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No one escapes from Le Corbusier’s “raising Ramp-trend” Richard Meier , Oscar Niemeyer, Snohetta, Jean Nouvel ….

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 29, 2012 by eliinbar

from  Eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2012- Le Corbusier’s “raising Ramp-trend”

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Happy to be back after a long and challenging vacation….

In this post I will share with you a new “Conscious Inspiration” story….

The Story of the”Raising Ramp Trend”.

As always….
I’ll be brief in presenting the historical background of the “Raising Ramp”
The Full story is complex and long….(I may write more about it in the book I will publish before my retirement….)

The “Raising Ramp” planning component highlighting the building’s entrance….
And suggests the main traffic strategy inside the building

The interesting and significant chapter in this story begins with a project designed by Le Corbusier in the sixties.

The Carpenter Center for Visual Arts built at 1963 in the Harvard University, shown in the image below.

Le Corbusier’s Carpenter Center forVisual Arts

Harvard University Cambridge

Massachusetts 1963

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Richard Meier a contemporary recognized and influential Architect, frequently uses the principle of the ”Raising Ramp” in several of his buildings .

Le Corbusier unique style is recognized as Richard Meier ”inspiration sources”,  from the time Richard Meier was still part of a group called “The New York Five” in the seventies.

The High Museum of Art designed and built by Richard Meier  in 1983 shown in the image below,  is a relevant example.

Richard Meier Architect

High Museum of Art

Atlanta – Georgia , U.S  1983 

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Architect Oscar Niemeyer of  Corbusier’s generation,  is still designing
contemporary architectural, using the principle of the “Raising Ramp”

An example of this, see the image below of the Art  Museum Niterói designed by Oscar Niemeyer  in the nineties.

Oscar Niemeyer Architect

Contemporary Art Museum Niterói

Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, completed in 1996.

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Another example from the beginning of the decade
Is a the Oslo Opera House designed by the Snohetta Architectural firm.

The unique design of the Oslo Opera House is a good example of implementing the principals of the “conscious inspiration method”

Snohetta took the design principle of “Raising Ramp” a step forward….

They gave a new interpretation to the idea of of the “Raising Ramp”

You are invited to visit my relevant post with more examples of the
“buildings that Invite the public to climb on them”

Snohetta Architects

Oslo Opera House

2004-2007

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Finally, three buildings recently designed according to the “conscious inspiration principles” ….
they all implement , in a creative way, Le Corbusier’s “Raising Ramp”

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Jean Nouvel  Architect

La Philharmonie de Paris

Designed for a Competition  2007 , now under construction

Note  the entrance ramp

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C. F. Møller Architects

Children’s House

Odense Denmark    2010

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gmp architekten

Hangzhou  south railway station

china ,competition: 2011–1st prize

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Mercedes-Benz,BMW and Porsche , architectural statement.

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2012 by eliinbar

Recently I had the occasion to visit three new museums in southern Germany.

The museums show the history of three car manufacturers in Germany, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and BMW.
The design of the three museums reflects current architectural trends.
It will be interesting to trace the sources of their inspiration…. I’ll introduce you my thoughts,  in future posts.

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My younger son who accompanied me , is a big fond of cars
and recently showing troubling signs that he is also interested in architecture…..

Here is his reasoned summary that sums up the visit in the three museums,

“Mercedes-Benz museum exterior transmit power, but the cars Display is less clear”.

“Museum BMW is a box of surprises…. From the outside it looks like an old-fashioned office building, and inside display is a sequence of Surprising spaces” …. 

“Porsche Museum is a contemporary structure,Its interior is designed in a manner which allows orienting. It is an experiential and fun space”.

  

Here are the museums pictures  (pictures were taken with Iphone)
enjoy….

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Mercedes-Benz museum ,UN Studio Architects ,Stuttgart, Germany 2006

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BMW Museum ,Atelier Brückner Architects , Munich Germany 2008

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Porsche Museum, Architects - Delugan Meissl Associated Stuttgart, Germany, completed in 2008

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Are Issey Miyake’s pleats, the Inspiration Sources of Zaha Hadid ,Grimshaw and Sinclair,Knight & Merz?

