KOOLHAAS

REM
Carol Tu Obi Vattanawong + Dedy Wong Jaan Jing Liew Kelvn Wong
OMA*AMO
Rem Koolhaas projects are completed by
the Ofce for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA),
which is a leading international partnership
practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism,
and cultural analysis. It is led by Rem Koolhaas
and his ve partners, and maintains ofces
in four countries.
OMA has a design and research studio named
AMO in its Rotterdam ofce. AMO works
for the same clients and pursues architecture
beyond its traditional boundaries.
THE INTERLACE, SINGAPORE, 2009
CAMOUFLAGE
The theory of Camouage is not a form of disguise. It constitutes the
symbolization of an individual within its cultural setting and can be
described as an interface with the world that mediates between self and
the environment through the careful control
of aesthetic production.
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CASA DA MSICA
The Casa Da Msica is a music hall located in
a public square in Porto, Portugal. The interior
contains two main auditoriums, but other areas
can be easily adapted for musical activity.
Koolhaas surrounded the music hall with white concrete walls
on three sides to create a unique shape, and integrated
a continuous public route that connects areas of the building.
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Koolhaas surrounded the music hall with white concrete walls
on three sides to create a unique shape, and integrated
a continuous public route that connects areas of the building.
The Maison Bordeaux is a private residence Koolhaas
built on a hill overlooking the city of Bordeaux in France.
It is three stories high, with distinctly divided sections
differentiating rooms for the mother, father,
children, and guests.
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The most signicant feature of this residence
is its 3 X 3.5m elevator platform.The father
of the residing family was a handicapped client
who had limited access to the world around him.
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Koolhaas elevator fullled the fathers request. A single wall intersected
each oor of the house beside the elevator. The wall held books, wine,
or other belongings of the father. As the elevator leaves a oor it leaves
a gaping opening, making the wall inaccessible to the rest of the family
when the elevator platform was not present. The elevator also caused
the space of the interior to change continuously.
KUNSTHAL
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The main anchors in the Kunsthal are the entrance
facing the highway and the exit to Museum Park.
As visitors traverse from highway to park,
they are encouraged to enter the exhibition halls.
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The Kunsthals ramps are negative spaces visitors travel through,
and the exhibition halls are positive spaces they stop in.
Rooftop
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The auditorium is a positive space people can sit in,
but the right side of it is a ramp that to the garden ramp,
which connects to the rooftop.
This mixture of positive and negative space creates a constant
dynamic distribution of visitors throughout the Kunsthal.
Auditorium
The Kunsthal also takes on the challenge
of connecting two levels within a square building.
Naturally, a square shape does not suggest
very good movement or circulation.
The Kunsthal's spiral pathway establishes circulation
and facilitates movement between the two levels
and its main exhibition halls. Also the placement
of entrances within the spiral pathway encourages
and establishes movement.
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The roof and the restaurant act as anchors in the Kunsthal.
Visitors eating in the restaurant can go see the view from the rooftop.
They can traverse through the giftshop then walk through the auditorium
to reach the rooftop. The anchors facilitate movement through the auditorium
and the giftshop, keeping the dynamic ow of people throughout the Kunsthal.
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Small Gallery
CONCLUSION
Rem Koolhaas designs his projects with careful attention
to landscape and societal situations.
As a result his buildings are symbolic to the locations culture
and signicant in appearance
without being aesthetically distracting from its background.
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