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CONTENTS OF THIS PRESENTATION
Architect Jorn Brief introduction of the Architect’s life
Utzon

The Architect’s notable achievements

National Assembly A brief discussion of the chosen building designed by

of Kuwait the Architect

Principles of Contrast, Proportion, Scale, Balance, Rhythm, Unity &

Composition Hierarchy, Character

Sketches will be displayed done by the group

References Sources and Credits

Birthday: April 9, 1918
Lived in Copenhagen, Denmark
… in secondary school, he began helping his
father, the director of a shipyard in Alborg,
Denmark, and a brilliant naval architect.
… after secondary school, he won admission
to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in
Copenhagen.
he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1942.

fled to neutral Sweden where he was employed in

the Stockholm office of Hakon Ahlberg for the
duration of the war. He then went to Finland to
work with Alvar Aalto.
 Among his first major works are two houses in Denmark,
his in Hellebæk (1952) and another in Holte (1952-1953).

… finally came the result of the design competition for the

new opera house in Sydney, which would eventually make it
internationally famous for its expressionist construction
and dramatic design made up of a series of large shells,
each taken from the same hemisphere.

The father of the Sydney Opera House, who was awarded

the award Pritzker in 2003, he found inspiration in the
study of Mayan and Aztec architecture,

Nine years later, in 1966, Utzon was forced to resign his

position and leave Australia…

Utzon devoted himself to two other projects, such as the

Bagsværd Church, built between 1968 and 1976, and the
Passed away on November 29, 2008 Kuwait National Assembly, designed and built in 1971, and
rebuilt in 1993 after being destroyed during the Gulf War.
 1982,
Kuwait’s 1993
Capital City
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The huge shell-concrete
canopies are in striking contrast
with the modular courtyard
structures covered by flat roofs.
All the structures in the complex are in reinforced
concrete consisting of 12,800 specially shaped
precast elements made up of 150 basic types.
All the elements are of white cement concrete with
smooth exposed concrete finish.
Secondly
The First is the entrance
hallway and
and the
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parliament
common rooms
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the building
has a that
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scale.
scale.
In this case it uses unsymmetrical balance. As
you can see the two sides are different from
one another and the visual weight has been
distributed unevenly, and yet, the design still
achieved a sense of balance.
A unifying movement characterized by a
patterned repetition or alternation of formal
elements or motifs in the same or modified
form
The central motif of the building is the main
entrance which is located facing towards the ocean.
The form of the main entrance is bigger than the
other parts of the building to emphasize the
entrance’s location.
The Character manifested in this structure can both
be functional and associated.
Utzon’s well-intended attempt to appeal to a
somewhat fantasized Kuwaiti culture at times
devolves into a reductive imitation of Arab
structures and ornament.
“I like to be on the edge of possible.”
— Architect Jorn Utzon
 Presenters:
Kyle Danielle Presbitero
Jess Yee
John Joseph Remedio
Roselyn Aldaya
Kizy Bastida
Group’s Documentation
References