Jean Nouvel Louisiana Manifesto

Louisiana Museum
Humlebæk, Denmark

June 7 through September 18, 2005

“Each new situation requires a new architecture.”
Jean Nouvel

Conceived as a manifesto of Nouvel’s thoughts and ideas about architecture, the exhibition challenges our sensory responses in order to understand how the fundamental architectural principle of a strong dialogue with the spirit and specific character of a place forms the point of departure for all his project.

Using the Louisiana Museum as a model example Nouvel visualized the discovery and experience of the place as film sequences mixed with his own story.

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The Manifesto Room takes the form of a purely textual space where the walls carry a whole succession of the statements, with related quotes, that make up the manifesto.
On the floor are large stacks of the exhibition catalogue in the form of a free newspaper and a poster, a visual atlas of a number of striking Nouvel projects, put together and edited by French writer and architecture critic Olivier Boissière.

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In the Portrait Gallery, a curving wall shows two long, continuous sequences linking sound and photography at various scale intervals.
On one wall twenty new architectural portraits of Nouvel’s projects from around the world, by architects and photographers Jorge Mestre and Ivan Bercedo from Mizien, on the opposite wall Nouvel’s timeline runs like a long bright ribbon with inlaid sounds in a sound scenography created especially for this room by Olivier Bardin.

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In Dreams for the City the medium changes from the photographer interpreting architecture to that of the comic-strip artist.
Groups of French and Belgian comic-strip artists freely conjure up large urban scenarios dealing with Nouvel and his world.

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Ecole Súpérieure de l'Image, Angoulème, France

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"5'ième couche", Belgium

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Tanino Liberatore, France

As a counterpoint to his architectural fantasies Nouvel has marked out a number of specific vistas in the museum’s other exhibition rooms and in the landscape surrounding the museum.

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A jetty projects out into the Sound, giving us a view of the museum from the water side.

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A film in an outdoor cabinet, by Steen Møller Rasmussen, shows a conversation between Nouvel and Vilhelm Wohlert; one of Louisiana’s original architects.

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Nouvel calls this operation a kind of acupuncture, with the points functioning as observation posts from which the site-specific qualities unfold.

A room by the entrance to the museum is dedicated to a presentation of the DR Concert Hall in Copenhagen, currently under construction, a project commission Nouvel won in a 2002 competition. The main attraction in the room is a model of the Concert Hall showing the changing projections on the facade that will make up the innovative, eye-catching exterior of the building.

Other Nouvel projects under construction:

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Agbar Tower
Barcelona, Spain
1999 - Nearing Completion

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Reina Sofia Museum Extension
Madrid, Spain
1999 - Under Construction

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Quai Branly Museum
Paris, France
2000 - Under Construction

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Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis, USA
2003 - Under Construction

In a short film, by French director Pascal Convert, Jean Nouvel and French philosopher Bernard Stiegler talk about how movies have influenced Nouvel’s architecture.

The art film "Gaudir Nouvelle", by Spanish filmmaker Bigas Luna is shown in the Louisiana Cinema.

The catalogue, in the form of a free newspaper, has descriptions of about twenty of Nouvel’s works, both realized and unrealized.
Also an editorial by Louisiana Director Poul Erik Tøjner “Louisiana Manifesto” and an essay “The exhibition” by Olivier Boissière, about Nouvel as an architect.

The exhibition was created as a collaboration between Ateliers Jean Nouvel, guest curator Jean-Louis Froment. and the Louisiana Museum.

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Baduy people

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Baduy, who call themselves Kanekes, are a traditional community living in the western part of the Indonesian province of West Java. Their population of between 5,000 and 8,000 is centered in the Kendeng mountains at an elevation of 300-500 meters above sea level. Their homeland in West Java is contained in just 50 km² of hilly forest area 120 km from Jakarta, Indonesia's megalopolis of high-rises and fast cars. The Baduy are divided into two sub-groups; the Baduy Dalam (Inner Baduy), and the Baduy Luar (Outer Baduy). No foreigners were allowed to meet the Inner Baduy, though the Outer Baduy do foster some limited contacts with the outside world.

Language

The Baduy speak a dialect derived from archaic Sundanese. However, modern Sundanese and Javanese influences in their archaic dialect can be heard in their speech.

Religion and Beliefs

The religion of the Baduy is known as Agama Sunda Wiwitan, a combination of traditional beliefs and Hinduism. However, due to lack of interaction with the outside world, their religion is more related to Kejawen Animism, though they still retain many elements of their original Hindu-Buddhist religion, like the terms they use to define things and objects, and the rituals in their religious activities. A certain amount of Islamic influence has also penetrated into the religion of a few of the Baduy Luar in recent years, with some original ideas thrown in for good measure. The ultimate authority is vested in Gusti Nu Maha Suci, who according to the Baduy sent Adam into the world to lead the life of a Baduy.

