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the 150 year-old art nouveau icon is scheduled to open by the end of may after over 15 years of construction.
the interior design juxtaposes existing historical features of the building with clean, contemporary lines.
the house is designed to resemble a large piece of a tree trunk.
'the difficult part in moving a city is to preserve its sense of belonging, the history and the soul of the community,' says alexandra hagen, CEO of white arkitekter.
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Now that is something totally new to architecture! A 3-dimensional wall of ceramics; that is definitely a new way to display material and view it from even more perspectives, and the water reflection even gives it a fourth dimension.
beautifully zen and minimal. Reminds me of his trademark style of modulation of light and shadow, a similar symmetry seen in his bamboo house at the great wall commune Beijing and his first boutique hotel project[url=http://www.theoppositehouse.com] The Opposite House Beijing [/url]
bold design but will it resist strong winds , it looks so delicate
and it is technologically challenging because it is made of ceramic and has lights installed? whatever…
i am sorry, this is pure redux and quite honestly it is not quite clear from the post how it is anything more than an installation. which is what the goeritz project is precisely.
actually, copying per se is not that bad. indeed, it can be a real challenge as it entails reappropriation. but the people who designed this probably were not even aware they were copying in order to take it a step further. alas, that would call for some sort of conceptual practice with solid knowledge of immediate history. an office of 90+ people (as kuma’s practice website indicates) would find challenging to operate on such a level (no control, no interaction, too many projects, unjustified concepts floating all around).
anyway, this is not such a bad project after all – just bland and uneventful as most of this office’s work. the real tragedy seems to be their competition entries. that dundee thing (also posted somewhere on this website) must be one of the most inconsistent projects i have stumbled upon lately. the circulation, that repetitive material pattern used as skin, that bizarre and indecisive shape that seems like they just jumbled the program together to get it over with. what a mess, 1st year graduates would have done better…
to mud:
i love Goeritz work, everybody does…. but nothing to do with this monument of Kuma… different technologically (CC is a greater technical challenge) and of course perceptionwise (completelly different contexts and purposes). Your comparison is banal.
Great first work of Kuma in Italy… I hope more significant works of KKAA will happen in this my country… i hope more that just a monumentl in a highway, he deserves more important comissions than this.
Anyway, bravo Kuma!
beautiful crisp images, fabulous composition in a round-about way, while ceramics bear quite a carbon footprint,
please! respect for master Mathias Goeritz! great job but ruled by 1968 Camino Real Hotel in pink sculture fence, Mex City, almost 50 years before you…
BEAUTIFUL!!!! Well done.