Change of Mind: Frank Gehry

In class this week we have started working on/finishing up our Frank Gehry projects. We watched a movie about a guy named Frank Gehry who designed buildings and is a really creative thinker. He has made all kinds of cool looking buildings and has built them out of the United States as well. For example, he   designed a museum that was in Bilbao, Spain and is one of his most famous buildings he created. Gehry goes beyond squares and rectangles, he likes to have curves in his art. The best thing about his work is that it is so unique and different from other architects.

I have always had an interest in buildings and architecture. If I had the patience and creativity that is what I would be doing for the rest of my life. One of my favorite types of buildings were ones that were made from glass. I love how open it is and how you can see everything that is surrounding you. A common element I see are that the buildings look so much bigger, but they really aren't that much bigger. Anytime I'm passing by the apartments on 94 east, right before the Dempster exit, I always have to look at it. It is a little dangerous while I'm driving, but it catches my eye. They way it is not just a straight up and down building, it has a gap between a few levels. The square shape of the building juts out differently for certain floors, makes it look more like a fancy building in the city than an apartment complex.

Curvy buildings are not common very much, so when I saw the Frank Gehry video it just opened my eyes to a whole another view of architecture and design. I loved how the video showed his thought process when he was designing the buildings. For me, it was cool to get insight into a mind like he has. It also was interesting to me how he would make a hair difference in one of his models, but it somehow made it all look more complete. Just to have an eye for that kind of designing and knowing how to finish is amazing. The whole video changed my view on buildings altogether. I appreciate it even more than I did before. The work that the architects and builders put into the buildings is astounding. It showed me that designing a building so complex is more than just throwing shapes on top of each other. If I could, I would travel to Bilbao just to see that museum and all the textures and curves that Gehry thought of himself. It would be great to see other people's reactions to the museum and try to see what they see. I am open for any perspectives of designing that will change the way I view buildings. It only broadens my interests and horizons even more.