The industry website designboom has published an article entitled Inside Albania’s Creative Construction Boom, Through the Eyes of Global Architects, featuring some projects by the firm Stefano Boeri Architetti, including Blloku Cube.
The article focuses on real estate development and new architecture in the Albanian capital, some of which has been designed by internationally renowned firms, including Stefano Boeri Architetti, MVRDV, Christian Kerez, Oppenheim Architecture, and Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.
Within this context, several completed projects are presented, including Blloku Cube, a multifunctional building developed in the Bllok district, at the intersection of the highly central streets Rruga Pjeter Bogdani and Rruga Vaso Pasha.
In plan, the building is characterized by a square footprint measuring 30 by 30 meters, generating a proto-cubic block that is “cut” with a cantilever at ground level on the sides facing the street intersection to the northwest.
A second defining element is the complex double-skin façade system: a vibrant three-dimensional mosaic composed of metal sheets with subtle variations in color and transparency. At the same time, the double-skin system significantly improves the building’s thermal performance by regulating direct sunlight according to the orientation of the incident rays and the functional use of the various interior spaces.
To read the full article:
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/inside-albania-creative-construction-boom-eyes-global-architects-stefano-boeri-mvrdv-oppenheim-architecture-bofill-christian-kerez-interview/