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on March 14, 2012 by eliinbar
I do not often present to you the  inspirational relationship between different design areas(Fashion,Jewelry,Product Design,Design cars, etc.).

Currently I visited with my youngest son the “Geneva Motor Show”.

It was an interesting opportunity for me to examine
the sources of  inspiration of the Cars industry.

And I learned  that it happens in a similar manner  like in architecture….

I’ll write a post about it soon….

In this post I’ll check,
Are architects  inspired from the fashion world?

I apologize I did not attach a sketch….
Soon I’ll be back from my vacation.

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Grimshaw Architects

Garibaldi  Exhibition Building

Milan Italy Competition won: 2006

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Zaha Hadid Architects

The Burnham Pavilion, temporary pavilion to house multimedia installation

in Chicago  Published : August 2009

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 Sinclair, Knight, Merz Architects

London 2012 Basketball Arena

published June 2011

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Notice to the recurring themes of the three structures shown in the images above ….their fabric skins wrapped tightly around a metal frame, inspired by the fashion  industry Pleats.

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In the image above a typical example of a purse inspired by the Pleats

(Clearly reflected in Grimshaw’s  Garibaldi Exhibition Building)

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“Epilogue”

Issey Miyake Fashion Designer was born in Hiroshima , Japanin 1938.

Miyake’s basic tenets for making clothes has always been the idea of creating a garment from ‘one piece of cloth’,

And the exploration of the space between the human body and the cloth that covers it.

His approach to design has always been to strike a consistent balance between tradition and innovation, handcrafts and new technology.

“Minaret” Dress by Issey Miyake

Look at the image above demonstrating Issey Miyake’s Interpretation to a rad-ical but eminently practical and universal form of contemporary clothing that combines technology, functionality and beauty. 


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Are Issey Miyake’s unique designs
the sources of inspiration for  Zaha Hadid , Grimshaw Architects and Sinclair, Knight ,Merz?

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant post:

 Zaha Hadid & Grimshaw Architects, wrapped softly….

 http://archidialog.com/2012/01/30/zaha-hadid-gri…wrapped-softly/ ‎

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Frank Gehry’s Strategies “How do I get some Sky in there?”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2012 by eliinbar

From  eliinbar’s sketchbook 2012 - Frank Gehry’s Strategies

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Frank Gehry was asked. “How do you get some sky to your buildings?” And his answer was “I don’t know what I do, I just “punch” a few holes here and there and….. somehow they end up being in the right place”.

From arc space.com: 

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In this post I will try to learn from Frank Gehry what are his varied -strategies to get “some sky” into his buildings….

Notice that Gehry puts “sky” into his buildings rather than “open holes in walls” to let light and air penetrate his buildings”.

I will cover only a small part of Gehry’s variety of strategies.

To be continued in my next posts….

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1.The strategy of the ”Invasive prisms“

 Model of Gehry’s

unbuilt design for the Familian Residence

inSanta Monica,California, 1978

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Frank Gehry’s house

  Santa Monica, 

California 1978

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2. The strategy of the “pile of boxes“

Frank Gehry Architect

working model of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi 2007

 courtesy of  hoss gifford

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Frank Gehry Architect

 Public Library Hollywood Branch

 USA  1983–1986

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3.The strategy of the “perforated veil“ 

 Frank Gehry Architect

Cleveland Clinic ,Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

completed  2010

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You are invited to visit my previous posts dealing with “walls with holes”

 Le Corbusier & SANAA  “walls with holes”

http://archidialog.com/2011/02/11

 The “Conscious Inspiration Chain” strikes again

 http://archidialog.com/2011/04/08

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John Hejduk , Aldo van Eyck, SANAA and the “Perfect Floor Plan”.

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 24, 2012 by eliinbar

eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2012  The  “perfect floor plan”.

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I invite you all

Even if you are not trained in reading architectural plans

To delve into the example shown in this post.

An unusual example illustrating the processes of “Conscious Inspiration”.

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This post is telling the story of an Inspiring floor plan designed by John Hejduk.

An Architect who was a contemporary theorists and a researcher more than a builder…. And on a personal note…. My inspiration for making architectural sketches….

