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CULTURE

ARCHITECTURE
AND

AND DISJUNCTION
DISJUNCTION

KHYATI JAIN 210BARCH047 2A


DISJUNCTION AND CULTURE
In this the author talks about how
buildings goes in coordination
with the culture itself, how its built
form is affected by the ideologies
of the culture in that particular
area. How traditional methods
played into role during
construction and made it an ideal
example, also to restrict the
evolution of architecture or rather
(A) Nordic Embassies, Berlin,
form a rulebook for it. Here are a
Germany
few examples to better

understanding - (B) Jewish Museum, Berlin,


Germany

" A mismatch between structure and culture is a recipe for a major disaster."

NORDIC EMBASSIES, BERLIN, GERMANY


Nordic Embassies, Berlin is referred to a cluster of 6
buildings in total. Out of which 5 are Denmark, Iceland,
Norway, Sweden & Finland. The 6th building is a
felleshus of five other buildings.
The buildings gain their significance through
conventional architectural.
The buildings are encircled by 226m long copper band,
it is composed of a series of copper lamellas (louvre
windows) which form an openable facade that also
offers privacy.

Felleshus: Communal
The Danish Embassy was designed by 3XN
Building for all embassies
The Royal Swedish Embassy by Gert Windgardh
Completed In : 1999
Icelandic Embassy by PK Honun
Norwegian Embassy by Snøhetta
Finnish Embassy by Viiva Arkkitehtuuri Oy
JEWISH MUSEUM, BERLIN, GERMANY
Daniel Libeskind's design was the only project that
implemented a radical, formal design as a
conceptually expressive tool to represent the Jewish
lifestyle before, during, and after the Holocaust.

The building's Zig - Zag, Titanium-Zinc façade and


features underground axes, angled walls, and bare
concrete “voids” without heat or air-conditioning.
With his “Between the Lines” design, American
architect Daniel Libeskind did not want simply to
design a museum building, but to recount German-
Jewish history.

Architects: Studio Libeskind


Area : 15500 m²
Year : 1999

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