The pit lane facility is huge. Its so big that the track at time goes through the building. I asked myself if this was an appropriate use of the site. Was this building the way things were going to look in the future, and I'm hopefully right when I say that it will mostly likely not.
The flashy exterior of this building may be an artistic interpretation of Islamic art, traditional architecture and a modern concept of movement and speed according to Asymptote Architecture, but I fail to see how this building relates to the site, the ideas behind motor racing and the people the have a passion for motor sport.
The buildings acted upon functionality and lacked any sense of character, identity and a form that does not reflected the sport that was being undertaken.
We, as architects in training, are taught to read and respond to the built environment to gain a better understand of how we, as human exist. Our job is to define the way in which people, the user, interact within, outside and around the building, then use this information to refine a design into a pragmatic figure that is a reflection of the users needs. So can I understand this building?
The answer is no.
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