LEGO 21004 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Building Instruction

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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New York City, New York
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867–1959, is recognized worldwide as one of the greatest architects of the 20th
century. His work heralded a new thinking in
architecture, using innovations in design and
engineering made possible by newly developed
technology and materials.
No other American architect’s work endures, or
remains as endearing, as that of Frank Lloyd Wright.
His was a unique style rooted in nature, that he
called “organic architecture”, emphasizing the
harmonious relationship between a building and its
landscape. It changed how we came to view our
buildings, towns, and the land around us.
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Photo: OBMA. ® F.L. Wright Fdn.
Frank Lloyd Wright
© F.L. Wright Fdn.
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History of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
“The commission for the museum building first came
to Wright in 1943 from Hilla Rebay. The Baroness von
Rebay was the curator of the ‘non-objective’ painting
collection she had encouraged Solomon R.
Guggenheim to purchase. Solomon R. Guggenheim
desired an architectural environment in which to
present these new works that would be as revolutionary
as the paintings in his collection themselves.[3]”
“Guggenheim was always supportive of Wright, but his
death in 1949, just six years after the project was
begun, dealt a severe blow to the plans. It took thirteen
years of patient struggle on the part of Wright to finally
see his building start in construction, and even through
the construction stages – from 1956 to his death in
1959, six months before the museum opened – the
struggle waged on. During the sixteen years that this
commission dragged on, it was to prove to be the
most difficult and the most time-consuming of all
Wright’s work.[4]”
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“The building that stands in New York today is very
different from those early studies of 1944. The general
concept of the building – one continuous ramp –
remains, but with the acquisition of more parcels of
property on the site and with the change of the program
of the museum itself, different architectural solutions
were required along the way. Seven complete sets of
working drawings were prepared and finally, on August
16, 1955, ground was broken and construction began.[5]”
“When the corner at 88th Street was acquired in 1951,
the spiral ramp was shifted back to the south. After this
last shift was made, Wright, in response to the changing
administrative requirements of the museum, suggested
the construction of a tall building behind the museum
for a historical gallery, staff offices, workrooms, and
storage. Rising behind the museum would be an
eleven-story structure. It was this 1951 design by Wright
that served as precedent for the 1992 addition of a
“backdrop” building behind the museum.[6]”
Facts from the Project
“The whole building, cast in concrete, is more like an
egg shell – in form a great simplicity rather than like a
crisscross structure. The light concrete flesh is
rendered strong enough everywhere to do its work by
embedded filaments of steel – either separate or in
mesh. The structural calculations are thus those of the
cantilever and continuity, rather than the post and
beam. The net result of such construction is a greater
repose, the atmosphere of the quiet unbroken wave:
no meeting of the eye with abrupt changes of form.[2]”
Architect: ................................................................. Frank Lloyd Wright
Classification: ...................................................................... Art Museum
Year: .................................................................................................... 1943-1959
Construction Type: ..............Reinforced Poured Concrete
Height: ......................................................................................................92 feet
Square Feet: .............51,000 square feet of gallery space
Construction of the main rotunda, ca. 1958. Photograph by William H. Short
© The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
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The Architect’s Thoughts about the Building
”A museum should be one extended well-proportioned
floor space from bottom to top – going around and up
and down, throughout. The eye encounters no abrupt
change but is gently led as if at the edge of the shore
watching an unbreaking wave. No stops anywhere and
such screened divisions of the space gloriously lit
within from above as would deal appropriately with
every group of paintings or individual painting as you
want them classified.[1]”
Interior view of the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York. Photograph by Robert
E. Mates © The Solomon R. Guggenheim
Foundation, New York.
© F.L. Wright Fdn.
© Louis Reens
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A Word from the Artist
As an Architectural Artist, my desire is to capture the
essence of a particular landmark into its pure sculptural
form, especially at this small scale. I first and foremost
do not view my models as literal replicas, but rather my
own artistic interpretations, harnessing the essence of
these landmarks through the use of LEGO® bricks as a
medium. The LEGO brick is not initially thought of as a
material typically used in creating art or used as an artist’s
medium. I quickly discovered the LEGO brick was lending
itself as naturally to my applications as paint to a painter or
metal to a blacksmith. As I explore how to capture these
buildings with the basic shapes of the bricks, I find the
possibilities and challenges they offer almost magical.
This model embraces three creative techniques. The
first of these is using the natural joints between a series
of bricks as a subtle way of indicating geometric details.
The second is the playful ways the curved bricks interact
with each other really capture the forms essence that
gives this museum its distinctive architectural style.
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Last, the iconic upside down truncated spiral gallery
was recreated by clever use of illusion. Here I employed
a visual technique making the “cone” seem top heavy
by using three disks, then two and then finally one.
Since the discs share the same size diameter, making
them seem heavy aloft was the necessary trick to fool
your eyes into creating the tapering effect through your
subconscious imagination. This effect is very subtle, but
nonetheless there and effective.
– Adam Reed Tucker
LEGO Architecture: Bringing two worlds together
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The LEGO® Group and Adam Reed Tucker are excited to
bring you LEGO Architecture, a new line of LEGO building
sets that celebrates world-renowned architects, who
continue to inspire the builders of tomorrow. Whether
young and eager to learn or simply young at heart
and intrigued by these modern day marvels, we hope
the Architecture series inspires builders of all ages by
celebrating the past, present and future of architecture
through the LEGO brick. Through incredible products
and exciting events, the Architecture series promotes
awareness of the fascinating worlds of architecture,
engineering and construction.
The launch of the LEGO Architecture series begins
with a celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of
the most famous buildings in the world, the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
We hope to inspire future architects around the world with
the LEGO brick as a medium. Enjoy this experience!
Visit www.LEGO.com/architecture or
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References
Page 3:
[1] Frank Lloyd Wright in “letter to Countess von Rebay, Guggenheim’s
collection curator”, 1944
[2] Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer in “Frank Lloyd Wright Masterworks”, pg. 2
Pages 4-5:
[3] Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer in “Frank Lloyd Wright Masterworks”, pg. 207
[4] Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer in “Frank Lloyd Wright Masterworks”, pg. 209
[5] Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer in “Frank Lloyd Wright Masterworks”, pg. 209
[6] Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer in “The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum”, pg. 29
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