Paweł Żuk
Czasopismo Techniczne, Architektura Zeszyt 9-A (22) 2014, 2014, s. 275 - 285
https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.14.398.4207The article describes the circumstances surrounding the construction of the new Parisian museum by Frank Gehry. From the beginning dynamic form of Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation induce various associations among critics of architecture. Kim Willsher asks in the title of her article “Is it a cloud? Is it a cocoon?”. Leigh Silver invents even weirder comparison: “(...) Frank Gehry created a new structure in Paris looks like a robotic insect or an alien hive”. Another controversial project made by prominent architect caused a multitude of protests in the city considered to be open to the modern architecture.
Paweł Żuk
Czasopismo Techniczne, Architektura Zeszyt 4-A (4) 2015, 2015, s. 129 - 136
https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.15.292.4695Renzo Piano believes that freehand drawing gives freedom, it is instinctive, and its imperfection provokes change and continuous improvement. The briefness of the sketch forces us into a synthetic way of thinking and to capture only the essence of things. Based on examples of Renzo Piano’s works from different periods, we can observe the evolution of his very personal vision of the museum, his thinking about form, the relationship with the environment, with the audience and finally his approach to issues of natural lighting in an exhibition space.
Paweł Żuk
Czasopismo Techniczne, Architektura Zeszyt 9-A (15) 2015, 2015, s. 419 - 423
The article describes a little-known fact about the very well-known building that is the Paris Pompidou Centre. In an era of social revolution, the project was a kind of revolution in the world of architecture. Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers changed the story of architecture almost unwittingly by playing with it.