Who is Raymond Hood - Rem Koolhaas (3/4)
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Space & Architecture
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This is part 3 of our series on Rem Koolhaas book " Delirious New York"
In this section, the author presents to the readers the infamous architect, Raymond Hood, a brief history on some of his projects and the real intentions of his work
Hood published a series of theoretical studies to embrace the congestion problem of Manhattan and to solve it with the introduction of more traffic and congestion.
Raymond plan is an urban transformation within the constraints of it existing Grid.
During his career Hood designed many towers such as the Macgraw hill, the daily news building, the radiator tower and was a leading force behind the Rockefeller center.
His intention was to build the city of towers. A collection of massive structures that can hold entire communities vertically.
His studies were published under a project named Manhattan 1920 where he also presented some sketches for a design of a bridge that is at the same a skyscraper
To know more please watch the video and we Look forward for your feedback in the comments section below
Thank you
the 2nd and 4th video in the series:
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Chapters :
0:00 Solving the Congestion Problem
0:34 Manhattan 1950
1:28 The Architect
2:34 The City Under A Single Roof
3:46 Conclusion
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Delirious New York : https://amzn.to/3f3WejP
This is part 3 of our series on Rem Koolhaas book " Delirious New York"
In this section, the author presents to the readers the infamous architect, Raymond Hood, a brief history on some of his projects and the real intentions of his work
Hood published a series of theoretical studies to embrace the congestion problem of Manhattan and to solve it with the introduction of more traffic and congestion.
Raymond plan is an urban transformation within the constraints of it existing Grid.
During his career Hood designed many towers such as the Macgraw hill, the daily news building, the radiator tower and was a leading force behind the Rockefeller center.
His intention was to build the city of towers. A collection of massive structures that can hold entire communities vertically.
His studies were published under a project named Manhattan 1920 where he also presented some sketches for a design of a bridge that is at the same a skyscraper
To know more please watch the video and we Look forward for your feedback in the comments section below
Thank you
the 2nd and 4th video in the series:
https://youtu.be/tVFCm_HAbhI
https://youtu.be/GXSr08Z-SgE
playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzVrEXAuR8jguzKz_H_QBfrVYuPKUYb-0
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Chapters :
0:00 Solving the Congestion Problem
0:34 Manhattan 1950
1:28 The Architect
2:34 The City Under A Single Roof
3:46 Conclusion
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture:
https://amzn.to/3T4jLFV
Gaudí. The Complete Works:
https://amzn.to/3MvYRNo
Architecture: A Visual History:
https://amzn.to/3yGi1uk
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