Hejduk was the Legendary Dean of the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture  from 1972 to 2000.

Generations of architects were inspired by his Sketches and theoretical architectural projects.

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The following image is Hejduk’s  floor plan for a utopian”Diamond House”

Hejduk’s floor plan for the “Diamond House” is an inspiring struggle with the endless search for the “perfect floor plan”.

A floor plan with the exact relationship between the main floor areas , and the” left over spaces” in-between.

 John Hejduk

 ”Diamond Houses”

1950-60

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Five years later the inspiring and unique architect, Aldo van Eyck, contributes to world architectural heritage, his interpretation to the     ” perfect floor plan”.

The Sonsbeek’s Pavilion. Floor plan

Aldo van Eyck Architect

 Sonsbeek Pavilion

 1965-1966

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A calculated guess …. Aldo van Eyck’s inspiration source is  Hejduk’s “Diamond House” floor plan. 

Note the similar strategy in both floor plans

1. Explicit formal selection of building envelope, rhombus regular polygon and perfect circle.

2. The decision to crate leftover spaces braided between the exterior envelope and the floor plan’s central main mass.

3. The choice of the curving interior walls.

4. The Choice of the orthogonal  arrangement .

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Look at the next two floor plan images….

Almost 40 years later the SANAA architecture firm designs  unique floor plans for the 21st Century Museum in Japan and the Glass Pavilion in Toledo, Ohio, they implement the same design principals John Hejduk and Aldo van Eyck implemented in their designs 40 years ago …

SANAA Architects

21st Century Museum Kanazawa

Japan 2005

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SANAA Architects azuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa

Glass Pavilion in the Museum of Art

Toledo, Ohio   Opening: 2006

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Do the “Conscious inspiration effect” strikes the second time?

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Epilogue

What are Constructivist teaching methods? (Conscious Inspiration Method”) 

1. Constructivist teaching theoretical framework holds that learning always builds upon knowledge that we already know.

2. Constructivist learning theory says that all knowledge is constructed from a base of prior knowledge.

3. Constructivists suggest that learning is more effective when we are actively engaged in the learning process.

4. We learn how to learn, by giving the training to take initiative from our own learning experiences.

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You are invited to visit my previous posts dealing with the  ”perfect floor plan”:

SANAA & Aldo van Eyck  “wheels of Heaven”, “the Generating Plan”, “Conscious Inspiration”

http://archidialog.com/2011/09/18/

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SANAA , “the Generating Plan”, “Conscious Inspiration” 2

http://archidialog.com/2011/09/25

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The New “Multi Style BuildingsTrend” – Herzog-De-Meuron & Jean Nouvel & Dominique Perrault & Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 19, 2012 by eliinbar

eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2012 - “Multi Style Buildings Trend”

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From time to time I present in my blog new architectural trends.

This time, I recognize a new trend that I call it “Multiple style buildings”.

Buildings designed by one architect divided into several parts.

Each part of the building is characterized by a different architectural style.( materials, different morphology, the building envelope, the building openings etc.)

Recently were completed several buildings, designed by leading architects that are compatible with the new trend.

I wonder if in the near future we will meet more buildings designed like the new trend?

Are they going to look more like “Copy Paste design” or  they will be designed in accordance to the principles of “Conscious Inspiration” ?

Here are some recent examples of the new trend….

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Jean Nouvel Architect

C1 tower  Boulogne-Billancourt

France 2008-2011

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Herzog-de-Meuron  Architects

 Elbphilharmonie concert hall, which is currently under construction

 in Hamburg and due for completion in 2013

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Massimiliano-Doriana-Fuksas Architects

 Lyon confluence-housing , Lyon

France 2011

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 Dominique Perrault Architect

 ’la liberte’ Apartment Building

 groningen, the netherlands 2011

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You are invited to visit my previous posts dealing with architectural trends:

The “Homeless Roof” http://archidialog.com/2010/07/22/the-homeless-roof/

MVRDV & Herzog de Meuron – The “Visual House “&”Balancing House”    http://archidialog.com/2011/03/25/-

Rem Koolhaas & MVRDV-”Conscious Inspiration” 5 http://archidialog.com/2010/07/01

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

 “Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing process. We architects and designers are obliged to be informed about everything that was designed in the past and on a daily basis….

