Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Frank Gehry - Vitra Design Museum
Group members: Wilson Le, Minh Hien Truong, Jay Patel, Anthony Ho
Draft Model
The Vitra Design Museum is an internationally renowned, privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. As well as Frank Gehry’s building, Alvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid are all represented with separate buildings on the grounds of Vitra, in a cross between an industrial plant and a model village.
The origins of the Vitra Design Museum dates back to the 1980s with the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company. Vitra’s CEO Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. He began to collect the furniture of designers who had influenced the company's development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé.
The design museum houses temporary exhibitions on themes of furniture design with its collection, focusing on furniture and interior design with Gehry's building seen as suitable host for the collections. It is one of the world's largest collections of modern furniture design, including pieces representative of all major periods and styles from the beginning of the nineteenth century onwards.
In addition, the museum produces workshops, publications and museum products, as well as maintaining an archive, a restoration and conservation laboratory, and a research library. It also organises guided tours of the Vitra premises, a major attraction to those interested in modern architecture.
The museum building is an architectural attraction. It was Frank Gehry's first building in Europe. Together with the museum, which was originally just designed to house Rolf Fehlbaum's private collection, Gehry also built a more functional-looking production hall and a gatehouse for the close-by Vitra factory. Although Gehry used his trademark sculptural deconstructivist style for the museum building, he did not opt for his usual mix of materials, but limited himself to white plaster and a titanium-zinc alloy. For the first time, he allowed curved forms to break up his more usual angular shapes.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitra_Design_Museum
http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Germany/Weil%20am%20Rhein/Vitra%20Design%20Museum
Draft Model
The Vitra Design Museum is an internationally renowned, privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. As well as Frank Gehry’s building, Alvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid are all represented with separate buildings on the grounds of Vitra, in a cross between an industrial plant and a model village.
The origins of the Vitra Design Museum dates back to the 1980s with the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company. Vitra’s CEO Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. He began to collect the furniture of designers who had influenced the company's development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé.
The design museum houses temporary exhibitions on themes of furniture design with its collection, focusing on furniture and interior design with Gehry's building seen as suitable host for the collections. It is one of the world's largest collections of modern furniture design, including pieces representative of all major periods and styles from the beginning of the nineteenth century onwards.
In addition, the museum produces workshops, publications and museum products, as well as maintaining an archive, a restoration and conservation laboratory, and a research library. It also organises guided tours of the Vitra premises, a major attraction to those interested in modern architecture.
The museum building is an architectural attraction. It was Frank Gehry's first building in Europe. Together with the museum, which was originally just designed to house Rolf Fehlbaum's private collection, Gehry also built a more functional-looking production hall and a gatehouse for the close-by Vitra factory. Although Gehry used his trademark sculptural deconstructivist style for the museum building, he did not opt for his usual mix of materials, but limited himself to white plaster and a titanium-zinc alloy. For the first time, he allowed curved forms to break up his more usual angular shapes.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitra_Design_Museum
http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Germany/Weil%20am%20Rhein/Vitra%20Design%20Museum
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Frank Gehry - Dancing House (Case Study)
Exterior Photos
Model
A 1993 final design model of the Dancing House which illustrates a free flowing curving surface that appears to fit over a rectilinear structure beneath. The cylindrical tower was constructed of 99 concrete panels, each of different shape and dimension.
Interior Photos
Dancing House also known as Nationale-Nederlanden Building is located in downtown Prague, Czech Republic was designed by Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot (where the previous building had been destroyed during the Bombing of Prague in 1945). The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996. The name Dancing House came about as the house vaguely resembles a pair of dancers.
The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time and is rather a rarity in Prague to a have a contemporary modern glass building surrounded by historic architecture. The Czech president Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had supported it, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity. Dancing House has daring, curvy outlines, which led its architects, Vlado Milunc and the American Frank O Gehry, to initially name it the "Astaire & Rogers Building", after the legendary dance duo.
The top floor of Dancing House is host to one of the city's leading French restaurant Celeste Restaurant which has magnificent views. Diners can enjoy delightful cuisine and magnificent views over the river and up to Prague Castle.
