Rafidain Bank in Sheikh Omar

Notes

This building is set in an area bustling with noise and activity. The architect reuses elements he deployed in similar projects for the Rafidain Bank buildings in Al-Salhiya and Mansour, brick walls delineating the structure and white panels with diverse openings. Here Chadirji dials up the stochastic nature of the composition as a freer and more playful intuitive approach is adopted. On the facade, the brick walls appear with different heights. White panels of diverse dimensions hang of the facade and are framed with rectilinear and/or semi-circular cuts.

Sources

Chadirji, Rifaat, Al-Ukhaider and the Crystal Palace, London: Riad El-Rayyes Books Ltd, 1991, p. 411

Chadirji Foundation for Architecture and Society

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