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Zaha Hadid’s “floating Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Architectural Fantasies, Chernikhov, CONSCIOUS INSPARATION PAGE, Conscious Inspiration, Conscious Inspiration Method, eliinbar Sketches 2012, floating Inspiration, inspiration Source, inspiration sources, Peak Club, Zaha Hadid 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?

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)

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

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

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

For you to judge….

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….

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

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

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

Posted in public buildings with tags 2012, Central railway Station In Glasgow, Conscious Inspiration, Conscious Inspiration Method, design Methodology, Eliinbar"s Sketchbook, Frank Gehry, Glasgow’s Central railway station, innovative interpretation, inspiration sources, Maggie’s Centre in Scotland, McManus Galleries, New CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION PAGE, planning proces, Riverside Museum, Sir George Gilbert Scott, St Silas church, Victorian gable, Victorian Gothic, Victorian inspiration, Zaha Hadid on February 6, 2012 by eliinbar

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

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”

This is a St Silas church in Glasgow

It’s style building is known as Victorian

Notice the Repetitive theme of the triangular gable

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.

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

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

Notice the configuration of the extruded triangular-shaped roof

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

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.

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

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/

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

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

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

Zaha Hadid & Grimshaw Architects, wrapped softly….

Posted in public buildings with tags Burnham Pavilion, Conscious Inspiration, Conscious Inspiration Method, CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION PAGE, Garibaldi Exhibition Building, Grimshaw Architects, wrapped softly, Zaha Hadid on January 30, 2012 by eliinbar

From time to time I hold a mirror and try to reflect the contemporary architectural reality, for you to judge,

I must confess…. it makes it more interesting when it comes to famous architects….

Here is another interesting example of “Conscious inspiration“

Zaha Hadid is certainly one of the most influential architects working today.

Does Zaha Hadid implement intuitively the “Conscious Inspiration Method” to design unique structures?

The following image is Garibaldi Exhibition Building designed by Grimshaw Architects in 2006

Grimshaw Architects

Garibaldi Exhibition Building

Milan Italy Competition won: 2006

From Grimshaw’s architects cite about Garibaldi Exhibition Building:

This functional core is then loosely wrapped, as though draped with fabric, in a metal skin that follows the shape of the site, creating something of an urban sculpture. At piazza level, the building is transparent.

Zaha Hadid Architects

The Burnham Pavilion, temporary pavilion to house multimedia installation

in Chicago Published : August 2009

Here’s some info from Zaha Hadid architects about Burnham Pavilion published in Dezeen:

The pavilion is composed of an intricate bent-aluminum structure Outer and inner fabric skins are wrapped tightly around the metal frame to create the ﬂuid shape.

Eliinbar sketches 2012 Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

Notice to the recurring themes of the two pavilions Fabric skins wrapped tightly around a metal frame, inspired by the fashion industry.

To be continued….

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

Daniel Libeskind’s Inspiration Sources & “The Crystal Buildings”

http://archidialog.com/2011/10/08

Zaha Hadid and the “Sculpture Buildings Trend”

http://archidialog.com/2011/10/03

In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 1

http://archidialog.com/2011/08/29

“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

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

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Conscious Inspiration, Conscious Inspiration Method, CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION PAGE, constructivist, El Lissitzky, eliinbar Sketches 2012, Iakov Chernikhov, inspiration sources, inspired, O.M. Ungers on January 19, 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)

Their Images became the Inspiration Sources for talented architects across the world. (As you can observe in my previous Posts)

In this post ,and In the posts I will publish on Monday and Thursday, will be Interesting examples of “Conscious Inspiration”.

Do not miss O.M. Ungers Inspiring Sketch studies of the Messe Torhaus skyscraper typology ,at the end of this Post.

Iakov Chernikhov

from Architectural Fantasies book

1925-33 , Notice the dominance of the ”blue” color

O.M. Ungers Arcitect

Trade fair building

Frankfurt Germany 1983-1985 , Notice the dominance of the ”blue” color

Eliinbar sketches 2012 , O.M. Ungers Inspiration Sources

I invite you to Learn from the process shown above in O.M. Ungers sketch-studies of the Messe Torhaus skyscraper typology.

O.M.Ungers intuitively Implements the “Conscious Inspiration Method”.

First He is not intimidated to get inspired from Iakov Chernikhov’s design.

Second He develops tools to analyze Iakov Chernikhov’s design and “Understand” It. (O.M. Ungers sketch-studies )

Third He Designs high quality and creative architecture….

“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.

