Remment Lucas Koolhaas

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"The word 'architecture' embodies the lingering hope that theshape, form, coherence could be imposed on the violent surf of

information that washes over us daily."

-RemmentLucas Koolhaas-

REM KOOLHAAS


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Rem Koolhaas . BiographyKu Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya

Biography

Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 17th November 1944 and lived inIndonesia from 1952 to 1955

He was educated in Amsterdam and studied at the ArchitectureAssociation School in London, England from 1968 to 1972

He worked as a freelance screenplay writer as well as a journalist for theDutch newspaper Haagse Post and continued to work with architect O.MUngers at Cornell University from 1972 to 1975

His real name is Remment Lucas Koolhaas

He is a co-founder of the Dutch firm Office for MetropolitanArchitecture (OMA) along with his wife Madelon Vriesendorp, also anarchitect and two friends, Elia and Zoe Zenghelis. They were later joined

by one of Koolhaas's students, Zaha Hadid - who would soon go on toachieve success in her own right

He was a visiting fellow at the Institute for Architecture and UrbanStudies in New York since 1973 and taught at the ArchitectureAssociation School until 1980.


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He has won several awards such as :

Progressive Architecture prize "Nobel of architecture prizes.

Pritzker Prize (2000) Chevallier de Lgion d'honneur (2001) Praemium Imperiale (2003) Royal Gold Medal (2004) Doctor honoris causa by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2007)

Hes capable of challenging everything. He's one of thegreat thinkers of our time.' -Frank Gehry

Rem Koolhaas . BiographyKu Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya

He has wrote a few numbers of books. Some of them are Delirious NewYork : A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan Thames & Hudson,1978 (original), S,M,L,XL with Bruce Mau in 1995, OMA 30 : 30Colours in 1999, Rem Koolhaas/OMA : Essays in Architecture ,Unveiling the Prada Foundation in 2008, Al-Manakh : Gulf Continued in2010


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Delirious New York is a polemicali n v e s t i g a t i o n o f M a n h a t t a n : i tdocuments the symbiotic relationshipbetween its mutant metropolitan cultureand the unique architecture to which itgave rise though this book argues thatit often appears that the architecturegenerated the culture. This bookexposes the consistency and coherenceof the seemingly unrelated episodes ofM a n h a t t a n ' s u r b a n i s m : i t i s a n

interpretation that establ ishes NewYork as the product of an unformulatedmovement, Manhattanism, whose trueprogram was so outrageous that in orderfor it to be realized it could never beopenly declared. Delirious New York is

t h e r e t r o a c t i v e m a n i f e s t o o f Manhattan's architectural enterprise: itun t a n g l e s t h e o r i es , t a c t i c s a n ddissimulations to establish the desires ofManhattan's collective unconscious asr e a l i t i e s i n t h e G r i d .

English version

Japanese version

Italian version

Portuguese version

Spanish version

French version


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This massive book is a novel aboutarchitecture. Conceived by RemKoolhaas author of Delirious NewYork and Bruce Mau designer of

Zone as a free-fall in the space of thetypographic imagination, the book's title,Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large, isalso its framework: projects and essaysare arranged according to scale. Thebook combines essays, manifestos,diaries, fairy tales, travelogues, a cycleof meditations on the ground ofcontemporary city, with work producedby Koolhaas's Office for MetropolitanArchitecture over the past twentyyears. This accumulation of words andimages illuminates the condition of

architecture today its splendours andmiseries exploring the revealing thecorrosive impact of politics, context, theeconomy, globalization the world.


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Also been influenced by some architects such as Daniel Liebeskind and RaimundAbraham

Philosophy - "views the metropolis of the 20th century as the dominant area of experience in

contemporary life,"True post-modern architect challenging old beliefs and methods of design

Very much influenced by De Stijl movement and Bauhaus

combines a balance of history and modernismHis work is characterized by asymmetrical and abruptly changing forms with a

vibrant use of colour.

Deconstructionist influenced ultra-modern buildings with the use of constructionmaterials like steel and glass for aesthetics

Rem Koolhaas . Philosophy and InfluencedKu Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya

Philosophy and Influenced


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Has been entitled as the guru of contemporary architectureHe also has been described as a pop star of architectural world

His constant changing and rethinking of his architectural plans makes people labelledhim as an exciting architect

"Urbanism doesn't exist. It is only an ideology in Marx's senseof the word. Architecture really exists, like Coca-Cola:

Though coated with ideology, it is a real production, falselysatisfying a falsified need. Urbanism is comparable to the

advertising propagated around Coca-Cola - pure spectacularideology. Modern capitalism which organised the reduction ofall social life to a spectacle, is incapable of presenting any

spectacle other than that of our own alienation. Its urbanisticdream is its masterpiece.

Rem Koolhaas

He has pioneered many ideas ofurban architecture

Rem Koolhaas . Philosophy and InfluencedKu Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya


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KunsthalRotterdamNetherlands (1993)


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The building may seem compact, but it offers surprisingly much exposition space.

