250 words - highlighting my feelings about the silkeborg

Im not yet 100% convinced by Utzons ideas and explanations for the Silkeborg Musem.
Although undetailed sections/elevations/plans dont do a building justice, i just cant see it as the amazing piece of architecture it apparently is.
For starters, I have a strong dislike of Ramps. They have ruined the red-centre gallery and they dont work for me in the Silkeborg either - they over-clutter and confuse an otherwise grand open space.
Also, why would a 3 storey building be like a bull in a china shop? The existing Silkeborg museum is a grand 2 storey (+ pitched roof) manor, surrounded by buildings of equal or greater height. a 2 storey building with a skillion roof would have worked fine there in my (very experienced and learned) opinion and there wouldnt be the issues attributed with underground buildings like light and moisture. Excavating down that deep, especially within 100m of a quite substantial river seems very odd... and a lot of effort for not that great a result.

Anyway, its not all bad, i do like what is visible of the museum from the ground - in the case that the right materials and details are used - and being Utzon, im sure they would be.
That said - the tulip shaped chimneys are a bit much - i would like to alter them slightly - but im not sure how...

Oh and the whole "organicness" of the interior i dont like - im an angles sort of person. smooth flowing shapes arent my thing - so somethings going to have to happen about that.... to stay true to Utzons design perhaps a bulbous walls that end abruptly and/or keeping the organic shapes but adding in some blade walls for articulation or something....discuss.

TO BE CONTINUED......dah dah dahhhh

Assignment 2 Website:

w w w . m o o s e t i m e . c o m

only view in 'firefox'!!

internet explorer is crap and wont display anything correctly...

Sketchup Model

Kenilworth - Annandale.

The building was renovated in 2001 - however the architect wasnt using CAD at that stage - so all the drawings are done by hand on A1 by Jeff Madden (Jeff Madden & Associates). This is the best scan i could get with the A3 Scanner at work...

I have about 12 pages of drawings - but i wont be scanning them all - so just believe me when i say i have them!

3 Built Architectures....

I have gone for an 1800's Sydney theme. Although i love modern architecture - mucho respecto goes to the very old architecture of the world. When i was in France i stayed in a building built in the 800's - it had been modernised - but still kept its 1000year old charm...

I dont know why for this assignment ive only chosen old Sydney architecture - i suppose i want to be able to actually visit the building when i'm modelling instead of just referring to pictures and plans. - and keeping up the Olympic patriotic spirit...

The three that i have chosen to display here are:
The 1873 City bank originally from Pitt street but rebuilt in Strathfield (after less than 20 years of Pitt street life...) now known as "Holyrood"
The 1868 Glebe building "Reussdale" by Ferdinand Reuss - a now derelict wreck that has a development application for restoration.
And finally "Kenilworth," one of the famed "witches" houses built in Annandale in 1870, once inhabited by Sir Henry Parkes.

All photos are taken by me and are in relative order...

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