Exemplar 4 - Jean Nouvel

In an oversized book, Jean Nouvel has brought together some of his projects from 1993-2008 and titles the book "Jean Nouvel." This section was discovered in this book and i believe it represents Nouvel's style and outlook on architecture in general. The building that the section was develop[ed for is the Performing Arts Center situated in Seoul, Korea, which was the winning project from an invited conpetition. Nouvel's intentions were to develop this building so that nature and music would somehow be united (Nouvel, 2008, pg 452). I picked this section because the of the relationship shown between nature and the building something which i think my presentation lacked imagery of.. This section represents the building in an evocative manner by using artistic techniques. The site (an island surrounded by the city) has been shown in detail maybe even more so than the building which helps to blend to two components, and the use of colour and tones highlights the interior spaces of the building and focuses the eye.

This section represents relationships with the occupied internal spaces and the external concept of the building. The relationship of the building and its surrounding context is conveyed through this drawing which allows a better understanding of the design and the possible social impacts on the surrounding society. This section communicates the relationship between the public spaces within the building through the use of colour and displaying the activities inside each space.The need to label rooms is obsolete due the the skillful description of function for each of the spaces by thin outlines of cars or solid black silhouettes of people. Possible applications of materials are represented by using different line weights and textural elements.

***The first image has been taken from Jean Nouvel's Website which was discovered after the book for myself. ***

Below is another section from Jean Nouvel which i think portrays many of the same attributes as the one above however is lacking in context, so just another example of how to use colour and tone:

References:

Nouvel. J., Jodidio. P., 2008. Jean Nouvel. Taschen, Klon. 

Ateliers Jean Nouvel. (2011). Performing Arts Centre: Seoul Korea 2006. Accessed 14/12/13 http://www.jeannouvel.com/english/preloader.html