Thursday, October 8, 2009

textures












COlOURS

Shape cut outs

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Version 02 and Comparison





Inspiration

Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City, 1947 - Luis Barragan




I have a fighting need to recreate the Vitra Museum in a contrasting context and culture. In contrast to its pristine, white and civilised nature, I decided to place it within the modern mexico with Luis Barragan's House in mind. I would try to represent it as if it is exposed to the environments bracing wild and yet feel at ease as if it was built for it, similar to Siza's Swimming Pool.

Walt Disney Concert Hall









Through a competition, Frank Gehry won his right to design the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Surprisingly his earlier designs was much more generic, hence great effort was involved to make it what it is today.

Frank's main idea for the Walt Disney Concert Hall to intrest the community and draw people in and he used this to fuel his designs. "The art if Disney Hall doesn't get in the way of people walking in and out. It's inviting... What does the building say to people on the street?, how does it welcome them?" His abstract ideas were not his way of exceeding his capabilities as an elite sportsman would put it, nor did he do it to gain in ranks of weirdest architects. His honest attempts to give architecture a method in communicating with people merely expresses his quirky problem solving techniques.

Through his choice of textures and materials, particularly for it's reflective surfaces the emphasises the shape of his building.

http://www.umemagazine.com/
Franke Gehry: The Complete Works / Francesco Dal Co. Kurt W. Forster;