Jeppe Utzon: Thoughtful Design in Denmark
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Winter 2015 SILENT KILLER DR. KAZEM BEHBEHANI ON THE FIGHT CAPITAL ASSETS AGAINST DIABETES BANKING DOYENNE BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT NEMAT SHAFIK LYNNE DAVIS ON EMINENT BRITISH PRINTERS BARNARD & WESTWOOD CULTURE CLASH BARUCH SPIEGEL RETHINKING SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION IN KUWAIT OUTER SPACES SALMAN ZAFAR EXTOLLS THE NEED FOR GREEN UTZON UNTOLD KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: THE MAKING OF A MASTERPIECE IN CONVERSATION HaIlIng from a DanIsh desIgn dynasty, Jan Utzon speaks to Charlotte Shalgosky about workIng wIth hIs father, the globally-recognIzed Jørn Utzon, on hIs desIgn of the KuwaIt NatIonal Assembly. Jan Utzon greets me warmly, even and environmental sympathies in his native Denmark he is strikingly most eloquently; a building that, tall. Looking much younger than his when it frst opened, epitomized seventy-plus years his limber frame the simplicity and the sensitivity of and sparkling eyes are remarkably Utzon’s understated brilliance as reminiscent of his father, Jørn, much as his love of the Middle East. with whom he worked so closely Even before it was completed, the throughout his life. late British architectural critic Stephen Gardiner wrote “When fnished, it Jørn Utzon died in 2008 having won will be one of the great buildings almost every architectural prize of the world”. and accolade, and having been lauded for his visionary designs. In 1968, when the competition Columbia University Professor, to design the Kuwait National Kenneth Frampton, wrote in the Assembly was being held, Jan Harvard Design Magazine “Nobody was just starting out on his own can study the future of architecture career in architecture in Denmark; without Jørn Utzon”. -
The Utzon Paradigm
THE UTZON PARADIGM Roger Tyrrell Co-Director of the Jørn Utzon Research Network (JURN) and Adrian Carter Co- Director of the Jørn Utzon Research Network (JURN), Director of the Utzon Research Center, Aalborg University. RE-CONSIDERING UTZON “Comparable in subtle ways to the protean achievements of Le Corbusier, Utzon’s architecture emerges today as paradigmatic at many levels not least of which is the manner in which, from the beginning of his career, he would challenge the assumed superiority of Eurocentric culture.” (Frampton. K. 2003 p 6) This Paper strives to address three objectives. The first is to discuss the Utzon’s oeuvre from a paradigmatic perspective, the second to layer that paradigm within two distinct but interconnected frameworks. The third objective is to explore the fusion of this dichotomous paradigm through the concept of ‘poetic conjunction’. Jørn Utzon (1918-2008) is now internationally recognised as one of the most original, innovative and socially concerned of modern architects, perhaps the last great exponent of the humanistic Nordic tradition within modern architecture. He is the architect of what is still widely considered the most noble and humane housing built in Denmark, a simple, yet poetic modern church at Bagsværd and the most iconic and popular building of the 20th Century, his great unfinished masterpiece, the Sydney Opera House. (Fig 1) The Opera House has become the symbol of not just Sydney, but also Australia; that owes it origins to the maritime environment of Aalborg, where Jørn Utzon spent his youth, and the inspiration of his father Aage Utzon, an esteemed yacht designer. -
Jørn Utzon's Synthesis of Chinese and Japanese Architecture in the Design for Bagsværd Church
arq (2019), Page 1 of 22 © Cambridge University Press 2019 doi: 10.1017/S1359135518000696 history This article explores Utzon’s engagement with the cultures of Japan and China, demonstrating how he took inspiration from both calligraphy and monastery design. Jørn Utzon’s synthesis of Chinese and Japanese architecture in the design for Bagsværd Church Chen-Yu Chiu, Philip Goad, Peter Myers, Nur Yıldız Kılınçer Introduction article attempts to address the detailed process of In his essay of 1983, ‘Towards a Critical Regionalism’, Utzon’s cross-cultural practices for his design of the Kenneth Frampton referred to the Bagsværd Church Bagsværd Church in order to reveal how Utzon as