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Richard Rogers & Architectural style = “Conscious Inspiration”?

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2011 by eliinbar

When you ask an architect, how can you define “Architectural style”?

The Common answer is that Architectural styles classify architecture in terms of the use of form, techniques, materials, time period and region. 

I want to sagest a bit different commentary on this phenomenon called “Architectural style” …. 

I will try to present my position
with the help of a number of projects designed by Architect Richard Rogers.
I will start with the Pompidou Center in Paris planned by Rogers And Renzo  Piano in the seventies,
And I will continue with number of projects planned by Richard Rogers’s office in the eighties. 

Pompidou Center in Paris is characterized by an upside-down approach. The skeleton and mechanical systems of the building are exposed outside the inner shell.

This design style is acceptable to be called “high-tech architecture”

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Richard Rogers Architect and Architect Piano 

Pompidou Center modern art museum 

 Paris 1972 to 1976

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Three years later Richard Rogers designed the PA Technology Center

Notice the exposed skeleton and mechanical systems.

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Richard Rogers Architect

PA Technology Center

UK 1975 to 1983 “High-Tech architecture Style”

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Four years later Richard Rogers designed the Lloyds Building in London

Notice the exposed skeleton and mechanical systems.

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 Richard Rogers Architect

Lloyds Building commercial and corporate headquarters

“High-Tech architecture Style”, London 1979 to 1984  

This Picture is from Shutterstock.com

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One year later Richard Rogers designed the INMOS Factory

Is it possible to identify the familiar architectural approach?

Note the project identify constructive solution compared to the PA Technology Center.

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Richard Rogers Architect

INMOS Factory semiconductor factory

“High-Tech architecture Style”  1980 to 1982 

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Richard Rogers self inspiration sources?

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Is Richard Rogers “Architecture Style” ,who was first revealed with the Pompidou Center in Paris in 1976 , is Richard Rogers main Inspiration Source?

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You are invited to visit my relevant posts:

I.M. Pei and The “conscious inspiration Chain”4 http://archidialog.com/2011/05/03/i-m-pei-and-the-%e2%80%9cconscious-inspiration-chain%e2%80%9d-4/

 Kenzo Tange & Rem Koolhaas/OMA The”Conscious Inspiration Chain” http://archidialog.com/2011/04/25/kenzo-tange-rem-koolhaasoma-the%e2%80%9dconscious-inspiration-chain%e2%80%9d/ 

 The “Conscious Inspiration Chain” strikes again http://archidialog.com/2011/04/08/the-%e2%80%9cconscious-inspiration-chain%e2%80%9d-strikes-again/

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

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , 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”

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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Eero Saarinen architect

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport 

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

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Frank Gehry’s inspiration sources?

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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….

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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

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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/

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Gottfried B0hm Architect_ Flagship Store_”swinging  glass  skirt”_

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

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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’s Imaginary Inspiration Source?

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , on November 17, 2011 by eliinbar

Can an Architectural drawing of a building-cross-section, be an Inspiration Source for a talent architect?

Recently I found  a sketch of an architectural-cross-section scribbled  by Le Corbusier in 1927, for an urban Villa.

  Le Corbusier’s

cross-section sketch for an urban Villa

1927

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Zaha Hadid Architect

Contemporary Arts Center

Cincinnati Ohio USA  2001-2003

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Is Le Corbusier’s cross-section, the inspiration Source for the Contemporary Arts Center designed by Zaha Hadid in Cincinnati?

The first museum designed by a woman architect in the U.S.

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Zaha Hadid’s cross-section

for the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati

2001-2003

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Eliinbar sketches 2011   Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources?

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 Note the following similar characteristics:


1. The unique morphology of the curve at the junction between wall and floor in the lower left of the sketch.


2. Clear division into two parts. Open vertical space with stairs and closed horizontal spaces.


3. The closed spaces are characterized by shifting relation to each other. Open spaces are obtained by the steps.  

For you to judge….

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Tracing Jean Nouvel’s “Folding inspiration Sources”

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 31, 2011 by eliinbar

From eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011  Jean Nouvel’s “Folding inspiration Sources”

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Jean Nouvel’s Paris Philharmonic sculptural unusual new building is Under Construction.

I will share with you new construction photos soon….

It was designed by Jean Nouvel at 2007 and today it is under construction. 

In this Post I will try to trace Jean Nouvel’s inspiration sources ,designing the new Paris Philharmonic building in Parc de la Villette ,Paris.

