luigi Antonini - VideoCOM
Shige Shiozawa - A&A Co., LTD
KCAP ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS Thierry Beurey - CESYAM
EDITORIAL TRANSLATIONS
Eindhoven Airport Extension and Hotel Bertrand Moinault (French)
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Hiroshi Senju Museum
Project by Ryue Nishizawa
Photograph ©Daici Ano

Editorial

We’re bringing you this year’s MODUS news while celebrating
Vectorworks’ 30th anniversary. This special edition showcases designs
where buildings’ unique interior-exterior relationships follow the natural
landscape and where the respect for the existing defines the way design
interacts with tradition.
“The works found within these pages emerged from a community of
creative minds who rely on Vectorworks design software to conceptualize
and transform their ideas into real experiences that can be shared with
the world,” says Sean Flaherty, CEO at Vectorworks, Inc. “To those of you
who have been with Vectorworks since our inception in 1985, thank you
for choosing us as your partner in transforming the world. And to those
of you who are just joining us, welcome to a community that spans the
globe and over half a million people. As we enter the next 30 years, I
encourage you to continue to redefine the field of architecture and join
the ranks of visionaries whose work sparks the imaginations of designers
everywhere.”
From renowned museums and lofty stadiums to artful, cultural landmarks,
architects shape the way that we understand our surroundings and
interact with the environment. MODUS news brings some of these
impactful structures together in one publication, not only to recognize
designers for their exceptional skill, but also to inspire architects around
the world.

Isabel Albuquerque

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ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS AND STUDIEBURO MOUTON

BELGIUM

AntwPoertrHpouse in

The Port House is a Zaha Hadid design for which counters, offices, and meeting rooms in the existing
Studieburo Mouton used Vectorworks software to building are directly accessible. The offices, auditorium,
execute the structural engineering. The project’s and panoramic restaurant in the new extension are
location honors Antwerp as a crucial economic part of accessible via elevators just off the central courtyard.
Flanders with the Port of Antwerp being the second The new extension is positioned asymmetrically over
biggest port in Europe. The Port House combines a the central courtyard of the existing structure, allowing
new, beam-shaped structure and a former fire brigade light to enter the heart of the building. Supporting the
building into a new headquarters for the Port Authority. structure are two sculpted concrete columns that house
The project is strategically located between city and stairs and elevators and four tapered composed steel
harbor, with magnificent views over both the city center columns in inclined positions. The offices within the
and the port from behind the articulate glass walls – building are open plan, creating a powerful sense of space
some transparent, others reflective – in reference to the but also providing discreet meeting and breakout areas.
Antwerp diamond trade.

30 The two entities, the former fire station and the The new building’s volume is enclosed by an articulated

new crystalline volume elevated above the retained glass surface: a diamond shaped design with the façade
building, form an impressive new landmark. The panels rotated slightly. The building thereby reflects its
building will house approximately 500 staff and is surroundings during the day while transforming itself into
organized around a central atrium from which public a radiating crystal at night.

Construction photograph ©Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Antwerpen; renderings by Zaha Hadid Architects; Zaha Hadid photograph by Steve Double;
Guy Mouton, Lieven Tone Houdmont, David Dooms and Piet Lelieur photographs, and section by Studieburo Mouton

Zaha Hadid Architects is a global leader in pioneering research
and design investigation, with works of all scales and in all sectors.
By collaborating with industry-leading corporations, the practice
has furthered its diversity and knowledge while applying advanced
design, construction, and material technologies to aid in the creation of
innovative projects where concepts of seamless spatial flow are made real.
www.zaha-hadid.com
Studieburo Mouton is a structural design office that has acquired a
special position within the Flemish architectural landscape, as well as a
steadily growing international reputation. Conducting a stability study
for a design goes much further than simply calculating a given situation,
which is why the office is ready to be involved in an architect’s earliest
design stage. Its main aim is to provide a stability study in which its
interaction with the architect strengthens the design.
www.studieburomouton.be

PWL PARTNERSHIP LANDSCAPE ARCHITEC TS INC.

