Rem Koolhaas is a renowned Dutch architect known for founding OMA and pioneering influential concepts. Some key points: - Founded OMA in 1975 which pioneered new synergies between architecture and culture. - Visionary who creates innovative forms through interrogating programs and embracing contradictions between architecture and urban design. - Prolific published works include Delirious New York which preceded his built works. - Notable projects include Kunsthal, Netherlands Embassy in Berlin, and Seattle Central Library. - Awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2000 for philosophizing both in theory and through pragmatic built works.

1. ANALYSING IDEAS
WORKS & WRITINGS
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ARCHITECTS
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11. Born 17 November, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Former journalist and screenwriter
who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School
of Architecture in London.
Trained at Cornell university under Oswald mathias Ungers
Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at
Harvard University's Graduate School of Design
In 1975 Koolhaas founded the OMA
(Office for Metropolitan Architecture) in London together with
Elia,Zoe Zehghelis and
Madelon Vriesendorp
dedicated to finding "new synergies"
between architecture and contemporary culture
REM Koolhaas

13. A Visionary Architect
From the Pritzker Prize Jurors:
A. Rem Koolhaas is that rare combination of visionary and
implementer —philosopher and pragmatist — theorist and prophet
— an architect whose ideas about buildings and urban planning
made him one of the most discussed contemporary architects in the
world even before any of his design projects came to fruition.
B. He is not a formalist, yet he creates form. He is not a functionalist,
yet programs are the generators of his solutions; he is not a
theoretician, yet ideas dominate his work.

14. Design Philosophy
• Boldly produces buildings that differ visually to their surroundings
• Celebrates the "chance-like" nature of city
• Interrogated the "Program“ to oppose the notion “ an act to edit
function and human activities “ as the pretext of architectural design
• His work emphatically embraces the contradictions of two
disciplines- architecture and urban design

15. OMA-is a leading international practice architecture ,urbanism and cultural
analysis.
AMO-operates in areas beyond the traditional boundaries of architecture,
including media,politics,sociology,renewable
energy,technology,fashion,curating,publishing and graphic design.
Mission statement

23. Koolhaas
printed publications:
1978-Delirious Newyork
1995 S,M,L,XL
2001- Mutations
2004-Content
2006- Junkspace
2006-Post occupancy
2010- Singapore Songlines
2011-Project Japan
2013-Junkspace with running room
2014- Elements of Architecture

24. • Kunsthal, (Rotterdam, 1993)
• Euralille (Lille, 1988)
• Netherlands Dance Theater (The
Hague, 1988)
• Educatorium, (Utrecht, 1993-1997)
• Netherlands Embassy (Berlin, 2003)
• Guggenheim Museum, (Las Vegas,
2002)
• Nexus Housing (Fukuoka, Japan)
• Retail design for Prada stores (New
York 2003, Los Angeles 2004)
• McCormick Tribune Campus Center,
(IIT Chicago, Illinois, 1997-2003)
• Seattle Central Library (2004)
• Casa da Música (Oporto, 2005)
• CCTV HQ, Beijing (2008)
Important Work

27. Major themes

28. •Pritzker Architecture Prize
Laureate for the year 2000
•TIME Magazine Best
Architecture for 2004 (Seattle
Central Library)
• RIBA Gold Medal (2004). In
2005 Rem Koolhaas
received the Mies van der
Rohe Award for the
Netherlands Embassy, Berlin
Awards

29. Terms like city, street, identity, and architecture are things of the past. The past is
too small to live in.
Rem Koolhaas
Quotes- Rem Koolhaas

30. “Architecture is a dangerous mixture of power and importance”
-Rem koolhaas

31. Projects

37. Be original
browse through magazines, internet in search of ideas and sometimes end up copying
them.
Like Koolhaas, one should have an individual outlook towards life and concepts should be
derived from that. This adds a personal touch to your design that only you can create.
Acceptance
All the ideas and concepts are good, but eventually you have to set it all in reality. For
that accepting certain eventualities is important. Idealism needs to be in sync with
realism. Koolhaas‟ projects demonstrate that aptly..

38. • Koolhaas‟ work flows in a subtle interplay of spaces.
• The spaces are well defined and yet, flowing gently into each other, as if in a perfect
sequence, as they should be exactly.
• visitor are visually drawn and emotionally connected to his designs.
Spatial Planning
Change is evident in everything, one needs to embrace it. This change should reflect
in our designs as well, unlike the conventional way of thought. One should not forget
his identity but learn to evolve with time.
Challenge Conventions

39. Present your thoughts to the World
The writing of „Delirious New York‟ was famous before Rem‟s architecture, and
it was better than his architecture,” says the British architect and critic
Charles Jencks. “His architecture has caught up with it.”
Go For Competitions
Koolhaas is known to enter a lot of competitions. It is a process of developing
through your own endeavors, according to him. They have the added benefit of
freedom to express with no client to satisfy. He does not care if this costs him
money, economic issues have never really bothered him.
Communication is a necessary tool for a thinker, a designer Any medium for
communication can be chosen for the purpose. Koolhaas has been known to
write half a dozen books on a variety of topics while traveling around the world.

40. it will not grant you the satisfaction and be try to cheating with your own design.
Further, if you ever want to have a name in this industry, you will have to set an
identity that is yours and not like every other designer you come across. Rem
Koolhas has been uncompromising and a vast number of his projects have gone
unbuilt.
Never Compromise with your Design
Architects who do not modify their work and way of thought in order to
land a good commission. this might be good for filling your pockets.
The unbuilt is the fantasy that underlies everything.” – Wired, June 2000

41. Bjarke Ingels & Rem Koolhaas
OMA and BIG go head to head in an increasingly
fierce battle for the design of the new Miami Beach
Convention Center.
Miami Beach Convention Center.