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Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG…. the most Conscious Inspiration firm working today -Chapter two

Posted in buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 23, 2012 by eliinbar

From eliinbar’s sketchbook 2012 BIG, the most Conscious Inspiration Firm working today

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This post is the second chapter of a “trilogy” about Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG…. the most Conscious Inspiration firm working today….

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I will start with the second guiding principle in the conscious inspiration method …. Developing Individual Design Tools

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Here are some more Bjarke-Ingels quotes from the interview he made in 2009 for archi-ninja.com

“Rather than choosing between the practical or the ideal – we strive towards a pragmatic utopian architecture that turns making the world a better place into a practical objective”. “The right mix of practical and everyday ingredients”

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What did I learn from Bjarke-Ingels quotes about his approachto developing Individual Design Tools?

1. Bjarke-Ingels develops his tools correspond to his architecture philosophy.

2. I can assume that Bjarke-ingels’s original thinking, is generating his design tools.

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Bjarke-ingels’s Design Tools

Here Is Bjarke-ingels’s graphic analysis to the apartments building in Copenhagen showing his design Process

(Recommend reading the full explanation in BIG’s site)

Notice the graphic qualities of the analysis sketches (I learned from Bjarke Ingels’s interview that before he became an architect he wanted to be a graphic novelist)

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And here is another Bjarke-ingels’s graphic analysis….an isometric scheme that explains the volumetric and movement strategy, BIG + JDS = PLOT Apply in the apartments building.

Have you encountered already with this design strategy?….

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This is A typical Unite D’habitation section showing the “streets” (1) and the interlocking cross-over units designed by Le Corbusier at 1945-1946

Notice the similar design solution…. the “streets” (inner corridor) and the interlocking cross-over units.

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And the image below was done 40 years later…. this is an elevation section of a “double house” in Utrecht designed by MVRDV at 1995

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Yes….. “Conscious Inspiration” is everywhere….

BIG is no doubt…. the most “Conscious Inspiration firm”….

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Le Corbusier is here…. and his alive ….

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 15, 2012 by eliinbar

From  eliinbar’s sketchbook 2012 - Wang Shu’s inspiration Sources

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The Chinese architect Wang Shu, has been awarded the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

I must confess….
I was unfamiliar with the work of  Shu Wang,

In this post I present a building designed by Shu Wang….The new Art Academy in Hangzhou  China.

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It is really hard to ignore the  inspiration sources of this building….there is a strong sense that Le Corbusier is still among us…. working in China….

The design strategy adopted by Shu Wang In China Is a combination of modernist architectural citations along with awareness to local materials and local construction methods …

It reminds me Le Corbusier’s approach. while planning Chandigarh  in India, in the 1950s.

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Here are Selected photos of the New Art Academy Hangzhou designed by Wang Shu,  and his possible sources of inspiration….   For you to judge….

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Amateur Architecture Studio / Wang Shu architect

  New Art Academy Hangzhou China

published in Arch daily  IN  2009

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Le Corbusier Architect

Unité d ‘ Habitation Rezé

Nantes,France built from 1952 to 1954

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Amateur Architecture Studio / Wang Shu architect 

New Art Academy Hangzhou China

published in Arch daily  in  2009

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Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis Architects

Sainte Marie de La Tourette monastery

in a valley near Lyon, France 1953-1960

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Amateur Architecture Studio / Wang Shu architect 

New Art Academy Hangzhou China

published in Arch daily  in  2009

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Hans Sharoun Architect

Philharmonic building in Berlin-Tiergarten

Germany 1960-1963

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Amateur Architecture Studio / Wang Shu architect 

 New Art Academy Hangzhou China

 published in Arch daily  in  2009

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SANAA rchitects

Zollverein School of  Management & Design

Essen,Germany 2003-2006

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What did I learn from this post?

1. Wang Shu actually designs his buildings according to the principles of the conscious inspiration method.

2. He chooses wisely Le Corbusier to be his main inspiration source….(And others).
3. He developed a planning strategy refers to his projects surrounding environment..

4. He consciously cites his sources of inspiration.

and finally he is awarded the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize .

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Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG…. “Pragmatic utopian architecture or “Conscious Inspiration” Architecture

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 3, 2012 by eliinbar

Bjarke Ingels is a another successful graduate from Rem Koolhaas’s school ,the Office of Metropolitan Architecture ,OMA.

BIG ( Bjarke Ingels Groop) is a appreciated  firm that wins architecture competitions, on a regular base, all over the world.

