OMA es un estudio de arquitectura y urbanismo de renombre internacional dirigido por ocho socios: Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, Jason Long y el socio-arquitecto David Gianotten. Con oficinas en Rotterdam, Nueva York, Hong Kong, Doha y Australia, el estudio ha realizado numerosos proyectos de gran envergadura, como la Torre de la Estación de Toranomon Hills, el Centro de Artes Escénicas de Taipei y la Fondazione Prada de Milán. El estudio de investigación y diseño de OMA, AMO, colabora con clientes de diversos campos para aplicar el pensamiento arquitectónico a distintos ámbitos.
El Centro de Artes Escénicas de Taipei fue galardonado con el premio al "Edificio Teatral del Año" y el premio al "Edificio del Año" como ganador del jurado en los Premios Archello 2023.
Con su excepcional enfoque de la arquitectura y el urbanismo, OMA se ha asegurado el cuarto puesto entre los 100 mejores estudios de arquitectura del mundo según Archello.
He aquí cinco proyectos clave que definen el estudio:
1. Taipei Performing Arts Center
OMA reimagina los teatros públicos como espacios inclusivos para todos: intelectuales y población en general, creativos y sociales. El Centro de Artes Escénicas de Taipei, situado en el bullicioso Mercado Nocturno de Shilin, en Taipei, es un ejemplo de arquitectura en el limbo: específica pero adaptable, imperturbable pero prominente e icónica sin ser concebida como tal. Este hito cultural de 59.000 metros cuadrados tiene una forma inusual, con tres espacios escénicos: un Globe Playhouse de 800 localidades, un Grand Theater de 1.500 localidades y un Blue Box de 800 localidades, que sobresalen de un núcleo cuboidal que alberga espacios públicos e instalaciones de apoyo.
2. Toranomon Hills Station Tower
The Toranomon Hills Station Tower is OMA's first ground-up high-rise in Tokyo and the largest constructed project to date. The 49-story mixed-use tower is the last phase of Mori Building's plan to develop Toranomon Hills and central Tokyo into a growing hub for global business centres. The form results from extending Shintora-dori Avenue's axis, thereby emphasizing its role as a public space that serves as a focal point for various social activities. Establishing a dense interface within the immediate urban context by connecting it to the city, it features a sizable public base that links to the new Tokyo Metro Station tower, a brightly lit station atrium, a retail concourse, and a cultural centre called the Tokyo Node, situated at the top.
The new building for the Axel Springer Campus in Berlin marks the company's transition from print to digital media. As a symbolic representation of this change, a 45-meter high, light-filled atrium diagonally separates the structure into multiple sections. Thirteen bridges and ten terraced floors in the valley below aim to inspire "physical encounters in the digital age." With 52,000 square meters of office space housing over 3,000 workers, the building stands out for its transparent and open architecture.
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