Kaiserstraße is a brand new residential constructing at the moment underneath development in Blumenau, Brazil. The challenge is designed by Alencar Arquitetura and goals to harness connections between residents and the pure world.
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The challenge’s title displays the German colonial influences of the town of Blumenau. In actual fact, the title derives from the road on which it’s primarily based, which was previously often called Kaiserstraße, or “The Emperor’s Avenue.” The constructing’s design appreciates the town’s wealthy historical past whereas reflecting its path to innovation and modernity.
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On the bottom stage, the constructing is totally open. This permits for public entry the place pedestrians can work together. Guests get to expertise the constructing and get a really feel for what the constructing is prefer to reside in with out getting into the non-public areas. They expertise materiality of various textures, notably the distinction of uncovered concrete and pure vegetation. This offers the challenge a contemporary really feel, while invoking a connection to nature. Furthermore, the constructing encompasses a stepped design with terraces that overlook the town. By the constructing’s kind, the designers ensured that every stage would obtain copious quantities of sunshine and pure airflow.
Every residence options balconies with a non-public pool and luxurious gardens. This vegetation enhances biodiversity within the neighborhood and the world general. Moreover, these terrace gardens create a microclimate on each stage that mitigates the city warmth island impact. This impact happens when infrastructure, akin to buildings or roads, replaces greenery and land cowl in city areas. The infrastructure tends to soak up and re-emit quite a lot of warmth, which leads to pockets of warmth referred to as “warmth islands.”
Moreover its residential areas, the constructing contains facilities for interplay and recreation. These embrace a gymnasium, a toy library and a big non-public backyard for residents, which encompasses a playground and outside culinary area.
Due to its stunning, environmentally-friendly design, Kaiserstraße has develop into internationally acknowledged and has develop into the primary constructing within the metropolis of Blumenau to win an Architizer Award. The challenge obtained the award within the residential class for residence buildings with lower than 10 flooring.
Kaiserstraße’s development is underway and can end in 2024. The constructing will improve the world by contributing an progressive, sustainable area to the city material.
Photos through Alencar Arquitetura