Alternatives Strategies for Culture Buildings
Alternatives Strategies for Culture Buildings _ Douglas Murphy
– Confluences Museum _ Coop Himmelb(l)au
– Mons International Congress Xperience_ Studio Libeskind + H2a Architecte & Associés
– Utrecht Music Palace _ architectuurstudio HH + NL Architects
+ Jo Coenen Architects & Urbanists + Thijs Asselbergs
– Vegas Altas Congress Center and Auditorium _ Pancorbo + de Villar + Chacón + Martín Robles
Ruins as Collective Monuments
Ruins as Collective Monuments _ Nelson Mota
– DOMunder _ JDdVarchitects
– Space Transmitter of the Mound _ Estudi d’arquitectura Toni Gironès
– Coverage of Archaeological Ruins of the Abbey of St-Maurice _ Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes
Changing Landscape of the Office Interior
The Changing Landscape of the Office Interior _ Heidi Saarinen
– Airbnb Dublin Office _ Heneghan Peng Architects
– Soundcloud Headquarters _ KINZO
– Kashiwanoha Open Innovation Lab _ Naruse Inokuma Architects
– Crosswater’s Office _ Threefold Architects
– Cultural Factory in Matadero Madrid _ Office for Strategic Spaces
– IBC Innovation Factory _ Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
– Lowe Campbell Ewald Headquarters _ Neumann/Smith Architecture
-1305 Studio Office _ 1305 Studio
-CDLE Office _ R-Zero Arquitectos
C3 no.369 (2015 #5/12)
Alternatives Strategies for Culture Buildings
Alternatives Strategies for Culture Buildings _ Douglas Murphy
The demand for bold, exciting, visually striking buildings continues to be the driving force behind a whole stream of contemporary architecture. The biggest budgets and the greatest fame are afforded to the creation of cultural buildings at the heart of remade or newly made cities. But if this kind of formal experimentation is no longer the cutting edge, are there other ways in which architects can approach these commissions?
The cultural building lends itself to formally expressive architectural approaches. Its functions are often large interiors such as galleries and auditoria that require disconnection from the outside, allowing for much formal manipulation of the external envelope. The buildings also, thanks to their intense public usage, encourage being considered as outgrowths of public spaces such as parks and plazas, and these open vistas often accentuate the singularity of the buildings, creating images whose boundaries are clearly separated off from the city.
But within this typology there is still variation, indeed more so than there has been for some time. The established names continue to practice and develop their digitally influenced experiments, while other approaches include functional and material innovations in the service of architectural boldness.
C3 no.369 (2015 #5/12)
Alternatives Strategies for Culture Buildings
Alternatives Strategies for Culture Buildings _ Douglas Murphy
The demand for bold, exciting, visually striking buildings continues to be the driving force behind a whole stream of contemporary architecture. The biggest budgets and the greatest fame are afforded to the creation of cultural buildings at the heart of remade or newly made cities. But if this kind of formal experimentation is no longer the cutting edge, are there other ways in which architects can approach these commissions?
The cultural building lends itself to formally expressive architectural approaches. Its functions are often large interiors such as galleries and auditoria that require disconnection from the outside, allowing for much formal manipulation of the external envelope. The buildings also, thanks to their intense public usage, encourage being considered as outgrowths of public spaces such as parks and plazas, and these open vistas often accentuate the singularity of the buildings, creating images whose boundaries are clearly separated off from the city.
But within this typology there is still variation, indeed more so than there has been for some time. The established names continue to practice and develop their digitally influenced experiments, while other approaches include functional and material innovations in the service of architectural boldness.
