Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT Campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts
CRITIQUE True to his style of Deconstructive architecture, Frank Gehry’s buildings do not relate to his context and follow the slogan of “form over function”. His use of material and manipulation of distorted shapes emphasize poststructuralism. His designs concentrate on the skin of the buildings and the angles of the shapes that he uses. The spaces that he creates are designed to keep the visitor and viewer awestruck. Despite having odd angles and shapes, his building always seem to have a flow. His buildings do not portray a social idea but are meant to draw attention. They bring attention to that place and indirectly or directly help the development of the area. In most of his designs the functions of the building have to be adapted to the form and a lot of his building required modifications after being built. They require the user to understand the building instead of the building being built around the human. His designs, whether hated or loved, are always noticed and remembered.
An Architect
Theory of Design
Dancing House, Prague
Ammani Nair A/2022/2008 B Sec 3rd Yr. B.Arch. School of Planning and Architecture