ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE- ASSIGNMENT 1

1. THE MUSEUM THAT GAZES ON THE MOUNTAINS

DEDICATING TO TRADITIONAL CLIMBING, THE MUSEUM

IS FIRST OF ALL EXTRAORDINARY VIEWING MACHINE:
THE VOLUME THAT PROTRUDES FROM THE GROUND,
LIKE FOUR EYES WIDE OPEN ON A MAJESTIC
LANDSCAPE, SEEM TO EMERGE FROM THE EARTH’S
BOWELS TO INVITE US TO ADMIRE.
GAZING THROUGH

● THE NATURAL VIEW OF SHARDS OF ROCK AND ITS SURROUNDINGS LANDSCAPE

AND THE RAW FINISH MAKES IT STAND OUT.

2.
● THE COMPARISON OF FLUID, INTERCONNECTED
VOLUMES, CARVES WITHIN THE MOUNTAINS AND
INFORMED BY THE GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF
ITS CONTEXT
● THE CIRCULATION AND THE TERRACE THAT
PROJECTS 6M FROM THE MOUNTAINSIDE GIVING A
240 DEGREE PANORAMA ACROSS THE VIEW
● THE MUSEUMS GOES FURTHER MORE INTO THE
MOUNTAIN AND THEN EMERGE WITH THREE
ELEMENTS, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME A BALCONY
AND LARGE WINDOWS, PROJECTING FORWARD
FROM THE SLOPE TO FRAME THE SILHOUETTE OF
THE THREE MOUNTAIN MASSIFS OF THE ZILLERTAL,
ORTLER, AND DOLOMITES.

3.

● TO FOLLOW YOUR INTUITIONS AND EXPERIMENT AND DEVELOP THROUGH ALL

YOUR EXPERIENCES.

● ZAHA HADID IS A TRUE INSPIRATION AS SHE STANDS OUT OF HER WAY THINKING
LATERALLY , AS SO, DID SHE WITH THIS PROJECT, PLACING THE ORDERS IN ITS
NATURAL CONTEXT.

● I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE MY WAY THROUGH THE SIGHT AND WOULD APPLY MY
THOUGHTS AND GAIN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
ARCHITECTURE TO NATURE, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE ARCHITECTURE A PART OF
ITS EXISTING SURROUNDINGS WITHOUT OVERPOWERING ONE ANOTHER ( i.e)
NATURE- (to)- STRUCTURE, WITH THE ELEMENTS, FINISHES AND THE COLORS
COORDINATING AND COMPLEMENTING WITH BLENDING INTO ITS SITE.
4. AIM :

● ZAHA HADID AIMED TO RESTORE THE ESSENCE OF THE MOUNTAINS, THE

EXPLORING TRADITIONS, HISTORY AND THE DISCIPLE OF MOUNTAINEERING.

FURTHER THE ARCHITECT SPEAKS OF HER PROJECT AS (IN HER WORDS) :

“The idea is that visitors can descend within the mountain to explore its caverns and
grottos, before emerging through the mountain wall on the other side, out onto the
terrace overhanging the valley far below with spectacular, panoramic views.”

● ALSO SHED LIGHT ON ALPINISM WITH THE HELP OF RELIES , THOUGHTS, WORKS
OF ART AND BY REFLECTING THE OUTSIDE MOUNTAIN BACKLOTH IN THE
INTERIORS OF THE MUSEUM.

5.

❏ BOTH THE STRUCTURES SPEAK OF AMBITION FOR THE COMING FUTURE AND
EMPATHY TO CONNECT TO THE HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE BELONGING OF
THE SITE AND SURROUNDINGS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CONTEXTS.
 MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM GUANGZHOU OPERA HOUSE

❏ A MUSEUM BUILT IN BETWEEN THE ❏ ONE OF ASIA’S CULTURAL CENTRE

MOUNTAINS

❏ CONTEXT OF SITE: ❏ CONTEXT OF SITE

BUILT IN BETWEEN THE HILLS AND BUILT IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH
MOUNTAINS, EMERGING FROM THE ITS RIVER SIDE LOCATION IN
MOUNTAINS. BETWEEN THE HEART OF THE CITY
ON AN URBAN SURROUNDINGS.

❏ CONCEPT: ❏ CONCEPT
EVOLVED FROM ITS NATURAL EVOLVED FROM THE CONCEPTS OF
TERRAIN , LIQUID FLOWING NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND
ARCHITECTURE AND ANGLE THAT INTERPLAY BETWEEN
BLEND PERFECTLY WITH THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE NATURE,
NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AROUND ENGAGING WITH THE PRINCIPLES
AND IN OF EROSION, GEOLOGY AND
TOPOGRAPHY

❏ MATERIALS AND MORE: ❏ MATERIALS AND MORE:

❏ INFORMED BY SHARDS OF ❏ TWIN BOULDER DESIGN IN

ROCKS AND ICE OF THE CLAD WITH MIXTURE OF
SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE, GLASS AND GRANITE PANEL.
CONCRETE CANOPIES HAVE ❏ BLACK GRANITE WITH
BEEN CAST IN-SITU, FLAMED FINISH.
❏ LIGHT COLORS AND TONES ❏ UPPER PARTS OF THE
OF JAGGED LIMESTONE BUILDING TO REINFORCE THE
PEAK. IDEA OF A PEBBLE WASHED
❏ GLASS REINFORCED UP THE BANK.
CONCRETE