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The Bubble \ Pebbles Architecture Trend

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

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

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

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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/

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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

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“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

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 zaha hadid Architect

 ’galaxy soho’. located in beijing, china

now under construction, published 2010

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Francois Blanciak  Architect

Taipei Performing Arts Center ,Competition  proposal  

published  April 2009

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eliinbar Sketches 2011- the bubble Architecture Trend

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

You are invited to visit my relevant post 

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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MVRDV & Herzog de Meuron – The “Visual House “&”Balancing House”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on March 25, 2011 by eliinbar

This post is about buildings I encounter on a regular basis
in the Web….

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Kormeling Architect / Artist

Starting Tower   Slochteren ,  Netherland   1992

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Herzog de Meuron Architects

Vitra Campus ,  Weilam Rhhein ,  Germany 2010

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MVRDV and Mole Architects

Balancing Barn holiday home in Suffolk, UK

Published in Dezeen October 14th, 2010

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RVL architects

House Charentilly, France

Published in ARCHDAILY

24Mar 2011

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The “Conscious Inspiration” signs:

1. All buildings, in this post, deal with The Notion of the “Visual House”

2. The buildings are designed in a unique simplicity of Prism-shaped elements.

3. The buildings design deal with “Weightlessness,
“Levitation” and “Balancing”.

4. Significant source of inspiration is Kormelings’ Starting Tower in Slochteren,Netherland

The “Visual House “&”Balancing House” eliinbar Sketces 2011

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts

Herzog de Meuron & MVRDV

http://archidialog.com/2010/01/21

Herzog de Meuron & John Kormeling – “Conscious Inspiration” The “Visual House”

http://archidialog.com/2010/06/22

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The “Whale” Building strikes again

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , on March 10, 2011 by eliinbar

 Influx Studio’s text for Arch daily :

1. “The architecture of the NVC takes the simplicity and elegance of a  paper boat/plane as inspiration”

2. “The design for NVC will be an icon of “back to the water”     

  

Influx Studio 

 Newark Visitors Center ORIGA 

Newark, New Jersey, USA  Project Year: 2009

  

Zaha Hadid Architect 

 Guggenheim Hermitage Museum

 Vilnius  Lithvania  2009

 

MVRDV Architects 

 ”Movie Village”

Busa , South Korea  2005

 

eliinbar Sketches 2011

 

You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts

The “Whale” Buildings 1 :   

  http://archidialog.com/2010/07/13

Peter Eisenman & Zaha Hadid : 

 http://archidialog.com/2010/06/20

 

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REX Architects & ” Conscious Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 13, 2010 by eliinbar

 

REX  architects office with Joshua Prince-Ramus as princial ,is one of the leading architects offices in recent years.

Here  are projects designed by  REX ,in the years Rem Koolhaas was still a partner And after….  

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Zumthor Architect

 Kunsthaus ( Art Museum ) 

  Bergenz

 

REX Architects 

  Munch Museum 

 Oslo _ Norway 

 Competition

 

 enlightenment inspiration

 

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Neutelings Riedijk Architect

 Mas Museum

 

 

REX architects

Kortrijk Library

Kortrijk – Belgium

 

Wrap- Up Inspiration

 

 

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REX architects _ Museum Plaza _ Louisville _ Kentuky _ USA

 

 

MVRDV Architects _ Mirador _ Sanchinarro _ Spain

 

Typological Inspiration

 

 

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Le Corbusier

 Le palais du Gouverneur

Chandigarh

 

 REX Architects

Vakko Fashion Center

And Power Media Center

 Formal Inspiration

 

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Two quotations from the REXs’ site, describing the firm’s Approach :

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Architects have retreated from the accountability (and productivity) of Master Builders to the safety (and impotence) of stylists.
2.The media sells simple, catchy ideas; it reduces teams to individuals and their collaborative work to genius sketches. The proliferation of this false notion of "starchitecture" diminishes the real teamwork that drives celebrated architecture.

Very exciting …. REX Describe two of the reasons why I suggest to implement “Conscious Inspiration”….

 

Availability of the “ architecture  information” probably affects the planning processes and thinking of the modern architecture  Office. I hope the planning process that I like to call “Conscious Inspiration” Will give architects the tools to cope with the abundance of information, and  Create quality and creative architecture….

Eli Inbar

 

 

 

 

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Zaha Hadid the “Dancing Towers – Concept”

Posted in buildings with tags , , , , , , on November 7, 2010 by eliinbar

On 14 October I published a post showing an Option ,that two leading architects were Inspired…. 

Here are tow more Projects Designed by one of the talented architects ,using the same typological principle I introduced in the 14 octobers’ Post. 

Is this an example of “Conscious Inspiration” ?

Zaha Hadid Architect 

Farrer Court _ Singapore

2008

Zaha Hadid Architect

The Stone Towers

Cairo _ Egypt _ 2009

 

MVRDV & Zaha Hadid

eliinbar sketches2010 - 14\10\2010

 

 

 

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Zaha Hadid & MVRDV – “Conscious Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , on October 14, 2010 by eliinbar

At the year 2002 ,  MVRDV architects office designed a group of towers for the Donau city  in Vienna. The project was inspired by critical thinking about skyscrapers.

