AGO: GottaGO

Also, for all those that checked out the brand-spanking new AGO this weekend... how much more do we love our very own Toronto-native, Mr. Frank O. Gehry?

Sinuous ramps and staircases? Beauty. Wooden beams and floors?? Beauty. Galleria Italia??? Beauty from the inside of a humongous cavernous ship/whale/fish - pure beauty!

Though the blue cladding on the South facade is still a little confusing for this Inter-Shifter, I raise my hands to the sky and thank goodness for a piece of starchitecture in the city that is contextually respectful and yet still experimental and experientially surprising. Hats off to you, Mr. Gehry.

Although the spectacular free opening weekend is over, you can still visit the museum for free on Wednesday nights 6:00-8:30 pm. It's definitely worth seeing for both the architecture and the lovely and extensive Canadian collections.

And here's a review from the New York Times.

--Yi

origami structures

For all those Inter-Shifters that remember ARC213 in the 2006-2007 semester, this should bring back a wave of nostalgia for our first ever design project.

And at the time, to think that we were all incredulous about how paper folding could be remotely architectural... just check out the beautiful temporary chapel that Swiss firm Localarchitecture has created in the small town of Pompaples, Switzerland. Chapelle de St-Loup is designed as a provisional solution for the two-year restoration period of the community church.

Here is just a preview of this modest but beautiful chapel. More pictures here and here.




-- Yi