Rem koolhaas, a dutch architect, is considered to be the one of the most cutting-edge architect in the world. He started off his career being a filmmaker and a journalist. But one day, while he was speaking about film to a group of architect student at the University of Delft, he realized that what he truly wanted to do was build. That is the point where he turned himself to be an architect. He headed to London to study at the Architecture Association School. There, he became known for being an unconventional thinker.
Later on, Koolhaas and his friends formed their own design company called the Office for Modern Architecture (OMA). Having won many prestigious awards, OMA has built many critical projects worldwide.
One of the architect’s most important smaller projets is Maison a Bordeaux, which is named the best design for 1998 by Time magazine, located in France. The concept for this house is to design the residence for a man who was wheelchair bound and who felt trapped by his traditionally structured home. Instead of designing the house on one floor, which would ease the movement of the wheelchair, Koolhaas surprised the owner with an idea of a house on three levels, one on top of each other. The owner can access to these levels by an elevator platform that is the size of a room.
Each of Koolhaas’s projects is unique and the architect is openly pleased that buildings are not easily identified as Koolhaas-designed. The elements that remains consistent is his use of everyday, often inexpensive materials, the walls of the gallery Koolhaas used unfinished concrete and corrugated, or ridged, plastic; metal grids serve as the floor; and tree trunks are used as pillars. He believes that “ Architecture is always the encounter of vision and circumstance. I don’t believe in spending a lot of money on buildings so there’s no choice but to build with really cheap materials”.
Rem Koolhaas style of architecture can be considered deconstructivism. It is a development of the post-modernism in the late 20th century. The idea of deconstructivism is based on the manipulation of the structure skin, distortion of the architectural elements such as the structure. This resulted in distorted and dislocated overall form.
Along with Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman was also considered as deconstructivism. Despite his role in the "Whites", deconstructivism can be considered as an extention to the rational modernism, where everything is base on ordinary geometrical form.
Rem Koolhaas maybe well known for his writing and commentaries on the future of architecture, but mant believe that Koolhaas himself is the future in the now.
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