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SPACIS
Golden Cube Model

SPACIS

Model showing the layered facade and the floating golden cube of the upper SPCS public galleriesModel showing the layered facade and the floating golden cube of the upper SPCS public galleriesModel showing the layered facade and the floating golden cube of the upper SPCS public galleriesModel showing the layered facade and the floating golden cube of the upper SPCS public galleries
Model showing the layered facade and the floating golden cube of the upper SPCS public galleries

The gold exhibition cube floats independent above the lobby and public paths. A screen mesh obscures the reading of the gold during the day while fading away and revealing the cube only at night.

Model showing the layered facade and the floating golden cube of the upper SPCS public galleries

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QTCT is tasked to blend these two identities onto one site—a give and take relationship between beach ambitions and urban necessities. QTCT is a sampling of two worlds: on one hand it is the embodiment of the language of the beach and on the other it is a detailed and exacting built urban space.
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