Comments on: Art Museum Strongoli by Coop Himmelb(l)au http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JDC http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-251223 JDC Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:08:15 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-251223 I love modern, post-modern, aggressive, progressive architecture, but it still has to play by the rules, otherwise any monkey could design a structure. Total disregard for the site is not architecture, no matter how convincing the architects comments/reasons might be...even if they spin it to sound like this wonderful sculpture actually fits in the landscape. This is a great peice of sculpture, but architecture is more than sculpture. I hope for the sake of the area this never gets built. I love modern, post-modern, aggressive, progressive architecture, but it still has to play by the rules, otherwise any monkey could design a structure. Total disregard for the site is not architecture, no matter how convincing the architects comments/reasons might be…even if they spin it to sound like this wonderful sculpture actually fits in the landscape. This is a great peice of sculpture, but architecture is more than sculpture. I hope for the sake of the area this never gets built.

]]> By: MAX http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-250062 MAX Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:37:16 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-250062 Carlotta my dear ...Italian geography! Before to put a comment people should be aware what they say!!! ... Strongoli >Calabria (Crotone) ...Stromboli>Sicilia (Lipari). by the way Im glad that projects and infrastructures are quite slow to be build in Italy especially in the south! I don't think we deserve this bird _ _ i _! WAKE UP! Carlotta

my dear

…Italian geography!
Before to put a comment people should be aware what they say!!!
… Strongoli >Calabria (Crotone)
…Stromboli>Sicilia (Lipari).
by the way
Im glad that projects and infrastructures are quite slow to be build in Italy especially in the south!
I don’t think we deserve this bird _ _ i _!

WAKE UP!

]]> By: jarjarWaters http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248951 jarjarWaters Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:04:52 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248951 just because you can...does not mean you should.... frankly I'm bored with all these frustrated sculptors. just because you can…does not mean you should….
frankly I’m bored with all these frustrated sculptors.

]]> By: Armann http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248948 Armann Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248948 This guy, and others, were the avant-garde... 25 years ago. The only thing that actually evolved in most of their practices during this time is the instruments used by their poorly paid interns... Now, this kind of maximalist design comes as pretentious as it is sterile. There just isn't any more juice left in there, it starts to get ridiculous. The reason why it gets more difficult to distinguish one design from the other is that it has actually become mainstream, in its most inconsequential form. I'm sure that, fifty years from now, everybody will look at these things in history books and laugh. This guy, and others, were the avant-garde… 25 years ago. The only thing that actually evolved in most of their practices during this time is the instruments used by their poorly paid interns…
Now, this kind of maximalist design comes as pretentious as it is sterile. There just isn’t any more juice left in there, it starts to get ridiculous. The reason why it gets more difficult to distinguish one design from the other is that it has actually become mainstream, in its most inconsequential form.
I’m sure that, fifty years from now, everybody will look at these things in history books and laugh.

]]> By: Urban Woodswalker http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248717 Urban Woodswalker Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:35:07 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248717 Stunning and I love it. the contrast of nature and futurism is perfect. Itlaians are known for good desing, and this is a perfect scenerio where contrasts works beautifully. Stunning and I love it. the contrast of nature and futurism is perfect. Itlaians are known for good desing, and this is a perfect scenerio where contrasts works beautifully.

]]> By: deligency http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248466 deligency Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:22:01 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248466 got used to it... got used to it…

]]> By: Frank http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248460 Frank Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:56:16 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248460 simply awful...how many of these so called designs are going to be built nowadays? seems pretty derivative to me...maybe the interiors will meet out, but the problem with these sculptural designs, is that they are designed "outside - in", meaning the programme is crammed into the interior to fit the form; experientially, its no longer about the art it houses... self-referential and simply a regurgitation of the 'blobitecture' of the mid nineties...I hope it joins a similar fate of that 'movement' simply awful…how many of these so called designs are going to be built nowadays? seems pretty derivative to me…maybe the interiors will meet out, but the problem with these sculptural designs, is that they are designed “outside – in”, meaning the programme is crammed into the interior to fit the form; experientially, its no longer about the art it houses…

self-referential and simply a regurgitation of the ‘blobitecture’ of the mid nineties…I hope it joins a similar fate of that ‘movement’

]]> By: Brian http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248319 Brian Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:49:16 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248319 Dude, One word: Public School 9 Los Angeles California Dude,
One word:
Public School 9
Los Angeles California

]]> By: tm http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248317 tm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:44:50 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248317 just to give a hint for those who think it does not respond to the landscape: think of the PLATEAU >> WIND and a form that is created by this natural force. it is a strong claim, true. just to give a hint for those who think it does not respond to the landscape: think of the PLATEAU >> WIND and a form that is created by this natural force.
it is a strong claim, true.

]]> By: Ste http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/comment-page-2/#comment-248311 Ste Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:03:09 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/27/art-museum-strongoli-by-coop-himmelblau/#comment-248311 well i think you can look at this proposal on different angles... its easy to bash this building cause of the expressive forms and the formal similiarities to late hadid/ghery stuff... imho here we got some more matureness inside and the result is a well sophisticated project! as for the landscape - building dialogue this works so well! cant imagine how this should be "design without respect"? what is more respectfull then foldings and smooth forms in this context with hills and vegetation? a box? please dont make me laugh... now they need to show us how the interior spaces will work and how they will profit from this form then i am very happy and start feeling more hopefull for expressive post-deconstructivism-designs... i like it! looks like coop found back the their old strenghts with a nice tad of provocation and challange inside their projects! well i think you can look at this proposal on different angles… its easy to bash this building cause of the expressive forms and the formal similiarities to late hadid/ghery stuff… imho here we got some more matureness inside and the result is a well sophisticated project! as for the landscape – building dialogue this works so well! cant imagine how this should be “design without respect”? what is more respectfull then foldings and smooth forms in this context with hills and vegetation? a box? please dont make me laugh… now they need to show us how the interior spaces will work and how they will profit from this form then i am very happy and start feeling more hopefull for expressive post-deconstructivism-designs… i like it! looks like coop found back the their old strenghts with a nice tad of provocation and challange inside their projects!

]]>