“Tools”:  develop tools to analyze buildings and “Understand” them,  tools that will cope with the abundance of architectural information…

“Invention”:  with the methodology of “conscious Inspiration” , we don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings.  Once we develop our tools, it will lead us to high quality and creative architecture

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Zaha Hadid’s “floating Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on February 16, 2012 by eliinbar

Zaha Hadid is a winner of many international competitions, theoretically influential and ground breaking.

A number of Hadid’s winning designs were initially never built. The Peak Club in Hong Kong (1983) shown in this post is one of them.

 

Hadid‘s Process of Exploring through Painting is Inspiring….

But what are Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources?

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The image shown below is Chernikhov’s  futuristic building, Demonstrating his search for the forms and images of new architecture.

It was published in his book  “Architectural Fantasies” (1925-1933)

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And this is Zaha Hadid’s image for the Peak Club international competitions in Hong Kong (1983)

 Notice the architectural characteristic features identical in both Images

1. Hovering Rectangular volumes.

2. Floating curve.

3. Constructivists visionary power

4. Vertical cylindrical elements

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Eliinbar Sketches 2012 - Zaha Hadid’s “floating Inspiration”

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Could it be that Chernikhov’s image, is Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration source for the Peak Club design?

For you to judge….

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What did I learn from this post?

Zaha Hadid’s projects hover and float, animated by the same visionary power that marked the ground–breaking Constructivist structures that Vladimir Tatlin, El Lissitzky, Moisei Ginzburg  and Chernikhov imagined….

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And for dessert….

What do you say about Zaha hadid’s MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts floating structure,  shown in the image below ?

Can you imagine what are its origins (“Inspiration Sources”)?

 Zaha Hadid Archirect

MAXXI National Museum of  XXI  Century Arts

 Rome Italy 2009

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You are invited to visit my previous posts showing talented architects getting inspired by the Russian Constructivist imaginary images of futuristic buildings.  

Zaha Hadid “Formal Inspiration” http://archidialog.com/2011/02/02/zaha-hadid-formal-inspiration/

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill & Yakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”? 2   http://archidialog.com/2012/01/23/

O.M. Ungers & Iakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”http://archidialog.com/2012/01/19/o-m-ungers-yak…us-inspiration/ 

Steven Holl , El Lissitzky and the HORIZONTAL SKYSCRAPERS -http://archidialog.com/2012/01/17/

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

“Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing process. We architects and designers are obliged to be informed about everything that was designed in the past and on a daily basis….

“Tools”:  develop tools to analyze buildings and “Understand” them,  tools that will cope with the abundance of architectural information…

“Invention”:  with the methodology of “conscious Inspiration” , we don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings.  Once we develop our tools, it will lead us to high quality and creative architecture

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Zaha Hadid and the “Mechanics of Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 12, 2012 by eliinbar

From  Eliinbar’s sketchbook 2012  Zaha Hadid-“Mechanics of Inspiration“

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In my blog I Often traces Zaha hadid’s Inspiration Sources.

In this post I propose to define three groups of Zaha hadid‘s projects.

Each group of buildings has its unique inspiration characteristics.

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1.   The Contemporary organic Style -  Inspired by characterized forms occurring in nature

 Zaha Hadid Architects

Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre

Published February 2007  in Dezeen

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Zahah Hadid’s description for the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre:  “a sculptural form that emerges from a linear intersection of pedestrian paths within the cultural district, gradually developing into a growing organism that sprouts a network of successive branches”.

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Hector Guimard ‘s  typical art nouveau detail

In a Parisian Metro station entrance

(Pct. from Flicker)

Note that the  art nouveau style is characterized by forms occurring in nature

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Note the morphological similarities between Zaha Hadid’s organic Configuration of the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre and the art nouveau detail In a Parisian Metro station entrance.

