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Conference Center
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DESCRIPTION |
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 The building stands on land of almost unvarying flatness, with a cover of cherry trees. When first visiting the site, I was struck by the quality of "movement" that the Frank O. Gehry "Design Museum" projected so powerfully.
Opposite Gehry's architecture of 'movement', I introduced the element of 'stillness'. This involved restraining the 'movement' displayed by visible forms in an attempt to deliver 'invisible movement' to prominence.
Choosing the most static of all forms - the square - I employed it in the plan of a sunken court, inset into the flat site. The rectangular volume of the main building interlocks with the court, and is placed nearly halfway below ground to produce an architecture of tranquil presence.
This architecture of 'stillness' begins to acquire rich life when the elements of nature - light and wind - and the movement of people are introduced within it.
A sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen - situated amid the tense dialogue of these poles of 'movement' and 'stillness' - looks on, as if enjoying the contrast presented by the two buildings. By thus engaging the buildings in a relationship of tension. My ultimate aim was to produce a place of strongly provocative character.
Edited by Tadao Ando, courtesy by Vitra |
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MATERIALS |
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reinforced concrete, wood, glass Concrete (Walls, and Ceiling) American Oak (Doors, Floors, Acoustic Walls) Isolating glass
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Congress and conference centre
Conference halls
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Additional |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Libraries and media libraries
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1989 - 1993
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Realisation |
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1992 - 1993 |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Architectural Guide. Basel 1980-2000, Birkhaüser, Basel 2000, n. 98 |
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| Christian Schittich, Gerald Staib, Dieter Balkow, Matthias Schuler, Werner Sobek, Atlante del Vetro, UTET, Torino 1999, pp. 210-212 |
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| Friedbert Kind-Barkauskas, Stefan Polóny, Bruno Kauhsen, Jörg Brandt, Atlante del Cemento, UTET, Torino 1998, pp. 210-213 |
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| Casabella 630-631, gennaio-febbraio/january-february 1996, p. 38 |
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"Vitra. Ando, Gehry, Hadid, Siza", Lotus international 85, maggio/may 1995 [Dopo il Guggenheim/After the Guggenheim], "Vitra" pp. 74-99
Matthias Ackermann, "Figure di artisti alle porte della fabbrica/Figures of Artists at the Gates of the Factory", Lotus international 85, maggio/may 1995 [Dopo il Guggenheim/After the Guggenheim], "Vitra" pp. 74-99
"Padiglione conferenze/Conference pavilion", Lotus international 85, maggio/may 1995 [Dopo il Guggenheim/After the Guggenheim], "Vitra" pp. 88-89 (74-99) |
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| "Konferenzgebäude in Weil am Rhein/Conference Pavilion in Weil am Rhein", Detail 3/1995 [Einfaches Bauen/Simple Forms of Building/Construire simplement], "Dokumentation" pp. 463-466, 477 |
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| Francesco Dal Co, Tadao Ando. Le opere, gli scritti, la critica, Electa, Milano 1994, pp. 358-361 |
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| Rolf Fehlbaum, Vitra GmbH, Weil-am-Rhein |
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site sq.m. 19.408
building sq.m. 360,9
total sq.m. 508,3 |
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STAFF |
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| Tadao Ando & Associates, Osaka |
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| Project architect |
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| Collaborators |
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| Project management |
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| GPF & Assoziierte, Lörrach (D) |
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| Günter Pfeifer, Roland Mayer, Lörrach |
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