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City of Culture of Galicia

One of my favorite works of Architecture in modern time is the City of Culture of Galicia:

"As construction continues on the six-building City of Culture of Galicia, the first completed building, the Galician National Archive, opened to employees this spring. The Archive is the southernmost building in the complex and, at 86,000 square feet, one of the smallest. Its undulating form – and that of all of the buildings – evolved from the layering of three sets of information on the hilltop site. First, the plan of the medieval center of Santiago de Compostela, a historic, religious pilgrimage city, was placed on the site. Second, a Cartesian grid representative of the modern city was laid over the medieval routes. Third, the topography of the hilltop was allowed to distort the flat geometries, thus producing a topological surface that posed old and new in a simultaneous matrix of figure and ground."

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Credits:

Architects
Eisenman Architects

Senior Partner & Principal Designer: Peter Eisenman
Partner-in-Charge: Richard Rosson
Project Director: Sandra Hemingway

Design Team – Competition: Elena Fernandez, Sebastian Mittendorfer, Selim Vural

Design Team – Schematic Design: Hernan Diaz Alonso, Matteo Cainer, Andri Gerber, Chien Ho Hsu, Bradley Khouri, Jorg Kiesow, Ceu Martinez, Paul Preissner, Jeremy Ricketts, Andy Saunders, Onur Teke, Chia Fang Wu

Design Team – Design Development: Jennifer Mujat-Kearns, Ashraf Sami Abdala, Jeremy Carvalho, Stephanie Choi, Christiane Fashek, Erkan Emre, Eric Goldemberg, Zheng Ji, Orit Kaufman, Lucia Martinez, Matias Musacchio, Mikako Oshima, Rafael Ivan Pazos, Anna Pla, Maria Sieira, Theo Spyropoulos, Yakob Sutanto, Federica Vannucchi, Raquel Vasallo, Khalid Watson

Execution Architects & Engineers of Record: UTE Andres Perea Ortega & Euroestudios, Madrid

HUNGRY!

Software: Revit or AutoCAD?

There are many architecture programs for the computer out there in the web marketplace. What is the overall best one for it's value? Well, to tell you the truth, I've had experience with AutoCAD and Revit Architecture. Out of those two programs, Revit is the simplest to use. AutoCAD has a lot of different features but it can be confusing for a beginner with very little experience. There are, however, schools that have courses in order to get you AutoCAD certified, which is a plus for any architect and/or graphics designer.

Revit Architecture's features are very easy to use. I mean, you still need to know the basics, but it is simpler than AutoCAD. Revit has the feature of adding different camera angles to your final render. You can take pictures and render the image from different angles. You are even allowed to make a video clip of your design. I once designed a house and made a video clip of the inside, to visualize how it would look walking from room to room.

Visit the Revit Architecture website HERE and find more information about it. If you want to learn about AutoCAD click HERE. I mean, which ever one you use, they will both be a benefit to your career.

God Bless!

p.s. If you've had experience with either of the programs mentioned here or any other software, drop me a comment. How did you use it? Was it beneficial for your area of work? Would you recommend it to anyone?