“Why still speak of the real and the virtual, the material and immaterial? Here these categories are not in opposition, or in some metaphysical disagreement, but more in an electroliquid aggregation, enforcing each other, as in a two part adhesive.”
-Lars Spuybroek, [1998] Motor Geometry, Architectural Design, Vol 68 No 5/6, p5
Concepts
Himmelb(l)au: Extolled the virtues of
an architecture: "that bleeds, exhaust that turns or even breaks."
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Gaudi: An artist must obey
creation. Reconcile architecture and nature. Write a story about the land.
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Himmelb(l)au's part would have bold shapes pointing to one direction so it looks dynamic. Gaudi's part is curved and mimics the landscape. The monument should give different experiences depending on the time of the day and the angle of viewing. The monument would camouflage into the landscape from a distance. From a high angle the lower (Gaudi) part would camouflage in the waterfall while from a low angle, the upper (Himmelblau) part would camouflage into the mountain and sky.
Monument in landscape
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| The mountain creates a wall, forming an "interior" and "exterior". The harshness of the mountain is juxtaposed with the tranquility of the water, but the monuments acts a "two part adhesive", connecting the harshness with peacefulness, and internal with external. |
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| The boldness of the structure, texture and the glowing part that represents the sun, makes the monument camouflage in the landscape. Hence the natural and artificial are in disaggreement, but are "enforcing each other". |
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| The lower part of the monument is pure white and mimics falling water, hence "reconciles architecture and nature" and exemplifies the natural and artificial "enforcing each other". |
Textures used: strips 1 and 5 (light, medium and dark)
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