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Zaha Hadid’s “floating Inspiration”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on February 16, 2012 by eliinbar

Zaha Hadid is a winner of many international competitions, theoretically influential and ground breaking.

A number of Hadid’s winning designs were initially never built. The Peak Club in Hong Kong (1983) shown in this post is one of them.

 

Hadid‘s Process of Exploring through Painting is Inspiring….

But what are Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources?

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The image shown below is Chernikhov’s  futuristic building, Demonstrating his search for the forms and images of new architecture.

It was published in his book  “Architectural Fantasies” (1925-1933)

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And this is Zaha Hadid’s image for the Peak Club international competitions in Hong Kong (1983)

 Notice the architectural characteristic features identical in both Images

1. Hovering Rectangular volumes.

2. Floating curve.

3. Constructivists visionary power

4. Vertical cylindrical elements

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Eliinbar Sketches 2012 - Zaha Hadid’s “floating Inspiration”

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Could it be that Chernikhov’s image, is Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration source for the Peak Club design?

For you to judge….

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What did I learn from this post?

Zaha Hadid’s projects hover and float, animated by the same visionary power that marked the ground–breaking Constructivist structures that Vladimir Tatlin, El Lissitzky, Moisei Ginzburg  and Chernikhov imagined….

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And for dessert….

What do you say about Zaha hadid’s MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts floating structureshown in the image below ?

Can you imagine what are its origins (“Inspiration Sources”)?

 Zaha Hadid Archirect

MAXXI National Museum of  XXI  Century Arts

 Rome Italy 2009

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You are invited to visit my previous posts showing talented architects getting inspired by the Russian Constructivist imaginary images of futuristic buildings.  

Zaha Hadid “Formal Inspiration” http://archidialog.com/2011/02/02/zaha-hadid-formal-inspiration/

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill & Yakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”? 2   http://archidialog.com/2012/01/23/

O.M. Ungers & Iakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”http://archidialog.com/2012/01/19/o-m-ungers-yak…us-inspiration/ 

Steven Holl , El Lissitzky and the HORIZONTAL SKYSCRAPERS -http://archidialog.com/2012/01/17/

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing processWe 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

“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

Zaha Hadid and the “Mechanics of Inspiration”

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

From  Eliinbar’s sketchbook 2012  Zaha Hadid-“Mechanics of Inspiration

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In my blog I Often traces Zaha hadid’s Inspiration Sources.

In this post I propose to define three groups of Zaha hadid‘s projects.

Each group of buildings has its unique inspiration characteristics.

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1.   The Contemporary organic Style Inspired by characterized forms occurring in nature

 Zaha Hadid Architects

Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre

Published February 2007  in Dezeen

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Zahah Hadid’s description for the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre:  “a sculptural form that emerges from a linear intersection of pedestrian paths within the cultural district, gradually developing into a growing organism that sprouts a network of successive branches”.

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Hector Guimard ‘s  typical art nouveau detail

In a Parisian Metro station entrance

(Pct. from Flicker)

Note that the  art nouveau style is characterized by forms occurring in nature

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Note the morphological similarities between Zaha Hadid’s organic Configuration of the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre and the art nouveau detail In a Parisian Metro station entrance.

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2. geometric abstract StyleInspired by Kazimir Malevich  geometric abstract art

Zaha  Hadid Architect

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)

Cincinnati, Ohio  2001-2003

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 Kazimir Malevich   (1879- 1935)

geometric abstract art and

 Avant-garde  Supermatism

Note the morphological similarities between Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center building and the Kazimir Malevich’s painting
A Three-dimensional horizontal composition of trapezoids

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3.  Plastelina Style

Zaha hadid Architect

Nuragic and ContemporanyArt Museum

Cagliari, Italy Published 2006 

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You are invited to visit my relevant posts:

Zaha Hadid & “Plastelina Buildings”

http://archidialog.com/2011/08/08/zaha-hadid-plastelina-buildings/

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What is Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building”.?

http://archidialog.com/2011/10/20/what-is-zaha-hadid%E2%80%99s-ultimate-%E2%80%9Cinspirational-building/

