Foreign Office Architects

The work of FOA was discussed with a few of you: some with regard to the seminal Yokahama Ferry Terminal (Emma and others) with regard to creating fluid space that transitions between levels.  

With others I talked about their geometric facades and use of patterning with a a view to creating properly parametric facades.  It is interesting how the pattern repeats and seems to reference things like Islamic tiling patterns and designs which are intricate and have a complex way of arraying themselves.

Spanish Pavilion:

Ravensbourne College (next to 02 arena)

A more kinetic version of this idea of parametricism is found  in their housing scheme where the facade is reconfigurable by the occupants, creating a dynamism with the street and and an honest expression of the building's use:

Housing, (Spain I think)