CANADA

“MAKING PLACES. ENGAGING PEOPLE.
INSPIRED BY NATURE.”

All photographs and site plan by PWL Partnership

PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. is a leading
Vancouver-based landscape architectural firm with 40 years
of experience in public and private-sector planning and
design across Canada, the United States, and Asia. PWL works
collaboratively with clients and a wide range of specialists and
collateral professionals to create innovative, imaginative places
that incorporate both social and environmental benefits.
www.pwlpartnership.com

Vancouver

Convention Center
Expansion Project

In the spring of 2009, a fascinating transformation took place in downtown Vancouver. Flushes The plaza, designed to hold up to 8 000 people, is comprised of smaller peripheral spaces
of grasses and wildflowers began to appear 12 stories above Coal Harbor and were soon visited defined by planters that moderate the scale of the plaza and create intimate, comfortable,
by insects, songbirds, and butterflies. This new habitat, absent from the downtown area for over and flexible areas. The vocabulary of regional and sustainable materials includes locally
150 years, is a self-maintaining, self-regenerating living roof. Along with the 5 800 square meter sourced growing medium, plants, railings, concrete and basalt pavers, and permeable pavers.
plaza and seawall promenade extension, the living roof demonstrates the diverse contributions Rainwater runnels course throughout the plaza and articulate the district markers at the street
made by PWL Partnership to the Vancouver Convention Center Expansion Project. ends, celebrating one of the defining characteristics of the Pacific Northwest: rainfall. Treated
The extensive 2.4 hectare living roof is a key component to the overall project’s achievement wastewater from the building irrigates both the living roof and the plaza plantings.
of LEED Gold certification. The roof moderates heat gain and loss in the building, improves PWL’s landscape design for the Vancouver Convention Center Expansion Project features the
urban air quality, filters and reduces rainwater runoff, and creates valuable habitat. The thriving largest non-industrial living roof in North America and Vancouver’s first large plaza for public
plantings, first tested in a three-year test plot program, include sedges, perennial herbs, and gatherings and events. The simplicity of the site is an amazing contrast to its complex building
grasses modeled after British Columbia’s coastal grasslands for their ability to thrive in climatic and engineering systems, and a model for compatible, progressive, and sustainable urban
extremes and restricted root growing depth. design.

EPICURIA ARCHITECTES

FRANCE

Mauges
High
School This school is of particular importance since it’s the first public high school
in Beaupréau, a town of over 100 000 inhabitants. And even though towns
of this size are required by law to have such a facility, Mauges High School
will be the first in this area, ending the monopoly private schools held on
education in Beaupréau. It has been a long-standing issue in this region that
is finally resolved.
In a pristine wooded area, the campus is full of positive energy. The concept
offers an original composition in the form of a “chromosome,” hanging on a
slope and matching the morphology of the plot. The building is divided into
staggered strips that travel along an east-west axis following the contour
lines, allowing the whole building to receive sunshine. An internal glass
walkway acts like a bioclimatic backbone space, capturing and disseminating
heat and light to the interior spaces. This environmentally friendly ambition
is reinforced by the compactness of the complex and the creation of a
“Canadian” geothermal foundation, ensuring efficient thermal comfort.
The envelope of larch wood, the sandstone bottom underbody, and the
green roofs help to anchor the building to its natural environment. It’s also
an “open” building, with an auditorium, refectory, and library freely available
for occasional events.
Epicuria Architectes conceptualizes its designs in 3D with the use of
Vectorworks software, “which offers great ease and mastery when creating
2D drawings from the contest phase to the latter phases.” As a matter of fact,
it’s necessary to “feel the edification of the whole project globally” moving
toward a more detailed, final 3D model.
The rigorous organization of classes and layers allows a quality DWG
exchange with the office interlocutors. The aim of the latter is to model in
3D, ahead of design, with the ability to implement a BIM process. Initially,
a schematic 3D model is done, and in the reflection and outline phases,
architects “quickly find the matching volumes of the building’s envelope.”

