Drawing Without Words

Guggenheim Helsinki Museum

by José Afonso
language: english
Publisher: Caleidoscópio, December of 2017 ‧
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This proposal for the Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki highlights the relationship between art and architecture through the "NEST" form inspired on the piece "Sleeping-bird" from the designer Timo Sarpaneva. The design process had as a starting point the international constellation network of the Guggenheim Museums. It was extremely important to emphasize the interconnection between the Guggenheim Musems: NewYork, Bilbao, Venice and Abu Dhabi. Using a geometric process several meridians (by Google-Earth) were delineated departing from the existing locations converging into a unique "G/H-POINT" (Guggenheim Helsinki - Point), symbolically represented by the vertical Wind-Tower. The Museum is integrated into the city historic plan with the two grids direction from the urban context.The tree bridge, the walking roof and the patio reflects the nature and the lake, creating space to explore new public areas and green ideas. The project is an Open Art Box of Art and Architecture...

Drawing Without Words

Guggenheim Helsinki Museum

by José Afonso

Property Description
ISBN: 9789896583804
Publisher: Caleidoscópio
Release Date: December of 2017
Language: English
Dimensions: 237 x 169 x 19 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 114
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Art > Architecture
EAN: 9789896583804

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

José Afonso

Nascido em 7 de janeiro de 1959, em Vale de Prazeres, Concelho do Fundão, Portugal, nacionalidade portuguesa.
Licenciado pela Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa, Departamento de Arquitetura.

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