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Steven Holl , El Lissitzky and the HORIZONTAL SKYSCRAPERS

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags American Library, CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION PAGE, El Lissitzky, eliinbar Sketches 2012, eliinbar's Sketch book 2012, Horizontal Skyscraper, La Tourette Monastery, Le Corbusier, Lebbeus Woods, Nanjing museum of art and architecture, Spatial Retaining Bars, Steven Holl, VANKE CENTER on January 17, 2012 by eliinbar

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

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)

El Lissitzky’s proposed horizontal skyscraper 1923–1925

Steven Holl Architect horizontal skyscraper

VANKE CENTER in Shenzhen

China 2006-2009

Eliinbar sketches 2012 Steven Holl’s Inspiration Sources?

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.

Steven Holl’s Spatial Retaining Bars, Phoenix, 1994

Steven Holl’s American Library expansion, Berlin, 1984

Steven Holl’s Nanjing museum of art and architecture 2011

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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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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 3-”the interplay between architecture and nature”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Conscious Inspiration, eliinbar Sketches 2011, eliinbar's Sketchbook 2011, eliinbar's Sketches 2011, Google test, inspiration sources, King Abdullah II house of Culture and Art Amman, Petra, Steven Holl, Zaha Hadid, Zaha Hadid's Inspiration Sources on September 5, 2011 by eliinbar

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

In this post I present Steven Holl’s Sketch For Nanning – Chaina ,and Zaha Hadid;s King Abdullah II house of Culture and Art in Amman . 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

Steven Holl Architect

Sketch For Nanning – Chaina 2002

Zaha Hadid Architect

King Abdullah II house of Culture and Art , Amman

international competition June 2008

Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

Here’s some more information from Zaha Hadid Architects about her Inspiration Sources

The architectural expression for the new performing arts centre has been inspired by the magnificent ancient city of Petra explains Zaha Hadid. “Petra is an astonishing example of the wonderful interplay between architecture and nature, as well as the intricate complexity and elegance of natural forms – the rose-colored mountain walls have been eroded, carved and polished to reveal the astonishing strata of sedimentation. We have applied these principles to articulate the public spaces within the centre, with eroded interior surfaces that extend into the public plaza in front of the building.”

Petra-Tombs-Jordan

Zaha Hadid is inspired by the interplay between architecture and nature

How it affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are ” architecture and nature” her Inspiration Sources?

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The “Conscious Inspiration connection”

Posted in buildings with tags eliinbar Sketches 2011, Steven Holl, the"Conscious Inspiration Connaction on April 5, 2011 by eliinbar

Here Is a Simona Rotas’ photograph ,that I first saw at Ethel Barona Pohls status on my face book ….

Simona Rotas’ Wall Photos

neighbourhood in Tbilisi, Georgia

Steven Holl Architect

construction of Linked Hybrid in Beijing

eliinbar Sketches 2011- the “Conscious Inspiration Connection”

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Eduardo Souto de Moura & Steven Holl “Conscious Inspiration”

Posted in buildings with tags 2011 Pritzker Prize, Conscious Inspiration, conscious inspiration signs, Conscious Inspiration Toolbox, Conscious Inspiration Tools, Edouardo Souto de Moura, eliinbar Sketches 2011, Steven Holl on April 1, 2011 by eliinbar

Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura.is the 2011 Pritzker Prize laureate.

In this post and the subsequent posts I’ll try to find out what are his sources of inspiration.

Will it help us to add new tools to the “Conscious Inspiration Toolbox” ?

Eduardo Souto de Moura architect

Edificio Comercial y de Oficinas Avenida da Boavista

Oporto, Portugal 2004-2007

Steven Holl Architect

Loisium Hotel

Langenlois, Austria, 2001-2005

Eduardo Souto de Moura & Steven Holl . eliinbar Sketches 2011

The “conscious inspiration” Signs :

1. Both buildings deal with the “Edge of the cliff”.

2. The buildings are designed in a unique simplicity:

Sealed envelope, transparent façade.

3. The building Deliberate in a Clear direction.

4. Significant source of inspiration:

A hand with fingers, with a fragmented shape.

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Le Corbusier & Steven Holl ” Past Continuous Inspiration” 2

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Conscious Inspiration, eliinbar sketchbook 2011, eliinbar Sketches 2011, Le Corbusier, Past Continous inspiration, Steven Holl, Toolenburg-Zuid housing complex on February 15, 2011 by eliinbar

Recently I visited the Le Corbusier foundation site
It shows all the projects planned and carried out by Le Corbusier

I came across two interesting examples of “Conscious Inspiration”

The First one you can see in my previous Post

The foundation WEB page: http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/corbuweb/morpheus.aspx?sysId=64&sysLanguage=fr-fr&itemPos=1&sysParentId=64&clearQuery=1

Here is the second example of “Past Continuous Inspiration”:

Le Corbusier Architect

Building of the lock-Kemps Infer

located between Basel and Mulhouse on the Canal du Rhône, France, 1960

Steven Holl Architect

Toolenburg-Zuid housing complex Schiphol Netherlands

Competition Project 2001-2002

from eliinbar’s Sketch book 2011

The “conscious inspiration” Signs:

1. Both buildings deal with the proportions of a tower

2. Significant source of inspiration is the tree structure (“trunk” and “branches”)

3. The shell of the buildings (walls and floors) takes an expression on the facade.

4. The openings in the shell (Windows) are from “skin” to “skin”

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La Tourette ” Conscios Inspiration” 2

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags American Memorial Library Berlin, Conscious Inspiration, Generating Plans, La Tourette, La Tourette Monastery, Le Corbusier, Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona, Richard Meier, Steven Holl, Wall Building 2 on September 20, 2010 by eliinbar

Floor plans can be a Source of inspiration for architects.

