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Saadiyat Island!
I never realized that architecture is SO much more than a bunch of buildings, it has a personality to create a space and an emotion for someone. Someone decided that they wanted to create an entire experience for someone. Your surroundings can severely impact how you feel and what you feel or think. Architecture is powerful and I never was able to see the essence and creative thoughts that are going on in the architects’ minds.

Honestly, this class on Thursday sparked my interest in architecture and building design which I had never before in my life felt any desire to learn about. I started doing research of projects and ideas that are formulated to build certain structures and found the most incredible project plan on Saadiyat Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi. What is so remarkable about these buildings are that the Louvre and the Guggenheim are going to be built in an entirely different region of the world then from where they were orgininally created. All of these building remind me of Radical Eclectisism. This is because they are situated on an island in the desert and these are completely random.

The Gugnheim could even be disharmonious harmony because there is no sense of symmetry or coordination, just throwing together different types of styles and pieces to create a unified piece that works. It is also an example of amnesis because it strangely reminds me of a heart!

It is supposed to look like this:




And the Louvre is supposed to look like:





The other building on the island is created by Tadao Ando. It is a museum called the Maritime museum. The building design is the concept of Divergent Signification and also Anamnesis. This is because the design of the building is, “supposed to represent the sails of It has a reflective surface visually merging sea and land. Its ship-like interior has floating decks which guide visitors through the exhibition space.” “Dhows, Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails, float over the voids of the interior space and help create an intense visual experience by relating objects to one another and to the museum architecture as a whole.” – Tadao Andois
Here is an image of the museum:







These buildings are amazing, and I want to continue tolearn about design of buildings. How do these Authors come up with these incredible ideas!?