Joachim Daetz - WS 03 - Undefined Borders by joachimdaetz

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Master European Architecture Workshop 3 - Ljubljana Duration: 30.01.2017 - 24.02.2017 Location: Slovenia Professor: MaruĹĄa Zorec Student:

Joachim Daetz

Title:

Undefined Borders

Undefined Boarders

Content

Research............................................................................................ 07 References.......................................................................................... 19 Reflection.......................................................................................... 23 First Location. ................................................................................... 27 Mirroring.......................................................................................... 29 Sketches............................................................................................. 31 Study Models..................................................................................... 33 Final Location. .................................................................................. 41 Study Models..................................................................................... 43 Program. .......................................................................................... 49 Concept Models................................................................................ 51 Diagrams........................................................................................... 53 Sketches............................................................................................. 55 Models Abstract Model............................................................................ 57 Circulation Model........................................................................ 59 Working Model............................................................................ 61 Final Model.................................................................................. 63 Final Drawings. ................................................................................. 67

Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout - New York (Source: New York Times)

Groovy Spiral - Lisson Gallery (Source: Lisson Gallery)

Triangular Pavilion- Lisson Gallery (Source: Lisson Gallery)

Dan Graham

born March 31, 1942

Life Graham began his art career in 1964, at the age of 22, when he founded the John Daniels Gallery in New York. He worked there until 1965, when he started creating his own conceptual pieces.

Work His pavilions are steel and glass sculptures which create a different space which disorients the viewer from his or her usual surroundings or knowledge of space. They are made of a few huge panes of glass or mirror, or of half-mirrored glass that is both reflective and transparent. Graham often experiments with optics in his designs, utilising convex two-way mirrors, fish-eye lenses, and small pools of water to reflect the pavilion’s interior, including the tondos, the visitors and the sky outside the pavilion.Wooden lattice and steel are other materials most commonly used in his work. The glass wall of the structure reflects and distorts light much like Grahams sculptures. The layered, but simplistic quality is said to be very much like Graham‘s. (source: Wikipedia)

Triangular Pavilion

Research

Guru of artist designed pavilions, Dan Graham’sTriangular Pavilion with Circular Cut-out Variation Hrefers to Chinese garden pavilions which employed circular openings to frame a perspective of the next walled section of the garden. Comprising of an equilateral triangle with a circular central opening, allowing the visitor to become the spectator. The walls of the pavilion were a combination of transparent glass and two-way mirror, and ceiling is clear glass. The centre of the composition becomes an image of the spectator themselves. The halftransparent/half mirrored two-way mirror walls show the superimposition of the surrounding park, in relation to the spectators‘ view of their own reflection. (source: http://www.upprojects.com/projects/commissions/triangular-pavilion/)

Fondation Cartier - Paris (Source: ArchDaily)

Jean Nouvel

born 12 August 1945

Life By age 25, Nouvel completed school and entered into his own partnership with François Seigneur. Parents sent them work, and gave Nouvel a valuable recommendation to the chairperson of the seventh edition of the Biennale de Paris[5] where for fifteen years, Nouvel designed exhibits and made contacts in the arts and theater. (source: Wikipedia)

Fondation cartier One of his earlier buildings, the Fondation Cartier in Paris 1994, employs the same dedication to transparency and rigor of the surface as the more recently designed structures of Nouvel. As a public space that houses contemporary art and graffiti exhibitions, the play between inside and out is very fitting as it creates an openness which invites people to experience the building from both up close and afar. Given the historical elements and the beauty found in the existing nature, working with the outdoors became a main design goal for Nouvel. This is incorporated into the 8-meter-high sliding windows that separate the gallery space from the outdoors, which are entirely removable in the summer allowing for a complete fusion of space. Nouvel was careful to design each facade with precision and care; the rear is just as beautiful and well planned as the front, featuring office space that overlooks the garden and a set of “climber” elevators that slide up the side of the building gracefully, without the use of wires or cages. Another large concept of this design is dematerialization, which is taken to the extreme through Nouvel’s innovative uses and functions of the glass and steel. (source: archdaily)

