MA2 Proposes a New Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fluxion Synergies on the Waterfront
In the current proposal for a Contemporary
Museum of Art in Buenos Aires, the inception is based on synergetic plays of
volumes and interlink-interlacing manifolds of tectonic forms and panels that
create a dynamic fluxion of mass, surfaces and lines. The articulations
involved relay on formal masses in an arrangement or in a cohesive group that
perform more than the sum of its parts. The museum is multi-layered and
composed of radiant volumes and pieces which converge in a poly-operational,
structural, and sensuous array of tectonics. The effect of multi-generative
forms grouped and working together as a performative whole is a diverse set of
fluid and crystallized components strategically placed for an outcome of a
dynamic structure, which valiancy plays a role in the visual and experiential
impact of the viewer.
A museum is produced in which tectonics and
space is operating in a field of "Fluxion Synergies". These fields of
cooperative interactions of fluid forms and synergized lines which also produce
a series of desired patterns like that of the classical line work of the
"Guilloche", or creating "The Guilloche Effect". By
approaching the design of the museum with a generative and vector approach to
space, volume, and form, the result is a building with intensity that affect
the visual senses in an interesting and dynamic experience.
The external cladding is an array of curved
and crystallized formal geometries by which they perform with an organizational
behavior pattern of trajectories and intersecting surfaces. The geometries
created are resulted from guilloche patterns that have been derived from
parametric Cartesian equations. By utilizing basic parametric equations for
comprehensive surface decor and structure, it has allowed for a series of
patterns which can be transformed into an effective tool for varied
panelization and lattice structures. Trigonometric equations that are best
suitable for folding and curved forms are the "Hypotrochoid" formulas
for they describe a family of curves to which the museum utilizes throughout
its spaces. In addition to further investigate parametric formulas similar to
the hypotrochoid; epitrochoid and hypocycloid are useful in this series of guilloche
rosette formation.
In searching for the proper materials that
best showcase the sleek surfaces and external cladding, varied sizes of
polished and honed Glass Stone or White Neoparies, in balance with black
hairline stainless steel for areas regarding framing and entry are used to give
the desired effect. This gives the museum a dimension of weight, elegance, and
purity in an exterior that is multifaceted and multidimensional. The interior
spaces are an extension of the patterned exterior in areas of excessive height
and openness. The Museum has five levels of exhibition space; in addition the
entry and exit are separated by the outdoor plaza to create a flow spaces that
circulate up and around to experience the entire museum.
Site Selection:
The New Contemporary Art Museum will be
located in the Puerto Madero district, also known within the urban planning
community as the Puerto Madero Waterfront. It occupies a significant portion of
the Río de 
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