What Is the BIG Deal?
Whenever BIG comes up in an architecture class, everyone knows exactly what is being talked about; Bjarke Ingels. We immediately visualize one of his buildings, his style of work, or even a diagram of his. It is easy to understand his complex ideas with simple parti and process diagrams. He is able to sell his designs through the use of diagrams without even showing a building.
Whether we like his designs or not, we all can understand his process of marking or cutting up a solid to create a new form. Thus exposing our generation to projective architecture without us even knowing it. (At least I didn't know about it until today in class.)
In his lecture "Worldcraft", Bjarke also touches on making dreams into reality through architecture by saying, "If documentary is to document our world as it already is, fiction is to fantasize about how it could be. In that sense, architecture is the fiction of the real world. Turning dreams into concrete reality with bricks and mortar. Architecture is the canvas for the stories of our lives". I think that this concept of making dreams into reality is something that our generation relates to. We were brought up to think that we can do whatever we want to do and be whatever we want to be, and I think this notion takes it a step further. Telling us that as architects we can create whatever we can dream, and that is an exciting future.
His work somehow resonates with our generation, but why?
Whether we like his designs or not, we all can understand his process of marking or cutting up a solid to create a new form. Thus exposing our generation to projective architecture without us even knowing it. (At least I didn't know about it until today in class.)
In his lecture "Worldcraft", Bjarke also touches on making dreams into reality through architecture by saying, "If documentary is to document our world as it already is, fiction is to fantasize about how it could be. In that sense, architecture is the fiction of the real world. Turning dreams into concrete reality with bricks and mortar. Architecture is the canvas for the stories of our lives". I think that this concept of making dreams into reality is something that our generation relates to. We were brought up to think that we can do whatever we want to do and be whatever we want to be, and I think this notion takes it a step further. Telling us that as architects we can create whatever we can dream, and that is an exciting future.
I really like his concept diagram. It is simple, clean and easy understandable. As you said, his projects always has pure forms. For example urban rigger in copenhagen. He collaged six units of containers, and made them a hexagon shape.I also agree with you. We can design what we want to, because that is the meaning of design.
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