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Jean Nouvel Architect

Paris Philharmonic

Parc de la Villette, Paris, France  2007-12

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Snøhetta Architects

new opera house

Oslo Norway, completed in 2007

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Jean Nouvel Architect

Paris Philharmonic Parc de la Villette

Paris, France 2007-12 – Model

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MVRDV Architects 

 Department Store Rotterdam

The Nrtherlands ,1994 Conceptual Model-“Sequential Architecture”

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Eliinbar sketches 2011 , Tracing Jean Nouvel’s “Folding inspiration Sources”

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Extrovert inspiration

http://archidialog.com/2010/12/04/extrovert-inspiration/

 MVRDV – Inspirational Architecture Firm

http://archidialog.com/2010/06/11/mvrdv-inspirational-architecture-firm/

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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”:  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

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

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 24, 2011 by eliinbar

From eliinbar’s Sketchbook  2011 Learning from Frank Gehry

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What can we learn from Gehry’s design Process? 

He stars His design by scribbling a sketch that expresses the image of the building. (In the Disney’s Concert Hall his inspiration Sources were sails) 

Gehry’s Quote: ( from artquotes.net)

“I know I draw without taking my pen off the page. I just keep going, and that my drawings I think of them as scribbles. I don’t think they mean anything to anybody except to me, and then at the end of the day, the end of the project they wheel out these little drawings and they’re damn close to what the finished building is and it’s the drawing”

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Frank Gehry Architect Disney Concert Hall preliminary sketches 

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He continues developing the “Image of the building” with the aide of Models (Notice the amount of models in the back of the picture). 

Gehry’s Quote: ( from artquotes.net)

“I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building”.

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Frank Gehry Architect Disney’s Concert Hall models

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The result of the design process is a Sculptural building . with an efficient floor plan. (Notice  the optimal match Configuration of the ground-floor to a concert hall)

Frank GehryArchitect  

 Disney Concert Hall typical Floor Plan

 Los Angeles California 1987-2003

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                 Eliinbar sketches 2011 , Learning from Frank Gehry

  

What did I learn from Gehry’s design Process? 

1. Don’t be afraid to put your ideas on the paper  “Just do it”.. In later stages  of the planning ,you will notice the Influence of the sketches on  your design.. (Gehry’s preliminary sketches). 

2. Develop tools to analyze and “understand” how to realize your preliminary sketches (Gehry’s working models).

3. The “floor Plan” is an efficient tool to preserve the building’s initial “needs”

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Describe the design processes of two talented architects 

 

J.Mayer H. the ultimate “Conscious Inspiration Architect” 1 

http://archidialog.com/2011/05/19/j-mayer-h-the-ultimate-conscious-inspiration-architect-1/

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Chicago Tribune Tower competition ,Eliel Saarinen & Cesar Pelli

http://archidialog.com/tag/chicago-tribune-tower-competition/

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  Frank Gehry Architect  

 Disney Concert Hall

Thanks Martin for this picture ,of the built structure

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

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2011 by eliinbar

Zaha Hadid architecture is characterized by new design techniques (Tools)…. 

Here is a quote from Zaha Hadid’s Office (Patrik Schumacher)

“Digital techniques have become an essential ingredients of the project development.

The analog techniques employed – like interpenetration, isometric and perspectival distortion, dynamic bending and warping – anticipate the possibilities currently offered by advanced animation software.  Intermediate techniques like distortion and “smearing” using the xerox machine established a fertile ground for the quick assimilation of the new digital tools in the process of form finding” “a new architectural language and conception of space was developed

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What did I learn from this quote?

Zaha Hadid uses Advanced and contemporary  sculptural techniques, when designing her buildings.

 

In the same matter, you are invited to see my relevant post about the “Conscious Inspiration Method”

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As I often show in my blog, Great Architects are inspired by a building from the past – I call does buildings “Inspirational Buildings“…. 

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It’s a while that I am in  pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s ultimate” inspirational  Building”

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I want to raise a reasonable possibility that Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center

Is Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building” 

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                            Eero Saarinen architect

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport 

opened in 1962

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Zaha Hadid  Architect 

 London Olympics aquatics centre

  2012

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 Eliinbar sketches 2011 Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building“.?

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What do you think?

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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”:  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

 

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Frank Gehry reveals his inspiration Sources….

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , on October 17, 2011 by eliinbar

Here are Gehry’s unrevealed Inspiration Sources from the 90’s, when he developed his original Gehry’s style that he later also implement in his famous Bilbao Museum.

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Gehry’s style has a structure that consists of radically sculpted, organic contours.

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In this Post Frank Gehry reveals his inspiration Sources for the Weisman Art Museum (designed at the beginning of the 90’s) .

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From MPR’s Euan Kerr who spoke with Gehry

“The first inspiration came from the Tibetan monasteries that are on hills, where the big frontal elevation is off the side of a cliff”

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Tibetan monasteries

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Frank Gehry’s Weisman Art Museum frontal elevation

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

 completed in 1993

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 Eliinbar sketches 2011 ,  Frank Gehry’s inspiration Sources for the Weisman Art Museum

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In my future Posts I will share with you some more characteristics of Gehry’s Architecture….

