Rem Koolhaas (Photo by Neil Wilder/Corbis via Getty Images)Architect Rem Koolhaas (Photo by Robin Holland/Corbis via Getty Images)
La belleza es como un ciervo huidizo. Aparece por casualidad y no cuando lo planeamos.
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Remment o Rem Koolhaas es una figura clave del panorama de la arquitectura desde hace décadas.
05 December 2019, Berlin: The Axel Springer new building in the evening at dusk. After completion, tinted glass surfaces and 3D-look elements will characterise the facade of the light-flooded office building. The building accommodates workplaces for up to 3500 employees. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Gracias a su enfoque filosófico se acuñan términos como la ciudad genérica o arquitectura XL.
Architect Rem Koolhaas stands in front of the new inflatable canopy at the Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Chris Young – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Según su teoría, una ciudad no se puede planificar, sino que esta surge simplemente.
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Remment Lucas Koolhaas, nace en Róterdam en 1944 y es galardonado con el Pritzker por sus proyectos.
Pasa cuatro años de su niñez en Indonesia, donde su padre Anton Koolhaas, un escritor, crítico cinematográfico y director de una escuela de cine de Holanda, es invitado a dirigir una nueva institución cultural.
Aunque comienza su carrera como periodista, Koolhaas decide seguir los pasos de su abuelo Dirk Roosenburg y estudia arquitectura en la Architectural Association School de Londres donde se gradua en 1972.
Rem Koolhaas for the series Le ventre de l’architecte by photographer Catherine Cabrol. (Photo by Catherine Cabrol/Kipa/Sygma via Getty Images)
Consigue una beca para estudiar en Estados Unidos, y es la caótica vida urbana de Manhattan la que le impulsa a escribir su primer libro, Delirio de Nueva York.
Rem Koolhaas (Photo by Neil Wilder/Corbis via Getty Images)
Completa su formación con O.M. Ungers en la Cornell University de Ithaca, Nueva York. Después de haber trabajado como investigador en el IUAS de Nueva York (bajo la dirección de Peter Eisenman)
Guggenheim Museum, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, United States, Architect Frank Gehry/Rem Koolhaas, 2008, Guggenhiem Museum, Venetian Hotel View Of Installation And Glazed Roof (Photo By View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Koolhaas funda la Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) en Londres en 1975, junto con Madelon Vriesendorp, y Elia y Zoe Zenghelis, enfatizando de inmediato los aspectos programáticos de la arquitectura, en lugar de los formales o estrictamente morfológicos (Van Dijk).
Architects, including Bernard Tschumi (left), Rem Koolhaus (3rd from right) and Zaha Hadid, at the Museum of Modern Art show ‘Deconstructivist Architecture’ in June 1988, New York City. (Robin Holland/Contour by Getty Images)
1978 La fama de Rem Koolhass comienza con la publicación del ensayo Delirious New York (1978), donde trata de explicar teóricamente cómo ha podido suceder que una ciudad como Nueva York, para nada planificada, se haya convertido en la quintaesencia de lo contemporáneo.
El autor sugiere que el desarrollo arquitectónico de Manhattan es un proceso orgánico creado a través de una variedad de fuerzas culturales.
De esta manera, Nueva York y otras grandes ciudades funcionan como metáfora de la experiencia contemporánea.
1978 la empresa consigue su primera gran oportunidad cuando gana el concurso para diseñar una ampliación del Binnenhof, el edificio del parlamento holandés de La Haya en colaboración de Zaha Hadid, que le abre el camino a varios proyectos estatales.
Aunque la ampliación nunca se llevó a cabo, el diseño impulsó a Koolhaas y su equipo a la fama.
1981-1988 realiza el plan urbano para el distrito residencial IJ-Plein en Ámsterdam, con 1375 apartamentos, un centro social y una escuela.
1982 proyecto del Parc de la Villette (55 hectáreas al norte de París), demuestra su programa artístico, basado en la necesidad de combinar la inestabilidad programática con la especificidad arquitectónica, no consigue el proyecto pero el proyecto le hace famoso
1991 el complejo residencial de alta densidad Nexus Housing en Fukuoka, Japón, compuesto por 24 casas individuales, cada una de tres plantas
1987 El Lucent Danstheater de la Haya
Es uno de los primeros logros de la OMA se convierte en el hogar de la compañía de danza y teatro Nederlands Dans Theater, internacionalmente famosa.
