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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Frank Gehry’s and Zaha Hadid’s “Victorian inspiration”

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 6, 2012 by eliinbar

From Eliinbar”s Sketchbook,2012, Frank Gehry’s & Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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This post  Traces Zaha Hadid’s  “Conscious inspiration” design Methodology, that eventually engenders a unique and winning design such as the Riverside Museum in Glasgow Scotland.

Zaha Hadid’s planning process Shown in this post is based on my own understanding  (for you to judge)….  my Intention is to introduce Zaha Hadid’s strategy implementing the “conscious inspiration method”

Zaha Hadid’s starts her design process by connecting to Accessible information sources “she is informed about everything that was designed in the past and on a daily basis”

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This is a St Silas church in Glasgow

It’s style building is known as Victorian

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Notice the Repetitive theme of the triangular gable

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And this is the Riverside Museum’s front entrance designed by Zaha Hadid in Glasgow. She gives an innovative interpretation to the repetitive Victorian gable.

Zaha Hadid Architect

Riverside Museum   Glasgow

Scotland,  Competition 2004 -2011.

 

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This is an Aerial view

of the Central railway Station In Glasgow

 

And this is an Aerial view of  Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Museum in Glasgow

Note the linear and continuous configuration of the building roof

in the two images 

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This is an image of the departures board in Glasgow’s Central railway station sealing.

Notice the configuration of the extruded triangular-shaped roof

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And this is an inner image of the Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Museum sealing in Glasgow.  Notice the configuration of the extruded triangular-shaped roof

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And finally as I mentioned more than once” we don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings” 

This is the Image of the Dundee Maggie’s Centre in Scotland, designed by Frank Gehry, opened its doors  in 2003

Notice the variable repetitive theme of the triangular gable.

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Who knows…. maybe this recognized building in Dundee shown in the following picture, is the inspiration source for Gehry’s Maggie’s Centre .

Note the initial visual characteristics of the two buildings.
Triangular pediment and vertical tower next to It…..

The McManus Galleries in the centre of Dundee

architect Sir George Gilbert Scott 

The style building is known as Victorian Gothic

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

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

 http://eliinbar.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/o-m-ungers-yak…us-inspiration/

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 3-”the interplay between architecture and nature”

http://archidialog.com/2011/09/05/in-pursuit-after-zaha-hadids-inspiration-sources-3-the-interplay-between-architecture-and-nature

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Zaha Hadid & “house as a metaphor”or the “Visual House“

http://archidialog.com/2011/08/15/zaha-hadid-%E2%80%9Chouse-as-a-metaphoror-the-%E2%80%9Cvisual-house%E2%80%9C/

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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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