References
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/020/7/6/Dancing_House_of_Prague_by_alierturk.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House
http://www.ptarmigannest.net/?cat=75
http://www.pragueexperience.com/places.asp?PlaceID=651
http://blog.addicted2decorating.com/2008/01/architecture-dancing-house-prague.html
Model
A 1993 final design model of the Dancing House which illustrates a free flowing curving surface that appears to fit over a rectilinear structure beneath. The cylindrical tower was constructed of 99 concrete panels, each of different shape and dimension.
Interior Photos
Dancing House also known as Nationale-Nederlanden Building is located in downtown Prague, Czech Republic was designed by Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot (where the previous building had been destroyed during the Bombing of Prague in 1945). The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996. The name Dancing House came about as the house vaguely resembles a pair of dancers.
The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time and is rather a rarity in Prague to a have a contemporary modern glass building surrounded by historic architecture. The Czech president Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had supported it, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity. Dancing House has daring, curvy outlines, which led its architects, Vlado Milunc and the American Frank O Gehry, to initially name it the "Astaire & Rogers Building", after the legendary dance duo.
The top floor of Dancing House is host to one of the city's leading French restaurant Celeste Restaurant which has magnificent views. Diners can enjoy delightful cuisine and magnificent views over the river and up to Prague Castle.
References
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/020/7/6/Dancing_House_of_Prague_by_alierturk.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House
http://www.ptarmigannest.net/?cat=75
http://www.pragueexperience.com/places.asp?PlaceID=651
http://blog.addicted2decorating.com/2008/01/architecture-dancing-house-prague.html
Saturday, September 19, 2009
A3 Interactive PDF
http://www.filefront.com/14731261/Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright%20-%20Fallingwater%20%28Interactive%20PDF%29.pdf
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d1a1ea5cfe42098ebdc48f177f72582&prevstart=0
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
References
Google SketchUp
Tree - http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=54c2b0cabd6e062f7a22fd9caea69173
Garage Doors - http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=46108dd3479950af53e5f872364f69f&prevstart=0
Door - http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b15ba6583e15dc0727eb00c151c6f711&prevstart=0
Photomontages
Sky - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1210295
Sky - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1211738
Sky - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1180756
Architectural Examples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou
http://goparis.about.com/od/picturesofparis/ig/Beaubourg-Neighborhood-Gallery/Centre-Pompidou-at-Dusk.htm
http://www.daveinstock.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
Massimo Dini, Renzo Piano Projects And Buildings 1964-1983, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. 1984
http://goparis.about.com/od/picturesofparis/ig/Beaubourg-Neighborhood-Gallery/Centre-Pompidou-at-Dusk.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai
http://www.burjdubai.com/
http://bgavideo.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/dubai-architecture-burj-dubai/
http://gizmodo.com/5038788/tallest-skyscraper-in-the-world-almost-completed-defies-belief
http://www.nfpa.org/publicJournalDetail.asp?categoryID=1418&itemID=33178&src=NFPAJournal
Tree - http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=54c2b0cabd6e062f7a22fd9caea69173
Garage Doors - http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=46108dd3479950af53e5f872364f69f&prevstart=0
Door - http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b15ba6583e15dc0727eb00c151c6f711&prevstart=0
Photomontages
Sky - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1210295
Sky - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1211738
Sky - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1180756
Architectural Examples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou
http://goparis.about.com/od/picturesofparis/ig/Beaubourg-Neighborhood-Gallery/Centre-Pompidou-at-Dusk.htm
http://www.daveinstock.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
Massimo Dini, Renzo Piano Projects And Buildings 1964-1983, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. 1984
http://goparis.about.com/od/picturesofparis/ig/Beaubourg-Neighborhood-Gallery/Centre-Pompidou-at-Dusk.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai
http://www.burjdubai.com/
http://bgavideo.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/dubai-architecture-burj-dubai/
http://gizmodo.com/5038788/tallest-skyscraper-in-the-world-almost-completed-defies-belief
http://www.nfpa.org/publicJournalDetail.asp?categoryID=1418&itemID=33178&src=NFPAJournal
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