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Bjarke Ingels Design philosophy is very pragmatic:

Architecture has been dominated by two opposing extremes “Eccentric curiosities” and “boring boxes”

Bjarke Ingels believes that there is a “third way” a “pragmatic utopian architecture”or as I understand it “Conscious Inspiration Architecture”

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In This post I will try to demonstrate why I think  BIG’s architecture is based on the principles of “conscious inspiration”

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1. Le Corbusier’s “raising Ramp”

BiG’s Cultural Center in Denmark

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From  eliinbar’s sketchbook 2012

You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts dealing with Le Corbusier’s “raising Ramp-trend”

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2. “Extrovert inspiration”

BIG‘s Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec

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eliinbar sketches 2010  “Extrovert inspiration”

You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts dealing with “Extrovert inspiration”

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3. “The slice effect”

BIG’s TEK Cube Building in Taiwan   2010

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Zaha Hadid Architect

Performing arts centre Hague

The Netherlands Published  2010

You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts dealing with the “The slice effect”

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4.“The Crystal Buildings”

Big’s Tallinn’s new City Hall Estonia 2009

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From eliinbar’s sketchbook 2011, “TheCrystal Buildings”

You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts dealing with Daniel Libeskind’s “Crystal Buildings”

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5.“The Green Lego Towers”

BIG’s Lego Towers 2007

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 MVRDV – Dwellings Liuzhou, China 2007

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What did I learned from this post?

1.“conscious inspiration” is a pragmatic method that can lead us architects to be a successful firm.

2. “Eccentric curiosities” and “boring boxes” is out “pragmatic utopian architecture” is In.

3. “pragmatic utopian architecture” is designing according to the principles of The “conscious Inspiration Method”….“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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A warm recommendation…. Locate  presentations showing  BIG’s Planning process (tools) in YouTube

Here is one I like ….

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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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Steven Holl , El Lissitzky and the HORIZONTAL SKYSCRAPERS

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 17, 2012 by eliinbar

eliinbar’s Sketch book 2012 - Steven Holl’s Inspiration Sources

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In 1923–1925 El Lissitzky proposed and developed the idea of horizontal skyscrapers  

Lissitzky argued that as long as humans cannot fly, moving horizontally is natural and moving vertically is not…. 

Where there is not sufficient land for construction, a new plane created in the air at medium altitude should be preferred to an American- tower. 

These buildings, according to Lissitzky, also provided superior insulation and ventilation for their inhabitants. 

More than 80 years later (2006) Steven Holl  designe an horizontal Skyscraper. The Vanke Center in Shenzhen, China, a mixed-use building including hotel, offices, serviced apartments, and public park (2006-2009)

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El Lissitzky’s proposed horizontal skyscraper 1923–1925

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Steven Holl Architect horizontal skyscraper

 VANKE CENTER in Shenzhen

China  2006-2009

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Eliinbar sketches 2012 Steven Holl’s Inspiration Sources?

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Epilogue:

1. In the drawing above , Steven Holl compares his horizontal skyscraper To a Typical American skyscraper.

2. I still wonder if the inspiration source for Holl’s buildings Mentioned in my sketch-book above are Actually Le Corbusier’s La Tourette Monastery…. 

3. I recommend everyone who is interested in the work of Holl, to read Lebbeus Woods post dealing with Steven Holl’s Horizontal Skyscraper.

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Steven Holl’s Spatial Retaining Bars, Phoenix, 1994

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Steven Holl’s American Library expansion, Berlin, 1984

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Steven Holl’s  Nanjing museum of art and architecture 2011

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

Le Corbusier & Steven Holl    http://archidialog.com/2010/03/08/le-corbusier-steven-holl/

La Tourette ” Conscios Inspiration” 2 http://archidialog.com/2010/09/20/la-tourette-conscios-inspiration-2/ 

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MVRDV & Le Corbusier and the ultimate inspirational roof terrace

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on December 5, 2011 by eliinbar

Eliinbar’s sketchbook 2011  Le Corbusier’s ultimate inspirational roof terrace

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In this post, I want to introduce a rarer option that the Unite D’habitation in Marseille roof  terrace is MVRDV’s morphological inspiration source For at least three buildings and projects they designed.

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Le Corbusier’s Unite D’habitation in Marseille roof terrace : The majority of the communal aspects in the “Unite d’habitation” do not occur within the building; rather they are placed on the roof. Its flat roof is designed as a communal terrace with  a running track, a shallow paddling pool for children, and an open-air theatre

From archdaily

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Le Corbusier’s Unite D’habitation in Marseille

roof terrace, Computer simulation

1945-1952

The Unite D’habitation in Marseille computer simulation ,is from Jacques Sbriglio’s book about Le Corbusier’s Unite d’habitation In Marseille.

