ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 301

Wed Aug 30 21:37:34 PDT 2006

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MERCEDES-BENZ BUILDING
    by Lisa Ashmore
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	With the bulging prow of its aluminum and glass
	skeleton looming beside the fast lanes of Highway B14
	in Stuttgart, Germany, the new Mercedes-Benz Museum
	lives up to the German automaker's refined engineering
	image. On entering the structure designed by the Dutch
	firm UN Studio, visitors ascend eight stories to the
	top, then wind down twin ramps through a collection of
	160 vehicles displayed over 178,000 square feet (16,500
	square meters) of exhibition space.

	During the brief ascent in one of three bullet-shaped
	elevators, one's mind and retina are given a preview,
	through an eye-level slit, of images of Mercedes
	products projected on the walls of the trefoil atrium.

	Once released, visitors may choose either to examine
	the theatrical interiors and lobes of the "legend
	rooms" or head down the bright, daylit path through the
	"collection rooms" displaying the cars' more
	straightforward 120-year history.

	The dominant form of the interior is a "double-helix"
	achieved by two ramps that spiral separately down
	around the large space, descending through the
	stage-like legend and collection rooms, illuminated by
	panoramic windows. As the two spirals intertwine, they
	offer glimpses across to the other side and the
	opportunity for visitors to pass from one to the other.

	As UN Studio has done elsewhere (including the 1998
	Mobius House in Het Gooi) the result is a sloping,
	continuous, nearly Mobius Strip effect.
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How Botta Builds
    by Debra Moffitt
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	Creating an edifice draws on an almost mystical process
	of imagining and materializing something from nothing,
	of developing original thought forms and manifesting
	them in the physical environment. Swiss-born Mario
	Botta provides a unique perspective on this creative
	process. He is best known in the United States for the
	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and is considered
	one of the world's foremost architects for churches and
	museums.
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Building Paintings
    by Jo Baker
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	As part of "Paris Calling," a season of contemporary
	French art exhibits around London, host venue Camden
	Arts Centre and Le Plateau/ Frac Ile-de-France have
	collaborated to present "Archipeinture: Painters Build
	Architecture," an entire exhibition curated around
	artists' views of architecture.
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