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How Gehry, Hadid, Nouvel, and Ando envision their cultural venues on Saadiyat Island.
By ArchNewsNow
February 2, 2007
Architecture and art pundits are already chiming in (see below) with optimistic/pessimistic takes on the recently introduced plans for a multi-billion-dollar, 670-acre (271-hectare) cultural district in Abu Dhabi, capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

Approaching the design of the museum for Abu Dhabi made it possible to consider options for the design of a building that would not be possible in the United States or in Europe. It was clear from the beginning that this had to be a new invention, and in my discussions with Tom Krens, the director of the Guggenheim, we explored what those inventions might be. We did not have a pre-conceived plan or an idea for a building, a museum of contemporary art, in place like Abu Dhabi. The landscape, the opportunity, the requirement to build something that people all over the world would come to, and the possible resources to accomplish it, opened tracks that were not likely to be considered anywhere else. The site itself, virtually on the water or close to the water on all sides, in a desert landscape with the beautiful sea, and the light quality of the place suggested some of the direction.

 

We started with very basic plan organization. The center core galleries are laid out forming a courtyard. Those galleries, of various height and sizes, are placed one on top of another to create four floors. These will be the more classical contemporary galleries, completely air conditioned with skylights where possible and a sophisticated lighting system. The next ring of galleries surrounding the core then radiating out of the center will be larger galleries in a variety of shapes and less formally constructed. The third ring of larger galleries would be less finished and more like raw industrial space with exposed lighting and systems. These galleries would be spawning homes for a new scale of contemporary art - art that would be, perhaps, made on site and of a scale that could not be achieved in other museums around the world.

 

This idea is based on the experience that Tom has had visiting artists' studios in large industrial spaces. They have been able to create works that are way beyond the experience any of us have within the normal museum spaces. So in the end you create a cluster of galleries that allows for a tremendous amount of flexibility in organizing a great variety of shows. The different heights, shapes, and character of the galleries are something that will be studied and refined as the progress of the design continues.

 

We have been exploring with our consultants, TransSolar, a method of cooling outdoor spaces based on the very old idea of the open-top tepee that draws hot air out of the space. This led to a series of conical shaped tubes that becomes an element of focus for the surrounding galleries, creating an outdoor space. In some cases, the conical shapes are used as entry pavilions: a main entrance to the museum, a boat entry to the museum, and then as walkways out into the desert landscape. The use natural ventilation is inspired by its historical use in the region for many, many generations. Water walls in the main c

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1. Google

Every year for Google has been a breakout year for the eight-
year-old company, but 2006 was a blockbuster. Besides adding
user-generated video phenom YouTube to its roster for $1.65
billion in stock, Google remained a favorite of Wall Street,
with stock catapulting over $500 per share. That spike was
more than enough to cover the cost of purchasing YouTube.

And then they moved in with NASA.

2. YouTube
If Google was a winner just for acquiring YouTube, then YouTube
founders Chad Hurley and Steven Chen, who created a site and
flipped it for major moolah in just a year and a half, without
even demonstrating how the site could turn a profit, are the
biggest table scrap winners of the year. They still run their
company and still got those stock certificates.

3. Broadband

Dialup Internet access has become akin to having outdoor
plumbing. In the US, broadband access hit nearly 80 percent
of the population. Because people no longer had to begin
downloading a large file and then go to dinner while it
finished, they spent more time actually enjoying video and
audio content on the Web.

4. Lawyers

Happy days are here again for the corporate attorney. As Internet
companies become Web giants, the window for lawsuit, valid or not,
frivolous or not, gets a lot bigger. Google settles with
advertisers angry over click fraud for $90 million - that's $60
million in advertising credit for the advertiser and $30 million
cash for the attorneys who won that case. Yahoo's lawyers are so
good, all they had to say was 'sorry about that' and write a
check for $5 million to the complainant's attorneys.
5. Social Media

For the end user it's been all about friends' lists, blogs,
wikis, amateur videos, vlogging, podcasting, and instant
messaging. From the consumer end, it's been a communication
bonanza and the official creation of the citizen media. Ideally,
the elite and powerful only provide the means by which the people
communicate, not control the communication itself, and the people
are eating up. And for the professional media, if we hear the
words "MySpace" or "YouTube" one more time...

6. Podcasting

The word "podcast" may have been Oxford's word of the year in
2005, but nobody really knew anything about it until 2006.
Now organizations of all types - newspapers, corporations,
educational institutions, radio stations, kids - have started
their own virtual radio stations. Though Apple made threats to
those audacious enough to use the term "podcast," a trademark
infringement Apple said, all it took was a tongue-in-cheek
one-dollar check to Apple head Steve Jobs to get official
approval to podcast at will.

7. The Man

In all his incarnations, in government, media, or corporate America,
The Man came out far ahead of the rest, even if he were scratched
and bruised on the way. The G-Man, and his DOJ minions, strong-
armed all the major search engines for their search data and got
it, even from Google. Phones were tapped, records were seized,
and online gambling, except that which is preferred by The Man,
was banned. In China, The Man again forced Google to alter its
search results to match the imposed cultural hegemony

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