movie running time : 2'
35'' place : rotterdam
, Holland architect :
WEST8
Before the Second World
War, Rotterdam was the largest
trading port in the europe.
After war, The city has
changed and had made new
masterplan for the new city.
The main idea of the new
city was interactivity.
But nobody had seen
the result of the new masterplan.
A lot of bridges had been
constructed by the new ideas.
Their positions were sited
not by the natural birth
but by the urban architect's
brain. Their plan were not
proper. And the result of
that, Rotterdam now are
not any more attractive
for the trading port.
In Rotterdam, Everybody
have the reminiscent of
the past trading port images.
This square has the reflections
for the past port images
in rotterdam. The main focus
design is 4 hydraulic lighting elements
that have the roles of the
ventilation from the underground's
parking space and the lighting
of the square in the night.
Those images are like that
of towers in a port.
Briefly, Let's look at the yards of South korea's
antique house. They
are seemingly vacant,
no object, no sculpture,
no trees for the reason
of the garden were traditionally
placed in the back of
the house. But, this
front yard didn't vacant
underground. This yard
had been made by seven
different materials.
And It has seven layers.
The process of the materials
from the most lowest
level are big stones,
gravel, coarse sands,
broken tiles, charcoal,
subtle sands, and the
soil. If the yard are
made like this process,
In a rainy day, Your
foot can not be wet
on the yards. The yard
absorbs the rainwater
as soon as falls.
Now, Again look at this
square. This square has
the name of Dance Square.
I can assume that the meaning
of that this square is the
stage for the public. Traditionally,
The european square and
plaza had the slopes on
the surface of the plaza
for the rainwater. But this
square is perfectly flat.
Why?
I think that the strong
reasons are the necessary
for this new square. This
square need to have the
parking spaces for nearby
theater, music concert hall,
a lot of shops and restaurants.
In the city center, The
most important one is parking.
So, this square had been
raising above surrounding
areas for the natural lighting
and ventilation to the underground's
parking spaces. When the
square raised, what can
you imagine that in the
city? That's the stage of
the city.
The surfaces of the square
had been designed like a
stage. And also, Like a
seat in the theater. The
proper spaces were
distributed on the floor.
In other words, They are
designed something like
a mosaic painting. The used
materials are epoxy, coloured
concrete, wood panel, timber
panel, and the perforated metal panels.
The compromise and array
of these materials were
so good for me to feel staying
in the delightful theater
in the center of city.
movie running time : 15'
25'' place : venice, Italy
When I read the story
about city venice, I was
fall in the great emotions
that were similar to the
respects
for the people who had constructed
this venice. All the land
of this city was artificial.
At first, the people had
prepared the wood column
on the sea,
next they had started to make
the waterproof walls for
the sea. And then, they
assembled the soil from
the other area. Finally,
they could compose the land.
At this moment, the architecture
itself had the role of waterproof
wall. In the sea, there
are originally sea current
that is like the natural
road under the sea. The ancient
venice people were very
intelligent. They used this
sea current for the transportation.
And when they constructed
the architecture or the
lands, they had avoided the
sea current. It asked for
the
enormous attentions. If you
think about this story,
You can feel this film with
a great emotion like me.
Everybody talk about
venice St. Marco plaza is
beautiful. In fact, It is
really beautiful. Once upon
a time, Napoleon called
this plaza as " the
finest and the most beautiful
living room in the europe."
That is well said. The
St. Marco plaza had started
to construct in 1100, and
completed in the late 16c.
During 400 hundreds times,
St. Marco plaza had the
canals. If you imagine this,
Your idea for your architectural
works will be changed. Now,
I want to talk about this
plaza in a different way
that is architectural thoughts.
Always, Anytime, I had
said to the architectural
students as following story. When
you go to the St. Marco
plaza in venice, You must
to go by foot not by the
boat. This is very important
for the architectural students.
