Museum für Gestaltung Züric
Ausstellungsstr. 60
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DISEÑO TODO Y MAS
The themes of this museum are design, visual communication, shaping of the environment, art, architecture, everyday culture, photography and the media, as well as confronting people with modern tendencies and cataloguing new developments. The program includes various special exhibitions supplemented by numerous events. As partner of the School of Design, the museum is also important for artistic education. The museum houses four important collections (Design, Graphics, Art Collections, Posters) and a specialist library open to the public.
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peter zumthor
El remoto pueblo alpino de Vals es bien conocido en todo el mundo por Valser, la popular agua mineral suiza. Sin embargo, desde 1996, los fanáticos de la arquitectura y los expertos en balnearios conocen Vals por el Spa Therme de Peter Zumthor, de diseño ultramoderno en cuarcita gris Valser, un lugar que ofrece una experiencia casi mística, con elementos tan sencillos como la piedra, el agua y una iluminación sabiamente empleada.
Todo esto ya puede parecer suficientemente espectacular y la verdad es que prácticamente todo el que pasa por los baños del Therme sale cambiado por la experiencia. El hotel colindante se edificó en los años sesenta, por lo que hay zonas ya algo apagadas, aunque las habitaciones son bien acogedoras, y en general el estilo es algo austero e institucional. Pero las joyas de este hotel son las llamadas habitaciones Temporales, diseñadas por Zumthor con el fin de crear espacios en el hotel que estuvieran a la altura del Spa. Estas habitaciones cuentan con un estilo moderno, alfombras de vivos colores y sillas de cuero marrón.
Las nuevas habitaciones de Zumthor son magníficas, pero también se puede acceder a un gran número de habitaciones de estilo tradicional por un precio más módico. De todas formas, por muy estupendo que sea el hotel no se puede dejar escapar el Spa. En su parte inferior se encuentran los jacuzzis y las salas para los tratamientos, pero su gran atractivo es una serie de grandes piscinas de diferentes tipos: con temperatura caliente, con temperatura fría, o perfumadas con pétalos de flores. La iluminación consigue un efecto espectacular, ya sea a través desde los tragaluces de color azul en lo alto, ya sea por la luz que viene desde abajo, y es que algunas piscinas están pintadas de un blanco brillante hasta el nivel del agua, con piedra gris oscura sin pulir en la parte superior, lo que crea la ilusión de que el agua brilla.
Los huéspedes del hotel tienen el uso exclusivo del Spa por la mañana temprano y algunas noches, es decir en los mejores momentos para disfrutarlo. A las personas que estén acostumbradas a los tratamientos más ostentosos les puede echar algo para atrás el estilo del Therme, pero nadie se queda insatisfecho. Este edificio es uno de los más extraordinarios de Zumthor, y como diría él, mejor verlo que leerlo.
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Rolex Learning Center (EPFL École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
allee de savoye
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tengo que ir a verlo...
An interview with SANAA
October 5, 2008
New Museum, New York City which opened in December 2007
SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa) is one of the most en vogue architecture office in Tokyo. They recently designed the New Museum in Manhattan. They also designed the Learning Center at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Here is an excerpt from an interview we made for the Taiwanese magazine EGG, which published a special issue on SANAA in Summer 2007. For the full interview click here.
Gallery space in the New Museum
How does the New Museum project in New York relate to the city?
N: New Museum was a difficult project. It is difficult for a museum to be so open to the outside. It needs walls to hang up the paintings. An enclosed space is necessary. One of the striking features of the New Museum is that it is right in the middle of the city. It is not in the outskirts like many museums. Also it doesn’t exhibit classical art, it is very contemporary. This is why they wanted to be in the middle of the city. So the question for us was how to open up the museum in this context.
So how did you manage?
N: We opened up the ground floor, people can get in and out for free, go to the cafe or the bookstore.
S: The design of the New Museum is based on the concept of shifting box, which allows us to create an open skyline. The building literally opens up to the sky. The shifting boxes create terraces allowing people to go in and out in the middle of the building.
N: As people go up the atmosphere changes. Each floor has a different relationship to the city and offers a different experience. The ground level is very messy, in direct contact with street life. From the top we can see the skyline of New York and the Chrysler building. Of course the clients wanted walls to exhibit art, but we wanted windows because the view is so interesting!
In Japan buildings are typically not built to last more than 20 or 30 years, whereas in Europe architects don’t usually think about their work as temporary. How do you view your work in time?
N: Most of the Roman buildings are gone, except for a few bridges and the Pantheon which are still standing. In Japan some ancient temples remain thanks to maintenance. We expect our buildings to stand for a really long time, but I cannot say forever. Maybe a hundred years at the maximum. But the city has a longer life span. The city lives through many generations.
S: With many changes.
N: Yes, I feel nothing changes in European cities. The notion is that the city must preserve the same form forever. I go to Asian cities and I see everything changed since the last time. The population is growing. The life of the people is changing and the city is changing with it. In China and Tokyo I see many things happening, many changes. This is like moving with the life. This is a very different viewpoint. In Europe the idea is that cities must stay the same, in Asia cities must change. I cannot say which one is the good view.
