Hasta La Ideas

Completed in 2010, the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University in Providence, RI plays with levels and divisions. The building has 10 floors, or rather 5 floors and 5 floors, each alternating by half a floor. This shift is visible from the front, such that half of the building is visibly taller than the other half.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the Center’s exterior shell are the pinched walls on either side that really distort one’s depth perception of the building. The walls also seem like playful window blinds, with bits of glass peeking out of the corners.

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