Paris studio LAN Architecture has created a collection of ice cream-coloured buildings called Nolistra in Strasbourg, France, which are set around a communal garden.
The buildings are each different colours, ranging from dark, greyish blue to pale pistachio green and bubblegum pink. Nolistra sits on an «urban island» that is hemmed in by two roads, in-between Strasbourg’s historical district and a 1960s expansion of the borough.
In order to create an identity for the development, which has housing units as well as commercial space, a hotel and offices, the studio looked to the surroundings colourful buildings.
«From the beginning of the project we were searching for a form and strategy that could express continuity and at the same time a strong identity in itself «, — Umberto Napolitano, Local Architecture Network (LAN) Architecture co-founder has said.
«We tried to use what the city already offered us, and Strasbourg is a city that is extremely defined by the colours», — Napolitano has explained.
«The idea was to use colour as a tool that could express continuity with the elements that were already there”,— he has said.
The residential part of the development comprises 178 apartments spread over six of the buildings, including a dark-blue 18-storey tower. Another building will hold a hotel and the last block will house office spaces.
All the blocks are united with a repetitive facade design that features symmetrical set-back windows grouped in sets of four.
The Nolistra city block sits around a communal garden and the buildings also feature roof terraces.
Source: www.dezeen.com