Photograph, renderings, and ground floor plan by Epicuria Architectes

Epicuria Architectes - Jean-Michel Buron
Founded in 1999 by Architect and Planner Jean-Michel Buron, Epicuria Architectes is composed of
13 architects. It specializes in public buildings with different contexts but where all projects share a focus
on environmental quality. Light, luminosity, and functionality are the key words of Jean-Michel Buron,
enabling him to respond to programs and contexts without superfluous gestures.
www.epicuria-architectes.com

KLEIN & SÄNGER ARCHITEKTEN

GERMANY

01 05
06
02 03
04

01| Photograph ©AUDI AG, AUDI Akademie
02| 03| Renderings by Bloomimages

04| 06| Klein & Sänger photograph and ground floor plan
by Klein & Sänger Architekten

05| Photograph ©Atelier Hohenwart, Christoph Rehbach

Klein & Sänger Architekten realizes projects of different scales as both architects and general contractors
for the public and private sectors. Established by Reiner Klein and Reinhart Sänger 30 years ago, the
Munich-based company has since designed and realized technologically sophisticated buildings all over
Germany for the education and research sectors. In addition, their range of activities includes urban
analyses and feasibility studies.
www.ksarc.de

Audi Academy
Audi Academy – Spatial Realization of an Educational Concept
Founded in 1993, the Audi Academy offers continuing education and training services on a wide variety
of topics, ranging from human resources, personal development, and technical qualifications to language
instruction and the qualification for Audi’s dealers and service partners. Over 300 Audi Academy employees
provide these services to up to 250 event participants per day.
The new academy building offers a spatial expression of this educational purpose. The central seminar rooms
occupy five stories of the building positioned around an atrium providing ample natural light. Well-lit walkways
connect the rooms on each floor to their respective lounge areas. Before and after the training courses, as well
as during breaks, these areas offer participants an opportunity to get to know each other and exchange ideas.
The ground floor is used for larger events. Apart from the generous foyer, it houses a large event room, the
bistro and its kitchen, several conference rooms, as well as various facility service areas. For larger events,
flexible dividers allow for the creation of diverse spatial situations. The seminar rooms at the heart of the
academy building are enclosed by the teachers’ workrooms on four sides. This layout ensures that employees
have a short and direct path from their workspace to the training facilities.
The office spaces located on the perimeter offer attractive views of the surroundings, including the Danube
River with the Klenzepark on the far bank, the New Palace, the historic foundry hall, and the Technical
University located close by. The Audi Academy’s façade, with its iconic shape, offers protection from both the
sun and prying eyes. Story-high aluminium frames are mounted in front of the balconies that run around the
building. They are equipped with perforated aluminium sheets that can be adjusted individually with the help
of electric motors.

STUDIO MANFRONI & ASSOCIATI (MMAA)

I TA LY

Trade Fair Center in

La Spezia

+15,10 +13,70 Built in a former industrial area previously occupied by a pasta factory, the
4,40 4,50 9 200 square meter expo pavilion features a coated iron structure and an envelope
DT-3S0460 made of titanium-zinc panels and vast glazed surfaces. The building takes the form
DT-3S0460 of a long parallelepiped, folded over on itself, soaring up from the ground and
jutting out sharply at the end, which shelters the entrance facing the pre-existing
+8,82 DT-3S0460 9,50 multiplex.
DT-3S0460 5,30 The building’s shape is based on the idea of creating an architectural promenade,
unfurling from the highest point of the building, through an exhibition space, and
5,30 P.1r 521 5,20 5,10 down to the bottom. The ramp leads through the interior and makes the building’s
MP..21rA15211 exterior look like a giant, twisted metal tube. This striking form also becomes an
PM..21rA15211 element that structures the interior layout, creating a hierarchy of spaces without
sacrificing overall harmony. The unified space can house different functions at the
P.1r 521 same time or be used as a single venue.
The ground floor features public and service entrances, as well as many of the
exhibition areas, which seamlessly continue through the space of the intermediate
and upper floors. The top floor can be used separately from the rest of the building
for thematic or reserved exhibitions, since it has its own entrance and dedicated
stairs and elevators. Due to its location, the center becomes an ideal gateway to the
city, looking onto Via Carducci through a glazed wall parallel to the street, topped by
a single metal roof that creates a unifying element in the architectural whole.

