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

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 20, 2012 by eliinbar

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

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It took me a while to clearly determine ….

The most significant Architecture Firm working today…. that implements the “conscious Inspiration Method”….in Perfection …. Is  Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG

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In This Post and the Following I’ll check my assumption …For you to Judge….

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I will start  with the first guiding principle in the “conscious inspiration method” – “Knowledge”

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Here are two of Bjarke-Ingelss’ quotes from an interview he made in 2009 for archi-ninja.com. I can assume these quotes reflect Bjarke-Ingels approach to knowledge

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“We don’t concern ourselves with being trendy”,“in general we tend to study the works of our dead ancestors rather than our contemporaries “

“dead don’t complain when you ‘steal’ their ideas ;- )” 

“The best way to learn architecture is to fall in love with architects that do it well (and their work.)”

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What did I learn from Bjarke-Ingels quotes about his approach to knowledge? 

1. Bjarke-Ingels is not intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings and architects.

2. He develops techniques how to choose the right building to be his “Inspiration Source”.

3. The “Inspiration Source building” will play the role of the “Planning Process Generator” to be used later in his design process….

 

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 Here is a building designed by BIG + JDS = PLOT  that demonstrates how Bjarke-Ingels’s applies the “Conscious Inspiration Method”

 

BIG + JDS = PLOT Architects

apartments building Copenhagen, Denmark

Construction period: 2004 – 2005 more information you can fined in Arch daily

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And Here is Steven Holl’s Building Designed In the 80s’ ..

Steven Holl Architect

HYBRID BUILDING hotel suites, shops and offices

Seaside, FL, United States, 1984-1988  (Isometric view)

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Notice the dominant configuration of the balconies in a form of triangles

BIG most likely are focusing on the morphological aspect

of Steven Holl’s building as their “Planning Process Generator”.

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

 

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

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…tools that encourage your planning process….tools matching your skills
and generating your creative process….

(You are invited to visit earlier posts of mine showing leading architects tools…. )

“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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Rem Koolhaas, MVRDV , Steven Holl and the “T Buildings trend”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 18, 2012 by eliinbar

From Eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2012– the ” T buildings trend”

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It seems like a new trend is developing in recent years.

I call this trend…. The “ T Buildings trend”

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long ago …. when architects talk about “ T buildings”….  They were referring to buildings with a floor plan that has the shape of “T” like in the next image….

Typical “T” floor plan

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In recent years, three leading architectural firms, Rem Koolhaas(OMA), MVRDV and Steven Holl, explore the “T” configuration through the facades of their buildings .

Here are some examples:

Steven Holl Architects

Nanjing Sifang Art Museum

design-2003-Completion date: 2011

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 Steven Holl Architect

“T-Houses”

Copenhagen, Denmark  2006-2007

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  Steven Holl Architect

 horizontal skyscraper VANKE CENTER

Shenzhen China  2006-2009

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 Rem Koolhaas Architect (Office for Metropolitan Architecture – OMA)

Shenzhen Stock Exchange

China  2006

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  MVRDV architects

Shenzhen “4 Tower in 1″ competition CBD Trees

Shenzhen, China  2009

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Can a floor plan be your “Inspiration source”?

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You are invited to see also a relevant and very popular post of mine,that deals with a similar option in the  Zollverein School of Management & Design, designed by SANAA.

Another relevant post worth a visit….Rem Koolhaas and the “Conscious Inspiration” issue….

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Preston Scott Cohen and the “Origami Envelopes trend”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on April 12, 2012 by eliinbar

From Eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2012 – Preston Scott Cohen and the “Origami Envelopes trend”.

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The construction of the new wing of the Tel Aviv Museum is finished.

I’m pleased to announce….Tel Aviv leads one of the hottest trends in architecture today….The “Origami Envelopes trend”.

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Preston Scott Cohen Architect

Tel Aviv Museum

2003-2010

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I am aware of Preston Scott Cohen’s unique architectural geometry approach, that gave rise to the “Origami envelopes trend” ….

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Origami Swan

Notice the formal similarity between the Tel Aviv museum and the origami swan

1. Both were created from the practice of geometry.

2. Both “facades” are characterized by sharp lines.

3. Both are characterized by a shell composed of numerous straight surfaces.

4. It seems that the shell has also a constructive role (Actually in the museum a steel construction was covered by precast concrete slabs)

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This blog focuses on the “sources of inspiration” of architects,

We are aware of the enormous architectural information we are exposed to in the web.

And as we found out…. it has big influence on us ….

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Here is a partial selection of buildings  infected  from the “Origami Envelopes trend”. 

For you to judge ….

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Taiyuan museum Preston Scott Cohen

http://www.ilikearchitecture.net/2012/01/taiyuan-museum-preston-scott-cohen/

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http://www.dezeen.com/2008/11/16/origami-by-architects-collective/

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 http://www.dezeen.com/?s=origami

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http://www.dezeen.com/2012/01/11/klein-bottle-house-by-mcbride-charles-ryan/#more-185034

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http://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/11/hamborn-abbey-extension-by-astoc/#more-153615

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 http://www.imahnahome.com/unique-home/attractive-design-at-architecture-museum-origami-apply-formed-by-rojkind-architects.html

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http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/18591/matteo-cainer-architects-serlachius-museum-gosta-extension.html

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http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/09/steven-holl-named-2012-aia-gold-medal-winner/

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http://www.e-architect.co.uk/portugal/vodafone_building_oporto.htm

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts deling with the“Origami envelopes trend”:

 

“Origami Envelopes” – Conscious Inspiration

http://archidialog.com/2011/02/24/%E2%80%9Corigami-envelopes-conscious-inspiration/

 

Zaha Hadid – “Conscious Inspiration” 2

http://archidialog.com/2010/07/12/zaha-hadid-conscious-inspiration-2/

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

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

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

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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

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     Steven Holl Architect

  Sketch For Nanning – Chaina  2002

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Zaha Hadid Architect  

King Abdullah II house of Culture and Art , Amman

international  competition June 2008

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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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.”

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Petra-Tombs-Jordan

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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 , , 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

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Steven Holl  Architect

construction of Linked Hybrid in Beijing

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eliinbar Sketches 2011- the “Conscious  Inspiration Connection”

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Eduardo Souto de Moura & Steven Holl “Conscious Inspiration”

Posted in buildings with tags , , , , , , , 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” ?

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Eduardo  Souto de Moura architect

Edificio Comercial y de Oficinas  Avenida da Boavista

Oporto, Portugal  2004-2007

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Steven Holl Architect

Loisium Hotel

Langenlois, Austria, 2001-2005

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Eduardo  Souto de Moura & Steven Holl . eliinbar Sketches 2011

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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 , , , , , , 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 , , , , , , , , , , , 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….

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1. The Wall Buildings:


La Tourette Floor Plan Level 3

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Hedjuk Architect

 Wall House 2

 Gronigen , The netherlands ,1967-73

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Richard Meier Architect

Museum of Contemporary Art

Barcelona , 1992-95

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                             La Tourette  Eliinbar sketches 2010

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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.
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La-Tourette
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Richard Meier _ Museum of Contemporary Art _ Barcelona 
 
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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.
 
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2. The Multi levels Cloister Concept 

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Steven Holl Architect _ American Memorial Library _ Berlin_ Competition 1988 – Floor Plans
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                           La Tourette  Eliinbar sketches 2010

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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 , , , , , 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

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