Kaiserstraße is a brand new residential constructing presently below development in Blumenau, Brazil. The venture is designed by Alencar Arquitetura and goals to harness connections between residents and the pure world.
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The venture’s identify displays the German colonial influences of town of Blumenau. The truth is, the identify derives from the road on which it’s based mostly, which was previously often known as Kaiserstraße, or “The Emperor’s Avenue.” The constructing’s design appreciates town’s wealthy historical past whereas reflecting its path to innovation and modernity.
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On the bottom stage, the constructing is solely 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 dwell in with out coming into the personal areas. They expertise materiality of various textures, notably the distinction of uncovered concrete and pure vegetation. This provides the venture a contemporary really feel, while invoking a connection to nature. Furthermore, the constructing contains a stepped design with terraces that overlook town. By way of the constructing’s kind, the designers ensured that every stage would obtain copious quantities of sunshine and pure airflow.
Every condo options balconies with a non-public pool and plush gardens. This vegetation enhances biodiversity within the neighborhood and the realm general. Moreover, these terrace gardens create a microclimate on each stage that mitigates the city warmth island impact. This impact happens when infrastructure, similar to buildings or roads, replaces greenery and land cowl in city areas. The infrastructure tends to soak up and re-emit numerous warmth, which ends up in pockets of warmth known as “warmth islands.”
Moreover its residential areas, the constructing contains facilities for interplay and recreation. These embody a fitness center, a toy library and a big personal backyard for residents, which contains a playground and out of doors culinary house.
Due to its stunning, environmentally-friendly design, Kaiserstraße has turn into internationally acknowledged and has turn into the primary constructing within the metropolis of Blumenau to win an Architizer Award. The venture obtained the award within the residential class for condo buildings with lower than 10 flooring.
Kaiserstraße’s development is underway and can end in 2024. The constructing will improve the realm by contributing an modern, sustainable house to the city cloth.
Photos through Alencar Arquitetura