Pritzker Price Nouvel was awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture‘s highest honour, in 2008, for his work on more than 200 projects,[8] among them, in the words of The New York Times, the „exotically louvered“ Arab World Institute, the bullet-shaped and „candy-colored“ Torre Agbar in Barcelona, the „muscular“ Guthrie Theater with its cantilevered bridge in Minneapolis, and in Paris, the „defiant, mysterious and wildly eccentric“ Musée du quai Branly (2006) and the Philharmonie de Paris (a „trip into the unknown“ c. 2012). (source: Wikipedia)

Ferant Garden - Ljubljana (Source: Piranesi)

Ravnikar Edvard

4 December 1907 – 23 August 1993

Life was a student of architect Jože Plečnik. Later, he led the new generation of Slovene architects, notable for developing the Slovene architecture field‘s infrastructure, organizing architectural competitions etc. He was a professor at the Ljubljana School of Architecture. He also promoted Scandinavian architectural style in Slovenia, particularly Finnish achievements in architecture accomplished by those such as Alvar Aalto. His most notable creations feature prominently in Ljubljana, among them Republic Square, Cankar Hall, Maximarket department store, and the Museum of Modern Art. For his work, he received the Prešeren Award in 1961 and in 1978. (source: Wikipedia)

Ferant Garden - Ljubljana In the present issue, we thus introduce Ferant Garden in Ljubljana, which was created in the 1960s and is Ravnikar’s largest residential complex in Ljubljana. It consists of three residential strands and three street strings creating an inner courtyard or square, thus referring directly to the existence of the Roman forum on this site. An additional detail with which the architect pays homage to our heritage is the concrete apse incorporated into the volume of the new residential area itself, which evokes the memory of the former basilica. The use of facade brick in an innovative, often abstract manner also connects us with the Roman mastery of brick making. Despite their almost 50 years, the buildings still look good, and certain contemporary technological “corrections” have not spoiled them. The entire complex is supported by just six supporting pillars, so as to enable the preservation of the authentic Roman walls with a basilica and rotunda, both of which are accessible to the public in the interior of the Jakopič Gallery. The emphasised apse on the facade overlooking the street, which floats above the ground floor, illustrates the former volume of the rotunda. It is certainly no coincidence that, with the concluding act of the construction of the Ferant Garden business and residential complex, Ravnikar paid homage to his teacher and role model. At the crossroads between Slovenska cesta and Gregorčičeva ulica, he had a memorial column erected to mark the place where Plečnik’s family birth house once stood. (Source: Piranesi)

Kuba

Iran

Amsterdam

Arne Hodalič

10. Juli 1955

Life Arne Hodalič grew up and studied biology in Ljubljana, Slovenia. After finishing university, he was working for five years as a professional sailing boat skipper and diver and had his own charter company on the Adriatic coast in Croatia. He began taking photos, mostly of boats, diving and nautical activities. His first trip to India in 1989 changed his professional career when his photos were published in a prestigious Swiss magazine Animan. He received more than 20 assignments from the magazine and travelled extensively around the world with his camera. In Paris he joined Gamma Press agency and began working for French press as a member of several photo agencies. He was a member and organizer of several expeditions; he crossed Papua New Guinea in a dug-out canoe on the Sepik river (1500 kms), he crossed the Sudan desert from Khartoum to Egypt on the Nile river in a small boat, he was the photographer for a French and Slovene caving expedition in Hunan (China) and Tawi Atayr (Oman), he was the photographer for a mountaineering expedition at Nanga Parbat (8125m) in Pakistan and he was the photographer and a crew member for the L’Esprit de Bougainville expedition (two and half years sailing on a Chinese sailing junk in South East Asia). His photos and photo stories have appeared in National Geographic Magazine, Life (USA), Time, Figaro Magazine, GEO, Paris Match, Marie Claire, VSD, Die Zeit, Cosmopolitan, Stern, Liberation, Grands Reportages, Gala, Airone, Espresso, L’Illustré, Oggi, Sette-Corriere della Sera, Gioa, Nature, and many others In 2008 he received an honorary doctorate at the Academy of Arts and Design / University of Ljubljana and became a lecturer in photography and photojournalism at FDV (Faculty of Social Sciences) University of Ljubljana and at VIST in Ljubljana. He is currently the photo editor of National Geographic Magazine (Slovene edition).

