Urban Heat is equally at home at a punk house with a shaky foundation as it is at a swanky South by Southwest party, and Horstmann was not afraid to tell the crowd to come closer. Luckily, Urban Heat is not the sort of group who will let you forget about them, thanks to its goth cowboy aesthetic and edgy electronic, post-punk dance sound.įrontman and bandleader Jonathan Horstmann oozed charisma, mixing svelte goth romance with a fiery Texas edge. With so many bands (and brands) coming to town this week, it can be challenging for Austin locals to get any attention. Attendees enjoyed tacos, signature cocktails, and lit up vintage arcade games in separate area amid a creatively designed indoor/outdoor setup, with lines for entry snaking around the building. A light that seeks a space.The stage inside the Pershing last night (March 15) in Austin, Tx., may have been small, but the buzz was loud during performances by Blondshell, Urban Heat, and Robot Sunrise as part of SPIN’s Five Worlds party at South by Southwest, sponsored by Diageo. This is how architecture is born- out of the poetic dream and the real needs of people. A symbol of freedom, a sign of connectivity in front of the horizon.
Together with the unique signs of the local culture, its dances, its colors, its art.Īll of which, became my roots of inspiration, a starting point for a new evolution, a new architectural expression by answering to the most important question- what does this place dream to be? Spaces and volumes that dance with light and color.
The research and analysis brought amazing insights on the island's beauty, its fauna, its nature. Its goal is to bring others into the same state of inspiration, meet their psychological and spiritual needs, make their soul dance of joy and wonder! As I started this project, I understood it needs to reflect a local spirit, a local quality that dreams to become a space for all 3 million people of the Santo Domingo metropolitan area a focal point, an icon that represents them. “Dynamic architecture begins in the creator's mind and spirit. A sky restaurant with its small garden for eco-farming. The main functions of the project, as introduced in both towers, are hotels, offices, a variety of residential apartments between 60-165 sqm. The project includes 6 underground floors for parking space in this dense downtown area- introducing 1500 new parking spaces. On its roof, the commercial area is an urban farming space, with pop up events and a small forest of the islands fauna inside of it. The ground level is a 10,000 sqm dynamic complex, expressing the curves and motions of a dance, the local colors as façade textures and materials, and incorporates local products, local art, design and fashion functions, music and dancing events inside that center. On the ground level and 1 st floor, are all dedicated to cultural events, with the wish to bring back nature and culture back to the downtown center area, where the project is located- on the AV. It contains a main façade- opening up with balconies and vegetation, rising from the ground level open garden, up to the sky garden- roof top restaurant and viewpoint to the island. The other tower is a 25-floor building, opposing as a stable partner, emphasizing the differences and the tension between them.
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The Architectural Merengue of spaces and volumes trying to imitate a free dance, made by two towers- The main one a 40-floor dynamic building- as a dancer, expanding with its "dress" towards the ground level and connecting all spaces with its spirit and soul, with its traditional colors and textures. This Project was born out of the interpretation of local signs and symbols.
The Dancing space, a dynamic urban development complex in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The project represents the expression of dynamic architecture creating tension and volumes in motion. It is inspired by the local folk dance- the Merengue, and the local tradition signs and symbols such as the colors, nature, and art. Moshe Katz Architect: The Dancing space project in Santo Domingo is a mixed-use urban development complex made of two main towers (25 and 40 floors), serving as hotels, offices, apartments and public green roof with restaurants and a sky garden.
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