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MCLAREN CAR SHOWROOM

ARCHITECTURE A PROPOSAL IN SITRA- KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
PRODUCED DURING
TRAINING & UNI-
VERSITY STUDIES WHEN A SIMPLE EXHIBITION IS NOT ENOUGH...

FOR MORE DETAILS Due to the existing indicating how strong
ABOUT THE PROJECTS situation where one yet elegant the car was,
PLEASE REFER TO THE
AUTHOR of the most decorat- how pure yet flowing
ed car brands is being like product was. The
‘trapped’ inside a mall, building was shaped to
the need to evoke peo- match the surround-
ple’s mind about sports ing environment, the
car is a must. McLaren sea, the industrial area
car brand is well known and the nearby sur-
for its fine high-end roundings. Therefore,
sports car and there- a flowing like element
fore, the project out- was a must. The project
come is a reflection of also contains a service
the hidden message of center where a func-
the company as well as tional building from the
a representative of its inside yet a very neat
values and visions. The and aesthetic exterior
project idea came from facade was indeed a
the McLaren car design challenging task to com-
itself where the quality plete. With more than
of a product depends 20,000 squared meter
on the smallest detail overall total area, the
possible. In this case, complex is indeed wor-
this detail relay on the thy of a luxurious car
question of how to il- brand.
lustrate the car brand
into a building’s form
and geometry. There-
fore the results were