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DANIEL LIBESKIND

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Daniel Libeskind American May 12, 1946(age 64) Łódź, Poland Studio Daniel Libeskind (Since 1989)

Born in Postwar Poland in 1946, Mr. Libeskind became an American citizen in 1965. He studied Music in Israel (on the America-Israel cultural foundation scholarship) and in New York, coming a virtuoso performer. He left music to study architecture, receiving his professional Architectural degree in 1970 from the cooper union for the advancement of science and art in New york city. He received a postgraduate degree in history and theory of architecture at the School of comparative studies at Essex university (England) in 1972.

Some Completed Projects * 1989–1999 Jewish Museum Berlin - Berlin, Germany * 1997–2001 Imperial War Museum North - Greater Manchester, England * 2004–2008 The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge, residential condominium building - Covington, Kentucky, United States

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

DANIEL LIBESKIND

philosophy Contemporary Deconstructivist architect

Libeskind's addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto

Westside interior

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Deconstructivism in architecture, also called deconstruction, is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s. It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, nonrectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of architecture, such as structure and envelope. The finished visual appearance of buildings that exhibit the many deconstructivist "styles" is characterized by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos.

It is not only architecture as an art but also as a culture. Unless architecture is not just understood to be square meters to be developed, not just in a pure capitalist way of investment and return. It is seen as one of the necessary things for the survival of human beings, as Spiritual beings. Without that you cannot really develop a good city.

That brings it close to the people as they walk through the exhibit and think about the development that is going on around them, which might never hang in such an exhibit again, which might become some other development of which we are a part but which we don’t understand. It strikes me that you are wavering along a definition between tradition, on the one hand, but also forms that are very extreme on the other. For example the Jewish museum: it received a certain amount of critique because of the form, that it was slashed into the property.

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

DANIEL LIBESKIND

case study Jewish Museum Berlin It is a museum for all Berliners, all citizens.

The extension is conceived as an emblem of hope.

The voids represent the structural element of the new building.

In terms of the city, the idea is to give new value to the existing context.

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The Jewish Museum Berlin in Berlin, Germany, covers two millennia of German Jewish history.

It consists of two buildings. One is the old Kollegienhaus, a former courthouse, built in the 18th century.

The other, a new addition specifically built for the museum, designed by worldrenowned architect Daniel Libeskind.

This was one of the first buildings in Berlin designed after German reunification.

The museum opened to the public in 2001.

The museum adjoins the old Berlin Museum and sits on land that was West Berlin before the Berlin Wall fell.

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

DANIEL LIBESKIND

Detail of the Libeskind Building's outer wall

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Void with the art installation

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The Museum itself, consisting of about 161,000 square feet (15,000 square meters), is a twisted zig-zag and is accessible only via an underground passage from the Berlin Museum's baroque wing.

Its shape is reminiscent of a warped Star of David.

A "Void," an empty space about 66 feet (20 m) tall, slices linearly through the entire building.

An irregular matrix of windows cuts in all orientations across the building's facade.

A thin layer of zinc coats the building's exterior, which will oxidize and turn bluish as it weathers.

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

DANIEL LIBESKIND

East/West section through galleries

Section through Die Leere

Section through great stair which links galleries

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

KARAN GROVER

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A graduate of the MS University of Baroda, Karan Grover was selected as one of 14 architects in Asia for the "Roots" Exhibition sponsored by the Fujiya Corporation in Tokyo.

He is the Founding Secretary of the Heritage Trust, Baroda - a group of local citizens working on the conservation of the Heritage of the city. He has been President of the Heritage Trust since 2001 and is the winner of several All India competitions including the Vidhan Sabha for the Goa Legislature Assembly.

Grover returned to his alma mater as a visiting Professor of the MS University and is an active speaker in various forums in India and abroad.

KGA is also involved with Heritage Conservation Programmes, and has prepared a Master Plan for the Heritage Conservation of Buildings and Precincts in Baroda.

Champaner-Pavagadh was declared a World Heritage Site on July 2, 2004 at the World Heritage Convention of UNESCO in Suzhou, China. This is the first time that the work of an NGO - Heritage Trust (of which Karan Grover is the President), has been instrumental in getting World Heritage Site status for a site - the first site in Gujarat and the 25th in India.

Works: • Goa Assembly Building at Porvorim, Goa, 1993-2002.

• CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad, LEED Platinum rated building

by US-GBC, 2002-2003 • District Office Complex at Bagalkot for Government of Karnataka, 2003-2006

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

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philosophy 'Contextual' / 'Traditionalism'

Grover's architecture reflects his concerns with the heritage and built landscape of India.

He decided quite early in his professional life that India demanded something more than merely adopting the western norms of architecture. The long architectural history of this country and the development of its style to cater to climatic needs provided the framework for this search.

In the Institute of Plasma Research, Ahmedabad Grover has used the contained landscape, the courtyard, axis screens, jails and water, all elements which have had significance in the traditional Indian architectural context. Traditional wind towers were used in place of air-conditioning. This was a first for non-air-conditioned projects of this scale.

'Green' architecture was the next logical direction for Grover. He became the first architect in the world to win the Platinum Award for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) from the US Building Council in 2002. The award was for the CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre at Hyderabad, a collaborative project between US AID, Government of Andhra Pradesh and CII.

Karan Grover, the architect, is today working towards the need for practicing 'Green' architecture inspiring students and fellow architects. A need based on ecological and environmental concerns; a need which involves us all as inhabitants of this planet.

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

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Hyderabad, India CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre The project is a unique and successful model of publicprivate partnership between the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the technical support of USAID Architectural Design: Karan Grover and Associates, India Size: 4.5 acres (total site area) 1,858 m2 (total built up area) 1,115 m2 (total air-conditioned area) Type: Office building Building details: Office building, Seminar hall Green Technology Centre displaying the latest and emerging green building materials and technologies in India Large numbers of visitors are escorted on green building tour Ratings: Awarded the LEED Platinum Rating for new Construction (NC) v 2.0 by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi

KARAN GROVER

Green Roofs

Aerial View of the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre Building at Hyderabad

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Plans of the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre Building at Hyderabad

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Kabilan S. A\2006\2008 3rd Yr B.Arch SPA, New Delhi