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Jean Nouvel and square number 9

Earlier this week I shared with you a typical page from my sketch book

From Eliinbar’s Sketch book 2012 = a “Conscious Inspiration” Tool

I was asked ….what was your inspiration source for this project?

And my answer was…. number 9

The next image is the enlargement of square number 9

From my Sketch book shown above

It is a sketch of a floor-plan of a familiar building in Paris

Can you guess which building It is?

And these are typical Floor Plans of Jean Nouvel’s Institute du Monde Arabe in Paris….

Jean Nouvel’s Institute du Monde Arabe in Paris…. is

My Inspiration Source

Why did I choose the Institute du monde Arabe to be my Inspiration Source?

First I will share with you two main and unique characteristics of my project described in my sketch - book above.

1. It is located at the edge of an urban block.

2. Its main façade, reference to a very large urban space.

What are the unique architectural characteristics of the Institute du monde Arabe building?

1. It is located at the Edge of a typical Parisian urban block like it is shown in the next sketch

Notice the Institute du Monde Arabe unique curving façade that emphasize the edge of the urban block

2. The Institute du monde Arabe main facade is very well observed from the Seine River (large urban space) as it is shown in the next Image

Notice Jean Nouvel’s choice of materials, the shiny and sealed glass for the foreground of the building and the transparent glass for the rear of the building

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Jean Nouvel Architect

La Philharmonie de Paris

Designed for a Competition 2007 , now under construction

Note the entrance ramp

C. F. Møller Architects

Children’s House

Odense Denmark 2010

gmp architekten

Hangzhou south railway station

china ,competition: 2011–1st prize

More examples of the “raising Ramp-trend”will be published in my blog course of the weekend ..

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

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

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….

Jean Nouvel Architect

C1 tower Boulogne-Billancourt

France 2008-2011

Herzog-de-Meuron Architects

Elbphilharmonie concert hall, which is currently under construction

in Hamburg and due for completion in 2013

Massimiliano-Doriana-Fuksas Architects

Lyon confluence-housing , Lyon

France 2011

Dominique Perrault Architect

’la liberte’ Apartment Building

groningen, the netherlands 2011

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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Tracing Jean Nouvel’s “Folding inspiration Sources”

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

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.

Jean Nouvel Architect

Paris Philharmonic

Parc de la Villette, Paris, France 2007-12

Snøhetta Architects

new opera house

Oslo Norway, completed in 2007

Jean Nouvel Architect

Paris Philharmonic Parc de la Villette

Paris, France 2007-12 – Model

MVRDV Architects

Department Store Rotterdam

The Nrtherlands ,1994 Conceptual Model-“Sequential Architecture”

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

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

Extrovert inspiration

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

MVRDV – Inspirational Architecture Firm

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

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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The Search for the Typology/Image of the new Green Apartment Building

Posted in buildings with tags eliinbar Sketchbook 2010, eliinbar Sketches 2010, Green Apartment Building, Herzog De Meuron, Jean Nouvel, MVRDV on August 20, 2010 by eliinbar

Here are three examples of buildings designed by leading architectural firms, seeking on my opinion, for the image of the new green apartment building

MVRDV Architects _ Westerdok Apartments Building _ Amsterdam _ 2009

Herzog de Meuron Architects _ Beirut Terraces _ 2010

Jean Nouvel Architect _ One Central Park _ Sydney _ Australia _2008-2010

Westerdok apartment building _ Typical Floor Plan

Beirut Terraces _ Typical Floor Plan

from eliinbar Sketchbook – Typical Floors and Cross-sections

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Green Skyscrapers – “Conscious Inspiration”

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Le Corbusier Architect _ ATAMA Building _ Ahmedabad _1951

Here are sketches drawn by Corbusier describing the grid leading climate analysis, he calls it the ” grille climatique“

Sketches were made from 1950 to 1965 for Chandigarh, India .

Original sketches from the FONDATION LE CORBUSIER

The Grid is a graphical means of presentation which permits the enumeration, coordination and analysis of the climatic conditions of a place (defined by its latitude) in order to direct architectural research towards solutions in accord with the human biological makeup. It deals with the rectification and setting in order of the excesses of extreme climates in order to achieve, by means of architectural dispositions, conditions capable of assuring comfort and well-being.

The ATAMA building was not the first green building , nor it is a skyscraper , but maybe it is the source of inspiration for generations of architects….