Muskiene / GAZ Arquitectos
GAZ Arquitectos were recently announced as the winners of the headquarters design for the Higher School of Music in Basque Country in San Sebastián, Spain. The proposal, entitled Muskiene, compiles a dense program in a relatively small site, causing the volumes to almost exceed local regulations.
More about Muskiene and more images after the break.
Within the music hall, several classrooms line the façade of the building, stretching the form length wise to allow natural light to illuminate all the spaces. The placement of the classrooms create a distinct form as three big incisions seem to carve and sculpt the main mass. While the protruding faces of the incisions are clad in the same black aluminium as the rest of the building, the inside cuts are golden glass panels chosen to symbolize a musical instrument. The glass panels emphasize the interior volume which holds the “golden core” of that wing, the auditorium. The panels aim to attract visitors to the Musikene headquarters and create an identity for the music hall.
This might actually be pretty good.
so.. this wins competitions huh?
and what is with the mustard yellow?? Yea, it sure does create an identity… but i wouldn’t venture to call it architectural. More like, french’s.
what if that “mustard yellow” happens to have a relationship with the context… everybody here judges great projects because of their renders.
i wouldn’t venture to call it french’s
oh you think it really relates to the context? I guess you live in San Sebastián, Spain and could tell me yourself, because they show no contextual fit whatsoever. And what are you talking about, i’m only judging by the rendering? That’s the only thing we have to go by in this project, besides a small excerpt. If they choose to represent their work with such poor graphics then i can say it’s bad, from my standpoint. It looks horribly modelled too. How would you even know this is a great project having not experienced it?
Their aim was to create a “golden core” that would attract people. They don’t explain why that creates an identity for the building other than it sticking out, and being different. Therefore, there is probably no contextual reason for it. Flooding a building with a single obnoxious color would be more of a distraction that turns to annoyance after time.
I’m like so sarcastic, ‘key…
I dont like the color, cause it’s not architectural, ‘key…
Muskiene / GAZ Arquitectos http://bit.ly/15MZnL
i agree with paláu. why do things need to ‘fit’ in visually? they do that sort of thing here in the US and it’s awful…. rows of vinyl sided houses, rows of stucco covered strip malls… lets not think that way please! i think it fits well in scale and to the best of my knowledge looks like it accomodates the program. the views are at least interesting which is more than i can say about 95% of the buildings that get built nowadays!
the shape looks beautiful, as the color does, but there’s a poor relation between inside & outside. i expect more for a public building, specially at ground level. this negative angled walls create sad shadows on the sidewalk.
at least it will provide the homeless with ample cover to sleep. :P
maybe that’s what the meant by relating to the context of the city. *note sarcasm
I agree totally with your perception
so what’s the ramp side using?
It’s Musikene, not Muskiene
Hello everyone
Im spanish architect and i visit San Sebastian almost every year. The problem here, if you allow me to say it, is not if the building is beautiful or not. It actually could be a nice one and knowing budgets in Basque Country, Im sure it will. It will be made out of black shiny stone and some shiny golden metal too.
In our office we thought of running for the competition itself, but… and here comers the real problem.. it is known in Spain that only architects in BAsque Country win competitions in Basque Country. It is kind of a loose of time to invest energy money and time if you are not Basque.
These guys of Gaz aren´t bad at all… but looking back to the great architecture you can see in Bilbao and San Sebastian with works of Federico Soriano ( Bilbao Opera house, or recently green glass offices..), Coll Barreu ( Health Council building in Bilbao ) or The well known Kursaal by Moneo… it just call my attention that this building can win a competition. As Pedro Rivera says, it just doesn’t have an interior-exterior even interesting conexion, and so many other things that usually, and dealing within spanish architecture standards, will not be more than a mention in a competition outside Basque Country.
Anyway, im sure as i said it will be a good looking building
I agree with you Jorge!
but isn’t the Bilbao Opera House a Soriano Palacios building?
too bad they are not longer collaborating together it was such a powerful team! This building is okay and I’m sure it will add a beautiful layer to one of my favorite city in the world!
Yes it is…actually i lost track of Fede´s situation and didn´t know he is not collaborating with his wife Dolores. What I advice you to check is the new extension of the Operahouse… designed by his office. They will be starting works in short time.
“In our office we thought of running for the competition itself, but… and here comers the real problem.. it is known in Spain that only architects in BAsque Country win competitions in Basque Country. It is kind of a loose of time to invest energy money and time if you are not Basque….”
You fell a bit hurt but i dont agree ,sure all this architects are Basque:
Richard Rogers:_1 prize in Garellano Competition July 2009.
Zaha Hadid:Zorrozaurre Island-durango Railway station 2002-2009
Foster/Calatrava/Arata Isozaki…are Basque too
Ferrater/Krier…..surely basque…are building the most important buildings in Bilbao (some of them won by “competition”.)
Even Philipe Starck is building a big one in Bilbao (he isn`t even Architect , probably he is basque…
Soriano has got his office in Madrid, and Coll Barreu is from Huesca , has got office in Madrid and Bilbao….you can ask him if he feels Basque…or if he presents himself as a Basque architect…he doesn`t have he is good enough..
All the Basque Architects specially in Bilbao, argue that the autorities only want “international big stars” are chosen for the main buildings or selected competitions…so i dont agree with you, to buld in basque country you have to be one of the biggest star
i like it…..
visit to my site. contains a treasury of information architecture vernakular NTT.
Here is a video:
http://www.musikene.net/castellano/temporales/concursoedificio/video.html
Muskiene by GAZ Arquitectos http://bit.ly/QwBhV #architecture #interiordesign #minimalism *sharp design
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