The Pharrell Williams Research Center in Virginia Beach has to be one of the most innovative and brilliant ideas of 2011. Pharrell Williams has teamed up with Oppenheim Architecture + Design to create an afterschool center in Pharrell's hometown, keen on helping kids with their studies and propelling their creativity, in order to devolop young entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Pharrell and Oppenheim met at Art Basel in 2008, with a similar vision: they wanted to make the world a better place. The young entrepreneur explains:
"I believe the architecture of a building says a lot about its soul and I wanted a building for the center that makes a statement to the world and the kids, something that will stand as a monument of optimism, and felt Chad was the only architect that could capture that. We want the building to look like something out of the future, so it will inspire the kids in it to aspire to greater things."
Look forward to hearing more about this project in the future. The Pharrell Williams Research Center is projected for completion in 2013.
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