Textures - Mash-up

The design I want to create are 'clean' solid forms. Sand is a very clean texture while creating solid sharp forms by shape and by shadows cast from the large disparate elements that are plentiful of Frank Gehry's Vitra Museum.

Re Design Concept

Roman Courtyards are quite orderly and symetrical in there representation, I wish to build an assymetrical courtyard that can express the dynamic extrusions inwardly.

To view the Vitra from afar, I see that it creates a rather interesting sculptural form. My re-invisioned concept is to create a roman style court yard in which the inside walls (of this court yard) are the outside 'sculptural' shapes of the Vitra as we see it. For example the image above could be an inside corner of the court yard. The inside form creating a dynamic space only possible by having the outside face inside.

Vitra Representation Model

Representation 2

Actual

Representation 1

Actual

Representation

Imported to StudioMAX for rendering

Google Sketchup Vitra model

Vitra 3D Model Progress

Frank Gehry Architecture

American Center - Cinémathèque Française

The American Center was originally an addition to a 56 year old Art and Culture Center in Paris which housed, shops, cafés, retailers a 400 seat theatre and residential accommodation. The concept’s success was not long lived and was practically abandoned two years after it opened. Today the building has been renewed with a 34million dollar restoration project which primarily focused on the interior, including four screening rooms, several floors of museum space, a multimedia library, a restaurant and a bookstore.

The exterior presents a typical Frank Gehry design – an amalgamation of skewed solid geometry, proportionately formed to create a sense of flow. The walls are made from honey coloured stone which takes a conscious sensitivity towards the surrounding local architecture by blending in.

The residential section has 7 levels including a penthouse with a unique balcony. 2 levels of parking are provided underground.

As with most Frank Gehry’s buildings, the form conveys a simplistic scene of large shapes to the eye, but structurally complex to construct. A lot of area is wasted for decoration purpose however the extravagance and bold design equally emits a sense of inspiration and playfulness that justifies this ‘non-use’ of space.

References

Charles, Jencks. Frank O. Gehry - Individual Imagination and Cultural conservatism, Academy Group LTD, Great Britain, 1995.

Article - http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2010/05/18/the-cinematheque-francaise.html. Retrieved 24 - 09 - 2010

Interactive Poster exercise

Text reference: Mies Barcelona - http://www.miesbcn.com/en/pavilion.html Retrieved 17 - 09 - 10

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