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MVRDV’s “black cloud”, The image of the memory….

Eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011 MVRDV’s Inspiration Sources?

Normally my blog is a place where I trace the inspiration sources of architects.

I debated whether to view the Next story ….

Here is the unresolved story about MVRDV’s inspiration Sources of the “pixilated Cloud skyscrapers” in Seoul….

MVRDV Architects

two Residential skyscrapers Seoul

korea published 2011

MVRDV’s inspiration source….

The design inspiration of The Cloud is visualized in the image above

Attacks on the World Trade Center towers

on Sept. 11, 2001.

skyvillag-MVRDV Rødovre pixelated Skyscraper

in Copenhagen, Denmark

published 2008

Eliinbar sketches 2011 , MVRDV’s Inspiration Sources?

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MVRDV & Le Corbusier and the ultimate inspirational roof terrace

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

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.

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

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

MVRDV Architects

”Movie Village” project in Busa , South Korea

2005 ( Computer simulation)

MVRDV Architects

Open Air Theatre

Delft-The Netherlands 1992

MVRDV Architects Mirador residential building

Sanchinarro Madrid-Spain

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

MVRDV Architects

Mirador residential building

“roof terrace”

MVRDV Architects

Rotterdam Market Hall

Construction started in 2009

Eliinbar sketches 2011 Le Corbusier’s ultimate inspirational roof terrace

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

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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 Conscious Inspiration, CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION PAGE, eliinbar Sketches 2011, Le Corbusier, MVRDV, Unite D’habitation, Unite D’habitation in Marseille 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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.

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

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From eliinbar’s sketchbook 2011,

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

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

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

Daniel Libeskind Architect

the Jewish Museum

Berlin,Germany 1988-1999

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

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

Daniel Libeskind Architect

Dún Laoghaire Harbour “landmark building”

Competition , Published October 2003

Daniel Libeskind Architect

Denver art museum Denver,Colorado

opened in October 2006

Daniel Libeskind Architect

The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Hong Kong

complete the building in 2010

Daniel Libeskind Architect

Military History Museum

expected to be completed in 2011.

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

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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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 4-”Tree of knowledge”

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From eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011 , Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

In this post I present MVRDV’s Sloterpark Swimming Pool and Zaha Hadid’s Pierres Vives-building , housing three government departments .

Zaha Hadid is today the most widely publicized and influential architect by Google test.

It’s not the formal similarity, why I pose the two projects, and I don’t have the intention to insinuate that Zaha Hadid copied from another.

My goal is to encourage the developing of “Codex rules“for a new architectural planning process that I call Conscious Inspiration.

Zaha Hadid Architects

Pierres Vives

Montpellier France 2002-2012

MVRDV Architects

Sloterpark Swimming Pool

Amsterdam competition 1994

From Zaha Hadid’s Site:

The Pierres Vives Building “ Housing three government department emerging as a “tree of Knowledge” three institutions unified within a single envelope”

The spectacular design of the building is inspired by the idea of a “tree of knowledge” as an organizational diagram for the entire project.

Zaha Hadid uses the concept of trunk and tree to organize and divide up the complexity of the administrative citadel as a whole.

Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

Zaha Hadid is looking for a programming idea to combine three institutions unified within a single envelope.

She is inspired by the metaphor of the” tree of Knowledge”

How it affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are metaphors her Inspiration Sources?

“I am a tree of knowledge” from The Macho Response blog”

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 2

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From eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011,Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

In this post I present MVRDV’s ”Kissing Towers” in Donau City ,Vienna and Zaha Hadid;s “Stone Towers” in Cairo, Egypt.

In my future posts I will continue my journey uncovering Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources.

Zaha Hadid is today the most widely publicized and influential architect by Google test.

It’s not the formal similarity, why I pose the two projects, and I don’t have the intention to insinuate that Zaha Hadid copied from another.

My goal is to encourage the developing of “Tools” for a new architectural planning process that I call Conscious Inspiration

MVRDV Architects

model of the ”Kissing Towers” Donau City Vienna

2002

Zaha Hadid Architects

“Stone Towers” Cairo, Egypt

2008-

Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

Here’s some more information from Zaha Hadid Architects about the “Stone Towers” :

“Inspired by the patterns and textures of ancient Egyptian stonework, the north and south facades of each tower will be covered with recesses and protrusions emphasising the effects of light and shadow on the surfaces”

“Ancient Egyptian stonework incorporates a vast array of patterns and textures that, when illuminated by the intense sunlight of the region, creates animated displays of light and shadow”

Zaha Hadid Architects “Stone Towers” & Direct Sunlight

Zaha Hadid is very aware to the “Place” she is designing her Buildings.

How it affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are ”Places” her Inspiration Sources?

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The Bubble \ Pebbles Architecture Trend

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eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011-The Bubble-Pebbles architecture trend

I make a short break in the series of posts on the “Ultimate Conscious Inspiration Architect”

There are clear signs that we are in the progress
of a new architectural trend.
I invite you to review two excellent posts (Urbain-trop-urbain) that describe the inspiration sources of the new “Bubble / Pebbles Architecture trend “

Urbain-trop-urbain posts:

http://www.urbain-trop-urbain.fr/monumenta-2011 http://www.urbain-trop-urbain.fr/le-lendemain-de-la-veille-urbaine-29/

Here are some examples of recent projects, of the new “Bubble / Pebbles Architecture trend”:

MVRDV‘s New Animation Museum

, Can China Outmuscle Pixar

published may 2011

“The design of the building is inspired by characteristic pebbles found on Batumi beach and will provide views of the beach and the Black sea”.

Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects

have won a competition to design an aquarium in Batumi, Georgia,

resembling a cluster of pebbles.Published in August 2010

zaha hadid Architect

’galaxy soho’. located in beijing, china

now under construction, published 2010

Francois Blanciak Architect

Taipei Performing Arts Center ,Competition proposal

published April 2009

eliinbar Sketches 2011- the bubble Architecture Trend

More information about the “The Bubble \ Pebbles Architecture Trend”

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http://archidialog.com/2010/04/08

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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 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.

Eli Inbar

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