Solís Theater -Restore Inspiration
The Solís Theater in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, was built in 1856 by the Italian Carlo Zucchi. The Solís Theater is located in the city of Montevideo. Although the altitude of the city is only 43 meters, the origin of its name is quite interesting. There are at least two different arguments explaining the meaning of the name ‘Montevideo’: The first is that it comes from the Portuguese “Monte vide eu” (“I see a mountain”) and the second is that it comes from the Spanish “Monte VI De Este a Oeste” (“the sixth mountain from east to west”). The…
Smith House -General Description
Built between 1965 and 1967 by Richard Meier, the Smith House originated when Carole Smith, who had bought a property with her husband inDarien, Connecticut, told Meier about the area. At that time I was working in a room in a two-room apartment building that was separated from Marcel Breuer‘s office. One day I got a call from Carol Smiht and she asked me if I could design a Smith House for them. She was looking for a young architect who could give her house his full attention. -Richard Meier Located in a stony and densely vegetated area, it was…
Villa Savoye – Sank
Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen’ın Villa Savoye modelini batırma eylemi, modern sanatın düşündürücü bir örneğini sergileyerek modernliğin gerilemesini simgeliyor. Sanatçının provokatif eserleri genellikle modernlik, teknoloji ve insan-doğa etkileşimi gibi ilgi çekici temaları iletmektedir. Villa Savoye’yi batırma kararı, modern mimarinin bir başyapıtı olan eserin, teknoloji, modernlik ve doğa, tarih ve insan deneyimi ile olan karmaşık ilişkilerini vurgular ve teknolojik ilerlemenin doğa, tarih ve insan deneyimi ile bağlantıları üzerindeki etkisini ön plana çıkarır.