Frank Gehry in the Studio

Scene taken from the DVD Sketches of Frank Gehry (by Sydney Pollack)

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[DestroyerX61]

You gotta love how all these random kids come here commenting about things they know nothing about then throw in words like sketchup and architectural detailing thinking they are some sort of pros, making complete fools out of themselves. I can't help but laugh.

[free533]

thank you so much for this video. Great to see a genius at work. I'm going to study architecture next year at uni so i don't know a whole lot yet but it's great to see such a process still being used. thanks for uploading this :)

[DestroyerX61]

@zofronio They actually use CATIA (I'm sure you've never heard of it). They send the data from CATIA directly to fabrication plants, which custom build each part with its serial number and sequence of assembly. The engineering of their structures is actually quite state of the art.

[DestroyerX61]

@101ers77

While you may disagree with his style, the fact is physical models evoke a different 'qualia' to that of 3D imaging. This means that we do not perceive computer generated images the same way we perceive physical models. You probably haven't worked in the field, but I guarantee if you go to any design studio of a 'real' architect, you will find piles upon piles of physical models, as if they were relics of design excellence.

[VertigonA380]

What's wrong with this process exactly? Using cradboard is probably the quickest and most direct way of putting up and putting together a form. It will then be digitised and refined, then a final model created. Why do people with no recogniseable body of work feel they can talk down to an acclaimed architect, seems like stupidity in action to me.

[filipe182]

This is so funny, it's kinda simpsons wouldn't even have to caricaturate about him to make a snob architect character.. "I don't know why I don't like it yet.."

[GetMrCarter]

@letskillyoko I don't think there is anything wrong with 'dumbing down Architecture'. This is the process that one of the greatest living Architects chooses to follow and who are we to criticise. Gehry builds what he sketches; not many Architects can do that.