a primary exemplar, briefly citing the architect’s interpreted specific ideas, ideals, and artefacts from representation of ‘the Chinese pagoda roof’ in this East Asian building culture. project, to emphasise the importance of cross- To elucidate the above unsolved issues and examine cultural inspiration in the creation of ‘critical the precise role of Chinese and Japanese architecture regionalism’.1 Peter Myers followed Frampton in his in Utzon’s design of Bagsværd Church, the authors 1993 ‘Une histoire inachevée’, arguing for the have consulted both the Utzon Archives and the family significant role that Chinese architecture played as a collection of material from his architectural career, source for Utzon’s Bagsværd Church design and while conducting interviews with Utzon’s former further variations on the theme of Chinese and assistants and his son Jan Utzon. These new primary Japanese exemplars on Utzon’s work follows. sources have allowed the authors to review Utzon’s Françoise Fromonot established the importance of design process critically and analyse the architect’s the 1925 edition of the Yingzao-fashi (State Building perception and representation of various ideas, Standard, first published in1103 ad) and Johannes ideals, and artefacts of Chinese and Japanese building Prip-Møller’s 1937 Chinese Buddhist Monasteries for culture. -
Dwelling, Landscape, Place and Making
DWELLING, LANDSCAPE, PLACE AND MAKING Jørn Utzon Anthology Lars Botin, Adrian Carter and Roger Tyrrell Copyright © 2013 by Adrian Carter, Lars Botion and Roger Tyrrell / Jørn Utzon Research Network / Utzon Research Center, Aalborg University Title: Dwelling, Landscape, Place and Making Print: Aalborg University Press Graphics and Layout: Line Nørskov Eriksen ISBN: xxx-xx-xxxx-xxx-x 1st Edition, Printed in Denmark 2013 Published with the kind support of Department of Architectural Design and Mediatechnology, Aalborg University Portsmouth School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth FORMTEXT FORMTEXT FORMTEXT CONTENTS xx Introduction Part 1 Foundation xx The Utzon Paradigm – Tyrrell, R. and Carter, A. xx Jørn Utzon: Influences and Reinterpretation – Carter, A. xx Thrills, Wiews and Shelter at Majorca – Roberts, J. xx Architecture and Camping – Taylor, P. and Hinds, M. Part 2 Influence xx Jan Utzon’s Symposium Presentation xx Rick Leplastrier’s Symposium Presentation Part 3 Reflection xx Making the World: Space, Place and Time in Architecture – Pallasmaa, J. xx Landscape and Dwelling – Botin, L. xx The Nature of Dwelling – Tyrrell, R. INTRODUCTION Background and acknowledgments This anthology is based on the Proceedings of the Third International Utzon Symposium held on 1st April 2012 in the Dar el Bacha palace, Marrakech, Morocco. The Symposium was a further development of the previous two Symposia held by the Utzon Research Center in Aalborg, Denmark and represents a collaboration between the Jørn Utzon Research Network (JURN), The Utzon Research Center and L’ Ecole Nationale d’Architecture (ENA) of Morocco. Morocco was chosen as the location for the event in recognition of the significant influence it had upon Utzon’s canon after his visit in 1949. -
The Role of Jørn Utzon's 1958 Study Trip to China in His Architectural Maturity
$UFKLWHFWXUDO Chiu, C-Y 2016 China Receives Utzon: The Role of Jørn Utzon’s 1958 Study Trip to China in His Architectural Maturity. Architectural Histories, 4(1): 12, +LVWRULHV pp. 1–25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ah.182 RESEARCH ARTICLE China Receives Utzon: The Role of Jørn Utzon’s 1958 Study Trip to China in His Architectural Maturity Chen-Yu Chiu Both before and after his study trip to China in 1958, Danish architect Jørn Utzon (1918–2008) consistently cited dynastic Chinese architecture as one of his essential design ideals. This article commences with a reconstruction, using archival and anecdotal evidence, of Jørn Utzon’s 1958 study trip to China with his close friend, the noted Norwegian architect Geir Grung (1926–89). The investigation seeks to explain both why, as a student, Utzon was so interested in the civilisation of China and how his carefully planned journey yielded Utzon both an intuitive grasp of ideas of Chinese architecture, and, most importantly, a continuing interest in