Building the Gherkin ... great Everyone now call it the "Gherkin", "cucumber" and is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe, one of the most impressive and also most criticized the last ten years: the building at 30 St. Mary Axe, Swiss Re headquarters in London, is the protagonist of the video shown Thursday, June 17th Order of Architects Varese for the series of events dedicated to "Cinema & Architecture."
"Building the Gherkin", the title of the film, makes the perfect subject covered in the video, which is the long process of construction of the impressive work of Norman Foster, from its conception to its completion, with all the problems and vicissitudes that have accompanied its construction.
The film highlights the first to launch fierce criticism 
draft Foster, criticism of the shape of the building, too allusive and unorthodox but also the very idea of \u200b\u200ba palace built too close to a bomb on the building site of the former Baltic Exchange, severely damaged by an attack your IRA in 1992.
to these arguments, adding that the decision to start work just one month after the attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
addition to the many questions that have marked the start of work,
in the documentary are also highlighted important issues, sometimes overlooked by those unfamiliar with closely step involving the construction of a building of this scale: a of these is the relationship between architects and clients-in this case, the Swiss Re-judged, in the film as a sort of "devil's advocate", who constantly challenge the look and shape of the project with its functionality.
then stand out in the video, the problems that accompany the evolution of construction, the stress load of project managers, the skill of the workers and those who worked tirelessly for months on site, and, finally, the enormous satisfaction el ' emotion of architects, engineers, contractors made to see a true architectural wonder.
The creator of the impressive skyscrapers, Norman Foster, one of the greatest architects of
contemporary is, in fact, able to work on the "compression of space and its expansion in the vertical," as explained in the introduction of the film, the architect George Goff.
Thanks to a special system of air recirculation, the building consumes half of what is consumed in a building the same size.
As stated in the same film Foster, the great Gherkin plays a fundamental role in the history of contemporary architecture, "he has taken part in the process of regeneration of the city of London," despite all the criticism, despite everything.
draft Foster, criticism of the shape of the building, too allusive and unorthodox but also the very idea of \u200b\u200ba palace built too close to a bomb on the building site of the former Baltic Exchange, severely damaged by an attack your IRA in 1992. to these arguments, adding that the decision to start work just one month after the attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
addition to the many questions that have marked the start of work,
in the documentary are also highlighted important issues, sometimes overlooked by those unfamiliar with closely step involving the construction of a building of this scale: a of these is the relationship between architects and clients-in this case, the Swiss Re-judged, in the film as a sort of "devil's advocate", who constantly challenge the look and shape of the project with its functionality. then stand out in the video, the problems that accompany the evolution of construction, the stress load of project managers, the skill of the workers and those who worked tirelessly for months on site, and, finally, the enormous satisfaction el ' emotion of architects, engineers, contractors made to see a true architectural wonder.
The creator of the impressive skyscrapers, Norman Foster, one of the greatest architects of
contemporary is, in fact, able to work on the "compression of space and its expansion in the vertical," as explained in the introduction of the film, the architect George Goff. Thanks to a special system of air recirculation, the building consumes half of what is consumed in a building the same size.
As stated in the same film Foster, the great Gherkin plays a fundamental role in the history of contemporary architecture, "he has taken part in the process of regeneration of the city of London," despite all the criticism, despite everything.
to see the full version of the video, go to the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ordinevarese #
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