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Building: Red Sol Resort
Location: Dhërmi, Albania
Size: 12,750 sqm
Completion: 2025
Owner: Spiro Bardhi
General Contractor: Drymades Gallery
Design Architect: Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Executive Architect: ARQUEHA
Technical Consultant: SOCOTEC
Technical Design: Barbara Gimeno
Landscape Design: Vivian Rotie

AE Interests: Grid-based layout to accommodate to the topography of the site; labyrinthine network of outdoor staircases, bridges, and walkways to promote community; sequence of identical squares that shift in volume by varying in height.

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Building: Saint Teresa Sanctuary
Location: Tirana, Albania
Completion: 2023 – On going
Size: 18,600 sqm
Client: Government of Albania
Design Architect: Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Design Principal: Hernan Cortez
Landscape Designer: Vivian Rotie

AE Interests: Reinforce concrete applied for durability and seismic resistance, the tall bell tower acts as a shear core resisting lateral loads; the topography required soil stabilization, bearing capacity, and retaining walls; cross-shaped plan allows cross ventilation; tiered drains and permeable paving use in gardens.

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