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2. geometric abstract Style - Inspired by Kazimir Malevich  geometric abstract art

Zaha  Hadid Architect

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)

Cincinnati, Ohio  2001-2003

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 Kazimir Malevich   (1879- 1935)

geometric abstract art and

 Avant-garde  Supermatism

Note the morphological similarities between Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center building and the Kazimir Malevich’s painting
A Three-dimensional horizontal composition of trapezoids

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3.  Plastelina Style

Zaha hadid Architect

Nuragic and ContemporanyArt Museum

Cagliari, Italy Published 2006 

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You are invited to visit my relevant posts:

Zaha Hadid & “Plastelina Buildings”

http://archidialog.com/2011/08/08/zaha-hadid-plastelina-buildings/

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What is Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building”.?

http://archidialog.com/2011/10/20/what-is-zaha-hadid%E2%80%99s-ultimate-%E2%80%9Cinspirational-building/

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Zaha Hadid & Grimshaw Architects, wrapped softly….

http://archidialog.com/2012/01/30/zaha-hadid-grimshaw-architects-wrapped-softly/

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Zaha Hadid’s Imaginary Inspiration Source?

http://archidialog.com/2011/11/17

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

 “Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing process. We architects and designers are obliged to be informed about everything that was designed in the past and on a daily basis….

“Tools”:  develop tools to analyze buildings and “Understand” them,  tools that will cope with the abundance of architectural information…

“Invention”:  with the methodology of “conscious Inspiration” , we don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings.  Once we develop our tools, it will lead us to high quality and creative architecture

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Erich Medelson, Hans Scharoun and Iakov Chernikhov, Do the “conscious inspiration chain” strikes again?….

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , on January 27, 2012 by eliinbar

It turns out that Iakov Chernikhov whose Inspiring images were the source of inspiration for talented architects, (see my previous posts),

has his own inspiration sources ….

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What do you say about the following example?

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Erich Mendelson Architect

 preliminary sketch

 for an optical-products-factory-1917

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Hans Scharoun 

 The Expressionist Theatre

 1922-23

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 Iakov Chernikhov

image from Architectural Fantasies book

1925-33

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 Eliinbar sketches 2012  Do the “conscious inspiration chain” strikes again?.

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

Daniel Libeskind , Coop Himmelb(l)au & Iakov Georgievich Chernikhov – so that is how “Conscious Inspiration” works?

http://archidialog.com/2012/01/09/ 

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O.M. Ungers & Iakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”?

http://archidialog.com/2012/01/19 

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Kenzo Tange & Rem Koolhaas/OMA  The”Conscious Inspiration Chain”

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The “Conscious Inspiration Chain” strikes again

http://archidialog.com/2011/04/08

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Skidmore, Owings and Merrill & Yakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”? 2

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 23, 2012 by eliinbar

In My previous posts I introduced El Lissitzky and Yakov Chernikhov, two constructivist architects that published in their books Inspiring images of Modern and Fantasies Architecture (1923-1933)

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Apparently they are the source of inspiration for other talented architects.

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Here is another Interesting example of “Conscious Inspiration”

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Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Architects

“Burj Khalifa” mixed use skyscraper

Dubai ,United Arab Emirates 2004-2010- Computerized model

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Iakov Chernikhov

from “Architectural Fantasies” book 1925-33

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Iakov Chernikhov

from “Architectural Fantasies” book 1925-33

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Eliinbar sketches 2012  Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Inspiration Sources

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Notice the wise use of cascading briquette-shaped cylinder
Stable structure and aesthetic. = “Conscious Inspiration”

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I recommend everyone who is interested in the work of the constructivist architects, to read Miszellen Blog 

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts: 

 Daniel Libeskind , Coop Himmelb(l)au & Iakov Georgievich Chernikhov – so that is how “Conscious Inspiration” works?http://archidialog.com/2012/01/09/

 O.M. Ungers & Iakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”?http://archidialog.com/2012/01/19

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

“Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing process. We architects and designers are obliged to be informed about everything that was designed in the past and on a daily basis….

“Tools”:  develop tools to analyze buildings and “Understand” them,  tools that will cope with the abundance of architectural information…

“Invention”:  with the methodology of “conscious Inspiration” , we don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings.  Once we develop our tools, it will lead us to high quality and creative architecture.

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“Burj Khalifa” drawing (on the left) ,compared to well known high buildings Around the World.
See the difference in height with the Eiffel Tower

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