the jewel box building by SDeG

‘the jewel box building’ by SDeGimage © SDeG

conceived to retail precious stones, and accommodate administrative offices, ‘the jewel box’ by SDeG takes form through a program of the geometries of crystals. a series of design processes then dictate the malleability of the facades – its first inferences stemmed from raw crystal and its highly fractured attributes.

by rationalizing the facets through several stages of refinement, a perceptible relationship between fenestration and the internal functions are created. the exterior ‘bevels’ aspire to camouflage this relationship and become many parts of a homogeneous whole. the ‘beveled’ façade is 75mm thick, cast-in situ using ferroconcrete technology and light enough to be hung off the main RC structure. through-out the interior, a variety of edge conditions are created with the same effect – with each floor receiving a different set of views – of the immediate and distant context.

image © SDeG

image © SDeG

image © SDeG

image © SDeG

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