Finally got the time to return back I know it's been a while since my last post...
but anyways... our new project is a branch Library in JUST campus and it was one of our tasks to analyze and study the concept of JUST and such things about it - thanks to Laith's post about JUST -
What I found lately is a book from Jafar Tukan's Library about Kenzo Tange's projects. and guess what? I found a never-seen-before, extremely rare imagery about JUST concept and the original masterplan.
You have to pay me so you can have a look at them!! hehe no just kidding, I'll leave you with the images...
JUST Masterplan
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Jarash - Tange's concept of the Master plan
He was inspired by the Roman planning using the Cardo and Decumanus as the two main spines ( the social and academic)
The Academic Spine running through the administration and the central library
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The Forum as envisioned by Tange (up)
Department Court showing Islamic ornaments on walls (bottom)
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shots inside the courts
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Areial view showing Islamic landscape and ornaments
Tange's concept was to create Islamic presence by using the square pattern and using large hexagonal elements when wings intersect in addition to the Islamic landscape and the ornaments, all of these set within the Roman urban planning.
The colonnaded street.
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The Hospital.
The Medical Buildings.
*tearing* What the hell happened to this masterpiece??!
this building here is the intersection point of the two spines where the administration, the central library and the computer center will be or WOULD'VE been located.
Earlier this month, Arch. Jasser told us the story behind destroying the masterplan and according to him it was due to financial problems that the masterplan wasn't fully constructed but ruining the masterplan was due to an upperhand interfering in the architectural designs by relocating the stadium to where it is now.
Rasim Badran tried to make it up for us by his new library but I guess that it will not replace Kenzo's original masterpiece, first because of its location and second because it doesn't follow up the concept that Kenzo proposed.
I say if Kenzo Tange to be alive now I guess he would have committed suicide for what happened to his masterplan!
I'll be back with more someday soon....
peace..!
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Laith I guess that those images are not renderings but an actual model been photographed except for the black and white images! what do you think?? look closer!!
ReplyDeleteahaa I saw that model and wondered where the hell is it in the uni?!! really irony!
BTW what parking lot you're talking about?
aah one more thing about the colonnaded street it could be possible to exist! Arch.Jasser told us that there's a plan to make the other half of the uni near the Medical buildings as proposed it will be the faculty of economics and stuff like that.... so if it's true then the colonnaded street will exist! hopefully they'll do it but sadlly we will not gonna be there to see it
ReplyDeleteWOW! just wow... I fell in love with the first sketch of the the spine running through the library and the administration, its a master piece... the library being built at the moment is a total failure.
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