Sunday, January 31, 2010

sublime?

Looked at REX's website and some of their works (Mostly competitions and unbuilt works) after they split up with OMA. The presentation diagrams are still very clear, but feels the solution is a too direct interpretation of the program diagram.

Koolhass mentioned "sublime" in his interview in ElCroquis and one of his articles in "S,M,L,XL". This is something borders with esthetics yet he never expands on. Maybe the idea is too complex or too sublime to convey?

Kunsthal has a rectengular tower in the center where the sloped ramps converge, yet the height of the tower has nothing to do with any of the concept diagrams? That is a quite sublime design move.

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