El diseño se completa en 1987 y es un gran triunfo.
Esta formado por un vestíbulo común, un auditorio, una sala de ensayos y un bar flotante.
El edificio permanece en pie hasta el 2015
1988-1994 en el plan maestro de Euro-Lille
Reinterpreta el centro de la ciudad francesa, desde la calle central hasta las tiendas, hasta el Palacio de Congresos (Congrexpo).
1992 El Kunsthal
El prestigioso museo de arte de Róterdam, es otro de los impresionantes diseños de Koolhaas.
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, RotterdamNetherlands, Architect: Rem Koolhaas – Office For Metropolitan Architecture, 1992, Kunsthal, Oma / Rem Koolhaas, Rotterdam The Netherlands, 1992, East Elevation At Dusk Seen From Museumpark (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
El espacio está diseñado como una caja cuadrada, con suelos inclinados en espiral que llevan a los visitantes por las diferentes exposiciones.
El edificio está repleto de detalles fascinantes, como la galería principal, que parece flotar por encima de la calle. Materiales inesperados como el plástico corrugado transparente, el hormigón al descubierto y el acero galvanizado aportan un toque especial a la estética industrial del edificio.
De Rotterdam 2013
Rotterdam, The netherlands – May 22, 2014: Panorama taken from the De Monchy square at the southside of the Kop van Zuid quarter in Rotterdam. The obsolete warehouse Pakhuismeesteren is surrounded by modern buildings like, from left, tower New Orleans with part of the World Port Center in its background, the huge building De Rotterdam, KPN office Belvédère, the Maastoren and the Luxor Theater.
Los rascacielos interconectados a orillas del agua, llamados en su conjunto De Rotterdam, siguen siendo un tema de conversación sobre la arquitectura de la ciudad desde que se completó su construcción en 2013.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – April 15, 2014: «The Rotterdam» in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Designed by Rem Koolhaas and finished in 2014
Koolhaas enfoca la elaboración del diseño desde la perspectiva de que las torres serían vistas principalmente desde vehículos en movimiento.
Rotterdam, Netherlands – August 27, 2016: The Ersamus Bridge with dynamic highrise buildings, designed by Rem Koolhaas on the Wilhelminapier, the city peninsula between Rijnhaven and Nieuwe Maas (a redeveloped former industrial area with new high-rise buildings). Water taxi passing by.
El arquitecto jugó con la ilusión óptica de que los edificios se fusionan y se separan mientras la gente pasa delante de ellos.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – April 17, 2014: The building De Rotterdam rises with 44 floors high over the corners of 2 old warehouses on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. This huge building holds a hotel, offices and apartments and was designed by Rem Koolhaas of OMA Architects and was delivered in 2013.
El edificio más grande de los Países Bajos no destaca solo por su altura (150 metros), sino también por su enorme superficie de 160.000 m2.
Modern Architecture in Rotterdam
Esta imponente edificación le confiere al puerto de Róterdam un aspecto moderno.
El objetivo del arquitecto Rem Koolhaas es crear un edificio polivalente en el que poder trabajar, vivir, comprar, relajarse y salir a comer.
Por este motivo, Rem Koolhaas bautizó su obra la ciudad vertical.
1996 son numerosos los proyectos para grandes edificios, como se evidencia en el volumen S, M, L, XL donde recopila todos los proyectos de OMA, con escritos teóricos sobre las problemáticas de la planificación urbana.
1998 Maison à Bordeaux.
Fusión de funcionalidad y estética, tres casas, una encima de la otra.
Mejor diseño del año para la revista Time.
Una de las obras de Rem Koolhaas más excepcionales la idea para un cliente que se queda postrado en una silla de ruedas tras sufrir un accidente de tráfico.
Este busca un edificio que este adaptado a sus necesidades.
El resultado es una casa que aúna funcionalidad y estética y está equipada con una serie de elementos técnicos como una plataforma elevadora para llegar a todas las plantas del edificio.
En el proyecto, la parte inferior essimilar a una cueva, para la vida más íntima de la familia: la casa superior se divide en espacios para la pareja y espacios para sus hijos.
En el medio hay una estancia de vidrio casi invisible, mitad dentro y mitad fuera (…) que en realidad es una plataforma de movimiento vertical que funciona como un ascensor y permite al hombre acceder a todos los niveles (…) una pared del ascensor es una superficie continua de estantes que permite el acceso a los libros para su trabajo.
