February 17, 2004
East Coast Tour (17) － Wexner Center
網誌停擺了一個月, 追查元兇, 目前懷疑是 SBC 或是 apartment manager, 趁我不在. 把我的電話線及DSL connection 給弄停了, 害大家沒有說話的園地. 要拒付一個月的費用恐怕不是容易的事, 我想沒人會承認自己要負責. 總之很高興現在終於恢復正常了. 為了趕一趕進度, 我打算直接把回台灣前整理好的照片 post 出來.
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Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH.
(Ohio State University)
Peter Eisenman and Richard Trott, 1989.
Peter Eisenman 為俄亥俄州立大學設計, 於1989 完成的Wexner 藝術中心. 主要用途應為展覽藝廊 (不過也有在其他書上看到圖書館的文字, 不知是否為原始計畫之一?).
一眼望去, 最搶眼的是 Eisenman 用兩組白色的格子系統介入新舊建築, 對應涵構中不同的織理, 並形成通廊連接基地前方廣場及後側道路. 關於部分Eisenman 使用的語彙, 如分裂的塔, 及分離疊置的牆, 因尚未拜讀過 Eisenman 的解釋, 或是相關評論, 故目前不清楚其意涵.
室內可以見到懸吊且屬不同格子系統的梁柱穿插其間. 雖有如此熱鬧的室內, 有時並未獲館方基於使用上的好評. (建築與展覽競爭的問題.) 部分展覽空間沒有開放, 我們無緣一見.
Wexner 藝術中心進行過整修工程(漏水...etc.), 雖未加以求證, 我想我們參觀時應該是整修後吧. (時間: 8 SEP, 2003)
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January 01, 2004
East Coast Tour (16) － The Greater Columbus Convention Center
The Greater Columbus Convention Center by Peter Eisenman with Richard Trott & Partners, 1993.
We visited this building on 8 SEP., 2003.
很久沒有更新內容了... :p 上來活動活動筋骨.
順便祝大家新年快樂!!! :D
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December 09, 2003
East Coast Tour (15) － German Village, Columbus, Ohio
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| 8 SEP., 2003, we visited just a tiny portion of German Village, Columbus, Ohio.
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基本上, 我們在這區只待了幾十分鐘, 走了兩三條街而已. 以下的基本資料是由 German Village Society 網站上所查得的資料.
German Village today is 233 acres of living history -- a unique "outdoor museum" where the old meets the new in a revitalized community. More than 1,600 buildings have been renewed since 1960. The Village is one of the premier historic restorations in the world and the largest privately funded historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. As caretakers of that legacy, the German Village Society is presently made up of over 1,000 committed preservationists.
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December 02, 2003
East Coast Tour (14) － Vontz Center for Molecular Studies by Frank Gehry
Been lazy for a while...I am lazy. I am lazy. I am lazy. I am sick. Got flu recently...can I use it as my excuse for being lazy? :p
Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, one of the buildings of University of Cincinnati's "Signature Architect" program, designed by Frank O. Gehry, costed 65 million, completed in 1999.
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"Why isn't it clad in metal panel?" was my first reaction to this building at the first glance of it. I guess I just saw too many pictures of Gehry's Bilbao Gugenheim Museum or Disney Concert Hall. It's been said that the original design was metal clad or similar materials like some of Gehry's projects. Bricks became the chosen material due to economical consideration. I don't know if it's true. But, the exterior material, brick, does match better with surrounding buildings and go with landscape. On the other hand, the prefabricated brick panel lack of authenticity and details. It couldn't convince you that it's something other than mere veneer. Or could it?
Another feature of this building you wouldn't ignore is its multi-story windows. They are windows of arbitrary shapes framed by aluminum(?) protruding out of its body a bit. Honestly speaking, these windows look a litte bit like "quick study model" made by architectural students to us when we first saw them. We thought maybe they could be refined. But maybe they are right for its sculptural form?
Despite some "flaws" observed, I still enjoy watching the whole sculptural compostion in a distance sitting in a hilltop nearby. I was thinking, maybe this design is just right for a building in a university campus resting in a corner of busy streets. The sculptural form makes it unique enough to be a signature building, and the brick helps toning down queerness of unusual shapes and making a better transition between the buildng and the context.
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