You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

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

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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Frank Gehry & Steve Jobs, Do they have something in common?

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Codex rules, Conscious Inspiration Method, CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION PAGE, Dancing House, Eero Saarinen, eliinbar Sketches 2011, Frank Gehry, Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, inspiration sources, Steve Jobs, TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Walter Isaacson on December 11, 2011 by eliinbar

Recently I read the Inspiring book by Walter Isaacson ”Steve Jobs”.
I came across a Steve Jobs quote: “Eventually you should try to expose yourself to the best things
that people did, then try to implement these things out of what you do I mean the saying of Picasso “Good artists copy, great artists steal” And we never were ashamed to steal great ideas”

Here is a short clip …. Steve Jobs talks about getting great ideas: http://www.google.co.il/url?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DCW0DUg63lqU&rct=j&sa=X&ei=CdTjTp_MEIXBhAe-vu3tAQ&ved=0CC0QuAIwAg&q=Picasso+%22Good+artists+copy,+great+artists+steal%22+&usg=AFQjCNFqCuySalwWusri05Kt0G6GQB0o4w

It is quite a while that I trace the inspiration sources of Frank Gehry….

Here is a short clip where Frank Gehry talks about his inspiration sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Hh1QYWVdQV0

Particularly I was interested in identifying the sources of his inspiration for His unique morphology, defined in projects like the “Dancing House” In Prague or The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao – Spain (See the following images).

Frank Gehry Architect

the “Dancing House”

Prague Czech Republic 1992-1996

The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao Spain 1991-1997

is one of Gehry’s most known buildings.

(Photo during construction, modern construction methods allow designing unique morphological elements)

Eero Saarinen architect

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport

(Reception structure inside the TWA Flight Center) opened in 1962

Eliinbar sketches 2011, Frank Gehry’s inspiration sources?

What did I learn from this post?

Frank Gehry and Steve Jobs admire Knowledge

They believe that you can find Inspiration sources anywhere.

You don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from anything that can promote you ….

You are committed to develop the tools and skills to understand and use your Inspiration sources in a beneficial way for you ….

Possibly the “Conscious Inspiration method” should assimilate a similar approach….

The Conscious Inspiration Methode:

I believe that designing is a process formed from three main phases: knowledge, tools and invention.

“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”= (“Codex rules”) develop tools to analyze buildings and “Understand” them, tools that will cope with the abundance of architectural information…

(I intend to demonstrate some of my ideas in future posts)

“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.

Eli Inbar

You are invited to visit my relevant posts

Learning from Frank Gehry ….Chapter 1 ,His Design Tools

http://archidialog.com/2011/10/24/learning-from-frank-gehry-chapter-1-his-design-tools/

Gottfried B0hm Architect_ Flagship Store_”swinging glass skirt”_

http://archidialog.com/2010/01/14/buildings-24/

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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Learning from Santiago Calatrava the ultimate “Conscious Inspiration Architect”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Conscious Inspiration, Conscious Inspiration Architect, Conscious Inspiration Method, CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION PAGE, eliinbar's Sketches 2011, inspiration sources, Milwaukee Art Museum, Puente de la Mujer, Samuel Beckett Bridge, Santiago Calatrava, Sundial Bridge, The Alamillo Bridge on October 13, 2011 by eliinbar

In this post I will share with you why I think Santiago Calatrava

Is a “Conscious Inspiration Architect”

Interesting to demonstrate the “conscious inspiration method” by tracking Calatrava’s career….

Calatrava’s education career:

1/ Sudied art as a child and originally planned to study art in college.

2/Studied architecture five years at ‘Escuela TÈcnica 1969-1974.

3/studied civil engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich1975-1979.

4/Doctorate in Technical Science from the Department of Architecture ETH Zurich1979-1981.

“WE ARE A SCIENTIFIC CIVILIZATION. THIS MEANS A CIVILIZATION WHERE KNOWLEDGE AND ITS INTEGRITY ARE CRUCIAL FACTORS. SCIENCE IS NOT MORE THAN A LATIN WORD MEANING KNOWLEDGE…” OUR DESTINY IS KNOWLEDGE”.

JACOB BRONOWSKI.

Calatrava’s inspiration sources:

Calatrava takes his inspiration from natural and human forms

Calatrava’s Sketch of the Twisting Male Torso Sculpture and the HSB Turning Torso building in Malmo Sweden

Santiago Calatrava’s work is inspired by the things he sees around him, momentary images and happenings

The smooth and sweeping flight of an elegant bird inspired the spectacular extension for the Milwaukee Art Museum (1994-2001)

Calatrava’s extension for the Milwaukee Art Museum (1994-2001)

Caltrava’s Invention Architecture:

A cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge like in Alamillo Bridge in Seville is a modern variation of the cable-stayed bridge- Sanfrasico bridge, The “Golden Gate”.