2000 se adjudica el Premio Pritzker
NEW YORK – JANUARY 14: A general view of the sales office for Rem Koolhaas’ «23 East 22nd Street» January 14, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for 23 East 22nd Street)
Es definido como un arquitecto en sintonía con el futuro (…) un profeta de una nueva arquitectura moderna, razón por la que no sorprende que el Museum of Modern Art haya dedicado ya dos exposiciones a sus obras.
BERLIN, Germany: Dutch ambassador in Berlin Nicolaos van Dam (C) shows the new embassy of the Netherlands to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (hat) 02 March 2004 in Berlin. Queen Beatrix is on a two-day-vist in Berlin for the inauguration of the new embassy, that was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
El jurado del Pritzker también considera de suma importancia el corpus de ensayos y de textos divulgativos de Koolhaas, hasta el punto de que la cita del premio dice que es famoso por sus libros, sus planes y sus exploraciones académicas tanto como por sus edificios.
An escalator designed by Architect Rem Koolhaas is seen as part of the newly renovated Saks Fifth Avenue Inc. flagship store in New York, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Saks Fifth Avenue is debuting the new main floor of its flagship this week, marking a major milestone in its $250 million renovation project as competition ramps up between New York’s department stores. Photographer: Mark Abramson/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCasa da Musica. the modern concert hall by architect Rem Koolhaas. City Porto (Oporto) at Rio Douro in the north of Portugal. The old town is listed as UNESCO world heritage. Europe. southern Europe. Portugal. April. (Photo by: Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Porto, Portugal – March 30, 2017: Casa da Musica – House of Music Theater in Porto, Portugal, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The Theater opened in April 2005.
Tras la asignación del Pritzker, OMA se adjudica muchos proyectos internacionales, entre ellos el Hermitage Guggenheim en Las Vegas (2001), la Casa de la Música en Oporto (2003); la Galería Malingue en Hong Kong (2010); el Centro de la televisión china en Pekín (2012); el Museo de la Fundación Prada de Milán (2015); el Palacio de Justicia de Lille (2017); La Torre Innovationen de Estocolmo (2019).
Rem Koolhaas (Photo by Neil Wilder/Corbis via Getty Images)Rotterdam, Netherlands – February 1, 2015: modern buildings at Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid with the head office of the Port of Rotterdam, Hotel New York and the recently finished De Rotterdam by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.05 December 2019, Berlin: The Axel Springer new building in the evening at dusk. After completion, tinted glass surfaces and 3D-look elements will characterise the facade of the light-flooded office building. The building accommodates workplaces for up to 3500 employees. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images)Part of the Auditorium on a blue sky background in summertime, Porto, Portugal, Europe, August 3rd 2012.
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: General view of Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: General view of Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)
En la antigua ubicación del café de las estaciones del Parque moscovita de Gorki, se erige hoy el futurista Garage Museum of Contemporary Art que atesora una de las colecciones de arte contemporáneo más amplias de Rusia.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)
Fusiona elementos arquitectónicos históricos con arquitectura moderna, entre ellos una puerta que se abre al estilo de una puerta de garaje.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: General view of Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: First visitors in Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 12: General view of Rem Koolhaas-designed new building of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Gorky Park on June 12, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation and was founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)
2004 Seattle Central Library.
SEATTLE – MAY 19: Rem Koolhaas (R) and Ole Scheeren of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture chat at the Central LIbrary on May 19, 2004 in Seattle, Washington. The glass and steel structure was designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture of the Netherlands and Seattle-based LMN Architects and cost $165.5 million to build. It is set to open to the public May 23. (Photo by Ron Wurzer/Getty Images)
La Seattle Central Library simula una pila de libros.
A study station at Seattle Public Library’s central branch, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture). Opened in 2004, Seattle Public Library has become a magnificent landmark in Downtown Seattle. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)
La Biblioteca pública de Seattle recuerda a una pila de libros y combina el diseño futurista con la funcionalidad de una biblioteca.
Seattle Public Library (left) designed by architect Rem Koolhaas. Reservoir of knowledge and culture.
En la concepción del diseño, el arquitecto Rem Koolhaas no se inspiró en la conservación de los libros, sino en el acceso de los lectores.
The Seattle Central Library, designed by the Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas, is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library System. It opened to the public in 2004. (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)
Fondazione Prada.
Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Fondazione Prada, Milan Design Week 2018. Whole artwork view. The gold-leaf Tower. (Photo by Andrea Del Bò/Archivio Andrea Del Bò/Mondadori via Getty Images)Fondazione Prada foundation, Largo Isarco square, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. (Photo by: Eddy Buttarelli/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Fondazione Prada foundation, Largo Isarco square, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. (Photo by: Eddy Buttarelli/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Fondazione Prada foundation, Rem Koolhaas architect, Largo Isarco square, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. (Photo by: Eddy Buttarelli/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Fondazione Prada foundation, Rem Koolhaas architect, Largo Isarco square, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. (Photo by: Eddy Buttarelli/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Fondazione Prada foundation, Rem Koolhaas architect, Largo Isarco square, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. (Photo by: Eddy Buttarelli/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Italy. Lombardia. Milan. Fondazione Prada Museum Designed By Rem Koolhaas. (Photo by: De Simone Lorenzo/AGF/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Transforma una antigua destilería de ginebra en un museo dorado brillante para la famosa marca de lujo Prada.
Fondazione Prada foundation, Rem Koolhaas architect, Largo Isarco square, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. (Photo by: Eddy Buttarelli/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Alberga, además de las salas de exposiciones, un cine, una biblioteca y un café.
Fondazione Prada foundation, Largo Isarco square, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe. (Photo by: Eddy Buttarelli/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Fondazione Prada, Milan Design Week 2018. Detail. Tables and chairs of the restaurant. (Photo by Andrea Del Bò/Archivio Andrea Del Bò/Mondadori via Getty Images)MILAN, ITALY – JULY 31: Rem Koolhaas and Irina Bokova visits Fondazione Prada on July 31, 2015 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Fondazione Prada)
Realiza además las tiendas de Prada en diferentes partes del mundo como la del Soho de NY.
UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 20: A new Prada store, designed by architect Rem Koolhaas, opened on Broadway and Prince Street in SoHo on December 16, 2001 – This much anticipated and long delayed opening revealed a space the size of an entire block, one that includes unique features such as «the wave,» a concave shape that runs the length of the store, and stadium seating in the shoe department area. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)Prada Fashion Store, New York, United States, Architect Rem Koolhaas – Office For Metropolitan Architecture, Prada Fashion Store Landscape View Of Lower Ground With Mirrored Ceiling. (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 20: A new Prada store, designed by architect Rem Koolhaas, opened on Broadway and Prince Street in SoHo on December 16, 2001 – This much anticipated and long delayed opening revealed a space the size of an entire block, one that includes unique features such as «the wave,» a concave shape that runs the length of the store, and stadium seating in the shoe department area. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 20: A new Prada store, designed by architect Rem Koolhaas, opened on Broadway and Prince Street in SoHo on December 16, 2001 – This much anticipated and long delayed opening revealed a space the size of an entire block, one that includes unique features such as «the wave,» a concave shape that runs the length of the store, and stadium seating in the shoe department area. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)Prada Fashion Store, New York, United States, Architect Rem Koolhaas – Office For Metropolitan Architecture, Prada Fashion Store Portrait View From Walkway Of Main Space. (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Aoyama,Japan, Architect Tokyo, Prada Store Tokyo Exterior View. (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
2012 El edificio de la CCTV en Pekín
City-workers clear cut tree branches in Beijing’s Central Business District (CBD), 12 December 2007, beside the new headquarters of state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). Designed by Rem Koolhaas’s Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), the CCTV Tower is one of the most striking additions to Beijing’s skyline, dotted with futuristic monuments to China’s rapid growth and new-found power and influence in the world. The complexity of the 234-metre (772-feet) tall structure locked together by an outer skeleton of 10,000 steel beams is heightened by the fact that Beijing is in an earthquake zone. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN . (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)TO GO WITH AFP STORY by CHARLES WHELAN – FILES – A man walks between the glass and concrete towers of Beijing’s new and fast-developing Central Business District (CBD), 12 December 2007, with the new headquarters of state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) seen in between. Designed by Rem Koolhaas’s Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), the CCTV Tower is one of the most striking additions to Beijing’s skyline, dotted with futuristic monuments to China’s rapid growth and new-found power and influence in the world. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)Picture taken on August 1, 2008 in Beijing, where the Summer Olympic Games 2008 will take place, shows a detail of the headquarters of the Central Chinese Television (CCTV), constructed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The 2008 Beijing Olympics will run from August 8-24. AFP PHOTO DDP/AXEL SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read AXEL SCHMIDT/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
Abre sus puertas en 2012 tras un período de planificación y construcción de diez años.
BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 21: Original building of the Chinese TV CCTV (China Central Television) by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas in the new business district (CBD) of the Chinese capital on February 21, 2018 in Beijing, China. The Chinese capital, marked by a history of more than 3 millennia, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. (Photo by Vincent Isore/IP3/Getty Images)
La sede central de la televisión pública china consta de tres torres y, gracias a su forma geométrica irregular, parece cambiar según desde donde miremos.
BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 21: Original building of the Chinese TV CCTV (China Central Television) by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas in the new business district (CBD) of the Chinese capital on February 21, 2018 in Beijing, China. The Chinese capital, marked by a history of more than 3 millennia, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. (Photo by Vincent Isore/IP3/Getty Images)
Actualmente es el segundo edificio más grande de mundo tras el Pentágono en Washington.
BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 21: Original building of the Chinese TV CCTV (China Central Television) by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas in the new business district (CBD) of the Chinese capital on February 21, 2018 in Beijing, China. The Chinese capital, marked by a history of more than 3 millennia, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. (Photo by Vincent Isore/IP3/Getty Images)
Términos como ciudad, calle, identidad y arquitectura son cosa del pasado. El pasado es demasiado pequeño como para vivir en él.
NEW YORK – JANUARY 14: A general view of the sales office for Rem Koolhaas’ «23 East 22nd Street» January 14, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for 23 East 22nd Street)
Lo malo de la arquitectura empieza cuando el arquitecto se toma en serio a sí mismo y se cree la idea que los demás tienen de él.
CHICAGO – MAY 01: Rem Koolhaas’ oval tube of concrete and steel muffles the el train as it passes over the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois on MAY 01, 2011. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
El mundo se mueve por mutaciones más que por ideas. Así es, se mueve por emociones y no por la racionalidad.
Architect Rem Koolhaas of the Netherlands adjusts the screen mesh cover of the model rendition that will be used for the major overhaul of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Blvd. Digital Image 12/05/2001 (Photo by Carlos Chavez/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Fondazione Prada, Milan Design Week 2018. Detail. An installation depicting a lifeless body set up in an exhibition room of the Fondazione Prada. (Photo by Andrea Del Bò/Archivio Andrea Del Bò/Mondadori via Getty Images)Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Fondazione Prada, Milan Design Week 2018. Whole artwork view. Installation composed with pieces of industrial archaeology. (Photo by Andrea Del Bò/Archivio Andrea Del Bò/Mondadori via Getty Images)Visitors walk in front of United Arab Emirates Pavillon » Lest we forget : Structures of Memory in the United Arab Emirates «, in Venice on June 5, 2014, during the 14th International Architecture Exhibition. The Exhibition, entitled Fundamentals, directed by Rem Koolhaas and organized by la Biennale di Venezia, mark the history of the past one hundred years and the various ways adopted in different countries, will be open to the public from June 7 through November 23, 2014, in the Giardini and the Arsenale. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)Neubau WELT N24 GmbH Axel Springer SE – Rem Koolhaas niederländischer Architekt (Photo by Lengemann/WELT/ullstein bild via Getty Images)Aoyama,Japan, Architect Tokyo, Prada Store Tokyo Basement. (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Seoul National University Museum, Seoul. 1997, Architects: OMA – Rem Koolhaas. (Photo by Arcaid/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)The Casa da Música is a concert hall in Porto, Portugal, designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, in 2001, with a capacity for more than 1,200 people. (Photo by Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Casa De Musica, Porto, Portugal, Architect Rem Koolhaas – Office For Metropolitan Architecture, Casa De Musica Interior Detail Of A Glass Box. (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion 2006, London, United Kingdom, Architect Rem Koolhaas – Office For Metropolitan Architecture, 2006, Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006 3/4 Dusk Without People. (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)A section of an escalator designed by Architect Rem Koolhaas is seen as part of the newly renovated Saks Fifth Avenue Inc. flagship store in New York, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Saks Fifth Avenue is debuting the new main floor of its flagship this week, marking a major milestone in its $250 million renovation project as competition ramps up between New York’s department stores. Photographer: Mark Abramson/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSerpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion 2006, London, United Kingdom, Architect Rem Koolhaas – Office For Metropolitan Architecture, 2006, Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006 Exterior Views. (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Architect Rem Koolhaas (Photo by Robin Holland/Corbis via Getty Images)