Thursday, October 29, 2009
Final Posters
Filefront links for interactive PDFs:
Poster 1
Poster 2
Poster 3
Filefront links for printable PDFs:
Poster 1
Poster 2
Poster 3
Text - to be included in poster
The Walt Disney concert Hall was gifted to the city of Los Angeles on October 23 2003. The design of the building was done by Frank Gehry, with the acoustics being designed by Yasuhisa Toyota. The shapes of the building are based on sails – much like our opera house, but through more of an inverted way. The entrance has been designed so that you feel like you are at the helm of a great boat, with the sails billowing either side of the entrance. Gehry was upfront in his desires for the building, stating that this building is to be about music and music alone – bringing the importance of the function of the building.
In an interview with Frank Gehry, he is quoted as saying “what makes you forget about all the trivial things, is with how the light hits the material, how the reflections add a dimension that you didn’t have in the models or drawings”. This shows how his design takes on a whole new aspect, quite different from what he had first designed. Not knowing just how each reflection would interact with its surroundings, it can then be seen as something different all together. Something which he describes as a living thing – not bound to the way we see Architecture today.
Gehry describes the process of designing the Walt Disney Concert Hall as like being a good neighbor – taking into account the buildings that are already around in the immediate area and not taking away from them. The building itself is clad in stainless steel panels molded around undulating curved surfaces which flow around the building. The geometry of the building is much like a lot of Gehrys other designs, with a mass of geometry clad with differing materials. Throughout this design there has been no conformity to industry standards or normality – which makes the design that little bit more intriguing.
In an interview with Frank Gehry, he is quoted as saying “what makes you forget about all the trivial things, is with how the light hits the material, how the reflections add a dimension that you didn’t have in the models or drawings”. This shows how his design takes on a whole new aspect, quite different from what he had first designed. Not knowing just how each reflection would interact with its surroundings, it can then be seen as something different all together. Something which he describes as a living thing – not bound to the way we see Architecture today.
Gehry describes the process of designing the Walt Disney Concert Hall as like being a good neighbor – taking into account the buildings that are already around in the immediate area and not taking away from them. The building itself is clad in stainless steel panels molded around undulating curved surfaces which flow around the building. The geometry of the building is much like a lot of Gehrys other designs, with a mass of geometry clad with differing materials. Throughout this design there has been no conformity to industry standards or normality – which makes the design that little bit more intriguing.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Reinvisioned Vitra
My idea here within the reinvision of the musuem, is to keep it as a musuem. But by mirroring the museum around a central courtyard - which can also be used to present peices of art, I have brought symmetry into something which was not meant to be symmetrical, thereby bringing in something which shouldnt be.
Draft 2 Posters
Thursday, October 1, 2009
A1 layout grid
Montage!
My ideas for reinvisioning the museum
What I would like to do is encaptulate the building as a model and alter it in a way that I ave never seen done before. My vision is that basically, the first museum which was designed by frank gehry, received such a well reception that the museum could not keep up with the amount of people wanting to display thier art within its walls. So what I am looking at doing is mirroring the building, then constructing a glass terrace, and bridges that will connect them.
I am a fan of symmetry, so I will create an axis line beside the existing building and mirror everything, to its side. Maybe meld them together? still in the designing stages at the moment.
I am a fan of symmetry, so I will create an axis line beside the existing building and mirror everything, to its side. Maybe meld them together? still in the designing stages at the moment.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Case Study - Walt Disney Concert Hall
Designed by architect Frank Gehry, Walt Disney Concert Hall, new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is designed to be one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world, providing both visual and aural intimacy for an unparalleled musical experience.
Through the vision and generosity of Lillian Disney, the Disney family, and many other individual and corporate donors, the city will enjoy one of the finest concert halls in the world, as well as an internationally recognized architectural landmark.
From the stainless steel curves of its striking exterior to the state-of-the-art acoustics of the hardwood-paneled main auditorium, the 3.6-acre complex embodies the unique energy and creative spirit of the city of Los Angeles and its orchestra.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves (among other purposes) as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Lillian Disney made an initial gift in 1987 to build a performance venue as a gift to the people of Los Angeles and a tribute to Walt Disney's devotion to the arts and the city. The Frank Gehry-designed building opened on October 23 2003. Both the architecture by Frank Gehry and the acoustics of the concert hall (designed by Yasuhisa Toyota) were praised in contrast to its predecessor, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Independant Study Week 9
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Final Poster
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Burj al Arab
The shape for the Burj al Arab is what I have designed my poster around. I love how the building looks however you orientate it. Having the shapes as they are allow the view to view the building differently in each aspect.
I really liked the way the helipad was added to the building, which refers heavily to the way I saw my civilisation to live. Having living above the landscape in futuristic style building which defy gravity in the way that they are viewed and work into the geography.
Abu Dhabi Plaza
The first peice of architecture which I have chosen is the Abu Dhabi Plaza, which is being built in Abu Dhabi. It shows a mix of buildings basically built out of a grid, which then each building in the complex is pulled out of.
I really liked how this building was being presented as a visual peice of architecture. Having the picture looking down at the building through use of an airial perspective gives the viewer a sense of the granduer of the building. Having such a simple plan and diversing it in a way which provokes a real emtion from the viewer is a feat which is accomplished through this picture.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Poster Layout
This is my draft for my final poster! Still a work in progress though. I'm thinking for the blank spaces where I have written landscape background, I might actually have a series of curved lines which I can get cut out with the laser cutting and maybe paint over them in a certain way that they will bring out the lines.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
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