THE

GUGGEN
What?
Museum: One Of The Many Guggenheim Museums Around The World
Where?
 Bilbao in northern Spain
At the bank of river nervion
Adjacent to la salve bridge
SITE CONTEXT
When?
Started 1991

Completed 1997
Why?
History of Bilbao.
The condition of Bilbao was deteriorating.(flood, unemployment, and many
other reasons)
But when the Guggenheim was constructed everything changed.(tourism
skyrocketed)

BILBAO EFFECT:

Bilbao effect : the targeted enhancement of a landscape through new

and spectacular buildings.

Bilbao is a clear case of success of city branding.

A city that managed to transform its gloomy past into a brilliant future.
How?
1. 2.
3.

CONCEPT - DECONSTRUCTION
• inspiration: SAILS OF A SHIP / whale / flower
• Stands out
• Reacts
with
the
bridge
and
river
Rear view
• PLANNING CONCEPT:

1. Concentric Galleries
 Glass facades fill the gaps between galleries
2.

Ground floor galleries linked by central atrium.

3.
Upper floor galleries linked with passageways.

4.
 MATERIALS USED:

Steel Skeleton With a cladding of…

Limestone Glass Titanium
PUBLIC SPACES
A

M
About the architect:
• 86 years old

• American, Canadian

• believes building is a sculpture

• Believes that life is chaotic, the

buildings should reflect it
“My father used to call me a
dreamer, which he didn’t mean as a
compliment, and he was right.
He just underestimated the power
of dreaming
QUOTE
GEHRY RESIDENCE
DANCING HOUSE,PRAGUE
RAY AND MARIA STATA CENTER
WEISMAN ART MUSEUM
Vitra design museum, Germany
LOUIS VUITTON FOUNDATION ,PARIS
BIOMUSEO ,PANAMA
LOU RUVO CENTER FOR BRAIN STUDIE,LAS VEGAS
8 SPRUCE STREET.,NEW YORK
DISNEY CONCERT HALL LA
Credits
Map Marker by Lauren Frager from the Noun
Project
Question by Jessica Lock from the Noun
Project
rocks by Madeleine Bennett from the Noun
Project
Steel by Philippe Vossel from the Noun
Projectwindow by Fabiano Coelho from the
Noun Project
Graph by Matthew Hawdon from the Noun
Projectquestion mark by Kervin Markle from
the Noun ProjectCyborg Brain by Aha-Soft
from the Noun Project
screw by Jetro Cabau Quirós from the Noun
ProjectMetal by Rodrigo Vidinich from the
Noun Project
Zhou wenjun behance
Ricaedo mota behance
Jose maria sancho behance