Blobitecture

As a blob architecture, non-standard architecture, or freeform architecture buildings and designs are referred to, which have complex, fluid, often rounded and biomorphic forms which on free-form curves (splines ) based and were possible only by modern design software for architects.

Evolution of style

The blob architecture emerged in the nineties of the 20th century, when the use of splines (usually NURB splines) prevailed as curves, surfaces or primitives with fixed topological relationships in the CAD software. Now were tools available to simulate the forces as a natural phenomenon and the representation of continuous, irregularly concave, convex, and as composites mixed form part canted surfaces made ​​possible.

One can see this flow as a variant of the organic construction, in contrast to its postmodern tendencies blob architecture is in so far committed to the classical modernity, as they fulfill their demand for simple geometric bodies without causing unnecessary, the basic structure verhüllendem decoration - it has only the term the "simple " expanded: actually include the NURBs to the basic form elements in the sense of vector graphics. Characteristic maintaining fundamental symmetries spite of the complex surfaces, while organic architecture can also be completely asymmetrical. They both share the will to own sculpting Skulpturhaftigkeit that comes from the expressionism, and differentiating itself from the form -follows -function concept of functional modernism.

Blob buildings attract strong attention to themselves and are very difficult to integrate into the urban environment. Blob buildings are, therefore, often especially suitable as a specimen, for representative and unique forms of use, such as museums, performance halls, particularly prestigious corporate offices or workshops.

Critics of the blob architecture see the danger that naive enthusiasm for the new design possibilities leads to projects that are not related to actual available materials and production methods or do not meet their interiors the use of claims and the high, aroused by the outer skin expectations. Also, is accused of the blob architects to offer no architectural philosophical justification for their shapes.

In addition, the execution of projects blob is technically very demanding, since the complex forms or not allow the use of prefabricated components only to a very limited degree. Very promising for the production of geometrically complex, individual components, the development of the CAM (computer aided manufacturing ) to the so-called file -to- factory production, in which expands the geometry data is generated by so-called technology data from the design software and usefully in a system of integrated product data model are forwarded to the machines of the production facility.

Known blob -inspired buildings are eg

  • Built Selfridges department store in Birmingham, 2003 by Future Systems (Jan Kaplicky )
  • Philological Library of the Free University of Berlin by Sir Norman Foster
  • Hangar 7, Red Bull Event Center and Aircraft Museum, Salzburg, Volkmar Burgstaller
  • The standing in -depth discussion of Kaplicky winning project for a new National Library in Prague on the Letna plateau ( " Octopus " )

Gallery

Aqua by Jeanne Gang, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Peter Cook and Colin Fournier's Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria

Christine & Horst Lechner Amorphous living in Salzburg, Austria ( construction site )

The Red Bull Hangar- 7, by Volkmar Burgstaller, Salzburg, Austria

Golden Terraces of The Jerde Partnership, Warsaw, Poland

Allianz Arena by Herzog & de Meuron, Munich, Germany

Eden Project by Nicholas Grimshaw, Cornwall, UK

Ericsson Globe by Svante Berg & Lars Vretblad, Stockholm, Sweden

London City Hall by Sir Norman Foster, London, United Kingdom

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