2. Architecture is a
hazardous mixture of
omnipotence and
impotence. It is by
definition a c h a o t
i c a d v e n t u r
e... In other words,
the utopian
enterprise.
28. Rem koolhaas
BUILD
DECONSTRUCTIVI
NOT EASILY IDENTIFIABLE
SM
THINKER
DESIGN
CONSISTENT
EXPRESSIONISM
EXTENTION TO THE RATIONAL MODERNISM
ARCHITECTURAL THEORIST
UNIQUE
DISTORTION
OPEN
SURPRISE
URBANIST
ARCHITECT
UNCONVENTIONAL
MANIPULATION
WRITER
JOURNALIST
ORDINARY GEOMETRICAL FORM
MODERNIST
FUTURE IN THE NOW
PROFESSOR
30. HISTORY
The Collins Block at
Second and James
Henry Yesler's former mansion at
Third and James
The Carnegie Library, on
the site of the current
building
KOOLHAAS’S
PROPOSAL
55. The corridor walls, floors and ceilings are painted in deep reds and pinks.
The meeting rooms are calm, neutral colors- such as brown and gray.
LEVEL 4
67. RAINWATER COLLECTION –
40,000-gallon water storage water tank
Used for landscape irrigation.
Prevents combined sewer overflows in Puget Sound.
Saves about 75,000 gallons of water per year.
WATERLESS URINALS The 16 urinals in the building save 720,000 gallons of water per year, enough
to serve the indoor water needs of more than 13 homes.
SUSTAINABLE SITE DESIGN
LIGHT POLLUTION REDUCTION
Exterior lighting is shielded
DROUGHT-TOLERANT LANDSCAPING
Zero potable (drinking) water is used for landscaping due to rainwater
collection system
HEAT ISLAND REDUCTION
Providing shade to exterior spaces and a light colored Energy Star® roof that
reflects heat and light lessens this effect.
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72. Public opinions :
Awarded for innovation
and engineering in its
"structural solutions".
Usage of the building is
double the predicted
volume.
CRITICISMS- Many are
not too fond of its unusual
design.
Condemned by the Project
for Public Spaces, which
noted "if the library were a
true 'community hub,' its
most active areas would
connect directly to the
street.
73. Personal Opinion
Rigorous analysis of 1. The site
2. The city
3. Its existing structures
4. Culture of people.
Exploration of the capabilities of
various architectural materials
available.
Care for the technologies from
the beginning of the project.
Proper use of warm and cool
colors.
Uniquesness of design
Much to be learnt from.
81. “I'd say that my profession
ends where architectural
thinking ends - architectural
thinking in terms of thinking
about programs and
organizational structure. These
abstractions play a role in many
other disciplines, and those
disciplines are now defining
Notas del editor
Pritzker Prize jury chairman, J. Carter Brown, commented, “RemKoolhaas is widely respected as one of the most gifted and original talents in world architecture today. The leader of a spectacularly irreverent generation of Dutch architects, his restless mind, conceptual brilliance, and ability to make a building sing have earned him a stellar place in the firmament of contemporary design.”
Koolhaas is the founding partner of OMA, and of its research-oriented counterpart AMO, currently based in Rotterdam, Netherlands
In 2005 he co-foundedVolume Magazine together with Mark Wigley and Ole Bouman.
In 2000 RemKoolhaas won the Pritzker Prize. “It seems fitting that as we begin a new millennium, the jury should choose an architect that seems so in tune with the future,” says Thomas J. Pritzker, president of The Hyatt Foundation, “In fact, Koolhaas has been called a prophet of a new modern architecture.”
His writing gained him recognition as a visionary early in his career. Delirious New York was reprinted in 1994 under the title RemKoolhaas and the Place of Modern Architecture. The same year, he published S,M,L,XL in collaboration with the Canadian graphic designer Bruce Mau. Described as a novel about architecture, the book combines works produced by Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture with photos, plans, fiction, cartoons and random thoughts. The title refers to the way the architect decided to arrange the book: instead of a chronological timeline, it is organized by project size.