Do not leave this Post…. before visiting my previous post about Le Corbusier Inspiration Sources for the famous la Tourette Monastery.

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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”:  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

 

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Learning from Santiago Calatrava the ultimate “Conscious Inspiration Architect”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on October 13, 2011 by eliinbar


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

Is a “Conscious Inspiration Architect”

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

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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.

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“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.

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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

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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)

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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)

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Santiago Calatrava Architect

The Alamillo Bridge (backward cantilever)

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

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

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Santiago Calatrava  Architect

“Puente de la Mujer” Bridge

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

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Santiago Calatrava  Architect

Sundial Bridge  (backward cantilever with glass decking)

CA, USA 2004

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

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 8, 2011 by eliinbar


From eliinbar’s sketchbook 2011,

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

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In This Post I will share with you some of Daniel Libskind’s “Inspiration Sources”

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The unique design of the Jewish Museum in Berlin

Is the result of Libeskind‘s inspirations sources. 

Libeskind, a musician himself, took inspiration from music and considered the museum the final act of Arnold Schoenberg’s unfinished opera.

Moses und Aron . Walter Benjamin’s One Way Street’s 60 sections determined the number of sections that comprise the museum’s zigzag section

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

the Jewish Museum

Berlin,Germany 1988-1999

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Libeskind’s inspiration source when planning his first “Crystal Building” = The Royal Ontario Museum, was the museum’s mineral collection.

Daniel Libeskind Architec

Royal Ontario Museum

 Ontario Canada 2002-2006

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What were Libeskind’s, inspiration sources   when planning the next four “Crystal Buildings”?

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Daniel Libeskind Architect Dún Laoghaire Harbour “landmark building”Competition, Published October 2003

Daniel Libeskind Architect

 Dún Laoghaire Harbour “landmark building”

Competition , Published October 2003

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

Denver art museum Denver,Colorado

opened in October 2006

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Hong Kong

complete the building in 2010

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

 Military History Museum

expected to be completed in 2011.

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Daniel Libeskind  & “The Crystal Buildings”

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What did I learn from this post?

Architects often invent or choose their characteristics “Tool Box” somewhere in their career.

A “Tool Box” Can be an architecture style or an individual unique interpretation.

For axemple:

1.Deconstructivism Architecture, (Daniel Libskind Architect).

2.Postmodenism Architecture, (Michael Graves Architect)

3.Brutalism Architecture ,(Paul Rudolph Architect)

Is an Architecture Style can be the Architect’s  “Inspiration Sources”?

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Zaha Hadid and the “Sculpture Buildings Trend”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 3, 2011 by eliinbar

This post is about a contemporary trend ….buildings that get inspired from the three dimensional artwork…. Sculpture. 

Zaha Hadid Architect ,is in my opinion , leading the “Sculpted buildings trend”, today .

In addition, I will show some interesting recent projects , dealing with the “Sculpted buildings trend”.

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Sculpture:

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping. Materials may be worked by removal such as carving; or they may be assembled such as by welding, hardened such as by firing, or molded or cast. Surface decoration such as paint may be applied.

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Zaha Hadid Architect   

Guggenheim Hermitage

Vilnius, Lithuania , Competition 2008

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Here’s some information from Zaha Hadid Architects about the Guggenheim Hermitage museum :

The museums sculptural volume is designed along Zaha Hadid’s characteristic conceptual terms of fluidity, velocity and lightness. The building appears like a mystical object floating above the extensive artificial landscape strip, seemingly defying gravity by exposing dramatic undercuts towards the surrounding entrance plazas. Large activated green fields flow around the museums sculptural mass, underlining its enigmatic presence with curvilinear lines echoing the elongated contours of the building. Contrasting with the vertical business district skyline it is a manifestation of Vilnius’ new cultural significance.

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                            Coop Himmelb(l)au architects

Martin Luther Church

Hainburg, Austria  2008-2011

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Here’s some information from Coop Himmelb(l)au about the Martin Luther Church :

The design language has been developed from the shape of the curved roof of a neighboring Romanesque ossuary – the geometry of this century-old building is translated into a form, in line with the times, via today’s digital instruments

Martin Luther Church inspiration sources and design  methodology.

Neighboring Romanesque ossuary picture  (top Left) and a today’s digital trendy sculptural interpretation (Lower right).

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Here are some more  interesting recent projects , dealing with the “Sculpted buildings trend”:

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SUS&HI office – Calcagno Littardi A.A. + Y.Park + A. Tomaiuolo Architects

“Organic Water Pavilion”-  public open space, Seoul

published 2011 

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 Robert Bruno Architect

 “Steel House”, 2006

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Sharn Architects 

 “Pixelated Skyscrape” Singapore

Published 03/2009

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Eliinbar sketches 2011  “Sculpture Building Trend ”

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