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Zaha Hadid & Grimshaw Architects, wrapped softly….

http://archidialog.com/2012/01/30/zaha-hadid-grimshaw-architects-wrapped-softly/

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Zaha Hadid’s Imaginary Inspiration Source?

http://archidialog.com/2011/11/17

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

 Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing processWe 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

“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

Frank Gehry’s and Zaha Hadid’s “Victorian inspiration”

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 6, 2012 by eliinbar

From Eliinbar”s Sketchbook,2012, Frank Gehry’s & Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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This post  Traces Zaha Hadid’s  “Conscious inspiration” design Methodology, that eventually engenders a unique and winning design such as the Riverside Museum in Glasgow Scotland.

Zaha Hadid’s planning process Shown in this post is based on my own understanding  (for you to judge)….  my Intention is to introduce Zaha Hadid’s strategy implementing the “conscious inspiration method

Zaha Hadid’s starts her design process by connecting to Accessible information sources she is informed about everything that was designed in the past and on a daily basis

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This is a St Silas church in Glasgow

It’s style building is known as Victorian

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Notice the Repetitive theme of the triangular gable

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And this is the Riverside Museum’s front entrance designed by Zaha Hadid in Glasgow. She gives an innovative interpretation to the repetitive Victorian gable.

Zaha Hadid Architect

Riverside Museum   Glasgow

Scotland,  Competition 2004 -2011.

 

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This is an Aerial view

of the Central railway Station In Glasgow

 

And this is an Aerial view of  Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Museum in Glasgow

Note the linear and continuous configuration of the building roof

in the two images 

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This is an image of the departures board in Glasgow’s Central railway station sealing.

Notice the configuration of the extruded triangular-shaped roof

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And this is an inner image of the Zaha Hadids Riverside Museum sealing in GlasgowNotice the configuration of the extruded triangular-shaped roof

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And finally as I mentioned more than once we don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings 

This is the Image of the Dundee Maggie’s Centre in Scotland, designed by Frank Gehry, opened its doors  in 2003

Notice the variable repetitive theme of the triangular gable.

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Who knows…. maybe this recognized building in Dundee shown in the following picture, is the inspiration source for Gehry’s Maggie’s Centre .

Note the initial visual characteristics of the two buildings.
Triangular pediment and vertical tower next to It…..

The McManus Galleries in the centre of Dundee

architect Sir George Gilbert Scott 

The style building is known as Victorian Gothic

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

 O.M. Ungers & Iakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”?

 http://eliinbar.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/o-m-ungers-yak…us-inspiration/

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

http://archidialog.com/2011/09/05/in-pursuit-after-zaha-hadids-inspiration-sources-3-the-interplay-between-architecture-and-nature

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Zaha Hadid & “house as a metaphor”or the “Visual House“

http://archidialog.com/2011/08/15/zaha-hadid-%E2%80%9Chouse-as-a-metaphoror-the-%E2%80%9Cvisual-house%E2%80%9C/

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

 “Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing processWe 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

“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


Foster and Partners & Grimshaw Architects “Sophisticated spiral Inspiration”

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , on February 2, 2012 by eliinbar

In my previous post I raised the possibility that Grimshaw’s architects Garibaldi Exhibition Building Is the inspiration source to Zaha Hadid‘s Burnham Pavilion

In this post it seems that Grimshaw’s architects switch roles….

Could it be that Grimshaw Architects took their inspiration from London City Hall designed by Foster,when planning the new Fulton Street Transit Center in New York?…….. For you to judge….

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Foster & Partners

London City Hall 2002

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Grimshaw Architects computer simulation

 of the Fulton Street Transit Center

New York, NY, USA – Completion Date scheduled: 2014

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Notice the spiral element expression on the left side of the computer simulation above….

