GIVE ME AN INSPIRATION.

At first, I didn’t know how to start because I don’t know any architects. I admire a lot of structures, but I don’t really know who made them. As I do my research, I realized that there are more structures that are much better than what I’ve seen before. I also found out who made those structures and I also spot out some of their other works.

I got in to Architect Bernard Tschumi’s online portfolio, the very moment I got a glimpse at his works; I said to myself that I too, someday will be like him. He combined the curves, the lines and the bright colors, just like what I wanted. His work that inspired me the most was the La Roche-sur-Yon Bridge(image on the right side) he made. It was so stunning, and that very moment, I wanted to find that place and see it with my very own eyes.  

 This architect inspired me to do better and to expand my knowledge about architecture. His name is Frank Owen Gehry, I found out about him through my friend. When I did my research about him, I was all like “WOW!!”. 

The first work I saw from him was his Dancing House in Prague, Czech Republic(image on the left). He was very random with his designs and I am a very random person too. I think of my designs randomly also. I never thought that such structure exists. It was also stated there that he got his ideas from a crumpled piece of paper when he created some of his greatest works; like Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.  His design that impressed me the most was the Spiral staircase in the Art Gallery of Ontario(image on the left), in Toronto that he designed. It was so unique and one of a kind. I guess he is now one of my inspirations in my designs because we both kind of have the same ideas in designing.

“It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve — the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman.” – Arch. Oscar Niemeyer

He was the first architect I found whom got my interest. It was said there that he was the one of the architects that started the curves in their designs. I saw his works and I somewhat saw what I wanted; it was spacious and exposed. I want the curves together with the straight lines. He made me realize that in architecture, nothing is impossible.