Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain)

Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, one of the leading designs of deconstructivist architecture identified with Frank Gehry, is considered one of the most important designs of modern architecture.  Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, one of the museums opened worldwide by the Guggenheim Foundation, attracts attention with its original architecture as well as its content.

 

 One of the most important features of Frank Gehry and his office is their ability to reflect all the possibilities of technology to their architectural designs.  Frank Gehry Architecture Office, which also has a self-owned technological research company called Gehry Technologies, has succeeded in turning designs beyond reality, using all kinds of possibilities offered by CAD platforms.  The Guggenheim Bilbao Museum is one of these designs.

 

 Curved surfaces produced using titanium, glass and limestone constitute the architectural identity of the building.  Curved titanium surfaces were designed and implemented in computer environment.  These surfaces were produced in line with mathematical calculations using a 3D design program called CATIA.

 

 These curved titanium surfaces, along with the aesthetic perception it creates, also play an important role in controlling the incoming light and air flow.  Control of the gallery areas in the museum in terms of light and ventilation was provided with this architectural manifesto.

 

 In addition to the monumental architecture of the building, Frank Gehry paid attention to the strong interaction of the museum with its surroundings and city scale.  The Guggenheim Museum, which was established on the bank of the Nervion River, has managed to establish a relationship with the public spaces created by the urban areas.  Built on a total area of ​​32,500 square meters, the museum has strengthened its relationship with the city by directing human traffic along the river's shore and attracting people to public spaces created by the building.

 

 The walls that make up the building and the floor and roof tiles inside the building are load-bearing.  Gridal system, consisting of triangles that form walls and floors, provided these elements to have a load-bearing feature.  This feature allowed the structure to carry the features of deconstructivist architecture in a more striking way.

 

 The Guggenheim Bilbao Museum has an exhibition area of ​​11,000 square meters in total, consisting of 19 galleries.  10 of these galleries have a classical orthogonal (right angle) plan scheme, 9 of them are located under the inclined titanium sections of the building.