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Eliinbar sketches 2012  Grimshaw Architects inspiration sources

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Notice the formal imagination and the spiral element expression in both projects

More interesting information about Foster & Partners spiral pedestrian movement In London City Hall, see the Wikipedia

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 Spiral staircase in Foster’s New City Hall  London

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

Zaha Hadid & Grimshaw Architects, wrapped softly….

 http://archidialog.com/2012/01/30

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Steven Holl , El Lissitzky and the HORIZONTAL SKYSCRAPERS

http://archidialog.com/2012/01/17

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O.M. Ungers & Iakov Chernikhov – Is This “Conscious Inspiration”?

 http://eliinbar.wordpress.com/2012/01/19

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

 “Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing processWe 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

“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.

Zaha Hadid & Grimshaw Architects, wrapped softly….

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , on January 30, 2012 by eliinbar

From time to time I hold a mirror and try to reflect  the contemporary architectural reality, for you to judge,

I must  confess…. it makes it more interesting when it comes to famous architects….

Here is another interesting example of “Conscious inspiration

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Zaha Hadid is certainly one of the most influential architects working today.

Does Zaha Hadid implement intuitively the “Conscious Inspiration Method” to design unique structures?

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The following image is Garibaldi Exhibition Building designed by Grimshaw Architects in 2006

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Grimshaw Architects

Garibaldi Exhibition Building

Milan Italy Competition won: 2006

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From Grimshaw’s architects cite  about Garibaldi Exhibition Building:

This functional core is then loosely wrapped, as though draped with fabric, in a metal skin that follows the shape of the site, creating something of an urban sculpture. At piazza level, the building is transparent.

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Zaha Hadid Architects

The Burnham Pavilion, temporary pavilion to house multimedia installation

in Chicago Published : August 2009

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Here’s some info from  Zaha Hadid  architects about Burnham Pavilion published in Dezeen: 

The pavilion is composed of an intricate bent-aluminum structure Outer and inner fabric skins are wrapped tightly around the metal frame to create the fluid shape.

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Eliinbar sketches 2012  Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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Notice to the recurring themes of the two pavilions Fabric skins wrapped tightly around a metal frame, inspired by the fashion industry.

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To be continued….

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts:

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

http://archidialog.com/2011/10/08

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Zaha Hadid and the “Sculpture Buildings Trend”

http://archidialog.com/2011/10/03

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s  inspiration Sources 1

http://archidialog.com/2011/08/29

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“Conscious Inspiration” the ultimate inspiration methodology

 “Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing processWe 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

“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

Architecture – The Sculpted decade

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2012 by eliinbar

Eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011 – Architecture – The Sculpted decade

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New Year it is time for summations….

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The last decade is by far the most sculptural decade in recent years.

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Here is a brief overview of the typical types of sculptural
buildings.

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You are invited to add your own ideas…. 

In my next posts I will give a close look into the sources of inspiration of the various types of sculptural buildings.

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“Plastelina sculpted buildings”

Zaha Hadid Architec with Patrik Schumacher

Cultural Centre and Opera House in Dubai

 published 2008

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“wrapped Sculpted buildings”

Frank Gehry Architect

Experience Music Project, Seattle Center

2000

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”Materialistic sculpted buildings”

Thom Mayne Los Angeles firm Morphosis

 Sciences Building of Cooper Union college in

New York. 2009

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“Prisma sculpted buildings”

architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au.

 founder, architect Wolf D. Prix

 Ohio, Akron  Akron Art Museum  2007

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crystal Sculpted buildings” 

Daniel Libeskind Architect

Royal Ontario Museum

 competition:2002-completion: 2007

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You are invited to visit my relevant posts:

Zaha Hadid & “Plastelina Buildings” http://archidialog.com/2011/08/08/zaha-hadid-plastelina-buildings/

Learning from Frank Gehry ….Chapter 1 ,His Design Tools http://archidialog.com/2011/10/24/learning-from-frank-gehry-chapter-1-his-design-tools/

Daniel Libeskind’s Inspiration Sources ; “The Crystal Buildings”http://archidialog.com/2011/10/08/daniel-libeski…stal-buildings/

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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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What is Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building”.?

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2011 by eliinbar

Zaha Hadid architecture is characterized by new design techniques (Tools)…. 

