Classically uninhibited by sole occupation of the building plot, the house is apparently extravagant on all sides in a composition expressed by the clean lines of stacks and balconies hovering over slick sliding glazing panels. The agrarian form of the house is appropriate but surely the design in its completed form will build the site to facilitate the filtering of the wider landscape forms and character into the spaces and idyll of the house.įor now, the soul of the building stays secret.īy contrast the soul of the of the SU House in Stuttgart is laid bare to the world!.
Externally, at this stage of its life the building communicates a limited aspiration to physically connect with its near surroundings. The house at Odemira, like the music hall has curious lines. Solutions are therefore necessarily detailed and technically demanding. The building needs to provide the technology and materials to describe spaces that can take a performer from first ideas to final production. The functions it is intended to foster are creative, linked to human interaction with sight and sound. The process of creating the Music Hall implies a public spirited project, concerning the client and the procurement of the design. It’s a young building with a cartoon element, looking like a large isolated piece of ore – ideal venue for a ‘rock concert ‘. Therefore we have to accept that the building is there to be criticised by the public, just as is a new piece of music! Perfect! The soul behind the articulation of outline and detail are only understood by the architects who composed the arrangement of faces and spaces. House in Odemira, Alentejo, South of PortugalĪt first glance, it is difficult to understand the rationale behind its massing. Paloma Music Venue, Nimes, France – architecture news
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To arrive at the specific solution – albeit in an age where there is an option to use software packages enabling a virtual image of the building prior to breaking ground – will be a personal milestone for the design team and client.Īdd the difficulty of a site that leaves the building(s) expose on all sides, then the designer(s) really do have to earn their fee.Įdifice alone walks a fine line between acceptance and anonymity, particularly when the language of choice evokes abstractions of simple typologies as is the case with the Nimes Music Hall (‘music hangar’) and House at Odemira (‘outhouse’). There are occasions where the process of accommodating human interaction with the senses through stages of creativity, experimentation, practise, production and perfection tend to dominate the order of spaces and articulation of massing in the final architectural solution. Architecture Personality, Architectural Article, Design Dialogue Architectural Personality : Architectural DialogueĪ group of projects this week each face up the meticulous with the abstract.