Function (Information), Matter (Behavior), Technique (Modalities), and Organization (Regimen).
Describing these four elements, the article adds that the fundamental approach of Zaera Polo and Moussavi is onetending to transform the ground into 'an active surface, a built-up layout plan from which architectural elements emerge as improbable and fluctuating forms. 'In the Yokohama terminal, the building itself becomes a surface of differing intensities and controlling traffic flows between the city and port, the inhabitants and the ship passengers. The surface becomes' pleated' to channel traffic lanes, while also playing its structural role. The ground swells up into an envelope to assert its operational role, enabling imperceptable movement between differing statuses that are both dynamic and static.
Iranian Architecture
Yokohama International Port Terminal
Farshid Moussavi
Masters in Architecture ( MARCHII) , The Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA Dipl. Architecture Degree University College London University, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UK Bsc. Architecture, Dundee University, United Kingdom
Professional Record
1992 Established Foreign Office Architects, London.
1991- 1993 Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Holland
1988 Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy
Teaching
2002 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
2002 Visiting Critic University of California Los Angeles, USA
2001 Visiting Critic Columbia University, USA
1993- 2000 Unit Master Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK.
1999 Visiting Critic Princeton University, USA
1998 Visiting Critic Columbia University, USA
1997 Visiting Critic, Berlage Institute of Architecture, Amsterdam,
Holland
1993- 1995 Design Professor at the Hoger Architectuur Instituut Sint-Lucas, Gent, Belgium.
Alejandro Zaera Polo
Master in Architecture with Distinction (MARCH II), Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA Dipl. Architecture Degree (Hons), E.T.S. of Architecture in Madrid, Spain
Professional Record
1992 Established Foreign Office Architects, London.
1991-1992 Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Teaching
2002 - Dean of the Berlage Institute, The Netherlands
2002 Visiting Critic University of California Los Angeles, USA
2001 Visiting Critic Columbia University, USA
1993- 2000 Unit Master Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK
1999 Visiting Critic Princeton University, USA
1998 Visiting Critic Columbia University, USA
1997-present Visiting Critic, Berlage Institute of Architecture, Amsterdam, Holland 1992-1995 Associate Professor of Design at the E.T.S. of Architecture in Madrid, Spain.
The Music Box
