FRANK OWEN

GEHRY
(28 FEB,1929-
• Frank Owen Gehry is a Canadian-born American architect,
residing in Los Angeles.
• A number of his buildings, including his private residence, have
become world-renowned attractions.
• His works are cited as being among the most important works of
contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey,
which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important
architect of our age"
• A creative child, he was encouraged by his grandmother, with
whom he would build little cities out of scraps of wood.
• With these scraps from her husband's hardware store, she
entertained him for hours, building imaginary houses and futuristic
cities on the living room floor.
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM,BILBAO

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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM,BILBAO
 INTRODUCTION

• The Guggenheim Museum has played a key role in the urban

revitalization and transformation of the area, in addition to
becoming the symbol of the city of Bilbao, Spain. The building is a
perfect example of the more avant-garde architecture of the
twentieth century and represents a landmark for its innovative
architectural design both abroad and domestically, forming a
seductive backdrop for the exhibition of contemporary art. Visits
can be made to both the interior and the exterior of the building.
• It is situated on a plot of 32,500 square meters, of which 24,000
square meters are occupied by building. 9,066 square meters are
devoted to exhibition spaces.
• The museum is located 16 meters below the elevation of the city at
the estuary of the Nervion. El Puente de La Salve, one of the main
entrances of the city, crosses through the building.
 CONCEPT
• Inspired by the shapes and textures of a fish, it can be considered a sculpture, a work of
art in itself. The forms do not have any reason nor are governed by any geometric law.
The museum is essentially a shell that evokes the past industrial life and port of Bilbao.
• It consists of a series of interconnected volumes, some formed of orthogonal coated
stone and others from a titanium dkeleton covered by an organic skin. The connection
between volumes is created by the glass skin.
• The museum is integrated into the city both by it height and the materials used. Being
below the benchmark of the city, it does not surpass the rest of the buildings.
• The limestone, of a sandy tone, was selected specially for this aim. Seen from the river,
the form resembles a boat, but seen from above it resembles a flower.
 STRUCTURE
Because of their mathematical complexity, the sinuous curves were designed using a three
dimensional design software called Catia, which allowed designs and calculations that, years
earlier, had not been possible.

The building is built with load-bearing walls and ceilings, which have an internal structure of
metal rods that form grids with triangles. The shapes of the museum could not have
succeeded if it did not use load-bearing walls and ceilings.

Catia determined the number of bars required in each location, as well as the bars positions
and orientations. In addition to this structure, the walls and ceilings have several insulating
layers and an outer coating of titanium. Each piece is unique and exclusive to the place,
determined by Catia.

MATERIALS
Built of limestone, glass and titanium, the museum used 33,000 pieces of titanium half a
millimeter thick, each with a unique form suited to its location. As these pieces are so thin, a
perfect fit to the curves is necessary. The glass has a special treatment to let in the sun's light,
but not its heat.
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Dancing House in Prague

The Art Gallery of Ontario in

Toronto
 INTRODUCTION
• With the idea of creating a symbolic building in Prague, the company
ING hired the architects Frank Gehry and V. Milunic to undertake such
innovative architectural project, giving it an almost unlimited budget
and total artistic freedom.
• The "Dancing House" was inspired by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
this legendary film couple who moved to the entertainment world with
his passes for dancing in musical comedies. Construction began in 1994
and lasted until 1996.
• The building is located on the street RESSLOVA Street, on the right
bank of the Vltava.
 CONCEPT
• In the interior of a square of buildings in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, the
Dancing House has two central bodies. The first is a tower of glass that is close to half
height and is supported by curved pillars, the second runs parallel to the river, which
is characterized by the moldings that follow a wavy motion and distributed through
the windows so the non-aligned .
• This solution has been driven mainly by a kind of aesthetic consideration: the
windows lined evidenciarían that the building has two windows, although they have
the same height as the two adjacent buildings of the nineteenth century. They also do
not have to be perceived in the will of the designer, as simple forms on a flat surface,
but must achieve the effect of three-dimensionality, hence the idea of frames as
outgoing frames of paintings. Also the winding moldings on the facade make it more
confusing perspective, diminishing the contrast with the buildings that surround it.
 DESCRIPTION
• On the ground floor are located and coffee shops are connected directly
along the river and the public plaza in front.
• The spaces of the second to the seventh floor are occupied, however, by
offices, while in the last level houses a restaurant with a panoramic view
of the city and the nearby castle.
• Materials
• The building, which stretches over an area of 5,400 m2, has been
constructed of steel, glass and precast concrete Clad revoked.
• The dome is made of metal tubes and covered with a mesh of stainless
steel.
 MATERIALS
• The building, which stretches over an area of 5,400 m2, has been
constructed of steel, glass and precast concrete Clad revoked.
• The dome is made of metal tubes and covered with a mesh of
stainless steel.
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Paris

THE BEEKMAN TOWER

in New York City
THE BEEKMAN TOWER
 INTRODUCTION
• In a place like Manhattan, where the real estate market not only handles astronomical
figures, but also close operations of thousands of dollars in a matter of hours, estate
agents are turning to recruit world-renowned architects for the construction of residential
housing skyscraper rent. In this case it was the company Forest City Ratner who hired the
architect Frank Gehry for the construction of the Beekman Tower, the tallest residential
building in New York.
• The conceptual design of the building began in late 2003. Between 2004 and 2005, the
architects studied 50 different schemes using scale models of 1/16-in. In late 2005, when
the design had already been decanted into the perforated stainless steel facade with
windows, Gehry began to treat the project with 1/8-inch scale models. In parallel, the
project sought to digital form with the most advanced scanning and 3D modeling.
• Because of the delicate state of the economy in the early years of construction works were
stopped by order of the promoter and proposed the option of reducing the building height
from 76 to 40 storeys to ensure the completion of works within the prescribed period and
under the new economic conditions. Significantly, the Beekman Tower Building was able
to maintain the planned construction time and finish slightly under budget, something
almost unthinkable for works of this nature.
 CONCEPT
• For the design of this building Gehry admitted to having stayed for
several days in a raised floor of a hotel in the city to plunge into the
world's most famous skyline, study, understand and be able to propose a
building that stands out from the chaos that leads to both monumental
meeting, while respected for its impressive neighbors.
• The curves of the facade can evoke many feelings, from streams of
water, aluminum sheets, ice shedding ... highlight effect when light
reflects on the surface, creating shadows and clear ... is up to the viewer
decide what feelings it evokes curved façade, as if it were a sculpture.
 STRUCTURE
• The main building structure is reinforced concrete. It consists of a central core
and perimeter columns rigid walls placed in the "technical floors, 38 and 76. The
beams connecting the core to the perimeter are between 45 and 60 cm on edge.
• Despite the changing shapes of exterior columns remain aligned the maximum
possible number of stories (among 8 and 12) to simplify the structure. On the
floors where the alignments change widen columns so that both the axis of the
upper and the lower the pass on the inside of them. Many lineup changes coincide
with the decline of the building floor area as it grows in height.
• This strategy sought to avoid any type of column bent, since according to Marcus
himself (engineer in charge of the structure) "if he had to deal with columns bent
in a 76-story structure had just left work, had been unable to maintain the pace of
construction "
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