now real, but still virtual
2006.07.31
1998.03.23
A 3D CAD model of Le Corbusier's St. Pierre at Firminy-Vert has been part of Quondam's collection since the beginning. After many years of being a virtual building, St. Pierre is now close to being a complete building.
The last time St. Pierre appear within Quondam it was joined with Louis I. Kahn's Hurva Synagogue, which led to Quondam's first 3D CAD model of a mosque.
www.quondam.com/26/2523.htm
www.quondam.com/26/2524.htm
www.quondam.com/26/2525.htm
www.quondam.com/26/2526.htm
And in Quondam's future:
2006.06.05
model play
3. have the Bye House sticking out of Firminy-Vert.
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So, yesterday I blog about Hejduk, and Ouroussoff writes about St. Pierre in The New York Times. Today, Shapiro writes about Hejduk in The New York Sun. Waves in the air, as well as wavy forms. Ouroussoff also mentions the Guggenheim, but misses the mark when also mentioning Koolhaas, Hadid and van Berkel. The Kunsthalle and Jussieu library are reenactionary offspring of Le Corbusier's Palais des Congrès, and the "curved planes" of Hadid and van Berkel are reenactionary offspring of Le Corbusier's main entrance (with restaurant, library and other social facitities) of the Electronic Calculation Center Olivetti at Rho-Milan.
If you very carefully read the plans of the main entrance of the Olivetti Center, you'll see that it's a very "what goes around comes around" type of place.
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