In this week's lecture, the most interesting architecture to me is the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito. I was impressed by the space concepts of flowing feeling and transparent sense. Although these concepts are not necessary from the purely functional point of view, he breaks the homogeneity of buildings that are well known in the daily life, showing the way that modern buildings are supposed to be. As far as I know, usually in the frame structure, architects will try to build four columns at each corner with the same interval, but Ito broke them down into a number of spiral-shaped fine iron column as the core of transparent pillars. Those pillars run through the floor, also contain the equipment system, such as the elevator and the stairs, lighting and ventilation from the roof. And people can see the internal functions vertically. From Sendai Mediatheque, I deeply felt the uncertainty of modern architecture. It is a free existence, which is not bound by the inherent thinking of people.
In this week's lecture, the most interesting architecture to me is the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito. I was impressed by the space concepts of flowing feeling and transparent sense. Although these concepts are not necessary from the purely functional point of view, he breaks the homogeneity of buildings that are well known in the daily life, showing the way that modern buildings are supposed to be.
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