China’s traditional systems of building construction. The answers could add to a methodological and theoretical framework for understanding Utzon’s work. Introduction This article then establishes built-form analogies Both before and after his study trip to China in 1958, the between Utzon’s 1958 study of Chinese architecture in situ Danish architect Jørn Utzon (1918–2008) consistently and his design proposals over the three decades following cited dynastic Chinese architecture as one of his essential the trip, with a view to retracing the path of Utzon’s grow- design ideas and ideals (Faber and Utzon, 1947; Utzon ing understanding of Chinese architecture during this 1962; 1970). -
Libro ZARCH 10.Indb
Bond University Research Repository Utzon: The defining light of the Third Generation Carter, Adrian; Sarvimaki, Marja Published in: ZARCH DOI: 10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2018102933 Published: 01/06/2018 Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication in Bond University research repository. Recommended citation(APA): Carter, A., & Sarvimaki, M. (2018). Utzon: The defining light of the Third Generation. ZARCH, (10), 88-99. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2018102933 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. For more information, or if you believe that this document breaches copyright, please contact the Bond University research repository coordinator. Download date: 02 Aug 2019 TítuloUtzon: The defining light of the Third TítuloGeneration Utzon: La luz definidora de la Tercera Generación AUTOR ADRIAN CARTER Débora Domingo-Calabuig “A single strategy: Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute by Paul Rudolph” ZARCH 10 (Junio 2018): 114- 124 MARJA SARVIMÄKI ISSN: 2341-0531. http://dx.doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.201792263 Recibido: 20-2-2018 Aceptado: 8-5-2018 Adrian Carter y Marja Sarvimäki, “Utzon: The defining light of the Third Generation”, ZARCH 10 (Junio 2018): 88-99 Abstract ISSN: 2341-0531. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2018102933 Recibido:Paul. 6-2-2018 Aceptado: 18-5-2018 AbstractKeywords InPaul Space, Time, and Architecture, Sigfried Giedion identified Jørn Utzon as one of the proponents and leaders of what Giedion regarded as the Third Generation of modern architecture in the 20th century. -
Ekskurzija Danska, Nemčija Seminar Zorec 09
ekskurzija Danska, Nemčija seminar Zorec 09 "My laboratory is the beach, the forest, the sea and seashore..". "The true innermost being of architecture can be compared with that of nature’s seed, and something of inevitability of nature’s prin- ciple of growth ought to be a fundamental concept in architecture." “On the road from the first idea - the first sketch - to the final build- ing, a host of possibilities arise for the architect and the team of engineers, contractors and artisans. Only when the foundation for the choice between the various solutions derives from the aware- ness that the building must provide the people who are to live in it with delight and inspiration do the correct solutions to the problems fall like ripe fruits.” Jørn Utzon 2 DANSKA Dansko kraljestvo (krajše le Danska) je najstarejša in najmanjša nor- dijska država, ki se nahaja v Skandinaviji v severni Evropi na polotoku vzhodno od Baltskega morja in jugozahodno od Severnega morja. Vključuje tudi številne otoke severno od Nemčije, na katero meji tudi po kopnem, in Poljske, poleg teh pa še ozemlja na Grenlandiji in Fer- skih otokih, ki so združena pod dansko krono, čeprav uživajo samou- pravo. Le četrtina teh otokov je naseljena. Danska je izrazito položna dežela. Najvišji vrh je Ejer Bavnehoj, z 173 metri nadmorske višine. Največja reka je Gudena. zanimivosti: - Danska je mati Lego kock. Njihova zgodba se je začela leta 1932 in v več kot 60. letih so prodali čez 320 bilijonov kock, kar pomeni povprečno 56 kock na vsakega prebivalca na svetu. Zabaviščni park Legoland se nahaja v mestu Billund, kjer so zgrajene različne fingure in modeli iz več kot 25 milijonov lego kock. -
The Pritzker Architecture Prize 2003 Presented to Jørn Utzon
