Chapter 13

Getting caught up for
Week 9 Chapter 13 Living with Art: 7th edition
Comparing and contrasting:
13.31 Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain 1997:

With..13.36 Isozaki and Assoc. Team Disney, Orlando Florida, 1991

Guggenheim is like a rich persons ship next to a secluded island, at least, that is what it reminds me of.
I like the varied shapes and the silvery and shiny outer material. It is pleasing in shape and color.
Being next to the water is what I like about it as well.

It also reminds me of a mountain, unlike the Team Disney which is colorful and fun, but more of a building and looks more stiff. The round amidst the square shapes is good, and the different colors is the best part for me.
What the text says about the message being, 'This is what we are projecting outwardly and expecting inwardly', is very interesting. Again I am reminded that art, even architecture, as a way to communicate and elevate both intellectually and emotionally all at the same time.


What also interested me in chapter 13, was Habitat in Montreal 1967

and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, Bear run, Penn. 1936

Both are unique, to say the least, and both have some nature around it which is important to any building, in my opinion. The Habitat is like a mountain and organic, even though very geometrically square. The apartments inside are varied and the text says that the inhabitants are also adding character and their own touches. I like the corner wider viewing window a lot, but I do wonder if there is stability…

I wonder the same for Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright’s place in Penn. I see it as top heavy, but I think that probably adds to the great view. I like the warmer colors more than Habitat, and I love the water as always. Also, building it with stone from the area, as is his custom to build with local materials, is both organic and naturally wonderful. That being opposed to Habitat ‘s starkness and boring stucco and concrete. The fireplace and chimney sold me, and I would live there even if I wasn’t absolutely convinced a cantilever approach is stable and safe.