We can call these plans “Generating Plans” …. A floor plan which generates inspiration.

Here are Two examples of “ Conscious inspiration”.

La Tourette floor plans inspired talented architects….

1. The Wall Buildings:

La Tourette Floor Plan Level 3

Hedjuk Architect

Wall House 2

Gronigen , The netherlands ,1967-73

Richard Meier Architect

Museum of Contemporary Art

Barcelona , 1992-95

La Tourette Eliinbar sketches 2010

Richard Alan Meier was born in 1934 in Newark New Jersey. Twenty-five years later – after graduating from Cornell University’s Architecture School, and after Cornell, working briefly for SOM – Meier decided that the best mentor he could personally select was Swiss-born architect, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret. Of course, most of us know Jeanneret by the name he gave himself – ‘Le Corbusier‘ a spin on his grandfather’s name that resembled this French word for Raven.To meet the great man, Meier would need to travel to Paris. Once there, he intended to ask Le Corbusier if he could become an intern. And oh, by the way, he would make this request with an attached offer that he believed that Le Corbusier could not refuse – he would work for free.

La-Tourette

Hejduk Architect _ Wall House2

Richard Meier _ Museum of Contemporary Art _ Barcelona

John Hedjuk profound interest in the fundamental issues of shape, organization,representation, and reciprocity. He argued that the first duty of architecture is to challenge and inspire:At la Tourette Le Corbusier emphasize the hierarchy between the big prier room and small one by putting the Small one “outside the wall” In the “Wall House” Hedjuk employs the same vocabulary of Le Corbusier to explore the relationship between inside and outside , in a more extreme way than did the Swiss-French master.

2. The Multi levels Cloister Concept

La Tourette Floor Plan 1

Steven Holl Architect _ American Memorial Library _ Berlin_ Competition 1988 – Floor Plans

La Tourette Eliinbar sketches 2010

La Tourette

Steven Holl Architect _ American Memorial Library – Model

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Le Corbusiers’ – Ron Champ Chapel -”Conscios Inspiration”

Posted in public buildings with tags Conscious Inspiration, Emmanuelle Moureax, Le Corbusier, Mansilla+Tunon, Ronchamp Chapel, Steven Holl on August 30, 2010 by eliinbar

Corbusier designed and built the Church of Ron Champ in the years 1950-54.
Since then,the church is a source of inspiration for many talented architects.
Here are some examples:

Le Corbusier Architect _ Ron Champ Chapel – Notre-Dame-du-haut _ France _ 1950-54

Mansilla + Tunon Architects _ Concert Hall _ Leon _ Spain _ 2003

Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture _ Sugamo Shinkin Bank _ Tokiwadi _ 2010

Steven Holl Architect _ Sarphatistraat _ Amsterdam-Netherlands _ 2000

Steven Holl the “Sponge Concept” 2 – Conscious Inspiration

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags BIG Architects, Conscious Inspiration, eliinbar Sketches 2010, King Abdullah 2 House of Culture and Art, Rolex Learning Center, SANAA, Steven Holl, Ted Building, The Opus Commercial Towers, The Sponge Concept, Zaha Hadid on August 24, 2010 by eliinbar

Steven Holl Architect

Sketch for Naning _ Chaina _ 2002

Zaha Hadid Architect

The Opus Commercial Towers _ Dubai _ 2007

Zaha Hadid Architect

King Abdullah II house of Culture and Art _ Amman _ 2010

BIG Architects

Ted Building _ Taiwan _ Competition 2010

eliinbar Sketches 2010

Rolex Learning Center by SANAA Architects

Does this building demonstrats how the”Conscious inspiration method” works?

This building designed by SANAA, a leading Architecture firm, is on my opinion an interpretation to the Steven Holls’ “Sponge Concept”.

If you are interested in SANAA Inspiration Sources

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Zaha Hadid & Steven Holl – the “Sponge Concept” – “Conscious Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags Conscious Inspiration, eliinbar Sketches 2010, eliinbars' Sketch book 2010, Steven Holl, The Sponge Concept, Zaha Hadid on July 14, 2010 by eliinbar

Steven Holl Architect _ Sketch For Nanning – Chaina _ 2002

Zaha Hadid Architect _ The Opus Commercial Towers _ Dubai _ 2007

Zaha Hadid Architect _ King Abdullah II House of Culture and Art _ Amman _ 2010

Eliinbar sketches 2010

Zaha Hadid‘s King Abdullah II House of Culture and Art , Is a perfect match between Steven Holl’s “Sponge Concept” morphology and the unique uses of the building.

Therefore, I think ,it is a good example of “CONSCIOUS INSPIRATION”.

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