The result was a three dimensional City.

MVRDV’s towers were called the “Kissing Towers”.

At the same year Zaha Hadid designed two ”Kissing Towers” for Ground -zero in New- York City. 

Four years later Zaha Hadid designed three towers for Dubai, they were called the “Dancing Towers”.

MVRDV Architects _model of the ”Kissing Towers” _ Donau City _ Vienna _ 2002

Zaha Hadid Architect _ Two “kissing Towers” _ Ground zero _ New York _ 2002

Zaha Hadid Architect _ “Dancing Towers” _ Dubai _ 2006

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

Posted in buildings with tags , , , , , 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”

Posted in buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 6, 2010 by eliinbar

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….

Birth and development of the  modern green skyscraper:

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Yeang Architect _Mesiniaga Menara ( IBM ) Tower _ Kuala Lumpur _ 1992

Original sketches that describe the design principles of Mesiniaga  Menara ( IBM ) green tower:

Text  quoted  from  Buisiness Week:
The IBM Tower in Kuala Lumpur was the first modern green skyscraper—although its architect, Ken Yeang, prefers to call it a “bioclimactic” building, because of the way its natural ventilation strategies make the building feel as if it were breathing. The design was the first to bring low-energy use to a high-density urban environment, reflecting Yeang’s idea that only the sustainable development of cities can accommodate the world’s population growth. But unlike the sophisticated technical engineering of later green skyscrapers, most of its strategies are passive—such as a spiraling atrium that accommodates “vertical landscaping,” improving indoor air quality and aiding natural ventilation, and external louvers that reduce solar heat gain

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Ken Yeang Architect _ Nera Tower _ Tokyo _ 1994

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Ken Yeang & TR Hamzah Architects _ EDITT Tower _ Singapore _ 2008

Three green Skyscrapers  designed  recently  by leading architectural firms:

Libskind Architect _ NY _ USA _ Sky One Medi Gardens _ 2008

Jean Nouvel Architect _ One Central Park _ Sydney City _ 2008-2010-

Hans Hollein Architect _ SBF Tower _ Shenzhen _ Chaina _ 2010

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More green skyscrapers  planned recently around the world :

 

 

MVRDV Architects _ Sky Village _ Rodover _ Denemark

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The “Whale” Buildings – “Conscious Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , on July 13, 2010 by eliinbar

F.Van Dagen Architect _ Mega Apartment building _ Amsterdam _ 1995-2000

MVRDV Architects _ “Movie Village” Busa _ South Korea _ 2005

Jaja Architects _ Office and Shopping Complex _ Vanlose Denemark _ 2010 Competition

Models and sketches featuring the principles of MVRDV and Jaja architects projects :

 

MVRDV- “ movie vilage” – Conceptual model

MVRDV’s project is an example of  “CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION”.
There is a perfect match between the “Whale” morphology and unique uses of the building.

Jaja Architects Conceptual sketches

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“Conscious Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags on July 5, 2010 by eliinbar

Public relations representative of one of the most influential architectural firms in the world ,

Architecture firm MVRDV

Gave a Comment  to two of my recent blog posts,

Here are the comments of Mr Jan Knikker:

 
1/ …as much as this might flatter MVRDV, I am quite sure that Joshua Ramus did not use this as an inpiration for the Museum Plaza. The thing with your comparisons is that they lack intelligence and insight into the program. It is purely esthetical. I would like to receive an answer from you.
2/ What you describe are esthetical resemblances between random buildings that have been designed by the two offices totally independently and without the “inspiration” you discovered here. The dates you mention are dates of publication and not of the design. Both the OMA and the MVRDV building have been designed well before the date you mention. This series of yours is insinuating relationships which do not exist and is therefore a pure esthetical comparison lacking intellect, besides, it represents almost an insult to whichever office is supposed to be “inspired” by the other.
Regards,
Jan Knikker
MVRDV

I want to thank Mr.  Jan Knikker for the opportunity to share with you my urge to write this blog ….

In my blog, I juxtapose examples of projects without the intention to insinuate that one architect copied from another, but rather to spur a dialog among architects.

The goal is to encourage an architectural planning process that I like to call Conscious Inspiration.

I am obviously not the first to consider this approach:

Le Corbusier mentions in one of his books that his sources of inspiration for the Cathedral of Ron Champ was Villa Adriana at Tivoli. The French architect  Emile Aillaud describes in his writings that his source of inspiration for 3 office buildings in LA Defense (near Paris) was the Piazza Dei Miracoli  with the Tower of Pisa. Louis Kahan eventually got his inspiration  to design the  Hurva Synagogue from the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, and Tadao Ando traveled all over Europe to get inspired by existing buildings as a way to train  him self to become an architect..

So far, I have only scratched the surface of this concept, and I am in the beginning of this journey. I believe the journey itself may lead us architects to a more rigorous architectural planning.

Eli Inbar

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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