THE PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE 2003 PRESENTED TO JØRN UTZON 01 SPONSORED BY THE HYATT FOUNDATION Photo by David Messent 02 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 1957-1973 Photo by David Messent 03 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 1957-1973 Note to Editors: The photos included in this booklet are a sampling of the Laureates’ work, a catalogue of the images available for publication. The numbers beside the images are are for reference to a CD (in high and low resolutions), the web. The photos and drawings may only be used in the context of the Pritzker Prize announcement. For any other advertising or publicity purposes, media must contact Utzon Architects for permission. It should further be noted that the images in this booklet are all 200 line screen lithographs printed on high gloss stock. They replace the need for black & white continuous tone prints. They may be reproduced using 85 line screens for black & white newspaper reproduction, and they can be resized, either 50% larger or smaller with no degradation in image quality or moire effect. Please note that detailed information about each project is available on the Pritzker Prize web site (pritzkerprize.com). The photo credit line shown next to each photo should appear adjacent to the photos when published. All photos are through the courtesy of Utzon Architects who provided the same images to the publisher of Utzon by Richard Weston. Photo by David Messent 04 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 1957-1973 Photo by David Messent 05 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 1957-1973 -
The Role of Alvar Aalto in Developing the Maturity of Jørn Utzon's Work
Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar – Why Aalto? 9-10 June 2017, Jyväskylä, Finland Aalto through young Utzon’s eyes: The role of Alvar Aalto in developing the maturity of Jørn Utzon’s work Chiu Chen-Yu Assistant Professor Department of Architecture, Bilkent University +90 5316 146 326 +90 312 290 2590 [email protected] FF 206, Department of Architecture Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, TURKEY Aalto through young Utzon’s eyes: The role of Alvar Aalto in developing the maturity of Jørn Utzon’s work CHIU Chen-Yu, Bilkent University Helyaneh Aboutalebi Tabrizi, Bilkent University Introduction There is no doubt that the work of Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) played an important role in the maturity of architectural design of Jørn Utzon (1918-2008). Despite Utzon openly and repeatedly admitted his learning from Aalto, what was the interrelationship between these two master architects, what was Utzon’s perception of Aalto’s work and how Utzon interpreted the ideas and ideals received from Aalto’s work, are all unknown and unheard. By surveying the architectural collection both of Aalto and Utzon, this article reconstructs their communications in-between and reviews Utzon’s study on Aalto’s work through his own photography images and book collection, as well as building excursions. In addition, it constructs a series of analytical comparisons between the studied work of Aalto and Utzon’s architectural creation. The found analogies in-between are served as the rationale for arguing Utzon’s learning from Aalto. However, Utzon did not simply imitate the manners of Aalto, and Utzon seemed to interpret the received concepts from Aalto with his own beliefs and interests, as well as with other influences. -
Sydney Opera House
Table of Contents Sydney Opera House Slide/s Part Description 1N/ATitle 2 N/A Table of Contents 3~35 1 The Spirit of Tubowgule 36~151 2 The Competition 152~196 3 The Vikings 197~284 4 The Red Book 285~331 5 The Gold Book 332~381 6 The Platform 382~477 7 The Spherical Solution 478~537 8 Phantom of the Opera House 538~621 9 Shell Game 622~705 10 Fenestration 706~786 11 Problems & Solutions 787~813 12 Making Things Right 814~831 13 Liebestraum 832~879 14 Colors of the Night Splendid Geometry 1 880~900 15 Legacy 2 Part 1 First Fleet The Spirit of Tubowgule 3 4 On January 25th 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip (left) of His Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Supply entered a vast, undiscovered and secure harbor extending inland for many miles. The next day - with the indigenous (Aboriginal) Gadigal people watching intently (from a distance), Captain Phillip went ashore and