From left to right:  the Open Air Theatre, sculptural ventilation stacks, gymnasium, elevator shaft, school and children’s pool

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                                   MVRDV Architects

”Movie Village” project in Busa , South Korea 

 2005 ( Computer simulation)

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MVRDV Architects

Open Air Theatre

Delft-The Netherlands 1992 

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MVRDV Architects Mirador residential building

 Sanchinarro Madrid-Spain

( in Collaboration with Blanca Lleo’ Asociados) 2001-2004

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MVRDV Architects

Mirador residential building

 “roof terrace”

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MVRDV Architects

Rotterdam Market Hall

Construction started in 2009

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Eliinbar sketches 2011  Le Corbusier’s ultimate inspirational roof terrace

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Can you identify more buildings that may be inspired by Corbusier’s Unite D’habitation in Marseille roof terrace?

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You are invited to visit my relevant post

MVRDV – Inspirational Architecture Firm http://archidialog.com/2010/06/11/mvrdv-inspirational-architecture-firm

The “Whale” Building strikes again   http://archidialog.com/2011/03/10/the-whale-building-strikes-again/ 

REX Architects & ” Conscious Inspiration” http://archidialog.com/2010/11/13/rex-architects-conscious-inspiration/ 

MVRDV & Le Corbusier and the ultimate inspiration building, Le Corbusier’s “Unite D’habitation” in Marseille http://archidialog.com/2011/11/28/mvrdv-le-corbusier-and-the-ultimate-inspiration-building-le-corbusiers-unite-dhabitation-in-marseille/

The “Whale” Buildings – “Conscious Inspiration” http://archidialog.com/2010/07/13/the-whale-buildings-conscious-inspiration/

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MVRDV & Le Corbusier and the ultimate inspiration building, Le Corbusier’s “Unite D’habitation” in Marseille

Posted in buildings with tags , , , , , , on November 28, 2011 by eliinbar

In this post and the following posts, I want to share with you a fascinating discovery about Le Corbusier’s “Unite D’habitation” in Marseille.

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Unite D’habitation in Marseille was the first order Le Corbusier received from the French state starts to be scheduled immediately after the Second World War (1945-46),

Le Corbusier’s Unite D’habitation in Marseille comprises 337 apartments arranged over twelve stories, all suspended on large piloti. The building also incorporates shops with architectural bookshop,sporting, medical and educational facilities, a hotel which is open to the public, and a gastronomic restaurant. Its flat roof is designed as a communal terrace with sculptural ventilation stacks, a running track, a shallow paddling pool for children, and an open-air theatre

The building is constructed in béton brut (rough-cast concrete) and was finished in 1952. 

From Wikipedia

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MVRDV is a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1991. The name is an acronym for the founding members

Their first realized commission was the new offices for VPRO in Hilversum, Netherlands (1993–1997). 

MVRDV is well-known for its philosophy of densification and multiple space use. 

The office researches and debates global ecological issues such as the consequences of urban sprawl, the bio-industry and climate change. 

From Wikipedia 

An MVRDV’s urban design project that draws my attention, is the research master plan into the future of greater Paris.

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Le Corbusier’s  Unite D’habitation is characterized by a cellular morphology.Le Corbusier developed a system of interior “streets” every three floors that provided the horizontal access to interlocking cross-over units.

A typical Unite D’habitation section showing the “streets” (1) ,and the interlocking cross-over units designed by Le Corbusier at 1945-1946

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 40 years later an elevation section of a “double house” in Utrecht designed by MVRDV at 1995

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MVRDV’s drawing sequence, showing the development of the design concept of the “double house” in Utrecht

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Eliinbar sketches 2011  Unite D’habitation in Marseille ,the ultimate inspiration building

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You are invited to visit my relevant posts

MVRDV – Inspirational Architecture Firm

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

The New Vertical City –” Conscious Inspiration”

http://archidialog.com/2011/03/22/the-new-vertical-city-conscious-inspiration

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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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Memories from Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye

Posted in buildings with tags , , , on November 10, 2011 by eliinbar

Recently I had the occasion to visit the Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier (1928-1931) In Poissy, outskirts of Paris, France. 

Here are pictures I took of the Villa Savoye…. less familiar viewpoints. 

My wife’s father summed up my emotional meeting with Villa Savoye in the following words …. And I quote  ….

“This building looks exactly like the school I went to, when I was a child“ 

Could it be that the architect who designed the school of my wife’s father (in the late 40′s) was inspired from Villa Savoye?

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 Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye (1928-1931) In Poissy, outskirts of Paris, France

 

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

Posted in buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on August 5, 2011 by eliinbar

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

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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)…. 

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 Timothy Moon Architects 

 Escarpment House  Hawkesbury River

 Photographed 2008

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Architecture Paradigm 

Bangalore India 

 Project Year: 2011

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eliinbar Sketches 2011- Le Corbusier & Archigram 2

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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

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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

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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.

“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.

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