rem koolhass trailer - a kind of architect

[MrLearntoread]

he is a remtard.

[MrLearntoread]

he is a remtard



[odinmp5]

he is quite a nice architect. good ideas, good builidngs , strong concepts.

but there are many others better than him who are totally unknown.

[splicanin986]

@odinmp5 could you name few of those totally unknown?

[odinmp5]

@splicanin986 @splicanin986

well.. as much as i love koolhaas work, i can name you the ones i read about last week, probablly much less flashy.

they are all south americans, (gian carlo mazzanti, rogelio salmona ,luis restrepo , marcio kogan ) 2 japanese ones, hiroaki othani , hitoshi abe .

from the nehterlands. Neutelings Riedijk

from sweden. Tham & Videgard

hope this helps!!!

[splicanin986]

@odinmp5 all of these architect u mention are well known and far behind koolhaas, both regarding quality and quantity of projects, writings, influences etc......

i do agree koolhaas is extremely exposed in the media...but to say these are better then him is sth i really disagree with...

[Amputecht1]

@odinmp5 I can't believe you are comparing Mazzanti with Koolhaas. Even if Mazzanti is a very good architect, he would be crushed by RK. Mazzanti falls a bit short on many levels, his compositions are a bit baroque for my taste. Everything lies on the facades, the outside, the theatre... Rem defies this baroque contemporary times by being aesthetically different BUT with different basic tenets as well. Giancarlo takes a greek temple (in a synthesised point of view) and puts a fancy cover on top.

[odinmp5]

@Amputecht1 i compare them based on the things non architects apreciate.

is the building useful? does it have an impact on the life of people?? not just because it is big or famous.

[Amputecht1]

@odinmp5 Don't mind me wrong, I, as an architect, and as a Colombian (Giancarlo Mazzanti is too), have made individual and collective mental gymnastics to get deep into both architects minds. Mazzanti is very good, no doubt about that, but he still needs to find his true self. I know him personally, and my readout about him is that his ego is pulling him away from the Koolhaas he can be.

[odinmp5]

@Amputecht1 i ahve heard similar comments,, but to make the long story short, i am deeply disturbed about how people treat an architect based only on books published or quantity of fans.

[Amputecht1]

@odinmp5 The longing for fame is precisely why I critizise Mazzanti. I know him personally. And I am an architect, I know what you talk about. First hand. You understood the exact opposite.

[odinmp5]

@Amputecht1 sorry bro..

question: ¡ is it tue that he is as self centered as daniel bonilla==?? and that workig wiht him can ruin your mental health? i love his aproach to interior design, but exteriors in his work are not my cup of tea,.?

have you checked the campuzano brothers?? they are too young, but very good.

one more thing.. nice bass playing, you rock!

[Amputecht1]

@odinmp5 Haha he is more egotistical than most people I know. Daniel Bonilla is not that bad, he worked with my father in a couple of things. I think you might be talking about Daniel Bermudez. He really reallu is a pain in the ass. Great Architect, but a complicated person to talk to. And yes, the Campuzano brothers are good. One of them was my teacher last year, very smart people, both of them.

And thanks! I'll upload some more videos soon. I've been lazy haha.

[trickykid3000]

i agree, as an architect student, Koolhaas is too plain. This building might have the most visual impact of any other structure around it, but so does an inflatable 100ft can of beer. Where is the character or soul of the building. It basically looks like the impossible square from those illusion impressionist artist. Character lies in detail. Fuck you, Koolhaas! You are taking jobs away from good architects!!!

[cliklab]

@trickykid3000. Where are you studying architecture? Doesn't matter, because I don't believe you'll make it past 3rd year design (if you're lucky and you go to a 3rd rate school). Koolhaas' buildings are not especially notable for their visual impact. and what the hell is an "illusion impressionist"? I think you should take your 100ft inflatable beer can idea and develop it, and submit it to a competition. You might prove yourself wrong when it places or receives honorable mention.

[trickykid3000]

@cliklab Sorry mister aristocrat, i didn't know it was the school that determined the talents of the architect. There are a lot of awards given to things that keep societies in cold imbalance. Give me warmth!!!

If you are a girl, would you like to get a drink sometime?

[dannyl28]

@trickykid3000

since when was the visual affect was the foremost importance of architecture? If you value aesthetics so much then you should just stick with sculpture. Architecture, unlike sculpture, carries functions. Rem Koolhaas might be taking jobs away from good architects, but definitely not yours since you shouldn't even fit yourself as an "architect" since you don't even know what architecture even is.

[trickykid3000]

@dannyl28 you have no idea who i am, but thanks for playing.