planted the Union Jack on the new found land claiming it for God, King (George III)and country. Over the next few days, the rest of the First Fleet arrived with its cargo of 730 prisoners, most convicted of petty crimes or as dbtdebtors. UdUnder armed guard, theprisoners commenced unloading provisions, clearing land and building shelters. Though prisoners in a strange, distant land of the southern oceans, the prisoners were relieved that their long sea voyage from England was at its end. A pre-fabricated canvas “Government House” was established and the convicts were housed in an area along the harbor’s shore A period oil painting of Captain Phillip’s First Fleet arriving in Sydney which came to be known as “The Rocks.” By Cove (a.k.a. -
Aarhus Documents 01 a Beaux Arts Education for the 21St Century
Aarhus Documents 01 A Beaux Arts Education for the 21st Century AARHUS DOCUMENTS 01 A Beaux Arts Education for the 21st Century Aarhus Documents 01: A Beaux Arts Education for the 21st Century Editor: Gerard Reinmuth Content Manager: Louise Heebøll Translation: John Mason, Jette Jansen, Tjeksproget.dk, Gerard Reinmuth, Louise Heebøll Layout: Gilbert Hansen, B Print: Narayana Press, Odder ISBN: 978-87-92700-01-8 Publisher: The Architectural Publisher B in collaboration with the Aarhus School of Architecture © 2011, Fonden til udgivelse af Arkitekturtidsskrift B Copenhagen and B the Aarhus School of Architecture, the authors and photographers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to thank the students of fi rst year ture for providing regular feedback, cri- CONTENT 2009-2010 who are listed at the back of tique, disagreement and encouragement the book. The energy and vitality of the in equal measure. In particular, Niels student body at the Aarhus School of Park Nygaard must be acknowledged as 6 Foreword Torben Nielsen Architecture provides an inherent rea- a proxy co-researcher for the chapter on 8 Introduction Gerard Reinmuth son to be engaged within the school and ‘Architectural Education in Denmark’. A This book would never have been possi- this group were exemplars in this regard. detached perspective was provided by a ble without the extremely generous and I could also have individually thanked number of Australian colleagues of whom PART ONE: A NEW BACHELOR open way in which Anders Gammel- some particularly engaged and enthusias- Adrian Lahoud and Anthony Burke must gaard Nielsen and Anne Elisabeth Toft ad- tic members of the student body for their be mentioned. -
Arkipelaget Pamflet No. 8 2015 CAN LIS Essays
Arkipelaget Pamfet No. 8 2015 CAN LIS Essays Det Jyske Kunstakademi Arkitektskolen Aarhus Distribution Antipyrine ISBN: XXXXXX Pamflet No. 8 2015 Editors: Jesper Rasmussen Det Jyske Kunstakademi www.djk.nu Andriette Ahrenkiel Morten Daugaard Rasmus Grønbæk Arkitektskolen Aarhus No. 1 Jesper Rasmussen www.aarch.dk Tre Arkitektoner Mathias Kokholm No. 2 Marie Markman Distribution Antipyrine Et spiseligt landskab www.antipyrine.dk No. 3 Claus Peder Pedersen Proof-reading: Tilfældets Tektonik XXXXXXXXXXXXXX No. 4 Anders Gammelgaard Nielsen Translation: & Poul Ingemann Culturebites / Annemette Fogh I samtale Graphic Design: No. 5 Jørgen Michaelsen Designbolaget Republikator Print: No. 6 Stefan Darlan Boris Narayana Press Lucus No. 7 Stefan Darlan Boris Oles have No. 8 Can Lis Essays No. 9 Can Lis Interviews Photo: No. 10 Can Lis XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Bagatelles Arkipelaget Pamfet nr. 8 2015 Texts: Aida Espanyol Vilanova Lars Holt Rasmus G. Hansen Gerard Reinmuth & Niels Park Nygaard CAUGHT IN A MASTERPIECE The man in the photograph is Danish artist Nikolaj Recke and the image is one of several documenting his conceptual work Caught in a Corner Piece from 2007.—1 The textual pun, using the typology of the corner piece, a well-known category in minimal art, in the title contextualises his personal situation of being unable to break free from the power of inspiration, or to process it into his own production: as if the act of naming the problem releases the spell of inhibition. Turning inspiration into new and personal work is a challenge faced by all artistic felds. However, this task is often rendered more difcult when the inspiration is closely linked with admiration for its author.