First Day Back

Today in class we watched a documentary about the famous architect Frank Gehry. In the documentary there was some interesting information about Frank. I thought it was interesting how Frank liked to work more with his hands than drawing. This was interesting to me because though making models is a very important step to designing a building, it is not a the first step. To me it seemed that Frank liked to jump to the second step and start to build models without an absolute idea in mind. He does not necessarily start with  the models, he almost always has some sort of sketch so he has vision of what the building will look like.

Below we can see on of Frank Gehry's sketches of one of the buildings he designed. This sketch is for Sagrera building in Barcelona. This building is also called the "The Bride".


Also today we found out about our large project, and oh is it large. In groups we have to think of and design a building that could be used as a sort of art performing center on Governor Island near New Jersey. The main idea for the projects is to make an art center that is easily built and can be easily demolished, but also incorporates the theme that is required. The theme for this year is a futuristic theme, what buildings would look like in the future.
When we think of the future and buildings, we think of gigantic flowing metallic technological structures. Though we cannot create a humongous structure on Governor Island, we can incorporate the ideas of technology and the metallic look.

Here is a good concept of futuristic buildings, a large flowing metal and glass and structurally complex building. This is kind of what I want to include into my idea. I want the metallic look, but also the flow of the buildings for and almost organic feel, like a cyborg almost, and cyborgs are a futuristic concept so it can work with this organic metallic idea.



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