The Baduy also observe many mystical taboos. They are forbidden to kill, steal, lie, commit adultery, get drunk, eat food at night, take any form of conveyance, wear flowers or perfumes, accept gold or silver, touch money, or cut their hair. Other taboos relate to defending Baduy lands against invasion: they may not grow sawah (wet rice), use fertilizers, raise cash crops, use modern tools for working ladang soil, or keep large domestic animals.

There is evidence that they were originally Hindu, and adopted this many centuries before foreign influence including Arab (Islam), European (Christianity) etc.

Social Classes

Generally speaking, the Baduy are divided into two groups: The Baduy Dalam and The Baduy Luar. The community of villages in which they live are considered mandalas, derived from the Hindu/Buddhist concept but referring in the Indonesian context to places where religion is the central aspect of life.

The population of about 400 Baduy Dalam consists of 40 families Kajeroanl who live in the three villages of Cibeo, Cikertawana, and Cikeusik in Tanah Larangan (forbidden territory) where no stranger is permitted to spend the night. They are probably the purest Baduy stock. The Dalam follow the rigid buyut taboo system very strictly,( see Religion and Beliefs for more information about their taboos ) and thus they have made very few contacts with the outside world as they are considered as "People of the sacred inner circle". The Dalam are the only one of these two major clans that have the Pu'un, the spiritual priest of the Baduy. The Pu'un are the only people that visit the most hallowed and sacred ground of the Baduy which lies on Gunung Kendeng, in a place called Arca Domas. Unlike the Luar, the Dalams are hardly influenced by Islam.

The Baduy Luar make up the remainder of the Baduy population, living in 22 villages and acting as a barrier to stop visitors from entering the Sacred Inner circle. They do follow the rigid taboo system but not as strictly as the Dalam, and they are more willing to accept modern influence into their daily lives. For example, some Luar people now proudly sport the colorful sarongs and shirts favored by their Sundanese neighbours. In the past the Baduy Luar only wore only their homespun blue-black cloth, and were forbidden to wear trousers. Other elements of civilization (toys, money, batteries) are rapidly infiltrating especially in the villages to the north, and it is no longer unusual for an outer Baduy to make a journey to Jakarta, or even to work outside as a hired hand during the rice planting and reaping seasons. Some even work in big towns and cities like Jakarta, Bogor and Bandung. Animal meat is eaten in some of the outer villages where dogs are trained for hunting, though animal husbandry is still forbidden.

History

Some people believe that the Baduy are the descendants of the aristocracy of the Sunda Kingdom of Pajajaran who lived near Batutulis in the hills around Bogor; their domestic architecture follows most closely the traditional Sundanese architecture. Pakuwan known also as Sunda Kelapa, the capital of Pajajaran, was destroyed by invading Falethan Muslims in 1579. However, the Baduy today are increasingly losing touch with their Hindu culture and increasingly getting closer to nature both in their own religion and their life, as they use no electricity, fertilizer or irrigation techniques in their farming. Another theory suggests that they originate in northern Banten; pockets of people in the northern hills still speak the archaic dialect of Sunda that the Baduy use.

Education

Even today, despite the ways that Suharto tried to force them to change their lives and build modern schools in their territory, the Baduy opposed the government. As a result, very few Baduy are able to read or write. Jesuit priest Wayne P. Penaflorida is a leading proponent for education of all Baduy.

Traditional visual arts

Painting

Kenyah mural painting in Long Nawang, East Kalimantan.

Indonesia is not generally known for paintings, aside from the intricate and expressive Balinese paintings, which often express natural scenes and themes from the traditional dances.

Other exceptions include indigenous Kenyah paint designs based on, as commonly found among Austronesian cultures, endemic natural motifs such as ferns, trees, dogs, hornbills and human figures. These are still to be found decorating the walls of Kenyah Dayak longhouses in East Kalimantan's Apo Kayan region.

Calligraphy, mostly based on the Qur'an, is often used as decoration as Islam forbids naturalistic depictions. Some foreign painters have also settled in Indonesia. Modern Indonesian painters use a wide variety of styles and themes.

Sculpture

Relief sculpture from Borobodur temple.

Carved wooden Torajan art.

Indonesia has a long-he Bronze and Iron Ages, but the art-form particularly flourished in the eighth to tenth centuries, both as stand-alone works of art, and also incorporated into temples.

Most notable are the hundreds of meters of relief sculpture at the temple of Borobodur in central Java. Approximately two miles of exquisite relief sculpture tell the story of the life of Buddha and illustrate his teachings. The temple was originally home to 504 statues of the seated Buddha. This site, as with others in central Java, show a clear Indian influence.