Mario Manfroni and Patrizia Burlando photograph and section by Studio Manfroni & Associati (MMAA), all other photographs by Roberto Buratta

Studio Manfroni & Associati (MMAA) works
internationally across all key construction
sectors for both public and private clients.
The office is known for providing projects
that transform areas for different uses while
achieving high-quality architecture, technical
innovation, and controlled costs. Their
high‑level designs lead to the implementation
of most of their planned projects.
www.studiomanfroni.it

RYUE NISHIZAWA

J A PA N

Hiroshi Ryue Nishizawa photograph by Takashi Okamoto, site plan
Senju by Ryue Nishizawa, and all other photographs ©Daici Ano

Museum The Hiroshi Senju Museum in Karuizawa is dedicated to the work
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all other photographs by Norbert van Onna, ground plan by KCAP Architects & Planners and De Bever Architecten

KCAP Architects & Planners is an international design firm specializing in architecture and urban planning.
Founded in 1989 by Kees Christiaanse, KCAP is now led by five partners - Han van den Born, Kees Christiaanse,
Ruurd Gietema, Irma van Oort, and Ute Schneider - and has offices in Rotterdam, Zurich, and Shanghai.
www.kcap.eu
De Bever Architecten is a future-oriented, innovative office that specializes in responding to complex
spatial tasks and building projects. De Bever supports its clients from the concept phase to the realization of
the construction with attention to their ambition and a sustainable environment.
www.debeverarchitecten.nl

Eindhoven
In order to facilitate the growing number of passengers at Airport
Eindhoven Airport, the existing terminal building was extended Extension
and a new hotel was added. Both additions were designed by and Hotel
KCAP Architects & Planners and De Bever Architecten, the same teams
that designed the existing terminal building in 2005, in cooperation
with NACO, known as Constellation. The extension consists of a new
2 000 square meter entrance zone with additional retail stores, bars,
and restaurants on the ground floor, a 2 700 square meter extension
of the arrival hall, and 2 700 square meters of offices on the first
floor. The eight-story, 4 550 square meter hotel offers 120 hotel
rooms, a bar, breakfast space, and fitness facilities, as well as a
restaurant and meeting rooms. Vectorworks software was used by
KCAP Architects & Planners mainly in the early design phase.
The possibility of an extension was a part of the original design.
A growth model had been developed in which separate building
elements could be constructed independent of each other, such
as the extension of the terminal, the entrance area, and the hotel.
The growth model is part of the urban development vision for the
Eindhoven Airport in order to transform it into a hub for mobility and
business activity, offering the necessary flexibility to react to future
developments.

Like the pre-existing terminal building, the extension and the new
hotel are characterized by functionality and transparency. The form
and material clearly refer to the techniques and dynamics of the
aviation industry. The terminal was extended an additional 65 meters
as a continuation of the curved roof, the V-columns, and the façade of
steel, glass, and aluminum. The hotel is a solitary building on top of the
departure hall, and its form and position create an orientation point and
a symbolic character for the new ensemble of Eindhoven Airport while
retaining existing qualities such as easy orientation and clear logistics.

GONÇALO NEVES SILVA ARQUITECTOS ASSOCIADOS

PORTUGAL

Gonçalo Neves Silva Arquitectos Associados
Accurate construction, along with exhaustive searches for the

perfect materials for use in each project, are the highlights
of the work done by Gonçalo Neves Silva Arquitectos

Associados. Served by these principles, the office proposes
innovative architectural projects, accompanying the client
from the beginning of the design stages to the end of the

construction work so that each new building can be an
example of strength, comfort, and enjoyment.
www.goncalosilva.pt