At first, the changes of the city
spaces
in the venice
need to be felt through our
body. Venice is full of
small alleyways that are
like a maze. Even, the
width of some alleyways
are under 80cm. We
need to lost the road. And
We need to have experience to find
out the roads. During this
hard process, We can understand
the real venice. Finally,
When we arrive in this St.
Marco Plaza, We can feel
the enormous volume that
are made by the surrounding
architectures that are famous
for their beautiful scene.
And also, Everybody talk
about the beautiful music
in front of the open-air
cafe. But, I recommend you
to think about how originated
this situation. The venice
had been occupied by the
Austrian troops in 19c. The
beautiful music has the
influence of sad history.
At any rate, This film start
with this austrian music.
The initial point of film
starts with music in cafe
that time when I had come
out from the maze of venice.
In St. Marco plaza, There
are several historic important
architectures that are
Ala Napoleonica built in
the early 1800s by Napoleon
( now this building used
for museum ) , Tower of
Clock (Torre dell'Orologio)
built in 1499, Basilica
of St. Marco ( Church with
Byzantine domes and asian
mosaics ), The Campanile
with the height of
325 feet built in 8c, and
to the right of the Basilica,
The Palazzo Ducale built
in 1797 with the venetian
Gothic style.
movie running time : 3'
20'' place : roma, Italy architect
: Lorenzo Bernini
Ancient roman times in
1c, This Navona plaza was
the competition arena for
the chariot race course,
Roman Circus. The times
flow and flow, In 1651,
the architect Lorenzo Bernini
had designed and sculptured
" Fountain of the Four Rivers
" under the Obelisk.
This sculpture has the symbol
of the Four Continents and
four famous river that are
the Ganges river in India,
the Nile river in Egypt,
the Danube river in Europe,
and the Silver river( The Río de la Plata
in spanish ) in south america.
The completion of these
sculptures means the birth
of the plaza. The necessary
of the people's lives is
very important for the changes
of the city's appearance.
The origin times, this plaza
was for the recreation of
the public, And then, in
15c, The market had transferred
from Campidoglio plaza to
Navona. Around the 16c,
A lot of housing had been
constructed surrounding
Navona plaza. Finally, the
maintenance of the plaza
was performed by the architect.
It is very interesting to
me in studying the life
of city. Thoroughly, the
history of the plaza is
converse to the Urban Planning
in school and university.
movie running time : 4'
38'' place : roma, Italy architect
: Michelangelo
In the late 19c, Italy
had a lot of independent
movements from the other
countries that were France,
Austria, and Switzerland.
At the same time, Karl Marx
of Russia had advocated
the revolution for the lower
labors's group, on the other
hand, Giuseppe Mazzini had
advocated the middle class's
republic. The democratic
had been born in Italy.
They like to talk about
the politic. Traditionally,
The plaza was always used
for the field of democracy.
This film is close to the
landscape of ROMA. In other
words, all important places
of roma were assembled in
this film. The focus is
the scene of the people's
movement. Because I want
to deliver the meaning of
the Campidoglio plaza. This
plaza had been completed
in 16c in honor of Marcus Aurelius's
victory. Of course, the
designer and architect was
Michelangelo. The
most particular character
about this plaza is sited
on the hill of Campus Martius
that is the highest of the
seven hill of Rome. The
position of the other plazas
in europe are lower level
and in the center of the
town. But, Michelangelo's
Campidoglio plaza has the
higher position above the
city. It takes the stairs
to arrive in plaza. Everything
was very delicate intention.
This plaza not for the public,
but for the noble.
This spanish plaza is famous for the film of Roman Holiday. The Spanish plaza is
named after the The Spanish Embassy that situated at the left side of the plaza.
In fact, the role of plaza is the long and wide stairs to the cathedral on the
hill. This beautiful cathedral's name is Trinity designed by architect Maderno,
Carlo(1556-1629). There are a lot of artists and street's musicians, in addition
many lovers as well, besides the Plaza's Fountain designed by architect Giovanni
Lorenzo Bernini(1598-1680). The obelisk transported from Ancient Egypt in front
of the Trinity Cathedral has been the landmark of the spanish plaza.
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