Architecture

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For centuries, the most dominant influences on Indonesian architecture were Indian, although European influences have been particularly strong since the nineteenth century and modern architecture in Indonesia is international in scope.

As in much of South East Asia, traditional buildings in Indonesia are built on stilts, with the significant exceptions of Java and Bali. Notable stilt houses are those of the Dayak people in Borneo, the Rumah Gadang of the Minangkabau people in western Sumatra, the Batak people in northern Sumatra, and the Tongkonan of the Toraja people in Sulawesi. Oversized saddle roofs with large eaves, such as the homes of the Batak and the tongkonan of Toraja, are often bigger than the house they shelter. The fronts of Torajan houses are frequently decorated with buffalo horns, stacked one above another, as an indication of status. The outside walls also frequently feature decorative reliefs.

Minangkabau Rumah Gadang

The eighth-century Borobodur temple near Yogyakarta is the largest Buddhist temple in the world, and is notable for incorporating about 160 relief panels into its structure, telling the story of the life of the Buddha. As the visitor ascends through the eight levels of the temple, the story unfolds, the final three levels simply containing stupas and statues of the Buddha. The building is said to incorporate a map of the Buddhist cosmos and is a masterful fusion of the didactic, the monumental and the serene.

The nearby ninth-century temple complex at Prambanan contains some of the best preserved examples of Hindu temple architecture in Java. The temple complex comprises eight main shrines, surrounded by 250 smaller shrines. The Indian influence on the site is clear, not only in the style of the monument, but also in the reliefs featuring scenes from the Ramayana which adorn the outer walls of the main temples, and in the votive statuary found within.

Crafts

Batik fabric, Yogyakarta

Several Indonesian islands are famous for their batik, ikat and songket cloth. Once on the brink of disappearing, batik and later ikat found a new lease of life when former President Suharto promoted wearing batik shirts on official occasions. In addition to the traditional patterns with their special meanings, used for particular occasions, batik designs have become creative and diverse over the last few years.

design Hotel East Hotel Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

The spirit of the old foundry lives on in this chic design hotel in the red-light district of Hamburg.

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The East Hotel is located in the red-light district of Hamburg in a converted old iron foundry.
The combination of the dramatic brick building, that had been decaying for 30 years, and a deep appreciation for the Eastern recognition of a spiritual essence in nature, inspired Jordan Mozer’s surreal mixture of East and West, old and new.

"We were careful not to use icons of Asia, but instead to try to evoke the feeling of a Westerner traveling for the first time in Asia.
Jordan Mozer

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The heart of the building is a soaring 35 foot tall atrium with huge columns, sculpted plaster walls, exposed original brick, and floor to ceiling velvet curtains.

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The informal Yakshi’s Bar, overlooking the atrium, and Number Ten Lounge are located on the ground floor.

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The Smirnoff Lounge, with its own bar and service, is on the first floor.

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A staircase leads down to the 250 seat Asian-fusion restaurant with 28 feet tall glass doors that open to the leafy courtyard, Dedon Island, an extension to the restaurant during the summer.
The atmosphere is both intimate and open with different areas in the restaurant separated by exposed original brick arches.

The furnishings, with an asian accent, and wrought iron fixtures inspired by the forms once produced in the foundry, are all designed by Mozer.

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The essence of the old structure can be experienced while seated in the candle lit cave under the vaulted brick arches.

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On the top floor you can treat yourself to a few hours of relaxation on the roof terrace, in the sauna, especially designed for the east by Jordan Mozer, or in the wellness area which has a full agenda of treatments.

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To create instantly recognizable identities each area throughout the hotel is characterized by its own scent such as Ginger, Cinnamon, Jasmine, Lotus, or a scent of tangerine close to the spa.

The hotel offers rooms, suites and lofts of various size, comfort and style. Twelve rooms are in the old building while the remaining are located in two new buildings, linked by an atrium.

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The guest rooms, also designed by Mozer, has the bed placed in the middle of the room, open plan bathrooms, custom made sink and mirrors, and original artwork.

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All 128 rooms have large beds (king size), spacious desks, wireless internet access, cable TV, telephone, minibar, safe with PC socket, shower or full bath and separate WC.

Perfect for lectures and presentations, as well as films, the 80 seat East Cinema features the latest in technology.

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The East Private Kitchen is furnished with a dinner table for 20 people, a sofa lounge with bar, a private bedroom and a professional kitchen.

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The hotel is the second collaboration between Mozer and the Hamburg-based restaurant-bar group Gastro Consulting, coming shortly after the completion of a nearby bar called Herzblut, which has also been a big hit.

The area is just a short distance to the center of Hamburg and even closer to the exciting new HafenCity development. If you feel like driving the hotel will let you use their Smart Fortwo microcar.

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East Hotel's Concierge Kathrin Beulshausen will take care of your special wishes.

Architects: Jordan Mozer & Associates

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