Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki Competition top 5 picks narrowed down from 1715 entries by our intern Nadia Asali
1. This project is playful when it comes to dealing with the connection of the inside and outside spaces. The concept is to reinterpret different characteristics of the city in terms of its port, park and roofs. There is a multitude of diverse layered materials of glass and steel structure on the outside, and wood on the inside, in order to create a unique atmosphere within the interior spaces.
2. This approach here is to create clean geometry. The designer’s intention was to create a form that doesn’t dominate the city scape. The vision was that the museum must integrate within its context. The interesting part of this design is how remarkably diverse the experience of the two spaces appear through the images. The close up gives the sense of sharpness and edginess, while in contrast, the other image looking at the building from distance, gives a much more subdued experience.
3.Eye catching with a unique integrating of forms. The design isn’t necessarily suitable to the surrounding cityscape, however, it is a good approach for creating a landmark. Hopefully, if chosen the building can live up to the potential in the rendering!
4. The fascinating aspect of this project is how playful the spaces themselves are and how they can be used by the public . It is obvious that the designer wanted the public to play a crucial roll in its interaction with the building as a dynamic space that is fun to move around and interesting to use .
5. This project mainly focuses on providing a spacious entrance that welcomes the public, and creates opportunities for interaction between visitors to occur. The simple form has an extraterrestrial feeling, as if it is a hovering rectangle above the ground floor level space.
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