Experiment 2

Concepts - Steven Holl and Kisho Kurokawa

Kisho Kurokawa
Metabolist / Dynamic architecture
Flexible interchangeable reversible extendible
City changing with people
Technology as an expansion of humanity

Symbiosis
Outside and In
Old and New – Technology and Natural
Cultural exhanges – KL Airport

Abstract Symbolism
Cones, spheres Pyramids as symbols for many cultures

Steven Holl
Phenomenolgy through the use of Paralax/Angled Views
The experience of the architecture – spaces changing and revealing itself
Psychological experience through materials and form

Preserve Site and Memory
Not impacting environment – Hang Zhou Triaxial Field

Porosity
Of building envelope, people movement, light

Hinged Spaces/Interactivity
Flexibility of space – similar to metabolist idea of dynamic architecture