Jonno Chong ARCH1390: September 2008

One of Utzon's ideas around the Silkeborg Museum shows concern with creating an aura upon entrance, he is involved with creating a sense of wanting to enter the space and suddenly become fascinated with the three storey space below. Utzon is interesting in regards that he is interested more with emotion than perhaps just style. He is interested with the effect of curved shapes on the occupants, ideas such as not being able to see your destination with the curved paths created and the almost near clostrophbia much like that of caves. This is probably one of the more attracting things about the project, the curiosity of whether architecture could have duplicated the same feelings or emotions.

Utzon's use of curved architecture is perhaps one of the most interesting things about his architecture, his statement “The world of the curved form can give something that cannot ever be achieved by means of rectangular architecture. The hulls of ships, caves and sculpture demonstrate this.” Something that Utzon became well renowned for was his curved architecture, yet for me what is most interesting is how his curves are formed, really planned from strict geometry influenced mathematically to become shapes that aesthetically catch attention. On that note, I find that it is amazing in which Utzon combines both curved and rectangluar architecture to form one sinuous form. His designs, as well as that for the Silkeborg gives a sense of making it look easy to combine both curved and rectangular architecture.