Photographic exhibitions - Venus in Varshaw 1985 - Nikon Live gallery Zürich 1992 - “Demining the DR Congo” UN main building in New York/USA, 2009 - “Demining the DR Congo, Mine Action and Beyond“ UN building in Geneva/Switzerland, 2011 - Evening screening in “Visa pour l’Image” in Perpignan 2010, - 12 Star Gallery at European House in London “Piran Salt Pans” 2014 - Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljanski Grad in Ljubljana and more in Slovenia

Italy

Gianni Berengo Gardin

10. October 1930

Life He turned professional in 1962 and two years later moved to Milan,[4] where he has lived since 1975. From 1966 to 1983 Berengo Gardin worked with Touring Club Italiano, providing much or all of the photography for books about regions of Italy and other European countries or their cities: he once identified the high point of his career as “The work I did in Great Britain, for the Touring Club in 1978” (adding that “I loved the cars: I had an Austin and an MG”). He did similar work for the publisher Istituto Geografico De Agostini (later De Agostini Publishing).In 1979 Berengo Gardin started to work with Renzo Piano, photographing the process of designing his buildings.Berengo Gardin also worked with major Italian firms – Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Italsider (later Ilva), Olivetti and others – showing the working life of employees, rather than the products. In the early 1990s, Berengo Gardin spent time living among the Romani people (Zingari) of Italy, hoping to show their lives from the inside. This resulted in two highly regarded books, La disperata allegria (Florence) and Zingari a Palermo (1994 and 1997).

Urbanistan

Matjaz Krivic

10. October 1930

Life Matjaz Krivic is a documentary photographer specialising in capturing the personality and grandeur of indigeneous people and places. For 22 years he has covered the face of the earth in his intense, personal and aesthetically moving style that has won him several prestigious awards.  He has portrayed poor parts of the world characterised by traditions, social unrest and religious devotion. His photographs sensitively reflect the images of the marginal word – the voices of the neglected. Because of the artist’s directness and respect for individuals, the people photographed are spontaneous, natural and open.Their «soul» is captured and the viewer is encouraged to observe and think.

Louvre Lens Museum - SANAA

Louvre Lens Museum

The Japanese architects from SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa wanted to avoid creating a dominating fortress, opting instead for a low, easily accessible structure that integrates into the site without imposing on it by its presence. The structure is made up of five building of steel and glass. There are four rectangles and one large square with slightly curved walls whose angles touch. It is reminiscent of the Louvre palace, with its wings laid almost flat. The architects wanted to bring to mind boats on a river coming together to dock gently with each other. The facades are in polished aluminum, in which the park is reflected, ensuring continuity between the museum and the surrounding landscape. The roofs are partially in glass, reflecting a particular advantage to bringing in light, both for exhibiting the works and for being able to the sky from inside the building. The entire structure of 28,000 square meters extends over 360 meters long from one end of a central foyer in transparent glass to the other. The buildings located to the East of the entrance – the Grande Galerie and the Glass Pavilion – primarily house the Louvre’s collections. To the West of the entrance is the temporary exhibition gallery and La Scène, a vast – new generation – auditorium, whose programs are in direct relation with the exhibitions. The museum also includes a large, invisible, two level space, buried deep in fill from the site. This space will be dedicated to service functions for the public, but will also be used for storage and logistical functions of the museum. Two independent buildings house the administrative services, to the South, and a restaurant, to the North, thus establishing a link between the museum, the park and the city.

