lunes, 16 de junio de 2008
ARCHITECTURE AND NATURE
As postmodernism contributed to the relaxation of old conventions and conservation work has borne fruit, something new has taken place. The Nordic House on the Faroe Islands was completed in 1983 by the architect Ola Steen (born 1942). The problem of placing the large building amongst Torshavn's small houses was solved by turning the building into a miniature mountain. Glimpses of glass and steel shine through in the level between the gray rock foundation and the softly sloping sod roof. The building is transformed into an object of nature and fits in with the surrounding hills. The Boarch architects faced similar challenges in designing the Sami Cultural Centre in Kautokeino in 1981. Situated in an open landscape, the traditional Sami tent is symbolized by the sliced-off pyramid centred around an open red middle portion, a bonfire.
Name: Manuel Alejandro Sanchez Canales
student: architecture
country: chile
city: santiago de chile
university: Uamericas, PUC.
to get in touch: mskchile@yahoo.es
Name: Manuel Alejandro Sanchez Canales
student: architecture
country: chile
city: santiago de chile
university: Uamericas, PUC.
to get in touch: mskchile@yahoo.es
Tags: NATURE, ARCHITECTURE.