All photos and site plan by Gonçalo Neves Silva Arquitectos Associados

Kindergarten in

Atalaia

The Kindergarten in Atalaia is associated with one of the most emblematic monuments of Montijo, the 16th century
Our Lady of Atalaia Church and Sanctuary. With unique, historic surroundings, the new building aims to maintain a
simplicity of form so that the church can retain its prominent role.
For the architects Gonçalo Silva and Nuno Antunes, it is all about the genius loci, the respect for the existing and its
relation to the needs of the new reality. “For us, architecture is a passion, a vocation, a social art, and science. Space,
light, order, simplicity, and clarity of forms are regulatory elements of the way we look at architectural design. Driven
by an ideal of perfection, we listen to the silence of the existing spaces. Our creative philosophy reflects an ongoing
dialogue with reality, with a day-by-day reinterpretation, from the consciousness of the material to the spiritual
needs of our users.”
The innovative use for this space breathes new life into the daily routines of the people of Atalaia, where the present
touches the past without conflict. The new building offers a main façade comprised of a single rectangular design
where only the main entrance stands out: a door of stone from the original church.
The building was kept detached from the church’s south façade, which created a separated area marked by the
presence of the bell tower and delimited between the architectural purity of the church’s façade and the proposed
construction of a sober façade, balanced with vertical openings. This is an example of architecture that is truly
harmonious.

:MLZD AND SOLLBERGER BÖGLI ARCHITEKTEN

SWITZERLAND

Lausanne
Football Stadium

The new football stadium, located north of the city of Lausanne, The Lausanne Football Stadium will be developed in stages, with
marks the transition between the density of the urban fabric and the first beginning in 2015, by moving the Romanel Road to allow
the openness of the countryside. It is the prelude to a new sporting the construction of the football center and athletics facilities. This
infrastructure that will include nine football fields and a facility is the first major achievement of the project “Métamorphose,”
dedicated to athletics. which should be completed in 2017. The football stadium should
With its memorable structure, the stadium is designed as a carrier be completed in 2019, and the business center and the public
of identity and memory. By opening and folding the stadium’s four transportation interface in 2025.
corners, the design takes the cramped situation of the structure’s
perimeter into account. The result is an impressive and distinctive
iconographic expression of a vessel.
On the ground floor, the folded corners reveal a generous and flowing
space dedicated to visitors’ movements around the stadium, as well as
four entrance halls. This creates a covered public space that serves as
an interface between the city and the football stadium. Even from the
outside, one can feel the atmosphere inside the stadium.

:mlzd
Created in 1997 in Bienne, Switzerland, :mlzd is a versatile architectural team that has won over 30 awards at
international competitions and completed more than 40 buildings. :mlzd currently has 30 employees whose
collaborative discussions produce many heterogeneous projects. One characteristic that all of the projects
have in common, however, is the self-assured and highly respectful attitude towards the architectural setting.
:mlzd – for love of detail
www.mlzd.ch
Sollberger Bögli Architekten
The Sollberger Bögli office was founded in 2000 in Biel, Switzerland. In its achievements, this architectural firm
claims a serene authenticity. Its architecture combines context, materials, economy, and functionality but aims
for more; with characteristic shapes and unique ideas, they strive to give rise to emotions.
www.sollbergerboegli.ch

Group photograph, site plan, and ground floor plan by :mlzd and Sollberger Bögli Architekten, renderings by loomn, D-Gütersloh

