Comments on: Mirror Tower / LAN Architecture

By: charles.d

charles.d — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:52:48 +0000

True … it’s quite clear ! in complement with my previous post I’ll say that, on the other hand, being far away from Cologne does not mean you can copy/past some of it’s museum, since not most people, including your client, is not familiar with it … that’s cheap attitude. But that doesn’t mean you’re stealing anything though.

By: d.teil

d.teil — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:44:08 +0000

about peter zumthor’s wall is in this case just to say: to copy something is allowed so long you do will interpretate this detail in your own new way. BUT: to copy 1:1 in the rendering the wall (and for sure this is a copy and paste action by the renderings guys is a bit disgusting is it? the reflection at the ceiling is indeed just zumthor and i was seen it : http://www.flickr.com/photos/7468702@N02/3847815719/ – which happened just because of the unbelievable quality of the concrete here! but it’s of course just a copy in a rendering, later on it will be looking not in the same way, don’t worry.

By: Miguel Ângelo

Miguel Ângelo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:27:50 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/yjda5jy A big public mirror ;) #arch #arq

By: Nicholas Patten

Nicholas Patten — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:01:00 +0000

Nice: Mirror Tower. http://bit.ly/3oJYQo

By: Emilior

Emilior — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:39:57 +0000

The use of mirrors is original. But so much mirror is not sustainable

By: Architecture Mob

Architecture Mob — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:03:44 +0000

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By: Lisa Oram

Lisa Oram — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:09:38 +0000

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By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:25:18 +0000

weather it is similar to Peter Zumthor pattern or not, I think you can only judge the building by weather it has a good architecture or not, and you can’t fully judge it until it is build and occupied as well.
I respect using a language that was successful for hundreds of years, I think it is a good concept, but I was hoping to see more how the ground level was designed.

By: charles.d

charles.d — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:08:03 +0000

agree with Diego … what’s the deal here ? every masterpiece of architecture is an heritage of hundreds or thousands of years of practice … sunscreen, moucharabieh in middle-east, jalis in india, it’s all the same, and it’s been use for ever … the pattern here is a very light question of “style” and “looks”, completely unrelated to the quality of this architecture.

I can imagine the new owner of one of this flat, facing it’s wall and crying : “oh god, I love the light quality of my environment, but this is obviously a pale copy of Peter Zumthor’s pattern from his new museum in cologne, germany ! shocking !!”

are we heading heading to a point where the only thing that matters is to be “original” … then I fear we’ll be soon surrounded by odd-looking piece of fashion architecture, only linked to us people by our desire for the new, our need of projection … not anymore to our culture, history, identity. hope this day never comes …

By: gir

gir — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:09:24 +0000

I like it. Nice play with patterns to break up the facade.
Maybe could lose the reflectivity and just play with the light.

By: Diego F.

Diego F. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:25:44 +0000

Peter Zumthor didn’t joined the project neither he owns any pattern. It is called a “sunscreen” and it has been used for ages. I really hope that this starchitect hype never downgrade the profession to the point of owning patents on geometry.

By: Modern Villa Phuket Thailand

Modern Villa Phuket Thailand — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:13:58 +0000

The lighting effects are very interesting.

There is a post on the below blog showing some of Helene Binets architectural photographs. (Some of which are images of Daniel Libeskind’s buildings). It’s the same kind of effects.

http://www.modern-zen.com/archiblog/

http://bit.ly/lATbP

By: Alberto Galvan

Alberto Galvan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:20:45 +0000

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By: Ernesto Arias

Ernesto Arias — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:08:57 +0000

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By: Bocetos Digitales

Bocetos Digitales — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:12 +0000

Mirror Tower / LAN Architecture:
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By: Architecture Feeds

Architecture Feeds — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:49:58 +0000

Mirror Tower / LAN Architecture:
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martino pietropoli — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:49:02 +0000

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By: philipp

philipp — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:24:50 +0000

I like the light and the shadow, generated by the pattern of the wall – unfortunately the pattern is from peter zumthors kolumba museum in cologne. I didn´t know that he joined this project.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:02:07 +0000

Or reflect the sun into a neighbor’s window! Imagine the poor people who have to clean the mirrors with the sun cooking them from both sides.