He began his career as a journalist with Haagse Post in The Hague, and later tried his hand at screen writing both in the Netherlands and Hollywood.
Has taken up several masterplan projects all over the world over a span of over 25 years now ranging in various terrains from the middle east to USA and London.
Since 1995, Koolhaas has been a professor at Harvard University. He is leading a student-based research group that is studying different issues affecting the urban condition. The projects include a study of five cities in the Pearl River Delta in China; a study called The Roman System, focusing on the ancient Roman city; Shopping, an analysis of the role of retail consumption in the contemporary city; and a study of the African city, focusing specifically on Lagos, Nigeria. They were later joined by one of Koolhaas's students, ZahaHadid- who would soon go on to achieve success in her own right.
Maison a bordeoux
rak convention and exhibition centre---Designed by RemKoolhaas and Reinier de Graaf of Office for Metropolitan Architecture and looking like the Death Star, the centre consists of a spherical glass and steel nest and a very long, low building raised off the ground
Escape from the architectural ghetto is one of the major drivers and has always been. Mr. Koolhaas believes in the idea of social progress. The pace of global change leaves him unfazed and optimistic. His work eagerly reforges the broken link between technology and progress. Perhaps as a Dutchman, imprinted with his country's role as an international trading centre, he has fewer problems with global change than might someone of another nationality.
Seattle Public Library- It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of architecture, such as structure and envelope. The finished visual appearance of buildings that exhibit the many deconstructivist "styles" is characterized by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos.
Casa daMusica, Portugal
campus center iitchicago
Expressionist architecture is a movement from one of the branches of Post-modernism, which is developed in Northern Europe during the first decades of the 20th century. The expressionist architecture is an architecture that uses the form of a building as a means to express the inner sensitivities and feelings of the viewer or architect.
Maison a bordoux.
The railway has a huge impact on IIT's character: to proclaim a new beginning we enclosed the section above the campus centre in an acoustically isolating stainless steel tube, releasing the potential of the land surrounding it and creating a crucial part of IIT's image.Campus centre, iit, chicago
In the current European flag, there is a fixed number of stars. In the barcode however, new Member States of the EU can be added without space constraints.
Lille grand palais.It encompasses three areas: for conferences, exhibitions and Zenith Arena, a concert hall.
Taipei performing arts center. Proposed view by OMA
Proposed view for De Rotterdam. Completion by 2013
Entries were invited through a competition.He conceived the new library as a celebration of books.In the "digital age“ of 21st century also, people respond to books printed on paper.Wanted to make the library inviting to the public rather than stuffy. Was ambitious to redefine the Library as an information store, no longer exclusively dedicated to the book .Although unusual in shape, but the building's required functions dictate what it should look like. Brilliant show of his ideals of deconstructivism and expressionism.
Combination of like with like
Identification of five platforms each dedicated to a specific cluster. Each platform is a programmatic entity that is architecturally defined and equipped for maximum, dedicated performance. As each platform is designed for a different purpose, they are different in size, density and opacity.
The in-between spaces are like trading floors where librarians inform and stimulate.Interface between the different platforms is organized.
Inspite of thorough zoning, the various spaces do encroach upon each other with expansion and this is what differentiates SCPL from other information sources.
Return/check out
Kids’ corner
Microsoft auditorium with expandable back to accommodate 150 extra people for larger functions
Four floors of book stacks, connected by gentle ramps.
75 % of the entire collection — is located on the Books Spiral. Collection exist in one continuous run.Avoids moving of the books into otherrooms or floors as the collection expands. Independent of stairs, escalators or elevators.
LIGHT POLLUTION REDUCTION---Exterior lighting is shielded. HEAT ISLAND REDUCTION---Providing shade to exterior spaces and a light colored Energy Star® roof that reflects heat and light lessens this effect.