The 3,300 square meters are divided into three main galleries, a photo gallery and adesign gallery.

This allows the Kunsthal to mount no fewer than five to six exhibitions at the sametime.

A spacious auditorium, a caf-restaurant, a book shop and a VIP room complementthe facilities.

De Kunsthal Rotterdam is an exhibition building in which some 25 expositions areorganised annually.

The Kunsthal shows culture in the broadest sense of the word: classical art,contemporary art, design and photography, from elitist to popular.

The available exhibition space totals 3,300 square meters.

Rem Koolhaas . Kunsthal , Rotterdam (1993)Ku Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya


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DESIGN STRATEGY

3 spaces need to be considered ; major exhibition space, anauditorium and an independently accessible restaurant

Site presents a dual condition : the southern edge is bordered byMaasboulevard and westhern part is the Museum Park

Busy urbanelement

Peace requiredspace

The use of ramp creates a smooth transition without heavyresistance

Connect building to city: Glass wall

Continuity of materials Duality of site Different perspectives

The challenge : how to design a museum as four autonomous projecthow to imagine a spiral in four separate squares

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN


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2 Plaza

3 Ramp outside4 Main entrance5 Ticket office6 Entrance

hall/auditorium7 Hall 18 Lower gallery

9 Ramp inside10 Staff entrance

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN


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3 Ramp outside9 Ramp inside11 Dike12 Hall 2

13 Upper gallery14 Roof garden

FIRST FLOOR PLAN


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Building concept :continuous circuit

The pedestrian ramp is split with a glass wall, separating theoutside from the inside which is part of the circuit

A second ramp, running parallel and reversed, is terraced toaccommodate an auditorium and beneath it is the restaurant


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AuditoriumLobbCafeInternal PathwayGallery


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Maison BordeauxBordeauxFrance(1994 - 1998)


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A house is a machine for living

The ground floor, half-carved into the hill, accommodates the kitchen and television room, andleads to a courtyard. The bedrooms of the family are on the top floor, built as a dark concretebox. In the middle of these two levels is the living room made of glass where one contemplatesthe valley of the river Garonne and Bordeaux's clear outline.

5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (main house); 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (guesthouse); (total area:500m2)

Rem Koolhaas . Maison Bordeaux , Bordeaux, France(1994 - 1998)Ku Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya

Contrary to what you would expect. I want a complex house because the house will define myworld. the owner

DESIGN STRATEGY

A wealthy married couple with three children lived in a very old and beautiful house inBordeaux in France. For many years this family was thinking about building a new home,planning how it could be and wondering who the architect would be. Suddenly, the husbandhad a car accident and almost lost his life. Now he needs a wheelchair. The old beautiful houseand the medieval city of Bordeaux had now become a prison for him. The family started tothink about their new house again but this time in a very different way.

Accessibility Mobility


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The top floor rests on three legs. One of these legs, a cylinder that includes the circularstaircase of the house, is located off-centre. Although this displacement brings an instability to thehouse, it gains equilibrium by placing a steel beam over the house which pulls a cable in tension. The first question that the visitor asks is: what happens if the cord is cut? Koolhaas hascreated a structure which, equal to the life of the client, depends on a cable.

This arrangement provides the middle level with an uninterrupted view over the surroundinglandscape, and an effect that is intensified with the highly polished finish of the stainless steelcylinder which incorporates the stairs, and makes it disappear into the landscape.

The middle level is a balcony where the top floor floats above. It is a glazed space which allowsthe wheelchair to confuse the nature outside with the interior of the house. In contrast, the samelandscape receives another treatment from the top floor.

The view appears restricted and predetermined, framed by circular windows placed accordingto whether one stands, sits or lays down.

Inside the house the family experiences Koolhaas's interpretations of life's instability anddualities. In regards to the husband, he has experienced this instability and is now part of his ownself. In the same way that the umbilical cord belongs both to the mother and the baby, and gives itnutrition; the elevator platform connects the husband to the house and offers him a liberation.



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Koolhaas designed a complex house in itself and surpassed the conventional, in every detail.

Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan


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Rem Koolhaas . Maison Bordeaux , Bordeaux, France(1994 - 1998)Ku Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of MalayaSection

Materials and Light Conditions Glass wall Concrete walls Steel stanchion Cylinder of spiral stair is clad in highly poished mirror-like stainless

steel


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North-east elevation

South-west elevation



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Seattle CentralLibrarySeattleWashington(2004)


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Seattle-born, Joshua Ramus received news from a family member of the competitionannouncement in the Seattle Times. He flew in from Rotterdam and entered OMA's enrollment

for the competition the following morning. Then he and Koolhaas began work on the firm'sproposal.

They only have to submit the idea not the model for $165 million library.