HOSKINS ARCHITECTS

UK

Mareel
Mareel Cinema and Music Venue, Lerwick Inside the building, the dramatic, double-height foyer and café bar
Hoskins Architects, in collaboration with PJP Architects LLP, won the threaded between the offset auditorium act as sound buffers between
national competition to design Mareel, the UK’s most northerly cinema these acoustically sensitive spaces. The atmosphere of the internal spaces
and music venue, for the Shetland Arts Development Agency. Sitting on has been designed to contrast with the hard, protective outer skin. As
the edge of the historic Hay’s Dock in Lerwick, the capital of Shetland, and visitors progress from the foyer to the café bar to the auditorium, warmer
overlooking the Bressay Sound, the 2 980 square meter building includes materials, such as an exposed, engineered timber structure, European oak
a multi-use auditorium, two cinema screens, a recording studio, rehearsal linings, and fabrics, as well as softer lighting, are gradually added to slow
rooms, creative industry spaces, and a café bar. the pace of movement and create a welcoming atmosphere.
The building’s form reflects the region’s tradition of simple and robust Specially commissioned, light-based art installations, created by Mirrie
forms, typical in such exposed locations, which echoes the materiality of the Dancers with the participation of local residents, have been incorporated
fishing industry buildings dotted along the waterfront. The striking building into the building design. Externally, subtle, colored up-lighting picks up the
sits directly on the stone quay, drawing directly from the heritage of the edges of the folded aluminum skin while internally, specially created lace
traditional merchants’ houses and warehouses built on the water’s edge. patterns have been integrated into the light fixtures in the venue’s public
The angular, aluminum skin wraps around and protects the acoustically areas. The building has been designed to maximize passive solar gains and
sensitive spaces against the extremely hostile local climate. Two large daylight in the main spaces with the foyer and cafe bar oriented toward
“cuts” in the external skin create a protected entrance area and open up the the south and west of the building with service spaces located as much as
interior to an ever-changing view of the sound out across Hay’s Dock. possible on the northern façade.

Hoskins Architects
Founded in Glasgow in 1998, Hoskins Architects is one of the
UK’s leading architectural offices. With studios in Glasgow and
Berlin, Hoskins Architects is involved in a wide range of projects of
almost all sizes and for a wide variety of sectors across the UK and
internationally. From private houses to national public institutions,
the firm strives to produce elegant, well-crafted buildings that
generate a sense of place, belonging to their location and becoming
enjoyable places to live, work, and play.
www.hoskinsarchitects.com

Gareth Hoskins photograph, ©Gillian Hayes; Sarah Mooney photograph ©HA Berlin;
ground floor plan by Hoskins Architects; all other photographs ©Phatsheep Photography

ANTOINE PREDOCK ARCHITECT PC

USA

Antoine Predock photograph and sixth level floor plan by Antoine Predock Architect PC, all other photographs ©Tim Hursley

Gateway
Center & Plaza

Gateway Center and Plaza - University of Minnesota the Mississippi River and Lake Superior. Today, this ancestral bond between
An irregular polyhedron of colliding granite planes is broken by large fissures the people of Minnesota and their environment is physically expressed in
of glass, opening the interior space to the sun and sending refracted light the form of the Gateway Center, which Architect Antoine Predock describes
bouncing off the copper surfaces. This description defines the University of as simultaneously evoking the natural rock faces of the region and the
Minnesota’s Gateway Center and Plaza, which emerges from the earth as more iconic huddle of the Minnesota farmstead. This form is surrounded by a
of an upheaval of material than a distinct structure. The Center occupies a major veritable forest of native plants on the Plaza, including 110 evergreens and
entry point onto the university’s campus and houses a memorial hall, as well as 178 hardwood trees that can all be found within the state, making the entire
offices for departments like the Alumni Association and the Board of Regents. complex a Minnesota in miniature.
And while the functions of the space are integral to the school, the building’s The Center also connects the region’s rich past to the university’s history.
true importance comes from its symbolic ties to the culture of the American Built where the school’s stadium once stood, the building features a salvaged
Midwest. 16 meter tall “Memorial Arch,” which now hangs from one of the Center’s
The word “Minnesota” comes from the Native American Dakota tribe’s word interior polyhedral facets and marks the entrance to the facility’s Heritage
for “clear blue water,” and the surrounding area was settled by colonial Gallery. The arch now acts as a literal gateway to the past, connecting the
traders because of its advantageous position along the waterways between bygone days of Minnesota’s past to the Gateway Center and future generations.

Antoine Predock Architect PC
From the Rome Prize to the AIA Gold Medal, New Mexico-based Antoine Predock Architect
PC has graced the design industry with five decades of award-winning work. Its founder,
Antoine Predock, interprets architecture as a ride — a journey toward the unexpected.
Inspired by his love of human motion through his involvement with dance, and mechanical
motion through his passion for motorcycles, Predock views the physical and intellectual
experience of design as a choreographed event. Thus, his buildings function as a procession
of movement, and as an accumulation of perceived and experienced vantage points unique
to each observer.
www.predock.com

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