In my previous post, I mentioned how much Legotecture (architecture reminiscent of lego - could have been modeled in Lego), I’ve been seeing recently.  So I thought I’d peruse through my files and see what came up. More than a few architects have been drawing on the Lego aesthetic recently. Blocks of colour and form seem to fit together like building blocks, or as children design: there wasn’t enough of one colour, as the Berlin White Cube Gallery by Adold Krischanitz seems to have done, and replaced the last bit with a different colour!

This trend seems to have been brought about by a few things. These spaces put people into a child-like state of mind, creating and existing in a childish, dream world - a gigantic Lego-world, where taste doesn’t seem to matter as much as experience. Schools have really seemed to embrace this logic, with more than a few new designs ranging from pre-school and kindergarden through to high schools all adapting spaces to a new Legotecture logic.  Asymmetric colour with a geometric logic. Do we desire for more play? More spaces with less rules? Do we long for the days when the adults didn’t rule (and ruin) the world? Maybe we’re wanting to live out a childhood fantasy? And if not, we’re going to do our damnedest to make sure our children get to see the real thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below: Coast Office Architecture- Ulrich Herzog Elementary School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below: 36E8, La Nouvelle Cuisine by Daniele Lago 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below: Light House Cinema in Dublin by DTA Architects 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below: Family House by Pedro Gadanho - Oporto, Portugal - Fernando Guerra photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below: Les Bains des Docks by Jean Nouvel

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All images via Spaceinvading