Here is a quote from Zaha Hadid’s Office (Patrik Schumacher)

“Digital techniques have become an essential ingredients of the project development.

The analog techniques employed – like interpenetration, isometric and perspectival distortion, dynamic bending and warping – anticipate the possibilities currently offered by advanced animation software.  Intermediate techniques like distortion and “smearing” using the xerox machine established a fertile ground for the quick assimilation of the new digital tools in the process of form finding” “a new architectural language and conception of space was developed

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What did I learn from this quote?

Zaha Hadid uses Advanced and contemporary  sculptural techniques, when designing her buildings.

 

In the same matter, you are invited to see my relevant post about the “Conscious Inspiration Method

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As I often show in my blog, Great Architects are inspired by a building from the past – I call does buildings “Inspirational Buildings“…. 

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It’s a while that I am in  pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s ultimate” inspirational  Building

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I want to raise a reasonable possibility that Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center

Is Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building 

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                            Eero Saarinen architect

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport 

opened in 1962

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Zaha Hadid  Architect 

 London Olympics aquatics centre

  2012

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 Eliinbar sketches 2011 Zaha Hadid’s ultimate Inspirational Building“.?

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What do you think?

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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”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 8, 2011 by eliinbar


From eliinbar’s sketchbook 2011,

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

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

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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

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

the Jewish Museum

Berlin,Germany 1988-1999

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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

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

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Daniel Libeskind Architect Dún Laoghaire Harbour “landmark building”Competition, Published October 2003

Daniel Libeskind Architect

 Dún Laoghaire Harbour “landmark building”

Competition , Published October 2003

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

Denver art museum Denver,Colorado

opened in October 2006

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Hong Kong

complete the building in 2010

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

 Military History Museum

expected to be completed in 2011.

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

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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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Zaha Hadid and the “Sculpture Buildings Trend”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 3, 2011 by eliinbar

This post is about a contemporary trend ….buildings that get inspired from the three dimensional artwork…. Sculpture. 

Zaha Hadid Architect ,is in my opinion , leading the “Sculpted buildings trend, today .

In addition, I will show some interesting recent projects , dealing with the “Sculpted buildings trend”.

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Sculpture:

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping. Materials may be worked by removal such as carving; or they may be assembled such as by welding, hardened such as by firing, or molded or cast. Surface decoration such as paint may be applied.

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Zaha Hadid Architect   

Guggenheim Hermitage

Vilnius, Lithuania , Competition 2008

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Here’s some information from Zaha Hadid Architects about the Guggenheim Hermitage museum :

The museums sculptural volume is designed along Zaha Hadid’s characteristic conceptual terms of fluidity, velocity and lightness. The building appears like a mystical object floating above the extensive artificial landscape strip, seemingly defying gravity by exposing dramatic undercuts towards the surrounding entrance plazas. Large activated green fields flow around the museums sculptural mass, underlining its enigmatic presence with curvilinear lines echoing the elongated contours of the building. Contrasting with the vertical business district skyline it is a manifestation of Vilnius’ new cultural significance.

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                            Coop Himmelb(l)au architects

Martin Luther Church

Hainburg, Austria  2008-2011

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Here’s some information from Coop Himmelb(l)au about the Martin Luther Church :

The design language has been developed from the shape of the curved roof of a neighboring Romanesque ossuary – the geometry of this century-old building is translated into a form, in line with the times, via today’s digital instruments

Martin Luther Church inspiration sources and design  methodology.

Neighboring Romanesque ossuary picture  (top Left) and a today’s digital trendy sculptural interpretation (Lower right).

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Here are some more  interesting recent projects , dealing with the “Sculpted buildings trend”:

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SUS&HI office – Calcagno Littardi A.A. + Y.Park + A. Tomaiuolo Architects

“Organic Water Pavilion”-  public open space, Seoul

published 2011 

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 Robert Bruno Architect

 “Steel House”, 2006

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Sharn Architects 

 “Pixelated Skyscrape” Singapore

Published 03/2009

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Eliinbar sketches 2011  “Sculpture Building Trend ”

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