The best modern architecture has a playful quality, and often seems to have a life of its own. But what if these buildings really could move around, or dissassemble and reassemble? Or turn into Tetris blocks? A wild series of animated GIFs makes this happen.
We’ve seen buildings that rotate and have optical illusions on their facades. But now, Architecture Animée, a series from Axel de Stampa, shows us what happens when contemporary buildings literally come alive.
https://gizmodo.com/giant-optical-illusions-that-transform-buildings-and-ci-514028519
Mirador Building, Madrid, Spain, designed by the Dutch studio MVRDV and Blanca Lleó, 2005
VitraHaus, Weil am Rhein, Germany, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, 2007-2010
New Museum, New York City, designed by the Tokyo-based Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA and the New York-based Gensler, 2007
Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago, Chile, designed by Estudio America, 2009
Theatre Agora, Lelystad, The Netherlands, designed by UNStudio with B + M, 2005-2007
Emerson College Hollywood Center, Los Angeles, California, designed by Thom Mayne from Morphosis Architects, 2014
America’s Cup Building, Valencia, Spain, designed by David Chipperfield, 2006
Zollverein School of Management and Design, Essen, Germany, designed by SANAA, 2006
Absolute Towers, Mississauga, Ontario, designed by MAD Architects, 2012
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The GIFs are from 1Week1Project, except when noted otherwise.
