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    Blobitecture is an architectural movement that features organic, bulging building forms. The term was coined in 1995 by architect Greg Lynn to describe experiments using binary large objects (BLOBs) in digital design. Notable examples of blobitecture include Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, with its curved glass and titanium facade, and Norman Foster's Sage Gateshead building in the UK, which has an amoeba-like shape inspired by the surrounding landscape.

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    Blobitecture is an architectural movement that features organic, bulging building forms. The term was coined in 1995 by architect Greg Lynn to describe experiments using binary large objects (BLOBs) in digital design. Notable examples of blobitecture include Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, with its curved glass and titanium facade, and Norman Foster's Sage Gateshead building in the UK, which has an amoeba-like shape inspired by the surrounding landscape.

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    History of Architecture 2

    Ar. Diane A. Jose


    BLOBITECTURE
    Blobitecture from blob architecture, blobism or
    blobismus are terms for a current movement in
    architecture in which buildings have an organic, amoeba-
    shaped, bulging form.
    BLOBITECTURE
    The word Blobitecture first
    appeared in print in 2002, in
    William Safire's "On Language"
    column in the New York Times
    Magazine in an article entitled
    Defenestration.
    Though intended in the article to
    have a derogatory meaning, the
    word stuck and is often used to
    describe buildings with curved
    and rounded shapes
    shapes..
    Origins of the term "blob architecture“
    The term 'blob architecture' was coined by architect GREG LYNN in 1995 in
    his experiments in digital design with binary large objects or BLOBs
    BLOBs..

    Soon a range of architects and furniture designers began to experiment with


    BLOB software to create new and unusual forms.
    Precedents

    One precedent is ARCHIGRAM,


    ARCHIGRAM a group of English
    architects working in the 1960s, to which Peter Cook
    belonged.

    They were interested in inflatable architecture as


    well as in the shapes that could be generated from
    plastic.
    SAMPLE BUILDINGS
    Blobitecture
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    THE SAGE GATESHEAD BUILDING, UK


    BY Norman Foster
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    THE SAGE GATESHEAD BUILDING, UK


    A centre for musical education, performance and conferences
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO,


    BILBAO, SPAIN
    By Frank Gehry
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO,


    BILBAO, Spain
    Its glass and titanium curves mirror the light from equally the sky and water.
    Moreover, its curved silhouette resembles that of a ship.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    SELFRIDGES DEPARTMENT STORE, Birmingham UK


    By Jan Kaplický, Amanda Levete
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    SELFRIDGES DEPARTMENT STORE, Birmingham UK


    Intended to evoke the female sillouette and a famous "chainmail"
    dress designed by Paco Rabanne in the 1960s.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    ALLIANZ ARENA, Munich, Germany


    Herzog & de Meuron; ArupSport
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    ALLIANZ ARENA, Munich, Germany


    Widely known for its exterior of inflated ETFE plastic panels, it is the first
    stadium in the world with a full color-changing color exterior.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    KUNSTHAUS GRAZ,
    GRAZ, GRAZER KUNSTHAUS,
    KUNSTHAUS, OR GRAZ ART
    MUSEUM, Graz, Austria
    By Peter Cook and Colin Fournier
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    KUNSTHAUS GRAZ,
    GRAZ, GRAZER KUNSTHAUS,
    KUNSTHAUS, OR GRAZ ART
    MUSEUM, Graz, Austria
    Called as the "Friendly Alien" by its creators Peter Cook and Colin
    Fournier. It has an organic shape with a skin made of iridescent blue
    acrylic panels.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    THE BLOB,
    BLOB, Netherlands
    By Massimiliano Fuksas
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    THE BLOB,
    BLOB, Netherlands
    The organically shaped glass and steel structure serves as the
    entrance to the wonderful 'The Admirant' shopping mall.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    ZLOTE TARASY,
    TARASY, Warsaw Poland
    By The Jerde Partnership
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    ZLOTE TARASY,
    TARASY, Warsaw Poland
    A commercial, office, and entertainment complex
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    CITY HALL,
    HALL, London
    By Norman Foster
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    CITY HALL,
    HALL, London
    The headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which
    comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    AQUA TOWER,
    TOWER, Chicago, USA
    By Jeanne Gang
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    AQUA TOWER,
    TOWER, Chicago, USA
    An 82-storey mixed-use residential skyscraper. The tallest in the world
    to have a woman as lead architect.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    DANCING HOUSE,
    HOUSE, Prague, Czech Republic
    By Frank Gehry, Vlado Milunić
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    DANCING HOUSE,
    HOUSE, Prague,
    Czech Republic
    Originally named the house Fred
    and Ginger (after the famous
    dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger
    Rogers – the house resembles a
    pair of dancers) but this nickname
    is now rarely used.
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    PHILOLOGICAL LIBRARY,
    LIBRARY, Berlin, Germany
    By Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
    EXAMPLES OF BLOBITECTURE

    PHILOLOGICAL LIBRARY,
    LIBRARY, Berlin, Germany
    It resembles the shape of a brain, the building was dubbed
    "The Brain of Berlin."

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