Design Analysis
The Guggenheim Museum is the work of architect Frank O. Gehry of the United States. The project acted as an urban acupuncture and played a very starring role towards urban transformation and revitalization of the site and the immediate extent area. Once the project was finalized, it turned out to be the emblem of the city of Bilbao in Spain. The structure is put together in Avant-garden architecture ordinarily an exemplification of the twentieth century. The structure forms a framework for the exposition of modern art. The architectural design is a masterpiece both domestically and abroad.
The Museum building can be depicted as a masterpiece and an epoch-making structure in the midst of other buildings, which is designed to…show more content… The structure itself occupies 24,000 square meters. The exhibition spaces are allotted 9,066 square meters. The site is 16 meters further down the elevation of the city at the inlet of the Nervion. One of the focal entrances to the city, El Puente de La Salve, crosses from end to end of the building.
Figure 2: Guggenheim Museum site extent The cloistered walks are wide with grey tiles in an open environment with guard rails on both sides. The entrance is easily characterized by the recessed doors. Patterned glass has been used to create directly above transom panels and double glazed exhibition windows. The windows are actually made of glass.
Figure 3: Ceremonial entry eminent of a bold glass door. Above is a roof canopy The south entrance can be accessed by ramps and steps along planted terraces. The north facade is served by a simple sidewalk entrance. The vertical height of the structure is accentuated by the dome and the attached plain smooth wall.…show more content… In skeleton structures, it is quite easy to identify where the structure begins and ends. However, in complex structures such as the Guggenheim Museum, this is very complex because, for instance, the structure dome requires more than the topology dome.
Structural aspects can be defined into two components that are not the same. Scientifically they provide hypothetical answers to optimization queries concerning exclusively the laws of nature. Technological aspects combine scientific elements with boundary circumstances imposed by e.g. manufacturing or any restriction posed by reality.
Functionality of structures can only be explained through the use of the technological and scientific laws. In most cases, architectural intention can only be interpreted by using spatial relationship, functional relationship, and the context. There is a fundamental perceptual difference flanked by technology, science and architectural qualities. The major question is what makes structures coherent or the cognitive experience pleasant? (Fribourg). To respond to the question, structural aspects are put into