These days Prague is talking the result of the National Library Competition. The winner project is by Jan Kaplicky as we know Future Systems. It is kind of alien like building looking like a cartoon creature from the model. Although most people things it is like a joke and non-sense i like it. Here people(mostly from architecture field) are waiting for an explanation from the Kaplicky about the logic behind the design. Another thing around is that this could be result of the competition but it doesnt have to be realized. Commision can be given to another architect and project.
Somedays ago in Contemporary Architecture lesson we were discussing about this competition and the result. Jan Kaplicky is is the most famous Czech architect around the world. I think he is the only international famous Czech architect. He is 70 years old and doesnt have a project yet in the Czech Rebuplic. He wants to do stg for the Czech people and for his own country. Probably thats why he got the first prize/which means almost commision for this "national" library. Lecturer told us thatKaplicky's project was not matching the competition rules and supposed to be eliminated at first step. Because Kaplicky put the archive underground, instead of above ground as demanded. Another fact the lecturer told is Czech Republic wants to increase the tourism income and they think having an interesting library building will be a solution, like Bilbao Effect.
I m pretty suspicious about this solution, yes it worked out for Bilbao: a small city+ a star architect+ a haute couter building. This was in 1997, 10 years ago. Today we criticize about star architects and globalized star projects. In the last years many fantastic buildings produced by "star" architect that were interesting as a form and as production methods. About Bilboa Museum fantastic thing was how it was possible to build such a building/the usage of computer programs in realizing architecture.
This is not a formul that will be a solution for similiar problems. Bilboa was a unique example for that period of the world, architecture and for that spot.
Here another link about project, and comments on it
http://www.archiweb.cz/news.php?action=show&type=1&id=3030&
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