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PA5 – INTERPRETING ARCHITECTURE

The Twist Museum, Norway; Source: Big.dk

LOCATION and PLACE:

Norway, Randselva river

SPACE:

It’s contemporary bc is continuos and new concept of free section (deforming and twisting the horizontal plane in the same level so it creates different heights like inter-levels). We have 2 examples:


FUNCTION:

Organic (adaptes to our needs and is in harmony with our activities) and moralistic functionalism (concerned for the aesthetics and beauty, both interior and exterior). It’s a bridge that connects 2 points over a river.

Not mechanical (industrial revolution; beauty came linked to the mechanical efficiency).


FORM:

it’s like an empty beam (rectangle) twisted by the middle. As this is a simple and only building, it doest have some of the characteristics below (group characteristics or for more complex projects):

Rhythm:

Symmetry:

Movement:

Unit:

as this is a single unit, it’s easy to see that nothing can be added or removed:

Centrality:

the focal center, the main room, not the geometric/physical center:

Limit & contrast:

the edge of the elements were there’s a change; the change would be between the contour of the white building and the nature with the river and sky.

Light:

white reflects the light inside and makes it bright. Several windows that allows natural light:

Color and texture:

edge (from the rectangular pieces of the façade) and soft (from glass surfaces):