Day #38 | The Office of The future...

Following my visit to the 3d printed building at the footprint of Emirates Tower, I sat and wrote a reflected architectural description of how I personally felt towards the building and the impact it had on my thinking process. Here's a preview:

"THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE . EMIRATES TOWERS FOOTPRINT. DUBAI

I recently parked and walked towards the new white structures on the footprint of the Emirates Towers. The continuous curved lines (made from a mixture of cement and other material aggregates) forming the organic edges of these structures make a distinct contrast to the glass and steel, geometric regularity of the imposing Emirates Towers beyond.

The 'Office of the Future' was inaugurated in May 2016 as the world's first full scale 3D printed building. As the oculus-shaped structures are recessed into greenery to the front with a vertical garden to the rear it makes one hope that the workspaces of our future will return us to nature.

As I approached the building for the first time I thought of the infinite possibilities opened up by this technological achievement and imagined designing, printing and producing my own office precisely where I might choose and I appreciated a tranquil sense that this building might really shape a new vision for the work-life balance of people everywhere."

Photo © Aya Hurbli