Casa Danzante Gehry

OUTILNE

I.Background inormation
II.SIte Analysis
III.Form building
IV.Structural system
V.Main materials

INTRODUCTION

Good morning everyone. My name is Marta Fonta. Im a second year student of Architecture here at the UIC. Today I am here to talk to you about the Dancing House. I have divided my talk in five parts. first, I will talk about.., then I will mention..., after i willgive you details on...., and finally i will talk about... If you have any questions, I will be pleased to anser you at the end of my talk.
I.BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The " Dancing house" is set on a property of great historical significance. This lot was occupied for years by a neorenacentis style house in te late twentieth century. It was completely destroyed in the bombing of 1945 but theremains weren't removed until 1960. The site remained empty until 1994 when it was adquired by ING Group. They conceived and idea for a project at the place , they wanted to create an architectural icon in the city, and nobody thought it would do better tahn gehry. With an unlimited budget he set out to deign and build one of the most famous buildings in Europe and one of the best corners of theworld.


This lot was occupied for years by a neorenacesntista style house late twentieth century. Was completely destroyed in the bombing of 1945. In 1960 the remains were removed and the site remained empty until 1994 when it was acquired by ING Group. The bank wanted to create an architectural icon in the city, and nobody thought it would do better than Gehry. With an unlimited budget architectset out to design and build one of the most famous buildings in Europe and one of the best corners of the world.


The “Dancing House” is set on a property of great historical significance. Its site was the location of a house with a neorenacentist style that was destroyed by the U.S. bombing of Prague in 1945. The plot and structure lay decrepit until 1960 when the area was cleared. As earlyas 1986 (during the Communist era[->0]) V. Milunić, then a respected architect in the Czechoslovak[->1] milieu, conceived an idea for a project at the place and discussed it with his neighbour, the then little-known dissident[->2] Václav Havel. A few years later, during the Velvet Revolution[->3] Havel became a popular leader and was subsequently elected as Czechoslovak president. Thanks to hisauthority the idea to develop the site grew. Havel eventually decided to have Milunić survey the site, hoping for it to become a cultural center, although this was not the result.
The Dutch[->4] insurance company Nationale-Nederlanden (since 1991 ING Bank[->5]) agreed to sponsor the building of a house on site. The “super bank” chose Milunić as the lead designer and asked him to partner with anotherworld-renowned architect to approach the process. The French[->6] architect Jean Nouvel[->7] turned down the idea because of the small square footage, but the well-known Canadian architect Frank Gehry accepted the invitation. Because of the bank's excellent financial state at the time, it was able to offer almost unlimited funding for the project.[4] From their first meeting in 1992 inGeneva[->8], Gehry and Milunić began to elaborate Milunić's original idea of a building consisting of two parts, static and dynamic ("yin and yang"), which were to symbolize the transition of Czechoslovakia (Czechia) from a communist regime to a parliamentary democracy.
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II.SITE ANALYSIS

It is located on the corner of Rasinovo nabrezi and Resslova Street, in the centre of Prague, just infront of the river. Today is seems that Gehry spent a great deal of time analyzing the site's context, and that he delivered a final product that richly pays omage to Prague's architectural leitmotifs. Starting with the towers : Prague's older city blocks are almost always bookended by towers of one kind or another, often topped by an ornamental cupola, as the "Dancing House". Gehry followed...