[TheVerack]

he is the Le Corbusier of the new century. His ideas are actually related with the world you live in, and the world you'll live in. Le Corbusier also was a media architect so what? You're judging Remment without fully knowing what he is doing and what he proposes with every project. Plus... He shows how important architecture is in the life of everyone.... if he is too conceptual for you, well thats your problem.

Go and read about him, and try to understand him, before saying he is garbage.

[acceleratedmotion]

I have read his theories and am quite familiar with his work. I appreciate strong concepts as much as the next person (thanks for calling me stupid). I just think the end product needs to speak for itself. I recommend seeing his office's work in person. The two buildings of theirs I've been to seem dated as soon as they were complete.

[Goizargort]

he proposes nothing diferent just aparheid.... fuck u koolhaas!!!! and you all false gods!!!

[odinmp5]

@TheVerack he is not. he is good, but both le corbu and koolhaas , have different aproaches and ideas.

koolhaas has the admiration of every single architecture student in the world. while le corbusier, had not during his lifetime. thats changes perspectives.

[acceleratedmotion]

His architecture is garbage wrapped in fancy words.

[caseyspaos]

Oh? A fellow professor of architecture at Harvard, are you?

[acceleratedmotion]

Nope. I'm a practicing architect (not just one that talks about architecture) that knows crap when I see it. I am in Dallas and he convinced the city of his horrendous design for the Wylie theater here. It embodies every argument against modern architecture and unfortunately will kill the momentum modernism was gaining in this city. He's like the used car salesman of architecture. He's a great salesman, I'll give him that.

[overallbebo]

can i ask why??

[acceleratedmotion]

Absolutely. There is a clear misunderstanding of flow, i.e., he slopes a concrete slab (which his firm calls the plaza) down just to force people to go back up a level. The entire design is just a box. He'll talk all around it to make it sound avant garde, but at the end of the day it's still just an ugly box. Folks that are against modern architecture believe it to be sterile boxes with no human scale. It does not have to be that way, but unfortunately his building is.

[cliklab]

@acceleratedmotion. Wow, you are full of crap. Please give me an example where a program cannot be reduced to a box. If you're a practicing architect, you're designing and building boxes; some boxes are more dressed up than others, fancier, more expensive, no matter how subtle the distinctions might be, we are all just doing boxes. All I can say about your critique of the theater in Dallas is, if that's the popular consensus in that town, your city got a building it didn't deserve.

[mitchellasdfasdf]

Anyone know any of the music? I love it

[Maciej838]

It is MOBY, i think tha one of the tracks at PLAY, or sme other album at this time by MOBY

[3PRECISION3]

@mitchellasdfasdf Song is Inside by Moby

[mercutio82]

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[jeffisto]

he's a journalist that makes buildings,,,so what can we expect¿..... full media behind everything.... controlling the media is his major quality,,, like a news paper,,,,catastrophic news sells more news papers than any other news,,, pessimistic architectural?¿ comments about urban society,,, makes students crazy,,, like a heavy metal groupies :D

[Ishmanorama]

@ pierobcn

i dont agree with what you say, rem koolhaas is one of the contemporary architects that actually try to make cities more human, trying to find that human scale in its buildings... trying to bring architecture in a more human context, he uses the modern concepts into his designs.

You can see this by simply looking at the OMA buildings made all over, they arent as crazy as gehry or hadid...

i think your hostility may be pointed at hadid really....

[tgold1968]

@Ishmanorama OK. Trying... and failing in an epic fashion.

[emesghali]

that was weird

[amabstracted]

well... u are right... even i know a person who knows koolhaas personally... he also said... he's detached from reality... but it's also a reality that his fantasies are real...and the built projects show his ingenious brain...and a free soul...... i think u got some ego problem over here... get well soon........

[tmn0rris]

Where or how can I watch this movie in the US?

[deathstar007]

anyone know the song at the start of the trailer... sounds like faithless??? any help most appreciated

[pierobcn]

Lots of bla-bla-bla but at the end Koolhass is dangerous, I hope he never builds anything in a city that I like. His buildings look like mutant amorphous structures, that look like Godzilla should come and destroy them any minute (hopefully he does)

[ttThorko]

If you'd taken the effort to know more about the man's work, you'd not only have had more understanding why he builds as he does, you'd also have known his name was Koolhaas...

[pierobcn]

Well i happen to know "the man" personally so I know about his intellectual arrogance and abstraction, absolutely detach from reality and humans, his architecture looks better without humans actually, just with Godzillas and in a fire. his Beijing complex looked awesome burning.

[ttThorko]

Why the hostility?

[druperti]

loser

[whoops20]

All genius artist are arrogance.