Instead of drawings and models, the architects presented a concept book. In it, they wrote:"new libraries don't reinvent or even modernize the traditional institution; they merely package it in anew way. The concept is the reinvention of the library as an access point to information presentedin a wide range of media. The firm's design solution proposed theconstruction of an "information warehousethat could adjust to the future expansion of

the book and other nonprint materialscollection and that incorporated an indoorpublic space to reduce "the acceleratederosion of the public domain."

DESIGN STRATEGY

+Adapt tochanges

Protectpublic space

Unknownfutures

Rem Koolhaas . Seattle Central Library , Seattle , Washington (2004)Ku Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya

"The stacks arranged along a continuous spiral ramp contained within a four-story slab reinforce a


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The stacks, arranged along a continuous spiral ramp contained within a four story slab, reinforce asense of a world organized with machine-like precision. -Nicolai Ouroussoff-

Main collection of books Government publications Periodicals Audio visual materials Technology to access and distribute

information from the physical collection online

The building is divided into eight horizontal layers, each varying in size to fit its function.

A structural steel and glass skin unifies the multifaceted form and defines the public spaces in-between.

Situated on 362,987-square-foot (33,723-square-meter) on a sloping site between 4th and 5th

street the new library will have entrances on both street levels. The entrance level on 4th Street, one of Seattle's main thoroughfares, houses the Children's

Library and foreign-language resources.

The library houses:


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Rows of escalators lead to the 5th Street "Living Room" lobby located under a 50-foot-highsloping glass wall. The lobby can also be reached directly from a covered walkway than runs thelength of the 5th Avenue facade.


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The carpeted "Living Room" contains the fiction stacks while non-fiction are located on the"Dewey Ramp"; a four-story ramp that allows people to browse through books in a continuoussequence.

The Reading room, on the top floor, has views of Puget Sound and the surroundingmountains.

Koolhaas sees the new library as a custodian of the book, a showcase for new information, aplace for thought, discussion and reflection - a dynamic presence.


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"Although the library is sculptural, it is not in any way anattempt to make a form. The library's appearance comes frompushing boxes around to stay within the height and setbackrestrictions and zoning codes. - Joshua Ramus , RemKoolhaass partner-


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Site plan


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First floor plan


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Second floor plan


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East elevation


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Section


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ShelvingReading area


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CCTV (China CentralTelevision)Beijing (2004 - 2009)

DESIGN STRATEGY


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One of the largest office buildings in the world.

Rem Koolhaas . CCTV (China Central Television), Beijing (2004 - 2009)Ku Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya

Who says that structures should be reinvented? Who says that reinventing structurecannot be creative? -Rem Koolhaas- All facilities should be housed in one site but not necessarily constrained in onebuilding

To mix and produce a better end- product more economically and efficiently.

Combines administration and offices, news and broadcasting, programme productionand services the entire process in a single loop of interconnected activities.

The public facilities included in the project are located in a second building, theTelevision Cultural Centre (TVCC); both buildings are serviced from a single supportbuilding which houses major plant as well as the site security.

Challenge - there was no precedent for such a building.

Concept - The new building consists of two high L-shaped towers joined at the topand the bottom at an angle to form a loop, which has been described as a cross Z.

DESIGN STRATEGY


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Early design sketches

The entire CCTV development has asite area of 187 000m2 and will provide atotal of 550 000m2 gross floor area.

The project includes:

the China Central Televisionheadquarters building (CCTV building) the Television Cultural Centre(TVCC) a service and security building a landscaped media park with externalfeature s .


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The 450 000m2, 234m tall , CCTV building consists of a nine-storey Base and three -storey basement, two leaning towers that slope at 6 in each direction, and a nine to 13-storeyOverhang, suspended 36 storeys in the air, all combining to form a continuous tube. Superstructure of the continuous tube - This tube is formed by fully bracing all sides of

the faade

Principles of the tube structure: regulargrid of columns and edge beams+patterned diagonal bracing = bracedtube system.

Internalcolumnsstartingfrom pile caplevel.

Internalcolumnssupportedon transferstructures .

Thefoundationsystem.

For the base plus three - storeybasement, a traditional raft

foundation is used, with tension pilesbetween column locations to resistuplift from water pressure acting onthe deep basement.


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Section


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The basic qualitative performance objectives were :

No structural damage when subjected to a level1 earthquake with an average returnperiod of50 years (63% probability of exceedance in 50 years)

Repairable structural damage when subjected to a level 2 earthquake with anaverage return period of 475 years (10% probability of exceedance in 50 years)

Severe structural damage permitted but collapse prevented when subjected to alevel 3 earthquake with an average return period of 2500 years (2% probability ofexceedance in 50 years)

Construction issues - The buildings unique form necessitated careful considerationof the construction method throughout the design process.

Rem Koolhaas . CCTV (China Central Television), Beijing (2004 - 2009)Ku Hasna Zuria bt Ku Zainol Abidin. Bea 090008. Semester 2 . Theory of Architecture . University of Malaya


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