Idrees Rasouli

Design and Urban Innovation


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  1. SSE HQ
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  3. Jebel al-Jais
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  5. Qatar Library
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  8. Aspire Zone
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  1. GATEway 2030
  2. Child’s Playground
  3. World of Hope
  4. Ford Autonomous
  5. Peace Garden
  6. Celebrating Life
  7. Mangai
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  10. Tokyo Social Software
  11. Microkinetics
  12. Beyond Grey
  13. Future Mill Road
  14. Digital Preparation
  15. Decolonised Innovation


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  1. Artefacts
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  9. Urban Justice
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  1. Rethinking Creativity
  2. Repositioning the Art School
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  1. Post-Disaster Social Regeneration
  2. Disaster Recovery by Design
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  6. Designing Under Extreme Resource Constraints


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  1. The Architecture of Money
  2. The Six Realities
  3. Reduced Inequalities
  4. Resilience Through Design
  5. Is the Future Inclusive?
  6. The Thinking City
  7. AI and Creativity
  8. Technology for Social Good
  9. Tradition vs. Innovation
  10. Rethinking Civic Engagement



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Mark

Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Building, Interior, and Signage Design





— Representing the Stock Market —


Context & Location.


Design Concept & Programme.


> It is not a trading arena with offices, but an office with virtual organs that suggest and illustrate the process of the market. A floating base lifted by the same speculative euphoria that drives the market, vastly increases its exposure. In its elevated position, it can 'broadcast' the activities of the stock market to the entire city. The ground can be used as a covered urban plaza and space for public events.


Street View.
Podium Section.

Listing Hall in the Podium.
Podium Exterior View.

Section.
Facade Testing.
Facade Scale Prototype.


Interior Concept.

Plan Diagrams & Materials.
Section Diagrams & Materials.

Lobby & East Atrium.
Podium Halls & Offices.

Tower Offices.

Private Lobby.
Public Lobby.

Lecture Hall.


Atrium Elevator Elevation.


Company Listing Area.

Visting Gallery.

Ceremonial Lobby.


Signage Concept.


> A system of extreme simplicity and dignity. The reduced nature of the form allows information, both static and dynamic, to be foregrounded. The reserved material and colour, and the high level of craftsmanship, signify a certain self-assurance and institutional presence. The cool, minimal wayfinding and signing elements are counterpoints to the exhilaration of the architecture and texture of the landscape, whilst the understated form and typography allow the system to work in all the diverse environments and afford maximum legibility.


Building Occupants.
Entrances and Exits.

Executive Sequence.
Visitor Sequence.

Personnel Sequence.
Tenant Sequence.

Floating Elements.
Detached Surface.
Surface and Material.

Neutral Typeface.
Led Dot Matrix.

Form.
Elements.

Lobby.

Anchor.
Informal Information.

Formal Reception.
Interior Direction.
Glass Embedded.


Organisation + [Credits]
OMA/Rem Koolhaas, [OMA + 2x4]

Role + [Team Size]
Architectural Designer, [8]

Date + [Duration of Involvement]
2008, [12 months]

Client + [Project Location]
Shenzhen Stock Exchange, [Shenzhen, China]

Status + [Project Type]
Built, [Design Concept, Detail & Production]

Brief + [Challenge]
Representing the Stock Market, [New Office Typology]



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