The opening of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games, the Bird's Nest once again became the focus of everyone's attention, gained a lot of exposure, the Bird's Nest became the only venue in the world to host both the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games and the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, and there is no doubt that the author of the Bird's Nest seems to have become the luckiest architect in the world, which is the combination of architects we are going to talk about, Herzog and De Mellon.
Herzog and De Meron
As a world-renowned architect, Herzog and De Mellon are not well-known on the Internet Chinese, or even less popular than Tao Lei, but as a person who studies architecture, Hurd has a lot of labels, such as people who are printed in textbooks, winners of the 23rd Pritzker Prize, the tendency to simple design, etc., but for me, Hurd has another special meaning, that is, the enlightenment of architecture, before I received systematic professional education, Already deeply infected with architectural thinking, Hurd counts a group, in addition to Kang, Ricardo Porfir, and a TV series called Family Portrait.
Hurd is the representative of the minimalist design tendency after modernism, Herzog was deeply influenced by the Italian architect Rossi and the deep urban planning of Central Europe during his studies in Zurich, and Rossi is the representative of post-war neo-rationalism, he is different from the postmodern in the United States, not flowing in architectural symbols and surface decoration, but a rational architectural generation principle based on the logic of cultural and historical development, the so-called new rationalism, popularly speaking, is added to the old rationality of modernism, about history , about geography, about order, and about constructive rationality.
Herzog's early works were in the Wolf Signal House in the city of Basel,
Wolf Signal House
and the Goetz Gallery in Munich,
Goz Gallery
And the most reflective of Hurd's minimalist tendencies is the Ruding House, which can almost be called the prototype of the dwelling, the huge chimney protruding from the steep slope roof, the whole smooth glass opening on the concrete wall, and even some gods like the Erlang god chasing Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong became a mountain temple, which itself is very much in line with the "four elements of architecture" that Semper said is a collection of rationality and simplicity.
Rudin Residence
In Hurd's work, the Dominas Distillery well embodies Herzog's concern for the epidermis, and through the treatment of the special epidermis, the concept of the wall in the usual sense is dissolved, which is a skin intention that can breathe freely.
Dominas Distillery
Later, at london's Tate Modern, Herzog looked at architecture from this larger perspective of the city and demanded more accommodation for urban life, a highly successful industrial transformation, or renewal project, by Hurd.
Tate Museum of Modern Art
It is worth mentioning that in Shanghai, there is a twin brother who shares the soul of the Tate Museum of Modern Art, which is also based on the transformation of the power plant, and the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art represented by the chimney - PSA.
PSA
What we are going to focus on today is another industrial renovation project for Herzog and De Mellon, the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg in northern Germany, a building built on a historic building, a towering glass structure above an old freight station, a warehouse designed by Werner Kallmorgen and a warehouse built and put into use between 1963 and 1966. It was only closed at the end of the last century. The solid foundations that had been erected to store thousands of heavy cocoa beans were now the basis for a new symphony hall.
Looking at the form alone, the Elbphilharmonie seems to be a tribute and inheritance of the Berlin Philharmonic Hall made by Hans Charon in 1956.
The new building is built on top of the old warehouse, as the main building of the concert hall, and the old warehouse under it has not been completely abandoned after reinforcement and transformation, as a service building of the concert hall, including various passages and parking lots, etc. The shape of the new building block extends the body of the warehouse, from the floor plan, the two have the same shape. However, from the top floor and the first floor, the new structure is detached from the quiet and ordinary warehouse plane: the undulating roof leaps from the lowest point on the east side to the other end, making the Elb Philharmonic Hall visible from a distance, fully demonstrating the urbanity of the new building, which makes the new Symphony Hall not only designed for music, but also a well-equipped residential and cultural complex.
The façade of the building is also the focus, part of the façade glass has curved panels, the other part is chiseled, so that the new building block has a glittering giant gem effect, water, sky, and city reflected on the building façade, so that the visual effect is always in a flowing state, similarly, people located inside the building can get a good visual experience in all directions of the open platform,
Regarding the shape of the interior of the concert hall, the author describes it this way: We also borrowed the shape of the classical concert hall, such as the Shakespeare Globe Theatre in London, which has a vertical spatial scale design, and the geometric mass of the concert hall can maintain its static shape while showing an organic dynamic. Walking, standing, sitting, being watched, listening... All the activities and needs of the people in the concert hall can be clearly expressed in the architectural form. Such a space, like a vertical tent, provides a space for 2,100 spectators or performers to gather for pleasure. The shape of the concert hall tower also defines the static structure of the entire block, and its figure also emphasizes the integrity of the building.
More details can not be completely described in words, I still hope that you can go to see these great buildings, even if the foreign ones may not be able to go now, it is still convenient to see the bird's nest with your own eyes.