This design has been pioneered by Santiago Calatrava.

San francisco bridge ,The “Golden Gate” (cable-stayed bridge)

Santiago Calatrava Architect

The Alamillo Bridge (backward cantilever)

Seville,Spain 1992 (cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge)

What were Calatrava’s inspiration sources when planning the next three “cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge that only has one pylon “?

Santiago Calatrava Architect

“Puente de la Mujer” Bridge

Buenos Aires, Argentina (forward cantilever with gate-swing opening) 2002

Santiago Calatrava Architect

Sundial Bridge (backward cantilever with glass decking)

CA, USA 2004

Santiago Calatrava Architect

Samuel Beckett Bridge (single-sided forward curved bow, evoking a harp)

Dublin, Ireland 2009
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Eliinbar sketches 2011 Santiago Calatrava’s cantilever spar cable-stayed bridges that only have one pylon

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Le Corbusier & Archigram – “Buildings floating in the air” or “building moving” -2

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From eliinbar’s Sketch book 2011- Le Corbusier & Archigram

Here are two more examples for a new type of buildings we can find on the Web

(Post 2, dealing with the same conscious inspiration phenomena)….

Timothy Moon Architects

Escarpment House Hawkesbury River

Photographed 2008

Architecture Paradigm

Bangalore India

Project Year: 2011

eliinbar Sketches 2011- Le Corbusier & Archigram 2

You are invited to visit my relevant posts

http://archidialog.com/2011/07/05 - Le Corbusier & Archigram – “Buildings floating in the air” or “building moving”

http://archidialog.com/2011/03/22 - The New Vertical City – “Conscious Inspiration”

http://archidialog.com/2010/04/22 - Le Corbusier–Les Maisons Domino

http://archidialog.com/2011/03/08 - Five points of architecture

http://archidialog.com/2010/07/11/ - Le Corbusier & Zaha Hadid – Les Pilotis

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I invite you all to contribute in developing the attitude and tools towards the viability of the “Conscious Inspiration” Method

The “Conscious Inspiration” Method, How it Works?

First step: the inspiration Source

Second step: Developing the Conscious Inspiration tools

Third step: Realize the design idea

The abundance of information in the Web affects us all, as I illustrate in my posts.

I Believe that designing is a process formed from three main phases: knowledge, tools and invention.

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

(I intend to demonstrate some of my ideas in future posts)

Eli Inbar

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Kazuyo Sejima+Ryue Nishizawa = SANAA “Multiplying architecture” = ”Conscious Inspiration”?- part one

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eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011- SANAA / “Multiplying architecture”

Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima are partners in

SANAA, a leading architecture office.

Ryue Nishizawa also owns his private design office.

Here is an Interesting phenomenon…. worth a view….

This is the first example from three, of what I call “Multiplying Architecture” (doubling of architectural ideas)

Is this “Conscious Inspiration” ?

Ryue Nishizawa architect

structures at the Kumamoto station Japan

SANAA Architects

serpentine gallery pavilion 2009

eliinbar Sketches 2011

You are invited to visit my relevant post

http://archidialog.com/2011/01/03

Check the CONSCIOUS INSPARATION PAGE

in my Facebook

I invite you all to contribute in developing the attitude and tools towards the viability of the “Conscious Inspiration” Method

The “Conscious Inspiration” Method, How it Works?

First step: the inspiration Source

Second step: Developing the Conscious Inspiration tools

Third step: Realize the design idea

The abundance of information in the Web affects us all, as I illustrate in my posts.

I Believe that designing is a process formed from three main phases: knowledge, tools and invention.

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

(I intend to demonstrate some of my ideas in future posts)

Eli Inbar

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“Origami Envelopes” – Conscious Inspiration

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Chapel in Valleaceron, Conscious Inspiration, Conscious Inspiration Method, Conscious Inspiration Tools, eliinbar Sketches 2011, Folding Facades, Origami Envelopes Effect, Origami Facades, S-M.A.O. on February 24, 2011 by eliinbar

Origami from ori meaning “folding“, and kami meaning “paper”; kami changes to gami due to rendaku is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD and was popularized in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami.

from Wikipedia

The “Conscious Inspiration” method

How it Works?