No, you don’t have to go to Shanghai, Dubai or Hanoi. It’s right here, in ‘Namma Bengalooru’. The city has the opportunity of having a glance at the world class architecture through works of Von Gerken, Marg and Partners (gmp) being showcased in the form of models and posters at Max Mueller Bhavan from August 4 to 14 from 9 am to 6:30 pm. Grand Theatre, Chongqing, China, is a glass sculpture with arbitrary dimensions, based on a stone platform on the bank of the River Yangtse, reflecting light in water to create a dreamworld. National Conference Center, Hanoi, Vietnam is embedded in a park landscape and the waltz structure of the roof gives a unique rhythmic identity to the complex. The translucent dome at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center, China reminds one of an opening blossom.
Apart from simplicity, uniformity in variety, identity with the location, structural order; these structures demonstrate an amazing fusion of tradition and modernity.
These designs are fantastic and many of these were amazingly completed in a span of two to three years, said a professional architect
Vignesh, a marketing professional, who came at the exhibition said: “The Government officials must come to this exhibition. Maybe, they will understand why we can never reach the heights, China has.”
“Everyone in Bangalore realises that something went terribly wrong with our town planning,” said Vasu, a student of architecture. The idea of designing the whole city and making the central part as a public zone, might help the fast growing cities, he added.
Germany based gmp is redesigning Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for Commonwealth Games- 2010 at New Delhi. gmp is redesigning the existing bowl structure and constructing a new roof for the stadium.