Erich Mendelsohn's Sketch
"Draughtsmanship is no substitute for spatial reality", said Mendelsohn. "We must combine sculptural form with the spatial (and spiritual) and this is the third road to the future of architecture."
The Einstein Tower is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam,Germany designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn. It was built for astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich to support experiments and observations to validate Albert Einstein's relativity theory. The building was first conceived around 1917, built from 1920 to 1921 after a fund-raising drive, and became operational in 1924. It is still a working solar observatory today as part of the Astrophysical Institute of Potsdam. Light from the telescope is brought down through the shaft to the basement where the instruments and laboratory are located.
posted by gonewild.. at 15:13
10 Comments:
Ehy, very interesting blog.
I hope to see more sketches.
thanks for sharing
Fab
Very cool tower -- thanks for sharing. Although, as far as towers go it seems a bit short.
me too. hope to see more sketches.
thanks. Still remember this sketch+building back in student life during history of architecture subject.
cheers
FADZ
http://jalakmas.blogspot.com/
It' a very interesting blog...
what did you think about my project?
http://architetturaeffimera.blogspot.com/2007/06/riconversione-del-carcere-di-brescia.html
Hey Nate, i didn't know you had a blog. its pretty cool. hey give me a call sometime.
have agood day.
nice sketches
hope to see more
heres my blog by the way
http://archisyphone.blogspot.com/
Hi i'm non of your friends anyway I hope to see more sketches. I need them =]
hi
nice site..............here is my blog about Islamic Architecture in Egypt
http://islamicture.blogspot.com/
Very original construction!
nice sketch
jasmine celion
cool-hotstuff.blogspot.com
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