Blobitecture: 11 Cool Ways Architecture Gets A Round
By Steve in Architecture & Design , Technology & Futurism , Urban Images Blob Architecture – sometimes referred to as Blobitecture, Blobism or even Blobismus is a exceedingly organic type of architecture that exhibits profoundly soft, rounded and curved dimensions. Originating in inflatable buildings, pre-fab plastic structures and computer-assisted design exercises, Blob Architecture has given the world some of its most distinctive and memorable buildings . Water Pavilion, Neeltje Jans, The Netherlands (images via: V2 , MIMOA and H2olland ) Lars Spuybroek is credited by many with bringing Blob Architecture to the notice of not only the world of architecture, but the world as a whole. Spuybroek’s breakthrough design for his NOX architecture firm was the Water Pavilion, constructed in the mid-1990s for the Delta Expo on the Dutch island of Neeltje Jans. The Water Pavilion epitomizes one of the salient features of Bl...
