Erection of the Euromast, designed by Huig Maaskant
Since the fog is holding Rotterdam hostage since a few days (my wonderful theory burst into pieces…) you’ll be happy to hear that next weekend (Oct. 11th to 14th) we’ll have the architectur film festival in town.
Reservations are possible since a few days so get to the phone (010) 411 5300 and make sure you get to see a few delicacies.
Our preliminary tips would be:
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german architecture & theory magazine arch+ put the first three videos or their interview marathon at the documenta online.
yes, its the same format as the serpentine gallery event and yes, its also Koolhaas and Obrist who are interviewing.
The first online videos are with Marie-Luise Scherer, former ‘der spiegel’ reporter (on journalism and writing), Karl Schloegel, historian (on bottom-up europe) and Thomas Schütte, sculptor (on his archi-scultures, life as an artist and many things more).
Unfortunately the interviews are almost completely in german. I didn’t know RK speaks such good german…
Looking forward for many more to come. The complete list should include:
Thomas Bayrle (*1937, Künstler, Frankfurt/Main)
Gottfried Böhm (*1920, Architekt, Köln)
Hannes Böhringer (*1948, Philosoph, Berlin/Braunschweig) Continue reading ‘documenta interview marathon’
a friend of mine just pointed me to one of the latest events in the AccessAllAreas program: skating Zaha’s Phaeno in Wolfsburg. Unfortunately the video of a
50-50 down a 15 stair rail with a mean kink at the end which reminds of that Pat Duffy kinkrail in SF by Mack McKelton from Berlin.
is pretty unspectacular from an architects point of view. …. apart from the six-pack closeup for the girls maybe… There will be more coverage soon under accessallareas
via DRMTM and skateboard.de and nillomatic
paris based designers atypyk have a nice list of design ideas they want to share and a lot of fun-stuff to sell in their shop. (check the PLEASE section)
via republish
I finally managed to update the calendar. Plenty of lectures, debates and events this week. Starting from a picnic at the Sonnenveld House, the last debates in the PowerLounge, 100% Design exhibition at the VanNelle and finally the Rotterdam Day Of Architecture on the 26th.
It looks like this is the final spurt before the summer-holdidays, so get your notebooks ready and enjoy some air-conditioned lecture halls. From July on not too much is happening.
dezeen had it a week ago, and I thought it gets a bit boring to post OMA stuff all the time. But somehow nobody jumped on it and I think this 2006 (?) project is really worth mentioning.
No doubt, its great they are using the possibilities in all those arab countries to realize the wet dreams of the 70s. But somehow one would expect something new.
On the other hand, maybe this does mean, that OMA is really getting rid of that avantgarde-trauma to produce something new ALL THE TIME. I actually find it comforting to see that we might surpass this obsession and finally move beyond the anyway strange contemporary concept of avantgarde (sorry for misinterpetation, Miguel!). More towards a refined architecture, even a paradigm, a settled style that would allow to develop something refined, learn from projects instead of starting over and over again. An architectural canon! ;-)
Well, maybe just a (strange) dream. probably this would be horribly boring… But how much great architecture is produced anyway? We could have hobbies, earn some money, go on holiday…
It also reminds me of an article in the DesignObserver on CCTV, that toms pointed at in an earlier post.
‘In the end, all the political discourse and self-serving manifestos mean little. We are left to judge this building as a piece of architecture built in 2007, in a climate of growing awareness of sustainability. Building a project of this scale with so much extra steel to support an aesthetic expression seems like a missed opportunity, if not something completely bordering on civic negligence, especially in China, one of the countries which necessarily must embrace sustainability soon. Imagine if Koolhaas had used this opportunity to build the lightest, most green building in the world? Imagine if he had marshalled all of his rhetorical verve and diplomatic savvy to argue for the critical importance of such architecture? Instead of responding to fortune cookies, Rem Koolhaas could have changed the world.’
more pics on
OMAweb
and the press release on:
dezeen 1/2 and dezeen 2/2.
it needs to be mentioned, but eikonographia anyway has again the best images of OMAs latest. And the best pairs too. dezeen has the full pressrelease with plans etc.
pic via eikonographia
The doors will open at 20.20. / Tickets can be bought for 5,- euro at the door.
Location: Off Corso, Kruiskade 22, Rotterdam hope to see you there!!!
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On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, Martin Berendse of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science will officially open the Dutch Electronic Art Festival. The opening will take place at Rotterdam’s new Las Palmas cultural center at 7:00 pm. A performance by the Belgian group Code31 will be the highlight. DEAF, one of the most important international festivals devoted to art, media and technology, is organized every two years by V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media. DEAF07 runs from April 10 to 29, 2007, in Rotterdam. Continue reading ‘DEAF’
singapore, new jersey, kentucky
OMA Beijing has another beautiful variation on the classic skyscaper. To be built in Singapore. No twists, no morphs, no parametrics. Nevertheless bold and inventive. Like it…
What is the Rotterdam office actually busy with at the moment? Haven’t heard so much lately…
New Jersey was the NYoffice, right?
via archinect and dezeen (full press release) and baunetz
cben.net is great, but this definitely beats it.
via gravestmor.
air foundation is inviting us to see MVRDV‘s first realized project in Rotterdam.
After the Blue Houses in Beukelsdijk have been demolished, MVRDV fills the gap with a roof extension in Beatrijsstraat 71.
Continue reading ‘MVRDV’s first Rotterdammer’
World famous for inventing ‘throwies’ the Graffiti Research Lab is invading Rotterdam. The work they will do here is part of the Art Fair Rotterdam opening tonight until feb. 10th.
Their main intervention will be lasertagging the KPN buildings BACKside.
Not really sure what Art Rotterdam is all about, their website is somewhat cryptic, but feb. 9th offers a guided tour by Artifex, including an architectural tour over the Kop van Zuid, the last big extension of R’dam, still in progress and with a few highlights to come.
send a mail or cell number to GRL megaohmresistor to receive electronic and SMS messages regarding the dates and times of actions in Rotterdam and Amsterdam in early February.
