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Frank Gehry is one of the well-known
architects in the world today. After
researching about Frank Gehry he did not
start out with designing buildings/homes
he started his career with designing chairs
then found his love in designing buildings.
First he would do a rough sketch, than
transferred the idea into a digital model to
get all of the details. Afterwards he would
make a 3D model to present his idea and
NV�PU[V�ÄUHS�WYVJLZZ�VM�I\PSKPUN�[OL�HJ[\HS�building. While Frank Gehry is very well
RUV^U�MVY�OPZ�I\PSKPUNZ�[VKH`�P[�PZ��KPѝJ\S[�[V�ÄUK�OPZ�LHYSPLY�^VYR�ILMVYL�OL�ILJHTL�[OL�starchitect he is today.
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Sketch (Up) When trying to recreate the building mass around
the Kunsthaus Bregenz Museum it was interesting to see
how all the buildings around the museum had so much
detail but the museum itself was quite simple but also
beautiful at the same time. When going into this project
it started to become clear that I could not do anything I
wanted to do because the buildings have already been
designed and built so trying to recreate everything with
L]LY`�KL[HPS�HUK�ÄUKPUN�[OL�YPNO[�ZJHSL�VM�[OL�I\PSKPUNZ�was a challenge. After slowing down I started to design
[OL�ZOHWL�VM�[OL�I\PSKPUN�P[ZLSM�ÄYZ[�HUK�^VYRLK�T`�way up from there.
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Detailed Model While Kunsthaus Bregenz Museum is
so simple the way everything works in the
building is fascinating. When designing
the building itself digitally was not hard
but making sure everything was correct
without having a lot of information was a
challenge. Even though people look at this
building saying it is just a simple square
there are so much going in-between that
I did not even see or understood until
recreating it and appreciating it more.
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Physical Model When you look at the things that goes
on in between the museum. You see how
the building is supported. You would be
enlightened at the thought of details that
goes into the ceiling and lighting functions
of the building that looks so simple.
After going into the process of physically
I\PSKPUN�[OL�TVKLS�P[�ILJVTL�KPѝJ\S[�with getting the dimensions correct and
perfectly changing the dimensions to the
right scale of the model.
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Diagrams
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concrete; which is confusing with
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people asked. Getting the little
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[OL�ÅVVY�MVY�[OL�HPY�[V�IL�ÄS[LYLK�PU�HUK�V\[�VM�LHJO�ÅVVY�I\[�^OH[�the slits look like itself is the
challenging part.
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Kunsthaus Bregenz Museum is
as simple as it gets with the design
of the building but the building is
always using natural lighting. After
looking into the lighting process of
the building they rely on the sunlight
to brighten up the museum but with
having the natural lighting it gives
a compliment to the art work that
are on display. The natural lighting
gives a warm feeling of being warm
and safe while enjoying what the
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Before doing the sketches of the Kunsthaus
Bregenz Museum making it look alive and realistic
was interesting. After going into Photoshop
and adding in the sky it was a very interesting
experience because even though I knew that the
sky and the building would not exactly look like
the picture it gave me the inspiration to be okay
with it and to go out of my box and have fun with
it. Everything that I did was all put together in
that one picture with learning how to make it look
realistic and pleasant to just the simplest thing of
myself hand sketching it.
Photoshop
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Work CitedLoud, Patricia Cummings and Louis I. Kahn. The Art Museums of Louis I. Kahn.
Duke University Press, 1989
Rybczynski, Witold. “Parametric Design: What’s Gotten Lost Amid the Algorithms.”
Architect. The Journal of American Institute of Architects, 11 July 2013. Web.
31 Aug. 2015.
¸,ѝJPLU[�)\PSKPUN�+LZPNU�c�*HSPMVYUPH�(JHKLT`�VM�:JPLUJLZ�¹�*HSPMVYUPH�(JHKLT`�VM�Sciences. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.
Clemence, Paul. “Q&A: Renzo Piano.” Metropolis Magazine. N.p., 31 July 2014.
Web. 31 Aug. 2015.
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