Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Ideas with Re-Inventing the Vitra Design Museum

Concept Ideas from Lecture Week10:

Skate Park
Ruins
Church
Stadium
Sculpture Park
Maze
Playground

My idea to reinvent Gehry's Vitra Museum is to restructure it as a playground for children. The geometries in the museum are reminiscent of those which can be found in child's playground out in the park e.g. the spiral staircase. This idea partly came from Gehry's Chiat/Day building in Venice Beach, California. The 3 elements shown in the facade of the Chiat/Day building almost looks like a bunch of toys lined up next to eachother, suggesting an idea of playfulness in Gehry's work. This idea of playfulness can also be seen in the Vitra Museum with Gehry's juxtaposition of simple and complex geometries. I am planning to reuse these shapes which Gehry has invented
, and remodel them as playground elements and put them together again to create a new playground park.


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