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
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
Two Corbusier‘s sketches illustrating the concept of the radiant city = “ Ville Radieuse”
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La Ville Radieus promised future of sunshine, fresh air and greenery for city-dwellers.
A city which consist of giant apartment blocks and green, landscaped spaces
It will be the vertical garden city.
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Renewable area near the airport of Hong Kong
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eliinbar Sketches 2010 – not so “conscious inspiration“
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Is this the radiant city Corbusier imagined?
It seems more as , not so “conscious inspiration“
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Another example of a residential building in Hong Kong.
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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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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. –
La-Tourette
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Hejduk Architect _ Wall House2
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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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La Tourette Floor Plan 1
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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 Corbusier_ La Tourette Monastery
This is Dionysiou Monastery built at the 14th century on Mount Athos -Greece …. The residential units dependent on the hillside:
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And This is The plan of Le Thorenet Abbey At southeast France, built from 1160- 1200 :
Le Thorenet Abbeyl low Floor:
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La Tourette – Entrance floor:
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Le Thorenet Abbey – Prayer hall
La Tourette – Prayer Hall
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Le Thorenet inner courtyard
La Tourette inner courtyard
La Tourette – eliinbar Sketches 2010
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Text from Wikipedia:
Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican Order priory in a valley near Lyon, France designed by the architect Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis and constructed between 1956 and 1960. Le Corbusier’s design of the building began in May, 1953 with sketches drawn at Arbresle, France outlining the basic shape of the building and terrain of the site.
The buildings contain a hundred sleeping rooms for teachers and students, study halls, a hall for work and one for recreation, a library and a refectory. Next comes the church where the monks carry on alone Finally, the circulation connects all the parts.
The structural frame is of rough reinforced concrete,Also used glass and metal.
Le Corbusier _ La tourette _ Aerial View
La Tourette from southwest
La Tourette _ Inner courtyard looking north
La Tourette _ Inner courtyard looking north east
La Tourette _Inner courtyard looking south east
La Tourette Inner courtyard looking west
La Tourette first Floor
La Tourette Third Floor – entrance
La Tourette Fourth and Fifth Floor – Residence and study units.
La tourette typical cross-section
La Tourette _ Eliinbars’ Sketchbook 2010
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Alvaro Siza is in my opinion one of the most talented architects who are implementing the principles of conscious inspiration
Here are three examples :
Franz Holzhammer Architect_Postamt am Goetheplatz_ Munchen_ 1031-32
Alvaro Siza Architect _ Schlesisches Tor- public housing block _ Berlin_ 1980
Hans Scharoun Architect _ Workers Collective Hostel _ Germany _ 1928-29
Alvaro Siza Architect _ Banco Borgers _ Porto _1980
Louis Kahn Architect _ First Unitarian Church _ Rochester _N.Y, _ 1959-69
Alvaro Siza Architect _ Portugal Pavilion Expo 1998 _ Lisbon _ Portugal _ 1998
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
You are invited to visit my recent and relevant post
https://archidialog.com/2010/05/25
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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
Jean Nouvel Architect _ Louvre Museum _ Abu Dhabi _ 2007
François Blanciak Architect _ Sundsvall Theatre _ Sweden _ 2008 competition
Jean Nouvel Architect _ National Museum of Qatar _ 2010
Someone Has Built It Before 
