contemporary future envisions reuse of starchitects’ buildings

contemporary future envisions reuse of starchitects’ buildings
‘denver art museum’ by daniel libeskind – turned into a supermarket

based on photographs of buildings designed by ‘starchitects’, each image in the ‘contemporary future’ series represents a future where the structures have suffered from the vagaries of climate change and disastrous wars. the famous icons loose their meaning in this new world – devoid of human presence, a new use is assigned to them. the ‘denver art museum’ by daniel libeskind becomes a supermarket, the ‘MUCEM’ in marseille by rudy ricciotti a motel, the ‘BNF’ in paris by dominique perrault a casino, ‘le cube orange’ in lyon by jakob macfarlane a strip club, ‘les folies du parc de la villette’ in paris by bernard tschumi a gas station, ‘the glasgow riverside museum of transport’ by zaha hadid is abandoned to nature and ‘palais de justice de nantes’ by jean nouvel becomes a port site. the project raises questions around architectural value, function and the future of these works.

‘MUCEM’ by rudy ricciotti – re-imagined as a motel

‘BNF’ by dominique perrault – becomes a casino

‘le cube orange’ by jakob macfarlane – represented as a strip club

‘folies du parc de la villette’ by bernard tschumi – shown as a gas station

‘glasgow riverside museum of transport’ by zaha hadid – is now abandoned to nature

‘palais de justice de nantes’ by jean nouvel – functioning as a port site

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