Tokyo is the biggest city in the world and yet it is often described as a collection of small villages. What is your idea of Tokyo, thinking specifically about the notion of scale from very small to extremely big?
S: I use a very limited part of Tokyo, so in this sense Tokyo feels like a village. I cannot say I have an overall image of Tokyo. Physically I cannot tell what are the boundaries of Tokyo.
N: Tokyo appears to be very much disorganized but actually it is a city which works really well. There is no train delay. Every morning huge crowds are moved in a very orderly way from one point to the other. Very few crimes are committed in Tokyo. It is actually very orderly, even if the landscape looks disorderly. Some Westerners come to Tokyo and say this is chaos! Maybe it is true but people manage it very well.
S: It is a chaotic but also extremely dynamic place. Somehow it looks generic and not well organized but so many things happen in Tokyo. One bad aspect of Tokyo is that people cannot spend time without money, which is also related to the physical reality of the city. But since the economy was bad for so long, we gradually learned how to enjoy the city without much money!
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FLUX LABORATORY
FLUX Laboratory 10, rue Jacques-Dalphin CH - 1227
www.fluxlaboratory.com/en/index.php
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INNOVATIVE IDEAS, CHANGING WORLD
What is FLUX Laboratory?
FLUX Laboratory is an experimental meeting, performance and exhibition space operated as a members network, which shares the objectives and goals of the Fluxum Foundation, both in activity and spirit.
FLUX Laboratory is a multi-faceted experimental space, which nurtures creative work and thinking through quality encounters with the arts, dance, science and health, technology, media, style and business.
FLUX Laboratory gives a physical form to a constellation of innovative ideas and practical realities, creating a mix of events, which build bridges between creative thinkers and important players. The ongoing encounter with culture can spark innovation in business:
at Flux Laboratory, culture brings momentum to experience.
Its mission is to encourage arts and business to work together in the future.
Flux Laboratory will offer signature and partner programs that will include personal leadership development through creativity, mentoring and team integration training.
Mission statements - Helping the arts to help business grow in the future.
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Schaulager
+41 613 353232
Ruchfeldstrasse 19
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mucho mas que un museo
espléndido edificio de Herzog y de Meuron
Ni museo ni almacén tradicional, el Schaulager es un lugar de creatividad y actividad.
Creado por la fundación Emanuel Hoffmann, cuya colección se almacena en el Schaulager, se trata de una institución que se dedica al trato del arte, su conservación, su investigación y mediación.
merece la pena estar atento a su programación.
yo vi una retrospectiva de jeff wall espectacular, jamás se me olvidará
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Freitag Shop
+41 433 669520
Geroldstrasse 17
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una tienda alucinante
esta es una tienda alucinante de unos productos ya famosos y cool:
-bolsas‚ carteras‚ bandoleras‚ cosas hechas con lonas de camión y cinturones de seguridad reciclados.
yo me hice una a medida (porque te las puedes diseñar tu en la web y te la mandan) hace 4 años y todavia la uso muchisimo‚ está nueva‚ es eterna y pienso seguir con ella.
-entre tanto se han hecho muy fashion y han abierto esta tienda en zurich preciosa‚ coherente con su mensaje y que pienso visitar
probad a diseñaros una con una herramienta web preciosa
www.freitag.ch/shop/FREITAG/page/fcut_page/detail.jsf
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Bar Rouge
+41 613 613031
Messeplatz level 31 Messeturm
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bar cool chic buena musica
al caer la tarde se concentran aqui los locales a tomarse su cerveza, despues copa, despues buena musica y siempre vistas impresionates desde lo alto de una torre desde la que se ve alemania, suiza y francia...muy recomendable
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Salginatobelbrücke
Schiers
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obra maestra de la ingeniería
situacion:
www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/building_map.cgi?Salginatobel_Bridge
gran obra de robert maillart
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campus tecnologico con muy buena arquitectura
Basel Headquarters
A Campus of Knowledge and Innovation
Novartis is aiming to transform the St. Johann site - its headquarters in Basel - from an industrial complex to a place of innovation, knowledge and encounter.
The new Campus should offer Novartis employees and visitors an environment for intensive levels of communication and work, which is ultra-modern, very functional and aesthetically pleasing.
Today and in the future, the value creation in pharmaceuticals originates much more from research and development than from low cost manufacturing. Science, the creation of knowledge and know-how to be shared among associates require an adaptation of the work environment to one that facilitates communication and collaboration.
With the Campus project, Novartis continues its strong track record in developing high-performance workplaces regarding productivity and innovation by developing new multi-space work environments. The revitalization of the global headquarters location in Basel will become a symbol of Novartis’ commitment to offer a best place to work and to attract and retain the best talents.
This is a long-term project that includes not only workplace development, architecture and landscaping but also functional, traffic-planning and cultural considerations.
A masterplan has been developed that sets the overall structure and defines the basic framework for the different phases of the implementation. The aspiration is to create a sustainable and flexible framework for future management teams.
cobiax en edificio SANAA
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pasarela impresionante
ingeniero jurg conzett
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