JAV131H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Heydar Aliyev Center, Denver Art Museum, Coop Himmelb(L)Au
Document Summary
1991-2015 architecture after the cold war (post-postmodernism: iconic. Creating a model for other cities around the world. Collapse of the steel industry during the post war period. Creating the new site for the museum. Relatively straight forward oor plan compared to the museum. Attempt to categorise the architecture of the 1990s/2000s. Coop himmelblau, peter eisenman, frank gehry, zaha m. hadld, rem koolhaas, Wanted to be as important as the meeting/exhibition of international style. Peter eisenman, wexner center for the arts, columbus ohio, 1983-89. Zaha hadid, vitra fire station, weil am rhein, 1993. Possible of connection/new take on russian constructivist architecture. Shape of the oor plan is based on the jewish star. Museum that depicts the fates of jewish lives in germany. Similar to other architects of the modern era. Early work was on paper/models (e. g. memory machine, reading machine, writing. Building a new thing on top of the existing building. Not paying any respect to the context of it"s surroundings.