References

(source: archdaily.com)

Zwinger - Dresden

Barock Windows - Antwerpen

Grand National Theater - China

Cloud Gate - Chicago

Wood Mirror Cabin - California

Docks - Hamburg

Vieux Port - Marseille

Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku - Tokyo

References

Reflections

Hope of Glory - Graz

Possible Location - Google Maps

View to Location - Google Maps

View Location - Google Maps

Why Mirroring? The first day I arrived in Ljubljana it was raining and I saw the city in a huge mirror, every beautiful building was portrait twice. Even a few days later when the rain was gone the river, Ljubljanica, remained as my mirror. With Mirroring you reflect what is already there, you interact with the surroundings while not disturbing them too much. For example Studio “Hope of Glory” with the Mirrored Apartments in Graz. Reflection also helps with the continuity of the urbanimage (city scape). Camillo Sitte did not speak about mirroring but for him it was important that a city had a iconic or important city scape.

Why that Location? It is close to the City Museum and the new part could become an addition to the existing building. And maybe offer some space for students to study day and night with books from the library?

Why Photography as a program?

Task? Expand the existing City Hall with a Photography Museum, which should have multifunctional spaces, by using tectonic as a method of work.

First Location

My favourite technique in photography at the moment is mirroring. Photography became part of the art scene in the world and is appreciated today. It can just portrait exactly what is there, but with some techniques it can twist the reality. Galleries are spread around Ljubljana containing photography. Photography is a crucial topic at the society of today, everybody owns a smartphone and takes loads of pictures each day, and even sharing them on social media. This museum, could help appreciate “Photography” again. Make the people aware of what photography means, to make them aware of the overflow of pictures we see each day. Facebook and other social media contain billions of pictures which we watch each day, spending probably less than a second on watching one picture. Our attention span has badly decreased over the years. Pictures need to be very spacial so we even think about looking at them for more than a second. Thus, it can already be enough if pictues in a gallery hang in different hights which is not the eyelevel, to make people stop just walking by quickly. The addition to the City Museum (Museum of Photography) could also offer workshops, helping people to learn how to use different kinds of techniques.

What does Mirroring do in Architecture? -it helps create continuity -creates curiosity -helps to fade things out slowly, not suddenly -it reflects what is already there

Facts about Reflection? When light falls on a material, some of the light energy is absorbed while the rest is reflected. The absorbed energy usually contributes to heating the material. The reflected energy is what we use to actually see the material. Scientists measure reflectivity and absorption in terms of the percentage of engery that falls on the body. The combination must add up to 100%. Why can I see reflections in the water but at the same time see through? Because the rays of the sun have different irradiation angles, the ones that reflect in the perfect 45Â° angle reflect what you see the rest are there to see through.

Quick history of the mirror? Earliest mirrors were pieces of polished stone (e.g. obsidian) Later bronze, silver and gold were flattened to mirror images Today its mainly aluminium that is covered by glass to protect the very flat surface of aluminium.

Materials reflect and how much

Mirroring

Snow 80% White Concrete 78% Bare Aluminium 74% Vegetation 50% Bare Soil 30% Wood Shingle 17% Water 5% Black Asphalt 3%

Sketches

Study Model

Location - Google Maps

View Location - Google Maps

Task? Create a place for photography awareness, by using an architectural technique which has no defined boarders to create curiosity, to invite the people form different axis in.

Why Mirroring? Mirroring was my first encounter with the city Ljubljana, due to puddles on the ground and also the reflections of the urban cite around the river Ljubljanica. I also thought at first that there is no modern architecture in the city centre of Ljubljana. Therefore I did not want to interrupt the medieval urban site too much. Soon I was proven wrong by the city and decided to change my topic from Mirroring to Undefined Boarders, which still contains mirroring and reflection but in a more saddle way. It reveals no clear beginning nor ending of the site which I also feel, does the old town of Ljubljana. The boarders have been blurred out over the time and it still gives you the feeling of continuity.

