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Critical voices III

2.

September

2011 ‐

Eli Støa

Deconstruktivism•

”Deconstructive architecture”

MOMA 1988

•

Inspirered

by french

philosophy (Jaques

Derrida) and literature theory:

–

A text can not be read objectively but will be analyzed and

interpreted (and deconstructed) by each new reader

–

All readings as equaly

valid –

depending on the position of the

reader

•

Architecture as stable, permanent structures and elements were replaced by coincidence and subjectivity

•

Question traditional value such as order, stability and harmony

–

Dissolvement of conventional static stability –

inclining walls and

pillars, seemingly coincidental plan layouts and geometrical

mysticism

•

Linthorst

House (1988): Rem Koolhaas

House VI (1973): Peter Eisenman



Transformations

and axonometry

”Eisenman

seeks

through

his designs to generate

fresh concepts

that

mislead

and disrupt

present‐day

thinking

about

dwelling” (Cornelissen, 2006:59)

Frank Gehry’s

House, Santa Monica (1977) http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gehry_House.html

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gehry_House.html

Frank Gehry’s

House, Santa Monica (1977) http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gehry_House.html

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gehry_House.html

”..en collage i tre dimensjoner, en

ophobning af former og materialer, der

afbilder heterogeniteten i den lokale

kultur i Los Angeles”

(Lund, 2001:197)

Rem Koolhaas

(1982): Apartmentbuilding in Rotterdam

MOMA, 1988

”…bygger på

modernismens formsprog, men gjør dette formsprog

uklart. ’Modernismens

identitet er blevet

flygtig, dens grænser

er ikke længere

klare’

[…]

Modernismen gjøres uren og problematisk” (Lund, 2001:203)

Villa Dall’ava, Paris (1991): Rem Koolhaas

MVRDV (1997-99): Two houses in Borneo- Sporenburg, Amsterdam

Borneo-Sporenburg, Amsterdam (1993-1996) Masterplan (West 8: Adriaan Geuze)

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Borneo-Sporenburg, Amsterdam (1993-1996) Masterplan (West 8: Adriaan Geuze)

•2500 low‐rise dwelling units ‐

density of

100 units per hectare.

•New interpretation of the traditional

Dutch canal house: 3‐storey, ground‐

accessed houses deviating from the usual

terraced house in being strongly oriented

to the private realm by incorporating

patios and roof gardens.

•Variety of dwelling modes and with

maximum architectural variation

•Three immense sculptural blocks take

their place as landmarks in the vast

expanse of houses.

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MVRDV (1997-99): Two houses in Borneo- Sporenburg, Amsterdam

Plot 12

http://www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/4951borneo

Plot 18

Presenter

Presentation Notes

300 m2 hver Borneo Plot 12 On Borneo plot 12 a private experiment has been designed to fit the allocated width of 5 metres and depth of 16 metres. Because of the narrow plot and the fact that only half of the width is being used, the outcome was a private alleyway and the narrowest house imaginable: only 2.5 metres wide. The method of dividing land into strips used in West 8\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s original plan is realised here in its most extreme form. The full length and height of the half that has been built along the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'alley\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' has a glass facade, while the front and back have been left entirely closed. This open facade turns the house to face the alley. The strip consists of a composition of extremely varied spaces. Interior and exterior spaces are all one: an extremely narrow house becomes an extremely wide house. The alley accommodates three elements: a block for storage whose roof slopes up from the street and provides a place to park; and two closed volumes, one block for a guest room and bathroom and one block that provides extra width locally to the two studios on the first and second floor. The last two volumes are hung on the glass façade, shutting in the exterior space and livening up the alleyway. It is lit by outdoor lighting that also allows the interior to be provided with any desired level of illumination. The use of electric lights inside is avoided. Borneo plot 18 Plot 18 is called a garden plot: 4.2 x 16 meter, with a 4.0 meter deep garden on the water front. In principle only three floors were possible within the 9.5 metre high envelope allocated: one high floor at street level and two lower floors above it. Despite this, the plan achieves four floors while at the same time the ceiling height over much of the building is higher than normal. By �sliding out� one of the four floors at the rear facing the water, a special spacious long cross-section is created with two �closed� elements: a garage come storage space on the street and protruding bathroom and bedroom block on the second floor. The remaining irregular space houses the kitchen-diner, sitting room and study, all spatially connected to one another. A series of rooms have been created differing in height and degree of privacy. Each are connected with the exterior in their own individual way, ranging from a two-storey veranda facing the water, to a balcony with French windows to the living room, a glass bay window to the bedroom and a roof garden to the studio in the �attic�

http://www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/4951borneo

MVRDV (1995-2003): Silodam, Amsterdamhttp://www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/028silodam

http://www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/028silodam

MVRDV (1995-2003): Silodam, Amsterdamhttp://www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/028silodam


MVRDV (1995-2003): Silodam, AmsterdamA mixed program of 157 houses (for rent or for sale), offices, work spaces, commercial spaces and public spaces had to be

arranged in a 20 meter deep and ten‐story‐high urban envelope. The apartments differ in size, cost and organization. In order to

accommodate this process in time, a series of neighborhoods of 8 to 12 apartments were created. Blocks of apartments which

surround a corridor, a garden, a gallery and a hall. As a counter‐form these organizations lead to specific apartments:

apartments with a panoramic view, with views to tow sides, double‐high apartments, apartments with a patio, apartments with

a view to the harbor. The daylight requirements caused different

amounts of windows for these types. The economical

requirements added a differentiation in facade material and outside spaces.

As a result, an unexpected sequence of semi‐public routes appeared: from galleries on one side one can walk via slits and

corridors to galleries on the other side and higher up. Connecting all the houses with the hall, the public balcony, the harbor,

the

barbeque, and garden, a three‐dimensional neighborhood materializes. It became a container of houses, literally interpreting

the surrounding harbor. Adding a 21st‐century silo of houses to the adjacent 19th‐

and 20th‐century silos.

One of the blocks contains a restaurant, pushed outside of the volume. The dam has been bent through the volume. It creates a

public plaza with a panoramic view over the river. It compensates for the loss of the view at the former dam. Below the balcony

there is an office with almost the same magnificent view.



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