Week 10 task: Further Research on Guggenheim Museum

Sketches expressing initial ideas....

Initial ideas of Gehry were expressed through simple pen and paper. Gehry presents the contents of the building such as basic structure, interaction to environment and its butural form context. These sketches help him bring out the further ideas drawn to the further design and structure. Diferent ideas and designs were conducted throuht these sketches then were brought into the current building. Comparing the initail sketches and the building, we can see that he kept the significant shape of the building which is the ship-like structure and develop through out the concept.

Plans ...

The plan and sectional plan is to show the structure and site of the building...



Images emphasising the material and interaction with environment...

Images above show the relationship between the building and its environment. Focusing on the material being used, the building itself interact with the environment by reflecting the light which make the building seem to be changeable in colour in different period of time.

Material also shows the contrast between the structure of the building and the type of material being used. There are many different materials including stainless steel, copper and aluminium were used in the building. Which makes a huge contrast to its structure which contain in organic form of shape. Steel material, in general term represents the strongness and tough feeling to the building however the organic shape represents the sense of sensational feeling. At this point the building has successfully present the two different ideas and combine it in a perfect piece of architecture.

References:
- Co, Francesco D & Forster, Kurt W.,  Frank O. Gehry, (The complete Works, Phaidon Press.,2003)
- Bruggen, Coosje V. 1998, Frank O. Gehry Guggennheim Museum Bilbao, Abrams, (Harry N Inc.,1998)
- William I.R Curtis, Modern Architecture Since 1900, (London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1996)


Images :
-http://wizardofthewest.blogs.com/
-http://two.archiseek.com/2009/1997-museo-guggenheim-bilbao-bilbao/
-http://zerne.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/is-technical-drawing-art/
-http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao