A 21st Century Riff On The Guggenheim?

Wrightgeek · Post by **Wrightgeek** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:28 pm

Click on the link below, and be sure to watch the video as well. I'll be interested to hear the opinions of others after seeing this.

http://www.dmh.org.il/pages/default.asp ... &PageId=17

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:13 pm

Ron Arad was known primarily for his furniture designs; this is the first work of architecture to come to my attention. While there is a superficial connection to Wright's Guggenheim museum, I'd say this project deserves to be judged on its own merits.

The voyage taken by the camera is certainly dramatic and moving, I think we could say ? The challenge of crafting the forms is perhaps another relevant topic.

S D R

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:16 pm

I think the source of the design is as likely to be the hats that the "robotic rock group" Devo wore, inverted, as the Guggenheim.

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:02 pm

Spot on with the Devo connection, Roderick!

http://www.thefader.com/wp-content/uplo ... 9/devo.jpg

In response to this space, one could also possibly quote another group of musicians, "I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do..."

Palli Davis Holubar · Post by **Palli Davis Holubar** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:32 am

I have not felt the building obviously. Is the fluid exterior engaging: it self-consciously appears to be museum designed for blockbuster show people management. I wonder if the experience of entering up the long curving ramp is rewarding or would it foster an "are we there yet?" tiredness. What is the length of that walkway?
Buildings as sculpture so often have juxtapositions that breakdown the physicality of the visual ideas. The rectilineal galleries are convenient and coolly comprehended but belie the mood. A gentle concentric curve on an interior wall would not inconvenience a design museum, I would think.