Apicorp Housing Project, Saudi Arabia, Asia
Year 1980 latitude: 26° 21' longitude: 50° 12' Period Initiator(s) Apicorp (Arab Petroleum Corporation) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Studio Nervi Inhabitants Target population Town website Town related links http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=398 Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Pyramid shaped housing blocks with spectacular concrete detailing!!! Hybrid of a pyramid and a housingblock. Build as an independent and self-sufficient housing unit. It contains swimming pool, sport pavilion, television center, and other facilities that are a bit above the bare necessities of living. The client is the Arab Petrol Corporation and was probably intended for the employees source: http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=398
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