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“The Faena Forum revives a Miami idea of
architecture as playful sculptural expression,
as much about appearance as usefulness.”
-The Financial Times
The 50,000-square-foot center was inspired by the Pantheon in
Rome. The 40-foot dome features a spiraling walkway connecting
the ground floor to its central glazed oculus, and is connected to
a cube that takes its inspiration from the Buenos Aires’ Teatro
Colón, the historical opera house. The series of flexible spaces
formed by interlocking cylindrical and cuboidal volumes provide
for a range of space for projects, commissions, performances and
events.
Ximena Caminos, artistic director of the Faena Forum, has an
agenda that aims at breaking taboos, and providing interactive
cross-genre activities including such novelties as roller skating
and art, and providing an incubator and exhibition space for
“cultural turbulence.”
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