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Great Berlin
Yes, Berlin was great! I would definetely want to visit this city in the future. It differs a lot compared to London and in my opinion it has a lot of similarities with Athens. Before you argue on that; it’s just my personal opinion! Of course the superior architecture cannot be compared to what Athenians are used to see, and dare to say what Londoners are used to see. Potsdamer Platz is great, like Canary Wharf but what really amazed me are all these buildings made in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s with their minimal architectural design (see Bauhaus).
Anyway, before letting you enjoy (?) the photographs let’s summarize the Berlin experience in a few words: clubbing with great music, clubbing on the 15th floor, clubbing at 10am in a “club” under a tube station, cheap food, relatively cheap cabs, average shopping malls and shopping atmosphere, friendly young people, inexpressive older people, futuristic buildings, wide wide wide streets, huge monuments, greeks in random positions (cab driver, dunkin donuts cashier), euros, no english… did I mention clubbing?
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New Acropolis Museum
The New Acropolis Museum is almost ready. Designed by Bernard Tschumi (Bernard Tschumi Architects), the museum will break ground this summer in Athens, Greece. Sited only 800 feet from the famous Parthenon, it will be the most audacious building ever erected so close to the ancient.
According to the architecture of the museum, “three concepts turn the constraints of the site into an architectural opportunity, offering a simple and precise museum with the mathematical and conceptual clarity of ancient Greece.”
A concept of light
“More than in the regularity of museum, the
A movement concept
“The visitor’s circulation forms a three-dimension loop, affording an architectural promenade with a rich spatial experience extending from the archeological excavations to the Parthenon Marbles and back through the Roman period. It gives time journey sensation as dimension of architecture and of this museum in particular. With over 10,000 visitors daily, exploring the museum and examining the artifacts is conceived to be of prior clarity.”
Tectonic and Programmatic
“The museum’s first floor has an auditorium and lobby between which a wide ramp levels up to the second floor. Transparent sections in the ramp’s floor allow visitors to look carefully at the exposed archaeological remains below. Along the sides of the ramp and as freestanding installations there will be artifacts collected from the Sanctuary of the Nymphs, the Sanctuary of Asklepios, and somewhere on the slopes of the Acropolis, also there are temporary exhibition spaces, retail, and all support facilities.”
“The second is a large, double-height trapezoidal plate that holds the finds of the Archaic Period, from 800-500 B.C., in a 21,100 square feet area characterized by architectural columns. A mezzanine welcomes a bar and restaurant with views towards the Acropolis, and a multimedia auditorium, with a large terrace spanning northward offers panoramic views of the Acropolis and the city of
“The third floor will be devoted to space anticipating the return of the treasures Elgin took, many which date back to the Parthenon’s beginning. It is a rectangular gallery, enclosed in glass to ensure the proper air and light controls for these objects from ancienity and a direct view of the Acropolis above, with the exact geometry and harmonious dimensions of the columned Parthenon, providing an appropiate context for understanding the accomplishments of the Parthenon complex itself.”
[extracts from Architectook]
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