Why that Location? This site caught my curiosity the first day I arrived in Ljubljana. The part of the roof that looks sawed off, is for me a sign of new and modern architecture, especially due to the wooden surface structure. But the intriguing part about it is, that the building is in fact quite old. The other buildings that have been build on to it were torn down. Which left this one interesting building. Due to its closeness to the river (which due to the water creates a nice play of reflections) and the important axis of pedestrians walking in and out of the city I found this spot to be perfect for an intervention. I want to create something that intrigues people and at the same time make them wonder: why this? why here? For me it should be a sign of modern architecture getting closer to the medieval town, which at first I thought would not exist. Mostly though it should become a centre for photography (awareness), which I feel is needed in the modern society.

My favourite technique in photography at the moment is mirroring. Photography became part of the art scene in the world and is appreciated today. It can just portrait exactly what is there, but with some techniques it can twist the reality. Galleries are spread around Ljubljana containing photography. Photography is a crucial topic at the society of today, everybody owns a smartphone and takes loads of pictures each day, and even sharing them on social media. This museum, could help appreciate â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photographyâ&#x20AC;? again. Make the people aware of what photography means, to make them aware of the overflow of pictures we see each day. Facebook and other social media contain billions of pictures which we watch each day, spending probably less than a second on watching one picture. Our attention span has badly decreased over the years. Pictures need to be very special so we even think about looking at them for more than a second. Thus, it can already be enough if pictures in a gallery hang in different heights, to make people stop just walking by quickly. It could also offer workshops, helping people to learn how to use different kinds of techniques.

Final Location

Why Photography as a program?

Paper - Reflection

Styrofoam - Reflection

Study Model

Tracepaper - Reflection

Tracepaper - Reflection (Backside)

Transparent Film - Reflection (Backside)

Transparent Film - Reflection

Wood - Reflection

Cardboard - Reflection

Cardboard - Reflection Film and Mix

Cardboard - Reflection Film

Location - Google Maps

View Location - Google Maps

Why Photography as a program? My favourite technique in photography mirroring. Photography became part of the art scene worldwide and is appreciated until today. It can just portrait exactly what is there, but with some techniques it can twist the reality. Galleries are spread around Ljubljana containing photography. Photography is a crucial topic for the society of today, everybody owns a smartphone and takes many pictures each day, even sharing them on social media. This museum, could help appreciate “Photography” again. Make the people aware of what photography means, to make them aware of the overflow of pictures we see each day. Facebook and other social media contain billions of pictures which we watch each day, spending probably less than a second on watching one picture. Our attention span has badly decreased over the years. Pictures need to be very special so we even think about looking at them for more than a second. Thus, it can already be enough if pictures in a gallery hang in different heights, to make people stop just walking by quickly. But to even go a step further I would like to work with the layers that Ljubljana has to offer. I think its important for the people to stop looking just into their phones to see virtual realities and start appreciating the reality again. Ljubljana has many layers, three of which are close to my intended building site: Plečnik (Bridge); Medieval City (with the castle) and the ‘modern part’ (including people of today). (And also the river could become a layer of history.) To work with these layers it would be interesting to treat each of these topics on one floor of the photography (museum). Each floor could have some sort of reflection on the facade which reflects a different layer of the city. All together could become a nice assemblage which, when treated separately, can isolate and show one layer at a time, but when seen all together from outside may just seem like a ‘mess’ or an interesting collage of different bits and pieces of the city. This building, like any other buildings with windows, offers a different insight at night than during the day. During the day the window is usable for both sides, but at night the view changes to only being possible to watch from outside to inside.

Create a place for photography awareness, by using an architectural technique which has no defined boarders to create curiosity, to invite the people form different axis in.

Program

Task?

Concept Model

Demolishing one Wall

Adding one Wall

Double Walls for Circulation

Diagrams

Existing Florplan

Sketch

Abstract Models

Circulation Models

Working Model

Final Model

Drawings

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